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Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and Lower Peirce Reservoir-Singapore

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During our three week visit to Singapore in March we spent a good part of each day walking and birding. About halfway between Marymount Road and Upper Thomson Road we had the pleasure of sitting and observing Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots. Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot. Singapore is a great place to enjoy the woodpecker family.

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Heliconia Walk

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In Singapore, there is a small corner of the Botanical Gardens that I love to visit. From here it is common to see Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots and Pink-necked Pigeons in the palm trees on the island, or perhaps a Blue-throated Bee-eater hawking from one of the large trees on the far side of the water.

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City Hornbills

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And I liked toucans, so clearly hornbills were on to a winning look, in fact, as a child it was hornbills, toucans and parrots that I associated the tropics with. The Oriental Pied Hornbills are pretty special, as they represent a recolonization of Singapore of this family. Birds behaviour Borneo breeding hornbills Singapore'

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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Working in an area for which there are few official checklists, no governing taxonomic body, and much new information on species relationships coming in, the authors were faced with a multitude of questions about family sequence, genus arrangements, English common names, and species taxonomy. Co-author Frank E. Species Accounts. And, Frank E.

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Duncan’s 2014 List

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For the moment I’ll stick with the split babbler families although I may relump the laughingthrushes, ground and tree babblers per Molye et al (2012). Species are listed by family according to the order eBird spits them out to me in. Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea ); Changi Airport, Singapore, 11 January.

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Where could you go birding in Australia in 2023?

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If you are looking for something more colourful then you can’t go wrong with Australian King Parrots and Satin Bowerbirds and their bowers ! Pied Oystercatcher family. If you are travelling to Australia from overseas then it is highly likely that you will have to come via Singapore. Pasir Ris Park-Singapore.

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