African Drongos & Babblers to Thrushes

Africa birds are impressive in their numbers and varieties.

Large-billed Lark

Fork-tailed Drongo - 1

Fork-tailed Drongo - 2

Fork-tailed Drongo - 3

Pied Crow

Arrow-marked Babbler - 1

Arrow-marked Babbler - 2

Arrow-marked Babbler - 3

Southern Pied Babbler - 1

Southern Pied Babbler - 2

Southern Pied Babbler - 3

Southern Pied Babbler - 4

African Red-eyed Bulbul - 1

African Red-eyed Bulbul - 2

African Red-eyed Bulbul - 3

Dark-capped Bulbu - 1

Dark-capped Bulbu - 2

Karoo Thrush

Kurrichane Thrush - 1

Kurrichane Thrush - 2

Groundscraper Thrush - 1

Groundscraper Thrush - 2

Familiar Chat

Ant-eating Chat

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This gallery features drongos, babblers, bulbuls and thrushes, along with a couple of chats. They are especially beautiful. The best opportunities to photograph small birds were in the enclosed campsites.  It was sometimes frustrating to see wonderful species perched in habitats occupied by lions, leopards, hippos or rhinos. These are all dangerous to humans, so we could not leave our vehicle to photograph birds. Those that we found to photograph in our campsite were usually tolerant of people. That made our approach easier. They were not easily frightened away by our actions.