Indigenous to East & Southern Africa

About This Group

Please submit photographs of wilderness areas and wildlife indigenous to the ten most southern countries of the African continent, the five East African Community countries and nearby islands as specified.

The countries are Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The nearby Islands are Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles and Zanzibar.

Please make sure that you name the country in which the photograph was taken in your description.

Let us learn from each other about conservation. The photographer has a unique responsibility in the effort to help preserve this incredible biodiversity in East and Southern Africa.

The possibilities for a great photograph are endless with these two regions considered by many as a photographer’s paradise!

Work may include photographs of anything nature and indigenous to these regions including wild animal & bird life, plant life, landscapes and even insects. Also allowed are photographs of rocks and rock formations, any body of water such as a lake, rivers and waterfalls and also natural coastal areas.
As long as your photograph was taken in any of the above mentioned countries and islands of something natural that is also indigenous to all or any of those countries or islands.

1st Place Winner:
Scavenger on the wing Challenge
Angel of Death by Macky

More from Macky’s superb portfolio:

Glasswing butterfly

My brown-eyed girl …

A Thing of Beauty …

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PLEASE NOTE

1. At present only photographic art with not too much post production or digital manipulation is allowed.

1. No photographs of humans or anything man-made.
   Where something such as part of a gravel road or man-made water-pan in a National Park shows in your photograph, it may be accepted depending on the effect it has on the image.

1. Photographs taken in a zoo or any kind of enclosure will not be accepted. Photographs of animals had to be taken in the wild such as in National Parks, Wildlife or Wilderness Reserves, Transfrontier Parks or any other large Conservation Area where wild animals roams freely.

1. No farming-related photography please. I found that most photographs in this category are of plants (blossoms, fruit and vegetables) and livestock that are not indigenous and originates from somewhere else.

1. It will help so much if you could do some research (great way to learn more) and add the Botanical or Latin name of the subject to your description. I need to check from time to time whether the subject is indeed endemic or indigenous to East and Southern Africa. However, this is NOT a Group Rule or requirement. I will appreciate it if you could report any work I already accepted by mistake of which the subject is of an alien specie. Invasive Alien Species are plants and animals outside of their natural range whose introduction and/or spread threatens the biodiversity of a region.
   See sites such as Biodiversity Explorer to help you with your research.

GROUP AVATAR
Phinda Sunset by Michael Moss
1st PLACE WINNER
Beautiful Natural Scenery – Avatar Challenge

Only a few of many wildlife viewing and conservation areas in East & Southern Africa.

Kruger National Park, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, Etosha National Park, Namib Naukluft Park, Chobe National Park, Moremi Wildlife Reserve & the Okavango Delta, South Luangwa National Park, Liwonde National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, Masai Mara National Park, Bwindi National Park.

BIG 5:
Buffalo, Elephant, Leopard, Lion, Rhinoceros

Other indigenous Wild Animals often found in National Parks and Reserves:
Black-backed Jackal, Blue Wildebeest, Burchell’s Zebra, Cape Fox, Caracal, Chacma Baboon, Cheetah, Chimpanzee, Eland, Gemsbok, Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Hyaena, Impala, Kudu, Meerkat, Mountain Gorilla, Puku, Springbok, Steenbok, Vervet Monkey, Warthog, Waterbuck, Wild dog

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You are welcome to copy this banner (below) to your profile page.
Do this by right clicking on the banner and clicking ‘Copy Image Location’. Then hit Edit/copy (control C on a PC; command C on a Mac) and paste the reference into the notes in your profile (control V on a PC; command V on a Mac). You then just need to type an exclamation mark (!) at both ends of the banner reference with no spaces between the !s and the reference.

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