10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2012
Four critically endangered Indonesian birds – the Flores Hawk , the Siau Owl , the Sangihe Honeybird , and the Mandar Gendang , which is otherwise known as the Invisible Rail - will have their profiles raised a bit when they debut on Indonesian postage stamps. It is unclear if the Invisible Rail stamp will be blank.
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. The females, having selected a mate, will raise the chicks on their own. To birdwatchers they are a difficult pilgrimage that few don’t want to attempt at some point, but few manage.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? Indonesia (1615 / 1603). And where all those birds are? This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species. Map by BirdLife International. The Afrotropics.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.
10,000 Birds
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. A depressing article in Birding Asia raises the question about the validity of field surveys when there are many more caged birds to be seen than wild ones.
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.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2023
That paper raises an interesting question: “When less attractive people accept less attractive dates, do they persuade themselves that the people they choose to date are more physically attractive than others perceive them to be? One paper describes them living in the cemeteries of Yogyakarta in Indonesia.
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