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The Search for the Rarest Owl of India

10,000 Birds

Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The critically endangered Forest Owlet © Nitin Bhardwaj. Trips endangered species India owlets owls' It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us. Humbly, we approach on foot. The Forest Owlet is watching us – we are staring in awe. Forest Owlet © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA

10,000 Birds

Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us. Humbly, we approach on foot. The Forest Owlet is watching us – we are staring in awe. The bird that was lost for more than a century is looking at us. And it becomes a motionless observer once more. Forest Owlet © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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KwaZulu-Natal

10,000 Birds

In KwaZulu-Natal he collected the type specimens of Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird , White-eared Barbet , Blue Swallow , Brown Scrub-Robin , Short-tailed Pipit and others species. In 1964, Clancey’s “Birds of Natal and Zululand” raised the total to 590. James Wakelin is prime example of modern ornithologist and conservator.