News Myanmar

From 1952 - 1985, there were no confirmed sightings of the Gurney's Pitta © Boonchay Promjiam

Gurney's Pitta: lost and found - and lost...

Tue, 15/01/2019
Once thought to be lost forever, the Gurney’s Pitta has dodged extinction several times over the decades. Now, confined to Myanmar and beset by habitat destruction and civil unrest, it may be running out of chances.

Targeting hunters to save Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Tue, 17/01/2012

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Mon, 10/01/2011
Spoon-billed Sandpiper is one of the world's strangest-looking birds and certainly the weirdest wader. It is a small bird with, as its name suggests, a spoon-shaped bill. The species is listed as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International because it has an extremely small population, which is getting smaller This means that it is at real risk from extinction in the next few years.