Some birds are beautiful. This one looks like it was dipped in a gemstone. Where to find it. Widespread across sub-Saharan Africa, favoring woodland edges and savanna, often spotted perched high on exposed branches. Why it’s interesting.The male Violet-backed Starling is covered in a deep, iridescent violet-purple that shifts and shimmers depending on the light, […]

Picture a lake that isn’t blue. It’s pink – every inch of it, shore to shore, as if someone tipped a vat of candy floss into the Rift Valley. Then the “lake” exhales, and a million pairs of wings lift at once in a sound like a slow round of applause from the gods. This […]

Meet the bird that lies for a living — and gets away with it, every time. Where do you spot it?Common across sub-Saharan Africa, often seen perched on open branches or fence posts, watching everything around it. What makes it interesting?  The Fork-tailed Drongo has built an entire survival strategy around deception. It mimics the […]

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