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Bushmanland:
Hark!
Hark! The lark at heaven’s gate sings’.
William Shakespeare, Cymbeline
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Bushmanland
is a vast and sparsely populated semidesert of stark beauty.
Its stony plains are scattered with low bushes, punctuated by
broken country and the occasional dunefield. The freedom of
these open spaces will be a welcome respite for those wearied
by the stresses of city life, and the dedicated birder will
equally appreciate its wealth of highly desirable southern African
endemics. It is most famous in birding circles for hosting one
of the world’s highest diversity of larks, with an amazing
14 species occurring regularly. Furthermore, Red
Lark is a true endemic to Bushmanland, and Sclater’s
Lark and Black-eared
Finchlark are most easily seen in this region.
Top
Birds
Ludwig’s Bustard
Karoo Korhaan
Burchell’s Courser
Red Lark
Sclater’s Lark
Stark’s Lark
Black-eared Finchlark
Karoo Eremomela
Cinnamon-breasted Warbler
Black-headed Canary
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