As mentioned in many other posts on this blog, the avifauna of Trinidad & Tobago consists of several species and family groups occurring very...

Take a medium-sized stork, then imagine placing a fried egg over each of its eyes. Color the white of the egg yellow and the...

The most important event this August for birders in Shanghai and probably elsewhere was of course the release of a new The National song,...

As I sit at my desk writing this post about the latest attempt at breeding for one of our pairs of Pied Oystercatchers I...

This near-mythical parrot has captivated my subconscious from the moment I learned of its existence. A massive (largest member of the Amazona group of...

When birding Sabah, Borneo, one almost inevitably passes through Kota Kinabalu, the biggest city and the destination of almost all international flights. While no...

Earlier this year when we first observed Comb-crested Jacanas close to Broome they had just arrived from further north in Australia. Often we have...

The full scientific name of the Golden Pheasant is Chrysolophus pictus, with the “Chrysolophus” part meaning “with golden crest” while “pictus” means painted. That...