10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

These beaters usually take the form of grazing herds of game and domestic animals, and large flocks of carmine bee-eaters may gather overhead. After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. They prefer open areas, especially around wetlands.

Africa 265

Africa South Africa Gabon Uganda 265

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley. A foraging Northern Bald Ibis near Tamri, Morocco by Adam Riley Extinction, driven by loss of feeding habitat, nest disturbance, hunting and poisoning, seemed inevitable. Habitat destruction, hunting and disturbance are further factors affecting the population.

Endangered Species 196

Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 196

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. Game viewing on foot, by 4×4 or by motorboat. million hectares of forest cover each year.

Central African Republic 297

Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 297

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

White-chested Tinkerbird is one of Africa’s avian mysteries, known only from a single specimen collected in 1964 at Mayau in north-west Zambia, close to the borders of Angola and the DRC. White-headed can be found in huge fig trees in woodlands of east and central Africa with a tiny isolated population in Angola.

Ethiopia 237

Ethiopia Tanzania Africa Uganda 237