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Lappet-faced Vulture, Torgos tracheliotos tracheliotos, 103cm / 41in. Reasonably widespread but UNCOMMON residents of open grassland and woodland with plain game animals.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Today ostriches are only found natively in the wild in Africa, where they occur in a range of open arid and semi-arid habitats such as savannas and the Sahel, both north and south of the equatorial forest zone. The Somali ostrich occurs in the Horn of Africa, having evolved isolated from the common ostrich by the geographic barrier of the East African Rift. In some areas, the common ostrich's Masai subspecies occurs alongside the Somali ostrich, but they are kept from interbreeding by behavioral and ecological differences.
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Female and Male Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Bycanistes subcylindricus subquadratus, 70cm. / 28in. COMMON in mature woodlands and forests, riparian habitats and cultivated land with large trees.
Rondo Retreat, Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kakamega, Kenya.
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Male Black-bellied Sunbird, Cinnyris nectarinioides nectarinioides, 13 cm. / 5 in. COMMON in dry semi-arid eastern part of Eastern Africa.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.
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Greater Painted-Snipe, Rosttratula benghalensis, 24 cm / 9.5 in. Erratic wanders to margins of well vegetated fresh and alkaline waters. Handheld.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Spur-winged Lapwing, Vanellus spinosus, 28 cm / 11 in. COMMON and widespread on shorter grass near fresh and alkaline water. Curved carpal spur is very difficult to see.
Sabuki River, Malindi, Coast, Kenya.
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Male Buff-crested Bustard, Lophotis gindiana, 53 cm / 21 in. COMMON in arid and semi-arid bushland. A bit shy. Handheld.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Schalow's Turaco, Tauraco schalowi loitanus, 40cm / 16in. COMMON in forest and riparian woodland. From the middle of thick vegetation we were trying to find it while it was trying to look at us.
Maasai Mara, Tran Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Immature Pallid Harrier, Circus macrourus, 45cm / 18in; WS 110cm / 44in. Fairly COMMON Palearctic passage migrant and winter visitor to grasslands.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Male Red-headed Bluebill, Seermophaga ruficapilla ruficapilla, 14cm. / 5.5in. Locally COMMON in forest, secondary growth and moist thickets. Not eating berries, those are the bill colors.
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
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Long-tailed Fiscal, Lanius cabanas, 31 cm / 12 in. COMMON in wooded grassland, acacia habitat and coastal bush.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, 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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Crested Francolin (Kirk's), Ortygornis sephaena rovuma, 30 cm / 12 in. COMMON and widespread in a wide range of bush country, wooded grasslands and thickets.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, 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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Lilac-breasted Roller (Lilac-breasted), Coracias caudatus caudatus, Widespread and COMMON resident in open bush, wooded grassland, woodlands and cultivated habitats.
Tsavo West National Para, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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