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Edward’s Pheasant

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It has not been seen in its small home range in central Vietnam since around 2000. Concern for the future of this species is such that the WPA and BirdLife International-Vietnam Programme are working together to organize immediate action. Conservationists searched intensively in 2011 but found none.

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Birding Napo, Guangxi, China – part 1

10,000 Birds

Napo is a county in the West of Guangxi, bordering both Yunnan and Vietnam. The Bar-backed Partridge was also one of four focal species in an investigation into illegal bird hunting in Southwestern China. ” Unfortunately, this makes it much less likely this hunting will stop once people get richer. hour flight.

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Black-faced Spoonbill

10,000 Birds

Habitat destruction, disease and hunting are still major problems that affect the conservation efforts, but the breeding sites and wintering grounds now have international protection. Captive breeding programs have not shown much success. It breeds on a few rocky islands in the Yellow Sea off the west coast of North Korea.

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The Bee-eaters of Africa

10,000 Birds

Carmine bee-eaters occur throughout most of Subsaharan Africa, and many populations migrate widely post breeding. After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. Two populations exist, the westernmost breeds in the western Sahara (e.g.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

It was like that when I went to school, why wouldn’t it work for birds … If you saw a paper titled “Road Crossing by Birds in a Tropical Forest in Northern Vietnam”, would you – like me – also immediately visualize cute tiny traffic lights and small birds lining up and waiting in front of them?

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