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Birding around Xining, Qinghai

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If you think you have already seen enough photos of Elliot’s Laughingthrush, you may not be the right reader for this blog. Probably something about the wing bars, right? For some reason, the HBW specifically mentions that this species also breeds in a city park in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.

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Getting sentimental: Birding at Baihualing, China

10,000 Birds

On the other hand, for the White-gorgeted Flycatcher , the HBW gets it exactly right, remarking on its “brilliant white throat” Congratulations. The Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher is misnamed – the throat patch (gorget) clearly is orange rather than rufous.

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