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Find Birds in Southern Africa ... 923 SpeciesThere are well over 900 species of birds in Southern Africa many of which are endemic to the region. Southern Africa is defined as the region south of the rivers Cunene and Zambezi. The two vultures in the banner image above were photographed in the Kruger National Park in May 2006. They were both on the same tree but not close together as above. One is the Lappet-faced Vulture and the other a White-backed Vulture The Cunene River flows from the Angola highlands south to the border with Namibia before flowing west along the Namibian and Angolan borders until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and the largest that enters Indian Ocean. The Zambezi is 2,574 km (1,600 mile) long. Its source is in Zambia and the Zambesi flows through Angola, along the border of Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe before reaching the Indian Ocean in Mozambique. The birds of Southern Africa are present in such great variety because of a number of influencing factors ...
The Kruger National Park holds more than 500 recorded species of birds. The Kruger is the size of Wales (about 20,000 sq kilometres) and this number of species immediately indicates what a richly diverse region the Kruger Park must be. Directory of Southern African Birds by Family ... Cunene to Zambezi When you click this link you will be taken to a list of all 923 Southern African birds sorted into families that will make it easier to find the actual bird species sought. Or you can view each family below.
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* The reference for the information following is "Roberts Birds of Southern Africa", 7th Edition * edited by PAR Hockey, WRJ Dean and PG Ryan, published by "The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund." copyright: Tony Roocroft +27-11-454-0105 |