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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

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The Congo Basin, second in size only to the Amazon, spans six countries: south-eastern Cameroon, portions of southern Central African Republic, the north and central Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo. million hectares of forest cover each year.

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12 countries with the greatest bird species density

10,000 Birds

The mongabay.com portal has compared data on a unit of area basis of the percentage of the total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish and vascular plants. And small country often equals short distances and easy traveling. The best season here is from June to September.

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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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601-800 sp: Canada, Costa Rica, Panama; Russia; Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa; Laos, New Guinea (PNG); Australia. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands.

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GHANA – Upper Guinea Forest Birding at its best!

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Certainly in recent years, perhaps Ghana’s most sought after bird is the Yellow-headed Picathartes , or maybe the Egyptian Plovers and Pel’s Fishing Owls that can be found if you travel to the arid north of the country visiting the savannah region of Mole National Park and the Bolgatanga region.

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

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Apparently , since the release of the Harry Potter series in Indonesia in the early 2000s the popularity of owls such as the Buffy Fish Owl as pets has increased, leading to more birds being caught in the wild and then sold at local bird markets. It deserves a lot better than being caught and locked in a cage.

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Play the silly word game my spouse and I came up with: "The Lazy Naturalist"

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Some examples: - Lion fish, 1 point. (It It is NOT a lion; is a fish.) - Whale shark, 1 point. Entries like "sea horse" and "guinea pig" earn 1 bonus point only. Points are awarded as follows: +1 point for each animal in the name that does NOT describe the one to which it refers. +1

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Birding crème de la crème: Asia – Corbett to Taman Negara

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Other than these, in the wider region at the moment only Papua New Guinea has one 300+ hotspot, but it belongs to the Australian and not the Oriental region. The area is known for more than 600 bird species, of which 472 were eBirded by now: Cinereous Vulture , Pallas’s and Lesser Fish Eagles , Ibisbill , Wallcreeper , etc.

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