10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2018

There are important details within that dictum that we will ignore here, but this has to do with knowing when a characteristic doesn’t really tell you about the relative position of species on a “tree of life” vs when the characteristic works for that purpose. That was useful, and it is still useful, even if there are often major exceptions.

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Monkeys Gorillas Whales Whaling 132

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

The wonderful family Meropidae contains 27 dazzling species, of which Africa is endowed with no less than 20 species, the balance occurring across Asia and with one as far afield as Australia. We have both resident and migratory species, and this post will briefly discuss each of the 20 species of African bee-eaters.

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Africa Gabon South Africa Uganda 262

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

The trait must then be identifiable as to whether or not it exists in a certain species. The traits have to be unambiguously linked to the entities we are calling extinct species and thus, the traits are unambiguously linked to each other. This requires a few things to be true, depending on the fossils. What evolved into what?

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 240

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Lango Camp deck overlooking Lango Baï, by Congo Conservation Company The forests of the Congo Basin contain more than a 1,000 species of birds, together with 400 species of mammals, including Okapi, Hippos, Leopards, Chimpanzees and Bonobos. Other primates include Chimpanzee and Putty-nosed Monkey, several duiker antelope species, etc.

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Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 279

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Slightly larger than Wales and about the size of the US state of Maryland, this country’s lure is its 703 bird species and three dozen Albertine Rift endemics among them. Forget the old news, Rwanda of today is one of Africa’s safest, cleanest and most stable countries. are covered in the remaining 49 pages. Published by Lynx Edicions.

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Rwanda Primates Wildlife Gorillas 201

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Approximately 2,300 bird species inhabit Africa, however as impressive as that sounds, much smaller South America boasts nearly 1,000 species more. Vangas, asities, mesites, Malagasy warblers, ground-rollers and cuckoo-roller are all mouth-watering groups with very special members.

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Papua New Guinea Madagascar Africa Equatorial Guinea 212

Critter News

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Congolese rangers protect the wildlife in Virunga National Park, the most famous inhabitants of which are the 700 remaining mountain gorillas. Tags: virunga rwanda africa congo gorillas endangered species. These rangers are very brave people with possibly the most dangerous jobs in the world.

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Congo Rwanda Wildlife Gorillas 100

Critter News

JUNE 26, 2009

Dozens of animals have been killed by armed groups at Africa's oldest national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year, park officials and environmental groups said Tuesday. Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas endangered species. Lots of animals have died since the beginning of the year.

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Congo Gorillas Endangered Species Animal 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

Barbets are a group of medium sized, chunky, generally colorful, frugivorous, hole-nesting near-passerines, that are popular targets for anyone birding in the tropics. In Asia, their 30 barbet species are placed into their own family Megalaimidae , and finally in Africa, we have 42 species in the family Lybiidae , the topic of this blogpost.

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Ethiopia Tanzania Africa Uganda 223