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Africa’s Barbets

10,000 Birds

Finally the most northern population ranges are found in coastal forests of northern Tanzania and Kenya. This image was taken in Nairobi National Park, Kenya. Image taken in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania. Image from Kakamega Forest, Kenya. The reasons for this hugely fragmented population have yet to be fully unraveled.

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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.