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Vitelline Masked Weaver, Ploceus vitellinus, Serengeti National park, Tanzania, East Africa. The bright red eye indicates this is an adult male in transitional plumage.

Grey backed Fiscal, Lanius excubitoroides, is an insect eating shrike. Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa in the early morning. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.

Little Bee eater, Merops pusillus, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. It reaches a length of 15 17 cm, which makes it the smallest African bee eater. Sexes are alike. There have been estimated to be between 60 to 80 million Little Bee eaters. It breeds in open country with bushes...

Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor. Some of the population of 2 to 3 million flamingos which feed in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.

Juvenile Grey Crowned Cranes, Balearica regulorum. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. This bird is the national bird of Uganda and appears in the centre of the country's flag.

White headed Buffalo weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli, in Acacia tree. Serengeti National park, Tanzania, East Africa. They are found in dry savanna, open thorn scrub and acacia woodland. The nest is built high in a tree in a fork of branches. It is a large, rather untidy structure of twigs and...

The Secretarybird or Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large , mostly terrestrial bird of prey It is instantly recognizable having an eagle like body on crane like legs which increases the birds height to around 1.3 m or 4 ft tall. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. They are...

Profile portrait of a Lilac Breasted Roller, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. The group gets its name from the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights. They are monogamous and nest in an unlined hole in a tree or in masonry, and lay...

Ostrich, Struthio camelus, female, flightless bird. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at maximum speeds of about 70 kilometres per hour, 43 mph, the top land speed of any bird. The Ostrich is the...

Lesser Flamingos, Phoeniconaias minor. Some of the population of 2 to 3 million flamingos which feed in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, East Africa. Lake Nakuru lies in the Great Rift Valley.

Coqui Francolin, Francolinus coqui, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa.

Ostrich, Struthio camelus, male, flightless bird. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at maximum speeds of about 70 kilometres per hour, 43 mph, the top land speed of any bird. The Ostrich is the...

Pair of adult Grey Crowned Cranes, Balearica regulorum. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. This bird is the national bird of Uganda and appears in the centre of the country's flag.

The Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), sometimes known as the Eaglehawk (an slight misnomer, as it is among the largest raptors) in its native range, is the largest bird of prey in Australia, but it is also found in southern New Guinea. It has long, fairly broad wings, fully feathered legs, and...

Australian Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) at the Native Fish Sanctuary, Oakden, South Australia.

Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus moluccanus. Alternative names are: Swainsons Loris, Blue Mountain Lorikeets, Bluey, & Green Collar Lorikeets. The Rainbow Lorikeet mostly forages on the flowers of shrubs or trees to harvest nectar and pollen, but also eats fruits, seeds and some insects...

Juvenile White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) Maasai, Masai, Mara National Park, Kenya, East Africa.

Barking Owl (Ninox connivens) is a typical hawk-owl. Photographed at night perched in a Boab tree at Bullo River Station, Northern Territory, NT, Australia, Oceania, Australasia.

Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus moluccanus. Alternative names are: Swainsons Loris, Blue Mountain Lorikeets, Bluey, & Green Collar Lorikeets. The Rainbow Lorikeet mostly forages on the flowers of shrubs or trees to harvest nectar and pollen, but also eats fruits, seeds and some insects...

Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) resting in the grass.

Male Eclectus Parrot (eclectus roratus macgillivrayi) perching in a tree. From the northern part of Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Also other subspecies in New Guinea and other islands. The diet of the eclectus is mainly fruits, unripe nuts, flower and leaf buds, and some seeds.

The Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), sometimes known as the Eaglehawk (an slight misnomer, as it is among the largest raptors) in its native range, is the largest bird of prey in Australia, but it is also found in southern New Guinea. It has long, fairly broad wings, fully feathered legs, and...

Nubian Vulture, Torgos tracheliotus, standing in dry grass, maasai Mara, kenya, East Africa.

Long tailed Glossy Starling, Lamprotornis caudatus, Maasi Mara, Kenya, East Africa

Griffon Vultures, Gyps fulvus at a kill.