Birds Selected Africa Sth Sahara

Selection of notable bird photos African South of the Sahara

Field Guide – Birds of Africa South of Sahara Edn.2Map – Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa & KenyaAlbatross Wandering (Diomedea exulans) in flight – Continental Shelf of South AfricaAlbatross Wandering (Diomedea exulans) in rainbow – Continental Shelf South AfricaAlbatross Shy (Thalassarche cauta) – Continental Shelf of South AfricaAlbatross Indian Yellow-Nosed (Thalassarche carteri) in flight – Continental Shelf of South AfricaAlbatross Tristan (Diomedea dabbenena) male in flight – Southern East Indian Ocean RSAAlbatross Sooty (Phoebetria fusca) in flight – Continental Shelf of South AfricaPetrel Spectacled (Procellaria conspicillata) adult on water – South Cape Point South AfricaPetrel White-chinned (Procellaria aequinoctialis) aberrant in flight – South Cape Point South AfricaGrebe Little (Tachybaptus ruficollis) breeding – Cape West South AfricaDarter African (Anhinga rufa) – KZN South AfricaHamerkop (Scopus umbretta) – KZN South AfricaHamerkop (Scopus umbretta) nest & birds – Kruger South AfricaHeron Goliath (Ardea goliath) – UgandaHeron Purple (Ardea purpurea) in flight – Cape West South AfricaEgret Intermediate (Egretta intermedia) adult – Western Cape, South AfricaEgret Intermediate (Egretta intermedia) taking off – Western Cape, South AfricaEgret Intermediate (Egretta intermedia) adult in flight – Western Cape, South AfricaEgret Intermediate (Egretta intermedia) adult in flight – Western Cape, South AfricaEgret Little (Egretta garzetta) – NamibiaEgret Western Cattle (Bubulcus ibis) near breeding – Cape West South AfricaHawk Bat (Macheiramphus alcinus) male & female – ZimbabweHeron Black-crowned Night (Nycticorax nycticorax) KZN South AfricaIbis Southern Bald (Geronticus calvus) – LesothoShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) coming close us – UgandaShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) head and bill – UgandaShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) side view of bill – UgandaShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) crouch for take off – UgandaShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) mating – Northern Province ZambiaShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) taking off – UgandaShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) airborne – UgandaShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) female cooling eggs – Northern Province ZambiaShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) juvenile in nest – Northern Province ZambiaShoebill (Balaeniceps rex) nest & egg with Cat Fish (Clarias) regurgitated – Northern Province ZambiaStork Saddle-Billed (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) male – Luangwa Valley ZambiaStork Saddle-Billed (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) male & female – Luangwa ZambiaStork Saddle-Billed (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) female – Luangwa Valley ZambiaOpenbill African (Anastomus lamelligerus) adult water drip – ZimbabweOpenbill African (Anastomus lamelligerus) – Western Province ZambiaStork Woolly-necked (Ciconia episcopus) death and birth – KZN South AfricaStork Woolly-necked (Ciconia episcopus) death and birth – KZN South AfricaDuck Fulvous Whistling (Dendrocygna bicolor) – Western Cape, South AfricaGoose Egyptian (Alopochen aegyptiaca) – KZN South AfricaGoose Egyptian (Alopochen aegyptiaca) flying formation – KZN South AfricaDuck Knob-billed (Sarkidiornis melanotos) male – Kruger South AfricaShoveler Cape (Anas smithii) female wing detail, near endemic – Western Cape, South AfricaKite Black-Winged (Elanus caeruleus) – Cape East South AfricaKite Black-Winged (Elanus caeruleus) in flight – Cape West South AfricaKite Black (Milvus migrans) juvenile – KenyaVulture Palm-Nut (Gypohierax angolensis) in flight – UgandaGoshawk Pale Chanting (Melierax canorus) adult near endemic – NamibiaEagle Tawny (Aquila rapax) jousting – KZN South AfricaEagle Verreaux’s (Aquila verreauxii) male & female -Cape West South AfricaEagle Verreaux’s (Aquila verreauxii) juvenile – Cape West South AfricaEagle Verreaux’s (Aquila verreauxii) pullis & adult – Cape West South AfricaEagle Long-Crested (Lophaetus occipitalis) – UgandaEagle Martial (Polemaetus bellicosus) adult feeding – Kruger South AfricaEagle Martial (Polemaetus bellicosus) – UgandaKestrel Rock (Falco rupicolis) male – Cape West South AfricaKestrel Greater (Falco rupicoloides) in flight – Cape West South AfricaGuineafowl Helmeted (Numida meleagris) – Kruger South AfricaFinfoot African (Podica senegalensis) male – ZambiaCrake Black (Amaurornis flavirostra) with fish – KZN South AfricaCrake Black (Amaurornis flavirostra) – KenyaCrake Baillon’s (Porzana pusilla) adult – Western Cape, South AfricaCrake Baillon’s (Porzana pusilla) adult – Western Cape, South AfricaCrake Baillon’s (Porzana pusilla) adult – Western Cape, South AfricaSwamphen African (Porphyrio madagascariensis) adult – Western Cape, South AfricaCrane Wattled (Grus carunculata) adult – NamibiaBustard Denham’s (Neotis denhami) female – UgandaBustard Kori (Ardeotis kori) male & female courting – NamibiaBustard Kori (Ardeotis kori) adult & juvenile – KenyaBustard Buff-Crested (Lophotis gindiana) – KenyaKorhaan Red-Crested (Lophotis ruficrista) male – near endemic – Cape North South AfricaBustard Black-Bellied (Lissotis melanogaster) male – UgandaKorhaan Karoo (Eupodotis vigorsii) adult endemic – Cape North South AfricaOystercatcher African (Haematopus moquini) – Cape West South AfricaOystercatcher African (Haematopus moquini) – Cape East South AfricaOystercatcher African (Haematopus moquini) adult on two eggs – Cape West South AfricaJacana African (Actophilornis africanus) adult – KenyaJacana African (Actophilornis africanus) – UgandaThick-Knee Water (Burhinus vermiculatus) adult – Cape West South AfricaThick-Knee Water (Burhinus vermiculatus) head view – Cape West South AfricaThick-Knee Spotted (Burhinus capensis) – Cape West South AfricaPratincole Rock (Glareola nuchalis) – UgandaCourser Temminck’s (Cursorius temminckii) – Kruger South AfricaCourser Double-Banded (Rhinoptilus africanus) – NamibiaCourser Double-Banded (Rhinoptilus africanus) – BotswanaCourser Double-Banded (Rhinoptilus africanus) wing pattern – BotswanaCourser Bronze-Winged (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus) at night – NamibiaCourser Bronze-winged (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus) – Kruger South AfricaLapwing Blacksmith (Vanellus armatus) – Cape West South AfricaLapwing Spur-winged (Vanellus spinosus) – GambiaLapwing Black-Headed (Vanellus tectus) – UgandaLapwing Crowned (Vanellus coronatus) – KenyaLapwing Crowned (Vanellus coronatus) on egg – Cape West South AfricaSnipe Greater Painted (Rostratula benghalensis) female – KZN South AfricaSnipe Greater Painted (Rostratula benghalensis) female – Cape West South AfricaSnipe African (Gallinago nigripennis) juvenile – Cape West South AfricaStilt Black-winged (Himantopus himantopus) aberrant) – Cape East South AfricaStilt Black-winged (Himantopus himantopus) in flight, Cape West, South AfricaSandpiper Wood (Tringa glareola) – Cape West South AfricaKnot Red (Calidris canutus) non-breeding – Cape West South AfricaSandgrouse Double-Banded (Pterocles bicinctus) male – NamibiaLovebird Rosy-Faced (Agapornis roseicollis) – NamibiaTuraco Great Blue (Corythaeola cristata) – UgandaTuraco Purple-crested (Tauraco porphyreolophus) – Kruger South AfricaCuckoo African Emerald (Chrysococcyx cupreus) male – Cape West South AfricaCuckoo Jocobin (Clamator jacobinus) juvenile – Kruger South AfricaCuckoo Jocobin (Clamator jacobinus) juvenile in flight – Kruger South AfricaCuckoo Levaillant’s (Clamator levaillantii) adult – Kruger South AfricaCuckoo Levaillant’s (Clamator levaillantii) juvenile fed by Arrow-marked Babbler – Kruger NP South AfricaCuckoo Red-Chested (Cuculus solitarius) – UgandaCoucal Senegal (Centropus senegalensis) juvenile – Kafue N.P. ZambiaCoucal Burchell’s (Centropus burchellii) – Cape West South AfricaOwl Western Barn (Tyto alba) female with rodent – North West South AfricaEagle-Owl Verreaux’s (Bubo lacteus) – Kruger South AfricaEagle-Owl Spotted (Bubo africanus) at night – Cape East South AfricaEagle-Owl Spotted (Bubo africanus) adult with vole – Cape West South AfricaEagle-Owl Spotted (Bubo africanus) adult – Cape East South AfricaEagle-Owl Spotted (Bubo africanus) female – KZN South AfricaOwlet Pearl-spotted (Glaucidium perlatum) – Kruger South AfricaOwlet African Barred (Glaucidium capense) a pair – Kruger South AfricaNightjar Fiery-necked (Caprimulgus pectoralis) Southern Province, ZambiaNightjar Fiery-Necked (Caprimulgus pectoralis) – North West South AfricaNightjar European (Caprimulgus europaeus) – Kruger South AfricaKingfisher Giant (Megaceryle maxima) – UgandaKingfisher Pied (Ceryle rudis) male & female – KZN South AfricaKingfisher Pied (Ceryle rudis) female with fish – UgandaKingfisher Malachite (Corythornis cristatus) – Cape West South AfricaKingfisher African Pygmy (Ispidina picta) – GambiaKingfisher African Dwarf (Ispidina lecontei) – UgandaKingfisher Brown-hooded (Halcyon albiventris) – KZN South AfricaRoller Purple (Coracias naevius) – NamibiaBee-Eater Southern Carmine (Merops nubicoides) colony on tree – Luangwa Valley ZambiaBee-Eater Southern Carmine (Merops nubicoides) in flight – Luangwa ZambiaBee-Eater Little (Merops pusillus) adult – EthiopiaBee-Eater Blue-Breasted (Merops variegatus) – EthiopiaBee-Eater Cinnamon-Chested (Merops oreobates) endemic – KenyaBee-Eater Red-Throated (Merops bullocki) – UgandaBee-eater White-fronted (Merops bullockoides) in flight – KZN South AfricaBee-Eater Red-Throated (Merops bullocki) – UgandaSecretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) – Cape West South AfricaHornbill Abyssinian Ground (Bucorvus abyssinicus) male – EthiopiaHornbill Southern Red-Billed (Tockus ruforostris) head view with bug – Kruger South AfricaHornbill Monteiro’s (Tockus monteiri) near endemic – NamibiaHornbill Monteiro’s (Tockus monteiri) in flight – near endemic – NamibiaHornbill Black-and-White-Casqued (Bycanistes subcylindricus) male & female – UgandaTinkerbird Yellow-fronted (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) morph red – Southern Province, ZambiaTinkerbird Yellow-fronted (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) – Southern Province, ZambiaBarbet Chaplin’s (Lybius chaplini) endemic – Southern Province ZambiaBarbet Chaplin’s (Lybius chaplini) endemic – Southern Province, ZambiaBarbet Vieillot’s (Lybius vieilloti) with bug – GambiaBarbet Yellow-Breasted (Trachyphonus margaritatus) – EthiopiaWoodpecker Olive (Dendropicos griseocephalus) female – Cape West South AfricaWoodpecker Ground (Geocolaptes olivaceus) female & male – Western Cape South AfricaWoodpecker Bennett’s (Campethera bennettii) female – Limpopo South AfricaLark Monotonous (Mirafra passerina) near endemic – Kruger South AfricaLark Dune (Calendulauda erythrochlamys) endemic – NamibiaLark Sabota (Calendulauda sabota) small-billed race – near endemic – NamibiaLark Spike-Heeled (Chersomanes albofasciata) rufous race – near endemic – NamibiaLark Spike-Heeled (Chersomanes albofasciata) pale race – near endemic – NamibiaLark Spike-Heeled Chersomanes albofasciata) rufous race – near endemic West Coast, South AfricaLark Gray’s (Ammomanopsis grayi) endemic – NamibiaLark Agulhas Long-billed (Certhilauda brevirostris) adult Endemic – Western Cape, South AfricaSwallow Lesser Striped (Cecropis abyssinica) in flight – KZN South AfricaLongclaw Cape (Macronyx capensis) female endemic – Cape West South AfricaPipit Golden (Tmetothylacus tenellus) male, vagrant – KZN South AfricaPipit Golden (Tmetothylacus tenellus) male, vagrant – KZN South AfricaRockjumper Cape (Chaetops frenatus) male – Cape West South AfricaRockjumper Drakensberg (Chaetops aurantius) male – LesothoThrush Sentinel Rock (Monticola explorator) male – LesothoThrush Little Rock (Monticola rufocinereus) endemic – EthiopiaRobin-Chat Snowy-Crowned (Cossypha niveicapilla) – UgandaRobin Swynnerton’s (Swynnertonia swynnertoni) endemic male – Bvumba, ZimbabweThrush Spotted Palm (Cichladusa guttata) – UgandaStonechat African (Saxicola torquatus) male – Cape West South AfricaChat Familiar (Oenanthe familiaris) adult – Cape West South AfricaChat Tractrac (Emarginata tractrac) pale race – endemic – NamibiaChat Tractrac (Emarginata tractrac) pale race – endemic – NamibiaChat Ant-Eating (Myrmecocichla formicivora) adult – NamibiaWheatear Mountain (Oenanthe monticola) male dark morph – near endemic – NamibiaRockrunner (Achaetops pycnopygius) male & female – near endemic – NamibiaCisticola Chubb’s (Cisticola chubbi) – RwandaCisticola Grey-backed (Cisticola subruficapilla) – Cape West South AfricaCisticola Levaillant’s (Cisticola tinniens) breeding – Western Cape South AfricaPrinia Tawny-Flanked (Prinia subflava) – BotswanaCamaroptera Grey-backed (Camaroptera brevicaudata) Southern Province, ZambiaFlycatcher Chat (Bradornis infuscatus) near endemic – NamibiaFlycatcher Ashy (Muscicapa caerulescens) – Western Province ZambiaFlycatcher Spotted (Muscicapa striata) – Kruger South AfricaBushshrike Lühder’s (Laniarius luehderi) – UgandaBokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) endemic – Cape West South AfricaBokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) with chafer beetle endemic – Cape West South AfricaHelmetshrike White-crested (Prionops plumatus) posed – Southern Province, ZambiaStarling Superb (Lamprotornis superbus) – KenyaStarling Superb (Lamprotornis superbus) -EthiopiaStarling Violet-backed (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) male – Kruger South AfricaOxpecker Yellow-billed (Buphagus africanus) on a kudu – Kruger South AfricaSunbird Orange-Breasted (Anthobaphes violacea) male endemic – Cape West South AfricaSunbird Orange-Breasted (Anthobaphes violacea) male endemic – Cape West South AfricaSunbird Orange-breasted (Anthobaphes violacea) male endemic – Cape West South AfricaSunbird Orange-Breasted (Anthobaphes violacea) male endemic – Cape West South AfricaSunbird Scarlet-Chested (Chalcomitra senegalensis) male – Southern Prov. ZambiaSunbird Variable (Cinnyris venustus) male – ZimbabweSunbird Northern Doubled-Collared (Cinnyris reichenowi) male – RwandaWeaver Spectacled (Ploceus ocularis) male – KZN South AfricaWeaver Vitteline Masked (Ploceus vitellinus) male at nest – UgandaWeaver Southern Masked (Ploceus velatus) male -Gauteng South AfricaWeaver Lesser Masked (Ploceus intermedius) male – Central Province ZambiaFirefinch Red-billed (Lagonosticta senegala) male – KZN South AfricaFirefinch Red-Billed (Lagonosticta senegala) female – GambiaFirefinch Red-Billed (Lagonosticta senegala) female – BotswanaMannikin Bronze (Lonchura cucullata) adult – KenyaMannikin Red-Backed (Lonchura nigriceps) male – Kruger NP South AfricaWaxbill Blue (Uraeginthus angolensis) – KZN South AfricaWaxbill Blue (Uraeginthus angolensis) female – BotswanaWhydah Pin-Tailed (Vidua macroura) male – UgandaWhydah Pin-Tailed (Vidua macroura) male – KenyaSeedeater Streaky (Crithagra striolata) – RwandaBunting Cinnamon-breasted (Emberiza tahapisi) male – Kruger South AfricaBunting Golden-breasted (Emberiza flaviventris) female – KZN South AfricaTern Elegant (Thalasseus elegans) vagrant – Cape West South Africa
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