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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

10,000 Birds

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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Birding the Kruger Park (1): Skukuza area

10,000 Birds

African Spoonbills seem unfazed by large reptiles. According to eBird, the Spectacled Weaver can be identified by its “Zorro-like bandit mask surrounding the pale eye” I wonder whether – after Russia incorporated the Z sign into its country’s identity – Zorro movies will be avoided in the Western world.

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