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Three Hokkaido Woodpeckers

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A Japanese book on Hokkaido birds lists 6 species of woodpeckers – I saw three of them, presumably the most common ones. Indeed, the species seems quite adaptable to changing environmental conditions. ” The logic behind this is that both the beetles and the woodpecker species depend on the same resource, decaying wood.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

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The Ashy Tailorbird is a good example of the different perspectives of describing a bird – while the English name focuses on the body of the bird, the Latin species name ruficeps refers to the rufous head. The split makes the bird one of the six species endemic to Sabah, Borneo ( source ), four of which I saw during my week at Sepilok.