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Secretarybird, Sagittarius serpentarius, 150 cm. / 59 in. ENDANGERED. Open grasslands, savanna and karoo (shrubland). Tall, long-legged raptor that walks through grassland hunting prey like snakes, which are stamped to death with hardened pads on small, scaled feet.
Maasi Mara, Kenya
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Female and Male Black-faced Sandgrouse, Pterocles decorates decorates, 23cm. / 9in. COMMON in dry open and bushed grassland habitats.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Coast, Kenya.
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African Emerald Cuckoo (African), Chrysococcyx cupreus cupreus, 23cm. / 9in. Widespread and COMMON resident of moist forests, dense woodlands and thickets. One of the top birds of the trip because they were difficult to find and for the brilliant colors!
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kenya.
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African Sacred Ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus, 80cm. / 32in. Widespread and COMMON in many habitats, most often near water.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Male Common Ostrich, Struthio camelus massaicus, H 2.2m / 90in. COMMON. Drier grasslands, bushed and wooded grasslands.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, 20cm. / 8in. Very COMMON passage migrant and winter visitor to a wide range of inland waters.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Magpie Starling, Speculipastor bicolor, 19 cm / 7.5 in. Locally COMMON. Mainly in the semi-arid North and Northeast, but wander to moist coastal woodlands.
Enroute to Travo East National Park from Watamu, Coast, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Immature Pallid Harrier, Circus macrourus, 45cm / 18in; WS 110cm / 44in. Fairly COMMON Palearctic passage migrant and winter visitor to grasslands.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Immature Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio, 18 cm / 7 in. COMMON and widespread from sea-level to 3,000 meters.
Shimba Hills National Park, Kwale. Kenya.
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Male Fischer's Sparrow-Lark, Eremopterix leucopareia, 11 cm. / 4.5 in. COMMON and widespread up to 2000 m. / 6562 ft. In Dry grassland and in semi-arid habitats. Sometimes on airstrips.
Maasai Mara, Kenya.
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Female Southern Ground-Hornbill, Bucorvus leadbeateri, 102cm. / 40in. RARE to UNCOMMON locally. VULNERABLE. Prefers moister bushed and wooded grasslands. VERY lucky sighting! Perched in a tree no less!
En-route to Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve from Nairobi, Nandi, Western, Kenya.
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Yellow-billed Barbet (Eastern), Trachylaemus purpuratus elgonensis, 25cm. / 10in. COMMON and widespread in primary and secondary forests, including at clearings.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kenya.
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Female Common Ostrich, Struthio camelus massaicus, 2.2m / 90in. COMMON. Drier grasslands, bushed and wooded grasslands.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Rufous-crowned Roller, Purple Roller, Coracias naevius naevius, 35cm. / 14in. Local and UNCOMMON. Associated with rocky areas and large trees in drier wooded and bushed grasslands.
En-route from Nairobi to Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Nandi, Western, Kenya.
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Baringo Lake - Kenya
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Crested Francolin (Kirk's), Ortygornis sephaena rovuma, 30 cm / 12 in. COMMON and widespread in a wide range of bush country, wooded grasslands and thickets.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Lappet-faced Vulture, Torgos tracheliotos tracheliotos, 103cm / 41in. Reasonably widespread but UNCOMMON residents of open grassland and woodland with plain game animals.
Maasai Mara, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Today ostriches are only found natively in the wild in Africa, where they occur in a range of open arid and semi-arid habitats such as savannas and the Sahel, both north and south of the equatorial forest zone. The Somali ostrich occurs in the Horn of Africa, having evolved isolated from the common ostrich by the geographic barrier of the East African Rift. In some areas, the common ostrich's Masai subspecies occurs alongside the Somali ostrich, but they are kept from interbreeding by behavioral and ecological differences.
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Female and Male Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Bycanistes subcylindricus subquadratus, 70cm. / 28in. COMMON in mature woodlands and forests, riparian habitats and cultivated land with large trees.
Rondo Retreat, Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kakamega, 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
Parrot-billed Sparrow, Passer gongonensis, 17 cm / 6.5 in. COMMON in semi-arid bush and open wooded grassland.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Mourning Collared-Dove, Streptopella decipiens elegans, 29 cm / 11.5 in. Widespread and sometimes abundant in arid and semi-arid bush and wooded habitats, including acacia.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Male Black-bellied Sunbird, Cinnyris nectarinioides nectarinioides, 13 cm. / 5 in. COMMON in dry semi-arid eastern part of Eastern Africa.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.
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Greater Painted-Snipe, Rosttratula benghalensis, 24 cm / 9.5 in. Erratic wanders to margins of well vegetated fresh and alkaline waters. Handheld.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Brown-chested Alethe (Brown-chested), Chamaetylas poliocephala nandensis, 15cm. / 6in. COMMON and widespread in forests.
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
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Vulturine Guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum, 71 cm. / 28 in. Locally COMMON in arid and semi-arid bush country and grassland.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
Published as a cover photo at; “I’m giving you the Birds” www.flickr.com/groups/1826414@N24/
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