10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

Fearing that a natural disaster, introduced species, or disease could wipe this fragile population out, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan. A recent survey of the birds suggests that the effort has been a success.

Cambodia 142

Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 142

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

From a birder’s perspective however, this is both a shame and a blessing, as I will show below based on my observations of the species on the island of Java in November. The prinias are a group of around 25 Old World warbler species found in Africa and Asia. The Brown Prinia is an Asian species with a very peculiar range.

Burma 160

Burma Laos Birds Indonesia 160

10,000 Birds

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. The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia, edited by Yong Ding Li & Low Bing Wen.

Asia 219

Asia Laos Myanmar Indonesia 219

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

Greater Adjutants are huge birds that were once widespread across much of Southeast Asia; today there are two small breeding populations in India and Cambodia. Armed with Dramamine and ginger and gray elastic wristbands, I embarked on an August pelagic from Half-Moon Bay, California with Alvaro Jaramillo and a Field Guides group.

2016 107

2016 India Ducks Birds 107

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A holiday in Cambodia? With 600+ bird species and a two-week trip with possibly a 250 species-list (the best sites are in the northwest and west of the country), my answer is a definitive “yes”. 600 distribution maps, the “Birds of Cambodia” covers 629 species recorded in the country to date.

Cambodia 141

Cambodia Birds 2001 Groups 141