10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

Simply, many birders liked the idea of birding Africa but did not know enough to choose a single country (or two neigbouring countries, such as Malawi and Zambia).

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Congo Birds Africa Species 105

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

As the national bird of Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the African Fish Eagle is usually very busy whenever it stays in these countries, giving speeches, opening shopping centers, etc. Letaba is a largish rest camp in the North central part of the park. It is near a river, attracting some birds that like to eat wet food.

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Birds Sparrows Species South Africa 59

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

The League of Nations thereafter mandated this huge block of land to South Africa to administer and autonomy was only granted after the protracted Namibian War of Independence that was fought between the South African defense force and Namibian freedom fighters based in Angola, Zambia and other neighboring countries.

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Birds Namibia Lovebirds Angola 108

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Prime destinations for seeing African Elephant in the wild include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda. Lions are most easily found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Rhinoceros Leopards Buffalo Elephants 98

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

It is found in higher-elevation woodlands from northern Zambia and Malawi northwards through Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia and into the Arabian peninsula. A pair of Pink-billed Teal – better known as Cape Teal by Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours. Pink-breasted Dove.

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Africa Pelicans Birds Somalia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I once asked our guide at the South Luangwa national park [Zambia] if he was good with birds. It was so weird that it was funny, and Sharon and I want to write a bird murder mystery with him as a character.”. Marcel van Driel: “A good bird guide for me is someone who knows more birds than I do. ‘Try me’ was his reply.

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Birds Species Greece Zambia 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The last wild population of critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis or Waldrapp is almost entirely restricted to Morocco Once you’ve joined our ranks and are a confirmed Afrophile, the next level of trips to consider would be: Uganda – Africa’s overlap zone; 1,000 bird species in a tiny country and Mountain Gorillas (spending time with these gentle (..)

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Birds Africa Madagascar Papua New Guinea 102

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2011

However during a summer visit to the far northwest of Zambia on the DRC-Angola border, I filmed pipits with young that Richard Liversidge, just before his untimely passing, confirmed were Long-tailed. The second discovery was a cryptic species now known as Kimberley Pipit and its exact range and niche are still being debated.

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Birds South Africa Woodpeckers Africa 103

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

Boehm’s Bee-eater Boehm’s Bee-eater by Adam Riley This is another of the more difficult bee-eaters, not because it is rare but rather that its range is restricted to less visited parts of the continent, notably southern Tanzania, Malawi and north-eastern Zambia.

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Africa South Africa Species Birds 106

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

The Shoebill’s center of distribution are the Sudd Swamps along the Nile in South Sudan, with smaller numbers occurring into southwestern Ethiopia, Uganda, western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (DRC) with an isolated southern population in the Bengwuelu Swamps of north-eastern Zambia.

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Africa South Africa Birds Tanzania 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

White-chested Tinkerbird is one of Africa’s avian mysteries, known only from a single specimen collected in 1964 at Mayau in north-west Zambia, close to the borders of Angola and the DRC. Others, such as Yellow-fronted and Red-fronted extend into the savanna zone and are best located by staking out a fruiting tree.

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Species Ethiopia Tanzania Africa 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. During each trip we would discuss a destination for the following year.

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Ghana Birds Species Hunters 100