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Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

10,000 Birds

Photo by Adam Riley (Rockjumper Birding Tours) Despite initial appearances, these birds are in fact very large passerines (13-16 in) and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine evolutionary tree. They also occur in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Guinea.