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How to Bird Murchison Falls

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In an unhurried half-day of birding, we racked up over 90 species, including killers like Denham’s Bustard , Northern Carmine-throated Bee-eater , and Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow. Mind boggling, I answer! Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle … wow!!

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

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We’ll give Duncan a pass on this one… A sparrow? Yes, Dragan chose a sparrow. Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia – small, non-descript and even harder to spot – at the Kerkini Lake in Greece in April: We were hastily getting out of the van and, at the same time, it took N. – Another sparrow? Sedge Wren !

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Its restricted range extends from the very northern parts of Angola, eastern People’s Republic of Congo and western DRC with a few records from Central African Republic, but even within this range, it has been recorded only in isolated patches. The White-browed Sparrow-Weaver is the most common and most widespread of its genus.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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Angola Swallow – Hirundo angolensis. White-browed Sparrow-Weaver – Plocepasser mahali. Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow – Passer shelleyi. Golden-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia atricapilla. Northern Gray-headed Sparrow – Passer griseus. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida.

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