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About Adam Riley

Adam Riley has grown up with a lifelong interest in wildlife, which evolved into a particular fascination with birds. Raised in a rural region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Adam qualified as a Chartered Accountant but in 1998 his career path took an alternative route when he founded Rockjumper Birding Tours with his friend Jonathan Rossouw. Since 2000 Adam has been the sole owner and managing director of Rockjumper and has also founded ORYX - Wildlife Safaris and ORYX – Worldwide Photographic Safaris. Adam has traveled extensively to all 7 continents, leading tours to numerous countries ranging from Colombia to Egypt, Angola to Papua New Guinea and Antarctica to Alaska. Adam is one of Africa’s most experienced birders, having seen over 2,000 species on the continent as well as 7,000 species worldwide.

Weavers

Weavers are truly magical birds, combining bright plumages with ingenious weaving talents and cheerful, noisy social lives. The IOC world…

The Cape Wildflower Spectacle

The world’s 17 megadiverse countries have either massive landmasses or are situated in tropical zones, thus supporting a very rich…

The Bee-eaters of Africa

The wonderful family Meropidae contains 27 dazzling species, of which Africa is endowed with no less than 20 species, the…

Africa’s endangered species

Although extinction is a natural phenomenon, experts have determined that the current rate of bird extinction is somewhere between 1,000…

Namibia’s 15 key birds

Gaining independence in 1990, Namibia is one of Africa’s “newer” nations, although not quite as newborn as South Sudan which…

The Storks of Africa

Africa has more than its fair share of storks, with 8 of the world’s 19 species gracing the continent. Furthermore…

Pheasant-tailed Jacana courtship dance

Whilst leading a birding tour to Sri Lanka, I spotted a flash of bright white in a lily-choked wetland near…

Africa’s Barbets

Barbets are a group of medium sized, chunky, generally colorful, frugivorous, hole-nesting near-passerines, that are popular targets for anyone birding…

KwaZulu-Natal

“There is, perhaps, no better place in the world for birds than this country. Even in the tropics there are…

Ethiopia’s Endemics

Ethiopia, a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding…

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