10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Mantanani is a biological link between Borneo and the islands of the Philippines. Like many small islands that fringe the Philippines side of Borneo, it has a handful of species that are mostly found in the Philippines, or species that are supertramps, meaning they occur on many of the smaller fringing islands in the Indo-Malayan archipelago.

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Philippines Turtles Owls Fish 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The birds have historically been found from the Philippines south through central Indonesia to Papua New Guinea though they recently colonized remote parts of the west coast of Australia’s Cape York peninsula.

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Papua New Guinea Ducks Philippines Indonesia 154

Critter News

MARCH 17, 2009

Philippines), Animal Welfare Coalition, Compassion and Responsibility for Animals (CARA Welfare Phils), International Monitoring Program (Philippines), International Wildlife Coalition Trust, LovePets, Network For Animals, Palawan Animal Welfare Association and Philippine Animal Welfare Society. Good for them.

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Zoos Animal Welfare Philippines PETA 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2011

From the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands these birds were regularly seen travelling to Johnston Atoll, 873 kilometres away, and one was even sighted in the Philippines. My boss on French Frigate Shoals performed a study on their movements, catching and marking them with wing tags. An adult female with a wingtag from the study.

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Albatross Philippines Hawaii Hunting 215

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This guide describes the 125 best birding sites for both common and rare species, covering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (officially Lao PDR), Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines and Timor Leste.

Asia 235

Asia Laos Myanmar Indonesia 235

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2011

The Buff-banded Rail (simply Banded Rail here in New Zealand) is something of a tramp, ranging from the Philippines through New Guinea and Australia to northern New Zealand. That said I certainly did do some birding, and saw some great birds, one of which was the Buff-banded Rail ( Gallirallus philippensis ).

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Tonga New Zealand Samoa Fiji 203

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. The new rankings will be used in a major conservation initiative called the Edge of Existence program at the London Zoo. Also written up here. The original paper is here.

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Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines Apes 239

Critter News

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

A rare quail from the Philippines was photographed for the first time before being sold as food at a poultry market, experts say. A precious thing, possibly the last of its kind, enjoyed for a few minutes by a human being, then destroyed by another.

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Philippines 2008 Collecting Tagged 100

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.

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Philippines Thailand Indonesia Malaysia 187

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2017

” It needs no spoiler alert to say that Strycker did, indeed, meet his original goal (in the Philippines, with a Flame-crowned Flowerpecker , #5000, accompanied by the inevitable, but actually pretty good, ribaldry). . “When all your energy is focused on a single purpose,” he says, “nothing else seems to matter.

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Sri Lanka Cleveland Philippines Birds 187

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I chose the Philippine Tarsier Tee, which is a very fun shirt indeed! I recently got the chance to try out a t-shirt from a company called Rare Tee. Their mission is to raise awareness on threatened and endangered species through their fun and contemporary apparel. are made from 100% post consumer products.

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Lemurs Philippines Primates Monkeys 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. Cocker focuses on the love-hate relationship we have with raptors.

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 244

10,000 Birds

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.

Indonesia 184

Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 184

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

The Philippine Eagle has a kind face. I couldn’t help thinking this–me, the anthropomorphism hater– as I watched a pair of Philippine Eagles tend their nest, raise a chick, and tear monkeys apart in Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth , a well-crafted, beautifully filmed documentary with a mission.

Philippines 203

Philippines Eagles Eggs Monkeys 203

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

It may look like a cartoon, but while birding Philippines, Phoebe Snetsinger literally slept in a prison, because its buffer zone held the only remaining forest in the agricultural landscape. That cartoon is not showing some dystopian future, but the world we already live in.

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Sri Lanka Costa Rica India Cooking 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I agree with eBird that the Asian Glossy Starling is “fierce-looking” Appropriately, it is an invasive species in places such as Taiwan, where some papers recommend reducing the population.

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Sri Lanka Taiwan Birds Cats 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2024

Spiderhunters : Primarily found in Southeast Asia, from the Indian subcontinent to the Philippines, with a preference for forested areas, including lowland and montane forests. Vocalizations: Sunbirds : Typically have high-pitched, rapid, and often melodious songs and calls.

Vietnam 246

Vietnam Birds Woodpeckers Bangladesh 246

Critter News

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Last week, representatives of some 50 countries attended the third meeting of the International Cooperation on Migratory Sharks (SHARKS III) hosted by the Philippines in Manila. From Inquirer.net. Eleven of them signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging to protect the whale sharks.

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Sharks Philippines Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2017

However, there have been vagrant Grey-headed lapwings that have been observed in Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. The first record in Australia, initially observed by Karen and Brett Davis, was in the small township of Burren Burren in northern New South Wales on 19th June 2006.

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Australia 2006 Japan Cambodia 133

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2023

Apparently, the Malaysian Pied Fantail has only recently been split from the Philippine Pied Fantail. As the photo below shows, these birds stay healthy by going through an elaborate routine of yoga exercises that never work that well for me.

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Zebras Thailand Philippines Dissection 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Five species are not illustrated, the “probably extinct” Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers, and the little-known, range-restricted Rusty-necked Piculet (tiny area in South America), Atlantic Woodpecker (Brazilian endemic), and Yellow-faced Flameback (endemic to west-central Philippine islands).

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Philippines 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The bird “spent five months on Mindoro Island in the Philippines during the non-breeding season and migrated through Taiwan, the Chinese east coast, and the Korean peninsula” and on to the Russian Far East (indicating a certain lack of solidarity with Ukraine).

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China Birds Ukraine Killing 244

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Birds breeding in mainland East Russia migrate through mainland China and spend the winter in South-East Asia, while birds ringed in Japan and easternmost Russia were mainly found wintering in Taiwan and the Philippines ( source ).

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Russia Asia Philippines Taiwan 264