Identification Guides – BIRDS

AFRICAN KINGFISHERS, HOOPOE, BEE-EATERS & HORNBILLS (Order Coraciformes)
– Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracia caudata) (National bird of Kenya)
Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracia caudata) (National bird of Kenya)

– Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)

– African Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)
African Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)
– Little Bee-Eater (Merops pusillus)
Little Bee-Eater (Merops pusillus)

Cinnamon-chested Bee-Eater (Merops oreobates)
Cinnamon-chested Bee-Eater (Merops oreobates)

– Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
– Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus)
Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus)

WOODPECKERS (Order Piciformes)
– Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
– Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
– Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
– Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
– Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Mealnerpes aurifrons)
– Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
– Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
– Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
– Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
– Williamson’s Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)
– Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalares)
– Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)
– Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Female Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
– Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
– Strickland’s Woodpecker (Picoides stricklandii)
– Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
– White-headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus)
– Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
– Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
– Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) *** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC*** A female Hispaniolan Woodpecker
– Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Northern Flicker - White River, Ontario
– Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
– Pileated Woodpecker (Cryocopus pileatus)
Pileated Woodpecker

AFRICAN BARBETS (Order Piciformes)
– Red and Yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)
Red and Yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)

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