10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2012

I was seeing all sorts of small to very small songbirds with yellow bellies and a greenish back in the dense foliage of Indonesia’s trees. “In failure lies opportunity”, and luckily I noticed this while still being in Indonesia. I was shocked!

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Indonesia Family Asia Groups 258

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JULY 24, 2014

Distributed across a broad swath of territory that includes India’s Himalayan foothills, Thailand, Indochina, peninsular Malaysia and western Indonesia, this species occurs in moist or semi-evergreen forests that may include secondary growth and degraded habitats in its native range. Common Hill Myna’s range in South Florida.

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Miami Asia Florida Malaysia 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus ) in Java, Indonesia, by Ron Knight. The western Mediterranean birds are bluish-purple all over. When split, they would retain the scientific name Porphyrio porphyrio. Black-backed Swamphen. The sister taxon to the Mediterranean birds occurs on Borneo and the western Indonesian islands.

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Papua New Guinea Philippines New Zealand Florida 227

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

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2023

In addition, while there is limited or no legal trade of Chinese Hwameis to other countries, the species is still readily available in bird markets in countries such as Thailand and Indonesia (source) – poor bird.

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Indonesia Thailand Legislation illegal 199

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

Adding to their mystique is the remoteness of their home, the undeveloped and rarely visited islands of New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. To birdwatchers they are a difficult pilgrimage that few don’t want to attempt at some point, but few manage. There are, however, two species that are more accesible than the rest of the family.

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Indonesia Guinea Australia Cooking 232

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

This is a bit of a quick post, but there is a very good reason for this: it was written back in October and then pre-scheduled since I’ll be in Indonesia again from the end of October until the day before this post goes up. It really ain’t that much of a unique selling point of the West Palaearctic region.

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Indonesia Asia Birds Groups 205

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

The Olive-flanked (or Yellow-flanked) Whistler ( Hylocitrea bonensis ) is endemic to to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, where it lives inconspicuously in montane forests. This unique bombycillid is much-sought by birders visiting the region, and our own Redgannet encountered a flock in Saudi Arabia a couple of winters ago.

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Saudi Arabia 2008 Indonesia Colombia 252

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

The Wink and Heidrich paper ( Molecular systematics of Owls (Strigiformes) based on DNA sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome b gene , PDF), as the title indicates, looked at the mitochondrial cyt b gene across about a third of living owls and found Snowy Owl sister to Great Horned Owl, concluding, “the taxonomic consequences would be to merge (..)

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Owls Indonesia 2002 North Carolina 182

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.

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Burma India Indonesia Thailand 244

Critter News

APRIL 12, 2010

It takes place in Indonesia. Tags: reptiles indonesia lizards crocodile endangered species. The skins are being used for handbags and other products. This link has a horrible photo and a worse video. Just warning you.

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Reptiles Indonesia Endangered Species PETA 100

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

So–the book covers islands that belong to the Republic of Indonesia and to Malaysia. But, it doesn’t cover all or Indonesia or all of Malaysia. Does the fact that this guide doesn’t include all of Indonesia or Malaysia mean that a birder going to these countries will have to invest in multiple field guides?

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Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Birds Indonesia nightjars' It’s got legs (and knowns how to use them)! Who knew, or could have known!? I feel betrayed and disillusioned. The only bright side to growing old has been dipped in ink.

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Goats Indonesia Science Experience 234

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata ), one of the study subjects, in Indonesia © David J. Not everyone entirely agrees with this assessment, but more on that in a moment. Ringer Suh et al.

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Parrots Falcons Indonesia Rodents 220

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

Indonesia (1615 / 1603). The first figure comes from the BirdLife International – in some cases, these seem to be seriously outdated. Hence I added the second figure from the Fat Birder – often more up to date. Taking as a rule, the higher figure is more accurate. The Oriental realm. Malaysia (702 / 781). Thailand (925 / 948).

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2023

After 3 months of South and Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Australia, Arjan’s count stood at 2,060 species. Because this is New Guinea, it does not attract t**s, finches, and sparrows, but parrots and birds-of-paradise… as soon as a fresh load of papayas and bananas is brought out and thrown on the table, the forest comes alive.”

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Papua New Guinea Guinea Suriname Brazil 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2011

On one list, it is the 27th country with the most number of different bird species.

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Myanmar Bolivia 2011 Venezuela 150

Critter News

JANUARY 27, 2009

The demand for palm oil in the US and Europe, is threatening to wipe out orangutans in Indonesia. Indonesia is the world's top producer of palm oil, and prices have jumped by almost 70 percent in the last year. The demand for palm oil is rising in the U.S. and Europe because it is touted as a "clean" alternative to fuel.

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Indonesia Apes Iowa Europe 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Birds dabbling ducks Indonesia waterfowl' Muara Angke – the place where you get to scan THIS for Black Bitterns and rails. The place where you look forward to the birds, but not the birding. No, definitely not the birding.

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Los Angeles New York City Timor Indonesia 165

Critter News

AUGUST 27, 2009

Tags: zoos wildlife crime poaching tigers indonesia.

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Tigers Zoos Slaughter Slaughtered 100

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JULY 22, 2021

Anyway, even this lower number puts China at rank 8 in the list of countries with the most bird species, surpassed only by Indonesia outside of the usual suspects in South America.

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China Pandas Birds Zoos 264

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APRIL 3, 2023

One paper describes them living in the cemeteries of Yogyakarta in Indonesia. Scaly-breasted Munias seem to be fairly eclectic in their choice of habitat.

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Blackbirds Birds Indonesia Bhutan 243

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2021

In fact, the best known member of the family, Central America’s aptly-named Resplendent Quetzal , looks less like Michoacán’s trogons than, say, Africa’s Narina Trogon , or the Red-naped Trogon of Indonesia. Honesty requires that I confess to having seen none of these species. Wikipedia has been used.).

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Mexico Indonesia Arizona North America 237

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

One of their upcoming articles will focus on the effects of the bird pet trade in Indonesia, but if readers from 10000 Birds give at least $1,000 in the crowdfunding campaign, they will add an additional bird conservation story to their roster! . Gifts large or small would make a huge difference.

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Indonesia Colombia Campaign Florida 144

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sadly, the species is also among the many species kept as pets in Indonesia, despite the above-mentioned difficulty in keeping them alive. Different from many other sunbirds, they seem to prefer feeding on insects to feeding on nectar ( source ). Seeds and fruit are also part of the diet ( source ).

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Indonesia Asia Species Raised 233

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 4, 2011

While shooting the premiere episode of National Geographic Channel’s new series, Beast Hunter , host Pat Spain visited the Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia to visit a seven-year-old Orangutan named Pinky. Too cute, right?! Pinky sure does love Pat!

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Indonesia Spain Zoos Hunters 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 17, 2009

All donations go to the National AAZK for distribution to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and the Bukit Barisan Seletan National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia. Date: May 1, 2009. Time: 5:00pm-9:00pm. Location: Olympus Hills Bowling Alley. 4015 Wasatch Blvd.

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Rhinos Indonesia Utah Kenya 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

” Birds Indonesia prinias' I have never seen anything like this in a bird species, and am not aware of any other species that show such a colouration. What about you? Do you know anything about it, or are aware of other bird species with such a striking colouration? “It’s charging !!!”

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Burma Laos Cambodia Indonesia 171

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

It is an adherent to fresh water lakes, canals and swamps from India through East Asia, Indonesia and New Guinea. The Yellow Bittern is a tiny heron, substantially smaller than the Butoroides (Green and Striated) species and slimmer too. The photos in this post are of three individuals.

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Singapore Indonesia Asia Guinea 178

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

A lot of destinations were mentioned, with Central and South America leading the way, New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia appearing only at the middle of the list, and African countries (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar) lagging at the end of the list.

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Congo Africa Madagascar Kenya 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

1) Not surprisingly, the Pink-necked Green Pigeon is widely distributed in Indonesia, where the batik technique was invented. It is small and light – about 80 to 100 grams – which allows it to perform some amazing acrobatics in and on reeds. (1)

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Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 263

Critter News

MARCH 10, 2009

Pierce Onthank, the president of an oil and gas company, was charged in January with illegal possession of a primate for keeping a siamang, a type of gibbon that is native to rain forests in Malaysia and Indonesia and can weigh up to 30 pounds and stand 3 feet high.

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Connecticut illegal Primates Animal Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

They belong to the same species like those found back in Europe, Sus scrofa – which inhabits a belt stretching from northern Africa and Europe all the way to Indonesia, but a different subspecies, S.s. Back on dirt tracks by a Desert Wheatear decorated bush (bellow), to spot five or six Wild boars disappearing among the bushes.

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India Birds Boars Eagles 255

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 Malaysia Indonesia Thailand 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2016

But he’s got stiff competition, including peers working to save Tree Kangaroos in Papua New Guinea, Sumatran Orangutans in Indonesia, and Snow Leopards in Pakistan. Which makes him a formidable candidate for the prestigious prize.

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Papua New Guinea Snow Leopard Pakistan illegal 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2024

Greater Coucal body parts are used as traditional medicine by the Malays in Kuok Village in Indonesia ( source ). The Greater Coucal spends most of its life feeling superior to the Lesser Coucal. However, this offers no protection against superstition. Traditional wisdom sometimes is massively overrated.

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Vietnam Fowl Birds Iran 242

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Let’s take Singapore’s Changi International Airport as an example; it is a huge hub airport with large numbers of people passing through in transit to Australia, Indonesia and south-east Asia. Perhaps I have missed my calling. Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport.

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Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 168