10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

. “I am not bad-looking, I am just badly photographed”: A Bay Woodpecker (Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia) using a joke from “Roger Rabbit” The pinkish eyerings of the Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tansa, India) make it look as if it is constantly suffering from a hangover. Kind of like a diesel version.

Woodpeckers 221

Woodpeckers South Africa China Singapore 221

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

This is the home of the Rusty-naped Pitta , admittedly one of the less glamorous of the family, particularly the subspecies found in Yunnan, but still a nice sight and still a pitta. In Singapore, the White-crested Laughingthrush is widespread despite not being native and has some characteristics of an invasive species ( source ).

Burma 189

Burma India Birds Indonesia 189

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Plain Sunbird is the plain vanilla version of the otherwise often very colorful family (ok, a very low-budget sort of joke). ” If you have ever been to Singapore, you will know that about half the places there are named after Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781 – 1826). “Dull, me?”

Los Angeles 176

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 176