10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In total, there are eight species of hornbills in Borneo – the best place to see them seems to be the Kinabatagan River area (also known as Sukau). Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 129

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Anyway, so I started checking my bird photo collection for photos of species starting with an A (after all, this is a bird photo blog, though I sometimes tend to forget this). Maybe there was a time in the history of ornithology when some bird named Ashy was very popular, resulting in more species named in the same way.

South Africa 328

South Africa China Nevada Africa 328

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sometimes I just want to hug eBird, or more specifically, whoever writes the short species descriptions (even though I am not the typical hugging kind of person, trust me on this). There are about 50 different species of flowerpeckers globally. If these are taken off, the species looks just like Clark Kent. “Dull, me?

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Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 194

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago covers 1,417 species, 601 endemics, 98 vagrants, 8 introduced and 18 undescribed species. With the advent of human development, we can now add “farmland and plantations” to various types of forest, rainforest, and swamps. Species Accounts. Co-author Frank E.

Indonesia 131

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 131

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

They are typically easy places to reach, easy to get about in, safe, and serve as a natural primer for many of the species you’re going to be seeing on a trip. Which can often have less to see, or at least see easily as a visitor, than a national park. Here is where botanical gardens are your friend. Kirstenbosch is famous for proteas.

Africa 189

Africa Birds South Africa Mongoose 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

Interestingly, these juveniles look more similar to another species, the Pale-billed Parrotbill, than the adult babblers – and they sometimes are part of the same flock. If you want to see how this species builds its nest, see here.) These roads are much less of a hindrance for the Pin-striped Tit-babbler , a mid-story bird.

Burma 199

Burma Birds Vietnam Laos 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2015

Whoever is in charge of names in the area had abandoned an unwise relationship with compound names ((meaning Redwinged Starlings were Red-winged Starlings again) and seemed to have shifted the names of lots of species around in the hopes of aligning them with the IOC (goodbye louries). How many copies of Sasol does one human need?

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Africa South Africa Zimbabwe Penguins 153

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Well – I only saw two species, the most common ones at Sepilok, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. However, it is cursed with a rather unappealing species name – sordida , or “shabby”, which makes you wonder whether the person giving the species this name had actually ever seen the bird. Humanity is overrated.

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Ghana Malaysia Indonesia Singapore 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2023

The Fairy Pitta is listed as Vulnerable, with the HBW that the species is “rare; global population probably no more than a few thousand individuals” While the sexes are alike, my guess is that the Fairy Pitta in the photo is a male given its early arrival date in Shanghai. ” Good point, I think.

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Birds China Research Tenant 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Particularly given that eBird calls the species “unique and unmistakable” Well, I guess the typical eBirder is a better birder than me. It is listed as Vulnerable or Near Threatened (the HBW charmingly gives both categories in its species portrait, thus assuring that one of the two almost certainly is correct).

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Birds Eagles Mammals Singapore 222