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Long-tailed Cuckoo

The Long-tailed Cuckoo is a brood parasite, laying its eggs in the nests of Yellowheads, Whiteheads and Brown Creepers. The eggs hatch before those of the host do so and the young chicks eject the eggs of the host. Long-tail Cuckoo chicks are able to mimic the calls of their host's chicks.

The Long-tailed Cuckoo is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more...

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10,000 Birds | South Africa’s endemic birds

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My home country of South Africa can only be described as a birding paradise! Although in raw numbers (843 species recorded to date) it doesn't compete with tropical countries to the north or on other continents (especially South America), South Africa makes up for this in several ways:

o the highest number of endemics on the continent: 19 true endemics, 2 breeding endemics, 1 winter...

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Cape Town Pelagics - Weekly non-profit pelagic birding ...

12 April: New Trip Report from 6 April 2013, with highlights such as Black-browed and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross and Great Shearwater .

18 March: 'Probably my best trip ever' , reports Cape Town Pelagics guide Dalton Gibbs, as participants find themselves surrounded by Dusky and Common Dolphins, Albatrosses and Shearwaters on 26 February. Read on .

14 January: Our latest trip reports are now...

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Pin-tailed Whydahs, Vidua macroura - Beauty Of Birds

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The Pin-tailed Whydah, Vidua macroura, is a small resident songbird that occurs in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert; where it lives in light and densely wooded forests with Mopane trees; savanna grasslands where it breeds and feeds; and African bushveld.

The Pin-tailed Whydah is known in Afrikaans as Koningrooibekkie. They are also called "Widow Birds" in reference to the...

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African Grey Parrots, About the African Grey Psittacus ...

African Grey Parrot Origin

   The African Grey Parrots Psittacus erithacus are found in a broad area of Western and Central Africa, inhabiting both primary and secondary rainforests. African Greys usually reach maturity at about 4 or 5 years of age, and have a life span of about 50 (or more) years in captivity.

African Grey History

   The keeping African Grey Parrots as pets is noted...

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