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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

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Simply, many birders liked the idea of birding Africa but did not know enough to choose a single country (or two neigbouring countries, such as Malawi and Zambia).

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KwaZulu-Natal

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The nearest population to them is several thousand miles north in Malawi and southern Tanzania. In 1964, Clancey’s “Birds of Natal and Zululand” raised the total to 590. Woodward’s Barbet belongs to a group of barbets known as Green Barbets. Image by Hugh Chittenden. Captain Claude Grant worked in the province from 1903-07.

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

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And the answer to the question I am raising here is, yes, I would travel to Sri Lanka in the next period. These include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda, among others, all of which are regularly updated for new editions. What makes this guide different from many others?

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