10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The previous set up made sure that you discounted 20 years of working in difficult jungle in remote countries to better understand and conserve rare and interesting species, and gets you ready to treat him like the truly arrogant monster he undoubtedly is. One look at his bio and you know he’s trouble.

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Collecting Papua New Guinea Science Guinea 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

He is a writer and communicator whose day jobs have taken him to six continents and more than 25 countries, including Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Kenya, and Cameroon. He contributes to several birding and conservation projects on the web, but his home online is Search and Serendipity , a birding blog he started in 2005.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea California 161

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

We’re looking at an area of Asia southeast of the Malay Peninsula and mainland Southeast Asia, southwest of the Philippines, north and northwest of Australia, west of Papua New Guinea (a boundary called “Lydekker’s Line”), intercut by the equator. The maps on the inside front and back covers help a lot.

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Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 150

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2013

The amazing Ribbon-tailed Astrapia of Papua New Guinea sports the longest tail in proportion to body size of any bird in the world. The remarkable Resplendent Quetzal photographed in Guatemala by Adam Riley. A Great Argus in full call, this species’ tail consists of the longest feather in the bird world.

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Papua New Guinea South Africa Africa Zimbabwe 257

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Other than these, in the wider region at the moment only Papua New Guinea has one 300+ hotspot, but it belongs to the Australian and not the Oriental region. Malaysia has 14 hotspots with more than 300 bird species, and I will focus here on #1 and #2, Fraser Hill (Bukit Fraser) and the Taman Negara National Park.

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Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 278

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

If I was preparing for a birding trip to Papua New Guinea (and, I hope one day to be doing that), I would supplement these plates with the Laman/Scholes videos available online. (I I am puzzled why the Superb Lophorina is not depicted separately in non-display plumage, the only species with this omission.

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Guinea Papua New Guinea Birds Family 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

The duller Bowerbirds in the Bowerbird family produce much more elaborate bowers and the Great Bowerbird is rather dull compared to some of the more colourful Bowerbirds in Papua New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinea Guinea Australia Collecting 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

In a few months we’ll have a referendum to pick the least worse design (all but one fails basic fern morphology) and then a few months after that another referendum were we’ll reject the new design and stay with the one we already have.

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Papua New Guinea New Zealand Guinea Penguins 171

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Those are getting harder to find, so I was very happy when I was asked to review Searching for Pekpek: Cassowaries and Conservation in the New Guinea Rainforest , by Andrew L. Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinea Penguins 2014 Guinea 189

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

These species wander far and wide and with the addition of wing tags they have been able to confirm movements as far away as Papua New Guinea. They would like to know the numbers of these species around Australia on that date and surrounding dates.

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Papua New Guinea Australia 2015 Birds 136

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2012

They are both found in Australia, though the Spotted Catbird is also found in New Guinea. The third Ailuroedus catbird, Ailuroedus buccoides , or White-eared Catbird , is found on Papua New Guinea and in Indonesia.

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Papua New Guinea Ethiopia Guinea Belize 206

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Adam has traveled extensively to all 7 continents, leading tours to numerous countries ranging from Colombia to Egypt, Angola to Papua New Guinea and Antarctica to Alaska. Adam is one of Africa’s most experienced birders, having seen over 2,000 species on the continent as well as 7,000 species worldwide.

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Papua New Guinea Equatorial Guinea Madagascar Tanzania 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2015

In 1942 in Papua New Guinea, whilst fighting a Japanese invasion force, hundreds of Australians died in what was one of the most significant battles during the Second World War. Australian King-Parrot.

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Papua New Guinea Parrots Transported Litter 157