10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Prime destinations for seeing African Elephant in the wild include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda. They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. to the far reaches of freezing Siberia.

Buffalo 220

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 220

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2015

As noted in their entry the Handbook of the Birds of the World, they are unusual in their close association with palms (hence the name) and in building mud nests (in palms or human buildings). They are also found in patches of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and also north through Zambia, the Congo and Tanzania (just poking into Kenya).

Mozambique 173

Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe Namibia 173

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. Finally the most northern population ranges are found in coastal forests of northern Tanzania and Kenya. Image from Kakamega Forest, Kenya.

Ethiopia 244

Ethiopia Tanzania Africa Uganda 244