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Birding St Lucia, South Africa

10,000 Birds

They mostly come to see the hippopotamuses and Nile crocodiles living in and near the Saint Lucia Estuary. Lucia for the birds. Apparently, while in Egypt waiting for a boat to return to Germany he collected specimens of the bird which is now named after him. Never happens to me when I am waiting for a bus.

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Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

10,000 Birds

Each species description starts with one novelty, compared to most other field guides, providing separate accounts and illustrations for each subspecies group recognized under current HBW/BirdLife taxonomy. The appendix II (pg.