10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

It’s also endangered, with populations in India and Cambodia numbering barely around the 1,000 mark. Image by ChanduBandi/Wikimedia Commons. The Greater Adjutant Stork is large, striking, and revered in Hindu mythology. But it’s getting a helping hand from dozens of women in three Indian villages.

Cambodia 100

Cambodia India 2016 Groups 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2024

If you are more into virology than ornithology, you might be better off following a different blog – or you could check out this paper : “Detection of a novel astrovirus from a black-naped monarch ( Hypothymis azurea) in Cambodia” The post Birding Tan Phu Forest, Vietnam (Part 2) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

Vietnam 242

Vietnam Fowl Birds Iran 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

It inhabits rather dry areas within a region notorious for being one of the rainiest parts of the world, and is thus patchily distributed from Burma through Laos, Cambodia, parts of Thailand and south China, all the way to Vietnam. The Brown Prinia is an Asian species with a very peculiar range.

Burma 171

Burma Laos Cambodia Indonesia 171

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

Greater Adjutants are huge birds that were once widespread across much of Southeast Asia; today there are two small breeding populations in India and Cambodia. I think this might be my best bird of 2016. I saw this Greater Adjutant in Assam, India, where they scavenge in the Guwahati city dump. There were several there, plus Lesser Adjutants.

2016 134

2016 India Ducks Costa Rica 134

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

In 1974 we shipped four times as much food to Cambodia and South Vietnam as to starving Bangladesh and Swahelian Africa. The government’s policy has been (and it is likely that it will continue to be) to sell grain to those countries that are able to pay and to those countries in whom we perceive our national security interest.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

401-600 sp: Honduras, Guatemala, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay; the Sahel countries (Africa), Namibia and Botswana; Central Asian countries and Cambodia. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands. 801-1000 sp. – 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China.

Equatorial Guinea 235

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Central African Republic Guyana 235

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2024

Its range as indicated in the HBW is extremely small – just a few spots in Southern Vietnam and a little bit of Cambodia – and it is listed as Near Threatened. It was only discovered in 1927, and until 1991, it was unclear whether it still existed ( source ).

Vietnam 246

Vietnam Birds Woodpeckers Bangladesh 246

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The Grey-headed Lapwing- Vanellus cinereus breeds in north-east China and Japan between April and June and then migrate to spend the winter in northern Southeast Asia from northeastern India to Cambodia and southern Japan.

Australia 108

Australia 2006 Japan Cambodia 108

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A holiday in Cambodia? Prior to this Lynx edition – the first ever bird guide devoted specifically to Cambodia, the choice was Robson’s “Birds of South-East Asia” (the updated second, 2014 edition of the 2001 classic). 600 distribution maps, the “Birds of Cambodia” covers 629 species recorded in the country to date.

Cambodia 186

Cambodia Birds 2001 Asia 186