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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

The Oriental Darter is classified as Near Threatened – the reasons are the usual ones: habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. of its hunts are successful. Back to birds. Humankind, you did it again, congratulations. The Latin species name melanogaster highlights the black belly of the bird ( melanos = black, gastros = belly).

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