Galago is little night monkey known as bush babies,native to continental Africa. The ostrich bird also has the largest eye and lays the largest eggs of any living bird in the world. Ostrich land bird is the largest living species of bird and fastest land bird that can run with highest speed of any bird in the world. The okapi is actually a medium sized giraffe with stripes of zebra and prefer to feed in treefall gaps,leaves and fruits Ostrich Okapi is an endangered mammal native to Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. The impala is the an important prey for most of the African carnivores including cheetahs, leopards,wild dogs and Hyna. Impala is one of the medium-sized antelope known for two characteristic of anti-predator strategy. Golden Cat is relative to both the African wild cat Caracal and the serval but threatened by habitat loss and deforestation. African Golden CatĪfrican Golden Cat IS one of the carnivore medium-sized wild cat, mostly active at night but very difficult to observe. The shoebill species is one of the five most desirable birds in Africa, found in freshwater swamps and River island. Shoebill is the largest stork-like bird lives in tropical east Africa.
The mantled guereza are famous for distinctive appearance and has several subspecies that differ in appearance. Mantled Guereza is a old world monkey found in the lowland of west and east Africa. The grey crowned crane bird is an endangered species of bird and represented as national bird in national flag of Kenya. Grey Crowned Crane is one of the beautiful wild bird,usually found in grasslands and savannah in Africa. The mandrill is one of the world’s largest monkey,mostly live in tropical rainforests of but due to deforestation considered as vulnerable. Mandrill is one of two species of the old world primate found in Guinea,Congo and Gabon. The meerkat is a small carnivoran diurnal animal,primarily insectivores. Meerkats belongs to the mongoose family, mostly found in all parts of the Namib Desert and Kalahari Desert of African continent. Apart from African Elephants, Cheetah, Lions, Giraffe,Rhino,Hippo and Cape buffalo from big game animals and here is the list of medium size land animals from Africa. All rights reserved.Africa is known for wild predators such as Cheetah,Lions and leopards but there are some amazing medium sized wild animals, hunting and mating in the wild land of Savanna Grassland. Copyright © 2023, Columbia University Press. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Shoebills are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Ciconiiformes, family Balaenicipitidae. A ground nester, the shoebill deposits its one or two chalky white eggs in a nest of grasses on a high, dry spot, where its downy young remain, helpless for some time after hatching.
In several respects, shoebills are similar to herons, e.g., they fly with their heads and necks folded back. Partially nocturnal, it tends to be sluggish but is nonetheless a strong flyer and soarer. It obtains this diet by probing the mud with its bootlike bill.
A solitary, silent bird, the shoebill stork is native to the marshy banks of the papyrus swamps of the East African White Nile and its tributaries, where it feeds on a diet of frogs, small crocodiles, and especially lungfish and other mud puddle fish. It has broad wings and long, strong legs with large, unwebbed feet. Also known as the whalehead, it is noted for its large head and unusually long and wide, many-colored bill, which ends in a hooked tip. Shoebill stork, common name for a large (up to 54 in./122 cm) tall, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex.
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