A guide to Africa, it's trees and animals

A guide to the great plains of Africa, and the wildlife that flocks there every year to share it's rich bounties

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White-rumped Swift ¹
Apus caffer

Fulvous Whistling-Duck ²
Dendrocygna bicolor

Red-billed Teal ³
Anas erythrorhyncha

Cape Teal ⁴
Anas capensis

Bare-faced Go-away-bird ³
Corythaixoides personatus

Eastern Plantain-eater ⁵
Crinifer zonurus

White-tailed Lark ⁶
Mirafra albicauda

Rufous-naped Lark ⁷
Mirafra africana

Flappet Lark ⁸
Mirafra rufocinnamomea

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark ⁹
Eremopterix leucopareia

Stout Cisticola ¹⁰
Cisticola robustus

Tawny-flanked Prinia ¹¹
Prinia subflava

Grey-backed Camaroptera ¹²
Camaroptera brachyura

Yellow-breasted Apalis ¹³
Apalis flavida

Karamoja Apalis
Apalis karamojae

Gray-capped Warbler ¹⁴
Eminia lepida

Cape Crow ¹⁵
Corvus capensis

Black-headed Gonolek ¹⁶
Laniarius erythrogaster

Slate-colored Boubou ¹⁷
Laniarius funebris

Fork-tailed Drongo ¹⁸
Dicrurus adsimilis

Black-backed Puffback ¹⁹
Dryoscopus cubla

African Paradise-Flycatcher ²⁰
Terpsiphone viridis

Brown-crowned Tchagra ²¹
Tchagra australis

Brown-throated Wattle-eye ²²
Platysteira cyanea

Brubru ¹⁵
Nilaus afer

Wire-tailed Swallow ²³
Hirundo smithii

Barn Swallow ²⁴
Hirundo rustica

Banded Martin ⁷
Riparia cincta

Taita Fiscal ²⁵
Lanius dorsalis

Red-backed Shrike ²⁶
Lanius collurio

Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides

African Bare-eyed Thrush ⁶
Turdus tephronotus

White-browed Robin-Chat ³
Cossypha heuglini

African Gray Flycatcher ¹⁰
Bradornis microrhynchus

Northern Wheatear ²⁷
Oenanthe oenanthe

Isabelline Wheatear ¹¹
Oenanthe isabellina

Capped Wheatear ¹³
Oenanthe pileata

Northern Anteater-Chat ³
Myrmecocichla aethiops

Sooty Chat ¹⁸
Myrmecocichla nigra

Whinchat ²⁸
Saxicola rubetra

Spotted Flycatcher ²⁹
Muscicapa striata

Spotted Morning-Thrush ³⁰
Cichladusa guttata

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush ¹⁷
Monticola saxatilis

Southern Black-Flycatcher ³¹
Melaenornis pammelaina

Bronze Sunbird ¹⁷
Nectarinia kilimensis

African Penduline-Tit ³¹
Anthoscopus caroli

African Pied Wagtail ³²
Motacilla aguimp

Plain-backed Pipit ³²
Anthus leucophrys

Bush Pipit ³³
Anthus caffer

Black-faced Waxbill ³⁴
Estrilda erythronotos

Vitelline Masked-Weaver ³⁵
Ploceus vitellinus

Little Weaver ¹⁶
Ploceus luteolus

Village Weaver ¹¹
Ploceus cucullatus

Speke's Weaver ³⁶
Ploceus spekei

Holub's Golden-Weaver ¹⁴
Ploceus xanthops

Black-necked Weaver ³⁰
Ploceus nigricollis

Spectacled Weaver ¹⁷
Ploceus ocularis

Lesser Masked-Weaver ³⁷
Ploceus intermedius

House Sparrow ³⁸
Passer domesticus

Chestnut Sparrow ¹
Passer eminibey

Kenya Rufous Sparrow ¹⁸
Passer rufocinctus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow ³⁹
Passer griseus

Gray-headed Social-Weaver ¹⁵
Pseudonigrita arnaudi

Speckle-fronted Weaver ⁴⁰
Sporopipes frontalis

Black-winged Bishop ⁴¹
Euplectes hordeaceus

Fan-tailed Widowbird ⁴²
Euplectes axillaris

Green-winged Pytilia ⁸
Pytilia melba

Red-billed Quelea ¹⁸
Quelea quelea

Pin-tailed Whydah ³
Vidua macroura

Straw-tailed Whydah ⁶
Vidua fischeri

Steel-blue Whydah ⁴³
Vidua hypocherina

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu ⁴⁴
Uraeginthus bengalus

Blue-capped Cordonbleu ⁴⁵
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver ³⁰
Dinemellia dinemelli

Cut-throat ⁴⁶
Amadina fasciata

Rosy-throated Longclaw ¹⁵
Macronyx ameliae

Yellow-throated Longclaw ³⁰
Macronyx croceus

Cuckoo Finch ³¹
Anomalospiza imberbis

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver ⁴⁷
Bubalornis niger

White-billed Buffalo-Weaver ¹⁶
Bubalornis albirostris

Red-headed Weaver ¹³
Anaplectes rubriceps

Common Bulbul ¹⁸
Pycnonotus barbatus

Greater Blue-eared Starling ⁴⁸
Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Hildebrandt's Starling ³⁷
Lamprotornis hildebrandti

Superb Starling ²³
Lamprotornis superbus

Violet-backed Starling ¹³
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Wattled Starling ¹⁰
Creatophora cinerea

Arrow-marked Babbler ¹⁹
Turdoides jardineii

Black-lored Babbler ¹
Turdoides sharpei

Buff-bellied Warbler ⁴⁹
Phyllolais pulchella

Green-backed Woodpecker ¹⁷
Campethera cailliautii

Nubian Woodpecker ⁵⁰
Campethera nubica

Cardinal Woodpecker ³¹
Dendropicos fuscescens

Meyer's Parrot ⁵¹
Poicephalus meyeri

Fischer's Lovebird ⁵²
Agapornis fischeri

Pearl-spotted Owlet ⁵³
Glaucidium perlatum

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl ⁵⁴
Bubo lacteus

African Scops-Owl ³⁰
Otus senegalensis

Marsh Owl ⁵⁵
Asio capensis

Common Ostrich ⁵⁶
Struthio camelus

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