The bird was first recorded by Ornithologist and Chairman of Nepal Rare Birds Committee (NRBC) Mr Suchit Basnet and Mr Badri Chaudhary on 1 April 2005 at Koshi Tappu. The bird was identified as Rufous-vented Prinia bringing Nepal’s total bird list to 862 species. The bird is known as Prinia burnesii to scientific community. The […]
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Endangered Pateke – Brown Teal – Released in Special New Zealand Reserve, Tawharanui
Another rare bird species is being welcomed back to Tawharanui this weekend. Up to 30 endangered pateke, or brown teal, will be released into the open sanctuary at Tawharanui Regional Park. The release of these special ducks is took place on Saturday 2 February, World Wetlands Day – a day where government agencies, interest groups […]
Kakapo Encounter 2008: Rare Chance to See A Kakapo
Back by popular demand, New Zealand?s rare endemic night parrot will be available for viewing by interested public in September-October in southern New Zealand. Get your map, mark your calendar and dust off your intrepid adventuring cap. From September 8-October 22, 2008, you have a date on New Zealand?s Stewart Island with one of Earth?s […]
New Bird Species Recognised in Colombia, May Already be Extinct
A new bird species, the Antioquia Brush-Finch or Atlapetes blancae – has been described as a result of studies supported by Fundacin ProAves in Colombia. Ornithologists are concerned about the conservation of the new species, as nobody knows whether or not it still exists. read more at wildlifextra
Rare Kakariki Parakeets to Re-Populate New Zealand Gulf Islands
An ambitious plan to translocate 100 kakariki (red-crowned parakeets) from Little Barrier Island to two other Hauraki Gulf islands as well as a mainland site means more people will be able to see the rare birds. Conservation researcher Luis Ortiz-Catedral, based at Massey University in Auckland, has been studying a small population of translocated orange-fronted […]
Helicopter Search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
A collaborative partnership has been established to conduct helicopter searches over portions of what is thought to be the core of Ivory-billed Woodpecker habitat in the Big Woods of Arkansas. read more at wildlifextra
Endangered Bird Hunting in the Philippines
Worldwide, more than 130 bird species, from the flightless Dodo of Mauritius to the gargantuan Elephant Bird of Madagascar, have become extinct or been killed off since the 16th century. Of 10,000 surviving species, 10 percent are threatened with extinction, and the Philippines are no exception: the Luzon Sarus Crane, Ticao Tarictic Hornbill and numerous […]
Hornbill Conservation in Thailand – Poacher to Gamekeeper.
Confronting the hostile and suspicious villagers, Pilai Poonswad was characteristically blunt: ?Your children will dig up your bones and curse them for what you have done to the forests,? she told them. There was a tense heartbeat of silence as the assistant headman arose. ?That is true,? he said. ?There are times when I?d like […]
New habitat being created for wigeon at WWT Welney
Wigeon will soon have 38 hectares of specially created wintering habitat next to WWT Welney Wetland Centre in Norfolk, thanks to the combined efforts of WWT and the Environment Agency, who is funding the project. read more at wildlifextra
Drastic decline in one of UKs rarest breeding ducks
The UK’s most threatened breeding duck has suffered further drastic declines over the last decade with a 50 percent drop in population according to a new survey read more at wildlifextra