Brazzaville
African Thrush
20 April 2013 10:31
© GW - monacoeye • All rights reserved • Gambia, Feb 2013
Bird name: African Thrush
Latin: Turdus pelios
Other: Merle africain (Fr), Tordo-africano (Pt)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: W, C Africa incl Gambia
Similar:
There were many African Thrushes coming in at Marakissa River Camp - elsewhere seen from time to time. Yellow bill.
Below, African Thrush, Marakissa River Camp, Gambia, Feb 2013.
Below, African Thrush, Marakissa River Camp, Gambia, Feb 2013.
Below, African Thrush, Bijolo, Gambia, Feb 2013.
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Black Necked Weaver
13 April 2013 17:39
© GW - monacoeye • all rights reserved • Gambia, Feb 2013
Bird name: Black-necked Weaver
Latin: Ploceus nigricollis
Other: Tisserin à cou noir (Fr)
Family: Ploceidae • Weavers
Range: Tropical Africa, Senegal, Angola to Tanzania
Similar: Spectacled Weaver
Above, my only sighting of a brachypterus Black-necked Weaver in the Gambia, in the bamboo grove at the Senegambia Hotel. Below, a nigricollis female in Kinshasa.
Alexia W - female nigricollis Black-necked Weaver, Kinshasa • Nov 2009
Blue Waxbill
12 April 2013 18:03
© Alexia W - monacoeye • all rights reserved • Kinshasa, Dec 2010
Bird name: Blue Waxbill
Latin: Uraeginthus angolensis
Other: Blue-breasted Cordon Bleu, Southern Cordon-bleu. Cordonbleu d'Angola (Fr)
Family: Estrildidae • Estrildid Finches, Cordon-bleus
Range: Southern Africa
Similar: female Red-Cheeked Cordon Bleu
Above, near a waterfall near Kinshasa, DRC. It looks very similar to female Red-Cheeked Cordon Bleu but Blue Waxbill is the common type in Kinshasa.More photos...
Blue Spotted Wood Dove
27 March 2013 19:32
© GW - monacoeye, all rights reserved, Gambia, Feb 2013
Bird name: Blue Spotted Wood Dove
Latin: Turtur afer
Other: Tourtelette améthystine (Fr)
Family: Columbidae • Pigeons, Doves
Range: Sub-saharan Africa
Similar: Black-billed Wood Dove
The Blue-spotted Wood Dove was seen fairly frequently in Gambia in various locations. Red bill differentiates it from the Black-billed Wood Dove.
More photos...Rufous Tailed Palm Thrush
11 December 2010 10:54
Copyright: AW/monacoeye • Brazzaville, December • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Rufous Tailed Palm Thrush
Latin: Cichladusa ruficauda
Other:
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers, Palm Thrushes
Range: Angola, CAR, Congo, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Namibia.
Similar:
The Rufous Tailed Palm Thrush was a regular visitor to the hotel in Brazzaville.More photos...