Animals

Superb Starling

Habitat and Geographic Distribution: Wide distribution in East Africa, including Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. Live in savannahs and more arid areas. Diet: These birds feed on insects (grasshoppers, beetles, termites, ants and flies) and worms, as well as... READ MORE.

Purple Starling

Habitat and Geographic Distribution: Senegal, Gambia, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda. Diet: Insectivores, frugivores. Reproduction: Normally the female lays 2 to 3 eggs per clutch, with an incubation period of 12 to 13 days. Behaviour: This is a species that is in... READ MORE.

Laughing Kookaburra

General Characteristics: Laughing kookaburra are monogamous, territorial birds that nest in the holes of trees. Their plumage is brown with white stripes on the head and a reddish tail with black stripes. The laughing kookaburra are the largest member of... READ MORE.

Masked Lovebird

Biological Characteristics: Its head is black with white ring markings around the eyes giving it a masked appearance. The beak is bright red. The back is a darker green than the belly and the wings have black flight feathers. The... READ MORE.

Grey Crowned Crane

Biological Characteristics: Its crown of golden feathers gave this bird its name. Its wings are white and yellow, its tail is reddish-brown and the rest of its plumage is grey apart from a white face mask. Grey crowned cranes walk... READ MORE.

Pied crow

Habitat and geographic distribution: Found in open mountainous regions, but can also be found in urban areas. Wide distribution throughout sub-Saharan Africa as well as Madagascar, the Comoros Islands and Assumption Island. Diet: Omnivorous. Feeds on a wide variety of... READ MORE.

Von der Decken’s Hornbill

Habitat and geographic distribution: East Africa, from Ethiopia to Tanzania, especially in arid areas Diet: Omnivorous. Insects, fruit and seeds. Reproduction: Oviparous.  Lay 2 to 3 eggs, deposited in a hole in a tree, then the hole is sealed by... READ MORE.

Mandrill

The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Cercopithecidae family of the "Old world monkeys", closely related to the baboons and even more closely related to the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons... READ MORE.

Chimpanzee

Biological Characteristics: A distinction is made between two species, both living in the equatorial regions of Africa: the chimpanzee Pan troglodytes that lives from Senegal up to Uganda, and on the right banks of the Zaire River basin. In general,... READ MORE.