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Getting sentimental: Birding at Baihualing, China

10,000 Birds

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 ). Of the three basic online sources I use for general species information (HBW, eBird, Wikipedia), eBird seems to be the one most prone to emotions.

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