The brown booby is a large seabird of the booby family Sulidae, of which it is perhaps the most common and widespread species. It has a pantropical range, which overlaps with that of other booby species. The gregarious brown booby commutes and forages at low height over inshore waters. Flocks plunge-dive to take small fish, especially when these are driven near the surface by their predators. They only nest on the ground, and roost on solid objects rather than the water surface.
The flame shoulder is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is distributed throughout the Palearctic from Ireland in the west to Siberia then Korea and Japan in the east.
Echis leucogaster, also known as the white-bellied carpet viper or the Roman's saw-scaled viper, is a viper species endemic to West and Northwest Africa. Its scientific name derives from its white (leuco-), unmarked belly (gaster). like all other vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are currently recognized.
The white-bellied yellow bat or white-bellied house bat, is a species of vesper bat in the genus Scotophilus, the house bats. It can be found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. It is found in dry and moist savanna and open woodland. It is a common species with a very wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
The violet-backed starling, also known as the plum-coloured starling or amethyst starling, is a relatively small species (17 cm) of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is the only member of the genus Cinnyricinclus. This strongly sexually dimorphic species is found widely in the woodlands and savannah forest edges of mainland sub-Saharan Africa. It is rarely seen on the ground, but instead found in trees and other locations away from the ground.
Tricerophora is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae erected by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1958.
Exilisia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1958.
Caradrina kadenii, or Clancy's rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1836. It originates from southern and central Europe, Asia Minor and southern Russia but in the 21st century it has extended its range to the north.
Phryganodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Xanthomera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Xanthomera leucoglene, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in central, southern and eastern Africa and on Madagascar.
Ochropleura is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Thysanoplusia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Taira Ichinosé in 1973.
Vegetia grimmia is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1831. It is found in South Africa.
Pramadea ovialis is a moth in the family Crambidae that is found in subtropical eastern and southern Africa, including islands of the Indian Ocean. The species has also been recorded from West Africa.
Eriogaster arbusculae is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1849. It is found in parts of the Alps and mountainous areas of Fennoscandia.
Thalpophila vitalba is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1834. It is found in southern Europe and north-western Africa.
Exilisia subfusca is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by J. C. F. Freyer in 1912. It is found on the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
Condica viscosa is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1831. It is found from southern Europe and North Africa to Arabia and the southern parts of western Asia. The habitat consists of lowland areas near the coast, including dry slopes, road side verges, dry river beds or fallow land.
Amata kuhlweinii, the cool handmaiden, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Alexandre Louis Lefèbvre de Cérisy in 1832. It is found in South Africa and Tanzania.
