10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Africa’s pelicans can be a bit confusing on the identification front as Great White does show an overall pink blush in its plumage during breeding season whereas the pinkest part of Pink-backed Pelican is its lower back, which is only seen in flight! Great White Pelicans showing the pink flush of breeding plumage. Photo by Adam Riley.

Africa 209

Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

The nearest population to them is several thousand miles north in Malawi and southern Tanzania. This bird breeds in the forests of the Transkei area and is only a winter visitor to KwaZulu-Natal. Woodward’s Barbet belongs to a group of barbets known as Green Barbets. Image by Hugh Chittenden. Image by Hugh Chittenden.

Mozambique 187

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 187

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with. Simply, many birders liked the idea of birding Africa but did not know enough to choose a single country (or two neigbouring countries, such as Malawi and Zambia).

Congo 264

Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

Carmine bee-eaters occur throughout most of Subsaharan Africa, and many populations migrate widely post breeding. After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. Two populations exist, the westernmost breeds in the western Sahara (e.g.

Africa 264

Africa Gabon South Africa Uganda 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2022

These include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda, among others, all of which are regularly updated for new editions. In recent years he authored the first English-language guidebook to Suriname and an overhauled 600-page guidebook to Sri Lanka, both published by Bradt.

Sri Lanka 147

Sri Lanka Ghana Uganda Eagles 147