Torrent Duck: one species or three?
With a wide distribution on Andean rivers from Venezula to southern Chile, Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) is generally treated as a single species comprising three to six subspecies.…
Long-tailed Duck breeds in The Netherlands for first time
A female Long-tailed Duck was photographed with four ducklings yesterday in The…
Slimbridge flamingos foster chicks in fertility bid
Three pairs of Andean flamingos at the Gloucestershire reserve were given eggs of their Chilean counterparts to nest. The Andean flamingos had been prompted to lay eggs by the hot weather but the…
Spoon-billed Sandpipers
The spoon-billed sandpiper Calidris pygmaea is one of the most threatened birds on the planet. It breeds on the Chukotsk and Kamchatka peninsulas in the Russian Far East, migrates through…
Milking the cow: why Dutch dairy is becoming bird-friendly
International studies recently showed Dutch men to be the tallest in the world, standing on average at 1.84 metres – remarkably, some 20 cm taller than 150 years ago. But how did a nation once…
In Search of the Exclusive Pink-Headed Duck
The Pink-headed Duck was always considered rare, but it has not been conclusively seen in the wild since 1949 in India and is known from Myanmar from only two specimens. Unconfirmed reports of…
White-Sholdered ibis nests discovered in Preah Vihear
Six nests of the critically endangered white-shouldered ibis have been found in the northern plains of Preah Vihear province.
According to a statement from the Wildlife Conservation…
Argentina’s Flamingos
This year’s British Birdwatching Fair will support the creation of Argentina's largest national park, in the process providing a haven to nearly a million flamingos and shorebirds.
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