10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2015

Once upon a time, when I started birding, this great family included a wide range of species collectively known as the robins and chats. As noted in their entry the Handbook of the Birds of the World, they are unusual in their close association with palms (hence the name) and in building mud nests (in palms or human buildings).

Mozambique 169

Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe Namibia 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

After one 3 year stint, they left with 131,405 specimens including birds, mammals, reptiles, plants and even human remains (which were only recently repatriated for burial in Africa!) Wahlberg travelled even more extensively and amassed a huge bird collection. They discovered Gurney’s Sugarbird during their time in South Africa.

Mozambique 195

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 195

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

White-chested Tinkerbird is one of Africa’s avian mysteries, known only from a single specimen collected in 1964 at Mayau in north-west Zambia, close to the borders of Angola and the DRC. Benson to collect birds. This has led some ornithologists to consider the specimen a hybrid of two other tinkerbirds, time will undoubtedly tell!

Ethiopia 240

Ethiopia Tanzania Africa Uganda 240