Images by Nik Borrow
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Gorgeous)Sunbird ssp melanogastrus
Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania - February, 2017 -
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Chestnut-breasted Nigrita nominate race with nesting material
Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana - January, 2023 -
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Rusty-breasted Wheatear seen well during the Birdquest Ethiopia 2006 tour
Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia - October, 2006 -
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Western Crested Guineafowl ssp verreauxi
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - July, 2019 -
Guinea or Green Turaco nominate race
Legon Botanical Gardens, Accra, Ghana - January, 2023 -
Blackcap Babbler subspecies stictilaema
Legon Botanical Gardens, Accra, Ghana - January, 2023 -
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Red-throated Bee-eater subspecies frenatus, leucistic individual
Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda - July, 2022 -
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Red-faced Barbet duetting with Black-collared Barbet
Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda - July, 2022 -
Red-chested Cuckoo with host Cape Wagtail
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest at 'The Neck', Uganda - July, 2022 -
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'Black-faced' Go-away-bird subspecies leopoldi
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - July, 2022 -
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Yellow-breasted Apalis subspecies neglecta
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - July, 2022 -
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White-browed Coucal subspecies loandae
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - July, 2022 -
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Yellow-throated Tinkerbird subspecies flavimentum
Loango National Park, Gabon - August, 2022 -
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Blue-throated Brown Sunbird subspecies octaviae
Loango National Park, Gabon - August, 2022 -
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Usambiro Barbet seen well during the 2006 Birdquest Serengeti & Ngorongoro tour
Serengeti, Tanzania - March, 2006 -
Sometimes split as Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii
Bishangari, Lake Langano - November, 2017 -
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'Grey-headed' Grey-throated Barbet ssp. cinereiceps
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - August, 2015 -
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Uluguru Greenbul seen well during the 2005 Birdquest Eastern Tanzania tour
Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania - November, 2005 -
Uluguru Greenbul seen well during the 2005 Birdquest Eastern Tanzania tour
Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania - November, 2005 -
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White-bellied Robin-Chat ssp rufescentior
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - June, 2013 -
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Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler ssp. minullus
Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania - October, 2012 -
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ssp athensis sometimes split as Athi Short-toed Lark
Keekorok, Maasai Mara - August, 2015 -
Brown-tailed Rock Chat race spectatrix sometimes split as Pale Rock Chat
Shiikh Pass, Somaliland - September, 2010 -
Brown-tailed Rock Chat race spectatrix sometimes split as Pale Rock Chat
Shiikh Pass, Somaliland - September, 2010 -
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Blue-headed Sunbird nominate race
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - February, 2020 -
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'Kivu' Abyssinian Ground Thrush subspecies tanganjicae
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - February, 2020 -
Red-throated Alethe nominate race
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - February, 2020 -
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West African Crested Terns seen well during the 2006 Birdquest Gambia & Senegal tour
Langue de Barbarie NP, Senegal - January, 2006 -
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Black-faced Firefinch nominate race sometimes split as Ethiopian Firefinch
Metema Road, Ethiopia - November, 2019 -
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Streaky-headed Seedeater ssp canicapillus sometimes split as West African Seedeater
Poli, Cameroon - March, 2011 -
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Brown-throated Wattle-eye ssp nyansae
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - July, 2019 -
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Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird nominate race
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - July, 2019 -
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Eastern Black-headed Batis ssp suahelica
Nyumba Ya Mungu Reservoir, Tanzania - April, 2019 -
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The 'occidentalis' form of Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Ankasa National Park, Ghana - March, 2019 -
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Blanford's Lark seen well during the Birdquest Ethiopia 2006 tour
Sululta Plains, Ethiopia - October, 2006 -
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the race tricolor sometimes split as Dark-capped Bulbul
Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda - July, 2008 -
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Montane Double-collared Sunbird seen well during the 2005 Birdquest Angola tour
Mt Moco, Angola - December, 2005 -
Sometimes split as Southern Blue-eared Starling L. elisabeth
Mikumi NP, Tanzania - November, 2007 -
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Lesser Blue-eared Starling ssp elisabeth sometimes split as Miombo Starling
Nkanga Conservation Area, Zambia - September, 2011 -
Black-headed Batis seen well during the Birdquest Ethiopia 2006 tour
Lake Zwai, Ethiopia - October, 2006 -
Western Black-headed Batis ssp erlangeri
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - July, 2017 -
Rufous-bellied Tit seen well during the 2005 Birdquest Eastern Tanzania tour
Mikumi NP, Tanzania - November, 2005 -
ssp pallidiventris often split as Cinnamoon-breasted Tit
Mikumi NP, Tanzania - October, 2012 -
Sidamo Lark seen well during the Birdquest Ethiopia 2006 tour
Negelle, Ethiopia - October, 2006 -
Degodi Lark seen well during the Birdquest Ethiopia 2006 tour
Bogol Manya, Ethiopia - October, 2006 -
Degodi Lark seen well during the Birdquest Ethiopia 2006 tour
Bogol Manya, Ethiopia - October, 2006 -
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ssp. flavigularis sometimes split as Yellow-throated Apalis
Zomba, Malawi - November, 2010 -
Archer's Ground Robin nominate race
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - July, 2018 -
African Spotted Creeper ssp. salvadori
Nkanga Conservation Area, Zambia - September, 2011 -
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Angolan Waxbill seen exceptionally well on the 2005 Birdquest Angola tour
near Cacula, Angola - December, 2005 -
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Miombo Scrub Robin seen exceptionally well on the 2005 Birdquest Angola tour
near Luinga, Angola - December, 2005 -
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Brown Woodland Warbler ssp omoensis
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia - November, 2017 -
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Rock Kestrel seen well during the 2005 Birdquest Angola tour
Mt Moco, Angola - December, 2005 -
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White-browed Crombec ssp chloronota
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - July, 2017 -
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Blue-naped Mousebird ssp griseogularis
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - July, 2017 -
Blue-naped Mousebird ssp griseogularis
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda - July, 2017 -
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Magpie Mannikin apparently collecting nesting material
Mabamba Swamp, Uganda - July, 2017 -
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Dwarf Olive Ibis seen well during the Birdquest Gabon, São Tomé & Príncipe 2006 tour
São Tomé - August, 2006 -
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White-headed Buffalo Weaver ssp boehmi displaying
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania - February, 2017 -
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'Black-faced' Go-away-bird ssp leopoldi
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania - February, 2017 -
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portrait of female Saddle-billed Stork
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania - February, 2017 -
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Greyish Eagle Owl catching insects on road at night
Mole National Park, Ghana - December, 2016 -
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Violet-tailed Sunbird female carrying nesting material
Ngoyla-Mintom Forest, Cameroon - March, 2016 -
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Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex sassii
Mgahinga National Park, Uganda - June, 2012 -
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African Stonechat - the race axillaris seen well on the Birdquest Uganda tour
Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda - August, 2005 -
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the race molybdophanes sometimes split as Somali Ostrich
Tsavo East NP, Kenya - November, 2008 -
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Somali Courser seen well during the Birdquest Ethiopia 2006 tour
near Yabello - October, 2006 -
juvenile somalensis: Somali Courser
Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya - November, 2011 -
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aka Red-capped Forest Warbler nominate race
West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania - October, 2014 -
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Willard's Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda - September, 2014 -
Willard's Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda - September, 2014 -
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ssp guttifer sometimes treated as a separate species, Usambara Nightjar
Nyika Plateau, Malawi - December, 2013 -
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juvenile Violet-tailed Sunbird waiting to be fed by female
Akanda National Park - July, 2013 -
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Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher nominate race
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda - June, 2012 -
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African Pipit - undescribed population - ssp unknown.
Waza National Park, Cameroon - March, 2012 -
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White-headed Black Chat aka Arnott's Chat
Nkanga Conservation Area, Zambia - September, 2011 -
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aka Red-throated Twinspot nominate race
Nkanga Conservation Area, Zambia - September, 2011 -
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Chubb's Cisticola ssp discolor sometimes split as Brown-backed Cisticola
Mount Cameroon, Cameroon - March, 2011 -
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African Pitta race pulih or presumed hybrid with Green-breasted Pitta
Campo Ma'an - March, 2011 -
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Hairy-breasted Barbet ssp flavipunctata sometimes split as Streaky-throated Barbet
Mundemba, Cameroon - March, 2011 -
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Somali Short-toed Lark seen well during the Birdquest Ethiopia 2006 tour
Liben Plains, Ethiopia - October, 2006 -
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the race bannermani sometimes treated as a separate species, Bannerman's Pipit
Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon - March, 2010 -
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White-necked Picathartes - a poor name as the neck is not white!
Gola Forest, Sierra Leone - February, 2010 -
Rock Pratincole the rufous-collared race liberiae
Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone - February, 2010 -
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the race ansorgii sometimes split as part of a separate species Streaky-throated Barbet T. flavipunctata
Kakamega Forest, Kenya - November, 2008 -
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dark morph of the race lucidus sometimes split as White-breasted Cormorant
Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda - July, 2008 -
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Black-bellied Sunbird - in worn plumage, lacking central tail streamers
Dawa River, Ethiopia - January, 2008 -
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African Tailorbird aka Red-capped Forest Warbler
West Usambaras, Tanzania - November, 2007 -
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Apparently a Pallid Honeyguide but somewhat away from its 'normal' range
Mikumi NP, Tanzania - November, 2007 -
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Shrike-Flycatcher seen well during the Birdquest Forests of Cameroon 2007 tour
Korup National Park, Cameroon - March, 2007 -
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Bamenda Apalis seen well during the Birdquest Cameroon 2007 tour
Ngaoundaba, Cameroon - March, 2007 -
Ethiopian Swallow seen well during the Birdquest Cameroon 2007 tour
Waza NP, Cameroon - March, 2007 -
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Stone Partridge seen well during the Birdquest Cameroon 2007 tour
Maroua, Cameroon - March, 2007 -
Steppe Eagle seen well during the Birdquest Cameroon 2007 tour
Waza NP, Cameroon - March, 2007 -
Garganey seen well during the Birdquest Cameroon 2007 tour
Waza NP, Cameroon - March, 2007 -
Garganey seen well during the Birdquest Cameroon 2007 tour
Waza NP, Cameroon - March, 2007 -
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