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Birds of Kenya
Topic Started: Jun 19 2009, 04:36 AM (285 Views)
Oneistheloneliestnumber
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This is my birds of Kenya page, I'll try to find pics of every Kenyan bird. I will update sometimes so please check back!

Plate 1:

1. Great Frigatebird Fregata minor:
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2. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys:
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3. Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta:
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4. Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus:
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5. Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri:
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(it was the only pic they had -_-)

6. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster (I may rename it to Brown Gannet):
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7. Masked Booby Sula dactylatra (same):
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8. Red-footed Booby Sula sula (same):

Brown Morph
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White Morph
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(left) -------------------------------- (Brown Booby)

I had to make that pic larger because otherwise it'd be harder to see
Edited by Oneistheloneliestnumber, Jun 19 2009, 04:43 AM.
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Some very interesting birds here! I did a project on Kenya a few years ago, but I had no idea that it had birds anything like those.
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Their birds are wonderful, just wait until you get to the starlings!
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Are they even nicer, then?!
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Yeah, they are gorgeous!

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Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica
No picture, but there's a video: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black-bellied_Storm-Petrel96.ogg


Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
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Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
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Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
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Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
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White-tailed Tropicbird Phaeton lepturus
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White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
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Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata
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Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaetheus
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"Red-tailed Tropicbird - Phaeton rubricauda - probable in Kenyan waters."
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They are indeed gorgeous! I'm surprised you'd find birds like that in Kenya.
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I know, those are mostly birds that are pelagic (open-ocean). Plate 3 coming soon.
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Great - I'll look forward to it :) .
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Hmm I need to work on this...
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