A Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa, by Dave Richards
Dave Richards' photographic guide to birds of East Africa is made in a user-friendly format with 350 photographs illustrating each of the 265 species.
Example: White-winged Tern
Chlildonias Ieucopterus KTU 24 cm
A common migrant, usually seen in non-breeding plumage. Except for the white forehead, the head is grey-black with a dark spot in front of the eyes. The wings and back are grey and rest of body (including rump) is white. Immature is browner than adult with a broad white collar. Best separated from similar Whiskered Tern, C. hybridus, (not illustrated) in flight by white rump and contrasting grey upperparts and wings. Occurs in large flocks on inland lakes, both fresh and alkaline. Aave Richards is an author and photographer who’s first book Birds of Kenya - A Celebration, was published in 1991. Dave also co-authored with his wife, the Globetrotter Guide to Kenya. Dave is a regular contributor of articles and photographs to numerous local and international magazines and books. He is a partner of Ker & Downey Safaris and leads photographic and ornithological safaris, mainly through Kenya and Tanzania, but also to Botswana, Madagascar, Namibia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Index:
Apalis, Yellow-breasted 98
Avocet Pied 54
Barbet
d'Arnaud's 84
Red-and-yellow 84
Bateleur 29
Batis, Chin-spot 103
Bee-eater
Northern Carmine 76
Cinnamon-chested 77
European 75
Little 77
White-fronted 76
White-throated 75
Bishop, Yellow 121
Boubou
Slate-coloured 107
Tropical 107
Bulbul, Common 92
Black-eyed see
Bulbul, Common
Bunting, African
Golden-breasted 137
Bustard
Black-bellied 45
Buff-crested 45
Kori 46
White-bellied 46
Buzzard, Augur 32
Camaroptera,
Grey-backed 98
Canary
White-bellied 138
Yellow-fronted 139
Chat
Northern Anteater 95
Cliff 97
Mocking see
Chat, Cliff
Cape Robin 93
Riippell's Robin 94
White-browed
Robin 94
Chatterer, Rufous 92
Cisticola
Hunter's 99
Rattling 99
Citril, African 136
Coot, Red-knobbed 44
Cordon-bleu, Red-
cheeked 134
Cormorant
Great 9
Long-tailed 8
Coucal, White-
browed 68
Courser, Two-
banded 56
Crake, Black 44
Crane, Grey
Crowned 43
Crombec, Red-
faced 100
Crow
Black see Rook,
Cape
Indian House 91
Pied 90
Cuckoo
Diederik 67
Red-chested 67
Dove
Emerald-spotted
Wood 62
Laughing 62
African Mourning 61
Namaqua 60
Red-eyed 61
Ring-necked 60
Drongo
Fork-tailed 89
Duck
White-faced
Whistling 20
Yellow-billed 24
Eagle
African Fish 36
African Hawk 33
Black-chested
Snake 28
Brown Snake 28
Crowned 36
Long-crested 33
Martial 35
Steppe 31
Tawny 31
Verreaux's 32
Egret
Cattle 12
Little 13
Great White 12
Yellow-billed 13
Falcon, Pygmy 39
Finch, Cut-throat 136
Firefinch,
Red-billed 133
Fiscal
Common 109
Long-tailed 108
Taita 109
Flamingo
Greater 20
Lesser 19
Flycatcher
African Dusky 103
African Grey 101
African Paradise 104
Northern Black 102
White-eyed
Slaty 102
Francolin
Coqui 40
Crested 41
Gargany 24
Go-away-bird,
White-bellied 65
Goose, Egyptian 21
Goshawk
African 30
Dark Chanting 34
Eastern Chanting 35
Gabar 34
Little Banded see
Shikra
Grebe, Little 7
Greenshank,
Common 52
Grenadier,
Purple 135
Guineafowl
Helmeted 42
Vulturine 42
Gull, Grey-headed 57
Gymnogene, see
Hawk, African
Harrier
Hadeda18
Hamerkop 14
Hawk, African
Harrier 27
Heron
Goliath 10
Black-headed 10
Grey 9
Black-crowned
Night 14
Purple 11
Common
Squacco 11
Honeyguide,
Greater 85
Hoopoe, African 79
Hornbill
Black-and-white
casqued 80
Crowned 81
Southern Ground 83
Red-billed 82
Silvery-cheeked 80
Van der
Decken's 81
Eastern Yellow-
billed 82
Ibis
Hadeda see Hadeda
Sacred 18
Indigobird,
Village 131
Jacana, African 47
Kestrel
Common 39
Greater see Kestrel,
White-eyed
Lesser 38
White-eyed 38
Kingfisher
Grey-headed 74
Malachite 73
Pied 72
Striped 73
Woodland 74
Kite
Black 37
Black-shouldered 37
Lark
Red-capped 86
Rufous-naped 87
Longclaw
Rosy-breasted 105
Yellow-throated 106
Lovebird
Fischer's 63
Yellow-collared 63
Mannikin
Bronze 138
Marabou 17
Moorhen,
Common 43
Mousebird
Blue-naped 72
Speckled 71
Nightjar
Montane 70
Oriole
African Black-
headed 90
Ostrich
Common 6
Somali 6
Owl
Giant Eagle see
Owl, Verreaux's
Eagle
Spotted Eagle 68
Verreaux's Eagle 69
Owlet, Pearl-
spotted 69
Oxpecker
Red-billed 114
Yellow-billed 114
Parrot
Brown 64
African Orange-
bellied 64
Pelican
Pink-backed 8
Great White 7
Petronia, Yellow-
spotted 130
Pigeon, Speckled 59
Pintail, Northern 21
Pipit
Plain-backed 104
African (Grass-
land) 105
Plantain Eater,
Eastern Grey 66
Plover
Blacksmith 49
Crowned 49
Common Ringed 47
Kittlitz's 48
Spur-wing 50
Three-banded 48
African Wattled 50
Pochard, Southern 25
Pratincole, Collared 56
Prinia, Tawny-
flanked 100
Pytilia, Green-
winged 134
Quelea,
Red-billed 126
Roller
European 78
Lilac-breasted 78
Rook, Cape 91
Ruff53
Sandgrouse
Black-faced 58
Chestnut-bellied 59
Sandpiper
Common 51
Wood 52
Saw-wing, Black 89
Secretary Bird 25
Seed-eater
Yellow-rumped 137
Streaky 139
Shikra 30
Shoveler, Northern 22
Shrike
Rosy-patched
Bush 108
Northern White-
crowned 110
Silverbird 101
Sparrow
Chestnut 129
Grey-headed 129
Rufous 130
Spoonbill, African 19
Spurfowl
Red-necked 40
Yellow-necked 41
Starling
Greater Blue-
eared 112
Golden-breasted 111
Hildebrandt's 113
Rüppell's long-
Tailed 112
Superb 113
Violet-backed 110
Wattled 111
Stilt, Black-
winged 54
Stint, Little 53
Stork
Abdim's 15
African Open-
billed 15
Marabou see
Marabou
Saddle-billed 16
White 16
Yellow-billed 17
Sunbird
Amethyst 115
Beautiful 118
Bronze 117
Eastern Violet-
backed 115
Hunter's 116
Marico 117
Red-chested 116
Scarlet-chested 118
Variable 119
Swallow
Barn 88
European see
Swallow, Barn
Lesser Striped 87
Wire-tailed 88
Swift
Little 70
African Palm 71
Teal
Cape 22
Gargany, see
Gargany
Hottentot 23
Red-billed 23
Tern
Gull-billed 58
White-winged 57
Thick-knee
Spotted 55
Water 55
Thrush
Northern Olive 97
Spotted Morning 93
Tinkerbird, Yellow-
rumped 83
Turaco
Great Blue 65
Hartlaub's 66
Vulture
African White-
backed 26
Lappet-faced 27
Rüppell's
Griffen 26
Wagtail, African
Pied 106
Waxbill,
Common 133
Weaver
Baglafecht 123
Black-headed 124
Grey-capped
Social 128
Grosbeak 120
Holub's Golden 125
Red-billed
Buffalo 126
Red-headed
Reichenow's see
Weaver,
Baglafecht
Rufous-tailed 127
Spectacled 124
Speke's 125
Taveta Golden 123
White-browed
Sparrow 128
White-headed
Buffalo 127
Wheatear
Capped 96
European see
Wheatear,
Northern
Isabelline 95
Northern 96
Whimbrel51
White-eye,
Yellow 119
Whydah
Eastern Paradise 132
Pin-tailed 132
Straw-tailed 131
Widowbird
Long-tailed 122
Red-collared 121
Yellow-mantled 122
Woodpecker
Grey 86
Nubian 85
This is an excerpt from the book: A Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa, by Dave Richards.
Title: A Photographic Guide to Birds of East Africa
Author: Dave Richards
Struik Publishers
Cape Town, South Africa 2006
ISBN 9781770073814 / ISBN 978-1-77007-381-4
Paperback, 10x19 cm, 144 pages, throughout colour photos
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