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Birding Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Apparently, some Zebra Doves can be quite valuable, though presumably not the ones I saw. Zebra Doves are raised for singing contests in countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, and may cost between 1000 and 50,000 USD depending on their singing qualities ( source ).

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Birding Singapore

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If on the other hand you take a zebra, shrink it and attach wings, the punishment may be similar, but the result will not be a Zebra Dove. 1) Not surprisingly, the Pink-necked Green Pigeon is widely distributed in Indonesia, where the batik technique was invented. Plus hopefully, you will be arrested for mistreating animals.

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Songbird-parrot link strengthened in new study, with implications for vocal learning

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Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata ), one of the study subjects, in Indonesia © David J. Not everyone entirely agrees with this assessment, but more on that in a moment. Ringer Suh et al.

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Grey-headed Lapwing in Australia

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However, there have been vagrant Grey-headed lapwings that have been observed in Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. The first record in Australia, initially observed by Karen and Brett Davis, was in the small township of Burren Burren in northern New South Wales on 19th June 2006.

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Layover in Singapore

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Let’s take Singapore’s Changi International Airport as an example; it is a huge hub airport with large numbers of people passing through in transit to Australia, Indonesia and south-east Asia. Perhaps I have missed my calling. Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Visited this month were; Germany , France , Austria, South Africa, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, Australia, China, Indonesia , Switzerland and Singapore). The year list has reached 2403 , a boost of 174 and the life list now stands at 3875 after beats’ efforts in Indonesia, South Africa and China added 39 ticks.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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35 countries were visited during 2019 , 7 of them ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , Thailand , Indonesia and Barbados ) bringing new blood to the Country/Territory/Emirate/Republic/Pricipality/Kingdom/Special Administrative Region list which now stands at 55. Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. 01 Dec 2019. 01 Dec 2019.

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