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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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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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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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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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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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Vulture Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum, 71 cm / 28 in. Locally COMMON in arid and semi-arid bush and grassland habitat. A stunning bird. Handheld.
World Bird List # 5,503.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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rosy pelicans
Lake Elmenteita - Kenya
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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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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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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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