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KwaZulu-Natal

10,000 Birds

He discovered Rudd’s Lark at Wakkerstroom and in Southern Mozambique he collected the first specimens of Rudd’s Apalis , Neergaard’s Sunbird and rediscovered Pink-throated Twinspot (which had been “missing” since the 1820’s when the Verreauxs erroneously claimed to have collected it in Cape Town.) Image by Hugh Chittenden.

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We Should Kill More Lions

10,000 Birds

In addition the Selous Game Reserve is functionally linked with the 42,000 km2 Niassa Game Reserve in Mozambique, and this is another important factor that ensures its integrity. It also protects hundreds of species of birds and mammals, and thousands of plants, and everything else you need in a functional ecosystem.

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