South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The tall birds (up to 180cm or six feet tall) have a wingspan of up to 2.6 meters wide and can weigh up to 8 kilograms. They're the tallest flying African bird. In ...

BirdLife South Africa publishes revised Red Data Book highlighting urgent bird conservation crisis in Southern Africa ...

The African Penguin is now on the brink of extinction. Once, millions of these birds graced the coasts of South Africa and Namibia. Today, fewer than 32,000 remain in the wild—just 1% of the original ...

KIMBERLEY, South Africa (Reuters) -Until the last half-decade, the majestic lesser flamingo had four African breeding sites: ...

Highlighting birds native to different continents and biomes — specifically the North American woodlands, South American wetlands and African savannas — the exhibit features three new aviaries ...