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Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Elementaita Lake, Kenya Alkaline or freshwater lakes in Africa serve as the main habitat for breeding populations (total African population estimated to be up to 75 000 pairs) as well as for wintering populations of the Great White Pelican from...

By Peter Prokosch

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), Elementaita Lake, Kenya The Greater Flamingo is fairly wide distributed over Africa, Southern Europe, Central/Southern Asia and Central America. Its main habitat are saline lagoons and salt lakes. In Eastern Africa it often mixes with the more ...

By Peter Prokosch

Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venusta), Elementaita Lake, Kenya The sunbirds are a group of small passerine birds largely feeding on nectar. In some way they fill the ecological niche in the Old World, which the hummingbirds in the New World occupy. The Variable Sunbird is a fairly c...

By Peter Prokosch

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) and other wetland birds, Elementaita Lake, Kenya The Greater Flamingo is fairly wide distributed over Africa, Southern Europe, Central/Southern Asia and Central America. Its main habitat are saline lagoons and salt lakes. In Eastern Africa it often mixes with the more ...

By Peter Prokosch

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) and Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) Elementaita Lake, Kenya The Lesser Flamingo is the most numerous flamingo, with a total population of 2-4, possibly 6 million birds. the bulk of the population concentrates in the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where the species in saline and a...

By Peter Prokosch

Black-winged Stilt /Himantopus himantopus), Elementaita lake, Kenya The Black-winged Stilt is a very typical large but elegant wader species on alkaline lakes in the Rift Valley of Kenya. It has a distinct feeding action, walking with its long legs in shallow water and sweeping the bill ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) Elementaita Lake, Kenya The Scarlet-chested Sunbird inhabits a wide variety of forest edge and wooded valleys. Leonotis flowers are particular attractive to this birds.

By Peter Prokosch

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Lake Nakuru National Park The buffalo is listed as Least Concern as the species remains widespread, with a global population estimated at nearly 900,000 animals, of which more than three-quarters are in protected areas. While some populations (su...

By Peter Prokosch

Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya The Lesser Flamingo is the most numerous flamingo, with a total population of 2-4, possibly 6 million birds. the bulk of the population concentrates in the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where the species in saline and a...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya Alkaline or freshwater lakes in Africa serve as the main habitat for breeding populations (total African population estimated to be up to 75 000 pairs) as well as for wintering populations of the Great White Pelican from...

By Peter Prokosch

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Mabamba Bay Wetland, Victoria Lake, Uganda 09 peter prokosch 030 The Shoebill is a very large stork-like bird, which mainly lives in swamps in Sudan, Uganda, eastern Zaire and Zambia. Its total population is estimated at between 5 000 and 8 000 individuals and classified as Vulnerable...

By Peter Prokosch

Madagascar Plover (Charadrius thoracicus), Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar The Madagascar Plover (Charadrius thoracicus) with its possibly less than 1000 individuals remaining belongs to vulnerable endemic species of Madagascar. One of its strongholds is Lake Tsimanampetsotsa. The Tsimanampetso...

By Peter Prokosch

Madagascar Green Pigeon (Treron australis); Toliara, Madagascar The Madagascar Green Pigeon (Treron australis) is a fairly common and widespread species, although endemic to Madagascar and the Comores. It inhabits a variety of woodland habitats, including mangroves. Because of its gr...

By Peter Prokosch

Citrus Swallowtail (Papilio demodocus), Madagascar Citrus Swallowtail (Papilio demodocus) is a common to entire Sub-Sahara Africa and Madagascar. It belongs to the family Papilionidae (Swallowtails) and has a wing-span of up to 10 cm.

By Peter Prokosch

Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia brygooi), Central-South Madagascar The Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia brygooi) belongs to a group of chameleons endemic to Madagascar. With its earthy colors and as it moves very slowly it is hard to detect although widely distributed over the island.

By Peter Prokosch

Red-legged Golden Orb-Web Spider (Nephila inaurata), Madagascar the Red-legged Golden Orb-Web Spider (Nephila inaurata), lives in South Africa, Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean. Like other members of the golden-orb spiders it can weave webs so strong that sometimes ev...

By Peter Prokosch

Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta), Isalo National Park, Madagascar The Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) belongs to the endangered endemic lemur species restricted to the South of Madagascar. They live - much on the ground, feeding on fruits - in groups of 6 - 30 animals. Dominant females...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis), Madagascar ed Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) is a common native bird species to Madagascar. Its particular common in grasslands and cultivated areas, where it is sometimes regarded as pest to rice cultivation.

By Peter Prokosch

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