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Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

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the eBird/Clements checklist puts them in a group as of version 6.9), but as far as I can tell, the new study didn’t sample viridis specifically. There are three subspecies in this group: caspius , seistanicus , poliocephalus — García-Ramírez and Trewick sampled the latter two. Philippine Swamphen.

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Black Rails at St. John’s National Wildlife Refuge

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Like MacArthur did when leaving the Philippines to the Japanese during World War II, I vowed to return. It took MacArthur more than two-and-a-half years to return to the Philippines triumphantly so I guess you could say I outdid him by returning to St. We had heard two Black Rails !

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Manila Zoo Sounds Like a Nasty Place

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They are working with local animal welfare groups on this issue. PETA is trying to prevent more animals going to the Manila Zoo. Joining PETA as the petition’s signatories are the Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc. Good for them. Opponents like to think that animal welfare is only an issue in developed countries amongst the white middle class.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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It very effectively forms a small foraging group in this manner. I agree with eBird that the Asian Glossy Starling is “fierce-looking” Appropriately, it is an invasive species in places such as Taiwan, where some papers recommend reducing the population.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. (Substitute Snowy Owl here if you’d like the modern version). Perhaps it’s because the topic is so huge, it’s difficult to comprehend in a systematic way.

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“The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia”

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This guide describes the 125 best birding sites for both common and rare species, covering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (officially Lao PDR), Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines and Timor Leste.

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Birding Without Borders: A Review

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In other words, as a group Strycker’s guides are as colorful and interesting, and as much a part of the book, as the birds themselves. “When all your energy is focused on a single purpose,” he says, “nothing else seems to matter. That feeling can be incredibly seductive.”

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