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Namibia’s 15 key birds

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Gaining independence in 1990, Namibia is one of Africa’s “newer” nations, although not quite as newborn as South Sudan which has yet to celebrate its first anniversary! This family group is performing their loud croaking territorial calls. A family group of Rüppell’s Bustards uttering their croaking territorial calls.

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The Storks of Africa

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Furthermore we have another very special stork-like bird, the regal Shoebill , previously known as the Whale-headed Stork but now placed in its own family. Marabous have also learnt another trick, and that is to follow vultures and scavenge off the remains of Lion and other large predator kills.

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72 dangerous animals africa

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African forest buffalo have much smaller horns than their counterparts the Cape, Sudan and Nile buffalo. Ostrich kicks can kill a human or a potential predator like a lion. The shape and size of the horns distinguish African forest buffalo from the other subspecies. In the past, it was commonly treated as a subspecies of P.

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