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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

10,000 Birds

601-800 sp: Canada, Costa Rica, Panama; Russia; Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa; Laos, New Guinea (PNG); Australia. 801-1000 sp. – 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. Mongabay.com has done exactly that.

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12 countries with the greatest bird species density

10,000 Birds

Even the coat of arms of Sao Tome and Principe consists of a Red-footed Falcon (in spite of the fact that this is clearly a Peregrine ) on the left and an African Grey Parrot on the right holding a shield with a palm tree. The best season is December, followed by June-July. The best season here is from June to September.

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Rwanda Dreaming

10,000 Birds

And the results are indicative, representative and nothing short of surprising: Brunei, The Gambia, Belize, Jamaica, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Panama and Haiti top the list. No, I am not talking of Brazil or Columbia, they are not just in the tropics but more importantly, they are officially huge.

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