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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

Ostrich industry in Egypt. It looked like a family of parrots were trying to kill each other” The Black-backed Puffback has what eBird describes as “a fiery red eye” eBird also explains the name: “When excited, males can raise fluffy white feathers on the rump to resemble a puffball.”

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