Tag: Photo
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African Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene)
I had already met one African Harrier Hawk in Botswana, so it was easy to recognize this very active eagle-like bird. African harrier Hawk (or Gymnogene) (Polyboroides typus), Gymnogène d’Afrique. Ndutu Lake, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
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Leopard
Leopard (Panthera pardus, Léopard) Seronera, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, March 2013
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Baby leopard
Some more… tomorrow. Leopard (Panthera pardus, Léopard) Seronera, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, March 2013
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Purple Roller
Rollier varié (Coracias naevius, Purple Roller) Ndutu Lake, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
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Rock hyrax
Did you know that the hyrax is considered as, genetically, the nearest parent to the elephants? One big elephant being a cousin of an animal just a little bigger than a mouse… Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, Daman des rochers or daman du Cap) Seronera, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, March 2013
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An elephant is going away
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Cheetahs
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus, guépard) Ndutu Lake, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
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Cheetahs
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), guépard. Ndutu Lake, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, March 2013.
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Gnu landscape
The wildebeest, also called the gnu is an antelope of the genus Connochaetes. If it looks dumb, it’s because it is: After all, this is only food-on-legs for the big cats of the savanna. Much more than a million of them are traveling all year long in the Great Migration that is bringing them through…