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Birding Shanghai in July 2023

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The Chinese Hwamei is a second-level protected species in China – as a consequence, according to Chinese law on wildlife protection, it is prohibited for local people to capture and keep the species in captivity without a permit. Still, a few spend the summer here. Hmm, I think I disagree with the author.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information. Interesting too was that the prices were highest in the USA and lowest in Thailand, and that prices in Indonesia indicated high demand and increasing scarcity.” ” Even more strangely, the U.S.

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