10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2023

That is why I am so pleased to see the new “Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: An Identification Guide” being illustrated with nearly 1400 colour photographs of the 45 species of gulls found in the Western Palearctic. And even the best of and the most respected painters are not spared of such scrutiny. Highly recommended.

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Europe Africa Greece Groups 227

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2021

This time we travel to Africa, or to narrow it further, to the Afrotropical region (since the north of the continent avifaunally belongs to the Palearctic). Geographic patterns of species richness for birds (1,558 species) in East Africa at 0.25° resolution (blue indicates low species richness, while brown indicates high species richness).

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Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 196

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Purple-crested Turaco is the national bird of Eswatini, which given that this country is the last absolute monarchy in Africa and the country with the world’s highest HIV prevalence is probably not much of an honor. And it gets kind of grumpy if these are not available.

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Reddit Animals

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Africa, the world’s second largest and second-most-populous continent, is incredibly diverse. Africa supports roughly a quarter of the planet’s animal and plant species due to its equally diverse natural landscapes and biomes, which range from arid deserts and grasslands to tropical rainforests and ice-capped mountains.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

I mainly guide in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and South Africa but also East Africa How long have you been a bird guide? Rockrunner, a Namibian near endemic What is your name, and where do you live? living in Windhoek, Namibia What are the main regions or locations you cover as a bird guide?

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Namibia Zambia Botswana South Africa 132

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Africa curbs donkey exports ?Universal Universal Images Group via Getty Images/Giovanni Mereghetti Chinese demand for gelatin is decimating donkey populations in Africa, prompting officials to curb exports of the animals.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. Definitely my personal favorite of Africa’s pink birds is the delicate Pink-throated Twinspot. There are certainly some stunners involved. Pink-throated Twinspot.

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Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 207

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JUNE 14, 2024

I recently took a trip to the moholoholo animal rehabilitation centre in Limpopo, South Africa, situated near the Kruger Park and I just wanted to share some of the amazing animals they take care of! submitted by /u/NutellaMamma [link] [comments]

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2016

Phoebe Snetsinger had that experience while birding East Africa for the first time and seeing as many birds as she did in the US for the previous 50 years.). In “Where to Watch Birds in Africa”, Nigel Wheatley says: “In terms of its size, Uganda is the richest country for birds in Africa.” What is 665 birds?

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Africa Uganda Gorillas Rwanda 129

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2015

Under that impossibly blue sky of Africa. Everything around you is new and the World is exciting again, or was it simply Africa? I did use the word “Africa” too many times. And, yes, I know. I couldn’t help myself – it is such a powerful word!

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Africa Botswana Birds Europe 208

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

And so, I went on the American Birding Association Safari to South Africa. That was easily fixed by adding a post-Safari trip to Eastern South Africa, led by dashing Rockjumper guide Clayton Burne, to my itinerary. I was not on one of those lucky groups, but I did get to see a Secretarybird on my Eastern South Africa trip.)

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Africa has more than its fair share of storks, with 8 of the world’s 19 species gracing the continent. Marabous occur throughout tropical and subtropical Africa from Zululand in northern South Africa right up to the arid Sahel region fringing the Sahara Desert, avoiding the closed canopy rainforest zones of central and west Africa.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 238

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2018

And so we are out of Africa, or South Africa at least. Having done the lower end of South Africa, I truly long to get to see the parts farther north. Sunbirds, are in my interpretation, the hummingbirds of South Africa. The final destination for our time in South Africa, was the Rondevlei Nature Reserve.

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Africa South Africa Ostriches Penguins 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2024

Part One of the book concerns the Lesser Flamingo, which has, Dr. Bondar observes, four separate wild populations in the world, in Africa and western India and Pakistan. The biggest such population is… Source

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Pakistan India Africa Birds 238

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2015

It is now treated as its own species, confined to Africa and the tip of Arabia (Black Kites also migrate here from Europe and Asia). Birds kites South Africa' I saw these individuals in Imfolozi Game Reserve, where they were hanging around a kill. And as you can see, they are pretty good looking too.

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South Africa Africa Botswana Wolves 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

The history of Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa is a slightly unusual one. It is a good place for South African birders, as several species are found here and nowhere else in South Africa, and it holds a small number of endemics that it shares with the Mozambique lowlands. Tembe Elephant Park is a mosaic of savannah and forest.

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South Africa Elephants Africa Lions 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

These birds are heading south-west, many of them crossing the Sahara Desert to wintering grounds in West Africa. This is peak time for the migration of Western Marsh Harriers (Circus aeruginosus) across the Strait of Gibraltar. These migrants are essentially… Source

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2018

After a very long day of 7 hours of driving, 11 hours flying and then 9 hours more driving, we have arrived at our temporary home here in South Africa. Daily park fees are such that we opted for the annual “Wild Card” that is good not only for Kruger, but nearly every park in South Africa. This pass cost us $3850.00

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South Africa Africa Rhinos Mongoose 112

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2015

I’ve not made spectacular progress writing up my trip to Africa earlier this year, so perhaps I should get on that. So instead let’s talk about South Africa’s best kept birding secret (at least outside of the country) Wakkerstroom. The drive also got me the Mountain Wheatear and Buff-streaked Chat.

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South Africa Africa Falcons Family 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Crested Myna (Shanghai, China) Black Crested Bulbul (Nonggang, China) Crested Barbet (Letaba, Bateleur, Kruger Park, South Africa) Crested Bunting (Nonggang, China) Crested Dove (somewhere in Australia) Crested Finchbill (Tengchong, China) Crested Flameback (Taman Negara, Malaysia) Crested Francolin (Ndumo, South Africa) Crested Goshawk (Shanghai, (..)

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South Africa China Africa Germany 199

10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2024

The clean plumage and scaly pattern on the back are diagnostic Already in the Strait of Gibraltar, to the south, the Black Kites Milvus migrans , are leaving south for Africa. Black Kites heading south for Africa What do birds do during the dry summer? Many of the Black Kites now heading south are juveniles.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2024

Perhaps the most curious thing about the Great Spotted Cuckoo is its distribution, for it is both a non-breeding Palearctic migrant to Africa, and a trans-Africa migrant. According to The Birds of Africa Volume III , “In much of the tropics present throughout the year, with breeding and non-breeding birds usually indistinguishable”.

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Cyprus Africa Europe Asia 214

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2024

Then, in 2002 I went on my first safari in South Africa’s Kruger park. My true road to Damascus came on the 28 th of January 2009, in another African park: Pilanesberg, South Africa. His objective is to see all the birds presented in Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa, 1991 revised edition. Sofar, nothing new.

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South Africa 2002 Africa Angola 205

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When you mention “Africa” to a birder, it is likely that at least two thirds will instantly think “Kenya”, and for a good reason: it is home to over 1,060 bird species and boasts many globally important birding areas. She has been active in conservation, working for the East Africa Natural History Society.

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Kenya Africa South Africa Penguins 260

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

While much of East Africa is deforested, Uganda retains its trees, particularly in places like Bwindi Inpenetrable and Kibale National Parks, two of the largest and most important expanses of forest in the region. The diversity of habitats in this country that is approximately the size of Oregon is particularly notable.

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Uganda Africa Squirrels Tanzania 161

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2018

With no real chance of any internet connection to report whatever new birds I am able to find, I am scheduling this photo essay featuring a few of my favorite pictures from Kruger National Park, South Africa. With over 13,000 photos saved from my time there, this was no easy task. See you all in two weeks.

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South Africa Africa Seattle Eagles 101

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2011

go on to say that they believe the birds colonized South America from Africa and suggest that the most plausible explanation for this is that the birds traveled west across the Atlantic on “rafts” — huge floating tangles of debris often invoked to explain trans-Atlantic mammal dispersal events. From Namibia. And Mayr et al.

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South America Africa America Namibia 207

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2024

With south-westerlies they come right up to the cliffs as they make their way out towards the coast of West Africa where they will spend the winter. This has to be the best place in the world to see these birds up close and in large numbers.

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Morocco Africa Dolphins Breeding 277

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2011

Tiny satellite tracking tags allowed scientists from the British Trust for Ornithology to track five cuckoos on their 5,000 km migration to Africa. The birds have dispersed rather widely: Four of the birds have already crossed the Sahara; two are in southern Chad, one is in northern Nigeria and the fourth one is in Burkina Faso.

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Burkina Faso Africa Chad Nigeria 157

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

From the border check station, you can turn to the right and go to the “Highest Bar in Africa” or continue into the unknown. We did not make too many other stops other than to head back to the “Highest Bar in Africa” for a celebratory beer and I was able to add to my foreign currency collection with a $20 Lesotho Loti.

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Lesotho Sheep South Africa Africa 222

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Birdlife South Africa has previously done two of these types of trips before, previously called Flock to Sea – Namibia in 2013 and Flock to Nowhere in 2017, in partnership with MSC Cruises. This cruise rose funds for the Mouse-free Marion project of Birdlife South Africa which will attempt to eradicate house mice from Marion Island.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2024

The series will start today with a profile of Rene Rossouw, a bird guide based in South Africa. We will also have two additional series of posts: One features profiles of bird guides from all over the world, explaining their background, their regions, and their favorite birds.

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South Africa Africa Owls Birds 195

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2021

A wet African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa). A wet European Bee-eater (Mkuze, South Africa). A wet Brown-headed Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa). Wet Red-billed Oxpeckers (Mkuze, South Africa). Wet Red-billed Queleas (Mkuze, South Africa). And finally, a wet African Penguin (Cape Town, South Africa).

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South Africa China Africa Birds 172

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2022

Southern Ground Hornbill (Kruger Park, South Africa). White-bellied Sunbird (Kruger Park, South Africa). Yellow-billed Hornbill (Kruger Park, South Africa). Purple-crested Turaco (Mkuze, South Africa). Siberian Rubythroat (Nanhui, Shanghai, China). Spotted Owlet (Delhi area, India). Whimbrel (Nanhui, Shanghai, China).

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South Africa China Mauritius India 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2020

African Penguin (Cape Town, South Africa, Nov 2018). African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa, Nov 2018). European Bee-eater (Hluluwe, South Africa, Nov 2018). Ground Woodpecker (Drakensberg, South Africa, Nov 2018). Purple-crested Turaco (Mkuze, South Africa, Nov 2018). Walking back to their beach towels.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 3, 2009

More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people have been arrested in the largest international operation targeting wildlife crime across Eastern Africa, the Kenya Wildlife Service and INTERPOL announced today. Tags: ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephants.

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JULY 10, 2023

im gonna have a 72 dangerous animals website: reddit ​ submitted by /u/Embarrassed-Funny154 [link] [comments]

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