Whereas Cat Tien has the Black-and-red Broadbill (and a few others that I didn’t see), Di Linh has two different species of broadbill – each additionally very engaging. The primary is the Silver-breasted Broadbill.
In an uncharacteristic exuberance, the HBW calls it ” certainly one of Southeast Asia’s most iconic forest birds”.
Solely the females have a skinny, silky-white line throughout the breast (males don’t have necklaces, it might make them look too female – these birds will not be rappers).
The lunatus within the scientific title Serilophus lunatus means crested and refers to what skilled birders consult with as their supercilium – the “stripe which runs from the bottom of the chook’s beak above its eye, ending someplace in the direction of the rear of the chook’s head” (supply).
There’s additionally an organization known as Supercilium (www.supercilium.com) providing cosmetics beneath the motto “DEFINE.SCULPT.CONTROL YOUR PERSONALIZED BROW ROUTINE”, however to my information, the Silver-breasted Broadbill isn’t a buyer of this firm because it can not afford even the easier choices such because the Forehead Lamination & Lash Carry Glaze Starter Package for USD 128. For my part, it’s stunning sufficient with out the assistance of such merchandise anyway.
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Whereas the Silver-breasted Broadbill nonetheless appears to be like midway like an actual chook, the Lengthy-tailed Broadbill takes wanting like a Playmobil figurine to a different degree.
eBird agrees with me, calling it a “gaudy, cartoonish-looking chook of tropical foothill and montane forests”, although I believe “gaudy” is a bit harsh: Oxford Languages defines gaudy as “extravagantly vibrant or showy, usually in order to be tasteless”. And a website named Vocabulary.com provides “Somebody in a gaudy outfit might be attempting too laborious to be cool and classy”. Poor chook.
In Nonggang, Guangxi, China, the Lengthy-tailed Broadbill primarily builds nests on energy strains (88.5%), a method that prioritizes predator avoidance over nest-site concealment (supply). Makes you surprise the place they nested 200 years in the past (I name this the Barn Owl query).
The scientific title Psarisomus dalhousiae commemorates Christian Ramsay née Broun Countess of Dalhousie (1786-1839), a Scottish plant collector and the spouse of George Ramsay ninth Earl of Dalhousie, Gov.-Gen. of British North America, Commander in Chief, East Indies. One report mentions that she was so devoted to her botanical research that she died with a listing of vegetation in her hand (supply).
Just like the Silver-breasted Broadbill, the Lengthy-tailed Broadbill additionally suffers from being captured for the cage chook market in Thailand. Disgrace on these individuals.
The Indian White-eye is likely one of the greater than 100 species of similar-looking White-eyes, making it relatively laborious to say something fascinating about it.
And the scientific title Zosterops palpebrosus (palpebrosus means having outstanding eyelids) does probably not add something both.
If there ever is a class for “Finest Instrumental Indie/Different Observe on Horseracing”, my clear favourite is “Arkle” by It’s Jo and Danny. Simply saying. And no, this has no relation to the paragraphs earlier than or after.
Regardless of its scientific title Stachyris nigriceps, the Gray-throated Babbler doesn’t look significantly black-headed (nigriceps).
These babblers forage in smallish social teams of largely unrelated people – apparently, this will increase the possibility for male group members for extrapair and extra-group paternity (supply). Form of like becoming a member of Tinder.
The White-browed Scimitar Babbler spends most of its time on the bottom or hidden within the low undergrowth, although the pictures beneath do probably not present that.
NepalDesk gushes that “The White-browed Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus schisticeps) is a beautiful and intriguing chook that calls numerous areas of Asia residence, drawing the curiosity of each chook lovers and researchers” …
… and asks us to “dive into the superb world of those feathered creatures”.
To cite German painter Max Liebermann: “Ich kann nicht so viel fressen, wie ich kotzen möchte.” (I can’t eat as a lot as I need to vomit) – although admittedly, this was about Hitler, not about NepalDesk.
Surprisingly, a examine on the breeding ecology of the Streaked Wren-Babbler discovered that they’re well-adapted to their habitat.
Okay, that was a bit unfair. Right here is the complete conclusion of the paper: “Our examine means that a number of options of the breeding ecology of the Streaked Wren-Babbler, together with constructing nests in rocky cavities, commencing breeding sooner than most species, and lowering foraging occasions through the incubation interval, are well-adapted to the distinctive habitat of tropical limestone forest.”
“If I wasn’t so well-adapted, I’d be extinct by now”.
The Buff-breasted Babbler will get a low score by the HBW: a “featureless smallish babbler”.
However, researchers studied the species in Thailand and located that the “basic habits of birds included foraging, excretion, locomotion, preening and vigilance.” After all, that is extremely related info – or to place it within the phrases of the authors ” This info can be utilized to assist with conservation planning within the space and elsewhere.” The width of this declare matches properly with the title of the journal this was revealed in – Agriculture and Pure Sources.
The skinny black stripe behind the attention of this Velvet-fronted Nuthatch signifies that it’s a male.
Whereas the final literature (and to a minor extent, these pictures) point out that the chook nearly by no means involves the bottom, there are observations of the alternative.
In Hong Kong, the Velvet-fronted Nuthatch might have established a foothold by using an ecological area of interest not utilized by different species – specializing in branches of diameters bigger than 2 cm and tree trunks (supply). Not terribly fascinating, I do know, however I can not report on the species being responsible of mass homicide or praising it for rescuing youngsters from burning buildings if the scientific literature doesn’t assist such claims.
These Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters will not be ready for a bus, regardless that it appears to be like like that.
For significantly better pictures and many info on the species, look right here.
And to finish the submit, one thing that additionally has wings however isn’t a chook. Nothing extra I can say about it.
