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Korhaan confrontation
1 min |
May - June 2020
African Birdlife
Studying The Thunderbird
While BirdLife South Africa show-cases the Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri as its 2020 Bird of the Year, the FitzPatrick Institute celebrates two decades of studying these iconic thunderbirds.
4 min |
March - April 2020
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Girl Power
Black Sparrowhawk diva
3 min |
March - April 2020
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Double Take
Double-banded Coursers
2 min |
March - April 2020
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Raising Lazarus
On a mission to conserve Madagascar’s rarest birds
8 min |
March - April 2020
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Fetch & Carry
In early January I paid my first visit to the Addo Elephant National Park, near Port Elizabeth.
1 min |
March - April 2020
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Crushing Defeat
Yellow-bellied Greenbul’s untimely end
2 min |
March - April 2020
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Elevating Gamebirds
New francolin and spurfowl taxonomy
6 min |
March - April 2020
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Cliff Hangers
Birds of the Augrabies Gorge
8 min |
March - April 2020
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Brotherly Love
People and other great apes are known for their willingness to help others in need, even strangers. Now researchers have shown for the first time that some birds – and specifically Grey Parrots – are similarly helpful.
2 min |
March - April 2020
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Message In A Bottle
Regular readers of African Birdlife will know that I am a fan of sub-Antarctic islands and that I work on plastic pollution.
5 min |
January - February 2020
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Quick fix - Sapphire Coast Birding Route
Coastal forest, grasslands, estuaries, beaches and lush winding hills all promise rich pickings for birders to explore and find the birds that occupy these varied habitats.
5 min |
January - February 2020
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8 Of The Best Top Birding Sites In Uganda
Best known to wildlife enthusiasts for its mountain gorillas, Uganda also ranks among Africa’s most biodiverse countries, thanks to an equatorial location at the transition of the eastern savanna, western rainforest, and northern semi-deserts.
8 min |
January - February 2020
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Dying For A Drink?
Kgalagadi battlefields
3 min |
January - February 2020
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Puffed daddy
The stately Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori is one of the most recognisable inhabitants of Africa’s savannas and deserts.
1 min |
January - February 2020
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Kite flying
Black-winged Kite’s breeding cycle
6 min |
January - February 2020
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Reviews Canon EOS 90D
Canon’s new EOS 90D is a DSLR camera equipped with an APS-C sensor (crop sensor) and an impressive array of features.
4 min |
January - February 2020
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THE MORE THINGS change...
The Aldabra White-throated Rail Dryolimnas [cuvieri] aldabranus is the only flightless bird that still survives in the Indian Ocean.
2 min |
January - February 2020
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Mix & Match
Hybrid Orange-breasted x Southern Double-collared Sunbird
3 min |
January - February 2020
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Under Cover
First Ayres’s Hawk Eagle breeding record for South Africa
4 min |
January - February 2020
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Sightings In The Subregion
Mid-July to mid-September 2019 Late winter and early spring were memorable for one main reason: a new species for the southern African subregion. There were a few other good records, but they paled in comparison…
3 min |
November 2019
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Roller Coaster Ride
European Rollers – like so many other species – face a multitude of challenges on migration
4 min |
November 2019
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Life Cycles
Verreaux’s Eagles at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden
3 min |
November 2019
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Highland Highlights - Ngorongoro, Tanzania
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) in Tanzania is a protected area and a World Heritage Site, with the crater its most famous landmark and attraction.
4 min |
November 2019
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Get Ticking
Checklist of Birds in South Africa 2020
1 min |
November 2019
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Above & Beyond
Overachievers in the bird world
7 min |
November 2019
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10 Years Of The Hot Birds Project
In mid-2009, the late Phil Hockey – then director of the Fitztitute – and Andrew McKechnie of the University of Pretoria (UP) spent two days in Phil’s office developing a research programme focusing on desert birds and climate change.
3 min |
November 2019
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Rwanda Revival
Akagera & Nyungwe national parks.
5 min |
September/October 2019
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Six Of The Best
Spring birding destinations in and around Gauteng.
7 min |
September/October 2019
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Rinse & Repeat
Goliath Heron fishing behaviour.
3 min |