10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2015

In all, the duo compared DNA from 77 redpolls, including specimens from museums around the world, from the Museum of Vertebrates at Cornell University to the Natural History Museum of Geneva in Switzerland. Furthermore, another redpoll species found in Europe—the Lesser Redpoll—also had extremely similar DNA sequences.

Species 207

Species Switzerland Groups Europe 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. Quite possibly, this laughingthrush is now locally extinct in Switzerland or at least in Basel. ” ( source ).

Burma 188

Burma India Birds Indonesia 188

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2015

This time it is not in Serbia, but in Zurich, Switzerland, where this particular Serbian pigeon fancier / blogger lives. Take the Saker for example: with 52 to 64 breeding pairs ten years ago, Serbia held 13 per cent of the European population of this Globally Threatened species ( source ). v=8kKoL3sdbaQ.

Switzerland 188

Switzerland Serbia Feral Falcons 188

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2019

One of the groups that doesn’t seem to become any less common in fall is the T**s, known in North America as Chickadees and their relatives. We stayed with friends in the tiny French town of Cessy, and there I saw my second European woodpecker species, the handsome Great Spotted Woodpecker. How nice of it to be carrying a nut!

Switzerland 108

Switzerland Austria Europe Spain 108

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2015

In its natural old-world range, the House Sparrow offers an interesting identification challenge and has vagrant potential since it is a polytypic species with a highly complex taxonomy. The genus Passer has several well-recognized and recognizable species in Europe, and still holds several enigmas.

Sparrows 208

Sparrows Italy Asia Austria 208

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book.

Bolivia 167

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It turned out Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who just completed his PhD in Lausanne (Switzerland). Personally, I love exploring new hotspots and discovering new or unusual species when visiting a country. This phase is to familiarize with the species that can be seen. Search for my target species (i.e.

Serbia 131

Serbia Switzerland Farming Birds 131