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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

It is a bit worrying that while the Basel Zoo is listed by Google as having a page on the Red-tailed Laughingthrush , that page itself does not seem to exist anymore, and the species is not listed among the inhabitants of the aviary of the zoo. Quite possibly, this laughingthrush is now locally extinct in Switzerland or at least in Basel.

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10 Countries, 10 Top Birds in 2016

10,000 Birds

The Orange-fronted Parakeet is a critically endangered species that I came agonisingly close to seeing but didn’t. Switzerland: The Armchair Tick Award Cause I’m a Terrible Birder Award. New Zealand: The Didn’t Bloody Even See It Award. But I still heard it, and was privileged to spend time in it’s home.