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How to Bird Murchison Falls

10,000 Birds

If you’ve ever imagined being surrounded by giraffes, up close (at least as close as is safe) and personal with elephants, or one night drive away from seeing notorious predators like leopards and jackals, this is the place for you. Murchison Falls NP truly excels as a place to see the kind of wild mammals Africa is legendary for.

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Birding Botswana’s Borders

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The river cruises up the Chobe River are most famous for the dry season aggregations of African Bush Elephants drawn to the year-round water. But even without huge herds of elephants large game is defiantly the major draw for most people on the cruise. Hippo and attending Cattle Egret. African Darter and Reed Cormorant.

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Duncan’s 2015 List

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ANATIDAE (DUCKS). White-faced Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna viduata ); Kasane, Botswana, 1 January. Lesser Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna javanica ); Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore, 25 February. White-backed Duck ( Thalassornis leuconotus ); Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 22 February. Numididae (Guineafowl).

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Knob-billed Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa. 12 Oct 2018. 09 Oct 2018. 08 Oct 2018.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa.

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