article thumbnail

Mammals of Madagascar (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

Mammals of Madagascar with the Comoros, the Seychelles, Réunion and Mauritius (Paperback) by Russell A. And birders spend a lot of their time watching the tree-crowns and, in the right place, spotting many other tree-dwellers. Highly recommended. Mittermeier, Olivier M. Langrand, Don E. Wilson, Anthony B. Rylands, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Kim E.

article thumbnail

12 countries with the greatest bird species density

10,000 Birds

The other African destinations in this list are quite interesting too (Mauritius, Comoros, Cabo Verde), perhaps all but Equatorial Guinea due to complicated logistics of visiting the Bioko Island, poor infrastructure and political instability. The best season here is from June to September.

Gambia 246
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Color Me Roseate

10,000 Birds

The beauty of the Pink Pigeon of Mauritius is matched only by its rarity. So, one could call it rose, rosy, roseate, salmon (see the Salmon-breasted Cockatoo ,) or even coral , if describing the bills of specific scimitar-babblers, ground-cuckoos, or nuthatches but pink serves just as well.

Mauritius 231
article thumbnail

Salon des Refusés (part 2)

10,000 Birds

White-tailed Tropicbird (Mauritius). Spotted Redshank (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). Swinhoe’s White-eye (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). Whimbrel (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). White-bellied Sunbird (Kruger Park, South Africa). White’s Thrush (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). Yellow-billed Hornbill (Kruger Park, South Africa).

article thumbnail

Pycnonotidae: A Critical Review

10,000 Birds

However, this does not apply to the Mauritius Bulbul , which is classified as vulnerable. .” In South Africa`s cape area, the usual approach to handing out bird names is just to add the word cape to the name of a bird family. Thus the Cape Bulbul. Fortunately, most of the bulbuls I have seen so far are not particularly threatened.

article thumbnail

Rare Tortoises Found in Luggage

Critter News

The tortoise- and drug-filled bags had come in on 1 June on an Air Mauritius flight and were discovered by Customs officers at the airport. The tortoises, all still alive, have been handed over to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) which is making arrangements for their return to Madagascar, news reports said.

Tortoises 100
article thumbnail

Unacceptable Trade in Primate Research Animals

Critter News

Around 10,000 are bred and exported from Mauritius to the US, UK and Japan. If they think about what's going on and their role in it, then they might actually have to care. Here's a post on the Red, Green and Blue blog about the unspeakable trade in macaque monkeys as research subjects.

Primates 100