article thumbnail

Introducing the African Birding Beat

10,000 Birds

Families that are endemic to the continent include such strange birds as Shoebill , Secretarybird , Hamerkop , mousebirds and rockfowl ( picathartes ) and delightful groups including bushshrikes, sugarbirds, rockjumpers, woodhoopoes, turacos and hyliotas.

article thumbnail

Danum Valley: Simply the Best

10,000 Birds

The cool stuff seen, principally a Colugo (a flying lemur as it is sometimes known) and the odd Bearded Pig, were somewhat spoiled by the feeling that too many people were scaring away other cool stuff. The highlight again happened before we left the camp, a family of Crested Firebacks. An oversubscribed night drive didn’t help.

Lemurs 158