Markus Varesvuo / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in flight, Oman, November

Piotr Naskrecki / Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) flying, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Ingo Arndt / Adult Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) emerging from nymphal skin, captive, Africa. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.

Ingo Arndt / Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegyptium) first instars hatching from ground, captive, from Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) with goslings, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, September

Wim van den Heever / Egytian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) rear view bathing, sings spread, Zimanga Private Game Reserves, South Africa

David Pattyn / Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) portrait. The Netherlands. June 2014

Christophe Courteau / Night waterlily {Nymphaea lotus}. Moremi GR, Okavango delta, Botswana.

Roland Seitre / Greater Egyptian Jerboa (Jerboa orientalis) balancing using its tail. Captive. Endemic Algeria to Saudi Arabia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in flight. Simien Mountains, Ethiopia, Feb 2010

Pete Oxford / Snake charmer's Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and African puff-adder (Bitis arietans arietans) Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

John Waters / Lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculu jaculus) temporarily captive for photography in desert set, August, Qatar, Arabian Gulf.