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Birding crème de la crème: Africa – Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park

10,000 Birds

The bird-richest region of Africa is its equatorial East: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi (unlike the rest, the last one, Burundi, is politically unstable and not recommendable). Kenya has 13 400+ hotspots, one of them 500+. The best timing is during the rains, April-May and October-November, when birds breed.

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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

4 The Love Of Animals

We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world. A new captive breeding program may be the cats’ last hope. And Kenya boasts a unique orphanage … for elephants!

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Ethiopia’s Endemics

10,000 Birds

Flocks of cheerful birds frequent caves and cliffs where they breed. Spending time sitting in amongst massive grazing herds of 500 or more of these primates and observing their fascinating interactions is one of the highlights of Ethiopia. White-billed Starling A beautiful starling belonging to the red-winged starling group.

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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

10,000 Birds

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with.

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