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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

10,000 Birds

While hoopoes are in their own family, DNA studies suggest that the hoopoe diverged from hornbills, and the wood-hoopoes and scimitarbills from the hoopoe. Others are being killed for use in traditional medicine. As usual at Kruger, there are a few animals that are irrelevant for birders. This can lead to birds being poisoned.

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