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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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Hongbenghe is a very small village in Yunnan, right next to the border with Myanmar. Even better, there is a wooden, unguarded, slowly decaying bridge over to Myanmar – so while I do not have the passport stamp to prove it, I can honestly say that I have been to that country as well. I am only joking! Birds should be free.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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Hill ranges in eastern Myanmar and western Thailand are also suspected to be the intergradation zone between C. The species is also hunted for local consumption in Meghalaya (India), according to the HBW. Unlike me, the HBW does not seem to appreciate the species much, stating that it is “hopping about in very ungainly manner.”

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