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11/04/2024

Swahili:: Tai Ngwilizi.
English::Martial eagle.
Scientific:: Polemaetus bellicosus.
Order:Accipitriformes.
Family:Accipitridae.
Gender: Juvenile.
Status:: Endangered (IUCN 3.1).
Photographer: Simons
Homer
The Tai Ngwilizi is a large eagle native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the only member of the genus Polemaetus. A species of the booted eagle subfamily (Aquilinae), it has feathering over its tarsus. One of the largest and most powerful species of booted eagle.
Juvenile Martial Eagles are conspicuously distinct in plumage with a pearly gray colour above with considerable white edging, as well as a speckled grey effect on crown and hind neck. The entire underside is conspicuously white. The wing coverts of juveniles are mottled grey-brown and white, with patterns of bars on primaries and tail that are similar to adult but lighter and greyer.

11/04/2024

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14/03/2024

Swahili:: Tandawala Mkubwa.
English:: Kori Bustard.
Scientific::Ardeotis kori.
Order:Otidiformes.
Family:Otididae.
Photographer:: Simons
Alaska.

Tandawala Mkubwa (kori bustard) is the largest flying bird native to Africa. It is a member of the bustard family.. In fact, the male kori bustard may be the heaviest living animal capable of flight.
The male kori bustard has a length of 105 to 135 cm (3 ft 5 in to 4 ft 5 in)and a wingspan of 230 to 275 cm (7 ft 7 in to 9 ft 0 in).
Male birds may typically weight between 7 and 18 kg.

27/11/2023

Swahili:: Kipimanjia Domo-Defu.
English:: Long billed Pipit or Brown-rock pipit.
Scientific: Anthus similis.
Order:Passeriformes.
Family:Motacillidae.

The long-billed pipit or brown rock pipit is a passerine bird which has a wide distribution.
It's a medium-large pipit, 16–17.5 cm long, but is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly sandy grey above and whitish or pale buff below. It is very similar to the tawny pipit, but is slightly larger, has a longer tail and a longer dark bill.
Habitat on Grasslands, especially recently burned areas. It generally prefers moist short grassland with scattered trees, rocks and termite mounds, cultivated land and shrubland, however it may move into other habitats which have recently been burnt, as well as sandy beaches with lots of seaweed, flood plains and marshes.

11/11/2023

03/11/2023

Swahili:: Kambu Kidari-zambarao.
English::Lilac-breasted Roller//Fork Tailed Roller or Lilac-throated Roller.
Scientific::Coracias caudatus.
Order:Coraciiformes.
Family:Coraciidae.
Gender:: Juvenile.

The sexes are different in coloration, and juveniles lack the long tail streamers of adults.
The lilac-breasted roller is Kenya's national bird because of the wide array of colours on its feather coat. In total, it has around 8 colours: green, white, black, yellow, turquoise,dark blue, reddish-brown, and lilac.
The colours are supposed to represent the many different tribes that make up Kenya's community.
In African culture, the lilac breasted roller is considered the bird of peace.
It was often sacrificed by kings declaring peace in their land. It was known as 'the bird of the sun' and helped maintain harmony between ancient communities.
The diet of the lilac-breasted roller
consists of arthropods and small vertebrates, including ground dwelling insects, spiders, scorpions,centipedes and millipedes, snails and a variety of small vertebrates,including small birds. Slow-moving lizards, chameleons and snakes.

03/11/2023

Swahili::Koikoi Majoka.
English::Black-headed Heron.
Scientific::Ardea melanocephala.
Order:Pelecaniformes.
Family:Ardeidae.
The black-headed heron is a large
bird, standing 85 cm tall, and it has a 150 cm wingspan.
It often feeds in shallow water, spearing fish or frogs with its long,sharp bill. It will also hunt well away from water, taking large insects,small mammals, and birds. It will wait motionless for its prey, or slowly stalk its victim.

08/04/2023

Swahili:: Neli Kijani.
English::Malachite Sunbird.
Scientific::Nectarinia famosa.
Order:Passeriformes.
Family: Nectariniidae.
Gender:: Female.
The female has brown upperparts and dull yellow underparts with some indistinct streaking
on the breast. The female has a shorter tail than the male. The tail is square ended, olive
back with white-tipped and edged outer rectrices. The head is brownish with pale yellow
malar stripe and narrow white eyebrow. Told from other female Sunbird specied by the long,
robust, decurved bill.