Gurney's Pitta the Last Few Stragglers

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:29 AM PDT The Gurney's pitta (Pitta gurneyi) is a medium-sized passerine bird that completely disappeared from all lowland evergreen forest south of Prachuap Khiri Khan province where natural forest was destroyed primarily to grow palm and rubber trees except for one little patch in Krabi province. Read full article

A busy few days

We have some new birds & new lists. From Melanesia we have the Admirality Islands and New Ireland. From Indonesia we have the Sangihe Islands

 photo By Réjôme Jérôme Micheletta April 3, 2011  © all rights reserved

Banggai Islands

We now cover the Banggai Islands. 100 species, 1 endemic & 4 globaly threatened species. New birds to WorldBirds:- Black-billed Koel, Palawan Frogmouth, White-rumped Triller, Banggai Crow & much more.

Photo by Pete Morris © All rights reserved (Birdquest)

Lead Poisoning Threatens Vulnerable Albatross Population

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:22 AM PDT The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced its intent to begin cleaning up toxic, lead-based paint at federal facilities on Midway Atoll that kills up to 10,000 Laysan albatross chicks each year and also threatens the endangered Laysan duck. The announcement came after the Center for Biological Diversity issued a notice of intent to sue the Service and affiliated agencies in 2010 for their failure to remediate the hazardous waste hurting the birds, in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Endangered Species Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The Service’s action memorandum authorizes cleanup to begin this month. Read full article