10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2021

The same publisher, Lynx Edicions, has already covered New Guinea region (943 species, including the total of 456 endemics), encompassing Indonesian West Papua (also the West Papuan Islands, Geelvink Bay Islands and Aru Islands) in “Birds of New Guinea – including Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville” (2017).

Birds 105

Birds Indonesia Species Guinea 105

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Seven of them are island states, or a part of a larger island (Brunei). The ranking of the species-densest top-12 spots of the list looks like this: Here we are talking about far less known destinations. Not surprisingly, most are underdeveloped.

Species 98

Species Birds Equatorial Guinea Gambia 98

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JULY 19, 2018

And the results are indicative, representative and nothing short of surprising: Brunei, The Gambia, Belize, Jamaica, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea and Panama top the list.

Birds 95

Birds Costa Rica Equatorial Guinea Guyana 95

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

So, when Redgannet asked me if I was interested in reviewing Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan, Third Edition , by Quentin Phillipps and Karen Phillipps, a book he had acquired at Birdfair, I hesitated. Did I dare dip my toe into this catalog of tantalizing species? 372 pages, 8.3

Birds 93

Birds Species Brunei Ducks 93

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

This guide describes the 125 best birding sites for both common and rare species, covering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (officially Lao PDR), Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines and Timor Leste.

Birds 94

Birds Asia Species Indonesia 94

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JUNE 21, 2018

And the results are indicative, representative and nothing short of surprising: Brunei, The Gambia, Belize, Jamaica, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Panama and Haiti top the list. And now you finally know where to travel next.

Rwanda 96

Rwanda Costa Rica Equatorial Guinea El Salvador 96

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The Greater Sundas area includes Sumatra, Borneo, Brunei, Java, and Bali, and the Wallacea area includes Sulawesi, the Moluccas and the Lesser Sundas plus all satellite islands. So–the book covers islands that belong to the Republic of Indonesia and to Malaysia.

Birds 73

Birds Species Indonesia Brunei 73