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Female Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wil...

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

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

leopard (Panthera pardus), Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya The leopard is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but...

By Peter Prokosch

Male Lion (Panthera leo) with buffalo, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wil...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

impala (Aepyceros melampus), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya The Impala, Aepyceros melampus, is one of the most common antelope species in the Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya. Its preferred habitat are the edges between grassland and denser woodland, notably Acacia. Female Impa...

By Peter Prokosch

Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius), Nakuru National Partk, Kenya The Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius) is the Afrotropic counterpart of the Black Kite (Milvus migrans). It is one of the most common raptors in wide parts of Africa and one of the most visible birds in urban areas.

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

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

South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki), Antarctic Peninsular The South Polar Skua, which breeds in snow-free areas of Antarctica, sometimes associated with penguin rookeries, looks very similar as the Great Skua of the Northern hemisphere. The species is pelagic in the Southern wi...

By Peter Prokosch

Pale-faced Sheathbill (Chionis alba) Sheathbills (with their two species) are the only bird family with a breeding range that falls entirely within the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic. In this harsh environment, with an avifauna dominated by seabirds, they are ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Reindeer have a circumpolar distribution with several subspecies in different areas. The Svalbard reindeer is a small subspecies of Rangifer tarandus. The subspecies found in Svalbard is exclusive to this area. Reindeer ...

By Peter Prokosch

Kittiwakes, Rissa tridactyla, collecting moss as nest material, Svalbard Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They ...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic tern, Sterna paradisea The Arctic Tern enjoys the most hours of sunlight of any animal on Earth. This long distance migratory species has a circumpolar breeding range up to the high Arctic, where there is constant sunshine in summer. As winter...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern Norway The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Impala, Aepyceros melampus, female "clan" in Acacia forest, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya The Impala, Aepyceros melampus, is one of the most common antelope species in the Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya. Its preferred habitat are the edges between grassland and denser woodland, notably Acacia. Female Impa...

By Peter Prokosch

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