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Reference authorities
Wingline Egypt writes original educational summaries rather than reproducing field-guide entries. The following public resources are useful for checking taxonomy, range context, conservation information and birdwatching ethics. External resources may change after our pages are prepared.
- eBird — Pied KingfisherSpecies overview, media and range context from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird project.
- eBird — Egyptian GooseIdentification media and distribution context for the Egyptian Goose.
- eBird — Grey HeronReference material for the large grey heron used in our group comparisons.
- eBird — Little EgretReference media for shape, plumage and global occurrence.
- eBird — Black-crowned Night HeronAdult and immature identification context for this compact heron.
- eBird — Great CormorantIdentification media and distribution context for the large cormorant.
- BirdLife InternationalGlobal conservation programmes, species and site information.
- Audubon — Guide to Ethical Bird Photography and VideographyPractical welfare principles covering distance, nests, calls and photography.
Photography and licences
Images are served locally for page speed. Attribution links below point to the original Wikimedia Commons file pages, where the source image, creator information and full licence terms are available. Local copies have been resized and metadata-stripped; the subject has not been relabelled as a different place or event.
- Pied Kingfisher in AswanCreator: Haytham fahmy photography. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Used on the home page and pied kingfisher profile.
- Egyptian Goose from AswanCreator: Samara emara. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Used on the home page, bird-notes hub and Egyptian goose profile.
- Fishermen on the Nile with Little Egrets, Grey Heron, and Black-crowned Night HeronsCreator: Mohamed Suttra. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Used for the mixed-heron profile and river-reading guide.
- Grey Herons and Great Cormorants on a rocky Nile isletCreator: Mohamed Suttra. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Used on the home page and rocky-islet profile.
- A heron flying near Philae temple, AswanCreator: Gildas Guionnet. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Used for the field-practice section and observation-ethics guide.
- Metallic Sunbird in EgyptCreator: gwynmwilliams. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Used on the About page.
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