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The Bee-eaters of Africa

10,000 Birds

Northern Carmine Bee-eater riding an Arabian Bustard by Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours Northern Carmine Bee-eaters in particular are masters of this trait, and rides range from elephants, donkeys and goats to Kori and Arabian Bustards, Abyssinian Ground Hornbills and a variety of other larger birds and mammals.

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Africa’s Barbets

10,000 Birds

This image was taken in Nsuta Forest, Ghana. Other more fanciful discoveries on his journey included the Ivory-Eater (Sciurus eborivorus), a squirrel with huge gnawing teeth that scours the rainforest in search of elephant carcasses! Bristle-nosed Barbet is a West African sister species of Gray-throated.

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