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  • Humans & Nature

    Asian Bird Photographers A Common wood- pigeon resists to leave its territory in a forest recently burned by fire. Jungle vegetation...
  • Nature Instants (selection)

    Standing in the air. See Black-chinned Hummingbird. What a big sight!..the smallest bird on Earth. A truly Mountain-gem. Always...
  • Paleartic birds

    Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius. Common Swift Apus apus. Pallid Swift Apus pallidus. Alpine Swift Tachymarptis...
  • Oriental birds

    Western Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus. Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris...
  • Australasian birds

    Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis. Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis. Torresian Imperial-pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa. Orange-footed...
  • Afrotropical birds

    Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius. Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus serratus. White-browed Coucal Centropus...
  • Neartic birds

    Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri. Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae. Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna. Magnificent...
  • Neotropical birds

    Equatorial Greytail Xenerpestes singularis. Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae. Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox...
  • Mammals

    Moose Alces alces. Mantled guereza Colobus guereza. Fallow deer Dama dama. American mink Neovison vison. Eurasian red...
  • Amphibians & Reptiles

    Western Sahara Lizards Blue-headed Tree Agama Acanthocerus atricollis. Fire salamander Salamandra salamandra. Common Toad Bufo...
  • Invertebrates

    Ptilocephala sp. Jumping Spider Evarcha arcuata. Lantern Bug Laternaria rühli. Asian predatory wasp Vespa velutina. ...
  • Landscapes

    Namib desert. Northern Grecia. High plateau in Puno, Southern Peru. Endless forest in Amazonas province, Dhofar coast. ...
  • Flora & Fungi

    Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Coprinellus disseminatus. Pyrenean violet Ramonda myconi endemic, Garrotxa, Polygala...
  • People & Culture

    Dances of Native Commutity in Shintuya, Southern Peru. Nueva Esperanza (Loreto) Northern Peru Hanoi. Al Rustak. Ibri. UAE ...
  • Spiritual Places

    Sukhothai Giant Buddha, Puli. Central Mosque, Almaty. Orthodox ceremony in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Hindu Temple in Nuwara Eliya,...
  • Humans & Nature

    Asian Bird Photographers A Common wood- pigeon resists to leave its territory in a forest recently burned by fire. Jungle vegetation...
  • Nature Instants (selection)

    Standing in the air. See Black-chinned Hummingbird. What a big sight!..the smallest bird on Earth. A truly Mountain-gem. Always...
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Afrotropical birds

Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius.
Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus serratus.
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus.
Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus.
African Swift Apus barbatus.
Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi.
Little Swift Apus affinis.
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer.
African Palm-swift Cypsiurus parvus hyphaenes.
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus.
Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma.
Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus bicinctus.
Burchell’s Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli.
Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua.
Bruce’s Green-pigeon Treron waalia.
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis.
White-winged Collared-dove Streptopelia reichenowi.
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea.
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea.
Mourning Collared-dove Streptopelia decipiens.
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens.
White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques.
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea.
African Olive-pigeon Columba arquatrix.
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis.
Hartlaub’s Francolin Pternistis hartlaubi.
Yellow-necked Francolin Pternistis leucoscepus.
Chestnut-naped Francolin Pternistis castaneicollis castaneicollis.
Erckel’s Francolin Pternistis erckelii.
Red-billed Francolin Pternistis adspersus adspersus.
Clapperton’s Francolin Pternistis clappertoni sharpii.
Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena zambesiae.
Swainson’s Francolin Pternistis swainsonii.
Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis levalliantoides.
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris papillosus.
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum.
Southern Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi.
White-backed Night-heron Nycticorax leuconotus.
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath.
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula.
Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha.
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus.
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis.
South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanopterus
White-faced Whistling-duck Dendrocygna viduata 
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Great White Pelican  Pelecanus onocrotalus
Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis.
White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus.
Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus.
Red-faced Crombec, Dolo Mena.  Take a look at this and other 12 Warbler species of Ethiopia.
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis nominate spp.  Jemmu Valley. November.  See here up to 14 species of Weavers of Ethiopia.
White-backed Black Tit Parus leuconotus
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis leucotis. See more photos of Ethiopian Turacos here.
Struthio camelus austrialis . Sesriem, Namib NP, Namibia, 11/11.  See more photos of Common & "Somali Ostrich"
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
Greyish Eagle-owl Bubo cinerascens
Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis dillonii
Rufous-necked Wryneck Jynx ruficollis aequatorialis
Foxy Lark, Ethiopia. More photos of this species.
Arabian bustard, Ardeotis arabs. Awash NP Ethiopia.
Fan-tailed Raven, Corvus rhipidurus perched.
Lineated Pytilia Pytilia lineata.