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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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Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. These species come in a range of colors, and many species have the ability to change color.
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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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Red-throated Pipit, Anthus cervinus, 15cm / 6in. COMMON Palearctic migrant and visitor to marshy grasslands and lakeshores. Adult in non-breeding plumage.
En-route to Nairobi from Tsavo West NP, Kajiado, Central, Kenya.
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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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Male Baglafecht Weaver (Reichenow's), Ploceus baglafecht reichenowi, 15cm. / 6in. COMMON and widespread in forest edges, open woodlands, cultivation and gardens.
En-route to Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve from Nairobi, 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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Female Red-headed Malimbe, Malimbus rubricollis centralis, 17cm. / 6.5in. Widespread but not numerous in canopy of good forest habitats.
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
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White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli boehmi, 18 cm. / 7 in. COMMON in acacia bush habitat and wooded grassland.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.
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White-chinned Prinia, Schistolais leucopogon reichenowi, 14cm. / 5.5in. COMMON in secondary forest, forest edges and thick vegetation along streams.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Vihiga, Kenya.
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African Green-Pigeon, Theron calvus wakefieldii, 27 cm / 10.5 in. COMMON in a wide range of woodland, forest edge, open habitat and cultivation of fruiting trees. On a nest.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Coast, Kenya.
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Red-fronted Prinia, Prinia rufifrons, 11 cm / 4.5 in. COMMON in dry bush habitat. Handheld.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Pearl-spotted Owlet, Glaucidium perlatum diurnum, 19 cm. / 7.5 in. Very COMMON and widespread in bushed and wooded grasslands, preferring drier habitat with acacias.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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rosy pelicans
Lake Elmenteita - Kenya
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Little Bee-eater, Merops pusillus cyanostictus, 15 cm / 6 in. COMMON in bushed and wooded grassland and more open grassland.
Shimba Hills National Park, Kwale, Kenya.
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Wattled Lapwing, Vanellus senegallus senegallus, 34cm. / 13.5 in. Widespread but not numerous in damp grasslands and marsh edges.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Hadada Ibis, Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris, 76 cm. / 30 in. COMMON. Open grassland, savanna and wetlands, as well as urban parks, school fields, green corridors and large gardens of sub-Saharan Africa
Enroute from Nairobi to Tsavo West National Park, Kenya
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Male Tambourine Dove, Turtur tympanistria, 20 - 22 cm. / 7.87 - 8.66 in. COMMON resident of forest and thickets.
Shimba Hills game drive, Kenya, Africa.
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Olive Bee-eater, Merops supercilious superciliosus, 30 cm. / 12 in. Non-breeding visitor from the south to bushed and wooded habitat.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Angola Swallow, Hirundo angolensis, 15cm. / 6in. COMMON mainly west of the Great Rift Villein a wide variety of open habitats and villages, often nesting under bridges.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Palm-nut Vulture, Gypohierax angolensis, 60 cm. / 24 in. COMMON locally and resident along the coastal belt and inland along major rivers.
ERTE, Shimba Hills, Kenya
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Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Pogoniulus chrysoconus chrysoconus, 10cm. / 4in. Locally COMMON and widespread in moister habitats than Red-fronted, including forest edge, riparian woodland, thickets and mature gardens.
Kisumu, Kenya.
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." Confucius
Masai Mara, Kenya
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Little Stint, Calidris minuta, 15 cm / 6 in. COMMON Palearctic migrant and winter visitor to a wide variety of inland water and coastal water habitats.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Male Kori Bustard, Ardeotis kori struthiunculus (may be a separate species in the future), 105 - 135 cm / 3 ft. 5 in. - 4 ft. 5 in. Female length is 90 - 112 cm. / 2 ft. 11in. - 3 ft. 8 in. NEAR THREATENED. The largest bustard, female smaller than the male, which is probably the largest bird capable of flight. Widespread and locally COMMON in open grassland. Numbers are declining due to habitat loss and human disturbance.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.
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