10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

And what I am saying here doesn’t only apply to his Sri Lanka guide, but to all the others as well (these include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Suriname). Whittaker’s research aims to disprove the centuries-old assumption that birds do not have a sense of smell.

Sri Lanka 223

Sri Lanka Malaysia Suriname Malawi 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

The nearest population to them is several thousand miles north in Malawi and southern Tanzania. Durban museum based ornithologist Philip Clancey took numerous expeditions into Zululand and Mozambique, discovering several new subspecies as well as a new species to science, Lemon-breasted Canary in 1961. Image by Hugh Chittenden.

Mozambique 185

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

The next isolated populations are several thousand miles northwards in Malawi, northern Mozambique and the Rondo Plateau in southern Tanzania. He discovered numerous new species for science including this barbet and was the first person to confirm the existence of both Gorillas and Pygmies.

Ethiopia 228

Ethiopia Tanzania Uganda Africa 228