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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan (again)

10,000 Birds

’ The Beautiful Sibia is beautiful even in Mandarin Chinese (Li se qi mei, “Beautiful babbler”) … … and of course in science (scientific name pulchella , “little beautiful”). Hopefully this information is useful for some readers, particularly those with plans to travel to Nigeria.

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Cuckoos Tracked from England to Africa

10,000 Birds

The birds have dispersed rather widely: Four of the birds have already crossed the Sahara; two are in southern Chad, one is in northern Nigeria and the fourth one is in Burkina Faso. Birds, technology, and science together are simply fascinating. One cuckoo is lagging slightly behind the rest and has made it as far as Morocco.