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How many Endemic Birds are found in New Guinea

1 June 2026

Joshua Bergmark

Correctly discussing the true number of endemic birds found in a country is challenging. Field guides usually rely on outdated taxonomy, while the internet is full of misleading estimates which are...

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Winners of the Ornis Birding x Lost Birds Expedition Grants 2026

17 February 2026

Joshua Bergmark

After receiving nearly 100 excellent applications from around the world, it was a difficult task to pick just a couple of them. Thankfully, several generous donors and additional funds from ABC...

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The Enigma of Neotropical Swifts

1 February 2026

Daniel López-Velasco

I have just published a paper in Neotropical Birding which describes and documents some striking plumage variation among presumed juvenile or immature White-chested Swifts, as observed on our Peru...

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First ever Global Mammal Big Day Out

20 August 2025

Daniel López-Velasco

This October marks the first Global Wildlife Fair in Delhi, an international event promoting wildlife conservation and ecotourism. As part of this, the very first Global Mammal Big Day will run on...

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AviList is coming!

30 May 2025

Joshua Bergmark

The highly-anticipated unified bird taxonomy (AviList) is now slated for release on the 10th of June. Our good friends at iGoTerra have confirmed that within a couple of weeks they will be...

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Lost Bird Grants (and our new webstore)

15 May 2025

Joshua Bergmark

Are you a skilled birdwatcher aged 18-30 who wants to rediscover a species lost to science? We’re now funding grants of up to $5000 USD to inspire driven young birders to seek out and document the...

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The best place in the world to see Spoon-billed Sandpiper

13 March 2025

Joshua Bergmark

During our February tour covering the winter specialties of eastern China, we ended up with some extra time on Hainan which allowed us to visit the north-western corner of the island to search...

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Cabanis's Bunting and Brown-backed Honeybird in Senegal

1 February 2025

Joachim Bertrands

During our recent tour to Senegal, some welcome surprises joined the list. First of all, at Campement de Wassadou, we unexpectedly sighted a Brown-backed Honeybird (formerly known as Wahlberg’s...

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Demolitions and constructions of Masked Bowerbird

20 November 2024

Joshua Bergmark

Those who have been in recent years to New Guinea may have been lucky enough to see either Masked Bowerbird in the Arfaks of West Papua, or the closely related Flame Bowerbird in the southern...

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Rediscovery of the Bougainville Thicketbird

1 November 2024

Joshua Bergmark

Whilst birding in a thickly-vegetated gully at about 1500m during the pretour scouting for our Bougainville expedition in September 2024, I accidentally flushed a bird which subsequently began...

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