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Birding Singapore

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1) Not surprisingly, the Pink-necked Green Pigeon is widely distributed in Indonesia, where the batik technique was invented. It is small and light – about 80 to 100 grams – which allows it to perform some amazing acrobatics in and on reeds. (1)

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Do Snowy Owls really belong in genus Bubo?

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T]he abundant morphological differences between Nyctea and Bubo (in the classic sense) indicate that the results of the cyt b-based phylogeny contradict the morphological data.

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The Oriental Dollarbird

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See the video links at the end of the post for an illustration of this lifestyle. Apparently, in many regions of Indonesia, songbird contests are frequently held. The paper examines the bird species involved in these bird singing contests.

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