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Pink in Africa

May 12, 2013 by Adam Riley 1 Comment

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative...

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Africa’s remarkable long tailed birds

April 9, 2013 by Adam Riley 14 Comments

Virtually every region on earth has some exceptionally long tailed birds – Europe and North America have their magpies, Central America has arguably the...

Terminology

Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

December 11, 2012 by Adam Riley 6 Comments

I’m sure you’ve all heard of Africa’s famous Big Five, but do you know there is also an equally fascinating Little Five? Africa is...

Trips

Africa’s Biomes – the Guinea-Congo Forests

November 13, 2012 by Adam Riley 9 Comments

Africa, in common with the rest of our planet, has been divided up into various biomes or ecosystems, each supporting unique avifauna and communities...

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The Bee-eaters of Africa

August 14, 2012 by Adam Riley 19 Comments

The wonderful family Meropidae contains 27 dazzling species, of which Africa is endowed with no less than 20 species, the balance occurring across Asia...

Conservation

Africa’s endangered species

July 10, 2012 by Adam Riley 4 Comments

Although extinction is a natural phenomenon, experts have determined that the current rate of bird extinction is somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000 times the...

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