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Northen white-faced scops Owl

The Northern White-Faced Scops Owl is a smallish owl easily recognizable by its very striking white facial disc, with a border of black plumage. It has large, bright orange eyes, which are also surrounded with black. (Juveniles have greyish plumage … Continue reading →

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Crested Guinea Fowl (Guttera pucherani)

Crested Guinea fowl has a wide range in Kenya and northern Tanzania. In Kenya it is found mostly in western tropical rain forest remnant of Kakamega forest and Lake Manyara national park in Northern Tanzania, Body plumage is much like … Continue reading →

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white-headed Mousebird (Colius leucocephalus)

Mousebirds, sometimes called colies, are an ancient group of small arboreal birds in Africa. They are so unique in morphological peculiarities that they were proposed as a separate Order of birds as long ago as 1872, and this placement has … Continue reading →

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Black-billed Turaco (Tauraco schuetti)

The Black-billed Turaco (Tauraco schuetti) is a medium sized turaco, an endemic family to sub- Sahara Africa. In Kenya it is a resident breeder in the tropical rain forests of Kakamega in western part of the country. It is … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 23, 2013 by kenyabirding

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Vulturine Guineafowl ((Acryllium vulturinum))

Vulturine Guineafowl is Large, unmistakable guineafowl; the bare skin of the head and neck is bluish-gray with a band of short chestnut feathers that extends behind the eyes on the back of the head; long, white striped plumes extend from … Continue reading →

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Black-faced Sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus)

Posted on October 24, 2012 by kenyabirding

The sandgrouse are distributed across northern, southern and eastern Kenya, Specifically in desert and semi-arid areas of Samburu, Meru, Marsabit, Turkana,Lake Baringo,Tsavo west and east, and Amboseli Sandgrouse have compact bodies, but small, pigeon-like heads and necks. The different species … Continue reading →