Travelogue Tanzania 2009
The best pictures – Birds

There are lots of birds in Tanzania. There are tourists which only come to see birds. Thanks to Stefan König for helping me with the names of many species.

Tanzania - superb starling — superb starling

Tanzania - superb starling — superb starling

Tanzania - European roller — European roller

Tanzania - European roller with caught spider — European roller with captured spider

Tanzania - an ostrich kindergarten — an ostrich kindergarten

Tanzania - an ostrich — an ostrich adult

Tanzania - yellow-collared lovebird — yellow-collared lovebird

Tanzania - yellow-collared lovebird — yellow-collared lovebird – Here you can see why they have this name.

Tanzania - marabou stork — marabou stork

Tanzania - marabou stork — marabou stork

Tanzania - Abdim’s stork — Abdim’s stork

Tanzania - white stork — I know this one, it brings the babies. A white stork.

Tanzania - yellow-billed stork — This one looks as it also might be in baby buisness, but I am sure it does not do deliveries in Germany. A yellow-billed stork.

Tanzania - blacksmith lapwing — blacksmith lapwing

Tanzania - Egyptian goose — Egyptian goose

Tanzania - flamingos, in front of them two zebras — Flamingos, as usual only to be seen from the distance.

Tanzania - African sacred ibis — African sacred ibis

Tanzania - African sacred ibis — many of them

Tanzania - Kori bustard — Kori bustard – the largest flying bird of Afrika

Tanzania - Kori bustard — The legs give you an impression of its size.

Tanzania - probably a Black Kite — probably a Black Kite

Tanzania - a southern masked weaver in our car — a thief – it might be a southern masked weaver.

Tanzania - nest of a southern masked weaver — den of thieves

Tanzania - rufous-tailed weaver — rufous-tailed weaver

Tanzania - grey crowned crane — grey crowned crane

Tanzania - grey crowned crane — grey crowned crane

Tanzania - grey crowned crane — grey crowned crane

Tanzania - secretary bird — secretary bird

Tanzania - grey heron — grey heron

Tanzania - grey heron — grey heron

Tanzania - grey heron — grey heron

Tanzania - white-headed buffalo weaver — white-headed buffalo weaver

Tanzania - white-headed buffalo weaver — white-headed buffalo weaver

Tanzania - grey-backed shrike — grey-backed shrike

Tanzania - guineafowl — guineafowl

Tanzania - black kite (?) — maybe again …

Tanzania - black kite (?) — … a black kite

Tanzania - a black bird — another thief

Tanzania - a black bird

Tanzania - silhouette of a bird of prey in the sky

Tanzania - silver cheek hornbill — silver cheek hornbill

Tanzania - silver cheek hornbill — silver cheek hornbill

Tanzania - southern ground hornbill — southern ground hornbill

Tanzania - black-faced sandgrouse — black-faced sandgrouse

Tanzania - black bird

Tanzania - northern red-billed hornbill — northern red-billed hornbill

Tanzania - white-headed buffalo weaver — white-headed buffalo weaver

Tanzania - white-headed buffalo weaver — white-headed buffalo weaver

Tanzania - wattled starling (?) — wattled starling (?)

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