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Asia’s Deadliest Bird: The Brown Prinia

10,000 Birds

The prinias are a group of around 25 Old World warbler species found in Africa and Asia. Additionally, this split would mean that birders need to cut their time short in prime habitats to allow for sufficiant time in degraded, littered shrubs that hold little else that is of interest to them – just the Brown Prinia. Yes, indeed.

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Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

10,000 Birds

They are also believed to be related to the Rail-Babbler of Tropical Asia. Now that the colony is off limits for hunting, the population has grown and the village is benefitting tremendously from entry and guide fees, and a school is being built courtesy of conservation funds. They also occur in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Guinea.