10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”.

Elephants 189

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.

Endangered Species 194

Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 194

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

In 2012, the Hindustani Times claimed that from January 2011 to June 2012, a further 9 tigers were killed in the Tadoba buffer zone. Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger' At least 274 tigers have died in India in the last four years, more than 70 per cent of them due to poaching.

Tigers 248

Tigers India Killing 2012 248

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Navarro’s exceptional drawings illustrate the species accounts. Forty-eight species. Compare, for example, the species account illustration of the Cuban Trogon with the photo that opens up the introductory chapter. The luxury of space means that each species can be shown from various angles and in distinctive poses.

Cuba 234

Cuba Birds United States 2000 234

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Nineteen days later we had racked up an amazing list of 436 species, including some of Africa’s least known birds such as Congo Serpent Eagle , Yellow-footed Honeyguide , Tessmann’s Flycatcher , Yellow-bearded Greenbul , Black-collared Lovebird and much besides. We also knew we had discovered Africa’s next hot birding destination.

Ghana 195

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 195