Saturday, January 12, 2019

Birds of Masai Mara - Woods Scrub and Garden Part 2

This is the continuation from my earlier post on Birds of Masai Mara - Woods Scrub and Garden.
African green pigeon (Treron calvus)
 A very beautiful African green pigeon doing some stretching which gave us the opportunity to get closer and have a decent shot.
Ring-necked dove (Streptopelia capicola)
 This is a rather common dove at Masai Mara, a Ring-necked dove.
Holub's golden weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
 Another very striking colour bird, Holub's golden weaver.
Yellow-spotted petronia (Gymnoris pyrgita)
 Compare to the rest, this bird is rather skittish. Took us a while to have a record shot - Yellow-spotted petronia.
Rufous-naped lark (Mirafra africana)
 Rufous-naped lark is another skittish bird that just won't let you go near.
Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinereal)
 Red-capped Lark took the vantage point on top of the rock.
Black-lored babbler or Sharpe's pied-babbler (Turdoides sharpei)
 Black-lored babbler aka Sharpe's pied-babbler
Tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava)
Tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava)
Purple grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster)
 What a beautiful bird - Purple grenadier
Northern Anteater-chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
 Although the name Northern Anteater-chat. No luck of taking a photo of this bird feed on any ants.
Red-necked spurfowl or red-necked francolin (Pternistis afer)
Red-necked spurfowl aka Red-necked francolin out from the bush in the open.
Coqui francolin (Peliperdix coqui)
Coqui francolin are more camera shy compare to Scaly francolin.

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