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The Storks of Africa

10,000 Birds

In the northern winter, the bulk of the European and North African population migrate down into Africa, as far as South Africa, where large numbers frequent fields where they hunt for insects and rodents. They are also attracted by fires and can gather in thousands.

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Africa’s Barbets

10,000 Birds

The little known Red-faced is found in moist broad-leafed woodlands of very southern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and remote north-west Tanzania. From northern Tanzania, Black-collared is replaced by Brown-breasted , and further north again by Black-billed. Banded is an attractive species endemic to Ethiopia and Eritrea.

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