10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Black Francolin – one of several hundred birds with black in its name OK, nearly all of the people who had birds named after them were white, often rich and typically colonialists, army officers or explorers, but there’s hardly a dull person among them, and all were products of their time.

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Falcons Collecting 2003 Wounded 243

Critter News

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Elephants are being screwed by Asian demand for ivory. Officials say the sales have fuelled demand for ivory in Asian countries, especially China, contributing to a sharp increase in elephant poaching. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed.

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illegal Kenya Laos Elephants 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Pafuri lies in the northernmost part of the Kruger National Park and is described as “some of the most potentially productive birding territory in South Africa” on the SANParks website. A slightly more surprising threat for the vultures comes from elephants. Elephants destroy the trees the vultures live and nest in.

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Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The Natal Spurfowl forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung (HBW) and does so without complaining. Medicinal and commercial uses of ostrich products in Tanzania. Think about it when you feel hard done by life. As the world’s largest living bird, the Ostrich is the topic of many weird and wonderful scientific papers.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Seriema at the deepest branch of Australaves could be considered to belong to a raptorial taxon because they kill vertebrate prey and are the sole living relatives of the extinct giant “terror birds,” apex predators during the Paleogene. .’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. Ratites, Tinamous, and Fowl.

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Family Birds Parrots 2014 279