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 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

And here is the Collared Finchbill , who like me suffers from being less social than others. One paper describes them living in the cemeteries of Yogyakarta in Indonesia. The Scaly-breasted Munia has a larger head size than the White-rumped Munia , and a research paper speculates that this is a reason for its wider distribution range.

Blackbirds 246

Blackbirds Birds Indonesia Bhutan 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2023

Strangely, the Oriental Dollarbird seems to suffer a bit from an image problem. Apparently, in many regions of Indonesia, songbird contests are frequently held. See the video links at the end of the post for an illustration of this lifestyle. The paper examines the bird species involved in these bird singing contests.

Malaysia 130

Malaysia Indonesia Lifestyle Japan 130

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not.

Los Angeles 245

Los Angeles Woodpeckers Birds Wounded 245

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

If you are suffering from depression, you just have found another reason to go birding. Both eBird and the HBW agree that the Black-collared Starlin g is a large starling though. Evil people in Southern China catch the bird and eat it. Apparently, the standards of eBird are a bit higher than those of Clarence Thomas.

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Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147