10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

It was founded as a safe place for refugees from the Mozambique Civil War , which ran from 1977 to 1992. It is a good place for South African birders, as several species are found here and nowhere else in South Africa, and it holds a small number of endemics that it shares with the Mozambique lowlands. Terrestrial Brownbul.

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South Africa Elephants Africa Lions 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2012

Situated slap-bang on the Zim/Mozambique border, this used to be one of the most productive birding sites in the country. And, if you plan to bird the Mozambique side beware of old landmines, souvenirs from the brutal civil wars. Listen for the bizarre whurring sound of their display especially early in the morning.

Zimbabwe 190

Zimbabwe Buffalo Mozambique Birds 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

Sundevall named Wahlberg’s Eagle and Wahlberg’s Honeyguide in his memory. The sunbird was named in honor of Neergaard, a mining staff recruiting officer for Goldfields based in southern Mozambique who assisted Captain Grant during his expedition. It is also known as Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon. Image by Hugh Chittenden.

Mozambique 184

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 184

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Second, every raptor we encountered was identified as Tawny Eagle. In Zimbabwe, Buluwezi Murambiwa provides guiding services to guests at the Seldomseeen Cottages in Bvumba, in the border region with Mozambique. And yes, Sable Antilope is very cool, but birds are sub-zero cool! Someone who combines all these qualities?

Birds 216

Birds Mozambique Zimbabwe Mammals 216

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWKS, EAGLES AND ALLIES). Black-breasted Snake-eagle ( Circaetus pectoralis ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 17 January. Brown Snake Eagle ( Circaetus cinereus ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 2 January. Martial Eagle ( Polemaetus bellicosus ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 17 January. PANDIONIDAE (OSPREY).

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2015 South Africa Botswana Singapore 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2022

These include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda, among others, all of which are regularly updated for new editions. In recent years he authored the first English-language guidebook to Suriname and an overhauled 600-page guidebook to Sri Lanka, both published by Bradt.

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Sri Lanka Ghana Uganda Eagles 147