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Northern Yellow White-eye, Split from African Yellow White-eye, Zosterops senegalensis jacksoni, 11cm. / 4.5in. A variety of moorland, forest, woodland, gardens and cultivated habitats.
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
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White-bellied Canary, Crithagra dorsostriata taruensis, 11cm / 4.5in. COMMON and widespread in open woodlands, bush country and cultivation.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Male Southern Red Bishop, Euplectes orix, 11 cm. / 4.5 in. Locally COMMON in marshes, tall grass and around cultivation, often new water, at 600 - 1500 m. / 1969 - 4921 ft.
Kisumu, Kenya.
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Rufous-bellied Heron, Ardeola rufiventris, 46 cm. / 18 in. COMMON in seasonally-flooded grasslands, marshes, flood-plains and inland deltas (such as the Okavango), shallow water along riverbanks and lakeshores, papyrus stands, reed beds and paddies.
Maasai Mara, Kenya.
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Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus olivascens, 33 cm / 13 in. Male (right) and female. COMMON in dry, open habitat and dry bushed grassland.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Intermediate Egret (Yellow-billed), Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha, 65-72cm. / 25.6-28.35in. A variety of wetlands. Must be UNCOMMON because it is not in the field guide for East African birds.
Nairobi, Kiambu, Kenya.
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The helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It is native to Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and has been widely introduced into the West Indies, Brazil, Australia and Europe (e.g. southern France).
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Fasciated Snake-Eagle, Southern Banded Snake-Eagle, Circaetus fasciolatus, 55 cm / 22 in. A shy, but widespread bird found in coastal forest and nearby lowland forest.
Enroute from Watamu to Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Lesser Striped Swallow, Cecropis abyssinica unitatis, 17 cm. / 6.5 in. Widespread and COMMON in a wide range of habitat, except very arid areas.
Kisumu, Kisumu County, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Rüppell's Starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera, 32cm. / 12.5in. COMMON and wide-ranging.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Rattling Cisticola, Cisticola chinina heterophrys, 14cm / 5.5in. Inhabits acacia country, open woodland and cultivation.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Ross's Turaco, Musophaga rossae, 54cm / 21in. Widespread and locally COMMON in riparian forest, forest edge, woodland and mature gardens. Pretty tough to get out in the open, or close to this bird.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Merops oreobates, 22cm. / 8.5in. COMMON in highland forest, forest edge and gardens.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Vihiga, Kenya.
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Female Black-headed Weaver, Ploceus melanocephalus dimidiatus, 13cm. / 5in. COMMON and widespread in a wide range of vegetation, usually near water.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Male Hunter's Sunbird, Chalcomitra hunteri hunteri, 15 cm / 6 in. Locally COMMON and widespread in semi-arid bush country from near sea-level to 1,200 meters / 3937 feet. Handheld.
Taita Hills, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Eurasian Hoopoe (Central African), Upupa epops waibeli, 28 cm / 11 in. COMMON resident from NW Kenya that migrates to Southern areas of Kenya. Drier habitats.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Female Harlequin Quail, Coturnix delegorguei delegorguei, 18 cm / 7 in. COMMON intra-African migrant. Widespread in grassland and cultivated areas.
Shimba Hills National Park, Kwale, Kenya.
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Female Purple-throated Cuckooshrike, Campephaga quiscalina martini, 20cm. / 8in. UNCOMMON in mid-level and upper canopy of highland forest and forest edge.
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
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Eastern Chanting Goshawk, Somali Goshawk, Melierax poliopterus, 49-55 cm. / 19-22 in. COMMON in semi-desert. dry bush and wooded grassland.
Tsavo East National Park, Taita-Taveto County (Coast Province), Kenya.
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The speckled pigeon (Columba guinea), or (African) rock pigeon, is a pigeon that is a resident breeding bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara. It is a common and widespread species in open habitats over much of its range, although there are sizable gaps in its distribution.
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Masai Mara National Reserve
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Palm-nut Vulture, Vulturine Fish Eagle, Gypohierax angolensis, 60 cm. / 2 ft. COMMON in forest and savanna of Sub-Saharan Africa, usually near water, its range coinciding with Raffia and Oil Palms.
ERTE Shimba Hills, Kenya
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Female and Male Cardinal Woodpecker, Dendropicos fuscescens lepidus, 14 cm. / 5.5 in". COMMON and widespread in forest edge and clearings, open woodland, dry bush and cultivation.
Enroute to Nairobia from Tsavo National Park, Kenya.
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Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Yellow-necked Francolin, Pternistis leucoscepus infuscatus, 40 cm. / 16 in. COMMON. Resident of drier bushland, bushed and wooded grassland and cultivation.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, Africa
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Non-breeding plumage male Wattled Starling, Creatophora cinerea, 20 cm / 8 in. COMMON and widespread , often associating with cattle and plains game.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Hamerkop, Scopus umbretta umbretta, 56cm. / 22in. COMMON and widespread beside a wide range of water habitats.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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The breeding range of the great white pelican extends to Ethiopia, Tanzania, Chad, northern Cameroons, and Nigeria in Africa, and has been observed or reported breeding in Zambia, Botswana, and South Africa. In the 1990s, 6,700 to 11,000 breeding pairs in 23 to 25 breeding sites, were found in the Palearctic region. About 3,070 to 4,300 pairs are present in the Soviet Union. Only two breeding colonies are located in the Mediterranean basin, one having 250 to 400 pairs in Turkey and the other having 50 to 100 pairs in northern Greece. The breeding colony at Lake Rukwa, Tanzania is the largest known breeding colony in Africa, followed by the Lake Shala, Ethiopia colony which is probably of crucial importance to the species in Africa.
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Broad-billed Roller (African), Eurystomus glaucurus suahelicus, 28 cm. / 11 in. Sometimes COMMON Residents and intra-African migrants in bushed and wooded grassland, woodland and forest edge.
Nairobi Road, Kisumu, Kenya.
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Male White-bellied Bustard, Eupodotis senegalensis erlangeri, 61 cm / 24 in. Wide range of open grassland habitat. I like the blue-gray neck color.
Tsavo Park East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Female Pygmy Batis, Batis perkeo, 9 cm. / 3.5 in. Locally COMMON in semi-arid acacia bush country.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Marsh Warbler, Acrocephalus palustriis, 13 cm / 5 in. COMMON migrant to a variety of bush habitat and overgrown cultivation.
Shimba Hills National Park, Kwale, Kenya.
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Arrow-marked Babbler, Turdoides jardineii emini, 23cm / 9in. COMMON, but distribution is patchy in a wide variety of bushed and wooded habitat with undergrowth.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Egrets /ˈiːɡrət/ are herons which have white or buff plumage, and develop fine plumes (usually milky white) during the breeding season. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from the herons and have the same build.
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