Miniopteridae Gallery

Yellow-billed oxpecker, Buphagus africanus

Yellow-billed oxpecker, Buphagus africanus, and orange-wattled kokako, Callaeas cinerea (extinct). . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Madame Rebel, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

Schreibers Long-fingered / Schreibers Long-eared / Schreibers Bat flying out of cave

CAN-2954
Red Kite - in flight
Wales, UK
Milvus milvus
Protected in the UK and increasing its range. Mainly found in Wales. Found in western Europe and extreme northern Africa. Lives in open wooded land and varied country including forests or woods mixed with farmland, pasture or heathland. Historically occurred in cities and still quite closely associated with man visiting rich feeding areas on edges of towns e.g. rubbish dumps. Essentially eats carrion and small or medium-sized mammals and birds. Nests in trees. Mainly migratory in north and central Europe
John Cancalosi
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Cape buffalo faces camera, close up, large horns, with yellow ox pecker bird on its shoulder

Cape buffalo faces camera, close up, large horns, with yellow ox pecker bird on its shoulder, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

© James Heupel / DanitaDelimont.com

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