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Birding the Kruger Park (3): Malelane area

10,000 Birds

We had been driving through Eswatini (Swaziland) for a few hours during the day, coming from Ndumo. The Lilac-breasted Roller is the national bird of Kenya, but of course, this does not help it pay its bills in South Africa. Eswatini must have the worst paved roads I have ever experienced. Thanks for pointing that out.

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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.