10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

One solution employed at Kinabatangan is the use of artificial nesting holes – they look fairly unattractive in my eyes but seem to be accepted by Rhinoceros Hornbills. Apparently, a single team of traditional dancers uses about 400 rhinoceros hornbill feathers, which involves killing 40 birds ( source ).

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 142

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2020

They were chasing flies around a rhinoceros midden. Thus my BBOTY for 2019 was; White-fronted Bee-eater. A small flock of Merops bullockoides were feeding in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Large clumps of droppings, yet to be broken down by bugs, bacteria, or a returning rhino, were used as slightly raised perches.

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Rhinos Rhinoceros South Africa 2019 181

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Their presence indicates large mammals nearby – and only a few meters away, one Southern White Rhinoceros mother with a calf disappears among the bushes. Related to starlings, like woodpeckers they move over large mammals feeding on ticks, but also on their hosts’ blood. We wait for a while, but they do not reappear.

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South Africa Africa Game Elephants 254

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

You are certain to see Greater One-horned Rhinoceros , Water Buffalo and Hog Deer , and with a bit of luck Smooth-coated Otters. Travel onto the world famous Kaziranga National Park and you will have very good chances of more endangered species such as Pallas’s Fish Eagle , vultures, Swamp Francolin , and both species of Adjutant Storks.

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India Wildlife Tigers Rhinoceros 222

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes its seventh baby white rhino since 2004. The adorable baby, a female, will join other rhinos in the 26-acre white rhino habitat on Busch Gardens’ Serengeti Plain. The baby is the second calf born to mother Kisiri and the seventh calf born to father Tambo.

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Tampa White Rhinos Rhinos Rhinoceros 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

Their presence indicates large mammals nearby – and only a few meters away, one Southern White Rhinoceros mother with a calf disappears among the bushes. Related to starlings, like woodpeckers they move over large mammals feeding on ticks, but also on their hosts’ blood. We wait for a while, but they do not reappear.

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 217

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2014

I mean, how do you pick between a handful of broadbills, Rhinoceros Hornbills , two pittas, a falconet and the Whiskered Treeswift ? I was Borneo-bound. Borneo did turn up some great birds, as expected, but it still turned out to be quite hard to pick a winner.

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2013 Rhinoceros Thailand Birds 190

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. I guess he should have stuck with the substantially less dangerous trogons. Lucky him, right? Though he ended up dead anyway.

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Birds Elephants Eagles Rhinoceros 242

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Rhinoceros Auklet. All in all, I add 17 new species to my Life List, not even a quarter of what I had hoped for. Well, I guess I just have to go back! Common Redpoll. Emperor Goose. Golden Plover. Horned Puffin. Savanah Sparrow. Pacific Wren. Red Crossbill. Glaucous Gull. Aleutian Song Sparrow. Gold-crowned Sparrow. American Pipit.

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Grizzly Bear Alaska Bears Puffins 154

Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

Operation Tram "revealed a large amount of medicines either containing or marketing the use of illegal ingredients such as tiger, bear and rhinoceros," according to the French-based international coordinating body.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 2, 2009

In July, Kenyan authorities intercepted 16 elephant tusks and two rhinoceros horns being illegally exported to Laos from Mozambique. Officials say the sales have fuelled demand for ivory in Asian countries, especially China, contributing to a sharp increase in elephant poaching.

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illegal Kenya Laos Elephants 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2011

Heck, I’m looking forward to seeing Cassin’s Auklet and Rhinoceros Auklet again, birds I have seen one and two times, respectively, to say nothing of Pelagic Cormorants and Brandt’s Cormorants.

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Seattle Rhinoceros Puffins United States 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Wikipedia reports that he “was an excellent tennis player and an enthusiastic big game hunter.

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Burma India Indonesia Thailand 234

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Sunset over the Ngorongoro Crater, a sight to behold!

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Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 242

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds. Both mother and baby will join the other animals on the Serengeti Plain in about three months.

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Giraffes Gestation Tampa Rhinoceros 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 15, 2010

Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds. These births are part of a successful long-term breeding program at Busch Gardens.

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Giraffes Gestation Tampa Rhinoceros 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 23, 2010

Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds. These births are part of a successful long-term breeding program at Busch Gardens.

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Giraffes Gestation Tampa Rhinoceros 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2013

Depending on the time of year, other alcids to expect include Pigeon Guillemots, Common Murres , Rhinoceros Auklets and Cassin’s Auklets. At the very northern end of their breeding range in the Channel Islands, they are strictly a Californian bird as far as the U.S. is concerned.

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California Sea Lions Whales Whaling 183

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

November 12, 2008) – Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby white rhinoceros on Wednesday, Nov. TAMPA, Fla. The female rhino was born in the night quarters adjacent to their 26-acre white rhino habitat on Busch Gardens’ Serengeti Plain.

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White Rhinos Rhinos Tampa 2008 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

We haven’t seen the reason yet, but suddenly you could have palpated a tension in the air that made the zebras step away and even one female Ostrich stand up… Then the Lord of the waterhole came – the White Rhinoceros. The bull weighing almost two tones stopped at the edge of the clearing to sniff the air.

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 189

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

a pregnant Indian rhinoceros readies herself for birth after a 16-month wait. The Atlanta Zoo in Georgia is borrowing Chengdu’s winning technique to help try and have a baby of its own. Meanwhile, at Whipsnade Zoo in the U.K.,

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Pandas Leopards Gorillas Zoos 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The Big Five–lion, leopard, African buffalo, elephant, and rhinoceros–are impressive, but my heart lies with the patterned mammals, giraffes and zebras. It was a fresh kill, and though it might take hours, the observers knew that eventually the leopard was going to come back for his breakfast.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Calling loudly overhead were Bornean Black Magpie and Rhinoceros Hornbills , and, at the last moment, we heard Blue-headed Pitta again. We froze, then dashed over to the forest edge. The guide told me that it was gone, but I lingered, and then saw something moving, and got my bins on it.

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Lemurs Rhinoceros Leopards Uganda 160

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

INDRI offer Snow Leopard expeditions annually in October and February, combined with a Royal Bengal Tiger and Indian One-horned Rhinoceros extensions. This event was observed during a tour arranged and guided by INDRI – Ultimate Wildlife Tours www.indritours.com.

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Snow Leopard Leopards Hunting Sheep 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The Natal Spurfowl forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung (HBW) and does so without complaining. And I do not even want to think about which part of an old man’s anatomy the throat pouch reminds me of. However, that is hard to do when reading that the pouch is used in courtship rituals. Think about it when you feel hard done by life.

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Ostriches Parrots Eggs Africa 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

So, you would have a “Hippopotamus Egret”, a “Rhinoceros Egret” or an “Elephant Bird” ( source ). Apparently, in some regions where Cattle Egrets do not primarily associate with cattle but with other animals, their name in the local language changes accordingly.

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Elephants Congo Birds Africa 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2022

Presumably, the Natal Spurfowl thinks the Kruger Park is good habitat, with all the big animals around – the HBW remarks (with a slight hint of disapproval) that the species forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung. The bird … … and the dung provider.

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Africa Eagles Birds Barn Owls 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

After seeing Rhinoceros Auklets and Xantus’s Murrelets on the first half of Sunday’s San Diego Bird Festival pelagic trip, we reached Mexico’s Islas Cornado (Coronado Islands), four rocky islands off the coast of northern Baja California. Duncan, I’m also entertained by your comment!

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea California 161

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Nothing wets the appetite for a birding trip like a map with a Blue-banded Pitta posed in the middle and a Rhinoceros Hornbill flying across the edge! There are two-page spreads with a list of birding sites, map coordinates, and bird descriptions on the left and full-page maps on the right, showing roads and routes linking the sites.

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Brunei Asia Birds China 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Indian Rhinoceros in Kaziranga, photo Anuwar Hazarika/Wikimedia Commons. Kaziranga National Park is famous for having 80% of the surviving population of the Indian Rhinoceros , as well as being the favourite park of the British royal family, whenever they visit India. Other wildlife includes Asian Elephant , Tiger , Leopard.

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Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 278

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Big Five–Lion, Leopard, African Buffalo, African Elephant and Rhinoceros–were historically the main mammal attraction of Kruger. Tall grass, grass in burnt areas, leaves stems, small mammals, large mammals, invertebrates, birds, bird eggs, even hyena feces (that’s the Leopard Tortoise).

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Rhinos Animal Mammals White Rhinos 252

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Similarly, the property protects an impressive large mammal fauna; it contains globally significant populations of African elephant (Loxodontha africana) (106,300), black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) (2,135) and wild hunting dog (Lycaon pictus).

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Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 199

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2014

Too many highlights, but I have to shout out the Rhinoceros Hornbill as a runner up for my bird of the year last year. Never did see an elephant though). The River in the afternoon. Even non-birders appreciate Wrinkled Hornbills.

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Bats Birds Elephants Badgers 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

Rhinoceros Hornbill ( Buceros rhinoceros ); Danum Valley, Borneo, 1 January. Blue-throated Bee-eater ( Merops viridis ); Danum Valley, Borneo, 1 January. CORACIIDAE (ROLLERS). Dollarbird ( Eurystomus orientalis ); Pasir Ris, Singapore, 11 January. Bucerotidae (Hornbills). Capitonidae (Barbets).

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2014 New Zealand Singapore Rhinoceros 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Rhinoceros Auklet – Cerorhinca monocerata. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Black Guillemot – Cepphus grylle. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park. 27 May 2017. Pigeon Guillemot – Cepphus columba. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 27 May 2017. Monterey pelagic–off Pt.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Scarlet-rumped Trogon – Harpactes duvaucelii. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Helmeted Hornbill – Buceros vigil. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Black Hornbill – Anthracoceros malayanus.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 103

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Southern Red-billed Hornbill – Tockus rufirostris. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. Helmeted Hornbill – Buceros vigil. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Taman Negara NP–Forest Loop. 18 Jun 2018. Indian Gray Hornbill – Ocyceros birostris.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100