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Long-tailed Cormorant, Microcarbo africanus africanus, COMMON on a wide range of waters, often dispersing to temporal waters, and preferring waterside vegetation and trees offering perches.
Mzima Springs, Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Coast, Kenya.
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African Gray Flycatcher (African Gray), Bradornis microrhynchus microrhynchus, 14cm / 5.5in. COMMON and widespread in dry bush and open acacia habitat.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Tawny Eagle, Aquila rapax, 74cm / 29in. COMMON. Most frequently seen large brown eagle throughout Kenya. We ate lunch today in the grasslands, but in the shade where there was this single tree for miles around. This bird was above our heads, seemingly not bothered as we had our picnic lunch.
Maasai Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Marabou Stork, Leptiptilos crumenifer, 152 cm / 60 in. COMMON and widespread in a range of different habitat; from garbage dumps to lakeshores and scavenging at predator kills.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Red-chested Sunbird, Cinnyris erythrocercus, F/M: 10 - 14cm. / 4 - 5.5in. COMMON species around lakes and marshes.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudatus caudatus, 38 cm / 15 in. COMMON and widespread residents of open bush habitat, wooded grassland and cultivation.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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lilac breasted roller
Masai Mara National Park
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/5.6 L USM
@ f/5.6 1/1250 ISO 320
Broad-billed Roller, Eurystomus glaucurus suahelicus, 28cm. / 11in. Sometimes COMMON residents and intra-African migrants in bushed and wooded grassland, woodland and forest edge.
Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya.
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Golden-breasted Starling, Lampronotus regis, 35 cm / 14 in. COMMON in dry bush habitat of the East.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Palm-nut Vulture, Gypohierax angolensis, 60 cm / 24 in. COMMON resident throughout the coastal belt and along major rivers.
Shimba Hills National Park, Kwale, Kenya.
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Black-bellied Sunbird, Cinnyris nectarinioides nectarinioides, 10 - 13 cm / 4 - 5 in. COMMON in semi-arid habitat.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Croaking Cisticola, Cisticola natalensis strange, 14 cm / 5.5 in. COMMON and widespread in tall grassland with scattered bushes.
Shimba Hills National Park, Kwale, Kenya.
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Cinnamon Chested Bee-Eater
Masai Mara - Kenya
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4-5.6 IS II L USM
@ f/5.6 1/2500 ISO 400
Hadada Ibis, Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris, 75 cm / 30 in. COMMON and widespread in grassland, marshy areas and damp forest edges. Sometimes in gardens and cultivated areas.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Coast, Kenya.
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Sokoke Scops-Owl, Otus ireneae, 15 cm / 6 in. ENDANGERED ENDEMIC in two small remaining areas of coastal forest of Kenya and N.E. Tanzania. A rufous and a brown morph and just the right angle...
Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Kenya.
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Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, 65cm. / 26in. COMMON and widespread in wetlands of all types, including lakes, rivers and coastal lagoons.
Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya.
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Martial Eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus, 81cm / 32in, WS 240cm / 95in. Widespread, sometimes COMMON in a wide range of bush, wooded grassland and semi-arid habitats.
Massai Mara National Reserve, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Speke's Weaver, Ploceus spekei, 15cm. / 6in. COMMON in open woodland and acacia habitats, also around settlements.
Nairobi, Kenya.
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Silverbird, Empidornis semipartitus melaenornis, 18cm / 7in. Locally COMMON in wooded acacia and bushed grassland, and edges of cultivation.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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