The mighty Kori Bustard

Early morning on the Amboseli grasslands, framing the large silhouette of a Kori Bustard. Stepping slowly through the grasslands beneath Mount Kilimanjaro, this heavy-bodied bird spends its morning foraging for locusts, grasshoppers, and dung beetles.

Although built for life on the ground with powerful, long legs, the Kori Bustard boasts a magnificent wingspan of up to 275 cm—making the rare sight of it taking flight is sight to behold