This category is for articles about birds found in West Africa which, for the purpose of this category, is defined as Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. The species classification of birds is in the following order: Kingdom Animalia (i.e animals, also known as Metazoa) Phylum Chordata (animals with a spine) Class Aves (birds) Worldwide it is estimated there are just below 10,000 different species of bird. It seems that many have been enchanted by Africa’s amazing birdlife. and I probably missed a lot more without a professional bird guide, this book enabled me to understand the avian world of West Africa while birding on my own.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Africa.The area covered by this list is the Africa region defined by the American Birding Association's listing rules. The CMS Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MOU) aims to promote internationally coordinated actions to achieve and maintain the favourable conservation status of migratory birds of prey throughout their range in the African-Eurasian region, and to reverse their decline when and where appropriate. Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over &1 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information for 20,000 regions, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more. Yes, it is a heavy tome, but as a painter I was able to sketch birds in the field on a tiny notepad and then look them up in the tome after returning to my lodging.
It now features all maps and text opposite the plates for quick and easy reference. This is not supposed to be a permanent gallery as I'll replace shots here as soon as I have better photos available.
This revised and expanded edition of Birds of Western Africa is now the most up-to-date field guide available to the 1,285 species of birds found in the region―from Senegal and southern Mauritania east to Chad and the Central African Republic and south to Congo.
More photos can be found in the species gallery. Here I'll limit myself to a maximum of 5 shots per species, showing (if possible) male, female and juvenile/immature birds.
As Rudyard Kipling said: “One cannot resist the lure of Africa.” We invite you to join us on an adventure to explore the amazing birdlife of Africa. Next week we explore the birds of Australia. Here we present 25 of the best photographs presented for this week’s theme. (estimates vary) with an estimated 2,500 species being endemic or migratory to Africa. birds (who doesn't get those?)