Botswana Breeding Family 
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2021
When I moved to Botswana, to learn my birds I got myself the thickest local field guide. of January 2019, which resulted in 10,711 species, 40 orders, 246 families and 2,313 genera. Have you ever used illustrated checklists in the field, as opposed to full scale field guides? The author’s decision was the IOC list, version 8.2
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with. The rest of the 216 pages long book is devoted to various African bird families and half a dozen individual species. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
In one of the first of Dee’s observations about gullers he calls them: “men leaving their homes and their families to spend time peering at arsey birds in some of the arseholes of the world.”. At the time I was the Secretary of the Botswana Bird Club, and Claire was one of recipients of the club’s ornithological journal The Babbler.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
18 years ago I moved to Botswana where that gloriously bright sunshine makes observing them easier, while shorebirds themselves ease things further by mostly sporting their wintering plumage. The Shorebirds in Action begins with introduction to various families, as a framework for later discussions. Anything else would be a lie.
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2013
Its mostly found on the ground in thickets or the edges of dense vegetation and usually in small family parties. Great White Pelicans showing the pink flush of breeding plumage. Another southern African endemic, this species ranges widely across the dry grasslands of central South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2011
Their taxonomic affinities have caused great confusion and debate amongst ornithologists; they were originally assigned to the thrush family, then Old World warblers before being shifted to babblers (the last mentioned a common dumping-ground for any aberrant passerines).
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2012
Furthermore we have another very special stork-like bird, the regal Shoebill , previously known as the Whale-headed Stork but now placed in its own family. During breeding season, their white plumage turns a delicate pink color, a lovely sight indeed. The Saddle-billed Stork has a similar Africa-wide distribution as the Marabou.
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