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Male African Golden Weaver, Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus, 14 cm / 5.5 in. COMMON along the coast in palms, wooded areas and gardens. Prefers wetter habitats.
Turtle Bay, Watamu, Kenya.
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Gray-throated Barbet, Grey-throated Barbet, Gray-headed Barbet, Gymnobucco bonapartei cinereiceps, Gymnobucco bonapartei, Gymnobucco cinereiceps, 18cm. / 7in. Often COMMON and widespread in forest, woodlands and forest edges.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kakamega, Western, Kenya.
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The pin-tailed whydah is 12–13 cm in length, although the breeding male's tail adds another 20 cm to this. The adult male has a black back and crown, and a very long black tail. The wings are dark brown with white patches, and the underparts and the head, apart from the crown, are white. The bill is bright red. The female and non-breeding male have streaked brown upperparts, whitish underparts with buff flanks, and a buff and black face pattern. They lack the long tail extension, but retain the red bill. Immature birds are like the female but plainer and with a greyish bill.
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Female Black-bellied Bustard, Lissotis melanogaster melanogaster, 63cm / 25in. Widespread and COMMON in wetter, open bushed and wooded grassland.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Cinnamon-breasted Bunting, Emberiza tahapisi tahapisi, 15cm / 6in. Widespread, but seldom numerous in rocky areas, cliff bases, and escarpments with small trees and light cover.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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IUCN Listing: Vulnerable with the population decreasing. In southern and western Africa, it is listed as Endangered. Slow reproductive rates are a major concern. Habitat loss, changes due to the agriculture, deforestation, electrocution from power lines, accidental poisoning, and persecution are the major factors that affect their populations.
Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
Female Pygmy Batis, Batis perkeo, 9 cm / 3.5 in. Locally COMMON in semi-arid acacia bush habitat below 1,200 meters / 3,937 feet.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Pale Prinia, Prinia somalica erlangend, 11 cm / 4.5 in. Dry bush habitat, with or without gray cover.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Gray-headed Social-Weaver, Gray-capped Social-Weaver, Pseudonigrita amaudi amaudi, 11cm / 4.5in. COMMON in a wide variety of bush and open wooded habitat. Uses nest to roost.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Black-bellied Bustard, Lissotis melanogaster melanogaster, 63 cm. / 25 in. COMMON and widespread in wetter open bushed and wooded grassland.
Maasai Mara, Narok Province, Kenya.
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Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Cossypha viveicapilla melanonota, 22cm. / 8.5in. Not UNCOMMON, but shy in forest, remnant woodland and thickets. Certainly kept its' distance,
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
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White-browed Coucal, Centropus superciliosus superciliosus, 41 cm / 16 in. COMMON in rank vegetation, thickets, grassland with bushes or trees, often near water. Following a rainstorm this afternoon there was a termite explosion and birds were in a feeding frenzy.
Shimba Hills National Park, Kwale, Kenya.
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Immature Augur Buzzard (Augur), Buteo augur augur, 60 cm. / 24 in. Fairly COMMON residents of open country, rocky outcrops and cultivation at 400 - 4,600 m. / 1312 - 15,092 ft.
Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa.
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Female Common Rock thrush, Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush, Monticola saxatilis, 20cm / 8in. COMMON and widespread Palearctic passage migrant and winter visitor to open woodland, bush and sparsely vegetated semi-arid habitats where they conspicuously perch upright.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Immature Tawny Eagle, Aquila rapa rapax, 74 cm / 29 in. COMMON near nesting sites and often seen along roadsides on a kill. Handheld.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Adili, the orange-bellied parrot says, “It’s okay to go outside and enjoy the fresh air. Just don’t congregate!” Responsible social distancing doesn’t mean you have to hide in your house, but hanging out at the local beach with 15 other people isn’t being responsible either. Use your head and stay healthy! #OrangeBelliedParrot #SocialDistancing #Covid
Long-toed Lapwing, Vanellus crassirostris leucopterus, 31cm. / 12in. Locally COMMON on permanent water with extensive floating vegetation and non-breeding wander widely in response to flooding.
Kisumu Wetlands, Kisumu, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Chubb's Cisticola, Cisticola chubbi chubbi, 14cm. / 5.5in. Mainly western distribution in East Africa.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Nandi, Western, Kenya.
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Yellow-billed Egret, Ardea brachyrhyncha, 56 - 72 cm. / 22 -28 in. Variety of wetlands, such as marshes, lakes, rivers and their surrounding habitat. Split from Intermediate Egret recently.
Enroute to Kakamega Forest from Nairobi, Kenya.
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Male Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Platysteira cyanea nyansae, 13cm. / 5in. (Female has a brown throat) COMMON and widespread in middle strata and canopy of thick bush, woodlands and forest edges.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Vihiga, Kenya.
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Helmeted Guineafowl, Numidia meleagris reichenowi, 61 cm / 24 in. Very COMMON in grassland, bushland, woodland and cultivation. Saw many large flocks.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Mourning Collared-Dove, Streptopelia decipens elegans, 29 cm. / 11.5 in. COMMON. Widespread and abundant in ariadne semi-arid in bush and wooded habitat, typically including acacia.
Kisumu, Kenya.
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Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca, 73 cm / 29 in. COMMON and widespread near a wide variety of wetland habitat, including fresh, alkaline and coastal waters.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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