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The Storks of Africa

10,000 Birds

If there are human fishing activities then all the better – Marabous will gather in numbers around fishermen’s docks and fish markets, in fact anywhere where fish are cleaned and scraps disposed of, allowing these intelligent birds to obtain a free meal. The Saddle-billed Stork has a similar Africa-wide distribution as the Marabou.

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Ethiopia’s Endemics

10,000 Birds

White-cheeked Turaco Also occurring in Eritrea and Sudan, this species range is mostly centered around Ethiopia. Flocks of cheerful birds frequent caves and cliffs where they breed. They have a complex social structure, the study of which has been of great relevance in analyzing the evolution of human social behavior.

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