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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 3:51 pm World's Most Endangered Yellow Breasted Bunting Spotted in Cambodia
AKP Phnom Penh, January 13, 2022 --
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The world's most endangered bird "Yellow Breasted Bunting" has been found settling down at Boeung Prek Lapov Landscape Protection Area in Takeo province.

In January, thousands of the bird species still continue to come back to feed and stay in the area.

According to the BirdLife International Cambodia Programme, from December 2020 to April 2021, over 2,000 yellow breasted buntings were recorded in the area wherein they can support their survival.

Yellow breasted buntings flied passing many countries, and they are always spotted in Cambodia from November to April.

The bird's habitats include grassland, forest bushes (reeds), plain and agricultural areas and waterfront.

The number of that bird species has decreased 80 percent in the past years.

It breeds in Europe, North Asia, then migrates to Asian region (Wintering Migration) for feed such as Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand.
By Lim Nary
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From Birds of the World:
Main reasons for this bunting’s decline thought to be hunting on wintering grounds, especially in China, and conversion of many areas of suitable habitat to agricultural use in same region. As numbers even on pristine breeding grounds have dropped very rapidly, primary cause probably excessive trapping at migration sites and, especially, wintering sites. Flocks roosting in reedbeds are flushed and then caught in mist-nets, cooked and sold as food (described as “sparrows” or “rice-birds”); this practice, previously restricted to small area of S China, has become more widespread, and hunters must now travel widely in order to find sufficient birds. More than 1,000,000 individuals killed annually and sold as “snacks”, although the practice illegal in some areas. In addition, each year, in China, thousands of males are killed, stuffed and sold as mascots, their presence in the home being believed to bring happiness to the human occupants.
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"World's Most Endangered Yellow Breasted Bunting Spotted in Cambodia"

Sorry to be difficiult..
The headline does not really make sense.
But anyway - it is not the most endangered bird in the world - nor the most endangered bird in Cambodia - nor not by nowhere even close.

There are species in Cambodia with 10% of those numbers - both globally and nationally.
Spoon-billed Sandpiper; global pop - 3 to 400.
River Tern; Cambodian pop (and all SEA) - fewer than 200.
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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 10:08 pm "World's Most Endangered Yellow Breasted Bunting Spotted in Cambodia"

Sorry to be difficiult..
The headline does not really make sense.
But anyway - it is not the most endangered bird in the world - nor the most endangered bird in Cambodia - nor not by nowhere even close.

There are species in Cambodia with 10% of those numbers - both globally and nationally.
Spoon-billed Sandpiper; global pop - 3 to 400.
River Tern; Cambodian pop (and all SEA) - fewer than 200.
True, lousy headline. But the crash in numbers of Yellow-breasted Buntings is pretty alarming. I do remember when they used to be common in China.
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Siem Reap Bird Rescue
Cambodia News, (Siem Reap): According to a source from the Center for Organization for Biodiversity Conservation (ACCB), the Siem Reap Provincial Department of Environment recently rescued two Western Hawkbirds, birds who fly to Cambodia to winter.
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The birds were seen and reported to be in the possession of some street vendors in Siem Reap when they were rescued.
The Organization for Biodiversity Conservation also thanked the Ministry of Environment through the Siem Reap Provincial Department of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries through the Forestry Administration, who cooperated with each other during the rescue and release of these two hawks.
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“Western Hawkbirds”?????
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hanno wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:01 pm “Western Hawkbirds”?????
Not to be confused with ‘Northern Fat Birds’
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Decline in Number of Cranes in the Prek Lpou Lake Landscape Protection Area
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Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): According to Mr. Lim Vath, Director of Boeung Prek Lpou Landscape Protection Area, the number of sarus cranes in this area has been declining over the past two years, with only 41 cranes recorded in the 2021 census.

Mr. Lim Vath observed that the crane population in the Boeung Prek Lpou Landscape Protection Area has been declining since 2020. "In 2018 and 2019, we counted more than 100 cranes," he said. In 2020, a total of 44 cranes were recorded, and in 2021, only 41 were recorded.
"In 2022, we will conduct another census at the end of December, and we will know exactly how many."
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Celebrating World Wetlands Day!
February 2, 2022
“Wetlands Action for People and Nature”
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World Wetlands Day is observed every year on February 2 all over the world. 2022 marks 51 years of the Convention on Wetlands. This year, WCS Cambodia will be celebrating this event belatedly with the Ministry of Environment (MoE) and local communities on the 10th February in Pursat province where two new wetlands areas have recently been designated as a Protected Area to protect and conserve Cambodia’s water birds.
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16 Nests of Lesser Adjutant Spotted in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
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Sixteen (16) nests of Lesser Adjutant have been spotted at Keo Seima wildlife sanctuary in Mondulkiri province.

The update was shared by the Ministry of Environment, adding that the 16 lesser adjutant nests discovered between 2021 and 2022 have now hatched 19 babies.

The lesser adjutant is an endangered bird listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species.

The bird currently inhabits in many protected areas including the Keo Seima wildlife sanctuary, and its spawning season is from mid-September to mid-February.

Supported by CAMPAS and REDD+ Keo Seima projects, the discovery is made in collaboration among the local communities, Mondulkiri Provincial Department of Environment and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS Cambodia), added the source.

The lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae, and it is a widespread species found from India through Southeast Asia to Java.

Like other members of its genus, it has a bare neck and head and more closely associated with wetland habitats where it is solitary and is less likely to scavenge than the related greater adjutant.
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Nine Nests of Woolly-Necked Stork Found in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary
AKP Phnom Penh, February 21, 2022 --
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Nine nests of Woolly-necked Stork have been spotted at Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary in the breeding season of 2021.

The update was shared by BirdLife International Cambodia Programme recently, adding that of the nine nests discovered in 2021, 8 have confirmed success and 15 chicks successfully fledged, while one nest was failed due to human disturbance.

The number of nests and fledged chicks are the highest in 2021 compared to the previous breeding seasons.

Woolly-necked Stork is an endengered bird species listed on the IUCN Red List as near threatened and their global population is in decreasing trend.

This bird species is found breeding every year in Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary. Their breeding season lasts from July to December, and they prefers to make nests at large trees, along rivers or streams.

The bird began to be recorded in the sanctuary in 2017, having 8 nests with only 5 fledged chicks.

The Woolly-necked Stork or White-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds singly, or in small loose colonies. It is distributed in a wide variety of habitats including marshes in forests, agricultural areas, and freshwater wetlands across Asia and Africa.
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