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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

10,000 Birds

A paper on the Chestnut-vented Nuthatch titled “Nest-Site Features and Breeding Ecology of Chestnut-Vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis in Southwestern China” has 8 authors. The Orange-bellied Leafbird tends not to be very amused when hearing a Bronzed Drongo imitating it. But maybe this will concern some Floridians less.

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

10,000 Birds

For the German flag, the “Grundgesetz” (the German basic law) states that the color of the national flag is black-red-gold. In terms of breeding behavior, starlings are a diversified group – some use helpers, others do not. A study found that Laughing Doves at a South African reserve have a life expectancy of 0.83