10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

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. George Rippon (1861-1927), a member of the British Army in India and Burma. Wikipedia reports that he “was an excellent tennis player and an enthusiastic big game hunter.

Burma 198

Burma India Birds Indonesia 198

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

It inhabits rather dry areas within a region notorious for being one of the rainiest parts of the world, and is thus patchily distributed from Burma through Laos, Cambodia, parts of Thailand and south China, all the way to Vietnam. The Brown Prinia is an Asian species with a very peculiar range.

Burma 161

Burma Laos Birds Indonesia 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

In this case, the correct one (according to the HBW) is Sir Herbert Thirkell White (1855-1931), a British colonial administrator in Burma. He also wrote some books on Burma, one of which (“A Civil Servant in Burma”) Wikipedia calls a classic. In my opinion, eBird is a bit unfair to the female Rufous-bellied Niltava.

Burma 190

Burma Birds Vietnam Laos 190