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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

While this already stretches credulity, the saying continues to state that seeing one mammal is better than seeing ten pheasants (Bella from Alpinebirding indeed confirmed that this saying exists and has not just come to me in a dream. Of course, this is nonsense – pheasants are probably among the most overrated of all birds.

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“Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife”

10,000 Birds

Slightly larger than Wales and about the size of the US state of Maryland, this country’s lure is its 703 bird species and three dozen Albertine Rift endemics among them. Keith Barnes has birded Africa intensively for 30 years and has led tours on the continent for the last 15 years, after creating the company Tropical Birding.

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