Site Report: Kainuk
White Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)
Meyer's Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri)
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White Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)
Meyer's Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri)
Dusty city with a river.
Visits
- 2013-11-05: We were now officially on the "bandit" road, so we were ready with bottles of water, cigarettes, and our "protection". The protection consisted of two guys with machine guns squeezed into the car. Not sure how they were going to use the guns from the front seat of the car, but anyway, it felt a lot like a shakedown at the police checkpoint. The whole experience on the road was a bit annoying as we could not stop or get out of the car while in bandit territory, but of course we had to spend three hours in Kainuk trying to jury rig the suspension after the strut broke.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (19 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(19 records)
Class: Birds
(19 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
- Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Brown Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)
- Dark Chanting-Goshawk (Melierax metabates)
- Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
- Family: Rollers
- Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- White-bellied Go-away-bird (Crinifer leucogaster)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Meyer's Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri)
- Order: Perching Birds
(7 records)
- Family: Helmetshrikes
- White Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio)
- Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
- Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: African Barbets
- Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)