How many of you can name these birds?

Here are a dozen birds from Africa, and I will post another lot tomorrow.

this could be fun, if you want I could add a bunch also.

Nice pics saeed ..
Red capped lark
Shaft tailed whydah
Blacksmith plover
Grey heron
Spurwinged goose
Lilac breasted roller
Cape turtle dove
???one of the larks
grey backed fiscal
crowned plover
dark chanting goshawk
fork tailed drongo …

Tweety 1
Tweety 2
Tweety 3
Tweety 4

Ivan just showing off??? Yeah, just you wait, I am telling Ron on you!

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Originally posted by Scriptus:
Tweety 1
Tweety 2
Tweety 3
Tweety 4

Ivan just showing off??? Yeah, just you wait, I am telling Ron on you!

#7's breast is really good wrapped in bacon.

Now this is a great thread......... Please keep them coming, Saeed. Zim in 18 days where I can do the real thing.

Identify species or common name of this juvenile bird, a long-lens telephoto from Saeed,
and it will be followed with one of his photos of an adult of same species:

Steppe Eagle

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Originally posted by ivan carter:
Nice pics saeed ..
Red capped lark
Shaft tailed whydah
Blacksmith plover
Grey heron
Spurwinged goose
Lilac breasted roller
Cape turtle dove
???one of the larks
grey backed fiscal
crowned plover
dark chanting goshawk
fork tailed drongo …

???one of the larks = sparrow.

Saeed, where in Africa was each photo taken? This would help in some of the birds.

1. Possible lark species (but I’m not seeing the crown, eye, and throat stripes often present in larks)
2. Shaft-tailed whydah
3. Blacksmith plover
4. Grey heron
5. Spurwinged goose
6. Lilac-breasted roller
7. Collared dove species (not seeing the eyes well)
8. Lark species (nice crown, eye, and throat stipes for a lark)
9. Grey backed fiscal
10. Crowned plover
11. Goshawk – favor pale chanting
12. Drongo – fork-tailed vs velvet-mantled vs Principe

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Originally posted by Tetachuck:
Steppe Eagle

I don't think so.

Adult Steppe Eagle:



Notice shape of head and shortness of tail on this juvenile, and the adult I am thinking of also has a black tip on the beak:



I must admit we never got a positive/definite confirmation of ID on the above bird Saeed photographed,
though I have stated my guess of the identity of this juvenile here before without refutation.
Snagged it from Saeed's photo posting.

Anybody guessing what I am guessing? Big clue above.

Artistly photo, eh?
Those are blurred trees in distant background, across the valley in shadows on the hillside, not clouds in sky.

Juvinile Tawny would be my guess

Here the last lot.

Anton, please feel free to post more birds.

Many thanks.

For Saeed's photos...

1. Namaqua Dove
2. Three-banded Plover
3. Little Grebe
4. Bustard (Korhaan) species (likely female)
5. White-backed Vulture
6. Eagle species (favor Tawny)
7. Pied Crow
8. Secretary Bird
9. Lark species
10. White-browed Coucal
11. Grey Go-away Bird (Lourie)
12. Black-collared Barbet
13. Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
14. Sparrow (Grey-headed vs. Swahili vs. Swainson's vs. Parrot-billed)
15. Black-collared Barbet
16. Starling (favor Purple-Glossy)
17. Red-backed Shrike
18. Helmented Guineafowl
19. Red-throated Spurfowl
20. Blue Waxfill (Southern Cordonbleu)
21. African Red-eyed Bulbul
22. Southern Boubou
23. Lesser Masked Weaver

For A.Dahlgren's photos...

1. Blue-bellied Roller
2. Hadea Ibis
3. Eagle species (favor juvenile Verreauxs [Black])
4. White-faced Ducks
5. Plover (favor Spur-winged)
6. Cormorant/Darter species
7. Hamerkop
8. Southern Ground Hornbill

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Originally posted by NorthernOperationsAfrica:
Juvinile Tawny would be my guess

Nope.
Another hint: It is Walter's totem animal, bringer of good juju and success on the hunt when it soars overhead.

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Nope.
Another hint: It is Walter's totem animal, bringer of good juju and success on the hunt when it soars overhead. Smiler

bateleur

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Originally posted by sandyhunter:

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Nope.
Another hint: It is Walter's totem animal, bringer of good juju and success on the hunt when it soars overhead. Smiler

bateleur

Correct! Cigar goes to sandyhunter.

Saeed's photo of adult bateleur, don't ask me if it is a male or female:



Juvenile bateleur, sub-adult, not a baby:



Here are some captures of a flying bateleur, obvious from short tail and canting of wings in flight,
taken from one of Saeed's videos of his recent Tanzania Expedition.
Plumage of bird is "juvenile" colored.
Flight of bird is "bateleur" acrobatic.
I think it is the same bird that was photographed sitting on top of tree above:







It has been my great pleasure to present these LD corruptions of Saeed's HD photos and videos.

There doesn't seem to be too much interest in this kind of thing - but, it could be so helpful in furthering our enjoyment of the natural history of Africa.

Some folks don't care about things that aren't on ticket. I've had PH's tell me they don't know about trees, plants and flowers, so quit asking about them.

I generally do a bit of research ahead of time. I want to know about the birds, the bugs, the rodents, trees, the shrubs, etc.

Nice pictures.

#7 In Saeeds first group looks like a dove that arrived here in San Angelo Tx about the 1990's. Everyone calls it a ring neck. In the 80's we had mourning dove and a small dove I think an Inca dove that everyone called a Mexican dove. Then around 1990 white winged dove and the ring necked arrived--I had never seen either one of those. Now you seldom see the Inca dove and the white wings are most numerous.

This would be a male bateleur eagle.

The rest are extremely close to LBJ's

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Originally posted by RIP:

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Originally posted by NorthernOperationsAfrica:
Juvinile Tawny would be my guess

Nope.
Another hint: It is Walter's totem animal, bringer of good juju and success on the hunt when it soars overhead.

Wiki:

"Little brown job or LBJ is an informal name commonly used by birders for any of the large number of species of small brown passerine birds, many of which are notoriously difficult to distinguish. This is especially true for females, which lack much of the coloring present in males."