Michael‘s Seventh Year

[michael-ibk]

1029/Z64) Brown-Crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis) / Dorntschagra

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. A pretty common bird but in Uganda we only saw the Black-Crowned cousin.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1030/Z65) White-Bellied aka White-Breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala) / Weißbauch-Nektarvogel

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. The default Sunbird in the park. The ebird name really makes zero sense to me.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1031/Z66) Green-Winged Pytilia aka Melba Finch (Pytilia melba) / Buntastrild

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. Such a delightful little bird. But really tough to get a decent photo on a safari drive. Easier in camp generally - got a nice one later at Chilo Gorge but haven‘ t processed these yet.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1032/Z67) Verreaux‘s aka Black Eagle (Aquila verreauxii) / Kaffernadler

 

Gonarezhou NP, 4/11/22. Two distant sightings of this impressive Eagle. Very distinctive shape in flight.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1033/Z68) White-Fronted Bee-Eater (Merops bullockoides) / Weißstirnspint

 

Gonarezhou NP, 3/11/22. The most common Bee-Eater here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1034/Z69) African Black-Headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus) / Maskenpirol

 

Gonarezhou NP, 4/11/22. Adult on a game drive, juvenile in camp.

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1035/Z70) Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyana) / Rotschnabeldrossel

 

Gonarezhou NP, 4/11/22. Frequent guest of camp‘s birdbath.

 

[michael-ibk]

1036/Z71) Southern Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina) / Glanzdrongoschnäpper

 

Gonarezhou NP, 4/11/2022. Another regular camp visitor.

 

[michael-ibk]

1037/Z72) White-Throated Robin-Chat (Cossypha humeralis) / Weißkehlrötel

 

Gonarezhou NP, 4/11/22. Bit of an ebc (shot stark against the light) but a lifer! 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1038/Z73) Red-Billed Buffalo Weaver (Bubalornis niger) / Büffelweber

 

Gonarezhou NP, 4/11/22. Really have no excuse for not presenting a better photo - they are really common birds.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1039/Z74) Golden-Breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris) / Gelbbauchammer

 

Gonarezhou NP, 4/11/22. Beautiful little bird. On a walk, probably my best sighting so far.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1040/Z75) Red-Crested Bustard aka Korhaan (Lophotis ruficrista) / Rotschopftrappe

 

Gonarezhou NP, 5/11/22. Pretty common in the more sandy areas atop the cliffs.

 

 

 

[Galana]

More delicious birds served up.

EBird is wrong about Acacia Pied and Miombo Pied Barbets being conspecific. IMO. Ditto WB Sunbirds.

Let the Field Guide guide you.

[TonyQ]

The Golden-breasted Bunting is beautiful 

[Kitsafari]

brilliant additions and agree that the golden-breasted bunting is a beauty.

[michael-ibk]

On 12/30/2022 at 4:38 PM, Galana said:

EBird is wrong about Acacia Pied and Miombo Pied Barbets being conspecific. IMO. Ditto WB Sunbirds.

Let the Field Guide guide you.

 

I don´t like many of the ebird names, and agree White-Breasted Sunbird is really quite stupid for a white-bellied bird. And dont´t get me started on "Gray".

 

But the ebird names are starting to creep into my brain - the app and the website are really great, especially as a private database.

 

Not getting into the species and subspecies thing though, that´s way over my head anyway.

[michael-ibk]

1041/Z76) Lappet-Faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) / Ohrengeier

 

Gonarezhou NP, 6/11/2022. I had wrongly assumed that I had got this one in Uganda - would not have been too difficult to get a better photo. Did not see too many of them but a few were around every day in Mana Pools.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1042/Z77) African Hoopoe (Upupa africana) / Afrikanischer Hopf

 

Gonarezhou NP, 6/11/2022. We saw them quite a bit. Needless to say I was happy about that.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1043/Z78) Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) / Schwarzkehl-Honiganzeiger

 

Gonarezhou NP, 7/11/2022. Heard a lot but I think this was the only sighting.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1044/Z79) Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) / Waffenkiebitz

 

Gonarezhou NP, 7/11/2022. A very common bird.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1045/Z80) Three-Banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) / Dreiband-Regenpfeifer

 

Gonarezhou NP, 7/11/2022. A very pretty - and delightfully common - Plover.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1046/Z81) White-Fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus) / Weißstirn-Regenpfeifer

 

Gonarezhou NP, 7/11/22. A widespread bird but I´ve only had one distant sighting (in Zambia) before. Common here.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1047/Z82) Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) / Teichwasserläufer

 

Gonarezhou NP, 7/11/22. A rarity at home but quite common in Zimbabwe in Winter.

 

 

A comparison shot with the very similar (but bigger) Greenshank:

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1048/Z83) African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) / Rotgesichtlöffler

 

Gonarezhou NP, 7/11/22. Regular sightings both in Mana and here.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

1049/Z84) Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis) / Spornkuckuck

 

Gonarezhou NP, 8/11/22. A handful of sightings here and there.