Africa, in common with the rest of our planet, has been divided up into various biomes or ecosystems, each...

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

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

Its a hard life being a bird but its especially hard if you’re a crane. Of the fifteen species...

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

I recently read What the Robin Knows by Jon Young and this book made a surprisingly substantial impression on...

Chris Townend is an ace birder, keen conservationist, and proprietor of Wise Birding Holidays, a UK company that leads...

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