10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2011

In 1996, several pipit specimens were collected for DNA analysis and it turned out that there was not one, but two new species to science in this sample! The Long-tailed Pipit was the more obvious one, this species turning up every winter in this arid region of South Africa, before mysteriously disappearing.

South Africa 222

South Africa Lesotho Africa Swaziland 222

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. Image by Adam Riley Ludwig’s Bustard This attractive dry country bustard ranges across western South Africa, Namibia and just into southern Angola.

Endangered Species 189

Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Angola Swallow – Hirundo angolensis. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 26 Nov 2019. Shikra – Accipiter badius.

2019 139

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 139

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The African or Angola Pitta is the holy grail of the Southern African birder and definitely the “most-wanted” bird in our region. At least she contributed to science… My Best Bird of the Year was a Snowy Plover , which I first spotted along the Florida Panhandle. I love participating in citizen science! This is so unfair.

2015 185

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

White-chested Tinkerbird is one of Africa’s avian mysteries, known only from a single specimen collected in 1964 at Mayau in north-west Zambia, close to the borders of Angola and the DRC. White-headed can be found in huge fig trees in woodlands of east and central Africa with a tiny isolated population in Angola.

Ethiopia 231

Ethiopia Tanzania Africa Uganda 231