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APRIL 27, 2023

Yibin is a typical smallish Chinese city (which in China means slightly above 850,000 people in the metro area, which would make it the fifth-biggest city in Germany but does not get it into the top 100 in China). What a pity.) It seems he was mostly an ichthyologist, which makes naming a decidedly non-fishy bird after him a bit weird.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

From the Economic Times (part of the India Times, I think). India’s newfound partnership with China on environment issues has yielded results in the area of tiger protection as well. Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china. What kind of protection do they really mean? I'm too, too cynical.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

They have been pretty frustrated with China, who really doesn't give a rip about tigers.unless they can raise them on farms for "medicinal" harvest and other capitalist pursuits. Anyway, India is appealing to its other neighbors which would include Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

T he Blue-throated Barbet (Xishuangbanna and Baihualing, Yunnan, China) is probably the barbet species that is the easiest to see in Southern China. The Coppersmith Barbet (Delhi, India) was not named after Sir Edward Coppersmith (1840-1897), a renowned Irish ornithologist.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Sadly, the HBW states that the species is “almost extinct in some areas in China owing to hunting and trapping for the cagebird trade and taxidermy” The Maroon Oriole looks much more interesting, though my photos do not really do it full justice.

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Nepal Birds Owls Fish 183

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JUNE 11, 2020

Not every bird in India is colorful. Very close to a village – these birds are much more shy in China … Green Bee-eater. Doing what cattle egrets do: communicating with cattle, even though these tend to be somewhat dull conversation partners. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse. In beautiful morning light. Common Hawk Cuckoo.

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Cattle India Birds Sanctuary 229

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JULY 9, 2020

A resident in India but also included in the list of the world`s 100 worst invasive alien species. Occasionally, these can be seen in parts of Yunnan, China. Almost vulgar, these colors. Red-breasted Flycatcher. Though “red-breasted” oversells this one a bit. Red collared Dove. Red-vented Bulbul. Red-wattled Lapwing.

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Birds India Zoos 2019 178

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MARCH 21, 2022

Jianfengling National Forest Park is a park in the West of Hainan – the tourist websites claim that it is “the largest and best-preserved tropical original forest in China”, which – if true – is a rather sad statement given the wide inroads that commercial agriculture has made into the park. But then, who knows?

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

This was only my second time ever to observe this subspecies (the first time was here as well), two other subspecies I have observed in India. Within its Belt and Road Initiative, China asked for this location for the new harbour. They may have been disturbed by the presence of hunters in the Danube backwaters.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Of the 11, India, China and Nepal ranked highest in the number of tiger part seizures, the report states, with India by far the highest number of Tiger part seizures at 276, representing between 469 and 533 Tigers. Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china endangered species.

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Tigers Nepal India Trafficking 100

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JULY 19, 2018

1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India. 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. . – now the pace quickens: USA; Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia; Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam. 1401-1600 sp: Ecuador, Bolivia; Indonesia.

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Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 217

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Three-striped Palm Squirrel by the side of the track, while Jungle Bush Quails are running across it in front of our Maruti Gypsy, almost the official safari vehicle of India. At least 274 tigers have died in India in the last four years, more than 70 per cent of them due to poaching. Some results may already be visible.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 256

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JUNE 6, 2019

In fact, I have had some visitors from India remark to me that “there are no birds here” – a remark I can understand given the huge number of birds encountered even in big Indian cities such as Mumbai or Delhi. So now if I hear this sound, it is more likely to be a real bird than my mobile phone.

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APRIL 3, 2023

They are described as “larger and more powerful than the Common Blackbird of Europe” – I can imagine some Chinese nationalists rejoicing that “my blackbird can beat your blackbird” … According to Wikipedia, the distribution of the Red-billed Leiothrix stretches over India, Bhutan, Nepal, Burma, and parts of Tibet.

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Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 224

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MARCH 23, 2014

Big news about a small bird broke earlier this month when bird researchers from several nations announced that the species formerly known as Spotted Wren-Babbler ( Spelaeornis formosus ) — a tiny, secretive bird of montane forests from the eastern Himalayas to southeast China — is not a Spelaeornis wren-babbler at all.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2011

The Black Stork ( Ciconia nigra ) has a very wide distribution in the Old World, ranging from Spain (an isolated population) and northern France through central and eastern Europe all across northern and central Asia to the Pacific coast of Russia and China.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

The two-month operation involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range countries (China, India, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and was coordinated by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Program at its headquarters in Lyon, France.

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International Fund For Animal Welfare Tigers IFAW Nepal 100

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JUNE 13, 2022

Oriental Dollarbirds – having on average a much higher IQ than the typical resident of Shanghai – accordingly spend winter in Australia, not in China. Presumably, they tone down their grumpy old men’s behavior on these occasions.

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Australia Birds Feral Cats Kangaroos 222

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2017

So I consulted the eBird taxonomic updates and there, in the 2015 changes, appeared the following which I copy and paste for your reading pleasure; Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma : Scaly Thrush is split into four species: the migratory northern White’s Thrush of eastern Russia and northeastern China, wintering in southeast Asia; the largely resident Scaly (..)

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Sri Lanka Japan India 2005 100

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Apparently, she supported the research of a Romanian team on ectoparasites of birds from Meghalaya (India) – and for her troubles, the team thanked her by naming a species of feather mite newly discovered on Large Niltava after her. The Bar-backed Partridge is a species of partridge found in southwestern China and Southeast Asia.

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APRIL 15, 2011

Instead, name one of the endemic species in this country.

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2011 Myanmar Bolivia Venezuela 150

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JANUARY 10, 2022

Notes on bird species and locations shown: Amur Paradise Flycatcher (Nanhui, China). Bar-tailed Godwit (Tiaozini, China). Barn Swallow (Nanhui, China). Black Kite (Delhi, India). Black-rumped Flameback (Sultanpur, India). Daurian Redstart (Nanhui, China). Eastern Buzzard (Nanhui, China). Eurasian (?)

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JUNE 11, 2011

In India and the Far East, they are winter visitors from China and Russia. They are very common to abundant within their Palearctic range and are the gull most associated with inland sites, often appearing in towns and cities. They breed noisily and colonially at large lakes with reed beds and marshy areas.

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Philadelphia Russia Europe North America 190

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Or the Asian Barred Owlet (Hangzhou, China) – though I am happy this allows me to include some owl photos into this post. When birdwatching together, my friend Steve once pointed out that we saw the only two bird species starting with the word Amur on the same day (at Tianmushan, China, by the way). What a sad lot we are.

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South Africa China Nevada Africa 343

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

learning to swim” A baby bird ( Robin Accentor , Dulan, China). Several baby birds ( Little Egret , Shanghai, China). Black-necked Crane , Qinghai Lake, China. White-naped Crane , Nanhui, China. An Oriental Turtle Dove (Wolongshan, China). Another one, “Goodnight” , is much better. A curse bird?

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South Africa China Germany Birds 251

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JUNE 9, 2022

The Latin species name akool is not a misguided and misspelled attempt of the species to appear cool – rather, akool means restless in Hindi (even though the birds did not seem particularly restless to me, but maybe they are in India). The proud parents together – first silent … … then crooning together.

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Singapore Birds Mountain Goats Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2023

Sarah Amherst, Countess Amherst (1762–1838) was a British naturalist and botanist who lived in India. William also had connections to both China and Napoleon, but I am too lazy to copy these bits from Wikipedia right now. She was responsible for sending the first of these birds to Britain in 1828. Read it there if you want.

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China Research India Zoos 254

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MARCH 6, 2023

The last time I birded Longcanggou, a national forest park in China’s Sichuan province, was in November 2021. Today, the national forest park is open to tourists – which in China means large groups of people in similarly large buses. However, instead of a tit joke, some wren pornography.

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Eggs China Birds Mammals 183

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

Low Bing Wen is a terrestrial ecologist and a keen birdwatcher with more than 20 years of field experience in Southeast Asia, India, China and Australasia. Yong Ding Li is the vice-chair of the Southeast Asian Biodiversity Society and a committee member of the Nature Society (Singapore)’s bird group.

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Asia Laos Myanmar Indonesia 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Orange-headed Thrush Orange-headed Thrush By Redgannet • March 6, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share The Orange-headed Thrush , Zoothera citrinus, is common across much of India and south-east Asia. In the Z.c.

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APRIL 2, 2011

The Common Tailorbird , Orthotomus sutorius, is a small warbler whose range extends from India to southern China and down into Indonesia. It is common, mostly in the lowlands, but can range as high as 5000ft. It is found in most habitats with thick cover and can often be found in urban parks and gardens.

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MAY 9, 2022

The species name sipahi comes from the Hindustani word for soldier, for the red uniform worn by those in the employment of the East India Company ( source ). And as usual, the name seems to refer exclusively to the male of the species.

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AUGUST 14, 2012

The eastern form breeds as far away as Kazakhstan, through India and the Middle East into Egypt’s Nile Valley, and migrates southwards to East and South Africa. As its name indicates, it breeds in Europe, with good numbers still nesting on the Iberian Peninsula and into eastern Europe, as well as further westwards right across to China.

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JULY 6, 2019

Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. beats have still managed to share 82 checklists and accounted for 737 species.

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2019 Jamaica Eggs Woodpeckers 125

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Look carefully and you might spot a Grey Francolin On a recent trip to India I was delighted to see a pair of Grey Francolins , These birds are similar in shape, size and colouring to the Grey Partridge, and until recently they were generally known as just that. They are widespread throughout much of lowland India.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Nabang is a town in Yingjiang county, Yunnan province, China – it is right on the border with Myanmar (there actually is a border crossing more or less right inside Nabang). Let me start by saying that I am very glad that there were no Japanese T**s at Nabang. When teachers are not teaching, what do they do?

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Bangladesh Birds China India 188

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DECEMBER 3, 2017

The Grey-headed Lapwing- Vanellus cinereus breeds in north-east China and Japan between April and June and then migrate to spend the winter in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia and southern Japan. We don’t “twitch” birds, but it would be a bird to look out for during our visit.

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