Tanzania March 2018 - Birds |
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As mentioned on Page 1, I am splitting the photos by type of animal this time around. Please click on the following links to see the page you'd like to view: |
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Day 1 was not a day for photographing birds because Jonathon's camera hadn't been unpacked but we took a couple. We made up for it on the following couple of days, concentrating on birds on two of our outings. |
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Tawny Eagle (LHS) and Bataleur (RHS) - both juvenile
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Tawny Eagle |
Harrier |
Blacksmith Lapwing |
Cape Teal |
Tawny Eagle |
Eurasian White Stork |
Fischer's Lovebirds |
Grey-breasted Spurfowl |
Black-chested Snake-Eagle |
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
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Black-headed Weaver (AKA Village Weaver) |
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu |
Capped Wheatear |
Crowned Lapwing |
White Stork |
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark |
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark |
Fischer's Lovebirds |
Greater and Lesser Flamingo |
Grey-breasted Spurfowl |
Greater Kestrel |
Greater Kestrel |
Lilac-breasted Roller |
Grey-backed Shrike |
Grey-backed Shrike |
Marabou Stork |
Pygmy Falcon |
Lesser Masked Weaver |
Lesser Masked Weaver |
Rufous-tailed Weaver |
Secretary Bird |
Speckle-fronted Weaver |
Speke's Weaver |
Tawny Eagle |
Tawny Eagle |
Two-banded Courser |
Usambiro Barbet |
Vitelline Masked Weaver |
White-bellied Bustard |
White-bellied Canary |
White-winged Black Tern |
African Harrier-Hawk (aka Gymnagene) |
Bateleur (Juvenile) |
Black-shouldered Kite |
Black-winged Lapwing |
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu |
Coqui Francolin |
European Roller |
Grey-backed Camaroptera |
Helmeted Guineafowl (digging around in elephant dung) |
Lesser Kestrel |
Long-crested Eagle |
Long-crested Eagle |
Northern Wheatear |
Common Ostrich |
Common Ostrich |
Rattling Cisticola |
Red-tailed Shrike AKA Isabelline Shrike |
Common Rock-Thrush |
Slate Coloured Boubou |
Southern Red Bishop |
Superb Starling |
Usambiro Barbet |
Usambiro Barbet |
Vitelline Masked Weaver |
Variable Sunbird (F) |
Variable Sunbird (M) |
Von der Decken's Hornbill |
Hildebrandt's Starling |
Common Ostrich |
Superb Starling |
Greater and Lesser Flamingo |
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African Silverbird |
Black-headed Heron |
Black-winged Stilt |
Blacksmith Lapwing |
Kittlitz's Plover |
Little Bee-eater |
Little Bee-eaters |
Marsh Sandpiper |
Red-billed Teal |
Rufous Chatterer |
Speckle-fronted Weaver |
White Stork |
Three-banded Plover |
Wood Sandpiper |
Ring-necked Dove |
Bare-faced Go-away Bird |
Bataleur |
Common Sandpiper |
Yellow Wagtail |
It was really interesting to see these Black-lored Babblers grooming / preening each other. Not something we've seen before. As you can see, they were a bit damp. |
Black-lored Babbler |
Crowned Lapwing |
Crowned Lapwing |
Grassland Pipit |
Green Sandpiper |
Grey breasted Spurfowl |
African Grey Flycatcher |
Southern Ground-Hornbill |
Southern Ground-Hornbill |
Helmeted Guineafowl with young |
Lesser Kestrel (F) |
Lesser Kestrel (F) |
Lilac-breasted Roller (a very wet one!) |
Little Bee-eaters |
Little Bee-eaters |
Little Bee-eater |
Magpie Shrike with a long tailed starling |
Ruppell's Long-Tailed Starling |
Ruppell's Long-Tailed Starling |
Rattling Cisticola |
Red-billed Hornbill |
Rufous-naped Lark |
Tawny Eagles |
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Three-banded Plover |
Van der Decken's Hornbill |
Wattled Starling |
White-browed Coucal (AKA Bottle Bird) |
Northern White-crowned Shrike |
Green Sandpiper |
Green Wood-hoopoe (AKA Red-billed Wood-hoopoe) |
Green Wood-hoopoe (AKA Red-billed Wood-hoopoe) |
Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling |
Grey Hornbill |
African Grey Hornbill |
White-headed Buffalo Weaver |
Tawny Eagle |
Tawny Eagle |
White Stork |
Egyptian Goose - it was good to see both parents taking an active part in child care - with this many goslings, it was probably essential. |
Egyptian Goose |
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Common Moorhen |
Red-billed Teal |
Red-billed Teal |
Black-bellied Bustard |
Black-bellied Bustard |
Kori Bustard |
Grassland Pipit |
Little Stint |
Marabou Stork |
Ruff and Marsh Sandpiper |
Ruff enjoying a puddle bath |
Ruff and Wood Sandpiper |
White-winged Black Tern |
Bateleur |
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Black Crows |
Laughing Dove |
Shelley's Francolin |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk |
Short-tailed Lark |
Speckled Pigeon |
Tawny Eagle |
Temminck's Courser |
White-bellied Bustard |
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse |
Somali and Athi Short-toed Lark |
Black-shouldered Kite |
Croaking Cisticola |
Fischer's Sparrowlark (F) |
Fischer's Sparrowlark (M) |
Grey-breasted Spurfowl |
Hartlaub's Bustard |
Red-capped Lark |
Rosy-breasted Longclaw |
White-bellied Bustard |
Yellow-throated Longclaw |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk |
Abdim's Stork |
Abdim's Stork |
Brown-crowned Tchagra |
Grey-backed Fiscal |
Bateleur |
Bateleur |
Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling |
Rufous-naped Lark |
Rufous-naped Lark |
Hammerkop eating a bullfrog |
Hammerkop eating a bullfrog |
Hammerkop |
And finally ... the vultures of which there were many |
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It was amazing to see these vultures all drying their wings at the same time. There's a combination of a variety of vulture species here including Rupells, Hooded, White Back and Nubian. There's also a Maribou Stork on the right. |
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Vultures (Hooded, White Backed and Rupells) |
Hooded Vulture |
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White Backed Vulture |
Rupells Vulture |
Nubian Vultures |
We owe a huge amount of thanks to Kevin who was the chief identifier of the many birds we saw while travelling around. If you disagree with any of the labels please let me know. |
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