Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 10, 2012
Photo by Adam Riley (Rockjumper Birding Tours) Despite initial appearances, these birds are in fact very large passerines (13-16 in) and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine evolutionary tree. Gray-necked Picathartes foraging in leaf-litter on the forest floor in Korup National Park, Cameroon.
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