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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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Hongbenghe is directly at the border to Myanmar – before COVID-19, it was easy enough to walk across the border on foot, but now a monstrous long steel and barbed-wire fence separates the two countries. George Rippon (1861-1927), a member of the British Army in India and Burma.

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India Reaches Out to Neighbors to Save Tigers

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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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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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now the pace quickens: USA; Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia; Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam. 1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India. 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands.

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Avian Quiz – April 15, 2011

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

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“The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia”

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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.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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melliana from alleged contact zone(s) in northern Laos and possibly south-western China. Hill ranges in eastern Myanmar and western Thailand are also suspected to be the intergradation zone between C. The species is also hunted for local consumption in Meghalaya (India), according to the HBW. hardwickii and C.

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Birding Nabang, Yunnan (1)

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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?