Del's ID list

Zambia 2019 ( & Botswana & Zimbabwe)

My father (Delmont) enjoys bird identification.
So I turned over my trip photos to him, and this is his list.


Trumpeter Hornbill


Reed Cormorant


Impala


Cape Buffalo


Fish Eagle


Gray Heron

Same species seen in Europe

Great White Egret (same genus as American Egret)

Same genus as American Egret

Sacred Ibis


Egyptian Goose


African Elephant


Common Hippopotamus

There are several sub-species in Africa.
Did you know that the hippo is the closest land relative of whales?

Chacma Baboon


Crocodile




Marabou

An ugly stork that, unusually for a stork, makes its living as a scavenger


Lilac-breasted Roller





Darter

A close relative of our Anhinga

Kudu


Stilt


Lion


Cape Turtle Dove

Same genus as the Eurasian Collard Dove, of which Will sent me a photo from San Francisco

Spurfowl

Also called Francolin - there are several species, and I can’t tell which this is

Blue-eared Glossy Starling


Giraffes


Zebras


Crowned Guinea-fowl


Hooded Vulture


White Pelican

Same genus as the American White Pelican

Leopard


Carmine Bee-eater


Black-backed Jackal


Kori Bustard

National bird of Botswana

Martial Eagle


Slender Mongoose


Blacksmith Plover


Saddlebill Stork