Birds of Africa Photo Gallery by Ingo Waschkies at pbase.com

Birds of Africa

Selection of bird photos taken in Africa, ordered by IOC world checklist ( http://www.worldbirdnames.org ). Here I'll limit myself to a maximum of 5 shots per species, showing (if possible) male, female and juvenile/immature birds. This is not supposed to be a permanent gallery as I'll replace shots here as soon as I have better photos available. More photos can be found in the species gallery.
Currently all shots are from South Africa and Kenya.

Adult male Somali Ostrich	Adult female Somali Ostrich	Adult Helmeted Guineafowl	Adult Helmeted Guineafowl (ssp. reichenowi)	Adult Crested Guineafowl (ssp. edouardi)
Adult Vulturine Guineafowl	Adult Vulturine Guineafowl	Adult Vulturine Guineafowl	Adult Stone Partridge (ssp. petrosus)	Adult Barbary Partridge (ssp. koenigi)
Grey-winged Francolin	Adult Crested Francolin (presumably ssp. spilogaster)	Adult Crested Francolin (presumably ssp. grantii)	Adult Crested Francolin (ssp. sephaena)	Adult Chestnut-naped Spurfowl
Adult Natal Spurfowl (ssp. natalensis)	Adult Cape Spurfowl	Adult Cape Spurfowl	Clapperton's Spurfowl (ssp. sharpii)	Adult Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Adult Yellow-necked Spurfowl	Adult Swainson's Spurfowl (ssp. swainsonii)	Adult Swainson's Spurfowl (ssp. swainsonii)	Adult Swainson's Spurfowl (ssp. swainsonii)	Adult Swainson's Spurfowl (ssp. swainsonii)
Adult Red-necked Spurfowl (ssp. castaneiventer)	Adult Red-necked Spurfowl (ssp. castaneiventer)	Adult White-faced Whistling Duck	Adult White-faced Whistling Duck	Adult Egyptian Goose
Adult Egyptian Goose	Adult White-backed Duck	Adult Blue-winged Goose	Adult Blue-winged Goose	Adult Blue-winged Goose
Adult male African Pygmy Goose	Adult male Hottentot Teal	Adult male Cape Shoveler	Adult female Cape Shoveler	Adult Cape Teal
Adult Cape Teal	Adult Cape Teal	Adult Cape Teals in flight	Adult Red-billed Teal	Adult Red-billed Teal
Adult Knysna Turaco	Adult White-cheeked Turaco	Adult Purple-crested Turaco	Pair of Violet Turacos displaying	Grey Go-away-bird
Adult Grey Go-away-bird	Adult Bare-faced Go-away-bird (ssp. personatus)	Adult White-bellied Go-away-bird	Adult White-bellied Go-away-bird	Adult Western Plantain-eater
Adult Western Plantain-eater	Adult Arabian Bustard (ssp. arabs)	Adult Arabian Bustard (ssp. arabs)	Adult Arabian Bustard (ssp. arabs)	Adult Kori Bustard
A pair of Kori Bustards	Adult Kori Bustard	Adult Kori Bustard	Adult Houbara Bustard	Adult Houbara Bustard
Adult female Denham's Bustard (ssp. stanleyi)	Adult male Heuglin's Bustard	Adult male White-bellied Bustard	Adult female White-bellied Bustard	Adult male White-bellied Bustard
Karoo Korhaan	Adult male Buff-crested Korhaan	Adult female Buff-crested Bustard	Adult male Red-crested Korhaan	Adult male Red-crested Korhaan
Adult male Black-bellied Bustard	Adult male Black-bellied Bustard	Adult Senegal Coucal (ssp. senegalensis)	Juvenile Senegal Coucal (ssp. senegalensis)	Adult Blue-headed Coucal (ssp. monachus
Adult Burchell's Coucal	Adult Burchell's Coucal	Adult Burchell's Coucal	Adult male Klaas's Cuckoo	Adult male Namaqua Sandgrouse
Adult male Black-faced Sandgrouse	Adult male Black-faced Sandgrouse	Adult Speckled Pigeon	Adult Speckled Pigeon	Adult White-collared Pigeon
Adult Dusky Turtle Dove	Adult Mourning Collared Dover (ssp. shelleyi)	Adult Mourning Collared Dover (ssp. ambigua)	Adult Vinaceous Dove	Adult Black-billed Wood Dove
Adult Tambourine Dove	Adult male Namaqua Dove (ssp. capensis)	Adult African Green Pigeon	Adult African Green Pigeon	Adult Rouget's Rail
Adult Black Crake	Adult Black Crake	Immature Black Crake	Adult Grey Crowned Crane	Adult Black Crowned Crane (ssp. ceciliae )
Adult Black Crowned-Crane (ssp. ceciliae )	Adult Blue Crane	Adult Little Grebe (ssp. capensis) in breeding plumage	Greater Flamingoes	Adult Lesser Flamingo
Adult Lesser Flamingo	Adult Senegal Thick-knee	Adult Senegal Thick-knee	Water Thick-knee	Spotted Thick-knee
Adult African Oystercatcher	Black-winged Stilt	Adult Blacksmith Lapwing	Adult Spur-winged Lapwing	Adult White-crowned Lapwing
Adult Black-winged Lapwing	Adult Crowned Lapwing	Adult African Wattled Lapwing (ssp. senegallus)	Juvenile African Wattled Lapwing (ssp. senegallus)	Adult Spot-breasted Lapwing
Adult White-tailed Lapwing	Kittlitz's Plover	Adult Three-banded Plover	Adult Three-banded Plover	Adult Egyptian Plover
Adult Egyptian Plover	Adult Egyptian Plover	Adult African Jacana	Adult African Jacana	Adult African Jacana
Adult African Jacana	Adult Eurasian Whimbrel (ssp. islandicus or phaeopus)	Adult Sanderling (ssp. alba) in worn breeding plumage	Juvenile Sanderling (ssp. alba)	Spotted Redshank
Adult Cream-coloured Courser	Adult Somali Courser	Adult Temminck's Courser	Adult Temminck's Courser	Adult Temminck's Courser
Adult Three-banded Courser	Adult Grey-headed Gull	Adult Hartlaub's Gull	Juvenile Hartlaub's Gull	Adult Kelp Gull
Adult Kelp Gull	Adult Greater Crested Tern in non-breeding plumage	Adult African Penguin	Adult African Penguins	Adult African Penguin
Adult Black-browed Albatross	Adult Black-browed Albatross	Adult Black-browed Albatross	Immature Black-browed Albatross	Immature Black-browed Albatross
Immature Shy Albatross (ssp. unknown)	Adult Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross	Immature Southern Giant Petrel	Immature Southern Giant Petrel (front) and Northern Giant Petrel (back)	Immature Northern Giant Petrel
Adult Cape Petrel (presumably ssp. capense)	Adult Cape Petrel (presumably ssp. capense)	Adult White-chinned Petrel	White-chinned Petrel	White-chinned Petrel
Adult Yellow-billed Stork	Adult Yellow-billed Stork	Adult Yellow-billed Stork	Immature Yellow-billed Stork	Adult Yellow-billed Stork
Adult Abdim's Stork	Juvenile Woolly-necked Stork (ssp. microscelis)	Adult Woolly-necked Stork (ssp. microscelis)	Adult male Saddle-billed Stork	Adult female Saddle-billed Stork
Adult Marabou Stork	Adult Marabou Stork	Adult Marabou Stork	Adult Cape Gannet	Adult Crowned Cormorant
Adult Bank Cormorant	Bank Cormorant	Adult White-breasted Cormorant	Adult Cape Cormorant	Adult African Sacred Ibis
Immature African Sacred Ibis	Immature African Sacred Ibis	Immature African Sacred Ibis	Adult Hadada Ibis (ssp. brevirostris)	Adult Hadada Ibis (ssp. hagedash)
Adult Hadada Ibis (ssp. hagedash)	Adult Hadada Ibis (ssp. hagedash)	Adult Wattled Ibis	Adult Wattled Ibis	Adult Glossy Ibis
Adult African Spoonbill	Adult Striated Heron (ssp. atricapilla)	Adult Western Cattle Egret	Adult Grey Heron (ssp. cinerea)	Adult Grey Heron (ssp. cinerea)
Adult Black-headed Heron	Adult Goliath Heron	Adult Goliath Heron	Adult Great Egret	Adult dark morph Western Reef Heron (ssp. gularis)
Adult white morph Western Reef Egret (ssp. gularis)	Immature white morph Western Reef Egret (ssp. gularis)	Adult Hamerkop	Adult Hamerkop (ssp. minor) with prey (mudskipper)	Adult Hamerkop (ssp. umbretta)
Adult Great White Pelican in breeding plumage	Adult Great White Pelican	Adult Pink-backed Pelican in breeding plumage	Adult Pink-backed Pelican	Adult Secretarybird
Adult Palm-nut Vulture	Adult Hooded Vulture	Adult Hooded Vulture	Adult Hooded Vulture	Adult Hooded Vulture
Adult Cape Vulture	Immature Cape Vulture	Immature Cape Vulture	Juvenile Cape Vulture	Juvenile Cape Vulture
Adult White-backed Vulture	Adult White-backed Vulture	Adult White-backed Vulture	Immature White-backed Vulture	Adult Rüppell's Vulture
Adult Ruppell's Vulture	Adult Ruppell's Vulture	Juvenile White-headed Vulture	Adult White-headed Vulture	Adult Lappet-faced Vulture
Adult Lappet-faced Vultures	Adult Lappet-faced Vulture	Adult male Beaudouin's Snake Eagle	Adult Black-chested Snake Eagle	Juvenile Bateleur
Adult Martial Eagle	Adult Martial Eagle	Adult Long-crested Eagle	Tawny Eagle	Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle (ssp. rapax, intermediate form)	Adult Gabar Goshawk	Adult female African Goshawk	Adult male African Goshawk (ssp. tachiro)	Immature Little Sparrowhawk
Immature Black Harrier (2nd year)	Adult Yellow-billed Kite	Adult African Fish Eagle	Adult African Fish Eagle	Juvenile African Fish Eagle
Adult light morph Augur Buzzard	Adult Jackal Buzzard	Adult African Scops Owl	Adult Greyish Eagle Owl	Adult Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Adult Pearl-spotted Owlet (ssp. perlatum)	Adult Speckled Mousebird	Adult Speckled Mousebird	Adult Speckled Mousebird	Adult Speckled Mousebirds dustbathing
Adult White-backed Mousebird	Adult male African Hoopoe	Adult male African Hoopoe	Immature African Hoopoe	Adult Green Wood Hoopoe (ssp. guineensis)
Pair of Green Wood Hoopoes	Adult male Abyssinian Ground Hornbill	Adult female Abyssinian Ground Hornbill	Adult male Southern Ground Hornbill	Pair of Western Red-billed Hornbills displaying
Adult female Southern Red-billed Hornbill	Male Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (ssp. leucomelas)	Adult male Hemprich's Hornbill	Adult male Grey Hornbill (ssp. epirhinus)	Adult male African Grey Hornbill (ssp. nasutus) displaying
Adult male Silvery-cheeked Hornbill	Adult male Silvery-cheeked Hornbills	Adult Purple Roller	Adult Lilac-breasted Roller (ssp. caudata)	Adult Lilac-breasted Roller (ssp. caudata)
Adult Abyssinian Roller	Adult Abyssinian Roller	Adult Blue-bellied Roller	Adult Grey-headed Kingfisher (ssp. leucocephala)	Female Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Female Brown-hooded Kingfisher	Female Brown-hooded Kingfisher	Female Brown-hooded Kingfisher	Female Brown-hooded Kingfisher	Adult female Striped Kingfisher
Adult male Striped Kingfisher	Adult male Striped Kingfisher	Adult Blue-breasted Kingfisher (ssp. torquata)	Adult Woodland Kingfisher	Adult Woodland Kingfisher (ssp. senegalensis)
Adult Malachite Kingfisher	Adult male Giant Kingfisher	Adult male Giant Kingfisher	Adult female Giant Kingfisher	Adult male Pied Kingfisher (ssp. rudis)
Adult male Pied Kingfisher (ssp. rudis)	Adult Little Bee-eater	Adult Little Bee-eater (ssp. meridionalis)	Adult Little Bee-eaters (ssp. meridionalis)	Adult Little Bee-eater (ssp. meridionalis)
Adult Little Bee-eater (ssp. pusillus)	Adult Blue-breasted Bee-eater	Adult Blue-breasted Bee-eater	Adult White-fronted Bee-eater	Adult White-fronted Bee-eater
Adult Somali Bee-eater	Adult Somali Bee-eater	Adult Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Adult Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Adult Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Adult Red-fronted Tinkerbird (ssp. uropygialis)	Adult Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (ssp. chrysoconus)	Adult Acacia Pied Barbet	Adult Banded Barbet	Adult Black-collared Barbet
Adult Crested Barbet	Adult D'Arnaud's Barbet (ssp. boehmi)	Adult D'Arnaud's Barbet (ssp. usambiro)	Adult D'Arnaud's Barbet (ssp. darnaudii)	Adult female Bennett's Woodpecker
Adult female Nubian Woodpecker	Male Golden-tailed Woodpecker	Male Golden-tailed Woodpecker	Adult male Cardinal Woodpecker	Adult male Cardinal Woodpecker
Adult male Cardinal Woodpecker	Adult female Cardinal Woodpecker	Adult female Cardinal Woodpecker	Adult male African Grey Woodpecker (ssp. goertae)	Adult female African Grey Woodpecker (ssp. goertae)
Adult male Olive Woodpecker	Adult male Pygmy Falcon	Immature Red-necked Falcon	Adult Peregrine (ssp. calidus) with prey (Northern Red Bishop)	A pair of Yellow-fronted Parrots
Adult Orange-bellied Parrot	Adult Black-winged Lovebird	Adult male Chinspot Batis	Adult male Chinspot Batis	Adult male Brown-throated Wattle-eye (ssp. cyanea)
Adult female Brown-throated Wattle-eye	Adult Orange-breasted Bushshrike	Adult Bokmakierie	Adult male Rosy-patched Bushshrike	Adult Brown-crowned Tchagra
Adult Brown-crowned Tchagra	Female Black-backed Puffback	Adult male Northern Puffback (ssp. gambensis)	Adult Southern Boubou	Adult Yellow-crowned Gonolek (ssp. barbarus)
Adult Yellow-crowned Gonolek (ssp. barbarus)	Immature male Brubru (ssp. solivagus)	Adult White-crested Helmetshrike (ssp. plumatus)	Adult White-crested Helmetshrike (ssp. plumatus)	Adult White-crested Helmetshrike
Adult male Black Cuckooshrike	Adult Magpie Shrike	Adult Magpie Shrike	Adult Magpie Shrike	Adult Magpie Shrike
Adult Northern White-crowned Shrike	Adult Somali Fiscal	Adult Northern Fischal (ssp. humeralis)	Adult female Southern Fiscal	Adult Woodchat Shrike (presumably ssp. niloticus)
Adult Fork-tailed Drongo	Adult male African Paradise Flycatcher (ssp. viridis)	Adult Piapiac	Adult Stresemann's Bushcrow	Adult Stresemann's Bushcrow
Adult Pied Crow	Adult Fan-tailed Raven	Adult Thick-billed Raven	Adult male Cape Rockjumper	Adult White-winged Black Tit
Agulhas Long-billed Lark	Adult male Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark	Adult Archer's Lark	Adult Archer's Lark	Adult Masked Lark (ssp. yavelloensis)
Large-billed Lark	Adult Cape Bulbul	Adult Common Bulbul (ssp. schoanus)	Adult Common Bulbul	Adult Common Bulbul
Sombre Grenbul	Adult Yellow-bellied Greenbul	Adult Wire-tailed Swallow (ssp. smithii)	Adult Cape Grassbird	Adult Grey-backed Cisticola
Adult Levaillant's Cisticola	Adult Karoo Prinia	Adult Karoo Prinia	Adult Bar-throated Apalis	Adult Bar-throated Apalis
Rufous-eared Warbler	Adult Brown Babbler (ssp. platycirca)	Adult Arrow-marked Babbler	Adult Arrow-marked Babbler	Adult Arrow-marked Babbler
Adult Arrow-marked Babbler	Adult White-rumped Babbler (ssp. lacuum)	Adult White-rumped Babbler (ssp. lacuum)	Adult Blackcap Babbler (ssp. reinwardtii)	Adult Cape White-eye (ssp. capensis)
Adult Cape White-eye (ssp. virens)	Adult Cape White-eye (ssp. virens)	Adult male Cape Sugarbird	Adult Cape Starling	Immature Cape Starling
Adult Greater Blue-eared Starling	Adult Burchell's Starling	Adult Superb Starling	Adult Superb Starling	Adult Hildebrandt's Starling
Adult male Red-winged Starling	Adult Yellow-billed Oxpecker	Adult Red-billed Oxpecker	Adult Abyssinian Ground Thrush	Adult Groundscraper Thrush
Adult Groundscraper Thrush	Adult Groundscraper Thrush	Adult Kurrichane Thrush	Adult Kurrichane Thrush	Adult Kurrichane Thrush
Adult Kurrichane Thrush	Adult Olive Thrush	Adult Abyssinian Thrush	Adult Karoo Scrub Robin	Adult Karoo Scrub Robin
Adult White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher	Adult male Fiscal Flycatcher	Adult African Dusky Flycatcher (ssp. minima)	Adult African Dusky Flycatcher (ssp. minima)	Adult African Dusky Flycatcher (ssp. adusta)
African Dusky Flycatcher (ssp. adusta)	African Dusky Flycatcher (ssp. fuscula)	Adult White-browed Robin-Chat	Adult White-browed Robin-Chat	Adult Chorister Robin-Chat
Adult White-crowned Robin-Chat (ssp. albicapillus)	Adult male Cape Rock Thrush	Adult male African Stonechat	Adult male Mocking Cliff Chat (ssp. albiscapulata)	Adult Ruppell's Black Chat
Adult Capped Wheatear	Adult Isabelline Wheatear	Adult Isabelline Wheatear	Adult Familiar Chat	Adult Familiar Chat
Adult male Orange-breasted Sunbird	Adult male Orange-breasted Sunbird	Adult male Amethyst Sunbird	Female Amethyst Sunbird	Adult male Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Adult male Malachite Sunbird	Adult male Southern Double-collared Sunbird	Male Greater Double-collared Sunbird	Male Greater Double-collared Sunbird	Adult male Beautiful Sunbird (ssp. pulchellus)
Adult female Beautiful Sunbird (ssp. pulchellus)	Adult male Marico Sunbird	Adult male White-bellied Sunbird	Adult male White-bellied Sunbird	Adult female White-bellied Sunbird
Adult female White-bellied Sunbird	Adult Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver	Adult Black-capped Social Weaver	Adult male Cape Sparrow	Adult Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Adult male Bush Petronia	Adult male White-billed Buffalo Weaver	Adult Red-billed Buffalo Weaver	Adult White-headed Buffalo Weaver (ssp. dinemelli)	Adult White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (ssp. melanorhynchus)
Adult Donaldson Smith's Sparrow Weaver	Adult male Cape Weaver	Adult male Northern Red Bishop (ssp. franciscanus) in breeding plumage	Adult male Green-winged Pytilia	Adult male Red-billed Firefinch
Adult male Blue Waxbill	Adult male Blue Waxbill	Adult male Purple Grenadier	Adult male Swee Waxbill	Adult Black-rumped Waxbill
Adult African Silverbill (ssp. cantans)	Adult male Bronze Mannikin (ssp. cucullata)	Adult male Bronzed Mannikin (ssp. scutata)	Adult male Village Indigobird	Adult male Village Indigobird (ssp. chalybeata)
Adult female Village Indigobird (ssp. chalybeata)	Male Pin-tailed Whydah in transitional plumage	Male Pin-tailed Whydah in transitional plumage	Female Pin-tailed Whydah	Immature Pin-tailed Whydah
Adult male Exclamatory Paradise Whydah in breeding plumage	Adult Cape Wagtail	Adult Cape Wagtail	Adult African Pied Wagtail	Adult African Pied Wagtail
Adult African Pied Wagtail	Adult Plainbacked Pipit (ssp. saphiroi)	Adult male African Citril (ssp. citrinelloides)	Adult male Forest Canary	Adult Yellow-fronted Canary (ssp. caniceps)
Adult Yellow-fronted Canary (ssp. granti)	Adult Yellow-fronted Canary (ssp. granti)	White-throated Canary	Adult Brown-rumped Seedeater	Juvenile Brown-rumped Seed-eater
Adult Streaky Seedeater	Adult Lark-like Bunting	Adult male Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Adult female Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Adult Cape Bunting
Adult Cape Bunting	Adult Somali Golden-breasted Bunting	Adult Somali Golden-breasted Bunting

comment

Christie Robnett		31-Mar-2018 03:07
Where are the Currawong species?

Mike		22-Nov-2017 17:46
Due to the high quality of the photos & their processing, this is a wonderful resource for assisting in the ID of my 'mystery' bird photos - thank you greatly.

Guest		16-Dec-2016 00:34
Amazing collection! Thank you!

Tamara		24-Sep-2016 07:34
Thank you SO VERY MUCH for putting together this gallery. I live in Tanzania, and it is VERY helpful for identifying some of the birds here. Great job. This is SUPER wonderful!

Hennie & Lies Lammers		18-Aug-2015 11:32
Fantastic gallerie

Milind Halbe		08-Jul-2015 03:15
Awesome collection. Thanks for sharing these images!!

Frank Gibas		27-Nov-2014 16:54
Awesome photos.....great help for my identification challenges

Maurizio Lanini		08-Jan-2012 19:06
Exceptional work!! My compliments

wade clare		01-Oct-2011 16:52
An amazing collection,well photographed!!

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		19-Sep-2011 22:03
Interesting and Creative Work! Vote Paolo

Photo.Keely		08-Sep-2011 22:20
Fantastic collection! V.

Maja Waiss		07-Jul-2011 22:35
Great gallery!!

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