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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Northern Anteater-Chat, Myrmecichla aethiops cryptoleuca, 18 cm. / 7 in. COMMON in open country and farmland, perching on low bushes, fences and termite mounds.
Maasai Mara National Game Reserve, Narok Province, Kenya.
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Fasciated Snake-Eagle, Southern Banded Snake-Eagle, Circaetus fasciolatus, 55 cm. / 22 in. Shy but widespread at low densities in coastal forest, and lowland forest near the coast.
Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya
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Male Eurasian Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus, 22cm. / 8.5in. COMMON passage migrant and UNCOMMON winter visitor, can be seen anywhere on passage.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Coast, Kenya.
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