Banded Rubber Frog (Phrynomantis bifasciatus)
View the above photo record (by Nick Evans) in FrogMAP here. Find the Southern Banded Rubber Frog in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodivers...
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Forest Tree Frog (Leptopelis natalensis)
Cover photo by A. Coetzer. Find the Forest Tree Frog in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Heleophrynida...
Southern Pygmy Toad (Poyntonophrynus vertebralis)
View the above photo record (by Ryan Tippett) in FrogMAP here. Find the Southern Pygmy Toad in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity In...
Eastern Ghost Frog (Heleophryne orientalis)
Cover photo by A. Coetzer. Find the Eastern Ghost Frog in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Heleophrynidae Identificat...
BDInsight – July 2021
During the most recent BDI Citizen Scientist Hour, Les Underhill gave a talk on the current status of OdonataMAP, the Atlas of African Dragonflies and Damselfli...
Biodiversity enthusiast! ….The BDI interviews citizen scientist Lucky Okpanachi Atabo
Please tell us a bit about yourself, your background and what you do: My name is Lucky Okpanachi Atabo. I am a young Nigerian and an active volunteer and advoca...
Garden Ecology: Colonisation and Succession
Good afternoon, naturalists! Time for an update on Operation Feed the Birds, and a few new insights into garden ecology. Let’s begin with the birds. ...
Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)
Identification The Cape Sparrow is a small, boldly patterned bird which is sexually dimorphic; in other words, males and females look different to one another. ...
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus breeds in Europe and Asia. Most move south for the northern winter. Most remain in soutern Europe, some migrate...
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
The Little Egret Egretta garzetta belongs to a large family of birds called the Ardeidae, the herons, the egrets and the bitterns. The herons are, on average, l...