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Black-headed Heron, Ardea melanocephala, 92 cm. / 36 in. Widespread and COMMON Resident in a wide range of wetland, from coastal lagoons to inland lakes and rivers.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Flappet Lark, Amirafra rufocinnamomea fischeri, 14 cm. / 5.5 in. Rather shy on the ground, often crouching near cover on grasslands with or without scattered trees and bushes.
Maasai Mara National Game Reserve, Narok Province, Kenya.
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Mackkinnon's Shrike, Mackinnon's Fiscal, Lanius mackinnoni, 20 c. / 8 in. Quiet bird of forest edge, woodland and lush gardens.
Kakamega Forest Station, Kakamega Forest National Reserve, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Sharpe's Drongo, Dicrurus sharpei, 19cm. / 7.5 in. Recently spilt from Square-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus ludwigii and found in interior forest and edges.
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
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Golden-crowned Woodpecker, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Dendropicos xantholopus, 23cm. / 9in. Locally COMMON in good forest and dense secondary growth.
Kakamega Forest Station, Kakamega, Western, Kenya.
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Black-throated Barbet, Tricholaema melanocephala stigmatothorax, 14 cm. / 5.5. in. Widespread semi-arid bush and thorn-scrub habitat.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Common elands are spiral-horned antelopes. They are sexually dimorphic, with females being smaller than the males. Females weigh 300–600 kg (660–1,320 lb), measure 200–280 cm (79–110 in) from the snout to the base of the tail and stand 125–153 cm (49–60 in) at the shoulder. Bulls weigh 400–942 kg (882–2,077 lb), are 240–345 cm (94–136 in) from the snout to the base of the tail and stand 150–183 cm (59–72 in) at the shoulder. The tail is 50–90 cm (20–35 in) long.Male elands can weigh up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lb).
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Black-winged Lapwing, Vanellus melanopterus minor, 27 cm. / 10.5 in. COMMON in grasslands and cultivated areas.
Maasi Mara, Kenya.
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Female Common Ostrich, Struthio camelus massaicus, 2.2 m. / 90 in. COMMON and widespread in drier, bushed and wooded grassland.
Maasi Mara, Kenya
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Klaas's Cuckoo, Chrysococcyx klaas, 18 cm. / 7.5 in. COMMON and widespread Resident in moister and denser habitat (than Diderik), including woodland, forest edge, bush and gardens.
At a rest stop near the exit from Tsavo National Park before heading to Nairobi, Kenya.
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White-bellied Bustard, Eupodotis senegalensis erlangeri, 61 cm / 24 in. COMMON in a wide range of open grasslands, usually with tree or bush cover.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.
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Speckled Pigeon, Columba guinea, 34 cm / 13.5 in. COMMON and widespread in open country with cliffs and in many towns.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Bateleur (Male), Terathopius ecaudatus, 70cm / 28in. Occupying a nest. Widespread and often COMMON in a wide variety of open grassland, bushland and woodland. Photo target bird for this trip.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Male Eurasian Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus, 22 cm. / 8.5 in. COMMON passage migrant and less common winter visitor occurring almost anywhere.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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White-headed Sawwing (White-headed), Psalidoprocne albiceps albiceps, 14cm. / 5.5in. COMMON in a wide variety of habitats.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kakamega, Western Region, Kenya.
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Shikra, Accipiter badius sphenurus, 30 cm. / 12 in. COMMON Resident in a wide range of woodland and edge habitat, including towns, gardens and cultivation.
Tsavo West Lodge, Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Diagnostic African Thrush, Turdus pelios, 22cm. / 8.5in. COMMON and widespread in forest edge, thickets, gardens and cultivation.
Kisumu, Kenya.
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Gray Crowned-Crane, Grey Crowned-Crane, Balearica regulorum gibbericeps, 1 m / 3ft. 3 in. ENDANGERED. Dry savanna, marshes, cultivated land and grassy flatland near rivers and lakes.
Maasi Mara, Kenya.
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Tawny Eagle, Aquila rapax rapax, 74 cm. / 29 in. VULNERABLE but still COMMON and widespread, often seen feeding on roadkill.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.
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Male Vitelline Masked-Weaver, Ploceus vitellinus uluensis, 13 cm. / 5 in. COMMON and widespread in a variety of bush and wooded habitat, including semi-arid areas.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Os calaus apresentam uma característica morfológica curiosa, uma vez que as suas duas primeiras vértebras do pescoço encontram-se unidas para sustentar o peso do seu imponente bico.
Usambiro Barbet, D'Arnot's Barbet (Usambiro), Trachyphonus darnaudii usambiro, 19 cm. / 7.5 in. COMMON Endemic. Widespread in bushed and wooded grassland. Sometimes treated as conspecific with D'Arnaud's Barbet but does have a different call.
Maasai Mara National Game Reserve, Narok Province, Kenya.
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Red-tailed Bristlebill, Bleda syndactylus, 22 cm. / 8.5 in. Locally COMMON but shy. Dense forest undergrowth. The only one we saw.
Kakamega Forest Station, Kagamega Forest National Reserve, Kenya.
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The name "giraffe" has its earliest known origins in the Arabic word zarāfah (زرافة), perhaps borrowed from the animal's Somali name geri. The Arab name is translated as "fast-walker". There were several Middle English spellings, such as jarraf, ziraph, and gerfauntz. The Italian form giraffa arose in the 1590s. The modern English form developed around 1600 from the French girafe. "Camelopard" is an archaic English name for the giraffe deriving from the Ancient Greek for camel and leopard, referring to its camel-like shape and its leopard-like colouring.
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Diagnostic White-headed Woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus bollei jacksoni, 35cm. / 14in. Family groups are COMMON and widespread in forest.
Kakamega Forest Station, Kakamega, Western, Kenya.
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Male Fischer's Sparrow Lark, Eremopterix leucopareia, 11 cm. / 4.5 in. COMMON and widespread in dry grassland and in semi-arid habitat. Mainly found west of other sparrow-larks.
World Bird List number 5,600 !
Enroute to Nairobi from Tsavo, Kenya.
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Verreaux's Eagle-Owl, Ketupa lacteus, 66 cm. / 26 in. COMMON in wooded grassland and woodland, including riparian acacia groves.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Red-faced Crombec, Sylvietta whytii jacksoni, 9 cm. / 3.5 in. COMMON and widespread Resident in a wide variety of woodland and bush country.
Diagnostic Blue-headed Bee-eater, Merops muelleri, 19cm. / 7.5in. UNCOMMON resident in Kakamega Forest. We saw a pair way up in the canopy.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kakamega, Western Region, Kenya.
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Gray Wren Warbler, Grey Wren Warbler, Calamonestes simplex, 13 cm. / 5 in. COMMON in acacia scrub and bushed savanna.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
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Grey Crowned Crane
Nukuru National Park - Kenya
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White-fronted Bee-eater, Merops bullockoides bullockoides, 23 cm. / 9 in. COMMON. Associated with open water and rivers in bushed and wooded habitat.
Sukuza Golf Course, Sukuza, South Africa.
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