10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2025

There are 19 species of penguins in the world, of which only one, appropriately called the African Penguin, breeds in Africa. It’s a Southern African endemic.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2025

What is your favorite bird species? Ahh, I have so many! Being here on Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean, we have many beautiful birds, and favorites always include the island’s icon, the American Flamingo, as well as the Yellow-shouldered Amazon Parrot.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2025

The species is listed as Near Threatened, with the main threats being habitat loss and poaching (in India). The Malabar Pied Hornbill is a medium-sized hornbill, somewhat larger than the much more common Oriental Pied Hornbill. However… Source

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Sri Lanka Species India 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2025

This post was originally published in 2018. It is republished in our “From the Archives” series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalog of more than 10,000 birding-related posts published over the last 15 years or so. What was the weirdest place you ever birded? Some smelly sewage ponds? Oh, don’t bother responding.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2025

Generally, the common names of this species in a number of different languages indicate greater… Source Not so much with the scientific name Mycteria leucocephala though – how anyone can call this bird white-headed is a mystery to me.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2025

I will endeavour to complete the picture in this second part, including other species that may be wider-ranging but nevertheless of interest. Three species of booby (Sula species) inhabit these islands. I dedicated my last article to some of the endemic seabirds of the Galapagos Islands.

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Breeding Species Birds 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2025

For these readers, birds either belong to the migratory majority, seen only in the summer, or to a much smaller group of year-round resident species. The largest group of species we see consists of resident birds. Down here in central Mexico, our situation is more complicated.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2025

In this episode of Hannah and Erik Go Birding, they explored a few hotspots around Long Island searching for some key species: Purple Sandpiper and Saltmarsh Sparrow. Of course, any good birding trip includes some good food and drinks, fortunately Long Island has some great options.

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Jamaica Birds Sparrows Wildlife 130

AVMA News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The Zoo and Aquarium Radiology Database (ZARD), housed at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, is an online reference tool of thousands of digital radiographs and CT scans preapproved by board-certified veterinary radiologists as “normal” for each species.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2025

The species has high requirements for safety, shelter, and water conditions (source) – not exactly ideal to survive… Source The Scaly-sided Merganser is listed as Endangered, with a global estimated population of about 4660 individuals (HBW).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2025

I know it is not a particularly sophisticated observation, but scientific species names that are just the same word twice always seem a bit silly to me. Leucogeranus leucogeranus, the Siberian Crane, is an example. It just means white crane – incidentally, the Chinese name baihe has the same meaning.

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Species 227

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Maybe this kingfisher should have chosen another island to live on – according to one paper on the species, Java is the most densely populated island in the world and has suffered extreme anthropogenic pressure, resulting in the loss of over 90% of its natural forests.

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Species Suffering Birds Indonesia 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2025

What is your favorite bird species? I appreciate both species. Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon & Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon. What is your name, and where do you live? My name is Susantha Weerappuli & I’m from Sri Lanka. Chestnut-backed Owlet What are the main regions or locations you cover as a bird guide?

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Sri Lanka Birds Species 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2025

The arid landscapes and large number of mammals make it particularly attractive in the dry season, when many species can show up at waterholes. The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is one of the most popular game-watching spots in South Africa. The Mata-Mata campsite was great for… Source

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South Africa Africa Namibia Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2025

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? Quite difficult to pin it down to one bird; however, the Pygmy Kingfisher is my choice. What is the name of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been operating?

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Gambia Birds Species 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2024

At the time the Red Grouse was regarded as Britain’s only endemic bird, for he goes on to explain that “to the ornithologist the grouse has another great distinction: it is the only species of bird exclusively British”. The Red Grouse simply became a subspecies of the much more widespread Willow Grouse. A hen Red Grouse.

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Species Europe Game illegal 245

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2025

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? Sri Lankan Brown Wood Owl – Strix leptogrammica What is the name of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been operating?

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Sanctuary 2014 Birds Owls 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2025

What is your favorite bird species? As a bird guide in Uganda, my favorite bird species is the Green-breasted Pitta (Pitta reichenowi). This stunning bird is a true gem of the forest, both beautiful and elusive.

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Uganda Africa Birds Species 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2025

For several species in this genus, the males come in two morphs, a rufous one and a white one, with the white one typically much rarer. The Amur Paradise Flycatcher is one of the sixteen paradise flycatchers in the genus Terpsiphone.

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Species 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2025

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Vietnam Namibia Wolves Ecuador 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2025

It lists all 11,131 species of birds there are in the world. The new world bird list, called AviList, has been created to replace the confusion of four world checklists (HBW and BirdLife International, Howard & Moore, eBird/Clements, IOC World Bird List). In addition, there are 19,879 subspecies, 2,376 genera, 252 families and 46 orders.

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Family Species Birds 147

AVMA News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The ongoing epizootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, more specifically avian influenza type A H5N1) has sparked concerns among health officials because of the viruss ability to infect diverse animal species, including pigs, big cats, and humans, raising fears of a potential pandemic.

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Pigs Animal Raised Cats 541

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2025

cm – still a bit bigger than the largest bee species, Wallace’s Giant Bee, whose females have a length of about 3.8 By weight, the Bee Hummingbird of Cuba is the lightest, weighing around 1.6 It has a length of about 5.5 Predictably, the heaviest is the Ostrich, weighing about 100-160 kg and reaching a height of up to 2.7

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Cuba Ostriches Species Africa 130

AVMA News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

dairy cattle after its initial discovery in that species this spring. The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, more specifically avian influenza type A H5N1), continues among U.S.

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AVMA News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The ongoing outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus seen throughout the world is unlike previous HPAI outbreaks in terms of severity and the wide range of bird species it infects. Vaccines are being considered among other possible solutions.

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Species Birds 428

AVMA News

JULY 30, 2024

Caitlin DeWilde, founder of the Social DVM, presented the session “Cat vs. Dog Owner Marketing: Two Different Species” on June 24 at AVMA Convention 2024 in Austin, Texas.

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Cats Austin Texas Dogs 373

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Still, the outing did not produce any new species for the year, or enough good photos for a post here. Instead, I have chosen to write about an idea I’ve had percolating for a while: to tell you what the most common species are down here. I’ll take the most common native species in taxonomic order.

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Woodpeckers Mexico Cattle Turkey 363

AVMA News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The latest edition of the AVMA Guidelines for the Humane Slaughter of Animals builds on the original 2016 version, with sections on fur-bearing species and marine animals.

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Slaughter Slaughtered Humane Fur 359

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

On an island, species are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures and only two of the nine species of native seedeaters in T&T persist today in isolated pockets. While the Ruddy-breasted Seedeater is one of the two seedeater species still holding on, Lined Seedeaters are austral migrants.

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Trinidad Groups Blackbirds Species 363

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

One of the target bird species for birders when they visit the Broome area is Yellow Chat. The colour on this bird species is incredible and not easily hidden in the environment. For scale I will include some photographs of the Orange Chat with other bird species. It always seems odd when only one of a bird species shows up.

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2006 Cows Australia Species 344

AVMA News

APRIL 19, 2023

The first step has been developing lists outlining what these medicines are for various animal species. The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) are taking steps to improve the global availability of basic veterinary pharmaceuticals.

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AVMA News

MARCH 4, 2024

Cyanide bombs are used to kill predator species that prey on livestock, but the devices unintentionally kill thousands of animals each year. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is taking steps to stop the use of M-44 devices that deliver sodium cyanide on public land.

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Livestock Killing Animal Species 389

AVMA News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is soliciting public comment on a plan to strengthen regulations for the handling of wild and exotic animals for exhibition as well as improving environmental enrichment for all regulated species.

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Animal Species 370

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Double the ecosystems, double the species. When I first explored this zone, I was astonished to discover highland species like the Hepatic Tanager and Brown-backed Solitaire could be seen feeding on the very same tree as lowland species like the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher and Masked Tityra.

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Sparrows Species Rights Birds 357

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2025

What is your favorite bird species? I have no favorite bird species. To me, every bird species is worth studying and conserving. Straw-headed Bulbul What is your name, and where do you live? My name is Lim Kim Seng but you can call me Kim. I live in Woodlands, in the north of Singapore.

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Singapore Birds Species 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

It covers 403 species: 172 nonpasserine species and 231 passerine species in the Species Accounts, 198 species beautifully illustrated by the author in the Plates section. The scarcity of information on the young of some avian species is astounding.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 290

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2024

My main interest lies in the endemic species and subspecies, trying to understand why some species got there and others didn’t. When we look at the breeding birds, they are all Palaearctic, either mainland species or endemics that evolved from mainland species. On the eastern Canaries they are Palaearctic species.

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