Breeders Hunting India Research 
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
The scientific species name of the Rusty-naped Pitta oatesi honors Eugene William Oates (1845-1911), an English civil servant in India and naturalist. He published a number of books on birds of India and Burma, making me wonder how hard all these overseas civil servants really worked in their day jobs. ” ( source ).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Apparently, the Greater Coucal is associated with some superstitions – in India, seeing one is believed to be auspicious, and in some areas, eating the flesh was regarded to help with illnesses such as tuberculosis. And of course, some Chinese researchers worked on the complete mitochondrial genome of the Greater Coucal.
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