10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2014
But that tragedy is compounded when the species at risk is a country’s national bird. Sadly, that is indeed the situation in Samoa, where the Manumea , or Tooth-billed Pigeon , numbers fewer than 200 individuals. The Manumea isn’t the only Samoan bird on the brink, however.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 27, 2014
Of course, I have seen many more birds than this, but between having terrible notes, really awful notes, or entirely lost notes, eBird doesn’t represent my total life list at all. It comes down to the other reason why eBird doesn’t have all the birds I’ve seen. Birds Honeyeaters island endemics island evolution'
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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.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2011
Sadly, as I’ve explained before , most of these species became extinct as humans arrived on the islands, and with it one of the most astonishing radiations of birds imaginable. I wasn’t there for birding per se, just a chance to get away from New Zealand’s winter in a sunny tropical island.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 7, 2013
In his comment in last week’s post on the Marlborough Sounds , Beat writer Jochen described the New Zealand Fantail as one of the best birds in the world. wakawaka, the New Zealand Fantail is a delightful inhabitant of New Zealand, and one of my favourite local birds. Birds New Zealand endemic New Zealand endemics'
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
I recently asked whether Puerto Rico should be part of the American Birding Association’s ABA Area. Both Puerto Rico and the USVI have active birding communities that are currently excluded from full membership in the ABA family. Although different territories, they are nearby and share many of the same birds.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
All of the birds within Raphini are highly specialized for island life. It’s a spectacular pigeon with long neck plumes and blue, green, and copper iridescence in its feathers (I mean, look at this bird ), and it lives on islands from the western Indian Ocean all the way out through northern Melanesia. ” Beehler et al.’s
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