10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2022

Anyway, the strange swampy area close to Dongfangs main drag and its associated real and fake Playboy stores has a number of interesting birds – fortunately, none of them displaying any embarrassing brand names. I guess the red bill is the bird’s equivalent of wearing Playboy branded clothes.

Branding 181

Branding Micronesia Birds Buffalo 181

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

The western Mediterranean birds are bluish-purple all over. The sister taxon to the Mediterranean birds occurs on Borneo and the western Indonesian islands. As indicated by the English moniker “black-backed,” these birds have blackish wings and backs. Black-backed Swamphen. African Swamphen. Gray-headed Swamphen.

Papua New Guinea 191

Papua New Guinea Philippines New Zealand Florida 191

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

One new Pacific island form is the Mariana Kingfisher ( Todiramphus albicilla ) from the Mariana Islands in Micronesia. Saipan, Micronesia. I’m not sure why Australian birds are given this name, but the Australian subspecies is the Torrresian Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sordidus ). Torrresian Kingfisher.

United Arab Emirates 176

United Arab Emirates Micronesia Tonga Vanuatu 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

The world of birding is filled with challenging groups well known to all, birds like gulls , Empidonax flycatchers or cisticolas that require attention to the tiniest details in order to assign an individual to a specific species (if it can be done at all). One such bird is the Collared Kingfisher ( Todiramphus chloris ).

Samoa 168

Samoa Vanuatu United Arab Emirates Tonga 168