Archive for the ‘Hamerkops+’ Category

• Hamerkop

  Apr 24 | Hamerkops, Hamerkops+ | Little Stint | 1029 Views | with Comments Off on Hamerkop

  Hamerkop – Scopus umbretta – is a resident medium sized Afro/Arabian species of Type – wading-bird, Family Scopidae and Order Pelecaniformes. It is widely distributed over s s Africa and into SW Arabia. In the...

• Scopidae – Hamerkops+

  Apr 24 | Hamerkops+, Scopidae | Little Stint | 1000 Views | with Comments Off on Scopidae – Hamerkops+

  Scopidae – Hamerkops+ is a Family of wading birds that at the moment contains only one species, the Hamerkop, so named because the head and the backwards facing crest give the impression of a hammer. It is extensively found...