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Cape White-Eye (Zosterops virens), Betty's Bay, South Africa Near-endemic to South-Africa, occurring across much of the country, excluding the Kalahari Desert and extending into south-eastern Botswana. It is very common in a wide variety of habitats, including Karoo, fynbos, subur...

By Peter Prokosch

Orange-breasted Sunbird, Anthobaphes violacea,, Betty's Bay, South Africa The sunbirds are the African counterparts of the hummingbirds of the Americas. They are only distantly related, but as hummingbirds largely feed on nectar. They are distributed with 132 different species throughout Afric...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird (Nectarinia chalybea), Botanical Garden, Cape Town, SA The sunbirds are the African counterparts of the hummingbirds of the Americas. They are only distantly related, but as hummingbirds largely feed on nectar. They are distributed with 132 different species throughout Afric...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic Terns defending their breeding territory against tourists, Magdalenefjord, Svalbard WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations a...

By Peter Prokosch

Brent Goose nest (Branta bernicla nigricans), Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, RussiaP Tundra islands in the northern Lena delta are used as breeding habitat of the Black-bellied Brent Geese (Branta bernicla nigricans). This part of the Siberian tundra forms the westernmost area of the breeding range of th...

By Peter Prokosch

Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), Nationalpark Tortuguero, Costa Rica The Boat-billed Heron is an atypical member of the heron family. It lives in mangrove swamps from Mexico south to Peru and Brazil. It is a nocturnal bird, and breeds semi-colonially in mangrove trees, laying 2-4 bluish w...

By Peter Prokosch

Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa), Nationalpark Tortuguero, Costa Rica The Northern Jacana is a wader which is a resident breeder from coastal Mexico to western Panama, and on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. The jacanas are a group of wetland birds, which are identifiable by their huge feet ...

By Peter Prokosch

Mangroves and Wimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) in the Lamu area, Indian Ocean coast of Kenya The mangrove and tidal flat habitats in the area of Lamu on the Indian ocean coast of North-East Kenya, close to the border of Somalia, are known as some of the most extensive and species-rich along the entire coast of E...

By Peter Prokosch

Mangroves and Shorebirds in the Lamu area, Indian Ocean coast of Kenya The mangrove and tidal flat habitats in the area of Lamu on the Indian ocean coast of North-East Kenya, close to the border of Somalia, are known as some of the most extensive and species-rich along the entire coast of E...

By Peter Prokosch

Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The Black-headed Heron is common throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It is mainly resident but some west African birds move further north in the rainy season. This species usually breeds in the wet sea...

By Peter Prokosch

Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The Crowned Lapwing is a fairly common breeding species in dry gras lands of East and South Africa. The species is not strongly migratory but does make local dispersive movements related to habitat changes. It moves duri...

By Peter Prokosch

Crab-plover (Dromas ardeola), Lamu, Kenya The Crab-plover is resident on the coasts and islands of the Indian Ocean, where it feeds on crabs and other small animals. They are gregarious and will feed in large groups, at night and during dawn and dusk as well as ...

By Peter Prokosch

Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis), Lamu, Kenya The Yellow-billed Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It occurs in Africa south of the Sahara and in Madagascar. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eur...

By Peter Prokosch

Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis), Lamu, Kenya The Lesser Crested Tern is a seabird and breeds in subtropical coastal parts of the world mainly from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific, and Australia, with a significant population on the southe...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Terek Sandpipers (Xenus cinereus) and Curlew Sanpipers, Lamu, Kenya For Arctic sandpipers the tidal flats at the East coast of Africa, such as in the area of Lamu/Kenya, are important wintering and feeding areas.

By Peter Prokosch

Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus), Lamu, Kenya The Northern Carmine Bee-eater is native to Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau...

By Peter Prokosch

Madagascar Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus), Lamu, Kenya The subspecies superciliosus is found in Madagascar, the Comoro Islands, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Mozambique (sometimes wanders to Zimbabwe). It is a fairly common non-breeding migrant (May-September) th...

By Peter Prokosch

White-breasted Comorans (Phalacrocorax carbo), Lake Navasha, Kenya Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in the Rift Valley North-West of Nairobi. The lake and its surrounding swamps, grass- and woodlands are home to a high diversity of wildlife, among them more than 400 bird species and a...

By Peter Prokosch

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