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  2. List of birds of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The blue crane is the national bird of South Africa. South Africa is a large country, ranked 25th by size in the world, and is situated in the temperate latitudes and subtropics. Due to a range of climate types present, a patchwork of unique habitat types occur, which contribute to its biodiversity and level of endemism. This list incorporates ...

  3. Pied crow - Wikipedia

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    The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus of the family Corvidae.. Structurally, the pied crow is better thought of as a small crow-sized raven, especially as it can hybridise with the Somali crow (dwarf raven) where their ranges meet in the Horn of Africa.

  4. Cape crow - Wikipedia

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    The Cape crow or black crow (Corvus capensis) is slightly larger (48–50 cm in length) than the carrion crow and is completely black with a slight gloss of purple in its feathers. It also has proportionately longer legs, wings, and tail, and has a much longer, slimmer bill that seems to be adapted for probing into the ground for invertebrates .

  5. List of Corvus species - Wikipedia

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    Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 – hooded crow (northern and eastern Europe and northern Africa) Corvus torquatus Lesson, RP, 1831 – collared crow (eastern China south into Vietnam) Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 – large-billed crow (Himalayas, East Asia, the Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands, and the Philippines)

  6. Wildlife of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Topography of South Africa. South Africa is located in subtropical southern Africa, lying between 22°S and 35°S.It is bordered by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to the north, by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland) to the northeast, by the Indian Ocean to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the coastline extending for more than 2,500 km (1,600 mi).

  7. Crows Have Been Keeping an Incredible Secret: They Can Count ...

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    Crows, along with other members of the Corvidae family, are some the smartest animals on Earth. A new study shows that crows, in this case the carrion crow, can count out loud just like human ...

  8. Corvidae - Wikipedia

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    Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. [1] [2] [3] In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids. Currently, 139 species are included in this family.

  9. List of endemic birds of southern Africa - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of bird species endemic or near-endemic to southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique). [1] Grey-winged francolin, Scleroptila africanus; Orange River francolin, Scleroptila levaillantoides; Red-billed spurfowl (red-billed francolin), Pternistes adspersus