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Crested Serpent Eagle

10,000 Birds

However, the crest is not always obvious and its diet is likely to contain birds and small mammals as well as reptiles. Spilornis cheela , can be found right across tropical Asia, preferring forested habitats. It is an easy bird to identify in flight with its broad white bands along the underside of the wings and tail.

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Seabirding off Cape Point

10,000 Birds

This may be the most awesome pelagic you’ll ever experience… For me it was the publication in 1984 of Peter Harrison’s ground-breaking identification guide to ‘ Seabirds ’ that opened up the off-shore world of pelagic birding right on Cape Town’s door step.

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