Kenya - nr Maasai Mara National Park (2 Viewers)

jezzialli · May 2, 2020

This forum has been incredibly helpful so far during my labeling of some photos I took in Kenya last year, so I'm hopeful it can be just as helpful once again with a new set of photos that have stumped me.

This time the photos were taken in Olare Motorogi Conservancy, next to Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya, again in October 2019.

Can anyone help me to identify the species of birds in any of these photos please? I'm particularly struggling with identifying different species of vulture.

I've numbered the photos at the top-left, in case that helps in referencing them. I hope you don't mind me asking this forum about so many of them.

Thanks in advance for your help once again - it's very much appreciated.

James Lowther · May 2, 2020

1&2 most of your vultures are white-backed with the black eyes and beaks.
You also have in 1) a hooded vulture (small with a pink head), in 2) you have a couple of lappet-faced (gigantic with a pink head) and a few ruppell’s (scalloped plumage and light beaks and eyes if you can see them
3) is white backed
4) is an eagle, these are difficult but I would guess steppe, hopefully someone can confirm
5) white bellied bustard
6) red necked spurfowl
7) woolly necked stork
8) African spoonbill
9) steppe? Eagle

Cheers
James

tconzemi · May 2, 2020

James Lowther said:
1&2 most of your vultures are white-backed with the black eyes and beaks.
You also have in 1) a hooded vulture (small with a pink head), in 2) you have a couple of lappet-faced (gigantic with a pink head) and a few ruppell’s (scalloped plumage and light beaks and eyes if you can see them
3) is white backed
4) is an eagle, these are difficult but I would guess steppe, hopefully someone can confirm
5) white bellied bustard
6) red necked spurfowl
7) woolly necked stork
8) African spoonbill
9) steppe? Eagle

Cheers
James

Agreed but 4 is a juvenile Bateleur, 9 is difficult I think Tawny

jezzialli · May 2, 2020

Thanks very much James and Tom, that's very helpful and much appreciated!

jezzialli · May 2, 2020

Just to follow up on the above, I have three further photos of eagles (I think) which are of fairly low quality. If anyone can identify any of these birds then it would be much appreciated by me.

In particular, photo (a) was taken one minute before the earlier photo in this thread which has helpfully been identified as a juvenile bateleur, so I do wonder if (a) is the same bird. Any comments on this would be welcome.

I'm not a bird expert, but I get the impression from comments received on this forum that it's quite difficult to distinguish between some species of eagle, so I completely appreciate that it may not be possible to provide any identifications with certainty based on my photos.

Thanks again for your help.

tconzemi · May 2, 2020

A Steppe Eagle
B&C just guessing Hooded Vulture for B and Wahlberg’s Eagle for C

James Lowther · May 2, 2020

tconzemi said:
Agreed but 4 is a juvenile Bateleur, 9 is difficult I think Tawny

Yes so it is!

James

PW23 · May 2, 2020

Agree with James (with Tom’s mark up) above but 8) looks like a Yellow-billed stork rather than a spoonbill (eye position, bill colour, nostrils)

Kamba · May 2, 2020

I also thought Yellow Billed Stork

RafaelMatias · May 2, 2020

Agree with Yellow-billed stork for 8 (and all other, of course).

jezzialli · May 3, 2020

Thank you all very much for the additional comments.

jezzialli · May 3, 2020

I have one further photo for identification that I took from inside our tent in camp. Can anyone identify this bird for me please? Thanks again for your help.

tconzemi · May 3, 2020

African Paradise-flycatcher

jezzialli · May 3, 2020

Thank you!

MacNara · May 4, 2020

tconzemi said:
African Paradise-flycatcher

You can get a better and more obvious photo of this bird with simple photo software.

MacNara · May 4, 2020

tconzemi said:
A Steppe Eagle
B&C just guessing Hooded Vulture for B and Wahlberg’s Eagle for C

You can also get better photos with a little adjustment for these. I'm not sure if it helps with b, but I think it might with c.

jezzialli · May 4, 2020

Interesting results! Thanks very much.

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