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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

10,000 Birds

Swainson’s Spurfowl is a somewhat unlucky species for two reasons – one, it is considered a delicacy by outdoor and hunting enthusiasts in Zimbabwe ( source ), and the other, it is named after William Swainson, an English ornithologist with an ill-advised side activity in botany.

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