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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

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However, it is kind of sophisticated in that the females lay very individualized eggs in order to be able to detect the added eggs of parasite cuckoo finches. ” Terpsiphone viridis is the full Latin species name for the African Paradise Flycatcher. The photo shows a male – the female has some chestnut parts as well.

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Africa’s endangered species

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More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.