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“The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia”

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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.

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Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

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The Gray-headed Swamphen ranges from Turkey through India to northern Thailand. Philippine Swamphen. The Philippine birds ( photo ) have chestnut backs and would be called Porphyrio pulverulentus if split. .” The two takahes split off between the African Swamphen and the Gray-headed Swamphen, about 2.5

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Stop to Smell the Giant Parasitic Roses

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The 28 odd species of this genus are found in the Sunda (the islands of Indonesia, Malaysia and the southern bit of Thailand) and the Philippines, and are named for the inescapable (in this region anyway) Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, he of the founding of Singapore fame.

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Birding Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Rice Paddies

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Continuing with the topic of singing, apparently, Zebra Doves are highly valued for their singing, particularly in parts of Southern Thailand. Apparently, the Malaysian Pied Fantail has only recently been split from the Philippine Pied Fantail.

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