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The Storks of Africa

10,000 Birds

In the northern winter, the bulk of the European and North African population migrate down into Africa, as far as South Africa, where large numbers frequent fields where they hunt for insects and rodents. They are also attracted by fires and can gather in thousands.

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Africa’s Barbets

10,000 Birds

Naked-faced and Bristle-nosed Barbets occur in the forests along the west coast of Africa, Gray-throated in central Africa’s rainforests and Sladen’s is endemic to great rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their generic name Gymnobucco translates to “naked-trumpeter” as a result of these features.

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