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The Oriental Dollarbird

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Strangely, the Oriental Dollarbird seems to suffer a bit from an image problem. See the video links at the end of the post for an illustration of this lifestyle. The paper examines the bird species involved in these bird singing contests. Apparently, in many regions of Indonesia, songbird contests are frequently held.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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While the species favors forested hills at moderate elevations ( source ), there are no hills at all here at Nanhui, so maybe these individuals are outcasts or just eccentrics. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo: This could be your host species! In the HBW, there are about 40 species with the word “plain” in the species name.

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