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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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So, beside a lot of birds and the sunny sky, I want the coldest thing to experience year-round to be my beer. Kenya (1034 / 1153). While I do enjoy the first snow of the season, the second snow is a different matter. As is every one after it. Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right?

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Prime destinations for seeing African Elephant in the wild include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda. They are part of the scarab beetle complex and over 300 species have been described, occurring not only in Africa but also Europe, Asia and the Americas.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Reed Cormorant ( Microcarbo africanus ), Nairobi, Kenya © David J. Ringer Anhinga and Darters (Anhingidae) The Anhinga and three darter species inhabit warm, freshwater regions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. There’s lots to see, so sit back and enjoy this photo-heavy post.

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Where America dreams of/goes birding?

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4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. Not surprisingly, ten of these 19 countries are in the Americas, but what does surprise me, there are just 4 in Africa and just 1 in Asia (2 if you count Indonesia). 6%: Antarctica, Argentina, Indonesia (including the votes for West Papua), India. 8%: Brazil, Panama.

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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

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I was trying to find that answer for a while and it turned into a very annoying experience. Kenya 1131 14. With improved stability and infrastructure, the Irrawaddy plains and Eastern Himalayas of Myanmar could offer some of the greatest bird species densities in the whole of Asia. Which countries topped the list?

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