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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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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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Male Northern Anteater Chat, Myrmecocichla aethiops cryptoleuca, 18cm / 7in. COMMON in open country and farmlands.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, 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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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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Female House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, 14cm. / 5.5in. Introduced in the 1960s or 1970s and now COMMON around buildings in many villages and towns.
Kisumu, Western, 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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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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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.
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The white-backed vulture is a typical vulture, with only down feathers on the head and neck, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It has a white neck ruff. The adult’s whitish back contrasts with the otherwise dark plumage. Juveniles are largely dark. This is a medium-sized vulture; its body mass is 4.2 to 7.2 kilograms (9.3–15.9 lb), it is 78 to 98 cm (31 to 39 in) long and has a 1.96 to 2.25 m (6 to 7 ft) wingspan.
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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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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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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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Female Fischer's Sparrow-Lark, Eremopterix leucopareia, 11cm / 4.5in. Widespread and COMMON in dry grassland and in semi-arid areas.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, 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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Diagnostic African Thrush, Turdus pelios, 22cm. / 8.5in. COMMON and widespread in forest edge, thickets, gardens and cultivation.
Kisumu, 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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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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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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Brown-chested Alethe, Chamaetylas poliocephala carruthersi, 15 cm. / 6 in. COMMON and widespread in forest, more typically at higher altitudes.
Kakamega Forest Station, Kakamega Forest National Reserve, 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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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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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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Female and Male Tsavo Sunbird, Cinnyris tsavoensis, 10 cm / 4 in. Largely confined to dry acacia and Commiphora scrub.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Pogoniulus pusillus affinis, 10 cm. / 4 in. COMMON and widespread in dry bush and woodland. Distant, tiny bird.
Erte National State Forest, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.
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