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Birding the Kruger Park (3): Malelane area

10,000 Birds

These hornbills have the well-tried breeding strategy of enclosing the female in a tree hole. Another website claims that the species is “often referred to as the ‘Rod Stewart’ of birds”, but as I only found this mentioned on this one website, maybe this is just that somebody who hates Rod Stewart made this up.

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