We saw quite a number of different kinds of birds. Since it was late fall, early winter in southern Africa, most of the song birds had already headed north for the warmer climates.
Below is a table listing the birds that we saw. The links are to the section where there will be pictures of these birds. You will have to use the BACK arrow on your browser to return to wherever you were on the web page.
Lilac-breasted Roller
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African Yellow White-eye |
Malachite Kingfisher |
Pied Kingfisher - so much fun to watch them hover in the air to catch insects
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Giant Kingfisher |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
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We saw lots of White-fronted Bee Eaters. They nest in small colonies, digging holes in cliffs or earthen banks but can usually be seen in low trees waiting for passing insects from which they hunt either by making quick hawking flights or gliding down before hovering briefly to catch insects.
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White-fronted Bee Eater
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White-fronted Bee Eaters
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White-fronted Bee Eater |
African Fish Eagle - He looks a lot like our Bald Eagle but the white extends much further down to his shoulders and breast
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Soaring African Fish Eagle |
Tawny Eagle
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Unknown, but cute |
Saddle-billed Stork
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Saddle-billed Stork |
Yellow-billed Stork
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Marabou Stork |
Open-billed Stork
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Cormorant (drying his wings), Egret, Heron (hiding on right) |
Egyptian Goose and Grey Heron
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Little Egret |
Blacksmith Plover (now Lapwings)
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Hadada Ibis |
Hammerkop
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Sandgrouse |
Whistling Ducks with an Egret
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Whistling Ducks |
Jacana or Jesus bird because from a distance it appears to be walking on water (photo from Google)
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Jacana eggs on a nest in the Okavango Delta |
Wattled Crane
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Grey Crowned Crane among the wildebeest |
Guinea Fowl
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Guinea Fowl - lots of these running around |
Red-necked Francolin
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Red-necked Francolin |
White-backed Vultures being fed at Victoria Falls
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Kori Bustard |
Crested Barbet
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Senegal Coucal |
Hoopoe
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White-rumped Helmet Shrike |
Crimson-breasted Shrike |
Crimson-breasted Shrike
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Pearl-spotted Owl
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Red-billed Ox Peckers - which were seen on many different animals, not just the Cape Buffalo |
Red-billed Hornbill |
Bradfield's Hornbill
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Southern Ground Hornbill |
Southern Ground Hornbill
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White-browed Sparrow Weaver
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Weaver nests in a tree in the Okavango Delta |
Weaver nests |
Weaver nest
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Secretarybirds |
Secretarybirds
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Secretarybirds |
Ostrich
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Ostrich at the Cape of Good Hope |
Jackass Penguin - so named because of the braying sound they make
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Jackass Penguins |
Jackass Penguins
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Jackass Penguins |
Jackass Penguin |