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  • Species include black-naped fruit pigeon Ptilinopus melanospila, large brown cuckoo dove Macropygia phasianella, emerald dove Chalcophaps indica, collared kingfisher Halcyon chloris and yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier.

    Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia 2009

  • Birdlife on the river and in the bush is prolific with over 380 species recorded including Nyasa lovebird Agapornis lilianae, yellow-spotted nicator Nicator chloris, rock pratincole Glareola nuchalis, banded snake-eagle Circaetus cinerascens, and Livingstone's flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei.

    Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, Zimbabwe 2009

  • An endemic family of passerines, the Xenicidae, is represented by rock wren Xenicus gilviventris and rifleman Acanthisitta chloris.

    Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand 2008

  • The Sajnakhali area contains a wealth of water birds, noteworthy residents including Asian openbill stork Anastomus oscitans, black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, greater adjutant Leptoptilos dubius (E), white ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus, swamp francolin Francolinus gularis, white-collared kingfisher Halcyon chloris, black-capped kingfisher H. pileata and brown-winged kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera.

    Sundarbans National Park, India 2008

  • Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris (they're everywhere),

    10,000 Birds 2008

  • More than 85\% of the world's Rudd's Lark Heteromirafra ruddi (Vulnerable) live on the Wakkerstroom where Bush Blackcap Lioptilus nigricapillus and Yellow-breasted Pipit Anthus chloris (Vulnerable) also thrive.

    YubaNet.com 2008

  • The Australian red-eyed treefrog (Litoria chloris) and its relatives give us a compound potentially capable of preventing HIV infection, the cause of AIDS5.

    YubaNet.com 2008

  • Khor Khalba on the UAE’s east coast, bordering Oman, contains an endemic subspecies of the white-collared kingfisher (Halcyon chloris ssp. kalbaensis).

    Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert 2007

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