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A few hours of birding on Mauritius Island

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2022

Apparently, Mauritius has one of the lowest tax rates in the world. Offshore businesses located in Mauritius that do not do business with Mauritians nor use Mauritian currency are exempt from Mauritian taxes. Bird-wise, Mauritius is probably primarily known for a bird that no longer exists, the dodo. Quite nice looking, though.

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Salon des Refusés (part 2)

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2022

White-tailed Tropicbird (Mauritius). Spotted Redshank (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). Swinhoe’s White-eye (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). Whimbrel (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). White-bellied Sunbird (Kruger Park, South Africa). White’s Thrush (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). Yellow-billed Hornbill (Kruger Park, South Africa).

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12 countries with the greatest bird species density

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The other African destinations in this list are quite interesting too (Mauritius, Comoros, Cabo Verde), perhaps all but Equatorial Guinea due to complicated logistics of visiting the Bioko Island, poor infrastructure and political instability. The best season here is from June to September.

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Pycnonotidae: A Critical Review

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2021

However, this does not apply to the Mauritius Bulbul , which is classified as vulnerable. .” In South Africa`s cape area, the usual approach to handing out bird names is just to add the word cape to the name of a bird family. Thus the Cape Bulbul. Fortunately, most of the bulbuls I have seen so far are not particularly threatened.

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Benicio del Toro Writes Letter Opposing Monkey Breeding Facility in Puerto Rico

Critter News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As you might remember, Bioculture—a company that supplies primates to laboratories—plans to capture monkeys from their homes in Mauritius, hold them captive in Puerto Rico, and then sell thousands of their babies for use in painful and deadly experiments around the world.

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Unacceptable Trade in Primate Research Animals

Critter News

AUGUST 25, 2009

Around 10,000 are bred and exported from Mauritius to the US, UK and Japan. If they think about what's going on and their role in it, then they might actually have to care. Here's a post on the Red, Green and Blue blog about the unspeakable trade in macaque monkeys as research subjects.

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Color Me Roseate

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2013

The beauty of the Pink Pigeon of Mauritius is matched only by its rarity. So, one could call it rose, rosy, roseate, salmon (see the Salmon-breasted Cockatoo ,) or even coral , if describing the bills of specific scimitar-babblers, ground-cuckoos, or nuthatches but pink serves just as well.

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Mammals of Madagascar (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Mammals of Madagascar with the Comoros, the Seychelles, Réunion and Mauritius (Paperback) by Russell A. And birders spend a lot of their time watching the tree-crowns and, in the right place, spotting many other tree-dwellers. Highly recommended. Mittermeier, Olivier M. Langrand, Don E. Wilson, Anthony B. Rylands, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Kim E.

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Parrots: Brazil’s Colorful Avian Clowns

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

With their strong flight and capability to disperse, parrots have managed to colonize almost every major island group from Tahiti to Mauritius to Dominica. There are nectar feeders, dedicated frugivores, specialized seed predators and more. There seems to be a parrot for almost any ecological situation.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Feature photo of Tom Cade with Mauritius Kestrel by Carl Jones used by permission of The Peregrine Fund. And for that alone, we can be sure our world is richer in the high coursing flight of Peregrines and the man who was determined to bring them into our future.

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Spring is for Wheatears

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MARCH 18, 2011

Mauritius: birding some less well-known spots Pinch Me… I’m Going to Ecuador! • Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Spring is Coming! Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Prepping For Spring Spring in East Harbour Regional Park.Or These Blasts From The Past Sometimes you just have to smile!

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Pink pigeon near Le Pétrin, Mauritius by Michael Hanselmann, used under Creative Commons license. A bit of background: Pink Pigeons are medium-sized, pink/gray/ brown birds found on the island of Mauritius, Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. He is the Harvey Weinstein of Pink Pigeons). More about the Dodo in a minute.)

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Extinction Week on 10,000 Birds

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Mauritius Night-Heron. Mauritius Owl. They are all as dead as a Dodo but they don’t even have the dignity of being remembered. Olson’s Petrel. Viti Levu Scrubfowl. Maupiti Monarch. Kona Grosbeak. Ryukyu Woodpigeon. North Island Snipe. Guam Flycatcher. Eight more birds. Eight that I had never heard of. Pagan Reed Warbler.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The Dodo lived on Mauritius, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. For much more, see The history of the Dodo Raphus cucullatus and the penguin of Mauritius (PDF). These are the lost raphines: Dodo ( Raphus cucullatus ). It gave up flight long, long ago. I also find this model compelling.

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Rare Tortoises Found in Luggage

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JUNE 19, 2010

The tortoise- and drug-filled bags had come in on 1 June on an Air Mauritius flight and were discovered by Customs officers at the airport. The tortoises, all still alive, have been handed over to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) which is making arrangements for their return to Madagascar, news reports said.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Gerald Durrell relates one story in trying to save the endemic herpetofauna of Round Island in Mauritius. But time and again around the world efforts to protect endangered species are opposed by animal rights groups if the problem requires some control of introduced species.

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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects: A Review

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

The story of the flightless Dodo, discovered on the island of Mauritius in 1598 and killed off by 1700, is sad and familiar. Number 10, Stuffed Dodo at the Horniman Museum, London, c. 1700, is a fake, formed from a plaster cast of a real Dodo head and real Dodo feet combined with chicken wings and Ostrich feathers.

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