Stripe-throated Bulbul ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) resembling an exploded chrysanthemum that has plastered itself onto its face [BirdingInChina.com].

With a global population at less than 900 birds the Slender-billed Vulture ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) is critically endangered and one of the rarest in #Asia but thankfully this #bird here in #Cambodia looked in good shape having just feed on this carcass [BirdingInChina.com].

This image of a Common Woodshrike ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) was taken in the dry forests of northern Cambodia showing well its brown upperparts, white below, dark facial mask, pale supercilium and hooked bill [BirdingInChina.com].

With a global population of less than 500 mature birds, the White-shouldered Ibis ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) is one of the most threatened large waterbirds in Asia. Thankfully this bird looked well and was one of three birds feeding in this Cambodian field [BirdingInChina.com].

Temperatures in April in Cambodia, the peak of the dry season, regularly exceeds 40 °C and consequently this Rufous Woodpecker ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) resorted to digging in this mud for its water source [BirdingInChina.com].

Sometimes the stars align to produce a once-in-a-lifetime experience and today in the forests of northern Cambodia with this critically endangered Giant Ibis ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) whose global population is estimated at just 100 pairs was such an occasion [BirdingInChina.com].

The Bengal Bustard ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) is a critically endangered #bird whose global population is thought to be just around 1000 #bird s but thankfully this male photographed in full breeding plumage today here in #Cambodia looks to be in very good shape [BirdingInChina.com].

This image of a pair of Sarus Cranes ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) was taken earlier today here in Cambodia as they were displaying. These tall pale-grey birds with red bare skin on the head are classified as vulnerable and are the largest of the crane family [BirdingInChina.com].

A somewhat unusual image of an Oriental Reed Warbler ( #BirdsSeeenIn2024 ) taken earlier today here in #Cambodia , in that the #bird was on the ground drinking water [BirdingInChina.com].

Had to step back a number of paces here in Vietnam to get this Greater Racket-tailed Drongo into the whole frame ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ), especially so as the #bird ’s elongated outer tail feathers are 30cm constituting one half of its entire length [BirdingInChina.com].

The Grey-bellied Tesia ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) is a shy, short-tailed ground-dwelling warbler, rarely venturing out into-the-open, and on those scarce occasions when it does, such as this #bird today in #Vietnam , it is invariably a fleeting appearance [BirdingInChina.com].

This male Siberian Thrush ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) photographed this week with his dark blue coat and distinctive white brow will imminently depart his wintering home in Vietnam for his breeding grounds in the taiga forests of Siberia [BirdingInChina.com].

Up-close-and-personal with this Little Pied Flycatcher ( #BirdsSeenIn2024 ) that pit-stopped briefly in this Vietnamese tropical forest [BirdingInChina.com].