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Author: Ryan Tippett

Ryan is an enthusiastic contributor to Citizen Science and has added many important and interesting records of fauna and flora. He has been a member of the Virtual Museum since 2014 and has currently submitted over 12,000 records. He is on the expert identification panel for the OdonataMAP project. Ryan is a well-qualified and experienced Field Guide, and Guide Training Instructor. He has spent the last 18 years in the guiding and tourism industries. Ryan loves imparting his passion and knowledge onto others, and it is this that drew him into guide training in particular. Something that he finds incredibly rewarding is seeing how people he's had the privilege of teaching have developed and gone on to greater things. His interests are diverse and include Dragonflies, Birding, Arachnids, Amphibians, wild flowers and succulents, free diving and experiencing big game on foot. With this range of interests, there is always likely be something special just around the corner!
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Sickle-winged Chat (Emarginata sinuata)

Posted on 05/06/2023 by Ryan Tippett / 0 Comment

Cover image of Sickle-winged Chat by Vaughan Jessnitz – St. Helena Bay, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 152671 Identification The Sickle-winged Chat i...

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Karoo Chat (Emarginata schlegelii)

Posted on 03/06/2023 by Ryan Tippett / 0 Comment

Cover image of Karoo Chat by Desire Darling – Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 38935 Identification The Karoo Chat is larger and longer-...

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Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)

Posted on 29/05/2023 by Ryan Tippett / 0 Comment

Cover image of Ant-eating Chat by Desire Darling – Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 7088 Identification The Ant-eating Cha...

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Familiar Chat (Oenanthe familiaris)

Posted on 22/05/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Familiar Chat by Ryan Tippett – Near Carnarvon, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 253536 Identification The Familiar Chat is a small and...

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African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)

Posted on 17/05/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: African Sacred Ibis by Malcolm Robinson– Darvill Bird Sanctuary, KwaZulu-Natal – BirdPix No. 249235 Identification The African Sacred Ibi...

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Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Posted on 16/05/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image. Little Grebe by Joanne Putter – Keurboomsrivier, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 224373 Identification The Little Grebe is a small and compact grebe. Th...

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Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa)

Posted on 10/05/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image by Pieter La Grange – Vleesbaai, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 239246 Identification The Karoo Prinia is a small, pale and long-tailed w...

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Short-toed Rock-thrush (Monticola brevipes)

Posted on 27/04/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Short-toed Rock-thrush by PR Kleiman – Near Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 245207 Identification The Short-toed Rock-thr...

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Greater Striped Swallow (Cecropis cucullata)

Posted on 22/04/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Greater Striped Swallow by Cobus Elstadt – Near Uniondale, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 256513 Identification The Greater Striped Sw...

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Rock Martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula)

Posted on 19/04/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image by Andre Kok – Karoo National Park, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 171963 Identification The Rock Martin is an all brown and rather drab coloured swallo...

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    • Atlas of Dragonflies & Damselflies
    • Atlas of Butterflies & Moths
  • Karoo Research Centre

Recent posts

  • Botuin birds
    Over 3 visits to Botuin, we caught 748 birds of […]
  • Sickle-winged Chat (Emarginata sinuata)
    Cover image of Sickle-winged Chat by Vaughan […]
  • Karoo Chat (Emarginata schlegelii)
    Cover image of Karoo Chat by Desire Darling – […]
  • Bird ringing at Grotto Bay, 27 May 2023
    The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI) […]
  • Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)
    Cover image of Ant-eating Chat by Desire […]
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