10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2016
Carara National Park isn’t just any old protected area. Scarlet Macaw : A true star of Carara, the national park protected a remnant population of this major bird for many years. Riverside Wren : One of the more handsome wrens, this near endemic seems to be imitating some babbler species from Malaysia.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
While there is a lot left to be done when it comes to research and nature protection in many tropical countries, there are not that many jobs in that line of work, and ecotourism seem to be the industry of choice. Malaysia (702 / 781). Hence I added the second figure from the Fat Birder – often more up to date. The Oriental realm.
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MARCH 10, 2009
Pierce Onthank, the president of an oil and gas company, was charged in January with illegal possession of a primate for keeping a siamang, a type of gibbon that is native to rain forests in Malaysia and Indonesia and can weigh up to 30 pounds and stand 3 feet high.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2013
JOHOR, MALAYSIA, DECEMBER 2012 – If you’re traveling to Singapore for birding, you might want to think outside the box or, in this case, the island. Some of the best birding in the area is just 90 minutes or so north in peninsular Malaysia, home of the infamous Panti Forest. Bats under a rocky overhang.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Another item they feed on is hunting edible bird nest swiftlets, which are quite common in edible swiftlet houses in Sabah, Malaysia ( source ). Another advantage to ballistic food transport is that the fruit seeds are protected from damage when they are swallowed whole.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 24, 2014
Endangered Masked Finfoot photographed in Malaysia (Wikimedia Commons). They are working to clean up oil without protection and the children are falling sick. They are doing it bare-handed without any protective gear.’ The forest also acts as a buffer to protect the coastline against cyclones and rising sea tides.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2014
The 28 odd species of this genus are found in the Sunda (the islands of Indonesia, Malaysia and the southern bit of Thailand) and the Philippines, and are named for the inescapable (in this region anyway) Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, he of the founding of Singapore fame. Sometimes it is good to stop and smell the roses.
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