Moorland Chat (1)Cercomela sordida IvanM Kenya 📍 Map Date taken: Feb 4 2008 This bird is quite plain but it is interesting (for me) because its group is believed to be the ancestor of the wheatears. They are also found on the slopes of Mount Kenya and are quite tame! Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 3 Write comments
Broad-ringed White-eye (1)Zosterops poliogastrus IvanM Kenya 📍 Map Date taken: Feb 4 2008 This is also called Montane White-eye, and for good reason. We found this one at over 3000 m altitude! Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 9 Write comments
Vulturine Guineafowl (3)Acryllium vulturinum IvanM Kenya 📍 Map Date taken: Feb 3 2008 A very colorful guineafowl from the African savanna! Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 3 Write comments
Scarlet-chested Sunbird (2)Chalcomitra senegalensis IvanM Kenya 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 31 2008 Details: male Sunbirds are the ummingbirds of Africa. They also come in a very colorful variety of species! Here is one of the common East African ones. Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 7 Write comments
Slate-coloured Boubou (1)Laniarius funebris IvanM Kenya 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 24 2008 this one belongs to the bushshrike family and is quite common in the area. Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 17 Write comments
Pearl-spotted Owlet (1)Glaucidium perlatum IvanM Kenya 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 24 2008 It is always a treat to find roosting owls during the day! I found this one during my lunch break in the extreme heat! Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 7 Write comments
Superb Starling (2)Lamprotornis superbus IvanM Kenya 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 23 2008 The name says it all for this bird!! They were very numerous and also very curious, always around our dining room for some remains! Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 5 Write comments
White-browed Sparrow Weaver (2)Plocepasser mahali IvanM Kenya 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 23 2008 This species was very common around our camp! Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 5 Write comments
Red-billed Hornbill (3)Tockus erythrorhynchus IvanM Kenya 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 21 2008 Unfortunately most of my Kenya pics have gone lost... but I could recover some of them like this one of a nice Red-billed Hornbill! Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 11 Write comments
American Golden Plover (14)Pluvialis dominica IvanM Iceland 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 1 1970 Details: outside normal range Southwestern storms often bring North American vagrants to the coast of Iceland. This one landed by the road while I was driving and looked pretty tired, since it did not move away from me for a while. I observed it in the next days and it looked much better, sign that it was recovering from fatigue! Date uploaded: Jul 15 2014 Views: 4 Write comments
