THE publication of Mr. Bannerman's six-volume work on West African birds has been suspended midway for nearly three years, owing to financial exigencies of the times which have affected the ...

Rare Breeding Birds Panel secretary Dr Mark Eaton said ... wintering in Senegal, West Africa, and are at risk from threats in many countries as well as extreme weather and illegal hunting on ...

But overhunting of wild mammals depleted that vital food source, leaving the birds increasingly reliant on humans. A hooded vulture in The Gambia: Across West Africa, hooded and palm-nut vultures ...

Birds including Wahlberg’s eagle ... “The human footprint is particularly high throughout West Africa’s savannas, and the near complete disappearance of many raptors outside that region ...

Cranes are some of the world's most majestic birds, with 15 species found globally. Four of these are found in Africa. The ...

The birds have a bad reputation – unjustifiably ... than smaller species,” and that declines were steepest in West Africa, and “more than twice as severe outside of protected areas.” ...

“This marks the first known extinction of a bird species from mainland Europe, North Africa and West Asia,” a statement from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) sent to ...

A guide for a safari lodge in South Africa has captured extraordinary footage ... But this behavior is initiated by certain birds as sort of a spa treatment. “This is very rarely seen but ...

The present volume covers seven families of the Passeriformes ; the eighth will deal with the weaver-birds ; and the eighth will contain additional information that has meanwhile come to hand on ...