The birds on this page are in no particular order. I've (kind of) lumped some of them together where it seemed to fit (e.g. all Kingfishers are together even though they weren't seen at the same time).

Babbler

Babblers

African Cuckoohawk (sub-adult)

African Cuckoohawk

African Cuckoohawk

Tawny Eagle being dive bombed by Black Shouldered Kite

Tawny Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Fish Eagle

Fish Eagle

Spotted Eagle

Giant Eagle Owl

Giant Eagle Owl with Frog

Giant Eagle Owl

Silverbird

Yellow-collared Love Birds

Southern Black Flycatcher

Silver-cheek Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Grey Hornbill

Grey-backed Camaroptera

 

Brown Parrot

Long-tailed Fiscal Shrike

Long-tailed Fiscal Shrike

Long-tailed Fiscal Shrike

White-crowned Shrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Black Shouldered Kite

Superb Starlings

Superb Starling

Superb Starling

Ruppel's Longtail Starling

Ruppel's Longtail Starling

Rofous Naped Lark

Crowned Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Blacksmith's Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Winding Sisticol

Red & Yellow Barbet

Red & Yellow Barbet

Peter's Twinspot

Black-headed Oriole

Black-headed Oriole

Variable Sunbird

Ostriches (female above and right, male left)

Lilac-breasted Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Little Bee Eater

Little Bee Eater

Little Bee Eater

Little Bee Eater (eating a bee!)

White-browed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Pygmy Falcon

Lappit-faced Vulture

Lappit-faced Vulture

White-backed Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Lappit-faced Vulture

Buff-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Egyptian Geese

Cattle Egret

Eastern Chanting Goshawk

Eastern Chanting Goshawk

African Goshawk (sub-adult)

Guinea Fowl

Red-necked Francolin

Yellow-necked Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Yellow-necked Francolin chick

Crested Francolin

Secretary Bird

Secretary Bird

Secretary Bird

Ruff Sandpiper

Sandpiper

Bearded Woodpecker

Grey Woodpecker

Grey Crowned Crane

Striped Kingfisher

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

White-faced Whistling Ducks

Three-banded Plover

Three-banded Plover Chick

We enjoyed various visits to water and the birdlife there. One of the highlights was seeing this tiny Three-banded Plover chick.

Greater and Lesser Flamingo

Great White Pelican

We went to Lake Manyara National Park to see flamingo, pelicans and hippos. There was an abundance of flamingo and pelicans on our first morning (we only saw hippos close enough to photograph on the afternoon of our last day there).

Great White Pelican

Great White Pelican

There were also loads and loads of Yellow-billed Stork.

Yellow-billed Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Maribou Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Saddle-billed Stork (juv)

Open-billed Stork

The storks weren't all seen at Lake Manyara but it seemed to make sense to put the photos all together.

African Spoonbill

Great White Pelican

Great White Pelican

Great White Pelican

We enjoyed the lake so much we went back in the evening to take advantage of the afternoon light - everything looked so different.

Greater and Lesser Flamingo

Great White Pelican - the pink one is a juvenile.

Greater and Lesser Flamingo

We were hoping to see the whole flock take off but the birds thought otherwise. Amazing wing colour when they are flying.

Black-winged Stilt

Greater & Lesser Flamingo

Grey Heron

Great White Pelican

Great White Pelican

Whiskered Tern

Gull-headed Tern

Three-banded Plover

Three-banded Plover

Hadada Ibis

Hadada Ibis

Sacred Ibis

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