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Mourning Collared-Dove, Streptopella decipiens elegans, 29 cm / 11.5 in. Widespread and sometimes abundant in arid and semi-arid bush and wooded habitats, including acacia.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, 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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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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Brown-chested Alethe (Brown-chested), Chamaetylas poliocephala nandensis, 15cm. / 6in. COMMON and widespread in forests.
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
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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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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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Hunter's Cisticola, Cisticola hunteri, 14 c. / 5.5 în. Endemic to East Africa in overgrown cultivation, remnant valley herbage, forest edge and giant heather in the highlands.
Enroute to Kakamega Forest from Nairobi, 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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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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Gray Kestrel, Grey Kestrel, Falco ardosiaceus, 33 cm. / 13 in. UNCOMMON resident of bushed and wooded grassland below 1800 m / 5906 ft.
Maasai Mara, 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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Red-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus erythroryncha, 20 cm / 8 in. COMMON and widespread wherever wild mammals and undrenched cattle occur.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Blacksmith Lapwing, Vanellus armatus, 31 cm / 12 in. COMMON and widespread resident around most highland fresh and alkaline water habitat.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Male Double-toothed Barbet, Pogonornis bidentatus aequatorialis, 23 cm. / 9 in. COMMON and widespread in a wide range of woodland, wooded grassland, gardens and cultivation with scattered fig trees.
Kisumu, Lake Victoria, Nyanza Province, Kenya.
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Masai Mara, Kenya
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Diagnostic Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Eurillas latirostris latirostris, 18cm. / 7in. Very COMMON in highland forests, forest strips and wooded gardens.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kakamega, Western, Kenya.
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Martial Eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus, 83 cm. / 33 in. WS: 200 cm. / 79 in. Widespread and usually UNCOMMON. A wide range of bush, wooded grassland and semi-arid habitat. Only member of the Genus Polemaetus.
Maasai Mara (Masai Mara) National Reserve, Narok County, Kenya
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Red-fronted Barbet, Tricolaema diademata massaica, 17 cm. / 6.5 in. Widespread in dry bush and woodland at 600 - 2100 m. / 1969 - 6890 ft.
Maasai Mara, Kenya.
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Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus africanus africanus, 22 cm / 8.5 in. COMMON and widespread wherever wild mammals and un-drenched cattle appear. Especially fond of buffaloes, giraffes and hippos. Partly symbiotic and partly parasitic relationship with the large mammals by keeping the free of insect pests but, also pecking wounds to attract insect prey.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, 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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Pearl-spotted Owlet, Glaucidium perlatum licua, 19 cm / 7.5 in. Widespread and very COMMON in bushed and wooded grasslands,, Prefers drier areas with acacia.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Male Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Tockus flavirostris, 51 cm / 20 in. Widespread at low density in semi-arid bush n=habitat and drier woodland mainly below 1,400meters / 4,593 feet. Played hide-and-seek with me.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, 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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Vulturine Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum, 71 cm. / 28 in. Locally COMMON in arid and semi-arid bush country and grassland.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Lesser Black-backed Gull (Heuglin's), Heuglin's Gull, Larus fuscus heuglini, 63 cm / 25 in. COMMON Palearctic winter visitor especially around the Sabaki River Mouth and the Kenyan Coast.
Sabaki River, Kilifii, Coast, Kenya.
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Black-headed Heron, Ardea melanocephala, 92 cm / 36 in. COMMON and widespread resident. A wide range of wetlands, from coastal lagoons to inland lakes and rivers.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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African Citril, Crithagra citrinelloides kikuyensis, 11cm. / 4.5in. COMMON in Kenyan highlands in farmland, gardens and forest edge.
Acacia tree species.
Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya.
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Female and male Red-cheeked Cordonbleu, Uraeginthus bengalus brunneigularus, 13cm. / 5in. COMMON and widespread in virtually all habitats, except interior forests. Sometimes seen for sale in the retail pet trade.
One of the trip target birds - wonderful to see one in the wild!
Mombasa Road, Makueni, Kenya.
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