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June 29-31 Field Trip: Visit the Kumbira Forest Project

  Abandoned plantation with high canopy trees in Kumbira. The Angola Field Group has been invited to visit “The Kumbira Forest Project”, a project which aims at protecting forests for the benefit of...

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Read Pedro Vaz Pinto’s latest Giant Sable report from Cangandala

“The Luando river just before sunrise…” The shepherds of the Luandos Reserve with their project booklets “But the most worrying factor were insisting reports of poaching, brought to us by the...

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This Thursday, join the Angolan Association for Birds and Nature

Lesser Flamingos in Lobito in August 2013 taken by Angola Birder Chris Stavrou Calling all nature enthusiasts and bird lovers! Thursday, October 31, at 7:00 PM at the Viking Club, before the Angola...

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First birder’s checklist of Angolan birds available for free

Michael Mills and Martim Melo have launched the first birder’s checklist of Angolan birds published in Portuguese and English. It is available for free in pdf format and can be downloaded on the Birds...

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Angolan Association for Birds and Nature 2013 Annual Report

Download the 2013 Annual Report (Relatório Anual) of the Angolan Association for Birds and Nature (Associação Angolana Para Aves e Natureza), in English and Portuguese, compiled by Michael Mills, and...

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Mount Moco Project Update from the Associação Angolana Para Aves e Natureza

Nursery workers in the process of planting some of the 42 newly planted trees in a recently cleared area. The challenge to prevent deforestation on Mount Moco, Angola’s highest mountain, continues in...

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Thursday May 1 Field Trip: Bird watching at Mussulo Bay

Shore birds at Mussulo Bay. Photos courtesy Michael Mills. UPDATE: This field trip is now full. Calling all birdwatchers! Did you know that we have an internationally recognised ‘Important Bird Area’...

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Thursday May 1 Presentation: Challenges facing Angola’s birds and wildlife

Bird and nature conservation in Angola needs public input. The Angola Field Group invites you to a presentation at the Viking Club, Thursday May 1st at 7:30 PM with Conservation Biologist Michael...

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Some historical data on birds of Angola

Angola is one of the countries in Africa with the highest bird diversity – 938 native species – including a high number of endemic and threatened species. Despite its richness, Angola is still one of...

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2 new papers about birds in Angola

Calling all birders! Check out the Birds Angola website for two new papers to download, regarding the Short-winged Cisticola and the Dusky Twinspot. The Birds Angola website hosts all the latest news...

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2014 Annual Report of the Angolan Association for Birds and Nature

Now available to download, 2014 Annual Report of the Angolan Association for Birds and Nature, in English and in Portuguese. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD PDF. This year saw good progress with our two main...

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Read Pedro Vaz Pinto’s latest Giant Sable report from Cangandala

Biologist Pedro Vaz Pinto’s full Second Trimester 2015 Report with photos from Angola’s Cangandala Park and Luando Reserve, in English and Portuguese, is now up on our Giant Sable page. The major...

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Download the 2015 Annual Report of the Angolan Association for Birds and Nature

Download the 2015 Annual Report (Relatório Anual) of the Angolan Association for Birds and Nature (Associação Angolana Para Aves e Natureza), in English and Portuguese, compiled by Michael Mills, on...

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Read Pedro Vaz Pinto’s latest Giant Sable report from Cangandala and the...

Biologist Pedro Vaz Pinto’s Fourth Trimester 2015 Report with photos of Angola’s Cangandala Park and Luando Reserve, in English and Portuguese, now on our Giant Sable page. Small herd of giant sable...

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Discover Angola with a new Facebook page, Angola Ambiente

Luanda – a rise in crime and long queues in supermarkets. But in rural Angola the people are as friendly as ever, their level of poverty has changed little, they were always poor. And the countryside...

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Available now, a book on the birds of Angola

Available now, The Special Birds of Angola, a guide to birds of Angola by Michael Mills. Click on the book cover to download a sneak-peek of the book: This book can be purchased directly from the...

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New breeding grounds for the rarest of Africa’s cranes discovered in Moxico...

The International Crane Foundation conducted an aerial survey of Cameia National Park in Moxico and the surrounding Bulozi Plain of Angola, a massive fresh water floodplain, and discovered three new...

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Download the 2018 Annual Report of the Angolan Association for Birds and Nature

Download the 2018 Annual Report of the Angolan Association for Birds and Nature (Associação Angolana Para Aves e Natureza), in English with a brief summary in Portuguese, compiled by Michael Mills, on...

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