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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Black-bellied Bustard ¹
Lissotis melanogaster

Hartlaub's Bustard ²
Lissotis hartlaubii

Double-banded Courser ³
Smutsornis africanus

Gull-billed Tern ⁴
Gelochelidon nilotica

Laughing Dove ⁵
Streptopelia senegalensis

Alpine Swift ⁶
Apus melba

Mottled Swift ⁷
Apus aequatorialis

Malachite Kingfisher ⁸
Corythornis cristatus

Rufous-crowned Roller ⁹
Coracias naevius

Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill ¹⁰
Tockus ruahae

Magpie Shrike ¹¹
Corvinella melanoleuca

Foxy Lark ²
Calendulauda alopex

Rock Martin ¹²
Ptyonoprogne fuligula

Red-rumped Swallow ¹³
Cecropis daurica

Lesser Striped Swallow ¹⁴
Cecropis abyssinica

Rufous-chested Swallow ¹⁵
Cecropis semirufa

Mosque Swallow ¹⁶
Cecropis senegalensis

Red-throated Tit ¹⁷
Melaniparus fringillinus

Red-backed Scrub-Robin ¹⁸
Cercotrichas leucophrys

Scarlet-chested Sunbird ¹⁹
Chalcomitra senegalensis

Beautiful Sunbird ¹³
Cinnyris pulchellus

Mariqua Sunbird ²⁰
Cinnyris mariquensis

African Pipit ²¹
Anthus cinnamomeus

Rufous-tailed Weaver ²²
Histurgops ruficauda

Purple Grenadier ²³
Granatina ianthinogaster

Grey-headed Silverbill ²⁴
Odontospiza griseicapilla

Crested Francolin
Dendroperdix sephaena

Marabou ⁴
Leptoptilos crumenifer

Eurasian Moorhen ²⁵
Gallinula chloropus

Northern Red-billed Hornbill ⁷
Tockus erythrorhynchus

Spotted Eagle-Owl ²⁶
Bubo africanus

Augur Buzzard ²⁷
Buteo augur

Common Buzzard ²⁸
Buteo buteo

Red-capped Lark ²⁶
Calandrella cinerea

Western Yellow Wagtail ⁴
Motacilla flava

Red-winged Starling ²⁹
Onychognathus morio

Rüppell's Griffon ²⁴
Gyps rueppelli

Ruff ³⁰
Calidris pugnax

Nile Crocodile ³¹
Crocodylus niloticus

Abyssinian Wheatear ¹³
Oenanthe lugubris

Bronze Mannikin ³²
Spermestes cucullata

African Wildcat ³³
Felis lybica

Eurasian Kestrel ³⁴
Falco tinnunculus

African Swamphen ³⁵
Porphyrio madagascariensis

Hildebrandt's Francolin ¹⁹
Pternistis hildebrandti

Yellow-necked Francolin ³⁶
Pternistis leucoscepus

Grey-breasted Francolin ³⁷
Pternistis rufopictus

Red-necked Francolin ³⁸
Pternistis afer

Black Crake ⁹
Zapornia flavirostra

African Gray Hornbill ³⁹
Lophoceros nasutus

Red-billed Oxpecker ¹³
Buphagus erythrorynchus

Guttural Toad ⁴⁰
Sclerophrys gutturalis

Silverbird ⁴¹
Melaenornis semipartitus

African Wolf ⁴²
Canis anthus

Coqui Francolin ⁴³
Peliperdix coqui

White-rumped Shrike ¹³
Eurocephalus ruppelli

Yellow-fronted Canary ⁴⁴
Crithagra mozambica

White-bellied Canary ⁴¹
Crithagra dorsostriata

African Savannah Hare ⁴⁵
Lepus victoriae

Winding Cisticola ³⁸
Cisticola marginatus

African Grey Woodpecker ⁴⁶
Chloropicus goertae

Mountain Gray Woodpecker ¹³
Chloropicus spodocephalus

Cardinal Woodpecker ⁴⁷
Chloropicus fuscescens

Slender Mongoose ²⁰
Galerella sanguinea

Miombo Wren-Warbler ⁴⁸
Calamonastes undosus

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow ⁴¹
Gymnoris pyrgita

Familiar Chat ⁴⁹
Oenanthe familiaris

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