10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Menglun in Xishuangbanna is less than 50 km away from the Chinese border to Laos and Myanmar, and it has a big botanical garden. The post Birding Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Apparently, the owls have been nesting there for more than 10 years now, and are not disturbed by the spectators.

China 262

China Barn Owls Birds Laos 262

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

601-800 sp: Canada, Costa Rica, Panama; Russia; Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa; Laos, New Guinea (PNG); Australia. 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. 801-1000 sp. – 1401-1600 sp: Ecuador, Bolivia; Indonesia.

Equatorial Guinea 190

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 190

Critter News

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Officials say the sales have fuelled demand for ivory in Asian countries, especially China, contributing to a sharp increase in elephant poaching. In July, Kenyan authorities intercepted 16 elephant tusks and two rhinoceros horns being illegally exported to Laos from Mozambique.

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illegal Kenya Laos Elephants 100

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. Then there is a gap of around 2,000 km (or 1,200 miles).

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. Whatever was omitted or incorrect in the first is fixed in the second.

Asia 221

Asia Laos Myanmar Indonesia 221

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

melliana from alleged contact zone(s) in northern Laos and possibly south-western China. There are also reports of individuals with intermediate characteristics between the very different taxa C. hardwickii and C. Hill ranges in eastern Myanmar and western Thailand are also suspected to be the intergradation zone between C.

Burma 183

Burma Birds Vietnam Laos 183