10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2024

The kind of place that will be completely uninhabitable for birds in about 5 years, if Vietnam continues developing and if my usual pessimism is justified. 45 of these bulbuls were unlucky enough to be dissected for an analysis of their stomach content, resulting in a paper for the Journal Of Oil Palm Research.

Vietnam 180

Vietnam Zebras Birds Sparrows 180

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

One proposed explanation by the researchers for this phenomenon is that similar-looking birds reduce their risk of predation, as predators find it more difficult to focus on and isolate a single target. Interested in doing research on the Orange-bellied Leafbird ? melliana but might represent an undescribed subspecies.

Burma 205

Burma Birds Vietnam Laos 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Below is a quotation directly from this paper by the Monitor Conservation Research Society: “Trade data from the range countries of Thailand and Vietnam and from Indonesia and USA, both non-range countries, revealed 10,841 Black-throated Laughingthrushes in trade, across 762 visits to 51 markets between 1966 and 2019.

Burma 214

Burma India Birds Indonesia 214

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Nonggang is a rural place in Guangxi with a nice landscape somewhat reminiscent of coastal Northern Vietnam (well, it is not too far away). It is listed as Vulnerable, as its range is rather restricted, though it has been found outside of China as well, e.g., in Vietnam, though the HBW does not seem to have read that paper yet.

China 147

China Vietnam Birds Monkeys 147