BLACK CRAKE BIRD.

This is a small secretive water bird found across sub Saharan Africa, typically in wetlands,swamps and areas with dense vegetation near water bodies. The Black Crake is about 19-23 cm in length, it’s entirely black or dark grey. It has red legs and toes that are long and slender,adapted for walking on floating vegetation. The […]

SHOEBILL STORK.

Is a large long legged wading bird,it derives it’s name from its enormous shoe-shsped bill. It has a some what stork like overall from and has previously been classified with the storks in the order. The adult is mainly grey while the juveniles are more brown. They live in tropical East Africa in large swamps […]

PARROT.

This is a bird with a strong curved beak, upright stance and clawed feet, they are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genera,found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. Parrots can be found in all tropical and subtropical continents and regions including Africa, Australia, Oceania,South and South east Asia,Central and […]

GREY CROWNED CRANE.

This is the bird in crane family,Gruidae.It is found in nearly all Africa especially in Eastern and Southern Africa and it is the national bird of Uganda. It is also known as the African Crowned Crane,Golden Crested Crane,Golden Crowned Crane, African Crane,South African Crane, Eastern Crowned Crane, Eastern Crowned Crane.