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Birding crème de la crème: Asia – Corbett to Taman Negara

10,000 Birds

Hence, for the rest of the world, I lowered my threshold to 400 and that worked well in Africa, but I soon discovered that for Asia I need to go further down, to 300. In this first part, I’ll focus on continental Asia, its south and south-east (Oriental region). Other than that, there are barely a few hotspots with over 500 species.

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White’s Thrush or Scaly?

10,000 Birds

Birds of South Asia. Since the non-migratory forms are less likely to stray and the two migratory races have both recently been split to White’s, this could be the deal breaker and the subsp toratugumi does lend a pleasing Japanese accent to the chase. Nilgiri Thrush and Sri Lanka Thrush are monotypic. Reference: Rasmussen, P.C.,

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