Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientist
This mystery bird is from Thailand. From where does it get its brilliant colours? (Is it Thai-dyed?) Mystery Bird photographed at the Ban Luang Resort, Doi Ang Khang , Chiang Mai province in the far north of Thailand. [I will identify this bird in 49 or so hours] Image: Alex Vargas, 15 February 2011 (with permission, for GrrlScientist/Guardian use only ) [ velociraptorise ]. Nikon D5000, Nikkor ...
Biodiversity could be casualty of Myanmar openness
As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney's pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Myanmar. Across the border, Thailand's last five pairs are guarded around the clock against snakes and human predators.
Mystery bird: rufous-bellied niltava, Niltava sundara | @GrrlScientist
This mystery bird is from Thailand. From where does it get its brilliant colours? (includes videos) Rufous-bellied niltava, Niltava sundara , Hodgson, 1837, also known as the black-and-orange niltava or as the blue-and-orange niltava or orange-bellied niltava, also (appropriately) as the beautiful niltava, or as the Sundara/Sundra niltava, photographed at the Ban Luang Resort, Doi Ang Khang ...
Burma’s environment pays price of development
As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney’s pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Burma. Across the border, Thailand’s last five pairs are guarded around the clock against snakes and human predators. The bird’s status is among many reasons Burma is regarded as one of Asia’s last bastions of
A more open Burma may close the door on habitats of rare species
As MANY as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney’s pitta thrive in the lush lowland rainforests of Burma. Across the border, Thailand’s last five pairs are guarded around the clock against snakes and human predators.
Czech Plzen Zoo Hosts Endangered Talarak Bird of the Philippines
15 May 2012 - Philippine Ambassador to the Czech Republic Evelyn D. Austria-Garcia, together with Embassy representatives from Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, visited the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic last April 20. The visit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) diplomats to the Zoo was upon the invitation of the Zoo's Director Jiri Travnicek. The visit was also the ASEAN ...
Myanmar 'ripe for environmental rape'
Myanmar has avoided the rapid, often rampant development seen in Thailand and other parts of Asia because of decades of isolation brought on by harsh military rule.
Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsBiodiversity could be casualty of Myanmar openness
As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney's pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Myanmar. Across the border, Thailand's last five pairs are guarded around the clock against snakes and human predators.