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. No doubt, the Lesser NLT will be relieved not to be bossed around by its erstwhile bigger family member anymore.

Burma 206

Burma India Birds Indonesia 206

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2014

When all of you are settling in inside away from the snow for family, food and arguments, we’re all getting our travel on. I mean, how do you pick between a handful of broadbills, Rhinoceros Hornbills , two pittas, a falconet and the Whiskered Treeswift ? I was Borneo-bound. Greater Adjutants are even rarer.

2013 176

2013 Birds Rhinoceros Thailand 176

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

At the time of writing, Thailand has 18 hotspots over 300 species, and I will focus on the #1, the Doi Inthanon National Park in the north, among the easternmost slopes of the Himalayan range. Indian Rhinoceros in Kaziranga, photo Anuwar Hazarika/Wikimedia Commons. The best season to visit is from November to March.

Asia 274

Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 274

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

In many ways that seems to be the pattern, as the major holiday breaks for New Zealand are over December and January; the year before I started in tropical Queensland and ended in Thailand and the UK. Species are listed by family according to the order eBird spits them out to me in. CORACIIDAE (ROLLERS). Bucerotidae (Hornbills).

2014 150

2014 New Zealand Singapore Rhinoceros 150