Checklist of the birds of Selous Game Reserve - wildlife-baldus.com
Checklist of the birds of Selous Game Reserve - wildlife-baldus.com
Checklist of the birds of Selous Game Reserve - wildlife-baldus.com
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Order FalconiformesSecretary BirdFamily SagittariidaeA large bird <strong>of</strong> prey with very long legs. Hunts on foot for ground-living animals. This familyis exclusively African.Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentariusFalconsFamily FalconidaeBirds similar to hawks and eagles except in <strong>the</strong>ir notched bills and relatively pointed wings.Some species are impressively swift in hunting flight.Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatusEastern Red-footed Falcon Falco amurensisGrey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceusRed-necked Falcon Falco chicqueraSooty Falcon Falco concolorAfrican Hobby Falco cuvieriDickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoniEleonora's Falcon Falco eleonoraeLesser Kestrel Falco naumanniPeregrine Falcon Falco peregrinusHobby Falco subbuteoKestrel Falco tinnunculusOrder GalliformesQuails & Francolins Family PhasianidaePartridge-like <strong>birds</strong> that usually live and forage on <strong>the</strong> ground. They use <strong>the</strong>ir clawed feet toscratch <strong>the</strong> ground in search <strong>of</strong> food. When disturbed <strong>the</strong>y hide amongst herbage, aided by<strong>the</strong>ir cryptic plumage patterns and coloration.Blue Quail Coturnix adansoniiHarlequin Quail Coturnix delgorguei
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