Tuesday, 17 May 2022
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Monday, 16 May 2022
19-4-2022 MANDINA LODGE, GAMBIA - AFRICAN PIED HORNBILL (Lophoceros fasciatus)
The African pied hornbill (Lophoceros fasciatus) is a bird of the hornbill family, a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.
The African pied hornbill is a common resident breeder in much of equatorial Africa, from The Gambia to western Uganda and northern Angola. This is a bird of mainly forest habitats. The female lays up to four white eggs in a tree hole, which is blocked off during incubation with a cement made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow aperture, just big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks.
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Sunday, 15 May 2022
18-4-2022 MANDINA LODGE, GAMBIA - YELLOW BILLED KITE (Milvus migrans ssp. parasitus)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/372390-Milvus-migrans-parasitus
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18-4-2022 KARTONG, GAMBIA - AFRICAN JACANA (Actophilornis africanus)
The African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It has long toes and long claws that enables it to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, its preferred habitat. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. For the origin and pronunciation of the name, see Jacanidae.
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