Wildlife

A collection of species I have photographed

Birds: Non-passerines

Non-passerine birds

A collection of species I have photographed

birds

Bustards

Black-bellied Bustard

(Lissotis melanogaster)

Cormorants & allies

Cormorants

Great Cormorant

(Phalacrocorax carbo)

Little Cormorant

(Microcarbo niger)

Long-tailed Cormorant

(Microcarbo africanus)

Cranes, rails & allies

Gallinules & Coots

Common Moorhen

(Gallinula chloropus)

Eurasian Coot

(Fulica atra)

Rails & Crakes

White-breasted Waterhen

(Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Falcons & Caracaras

Falcons

Common Kestrel

(Falco tinnunculus)

Grebes

Great Crested Grebe

(Podiceps cristatus)

Red-necked Grebe

(Podiceps grisegena)

Gulls, auks & allies

Auks

Common Murre

(Uria aalge)

Gulls

Black-headed Gull

(Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Common Gull

(Larus canus)

European Herring Gull

(Larus argentatus)

Great Black-backed Gull

(Larus marinus)

Grey-headed Gull

(Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)

Heermann’s Gull

(Larus heermanni)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

(Larus fuscus)

Western Gull

(Larus occidentalis)

Pratincoles

Small Pratincole

(Glareola lactea)

Terns

Black-bellied Tern

(Sterna acuticauda)

Common Tern

(Sterna hirundo)

Little Tern

(Sternula albifrons)

River Tern

(Sterna aurantia)

Hawks, eagles, kites & allies

Booted Eagles

Changeable Hawk-Eagle

(Nisaetus cirrhatus)

Crowned Eagle

(Stephanoaetus coronatus)

Long-crested Eagle

(Lophaetus occipitalis)

Martial Eagle

(Polemaetus bellicosus)

Tawny Eagle

(Aquila rapax)

Wahlberg’s Eagle

(Hieraaetus wahlbergi)

Buzzards & Buteonine Hawks

Common Buzzard

(Buteo buteo)

Forest Buzzard

(Buteo trizonatus)

Harris’s Hawk

(Parabuteo unicinctus)

Jackal Buzzard

(Buteo rufofuscus)

Chanting Goshawks & Allies

Lizard Buzzard

(Kaupifalco monogrammicus)

Elanine Kites

Black-winged Kite

(Elanus caeruleus)

Harrier-Hawks

African Harrier-Hawk

(Polyboroides typus)

Harriers

Western Marsh Harrier

(Circus aeruginosus)

Honey-Buzzards, Bazas & Allies

African Cuckoo-Hawk

(Aviceda cuculoides)

European Honey-Buzzard

(Pernis apivorus)

Jerdon’s Baza

(Aviceda jerdoni)

Oriental Honey-Buzzard

(Pernis ptilorhynchus)

Milvine Kites

Red Kite

(Milvus milvus)

Yellow-billed Kite

(Milvus aegyptius)

New World Vultures

Turkey Vulture

(Cathartes aura)

Old World Vultures

Griffon Vulture

(Gyps fulvus)

Indian Vulture

(Gyps indicus)

Red-headed Vulture

(Sarcogyps calvus)

White-backed Vulture

(Gyps africanus)

White-rumped Vulture

(Gyps bengalensis)

Osprey

Osprey

(Pandion haliaetus)

Sea Eagles

African Fish Eagle

(Haliaeetus vocifer)

Snake Eagles & Allies

Bateleur

(Terathopius ecaudatus)

Black-chested Snake Eagle

(Circaetus pectoralis)

Brown Snake Eagle

(Circaetus cinereus)

Crested Serpent-Eagle

(Spilornis cheela)

Southern Banded Snake Eagle

(Circaetus fasciolatus)

True Hawks

Cooper’s Hawk

(Accipiter cooperii)

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

(Accipiter nisus)

Shikra

(Accipiter badius)

Herons, pelicans, ibises & allies

Hamerkop

Hamerkop

(Scopus umbretta)

Herons

Black-crowned Night Heron

(Nycticorax nycticorax)

Black-headed Heron

(Ardea melanocephala)

Eastern Cattle Egret

(Bubulcus coromandus)

Goliath Heron

(Ardea goliath)

Great Egret

(Ardea alba)

Grey Heron

(Ardea cinerea)

Indian Pond Heron

(Ardeola grayii)

Little Egret

(Egretta garzetta)

Medium Egret

(Ardea intermedia)

Snowy Egret

(Egretta thula)

Squacco Heron

(Ardeola ralloides)

Striated Heron

(Butorides striata)

Western Cattle Egret

(Bubulcus ibis)

Ibises

Black-headed Ibis

(Threskiornis melanocephalus)

Hadada Ibis

(Bostrychia hagedash)

Red-naped Ibis

(Pseudibis papillosa)

Spoonbills

African Spoonbill

(Platalea alba)

Eurasian Spoonbill

(Platalea leucorodia)

Hummingbirds

Emeralds

Broad-billed Hummingbird

(Cynanthus latirostris)

Kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers & allies

Bee-eaters

Asian Green Bee-eater

(Merops orientalis)

European Bee-eater

(Merops apiaster)

Little Bee-eater

(Merops pusillus)

White-fronted Bee-eater

(Merops bullockoides)

Kingfishers

African Pygmy Kingfisher

(Ispidina picta)

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

(Halcyon albiventris)

Common Kingfisher

(Alcedo atthis)

Giant Kingfisher

(Megaceryle maxima)

Pied Kingfisher

(Ceryle rudis)

White-throated Kingfisher

(Halcyon smyrnensis)

Rollers

Broad-billed Roller

(Eurystomus glaucurus)

European Roller

(Coracias garrulus)

Indian Roller

(Coracias benghalensis)

Lilac-breasted Roller

(Coracias caudatus)

Landfowl

Asian Spurfowl

Painted Spurfowl

(Galloperdix lunulata)

Red Spurfowl

(Galloperdix spadicea)

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

(Numida meleagris)

Southern Crested Guineafowl

(Guttera edouardi)

Junglefowl & Francolins

Crested Francolin

(Ortygornis sephaena)

Grey Junglefowl

(Gallus sonneratii)

Red Junglefowl

(Gallus gallus)

New World Quails

Gambel’s Quail

(Callipepla gambelii)

Peafowl

Indian Peafowl

(Pavo cristatus)

Pheasants

Common Pheasant

(Phasianus colchicus)

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

(Colius striatus)

Nightbirds

Nightjars

Indian Nightjar

(Caprimulgus asiaticus)

Jungle Nightjar

(Caprimulgus indicus)

Swamp Nightjar

(Caprimulgus natalensis)

Owls

Barn Owls

Barn Owl

(Tyto alba)

Eagle-Owls

Brown Fish-Owl

(Ketupa zeylonensis)

Rock Eagle-Owl

(Bubo bengalensis)

Spotted Eagle-Owl

(Bubo africanus)

Eared Owls

Short-eared Owl

(Asio flammeus)

Owlets & Pygmy-Owls

Jungle Owlet

(Glaucidium radiatum)

Northern Hawk-Owl

(Surnia ulula)

Spotted Owlet

(Athene brama)

Scops-Owls

Indian Scops-Owl

(Otus bakkamoena)

Parrots

Old World Parakeets & Allies

Alexandrine Parakeet

(Psittacula eupatria)

Plum-headed Parakeet

(Psittacula cyanocephala)

Rose-ringed Parakeet

(Psittacula krameri)

Swifts & Treeswifts

Swifts

Common Swift

(Apus apus)

Treeswifts

Crested Treeswift

(Hemiprocne coronata)

Trogons

Narina Trogon

(Apaloderma narina)

Turacos

Livingstone’s Turaco

(Tauraco livingstonii)

Purple-crested Turaco

(Gallirex porphyreolophus)

Waders & Shorebirds

Curlews

Eurasian Curlew

(Numenius arquata)

Jacanas

African Jacana

(Actophilornis africanus)

Lapwings

Blacksmith Lapwing

(Vanellus armatus)

Northern Lapwing

(Vanellus vanellus)

Red-wattled Lapwing

(Vanellus indicus)

River Lapwing

(Vanellus duvaucelii)

Wattled Lapwing

(Vanellus senegallus)

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

(Vanellus malabaricus)

Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

(Haematopus ostralegus)

Plovers

Common Ringed Plover

(Charadrius hiaticula)

European Golden Plover

(Pluvialis apricaria)

Kentish Plover

(Anarhynchus alexandrinus)

Little Ringed Plover

(Charadrius dubius)

Three-banded Plover

(Charadrius tricollaris)

White-fronted Plover

(Anarhynchus marginatus)

Sandpipers

Common Greenshank

(Tringa nebularia)

Common Redshank

(Tringa totanus)

Common Sandpiper

(Actitis hypoleucos)

Curlew Sandpiper

(Calidris ferruginea)

Dunlin

(Calidris alpina)

Green Sandpiper

(Tringa ochropus)

Little Stint

(Calidris minuta)

Temminck’s Stint

(Calidris temminckii)

Wood Sandpiper

(Tringa glareola)

Stils & Avocets

Black-winged Stilt

(Himantopus himantopus)

Pied Avocet

(Recurvirostra avosetta)

Thick-knees

Great Thick-knee

(Esacus recurvirostris)

Indian Thick-knee

(Burhinus indicus)

Spotted Thick-knee

(Burhinus capensis)

Water Thick-knee

(Burhinus vermiculatus)

Waterfowl

Dabbling Ducks

Indian Spot-billed Duck

(Anas poecilorhyncha)

Mallard

(Anas platyrhynchos)

Mandarin Duck

(Aix galericulata)

Diving Ducks

Common Eider

(Somateria mollissima)

Common Goldeneye

(Bucephala clangula)

Red-crested Pochard

(Netta rufina)

Tufted Duck

(Aythya fuligula)

Geese

Barnacle Goose

(Branta leucopsis)

Canada Goose

(Branta canadensis)

Greylag Goose

(Anser anser)

Red-breasted Goose

(Branta ruficollis)

Mergansers

Red-breasted Merganser

(Mergus serrator)

Smew

(Mergellus albellus)

Pygmy-Geese

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

(Nettapus coromandelianus)

Shelducks & Sheldgeese

Common Shelduck

(Tadorna tadorna)

Egyptian Goose

(Alopochen aegyptiaca)

Knob-billed Duck

(Sarkidiornis melanotos)

Spur-winged Goose

(Plectropterus gambensis)

Swans

Mute Swan

(Cygnus olor)

Whooper Swan

(Cygnus cygnus)

Whistling-Ducks

Lesser Whistling-Duck

(Dendrocygna javanica)

White-faced Whistling-Duck

(Dendrocygna viduata)

Woodpeckers, Barbets & Allies

Barbets

Black-collared Barbet

(Lybius torquatus)

Coppersmith Barbet

(Psilopogon haemacephalus)

Crested Barbet

(Trachyphonus vaillantii)

White-eared Barbet

(Stactolaema leucotis)

Woodpeckers

Acorn Woodpecker

(Melanerpes formicivorus)

Black Woodpecker

(Dryocopus martius)

Black-rumped Flameback

(Dinopium benghalense)

Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

(Yungipicus nanus)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

(Dendrocopos major)

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

(Dryobates minor)

Rufous Woodpecker

(Micropternus brachyurus)

Yellow-crowned Woodpecker

(Leiopicus mahrattensis)

Birds: Passerines

Passerines

A collection of species I have photographed

birds

Bushshrikes & Allies

Batises

Chinspot Batis

(Batis molitor)

Boubous & Gonoleks

Southern Boubou

(Laniarius ferrugineus)

Bushshrikes

Gorgeous Bushshrike

(Telophorus viridis)

Grey-headed Bushshrike

(Malaconotus blanchoti)

Helmetshrikes

White-crested Helmetshrike

(Prionops plumatus)

Puffbacks

Black-backed Puffback

(Dryoscopus cubla)

Woodshrikes

Common Woodshrike

(Tephrodornis pondicerianus)

Cuckooshrikes

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

(Lalage melaschistos)

Large Cuckooshrike

(Coracina macei)

Small Minivet

(Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)

Kinglets

Goldcrest

(Regulus regulus)

Monarchs

African Paradise-Flycatcher

(Terpsiphone viridis)

Black-naped Monarch

(Hypothymis azurea)

Old World Flycatchers & Allies

Chats & Robins

African Stonechat

(Saxicola torquatus)

Bearded Scrub-Robin

(Cercotrichas quadrivirgata)

Bluethroat

(Luscinia svecica)

Brown Rock Chat

(Oenanthe fusca)

Common Redstart

(Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

European Robin

(Erithacus rubecula)

Indian Robin

(Copsychus fulicatus)

Mocking Cliff-Chat

(Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris)

Northern Wheatear

(Oenanthe oenanthe)

Oriental Magpie-Robin

(Copsychus saularis)

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

(Cercotrichas leucophrys)

Red-capped Robin-Chat

(Cossypha natalensis)

Siberian Stonechat

(Saxicola maurus)

Thrush Nightingale

(Luscinia luscinia)

Whinchat

(Saxicola rubetra)

White-rumped Shama

(Copsychus malabaricus)

White-throated Robin-Chat

(Dessonornis humeralis)

Old World Flycatchers

Ashy Flycatcher

(Fraseria caerulescens)

European Pied Flycatcher

(Ficedula hypoleuca)

Pale Flycatcher

(Agricola pallidus)

Southern Black Flycatcher

(Melaenornis pammelaina)

Spotted Flycatcher

(Muscicapa striata)

Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher

(Cyornis tickelliae)

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

(Buphagus erythrorynchus)

Starlings

Brahminy Starling

(Sturnia pagodarum)

Cape Starling

(Lamprotornis nitens)

Common Myna

(Acridotheres tristis)

Common Starling

(Sturnus vulgaris)

Indian Pied Starling

(Gracupica contra)

Red-winged Starling

(Onychognathus morio)

Violet-backed Starling

(Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)

Thrushes

Eurasian Blackbird

(Turdus merula)

Fieldfare

(Turdus pilaris)

Kurrichane Thrush

(Turdus libonyana)

Redwing

(Turdus iliacus)

Song Thrush

(Turdus philomelos)

Western Bluebird

(Sialia mexicana)

Old World Orioles & Allies

Old World Orioles

Black-hooded Oriole

(Oriolus xanthornus)

Old World Warblers & Allies

Bulbuls

Common Bulbul

(Pycnonotus barbatus)

Common Bulbul @ Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa. Photo: Håvard Rosenlund

Red-vented Bulbul

(Pycnonotus cafer)

Sombre Greenbul

(Andropadus importunus)

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

(Chlorocichla flaviventris)

Bushtits

Long-tailed Tit

(Aegithalos caudatus)

Cisticolas & Allies

Green-backed Camaroptera

(Camaroptera brachyura)

Zitting Cisticola

(Cisticola juncidis)

Grassbirds & Allies

Common Grasshopper Warbler

(Locustella naevia)

Ground Babblers

Puff-throated Babbler

(Pellorneum ruficeps)

Larks

Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark

(Eremopterix griseus)

Eurasian Skylark

(Alauda arvensis)

Oriental Skylark

(Alauda gulgula)

Rufous-tailed Lark

(Ammomanes phoenicura)

Sabota Lark

(Calendulauda sabota)

Laughingthrushes

Jungle Babbler

(Argya striata)

Large Grey Babbler

(Argya malcolmi)

Leaf Warblers

Common Chiffchaff

(Phylloscopus collybita)

Greenish Warbler

(Phylloscopus trochiloides)

Willow Warbler

(Phylloscopus trochilus)

Parrotbills & Allies

Yellow-eyed Babbler

(Chrysomma sinense)

Reed Warblers & Allies

Common Reed Warbler

(Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

Icterine Warbler

(Hippolais icterina)

Marsh Warbler

(Acrocephalus palustris)

Reedlings

Bearded Reedling

(Panurus biarmicus)

Tree Babblers

Tawny-bellied Babbler

(Dumetia hyperythra)

Typical Warblers

Common Whitethroat

(Curruca communis)

Eurasian Blackcap

(Sylvia atricapilla)

Garden Warbler

(Sylvia borin)

Lesser Whitethroat

(Curruca curruca)

White-eyes

Cape White-eye

(Zosterops virens)

Indian White-eye

(Zosterops palpebrosus)

Shrikes

Brown Shrike

(Lanius cristatus)

Long-tailed Shrike

(Lanius schach)

Sparrows, Finches & Allies

Accentors

Dunnock

(Prunella modularis)

Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

(Emberiza flaviventris)

Reed Bunting

(Emberiza schoeniclus)

Yellowhammer

(Emberiza citrinella)

Estrildid Finches

African Firefinch

(Lagonosticta rubricata)

Black-tailed Waxbill

(Estrilda perreini)

Blue Waxbill

(Uraeginthus angolensis)

Bronze Mannikin

(Spermestes cucullata)

Common Waxbill

(Estrilda astrild)

Indian Silverbill

(Euodice malabarica)

Jameson’s Firefinch

(Lagonosticta rhodopareia)

Pink-throated Twinspot

(Hypargos margaritatus)

New World Blackbirds

Great-tailed Grackle

(Quiscalus mexicanus)

Old World Sparrows

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

(Passer montanus)

House Sparrow

(Passer domesticus)

Yellow-throated Sparrow

(Gymnoris xanthocollis)

True Finches

Brambling

(Fringilla montifringilla)

Common Chaffinch

(Fringilla coelebs)

Common Linnet

(Linaria cannabina)

Common Redpoll

(Acanthis flammea)

Eurasian Bullfinch

(Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Eurasian Siskin

(Spinus spinus)

European Goldfinch

(Carduelis carduelis)

European Greenfinch

(Chloris chloris)

House Finch

(Haemorhous mexicanus)

Lesser Redpoll

(Acanthis cabaret)

Red Crossbill

(Loxia curvirostra)

Yellow-fronted Canary

(Crithagra mozambica)

Weavers

African Golden Weaver

(Ploceus subaureus)

Dark-backed Weaver

(Ploceus bicolor)

Southern Red Bishop

(Euplectes orix)

Thick-billed Weaver

(Amblyospiza albifrons)

Village Weaver

(Ploceus cucullatus)

Whydahs & Indigobirds

Long-tailed Paradise Whydah

(Vidua paradisaea)

Sunbirds & Flowerpeckers

Flowerpeckers

Thick-billed Flowerpecker

(Dicaeum agile)

Sunbirds

Purple Sunbird

(Cinnyris asiaticus)

Purple-banded Sunbird

(Cinnyris bifasciatus)

Swallows & Martins

Barn Swallow

(Hirundo rustica)

Lesser Striped Swallow

(Cecropis abyssinica)

Red-rumped Swallow

(Cecropis daurica)

Wire-tailed Swallow

(Hirundo smithii)

Tits

Coal Tit

(Periparus ater)

Crested Tit

(Lophophanes cristatus)

Euraisan Blue Tit

(Cyanistes caeruleus)

Great Tit

(Parus major)

Willow Tit

(Poecile montanus)

Waxwings & Allies

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

(Bombycilla garrulus)

Wrens & Allies

Nuthatches

Eurasian Nuthatch

(Sitta europaea)

Treecreepers

Eurasian Treecreeper

(Certhia familiaris)

Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) @ Nittedal, Norway. Photo: Håvard Rosenlund

Wrens

Cactus Wren

(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)

Eurasian Wren

(Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals

Reptiles

Reptiles

A collection of species I have photographed

Crocodiles

Mugger Crocodile

(Crocodylus palustris)

Nile Crocodile

(Crocodylus niloticus)

Lizards

Agamas & Allies

Blanford’s Rock Agama

(Psammophilus blanfordanus)

Southern Tree Agama

(Acanthocercus atricollis)

Beaded Lizards

Gila Monster

(Heloderma suspectum)

Chameleons

Flap-necked Chameleon

(Chamaeleo dilepis)

Geckos

Cape Dwarf Gecko

(Lygodactylus capensis)

Tropical House Gecko

(Hemidactylus mabouia)

Glass Lizards & Allies

Slow Worm

(Anguis fragilis)

Iguanas & Allies

Desert Spiny Lizard

(Sceloporus magister)

Greater Earless Lizard

(Cophosaurus texanus)

Monitor Lizards

Bengal Monitor

(Varanus bengalensis)

Nile Monitor

(Varanus niloticus)

Rock Monitor

(Varanus albigularis)

Skinks

African Striped Skink

(Trachylepis striata)

Eastern Sand Skink

(Trachylepis depressa)

Giant Legless Skink

(Acontias plumbeus)

Turtles

African Side-necked Turtles

Serrated Hinged Terrapin

(Pelusios sinuatus)

Softshell Turtles

Indian Flapshell Turtle

(Lissemys punctata)

Tortoises

Eastern Hinge-back Tortoise

(Kinixys zombensis)

Leopard Tortoise

(Stigmochelys pardalis)