114,357 ha of Taiwan Farmland Was Modelled as Suitable for Four Bird Species
Suitable habitat for black drongo, common moorhen, zitting cisticola and scaly-breasted munia overlapped across 114,357 hectares of Taiwan…
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Research, conservation and important developments connected to this species.
Common Moorhens See Nearly 300 Degrees Around Them Despite a Narrow Binocular Field
Common moorhens have a binocular field only about 34° wide at its maximum, but nearly 300° of combined…
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Arsenic showed the strongest bioaccumulation in little egret feathers at a Chinese plateau wetland
A 2026 study of naturally moulted feathers from 22 little egrets and two other waterbird species in China's…
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Common Moorhen Feathers Had the Highest PFAS Concentrations Among Three Waterbird Species
Among 141 feather samples from three waterbird species in a protected wetland in southwestern China, common moorhens had…
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Hunters Reported Taking 549 African Jacanas and 1,909 Eggs From a Benin Ramsar Wetland
Interviews with hunters and trappers at Ramsar site 1018 in southeastern Benin recorded reports of 549 breeding African…
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Human Disturbance Was Linked to 28 Abandoned Nests at Punjab Village Ponds
Researchers monitored 67 nests of eight bird species at village ponds in three Punjab districts; 28 were abandoned…
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Longer Shorelines Were Associated With More Chicks in Four Urban Waterbird Species
Across 55 waterbodies in Gdańsk, Poland, longer shorelines were associated with more chicks in mallards, mute swans, Eurasian…
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