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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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Wattled Lapwing, Vanellus senegallus senegallus, 34 cm. / 13.5 in. Widespread, but not numerous, in damp grassland and marsh edge at 250 - 2200 m. / 802 - 7218 ft.
Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa.
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Immature Rock Martin, Ptyonoprogne fuligula fusciventris, 12cm / 4.5in. COMMON and widespread wherever there are cliffs but also breeds on buildings in towns and villages. Handheld.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, 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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Shikra, Accipiter badius sphenurus, 30 cm / 12 in. COMMON residents in a wide range of woodland and edge habitats.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Certainly not my best shot, but it is one of this species that I had never seen before or since. It was sitting motionless on that perch and, to make things more difficult, backlit.
Malachite Kingfisher
Baringo Lake, Kenya
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/5.6 L USM
@ f/5.6 1/800 ISO 200
Male Village Weaver (Layard's), Black-headed Weaver, Ploceus cucullatus nigriceps, 17 cm. / 6.5 in. COMMON and widespread. Wide range of habitat as well as human settlements. Absent from arid areas.
Kisumu, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya.
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Diagnostic African Wood-Owl, Strix woodfordii nigricantior, 34 cm / 13.5 in. COMMON in a wide range of forest, forest edge, woodland and mature gardens.
Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Kenya.
Red-chested Sunbird, Cinnyris erythrocercus, 10-14 cm. / 4-5.5 in. COMMON. Around lakes and marshes, attracted away from water to flowering bushes and gardens.
Kisumu, Kisumu County, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
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Rüppell's Starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera purpuroptera, 32 cm. / 12.5 in. COMMON, widespread and often seen on the ground in woodland, bush habitat and around cultivation.
Kisumu, Kisumu County, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
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Ansorge's Greenbul, Eurillas ansorgei kavirondensis, 15cm. / 6in. COMMON but shy in mid-levels in lower canopy.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kakamega, Western, Kenya.
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Helmeted Guineafowl (Reichenow's), Numida meleagris reichenowi, 61 cm. / 24 in. Widespread and Common in grassland, bush country, woodland and cultivation.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Eastern Plantain-eater, Crinifer zonurus, 50cm. / 20in. UNCOMMON in a wide range of woodland and grassland, cultivation and gardens.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Black-bellied Starling, Notopholia corusca corusca, 18 cm. / 7 in. COMMON in forest and coastal bush in the east.
ERTA Arabuko-Sokoke State Forest, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.
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The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the cat family (Felidae); it is a muscular, deep-chested cat with a short, rounded head, a reduced neck and round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. The lion is sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females with a typical weight range of 150 to 250 kg (330 to 550 lb) for the former and 120 to 182 kg (265 to 400 lb) for the latter. Male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognisable feature of the species. A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related females and cubs.
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Immature Diederic Cuckoo, Diderik Cuckoo, Chrysosoccyx caprius, 19 cm / 7.5 in. COMMON resident and partial migrant in a wide range of bushed and wooded grassland or cultivated lands.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Coast, Kenya.
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Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Pterocles gutturalis saturator, 31cm / 12in. Locally COMMON residents and wanderers on open short grassland and highland plains. Part of a distant small flock that was really skittish with only 6 - 8 out of a couple dozen birds drinking before taking flight.
Maasai Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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The male is mainly glossy black with white streaking, but females and immature birds are browner. The African darter differs in appearance from the American darter most recognisably by its thin white lateral neck stripe against a rufous background colour. The pointed bill should prevent confusion with cormorants.
It is an 80 cm long cormorant-like fish-eating species with a very long neck, like other anhingas.
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Diagnostic Black-chested Snake-Eagle, Circaetus pectoralis, 65 cm / 26 in. COMMON resident, widespread in bushed and wooded grassland. Distant bird.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Black-bellied Starling, Notopholia corusca corusca, 18 cm / 7 in. COMMON in forest and coastal bush in the East.
Enroute to Tsavo East National Park from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Malindi, Coast, Kenya.
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It is the fastest land animal. The only extant member of the genus Acinonyx, the cheetah was formally described by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1775. The cheetah is characterised by a slender body, deep chest, spotted coat, small rounded head, black tear-like streaks on the face, long thin legs and long spotted tail. Its lightly built, slender form is in sharp contrast with the robust build of the big cats, making it more similar to the cougar. The cheetah reaches 70 to 90 cm (28 to 35 in) at the shoulder, and weighs 21–72 kg (46–159 lb).
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Northern Crombec (Eastern), Brachyura leucopsis leucopsis, Eastern Crombec, Sylvietta leucopsis, 8 cm / 3 in. COMMON in dry bush habitat from sea level to ~1,400 meters / 4593 feet. Sometimes lumped together, sometimes split into separate species. Crombecs are almost a tail-less bird. Handheld.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Red-fronted Barbet, Tricholaema daidemata massaica, 17 cm. / 6.5 in. COMMON and widespread in dry bush and woodland.
Massai Mara, Narok County, Kenya.
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