10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This guide describes the 125 best birding sites for both common and rare species, covering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (officially Lao PDR), Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines and Timor Leste. Whatever was omitted or incorrect in the first is fixed in the second.

Asia 223

Asia Laos Myanmar Indonesia 223

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Menglun in Xishuangbanna is less than 50 km away from the Chinese border to Laos and Myanmar, and it has a big botanical garden.

China 263

China Barn Owls Laos Myanmar 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

601-800 sp: Canada, Costa Rica, Panama; Russia; Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa; Laos, New Guinea (PNG); Australia. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands.

Equatorial Guinea 193

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Central African Republic Guyana 193

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Tags: vietnam laos endangered species.

Laos 100

Laos Species Vietnam Endangered Species 100

Critter News

OCTOBER 2, 2009

In July, Kenyan authorities intercepted 16 elephant tusks and two rhinoceros horns being illegally exported to Laos from Mozambique. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed.

illegal 100

illegal Kenya Laos Elephants 100

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 160

Burma Laos Cambodia Indonesia 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

melliana from alleged contact zone(s) in northern Laos and possibly south-western China. There are also reports of individuals with intermediate characteristics between the very different taxa C. hardwickii and C. Hill ranges in eastern Myanmar and western Thailand are also suspected to be the intergradation zone between C.

Burma 187

Burma Vietnam Birds Laos 187