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The popstars are back: Paradise Flycatchers in Shanghai

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Here goes: Paradise Flycatchers are a genus in the broader (and rather large) family of Monarchidae. It is listed as Near Threatened – the HBW cites the usual reasons that are just other ways of saying that humans do not care enough for other species, such as forest loss and degradation in its winter range. not their own).

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Caspian Gull: The continental gull

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The world is still turning, the blog didn’t crash, no anonymous threats against my family on social media … I guess my small series on gulls may continue with part 2 of 3, which will focus on the Herring Gull ‘s second side-kick: Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans. Why does “steppe” win over “Caspian”?

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What is Mexico’s National Bird?

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In fact, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , “The Golden Eagle is the most common official national animal in the world – it’s the emblem of Albania, Germany, Austria, Mexico, and Kazakhstan.” Crested Caracaras, though they often associate with vultures, are actually part of the falcon family.

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Edward’s Pheasant

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The Edwards’s Pheasant is a rather smart blue-black member of the pheasant family and it may be on the edge of extinction. Leading scientists, conservationists and aviculturalists from Europe and South-east Asia met at Walsrode in Germany recently to formulate a rescue plan.

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Baby Mute Swans – “immutabilis” morph

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Mute Swans are large, white, and decorative, and as such their natural range has been significantly altered by humans who generally enjoy having them around. It is very likely that the white morph was directly promoted in captive breeding and favoured in releases to establish feral populations. So much for the blessings of beauty.

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A Bird Presentation in Shanghai

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For some reason that I do not quite understand myself – given that I really rather dislike children and am not too positive about the rest of humanity either – I recently put up a little display of bird photos inside my Shanghai compound, which I share (as the only foreigner) with about 1700 Chinese.

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The Hidden Qualities of House Sparrows

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To us on the traditional side of the Atlantic, they’ll always belong to the family Iznogoudae , the birds who want to become warblers instead of the warblers. Then there is the fact that indicus sparrows tend to avoid human habitations while domesticus doesn’t, leading to sympatric breeding with a disputed amount of hybridisation.

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