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  • Other rare birds are Fraser's eagle owl Bubo poensis, white-bellied robin chat Cossypher roberti, Grauer's warbler Graueria vittata, short-tailed warbler Hemitasia neumanni, yellow-eyed black flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiaca, montane double-collared sunbird Nectarinia ludovicenis and dusky twinspot Clytospiza cinereoinacea.

    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda 2009

  • We walk him double-collared, so in case one collar should fail, he still couldn't get loose - and we scrupulously avoid other dogs.

    we hit a speed bump 2005

  • These are chiefly found in Africa; but the varieties in the case include, in addition to the North African cream-coloured courser, and the double-collared courser, the thick-kneed European bustard.

    How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855

  • The tubular flowers contain nectar and are pollinated by lesser double-collared sunbirds that probe the flowers from the ground with their long, curved beaks.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010

  • The tubular flowers contain nectar and are pollinated by lesser double-collared sunbirds that probe the flowers from the ground with their long, curved beaks.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010

  • The tubular flowers contain nectar and are pollinated by lesser double-collared sunbirds that probe the flowers from the ground with their long, curved beaks.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • The ecoregion also contains a number of sub-specific endemics, particularly on the Nyika Plateau, where the red-winged francolin (Francolinus levaillanti crawshayi), the greater double-collared sunbird (Nectarina afra whytei), the Baglafecht weaver (Ploceus baglafecht nyikae), the rufous-naped lark (Mirafra africana nyikae), the chequered elephant-shrew (Rynchocyon cirnei hendersoni), 3 amphibian sub-species, two sub-species of skink, and four sub-species of butterfly are found.

    Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic 2008

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