Cannundrums

I have a previous post on the purple heron ( April 3, 2019 ), ssp. manilensis, which I saw in Sri Lanka.  Illustration of ssp manilensis fly...

The fork-tailed drongo is also known as the African drongo or common drongo. It is found only in Africa, from the Sahel (below the Sahara) t...

I photographed two croaking cisticolas in Uganda. Neither has been substantiated by a reviewer on iNaturalist, but I believe our guide Willi...

My previous post on the zitting cisticola had a little bit on cisticolas in general and how difficult they are to identify, particularly in ...

Cisticolas are a genus of very small insectivorous birds that used to be classified in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, but are now i...

In Kidepo Valley NP in northern Uganda I got a partial photo of a moustached grass-warbler. There are five subspecies and I saw ssp. amaurou...

The rock pratincole is an African wading bird which I saw at Murchison Falls in Uganda. I first saw it while below the falls on a boat that ...