10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

He is a writer and communicator whose day jobs have taken him to six continents and more than 25 countries, including Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Kenya, and Cameroon. He contributes to several birding and conservation projects on the web, but his home online is Search and Serendipity , a birding blog he started in 2005.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Other than these, in the wider region at the moment only Papua New Guinea has one 300+ hotspot, but it belongs to the Australian and not the Oriental region. Malaysia has 14 hotspots with more than 300 bird species, and I will focus here on #1 and #2, Fraser Hill (Bukit Fraser) and the Taman Negara National Park.

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Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 272

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JULY 18, 2019

Island hopping further east lies Papua New Guinea with 870 species, including 38 Birds of Paradise. On the eastern New Guinea (within PNG) there are 29 endemics, plus 54 at the Bismarcks and the Admiralties, plus 4 more at the Bougainville. and the DanumValley (300 sp.). The best season is June to August.

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Costa Rica Sri Lanka Rwanda Papua New Guinea 192

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APRIL 9, 2013

The amazing Ribbon-tailed Astrapia of Papua New Guinea sports the longest tail in proportion to body size of any bird in the world. The remarkable Resplendent Quetzal photographed in Guatemala by Adam Riley. A Great Argus in full call, this species’ tail consists of the longest feather in the bird world.

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Papua New Guinea South Africa Africa Zimbabwe 239

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DECEMBER 21, 2014

The duller Bowerbirds in the Bowerbird family produce much more elaborate bowers and the Great Bowerbird is rather dull compared to some of the more colourful Bowerbirds in Papua New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinea Guinea Australia Collecting 166

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

In a few months we’ll have a referendum to pick the least worse design (all but one fails basic fern morphology) and then a few months after that another referendum were we’ll reject the new design and stay with the one we already have.

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New Zealand Papua New Guinea Guinea Penguins 163

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JUNE 2, 2020

If I was preparing for a birding trip to Papua New Guinea (and, I hope one day to be doing that), I would supplement these plates with the Laman/Scholes videos available online. (I I am puzzled why the Superb Lophorina is not depicted separately in non-display plumage, the only species with this omission.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 263

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APRIL 8, 2012

They are both found in Australia, though the Spotted Catbird is also found in New Guinea. The third Ailuroedus catbird, Ailuroedus buccoides , or White-eared Catbird , is found on Papua New Guinea and in Indonesia.

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Papua New Guinea Ethiopia Guinea Cats 183

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

We’re looking at an area of Asia southeast of the Malay Peninsula and mainland Southeast Asia, southwest of the Philippines, north and northwest of Australia, west of Papua New Guinea (a boundary called “Lydekker’s Line”), intercut by the equator. The maps on the inside front and back covers help a lot.

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Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 126

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

These species wander far and wide and with the addition of wing tags they have been able to confirm movements as far away as Papua New Guinea. They would like to know the numbers of these species around Australia on that date and surrounding dates.

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Papua New Guinea Birds 2015 Australia 134

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

Those are getting harder to find, so I was very happy when I was asked to review Searching for Pekpek: Cassowaries and Conservation in the New Guinea Rainforest , by Andrew L. Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 182

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

Adam has traveled extensively to all 7 continents, leading tours to numerous countries ranging from Colombia to Egypt, Angola to Papua New Guinea and Antarctica to Alaska. Adam is one of Africa’s most experienced birders, having seen over 2,000 species on the continent as well as 7,000 species worldwide.

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Papua New Guinea Madagascar Africa Equatorial Guinea 220

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APRIL 5, 2015

In 1942 in Papua New Guinea, whilst fighting a Japanese invasion force, hundreds of Australians died in what was one of the most significant battles during the Second World War. Australian King-Parrot.

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Papua New Guinea Parrots Transported Litter 157