With more than 2,600 species of the feathered kind crisscrossing the African sky, enthusiastic twitchers are sure to experience numerous exciting encounters. From the endemic species that occur in Tanzania (30), South Africa (16), Ethiopia (15), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (12) and Kenya (11), to the migrants that make full use of the warmer summer months of the southern hemisphere.
Some of the big and small creatures of the sky, as well as those who can’t fly, include the African fish eagle, the helmeted guineafowl, the yellow-billed stork, the lilac-breasted roller, the Southern ground hornbill, the African hoopoe, the ostrich, the marabou stork, the white-backed vulture, and red-billed oxpecker.