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Giant Kingfisher - 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:00 am
by Flutterby
429.
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
by Flutterby
Male
by Amoli
by steamtrainfan
Secretarybird - 60 Points
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:00 pm
by Amoli
118.
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Identification
Sexes similar, male larger and with slightly longer crest and tail. Orange facial skin, grey-black plumage and characteristic striding gait through grass. In flight, barred tail distinctive.
Juvenile: Plumage browner, facial skin yellow and with shorter tail.
by Amoli
by Flutterby
Swainson’s Spurfowl - 20 Points
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:01 pm
by Amoli
199.
Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
Identification
36 cm; sexes alike, male considerably larger than femal. Blackish (not red) upper mandible and legs.
Juvenile: Duller overall, with less bare red skin on face; throat with white feathers and bill brown with yellow base.
by Amoli
by Flutterby
Greater Striped Swallow - 20 Points
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:05 pm
by Amoli
526.
Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata
Burchell's Coucal 60 Points
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:06 pm
by Amoli
391.
Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchelli
Groundscraper Thrush 40 Points
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:11 pm
by Amoli
580.
Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitsirupa
Identification
21 cm; sexes alike. Grey upperparts, lack of wing bars.
Juvenile: Flecked with white above; buff spotted below.
by Amoli
by Flutterby
Pied Crow 20 Points
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:13 pm
by Amoli
548.
Pied Crow Corvus albua
by Amoli
by Flutterby
African Grey Hornbill 40 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:48 pm
by Amoli
457.
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
Pied Kingfisher 40 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:50 pm
by Amoli
428.
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Identification
25 cm; sexes similar. Only kingfisher in region with an all black and white plumage.
Male: Double breast band. Female: Easily separable with single breast band.
Juvenile: Breast band greyish black; feathers on face, throat and breast fringed buff.
Male
by Amoli
by Flutterby
Malachite Kingfisher 40 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:52 pm
by Amoli
431.
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
by Amoli
by steamtrainfan