Visitors to the Kruger National Park often talk about the Big Five and other animals they have seen,
but the great variety of, often very beautiful, birds is a real treat
Swallows flying high over the river at the Kruger Gate Hotel
We saw a huge number of Glossy Starlings aka greater blue-eared starling
or just glossy starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
or just glossy starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), waiting and watching
Southern carmine bee-eaters (Merops nubicoides)
white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides)
red-billed spurfowl (Pternistis adspersus), also known as the red-billed francolin
Pied kingfishers (Ceryle rudis)
Photographed from the hide at The Panic Pool, near Skukuza
The Striated Heron (Butorides striata, also known as a Green-backed Heron) is on the red (endangered) list
Also photographed from the hide at The Panic Pool
Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
also from the hide
also from the hide
Fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
African grey hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus)
Yellow-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus) on the back of a Cape buffalo
A family of knob-billed ducks (Sarkidiornis melanotos) aka African comb ducks
and white-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata)
A serene moment in the Kruger National Park, at Sunset Dam
The prominent tree is a Leadwood tree (Combretum imberbe), which is known for its incredible resilience and durability, even after dying.
Several large bird nests are visible in the branches of the tree
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A house sparrow (Passer domesticus) one of the hungry birds who came to our picnic table at Tshokwane,
joined by an African Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decipiens) and
a small host of greater blue-eared starlings (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
European Roller (Coracias garrulus)
Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus), a vibrant bird native to eastern and southern Africa
and found all over the Kruger Park
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