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Duncan’s 2015 List

10,000 Birds

Ostritch ( Struthio camelus ); Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 22 February. White-backed Duck ( Thalassornis leuconotus ); Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 22 February. South African Shelduck ( Tadorna cana ); Madikwe, South Africa, 17 February. Yellow-billed Duck ( Anas undulata ); Madikwe, South Africa, 17 February.

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What is a Palm-thrush?

10,000 Birds

Mum, Dad, I’m sorry I described my childhood as feral. They are a single genus, Cichladusa , with three species, found mostly in Central and Eastern Africa. They are also found in patches of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and also north through Zambia, the Congo and Tanzania (just poking into Kenya). Bringing food to the young.