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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Africa.The area covered by this list is the Africa region defined by the American Birding Association's listing rules. [1] In addition to the continent itself, the area includes Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Cape Verde, the Comoro Islands, Zanzibar and the Canary Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe and Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Southern Africa.Southern Africa is defined as Africa south of a line between the Kunene and Zambezi rivers, encompassing Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, mainland South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini and southern and central Mozambique, as well as oceanic waters within 200 nautical miles (370 km) of the coast, covering approximately 3.5 million square ...
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 .
The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. [1] It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it ...
Marabou stork. For the extinct "giant marabou stork" of Flores, see Leptoptilos robustus. The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae native to sub-Saharan Africa. It breeds in both wet and arid habitats, often near human habitation, especially landfill sites.
The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae (/ ˌmjuːzoʊˈfædʒɪdiː / "banana-eaters"), which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds. In southern Africa both turacos and go-away-birds are commonly known as loeries. They are semi-zygodactylous: the fourth (outer) toe can be switched back and forth. The second and third toes, which ...
The South African government has stepped up legal protection for the blue crane. Other conservation measures are focusing on research, habitat management, education, and recruiting the help of private landowners. The blue crane is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.
List of birds of Saint Helena; List of birds of São Tomé and Príncipe; List of birds of Senegal; List of birds of Seychelles; List of birds of Sierra Leone; List of birds of Somalia; List of birds of Somaliland; List of birds of South Africa; List of birds of South Sudan; List of birds of Spain; List of birds of Sudan