Christophe Courteau / Black-Bellied Bustard {Lissotis melanogaster} male, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Roy Mangersnes / Male Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) displaying, Central Kalahari, Botswana, November

Charlie Summers / Black-bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) Serengeti, Tanzania.

Brent Stephenson / Male Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) in profile. Kruger National Park, South Africa, January.

Guy Edwardes / Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) calling, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa February

Nick Garbutt / Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) male displaying, early morning in the Ngorongoro Crater. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. March.

Nick Garbutt / Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) head portrait of male displaying, early morning in the Ngorongoro Crater. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. March.

Kim Taylor / White quilled bustard / Black korhaan (Afrotis afraoides) display flight at sunset, Namibia, Africa

Richard Du Toit / Northern Black Korhaan (Eupodotis afroides) calling, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Vincent Grafhorst / Northern Black Korhaan (Eupodotis afraoides) male on termite mound, Deception Valley, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Northern Black Korhaan (Eupodotis afraoides) female, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Northern Black Korhaan (Eupodotis afraoides) female walkink in short, dry grass, Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Serowe, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Northern Black Korhaan (Eupodotis afraoides), Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Serowe, Botswana

Jouan & Rius / Male Black bustard / Southern Black Korhaan (Afrotis afra) calling, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Black Bustard (Afrotis afra) spreading its wings, vulnerable, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana

David Tipling / Black-bellied Bustard {Lissotis melanogaster} female flying, Masai Mara, Kenya

Patricio Robles Gil / Black Bustard (Afrotis afra) portrait, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Hermann Brehm / Black bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) male displaying, East Africa

Hermann Brehm / Black bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) male displaying, East Africa

Peter Blackwell / Black bellied bustard {Lissotis melanogaster} Masai Mara, Kenya

Paul Hobson / Black-bellied Bustard {Lissotis melanogaster} juvenile stretching wings in grassland, Amboseli, Kenya.

Tony Heald / White quilled bustard / Northern black korhaan {Afrotis afraoides} male calling, Etosha NP, Namibia

Tony Heald / Black bellied bustard {Lissotis melanogaster} head profile, Laikipia, Kenya

Nick Garbutt / Black bellied bustard {Lissotis melanogaster} Ngorongoro NP, Tanzania

Anup Shah / Black bellied bustard displaying {Lissotis melanogaster} Masai Mara, Kenya

Peter Blackwell / Black bellied bustard male, Masai Mara, Kenya

Richard Du Toit / Black bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) male displaying. Kruger NP, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Black bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) male calling. Kruger NP, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Black bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster) male. Kruger NP, South Africa

Mike Read / Black-bellied korhaan / bustard {Lissotis melanogaster} female displaying to distract attention from nest, Kruger National Park, South Africa

David Pike / Black bellied bustard {Eupodotis melanogaster} Masai mara Kenya

Mike Read / Black bellied bustard {Eupodotis melanogaster} Masai Mara Kenya

Mike Read / Black bellied bustard {Eupodotis melanogaster} Masai Mara Kenya

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Animal amulets in Sandaga market, one of the most important in Dakar. Crocodile heads, aardvark claws (Orycteropus afer), vulture heads, lizards, turtles and shells. Dakar, Senegal

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Animal amulets for sale in Sandaga market, one of the most important in Dakar. Crocodile heads, aardvark claws(Orycteropus afer), turtles, vulture heads and shells. Dakar, Senegal.

Ann & Steve Toon / Aardvark (Orycteropus afer), six week old juvenile suckling, Colchester Zoo, Essex, UK, May 2012, captive

Ann & Steve Toon / Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) six week old juvenile, Colchester Zoo, Essex, UK, May 2012, captive

Mark Jones / Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) young male emerging from deep burrow, Laikipia, Kenya

Mark Jones / Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) young male emerging from deep burrow, Laikipia, Kenya

ZSSD / Aardvark (Orycteropus afer albicaudus), San Diego Zoo, California

Rod Williams / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} captive, from sub-saharan Africa

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} at night, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} digging burrow at night, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} digging burrow at night, Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} walking at night, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} digging burrow at night, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} sniffing the air, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} walking at night, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} at burrow entrance, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer}, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} digging burrow, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} portrait at night, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Owen Newman / Aardvark {Orycteropus afer} muddy from digging, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Richard Du Toit / Aardvark burrow in track {Orycteropus afer} Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Aardvark orphan being bottle fed (Orycteropus afer) Kenya,