Pocket Guide to Birds of East Africa by Dave Richards

Author:Dave Richards
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: This pocket-sized photographic guide to the birds of East Africa features 296 birds likely to be spotted in the region. Colourful photographs illustrate diagnostic features and plumage differences between male and female or breeding and non-breeding birds. Comparative photographs help differentiate between confusing species. Important distinguishing characteristics are highlighted in the text. Distribution maps and Swahili common names for all species are included. Introduction features a labelled bird diagram, habitat map, glossary and useful advice to birdwatchers. An invaluable guide for visitors to national parks and the many areas in East Africa that are rich in birdlife.
ISBN: 978-1-77584-361-0
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2016-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

17cm A small, insect-eating kingfisher, with a dark, streaky head, a black eye stripe, a distinctive buff-white collar and a red-black bill. The rump and tail are bright azure-blue, clearly seen only in flight. Sexes are alike; immature resembles adults but is duller coloured. Often seen in savannas and woodlands, sitting in a hunched position, on an open branch. Feeds on insects, grasshoppers and lizards. This kingfisher’s loud, trilling call is a feature of its savanna and woodland habitat. The Brown-hooded Kingfisher (H. albventris) is similar and larger, with an all-red bill and a paler head.

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

Kichi Buluu

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