Special Birds
The "Special Birds" section includes some of the rare, unusual or "special" birds we have encountered on our travels.
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African Broadbill
13 Oct ~ Coutada 11, Mozambique
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African Crake
Marievale Bird Sanctuary, South Africa
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African Finfoot
Luvuvhu River, Soutpansberg, South Africa
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Baillon’s Crake male
Marievale Bird Sanctuary, South Africa
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Bearded Barbet
Benoue National Park, Cameroon
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Bearded Vulture
Giant’s Castle, South Africa
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Botha’s Lark
Wakkerstroom, South Africa
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Broad-tailed Warbler
Sani Pass, South Africa
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Chestnut-fronted Helmet-shrike
Coutada 12, Mozambique
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Common Cuckoo
Sandton, South Africa
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Damara Rockrunner
Erongo Wilderness Camp, Northern Namibia
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Dwarf Bittern
Crake Road, Zaagkuildrift to Kgomo Kgomo, SA
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East Coast Akalat
13 Oct ~ Coutada 11, Mozambique
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Egyptian Plover
Benoue National Park, Cameroon
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European Honey Buzzard
Llandudno, Cape Town
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Gabar Goshawk
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
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Green Barbet
Ongoye Forest, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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Green Twinspot
Kurisa Moya, South Africa
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Grey-headed Oliveback
Benoue National Park, Cameroon
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Hartlaub’s Spurfowl
Erongo Wilderness Camp, Central Namibia
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Lesser Seedcracker
Dzanlanyama Forest, Malawi
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Miombo Rock-thrush
Dzanlanyama Forest, Malawi
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Mountain Pipit
Sani Pass, Lesotho
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Narina Trogon
Bonamanzi Game Reserve, South Africa
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Oriole Warbler
Benoue River, Cameroon
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Pacific Golden Plover
Borakalalo National Park, South Africa
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Pale-billed Hornbill
Dzanlanyama Forest, Malawi
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Palmnut Vulture
Kosi Bay, South Africa
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Pennant-winged Nightjar
Dzanlanyama Forest, Malawi
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Pink-throated Twinspot male
Bonamanzi Game Reserve, South Africa
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Red-capped Crombec
Dzanlanyama Forest, Malawi
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Red-chested Flufftail
13 Jul ~ Marievale Bird Sanctuary, South Africa
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Rudd’s Lark
Wakkerstroom, South Africa
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Rufous-bellied Tit
Dzanlanyama Forest, Malawi
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Sokoke Pipit
Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Kenya
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Souza’s Shrike
Dzanlanyama Forest, Malawi
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Spotted Ground Thrush
Salt Rock, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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Violet Wood-hoopoe
Halali Camp, Etosha, Northern Namibia
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Whyte’s Barbet
Dzanlanyama Forest, Malawi
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