10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

In my imagination, the job of a male Australian Brush Turkey is pretty similar – removing or adding bits and pieces to his pile of rotting vegetation in order to get the right temperature to incubate the eggs buried underneath to hatch. Like the figbird, it mostly feeds on fruit.

Australia 181

Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 181

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages. Another advantage to ballistic food transport is that the fruit seeds are protected from damage when they are swallowed whole.

Rhinoceros 125

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 125

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

The reasons that these ten have been selected is to illustrate some of the myriad reasons that Africa’s birds are being driven to extinction; from commercial overfishing, powerline collisions, illegal trade, poisoning, traditional medicine usage, overgrazing and conversion of specialized habitats into agricultural land.

Endangered Species 184

Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 184