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Birding Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Rice Paddies

10,000 Birds

Unfortunately for the storyline of my blog post, the Latin species name “vernans” just means “brilliant” or “flourishing” rather than being the name of a cruel and evil Western explorer such as Edward Vernans, Count of Aberdeen (1805-1845), a Scottish explorer of Borneo who I just made up.

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