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More evidence for northward range expansion in Afrotropical species likely underpinned by climate change #Ornithology
birdguides.bsky.social BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · Jul 24
A pair of Lesser Flamingo attempted to breed in North Africa for the first time in 2025, marking a significant milestone in the expansion of one of Africa's most distinctive waterbirds:
Lesser Flamingo makes first breeding attempt in North Africa
A pair of Lesser Flamingos has made the first recorded breeding attempt in North Africa, following a marked increase in sightings across the Maghreb in recent years.
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July 24, 2026 at 11:22 AM
alexanderlees.bsky.social
Easily in the top 50 potential British firsts, certainly about time we had another Afrotropical rallid.... or a Dwarf Bittern #UKBirding
birdingcyprus.bsky.social Anders Gray @birdingcyprus.bsky.social · Apr 3
Lesser Moorhen… not what I expected to find whilst guiding around Paphos today 🤯

Supporting cast of Baillon’s Crake, 5+ Spotted Crake, 7+ Little Crake, 2 Blue cheeked Bee eater & a male Rock thrush.

Birding in Cyprus never gets tiring!

#cyprusbirds
April 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
rkellerp.bsky.social
If you are one of those interesting people who like sausage-like ants, you are in for a treat: we just published in @zookeys.pensoft.net a taxonomic update for Afrotropical Zasphinctus describing 5 new species! You read that right FIVE!

Happy 2025 for you as well
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Lateral views of eight species of the beautiful Afrotropical ants in the genus Zasphinctus.
January 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
bbappnews.bsky.social
A second collection for Cameroon has landed: birdbrainer.app 🙌 Find "Common Birds of Cameroon (12)" under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇨🇲 #cameroon #westernafrica #centralafrica #africa
A photomontage of the birds in today's new quiz.
July 31, 2026 at 5:17 PM
bbappnews.bsky.social
A first collection for Nigeria has landed: birdbrainer.app 🙌 Find "Common Birds of Nigeria (6)" under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇳🇬 #nigeria #africa
A photomontage of the birds in today's quiz.
May 7, 2026 at 9:24 AM
bbappnews.bsky.social
The first collection for Sudan has landed birdbrainer.app 🙌 Find under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇸🇩 #sudan #africa
A photomontage of the birds in today's quiz.
April 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
bbappnews.bsky.social
The second quiz for Ethiopia has landed: birdbrainer.app 🙌 Find under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 👍 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇪🇹 #ethiopia
A photomontage of the birds in today's quiz.
April 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
flygirlnhm.bsky.social
GO BIG, GO BOLD

Its #WorldRobberflyDay - a celebration of the most attractive predators on this planet (no bias)

Here is the aptly named Heligmonevra forcipata (Meijere, 1916) - an impressive terminalia club with formidable 'pincers'

Mostly an Oriental & afrotropical genus (69 spp)
April 30, 2026 at 6:54 AM
bbappnews.bsky.social
📌 We've updated the "Common Birds of Ethiopia (6)" collection for greater accuracy 🙌 Find under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇪🇹 #ethiopia #hornofafrica #africa
A photomontage of the birds in today's updated quiz.
August 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
bbappnews.bsky.social
📌 We've updated the "Common Birds of South Africa (6)" collection for greater accuracy 🙌 Find under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇿🇦 #southafrica #southernafrica #africa
A photomontage of the birds in today's updated quiz.
July 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
bou.org.uk
Habitat disturbance alters movement behaviour in a social Afrotropical forest bird | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
February 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
alexanderlees.bsky.social
A very distinctive signal for #ClimateChange in the species composition in the latest SEO/BirdLife Spanish rarities report - with increases in tropical and subtropical seabirds, Afrotropical waterbirds and raptors, and range expansions in Maghreb passerines #Ornithology 🐦
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December 2, 2024 at 1:46 PM
bbappnews.bsky.social
📌 We've updated the "Common Birds of Cameroon (6)" collection for greater accuracy 🙌 Find under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇨🇲 #cameroon #centralafrica #africa
A photomontage of the birds in today's updated quiz.
July 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
bbappnews.bsky.social
A second collection for The Gambia has landed: birdbrainer.app 🌍 Find "Common Birds of The Gambia (12)" under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇬🇲 #gambia #africa
A photomontage of the birds in today's quiz.
April 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
wpmueller.bsky.social
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#ornithology
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Frontiers | Many winners, few losers: stable bird populations on an Afrotropical mountain amidst climate change
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February 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
bbappnews.bsky.social
A first collection for Cameroon has landed: birdbrainer.app 🙌 Find "Common Birds of Cameroon (6)" under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇨🇲 #cameroon #africa
A photomontage of the birds in today's quiz.
April 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
bbappnews.bsky.social
A second collection for South Africa has landed: birdbrainer.app 🙌 Find "Common Birds of South Africa (12)" under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇿🇦 #southafrica #southernafrica #africa
A photomontage of the birds in today's new quiz.
July 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
aim-mirmecologia.bsky.social
🐜 Hormigas al descubierto: La nueva taxonomía de las #hormigas Zasphinctus en la región Afrotropical
January 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
zookeys.pensoft.net
A review of the species of Darwin wasps recorded from Zambia, with one new species described: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#Afrotropical #biodiversity #parasitoids #invertebrate
May 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
zookeys.pensoft.net
🐜 An updated taxonomic revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus for the Afrotropical region based on the worker caste, with five newly described species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #taxonomy #ants #entomology
March 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
bou.org.uk
Assessing the ecological consequences of crude oil spills on bird communities in an Afrotropical landscape | www.sciencedirect.co... | Environmental and Sustainability Indicators | #ornithology 🪶
January 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
slashercutts.bsky.social
Ngulia 2025 comes to an end with a final total of 7288 migrants and 730 afrotropical birds ringed. Many thanks to all involved, CJ, KWS, Ngulia Safari Lodge staff and top ringing company x #nguliaringing #kenya #birdringing
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
bertonemyia.bsky.social
I'll have to look around as there are several ant-like flies out there. The plumose aristae are throwing me off 🤔

I guess this is also the time to plug the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera, which is free to download! www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
Manual afrotropical diptera | Natural History Museum
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May 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM
americanbeetles.bsky.social
Hahaha YES found the one tiny weird monotypic Afrotropical dipteran we were asked for, real needle in a haystack moment
A point mounted specimen of what I’m p sure is Anaphalantus longicornis, a tiny fly known mostly from Southern Africa Anterior view of A. longicornis showing the very fancy fringed booties he wears for (almost certainly) sex reasons
May 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
bou.org.uk
Remotely sensed spectral indicators of bird taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity across Afrotropical urban and non-urban habitats | www.sciencedirect.co... | Ecological Indicators | #ornithology 🪶
Remotely sensed spectral indicators of bird taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity across Afrotropical urban and non-urban habitats
Urban areas are quickly expanding around the world, promoting deep changes in biodiversity. However, certain biogeographic realms, like the Afrotropic…
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January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM