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Asia’s Deadliest Bird: The Brown Prinia

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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. Just don’t try this with a Brown Prinia, unless you have life insurance and a family in need.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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melliana from alleged contact zone(s) in northern Laos and possibly south-western China. The species is also hunted for local consumption in Meghalaya (India), according to the HBW. The site states that in captivity, “two hens can be paired with one male.” hardwickii and C. hardwickii and C.

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