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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

I remember that when I was still a research chemist developing dental materials, I once gave a presentation at that university, which was followed by my receiving a hideous and very colorful plate as a gift afterward. of its hunts are successful. A Crested Serpent Eagle , looking a bit ridiculous after a rain. Back to birds.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

10,000 Birds

It seems that this is another species for which the standard phrase of scientists anywhere, “more research needed”, applies. The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity. ” The Common Green Magpie fortunately does not look common at all. A worrying trend.

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not.