Copyright Sue Bishop
Birdviewing.com
Feb 26 2016
Kaeng Krachen National Park
Mar 24 2016
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Copyright Sue Bishop
Birdviewing.com
Feb 26 2016
What a fantastic bird.We watched it from a distance feeding on fruits then suddenly,a car drove by and flushed the bird.It flies with very slow wing beats and with each downward stroke of the wing,you hear a loud "shwoosing" sound.
Mar 24 2016
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Copyright jimmyhu
Birdviewing.com
Mar 16 2016
adult
Styan's bulbul is one of the endemic species of Taiwan, only abundance in the southern tip and eastern valley area where I made a recent trip to. The feather, habit and behavior were very similar to more common white-vented bulbul except of lacking whiter spot on the hind section of the head. This bird had a black head and nap area and white feather on the face. At the base of mouth, there is a small spot of red/orange spot. Because of interbreeding problem with more common Chinese bulbul, this species already extinct in some eastern part of Taiwan and considered as a vulnerable species status now.
Mar 20 2016
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Copyright jimmyhu
Birdviewing.com
Mar 3 2016
male, adult
This same Eurasian Blackbird also found in China and many part of Asia. I found this bird on the grass in the Hongchou's wetland conservation area. It must be another subspecies. Unlike the European one with bright color, this one look dull. Without hearing it sound (it is dead winter on March in Asia this year!), I can not say about its voice. The same species, perhaps 10K kms apart, illustrate this well adapted species.
Mar 12 2016
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Copyright jimmyhu
Birdviewing.com
Jun 4 2015
adult, summer plummage
I took a trip on Balkan countries and had recorded several species. This is the most impressive for its sounds, loud but pleasant. It is a rather big compared with other thrushes. It is bright black with gold eye-ring and beaks. It presence everywhere in Balkan area with its loud voice during the summer.
Mar 12 2016
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Copyright jimmyhu
Birdviewing.com
Feb 8 2016
adult
Due to other introduced/invasion mynas, this native endemic subspecies is threatened with reduced numbers. The ivory beaks is the marker for this species which is also distributed in China with different subspecies. I took this photo and paid little attention until I discovered the ivory beaks of this photo to prove I had this species at hand recently.
Mar 12 2016
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Copyright jimmyhu
Birdviewing.com
Mar 3 2016
adult
I took this photo at the West Lake Park in Hongchou, China, the most popular tourist spot in China. It is a big surprise to me that red-billed magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) because this is almost the same look as the Formosan BLue Magpie, except the belly is white instead of blue in the later species. In Taiwan, there were cases of interbreeding of these 2 species, thus a threat to the later species (Urocissa caerulea).
Mar 12 2016
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Copyright jimmyhu
Birdviewing.com
Mar 5 2016
adult
In the middle of metropolitan shanghai, I took this very late of the day and from a great distance I knew this is a different magpie and turned out to be the Azure-winged Magpie. This species distributed either in the southwest corner of Europe and China: what a strange distribution. This bird should have blue back and head and white underside. I took at front view, so nothing to show it pretty light blue feathers.
Mar 12 2016
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Copyright lou_dav
Birdviewing.com
Mar 8 2016
male
Fraser River in Delta BC
Mar 9 2016
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Copyright lou_dav
Birdviewing.com
Feb 8 2016
female
Fraser River in Delta BC
Mar 9 2016
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