Burchell’s Starling
Burchell's starling (Lamprotornis australis) or Burchell's glossy-starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. The monogamous and presumably sedentary species is native to dry and mesic woodlands and savannah of southern Africa. The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell. == Range and habitat == This species is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is absent from miombo woodland, but is present in westerly gusu woodlands. == Habits and food == In the Kalahari they associate with camelthorn trees and also feed on their flowers. Their food includes flowers, fruit and small animals. They breed during the summer months. == Status and numbers == The species is not threatened and is locally common in conservation areas.
Chobe National Park
Botswana
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where the Zambezi River cuts through northern Botswana, one of Africa’s greatest concentrations of large mammals gathers across flood plains, […]
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Botswana
+57 birds+18 mammals
Where the Kalahari’s red dunes roll into dense mopane woodland and riverine thickets, a raw and unforgiving landscape rewards those […]
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Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, South Africa
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the Limpopo River forms a natural frontier, vast savannas sweep across nearly 20,000 square kilometers of pristine African wilderness. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhaudum National Park
Namibia
+46 birds+16 mammals
Where mopane woodland gives way to sudden waterhole clearings and ancient elephant paths cross calcrete plains, one of southern Africa’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNkasa Rupara National Park
Namibia
+106 birds+28 mammals
Where the Okavango Delta’s papyrus-choked waterways spill into northern Namibia’s borderlands, a landscape of startling contrasts emerges. Sprawling across 518 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBwabwata National Park
Namibia
150+ birds+23 mammals
Where the Kavango and Zambezi rivers converge across northeastern Namibia, a vast wilderness of 14,249 square kilometres unfolds in layers […]
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Okambukonde, Namibia
+124 birds+31 mammals
Where ancient sandstone cliffs rise 200 metres above the surrounding bushveld, a fortress of geology creates one of southern Africa’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMakgadikgadi Pans National Park
Gucta, Botswana
+107 birds+22 mammals
Where salt-crusted flatlands stretch endlessly toward a shimmering horizon, one of Africa’s most extraordinary ecosystems awakens with the rains. The […]
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