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The five most unique birds in the world

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’s list because those birds have closer living relatives than some other birds do, despite their membership in the oldest extant group. The Cuckoo Roller — today found only in Madagascar and Comoros — is an oddball bird with a puffy head and a chameleon-eating habit. ’s list. Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomus discolor).

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The Bee-eaters of Africa

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These charismatic, colorful and finely formed birds are favorites amongst birders from experts to novices, and lie within the group of birds whose beauty even non-birders really appreciate. The former occurs from Kakamega Forest in Kenya westwards to Cameroon and the latter from Cameroon westwards to Sierra Leone.

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