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Birding around Xining, Qinghai

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Similarly, the Alpine Leaf Warbler is one of the more attractive species in an otherwise almost indistinguishable family of identical leaf warblers. (“But the difference in wing bars, Kai!”). If you think you have already seen enough photos of Elliot’s Laughingthrush, you may not be the right reader for this blog.

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Getting sentimental: Birding at Baihualing, China

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On the other hand, for the White-gorgeted Flycatcher , the HBW gets it exactly right, remarking on its “brilliant white throat” Congratulations. On the other hand, another species – the Red-tailed Minla – is not a member of the Actinodura family. The Maroon Oriole thus is not as much of an outsider as I thought.

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