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Not enough Woodpeckers

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. “I am not bad-looking, I am just badly photographed”: A Bay Woodpecker (Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia) using a joke from “Roger Rabbit” The pinkish eyerings of the Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tansa, India) make it look as if it is constantly suffering from a hangover.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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In Singapore, the White-crested Laughingthrush is widespread despite not being native and has some characteristics of an invasive species ( source ). Survival rates of chicks increase when there are helpers present – and if in captivity this is not an option, humans can also take the place of helpers ( source ).

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 1

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title “A Peck of Affection or a Peck of Aggression: Case Report of an Eye Injury Due to the Black-naped Oriole “ In which a Chinese man in Singapore picks up a juvenile Black-naped Oriole , which in turn attacks the patient’s left eye causing severe pain and tearing.

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

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” If you have ever been to Singapore, you will know that about half the places there are named after Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781 – 1826). “Dull, me?” For good measure, some animals in the near vicinity were also named after him, such as Raffles’s Malkoha.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2024 (The Colors of Spring)

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Of the female, the website Birds of Singapore says that it “resembles male but has greyish-brown upperparts”, which is a strange way of stating that its color is completely different. nechaevi is not shorter than the 6th primary feather.

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