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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:16 pm Good news!

More than 2,000 crane nests found in Boeung Prek Lpou area, Takeo province
October 25, 2020 11:03 Seng Sothea
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Cambodia News, (Takeo Province): Boeung Prek Lpou is a large wetland located in the Lower Mekong Delta and designated as a protected area. Boeung Prek Lpou, through Sub-Decree No. 90, dated August 9, 2016, which is geographically located at Borey Chulsar and Koh Andet districts, Takeo province.

This wetland is important for supporting the supply and habitat of birds, plants, fish and other wildlife, including animals and plants. Some have not been recorded in detail yet.

BirdLife, in collaboration with relevant authorities, has been supporting the Biodiversity Monitoring of Boeung Prek Lpou since 2003, and supports about 30% of the Sarus Cranes in Cambodia, along with about 129 other species of birds and provides for ecological services (fish) and provides agricultural water to people living around there.
The number of cranes has been increasing significantly from year to year since 2003 and, according to rangers and biodiversity officials, their numbers continue to increase and now there are at least 2,186 nests. The nesting is a new record that has not been seen in more than 15 years.

Mr. Lim Vat, Deputy Director of Boeung Prek Lpou Landscape Protection Area, said: “During the years that the Ministry of Environment has controlled this area, the number of wild birds is increasing steadily. For example, the presence of crane eggs, which were recently discovered for the first time recently. This data clearly confirms the positive results of our team's past efforts to protect and conserve biodiversity resources in this wetland. As Deputy Director of Protected Areas, I am committed to continuing to lead rangers in the protection and conservation of natural resources in the area. This will be left to pass on to the next generation.
Source: https://kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/article/1198250.html
Great news about the Cranes, but the picture accompanying the article is misleading, the birds pictured are not Sarus Cranes, they look to be Asian Openbills.
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Yes, they are Asian Openbills and no, I do not believe that there are over 2,000 nests.
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From https://www.facebook.com/cambodiabirds/

Sarus cranes : 1, 2, and 3.
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A family of sarus crane with 5 members (one juvenile) arrived Boeung Prek Lapouv on 4 December 2020. Sarus crane usually spend their wintering time in this wetland from December to February.

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January 4, 2021
Rare Yellow-breasted Bunting spotted on New Year’s Day
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A Yellow-Breasted Bunting. BirdLife International Cambodia Program

The rare Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola), a bird that is said to give a lot of positive and healing properties in Buddhist tradition, was confirmed on New Year’s Day as having returned to the Kingdom after a lapse of three years.

A team of field rangers on December 30 first spotted 20 of what looked like the critically-endangered birds flying in Boeng Prek Lapov but were only able to confirm the identity after spotting a stationary one on Friday.

The passerine birds in the bunting family Emberizidae which were found across the Boreal and East Palearctic has now disappeared from Eastern Europe, European Russia, large parts of Western and Central Siberia, and Japan.

The yellow-breasted bunting has now come under the EN category – endangered of extinction and is listed as critically endangered species in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUNC)’s red list due to its population declining by about 80 percent in the last few years.

Bou Vorsak, Cambodia Programme Manager at BirdLife International, said the rangers at Boeng Prek Lapov confirmed spotting these birds on New Year’s Day.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800087/r ... years-day/
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:55 am January 4, 2021
Rare Yellow-breasted Bunting spotted on New Year’s Day
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A Yellow-Breasted Bunting. BirdLife International Cambodia Program

The rare Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola), a bird that is said to give a lot of positive and healing properties in Buddhist tradition, was confirmed on New Year’s Day as having returned to the Kingdom after a lapse of three years.

A team of field rangers on December 30 first spotted 20 of what looked like the critically-endangered birds flying in Boeng Prek Lapov but were only able to confirm the identity after spotting a stationary one on Friday.

The passerine birds in the bunting family Emberizidae which were found across the Boreal and East Palearctic has now disappeared from Eastern Europe, European Russia, large parts of Western and Central Siberia, and Japan.

The yellow-breasted bunting has now come under the EN category – endangered of extinction and is listed as critically endangered species in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUNC)’s red list due to its population declining by about 80 percent in the last few years.

Bou Vorsak, Cambodia Programme Manager at BirdLife International, said the rangers at Boeng Prek Lapov confirmed spotting these birds on New Year’s Day.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800087/r ... years-day/

Another bird that has take a hammering, mainly due to hunting and habitat loss. Frequently killed and stuffed and put in Chinese households as it is believed to bring "happiness". I remember seeing them in the thousands during migration in China, alas no more.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:30 am There have been a number of news items about birds in the Khmer news recently. It seemed like a good idea to keep them together in one thread, so this thread is for news or discussion or opinions on anything related to birds in Cambodia : bird watching, discoveries, saving endangered birds ...

Oriental Pratincole’s Nests Discovered in Cambodia
AKP Phnom Penh, April 27, 2020 --
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BirdLife Cambodia has announced to discover nests of the Oriental Pratincole in the Southeastern part of Cambodia.

“The nests of the Oriental Pratincole finally discovered by our ranger team working at BirdLife Cambodia project site in Lower Mekong- south-east Cambodia!” said BirdLife Cambodia in a statement released this afternoon.
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Recent studies by researchers from Australasian Wader Study Group (AWSG) have found the Oriental Pratincole to be astonishing migrants, travelling more than 8,000 kilometres from where they spend their winter (in Australia) to their nesting grounds here in Cambodia (and also further west in India), it pointed out.

“Our pratincoles are probably from the same populations as the now famous individuals SHE and SEC, and having recently returned from their journeys to Australia,” it underlined.

The oriental pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover is 23–24 centimetre long and weighs approximately 75 grammes. Its total population is about 2.5 million, according to Birdlife International.
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Interesting article, suggesting some hope for the future for Cambodian birdlife:

Second chance for Cambodia’s big birds
For a suspenseful three years, Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary seemed doomed. But now, changed policies, changed hearts and a new organic rice scheme promises hope for the forest landscape’s villagers, businesses and giant birds.
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“What’s happening to my home?” If birds think rationally (and there’s evidence to suggest they can) then this thought may have been in the heads of a family of Sarus Cranes as they stood, powerless, watching monster machinery tear up their habitat. Sovannarith Thol was at the scene a few years ago: “Many people know that habitat loss is the biggest cause of extinction, but they are distanced from the reality,” says the Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary Project Manager from the BirdLife Cambodia Programme. “Seeing birds witness this destruction in front of their eyes made it painfully real.”

Sarus Cranes Antigone antigone (Vulnerable) are spectacularly impressive; reaching up to six feet tall with a wingspan of about eight feet, they are the world’s tallest flying birds. And at Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia, they’re in good company: birds here are big. Also stalking through the marshes are Greater and Lesser Adjutants Leptoptilos dubius and Leptoptilos javanicus, (Endangered and Vulnerable) and Green Peafowl Pavo muticus (Endangered), imposing in their own foreboding and beautiful ways and all standing at over a metre tall.

Other hefty birds such as the White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni (Critically Endangered) and the Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea (Critically Endangered) – Cambodia’s national bird – perch implausibly in the surrounding trees. At such gargantuan sizes you’d think they’d be easy to spot but, as you’ve likely noticed, all of these species are threatened and their numbers low.

At 250,000 ha, Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary is one of Cambodia’s biggest protected areas, thus able to cater for these bumper-size birds, and consists of largely intact forest dotted with trapaengs (seasonal water holes), a favourite spot for species such as the Giant Ibis, White-shouldered Ibis and Sarus Crane to find food. The local people too, depend upon the forests for all that they need. There are 26 villages in and around the landscape, reliant on rain-fed rice, water from the forest’s rivers and its fish for their protein. So long as the human population here is stable, people and nature live in harmony. But recent changes have disturbed the equilibrium.
Full article: http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/ ... -sanctuary

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Sarus Crane Still Exist but Numbers Seemingly Drop
AKP Phnom Penh, January 18, 2021 --
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By the morning of Jan. 18, 2021, a total of 59 sarus crane arrived Anlung Pring Protected Landscape in Kampong Trach, Kampot, according to BirdLife International Cambodia Programme.

BirdLife International Cambodia Programme and partners are conducting a census on this endangered giant bird species. The survey is expected to finish in May.

Only 194 sarus cranes were counted in Cambodia during the 2020 census.

During the breading period, cranes move to Preah Vihear, Rattanakiri, Mondulkiri provinces for nesting, and during the non-breeding period, they go to the wetland of Takeo, Kampot, and other provinces around Tonle Sap for foraging. Habitat conversion, human disturbance, and egg and chick stealing are the main threats to this species.

According to BirdLife, Sarus Crane (Grus antigone sharpie) was justified in the red list category. This crane is listed as vulnerable because it is suspected to have suffered a rapid population decline. Totally, the whole population is between 13,000-15,000.
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Oh wow this thread is really about birds.
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Cambodian Conservationists Monitoring Grey-headed Fish Eagles
AKP Phnom Penh, January 21, 2021 --
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Conservationists have been monitoring the presence of Grey-headed Fish Eagles at their habitat, according to BirdLife International Cambodia Programme.

"The Grey-headed Fish Eagle are suffering from habitat destruction and overfishing. In Lomphat wildlife sanctuary, our monitoring team usually recorded its presence and nesting near big seasonal wetland and a long Srepok river bank," it said.

In last December, the monitoring team has recorded this species of bird in four different locations of Lomphat, it added.

Grey-headed Fish Eagles is a fish-eating bird of prey from South East Asia. It is a large stocky raptor with adults having dark brown upper body, grey head and lighter underbelly and white legs.

This species is now only locally common and may have a moderately small population, which is thought to be undergoing a moderately rapid population reduction owing to habitat degradation, pollution and over-fishing. It is therefore classified as Near Threatened as it almost qualifies for listing under criteria. Its population is between 10,000 and 100,000.
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