10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, I need to pretend not to brag about it, but the HBW page on the species still uses the photo of a China-based German photographer as its main illustration. There is also the usual article about the first sighting of the species at a new location. How exciting. It is actually much better than the photos shown in this post.

Birds 246

Birds Deer China Owls 246

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. Just don’t try this with a Brown Prinia, unless you have life insurance and a family in need.

Burma 168

Burma Laos Birds Indonesia 168

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2022

At this moment, Baihualing is the eBird hotspot in China which has by far the largest number of species – 486. Scimitar babblers use these long downcurved bills to work through the leaf litter – they are rather terrestrial birds. So, it is certainly justified to cover this spot in more than one post.

Litter 255

Litter China Species Abandon 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

… [They] have long, downward-curved bills, used to work through the leaf litter … They are typically long tailed, dark brown above, and white or orange-brown below. melliana from alleged contact zone(s) in northern Laos and possibly south-western China. They have strong legs and are quite terrestrial. hardwickii and C.

Burma 235

Burma Birds Vietnam Laos 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2013

We saw several of the kingfisher family whilst on our trip, including Azure Kingfisher, Red-backed Kingfisher and Sacred Kingfisher. We did have the good fortune of finding an individually marked Bar-tailed Godwit that was marked in Yalu Jiang Nature Reserve in China last April 15th and was last seen there on May 11th 2012.

Birds 152

Birds Cattle Litter 2012 152