Birds

Common snipe

The Common Snipe simply known as Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) under the family of Scolopacidae.

Birds

African fish eagle

The African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), or to distinguish it from the true fish eagles (Ichthyophaga), the African sea eagle, is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open…

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Elegant crested tinamou

One of more than 40 species of tinamous found in Central and South America, this ground-dwelling bird is distinguished by its slender, upturned crest. Like other tinamous, it resembles a gamebird (p.23), with short, strong…

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Birds

Adélie penguin

An adelie penguin is rarely alone. At sea it feeds in flocks under pack ice; in breedingseasons, it treks along bustling routes between the water and its sprawling colonies.