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Business Birding Basics – part II

10,000 Birds

Second, every raptor we encountered was identified as Tawny Eagle. His collection was impressive and overwhelmingly illegal so he will remain unnamed too. For focusing on the client’s needs it is hard to find better than the South African community birding guides. This is a fantastic initiative by BirdLife South Africa.

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10,000 Birds

This ruled out some excellent species like Cape Eagle Owl, Violet Wood-hoopoe, African Finfoot and Half-collared Kingfisher and I was still left with 36 species. I then decided to reduce it further to South African endemics only. The korhaans are a group of small bustards and South Africa has 7 species.