Michael's Ninth Year

[michael-ibk]

367/N82) Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) / Dominikanermöwe

 

Skeleton Coast, 27/5. Abundant at the coast, especially near the seal colony.

 

 

A closer shot from Swakopmund:

 

Edited September 2 by michael-ibk

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368/N83) Little Swift (Apus affinis) / Haussegler

 

Skeleton Coast, 27/5. This quick flyby was the only sighting.

 

Edited September 2 by michael-ibk

[michael-ibk]

369/N84) Red-faced Mousebird (Urocolius indicus) / Rotzügel-Mausvogel

 

Palmwag, 27/5. Only two sightings of this species.

 

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[michael-ibk]

370/N85) African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus) / Palmensegler

 

Palmwag, 27/5. Well, Palmwag is a pretty fitting place to see this one.

 

 

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[michael-ibk]

371/N86) Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) / Nilgans

 

Khowarib, 27/5. Quite scarce this trip, only seen here and a few Etosha waterholes.

 

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[michael-ibk]

372/N87) Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola) / Gurrtaube

 

Khowarib, 27/5. Phew, almost forgot about it, my only photo!

 

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[michael-ibk]

373/N88) Damara Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus damarensis) / Damaratoko

 

Khowarib, 27/5. Another important target and lifer.  Cannot say I am happy with the kind of photo I got for it.

 

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[michael-ibk]

374/N89) Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) / Waffenkiebitz

 

Khowarib, 27/5. Very, very common.

 

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[michael-ibk]

375/N90) Green-backed (ebird taxonomy) aka Grey-backed (IOC taxonomy) Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura or Camaroptera brevicaudata) / Savannenbogenflügel

 

Khowarib, 27/5. Green or Grey? ebird only recognizes Green-backed (and treats Grey-backed as a subspecies). IOC has Green at the Eastern Coast and Grey in the rest of Africa.

 

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[michael-ibk]

376/N91) Bare-cheeked Babbler (Turdoides gymnogenys) / Nacktwangen-Drosselhäherling

 

Khowarib, 27/5. And yet another Namiba/Angola endemic and lifer. Only seen here in camp.

 

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[michael-ibk]

377/N92) Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) / Dreiband-Regenpfeifer

 

Hoanib, 28/5. Probably Africa's most familiar Plover. First time I've seen a (brandnew) chick.

 

 

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[michael-ibk]

378/N93) Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur) / Augurbussard

 

Hoanib, 28/5. Is it a lens smear? Is it a photographic experiment horribly gone wrong? Au contraire, it is one of my very best ebcs!

 

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[michael-ibk]

379/N94) Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus) / Bokmakiriwürger

 

Hoanib, 28/5. Has a range of loud whistles and calls, often given by a pair in antiphonal duet, but the most typical is the one that gives this species its name, bok-bok-mak-kik. I love Bushshrikes, so was delighted about this sighting.

 

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[michael-ibk]

380/N95) Cape (ebird taxonomy) aka Long-billed (IOC taxonomy) Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens) / Langschnabelsylvietta

 

Hoanib, 28/5. Did not see many of them in Namiba.

 

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[michael-ibk]

381/N96) Crimson-breasted Gonolek (ebird taxonomy) aka Shrike (IOC taxonomy) (Laniarius atrococcineus) / Rotbauchwürger

 

Khowarib, 29/5. Always a crowdpleaser. This one really enjoyed the sprinkler system.

 

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[michael-ibk]

382/N97) Groundscraper Lark (Turdus litsitsirupa) / Akaziendrossel

 

Khowarib, 29/5. Believe it or not, a lifer for me. A mystery why I have never seen one.

 

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[michael-ibk]

383/N98) Black-throated Canary (Crithagra atrogularis) / Angola girlitz

 

C40, Kunene Region, 29/5. One of the most common birds we saw.

 

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[michael-ibk]

384/N99) White-throated Canary (Crithagra albogularis) / Weißkehlgirlitz

 

C40, Kunene Region, 29/5. The size difference is remarable when you see White- and Black-throated together.

 

 

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[michael-ibk]

385/N100) Cape Bunting (Emberiza capensis) / Kapammer

 

C40, Kunene Region, 29/5. A bird with no less than 10 subspecies. The (mostly) Malawi form is sometimes treated as a good species, Vincent's Bunting.

 

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[michael-ibk]

386/N101) Lark-like Bunting (Emberiza impetuani) / Lerchenammer

 

C40, Kunene Region, 29/5. Abundant. Quite a variable bird. I remember when I did my South Africa trip BY I had about 10 or so photos I had pegged down as (different) Lark species. All were Lark-like Buntings.

 

 

Up next: Etosha

Edited September 2 by michael-ibk

[PeterHG]

I love your first Kelp Gull shot!

[michael-ibk]

Thanks @PeterHG, glad you like that one, it is one I am pleased with.

 

387/N102) Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) / Kampfadler

 

Etosha, 29/5. The only sighting of this impressive raptor.

 

[michael-ibk]

388/N103) African Grey Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus) / Grautoko

 

Etosha, 29/5. Fairly common. First time I've seen a youngster like this I think.

 

[michael-ibk]

389/N104) (Southern) White-crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus anguitimens) / Weißscheitelwürger

 

Etosha, 29/5. A few scattered sightings. Unlike IOC, ebird does not have a Northern White-crowned Shrike, it's White-rumped for them.

 

[michael-ibk]

390/N105) Brubru (Nilaus afer) / Brubruwürger

 

Etosha, 29/5. This tiny Bushshrike is quite a common one but I never managed a decent photo.