Black-thighed Falconet

Birds > Falconidae & Falcons

The Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius) ranks among the smallest birds of prey on Earth, measuring scarcely larger than a common sparrow. Despite its miniature stature, this pint-sized raptor possesses all the hunting ferocity, blistering speed, and...

Whyte’s Barbet

Birds > Barbets & Piciformes

Whyte’s Barbet (Stactolaema whytii) is an attractive, stocky woodland barbet native to the extensive miombo savannas and wooded granite inselbergs of south-central Africa. Named after British naturalist Alexander Whyte who collected the type specimen in Malawi,...

Little Bee-eater

Birds > Perching Birds

The Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus) is the smallest representative of the bee-eater family Meropidae, illuminating open savannas and river margins across sub-Saharan Africa with its jewel-like plumage. Measuring barely 16 cm in length, this vibrant avian predator...

White-fronted Bee-eater

Birds > Coraciiformes

The White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) is an exquisitely painted, intensely social jewel of East and Southern Africa’s savanna waterways. Renowned for its complex, multi-tiered clan societies—one of the most socially sophisticated colonial nesting...

White-crowned Hornbill

Birds > Hornbills

The White-crowned Hornbill (Berenicornis comatus), also known as the White-crested Hornbill, is one of the most distinctive, striking, and ecologically specialized hornbills in the ancient rainforests of Southeast Asia. Sole member of the genus Berenicornis, this...