10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

That is mainly the Philippines, as indicated by the species name lucionensis (Luzon is the Philippines’ biggest island). A paper by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines argues that trapping the parrot is essentially a way of wasting money. But it would take many years.

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Malaysia Philippines Parrots illegal 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2024

There is not really much scientific information about the Laced Woodpecker , and the scientific species name vittatus (“banded, ribboned”) does not give me much to talk about either. As with many woodpeckers, the sexes are color-coded, with the red forehead indicating the male.

Vietnam 246

Vietnam Birds Woodpeckers Bangladesh 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. Unless the woodpecker is drumming a hole into your garage, and then, well, it’s a different kind of excitement.) Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide is the first major guide to family Picidae in 20 years.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Philippines 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2023

Apparently, the Malaysian Pied Fantail has only recently been split from the Philippine Pied Fantail. I was wondering whether it is still politically correct to use the word pygmy, as in Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker. There are quite a few synonyms for pygmy – maybe in the future, we will have to talk of the Sunda Undersized Woodpecker?

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Zebras Thailand Philippines Dissection 246