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 ” considered one of Southeast Asia’s most iconic forest birds”.
Solely the females have a skinny, silky-white line throughout the breast (males would not have necklaces, it could make them look too female – these birds aren’t rappers).
The lunatus within the scientific identify Serilophus lunatus means crested and refers to what skilled birders discuss with as their supercilium – the “stripe which runs from the bottom of the chook’s beak above its eye, ending someplace in direction of the rear of the chook’s head” (supply).
There may be additionally an organization known as Supercilium (www.supercilium.com) providing cosmetics below the motto “DEFINE.SCULPT.CONTROL YOUR PERSONALIZED BROW ROUTINE”, however to my data, the Silver-breasted Broadbill isn’t a buyer of this firm because it can’t afford even the easier choices such because the Forehead Lamination & Lash Raise Glaze Starter Package for USD 128. For my part, it’s lovely 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 stage.
eBird agrees with me, calling it a “gaudy, cartoonish-looking chook of tropical foothill and montane forests”, although I feel “gaudy” is a bit harsh: Oxford Languages defines gaudy as “extravagantly shiny or showy, sometimes in order to be tasteless”. And a web site named Vocabulary.com provides “Somebody in a gaudy outfit might be attempting too arduous to be cool and trendy”. Poor chook.
In Nonggang, Guangxi, China, the Lengthy-tailed Broadbill primarily builds nests on energy traces (88.5%), a method that prioritizes predator avoidance over nest-site concealment (supply). Makes you marvel the place they nested 200 years in the past (I name this the Barn Owl query).
The scientific identify 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 crops 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 among the greater than 100 species of similar-looking White-eyes, making it fairly arduous to say something attention-grabbing about it.
And the scientific identify Zosterops palpebrosus (palpebrosus means having distinguished eyelids) does probably not add something both.
If there ever is a class for “Finest Instrumental Indie/Various 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 identify 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 dwelling, drawing the curiosity of each chook lovers and researchers” …
… and asks us to “dive into the wonderful 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 wish to vomit) – although admittedly, this was about Hitler, not about NepalDesk.
Surprisingly, a research 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 research 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 decreasing foraging occasions throughout 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”.
Nonetheless, researchers studied the species in Thailand and located that the “normal conduct of birds included foraging, excretion, locomotion, preening and vigilance.” In fact, 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 suits nicely with the title of the journal this was printed 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 overall 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 other.
In Hong Kong, the Velvet-fronted Nuthatch could 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 attention-grabbing, I do know, however I can’t report on the species being responsible of mass homicide or praising it for rescuing youngsters from burning buildings if the scientific literature doesn’t help such claims.
These Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters aren’t ready for a bus, despite the fact that it appears to be like like that.
For a lot better pictures and many info on the species, look right here.
And to finish the put up, one thing that additionally has wings however isn’t a chook. Nothing extra I can say about it.
