10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2015
The populations remain stable in Ethiopia, Tanzania and southern Africa, but have collapsed in West Africa and have declined in other parts as well. They are threatened by hunting for traditional medicine, veterinary drugs, and poachers who poison them to conceal their poaching activities.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2012
A Marabou Stork arriving at its roost tree, Serengeti, Tanzania by Adam Riley We’ll start off with the largest and ugliest of them all (measuring up to 60in (152cm) in height, a weight of 20 lb (9 kg) and a wingspan of up to 12ft), the Marabou Stork. The Saddle-billed Stork has a similar Africa-wide distribution as the Marabou.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley. Rueppell’s Vulture scanning for a carcass at Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley. An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. It occurs in similar montane forest edges but further south, with Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania forming the bulk of its range.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2012
The diminutive Tinkerbirds are Africa’s smallest barbets, depicted here is Red-fronted Tinkerbird photographed at Lalibela, Ethiopia. The Banded Barbet is a medium-sized barbet that is endemic to Ethiopia and Eritrea. This image was also taken at Lalibela, Ethiopia. This image was taken at Lake Langano, Ethiopia.
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