Finally, to my gallery go other representatives of the thick-knee family. So far I managed to photograph only bush thick-knee in Australia. During our stay in South Africa I gained two more species: the water thick-knee and the spotted thick-knee, and this text is common to both. I had two opportunities to watch a water thick-knee. The first while on the cruise along a reservoir, the second during the observation of pied kingfishers. These images come from the first encounter. Water thick-knees were fairly easy to spot watching the shoreline. It was much harder to spot a spotted thick-knee. It often keeps staying in the bushes, hardly moving and closely watching the countryside. Probably it assumes that as long as it is still you cannot see it. Moving slowly, even by car, we could reduce the distance from the bird to a few meters and take a convenient position for photographing. Then the joy and satisfaction of a good shot immediately gives way to a desire to take other, more interesting pictures of a spotted thick-knee to an attractive, more diverse gallery. But the spotted thick-knee is standing still and watching, watching, watching...
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Republic of South Africa 02/2017 - introductory text - Livingstone's turaco
Birds-new galleries:
1.Livingstone's turaco(T,V),2.Red-billed oxpecker(T,V).3.Long-tailed widowbird (T,V),4.Cape Glossy-Starling.5.Grosbeak Weaver (T,V).6.Trumpeter Hornbill (T,V),7.Fork-tailed Drongo.8.Rufous-chested Swallow (T).9.Long-tailed Cormorant.10. Burchell's Coucal (T,V).11.Water Thick-knee (T).12.Spotted Thick-knee (T).13.African Swamphen.14. Great White Pelican.15.African Pied Wagtail (T,V).16.Crested Guineafowl (V).17.Three-banded Plover (T).18.White-fronted Plover (T).19.Pin-tailed Whydah.20.Southern Red Bishop (T,V).21.Tawny-flanked Prinia.22.Forest Weaver (T).23.Cape Weaver (T).24.Bald ibis (T). 25.African Fish Eagle,26.Dark-capped Bulbul,27.Sombre Greenbul,28.African Pied Starling,29.Black-bellied Glossy-Starling,30.Woolly-necked Stork (T).31.Blacksmith Lapwing,32.Black-headed Heron,33.Goliath Heron (T),34.Red-winged Starling,35.Yellow-billed Stork (T).36.Blue Bustard (T).37.White-faced Whistling Duck,38.Perrin's Bushshrike (V),39.Natal Francolin (T),40.Speckled Pigeon,41.Lesser Striped-Swallow, 42.Greater Striped-Swallow(V),43.Yellow-billed Duck,44.Yellow-billed Kite,45.South African Shelduck (V),46.African Stonechat,47.Cape Canary,48.Black Cuckooshrike,49.Grey Crowned-Crane (T),50.Blue Crane (T),51.Crowned Hornbill (T),52.Wahlberg's Eagle,53. Palm-nut Vulture,54.Pied Kingfisher,55.Hamerkop,56.Orange River white-eye,57.Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove,58.Southern Black-Flycatcher,59.Malachite Sunbird,60.Black-backed Puffback,61.African Golden-Weaver,62.African Jacana (V),63.African harrier-hawk.64.African Firefinch,65.Crested Barbet,66.Wailing Cisticola,67.Brown-crowned Tchagra,68.Black-winged Lapwing,69.Wattled Lapwing,70.Black Heron,71.Red-faced Mousebird,72.Speckled Mousebird,73. African Hoopoe,74.Bokmakierie Bushshrike,75.Crested Francolin (T),76.Brown Snake-Eagle,77.Spur-winged Goose,78.Gray Go-away-bird, 79.Sacred Ibis(T,V),80.Wire-tailed Swallow,81.Rufous-necked Wryneck,82.Brown-hooded Kingfisher,83.Woodland Kingfisher,84.Striped Kingfisher,85.Red-knobbed Coot,86.Blue-cheeked Bee-eater(T),87.Little Bee-eater (T),88.African Darter,89.Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (T,V),90.Kittlitz's plover (T),91.Caspian Tern,92.White-backed Vulture,93.Red-billed Teal, 94.Purple-crested Turaco (V),95.Red-billed Quelea,96.African Yellow White-eye,97.Black-collared Barbet,98.Mocking Cliff-Chat,99.Southern Anteater-Chat,100.African Paradise-Flycatcher,101.Ring-necked Dove,102.Golden-breasted Bunting,103.Yellow-crowned Bishop,104.Yellow-throated Petronia, 105.Yellow-bellied Greenbul,106.Rattling Cisticola (V).107.White-throated Swallow.108.Red-eyed Dove.109.White-eared Barbet. 110. Plain Martin,111.Banded Martin,112.Red-backed Scrub-Robin (V),113.Southern Fiscal,114.Gray-winged Francolin (T),115.Acacia Pied Barbet,116.Glossy Ibis (T),117.Buff-streaked Bushchat,118.African Openbill (T),119.Chinspot Batis,120. Bateleur (T),121.Dideric Cuckoo,122.Yellow-fronted Canary,123.Malachite Kingfisher,124.Scarlet-chested Sunbird,125.Orange-throated Longclaw,126.Yellow-throated Longclaw,127.African Green-Pigeon,128.Cape Bunting,129.Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird,130.Variable Indigobird,131.Fan-tailed Widowbird,132.Orange Weaver,133.Long-crested Eagle,134.Cape Crow (V),135.Southern Gray-headed Sparrow,136.Cape Sparrow,137. Helmed Guineafowl.138.Green-backed Camaroptera.139.Violet-backed Starling.140 Black-bellied Glossy-Starling.
MAMMALS NEW GALLERIES: 1.Southern giraffe.2Burchell's zebra.3.Nyala.4.White rhinoceros.5.Chacma baboon.6.African Buffalo.7.Wildebeests.8.Common warthog.9.Waterbuck.10. Bushbuck.11.Vervet monkey.12.Banded mongoose.13.Impala.
REPTILIES - NEV GALLERIES: 1.Nile crocodile.2.Leopard tortoise.3.Serrated Hinged Terrapin.4.Flap-necked chameleon.
INSECT : 1. Elegant Grasshopper. 2.Plum dung beetle, and changes in the gallery of butterflies, odonata and other insects.
CHANGES IN BIRDS GALLERIES : 1.European roller (T).2 Black-winged kite.3.Amur falcon (T).4.Egyptian goose(T).5.Red-backed shrike (T).6.Hadeda ibis (T).7.Llittle egret.8.Cattle egret.9.Barn swallow.10.Squacco heron.11.Zitting cisticola (T).12.Common moorhen.13. Steppe buzzard (T).14.Sanderling (T ).15.Purple heron.16.European Bee-eater.17.Common tern. 18.Laughing Dove.19.White stork.
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TANZANIA XII/17’- introductory text- Kori Bustard.
NEW GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1. Kori Bustard (T). 2. Secretary-bird (T). 3. Rüppell's Vulture (T). 4. Red-billed Firefinch (V). 5. Yellow-necked Spurfowl (T). 6. White-bellied Bustard (V). 7. Blue-capped Cordonbleu. 8. Von der Decken's Hornbill (V). 9. Eastern Double-collared Sunbird (T,V) 10. Yellow-collared Lovebird (T,V). 11.Lappet-faced Vulture (T). 12. Superb Starling. 13. Pallid Harrier (T). 14.Silvery-cheeked Hornbill. 15.Crowned Lapwing (V). 16.White-necked Raven (T). 17.Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (T).18.Double-banded Courser. 19.Gray-headed Silverbill. 20.Cape Teal. 21.Augur Buzzard. 22.Marabou Stork (T). 23.Red-and-yellow Barbet. 24.Red-necked Francolin (T). 25.Cape Robin-Chat (T,V ). 26.Yellow-billed Oxpecker. 27.Greater Flamingo (T). 28.Lesser Flamingo(T,V ) 29.Tawny Eagle. 30.Southern Ground-Hornbill. 31.Yellow-bellied Waxbill (V). 32.White-headed Buffalo-Weaver(V). 33.Hildebrandt's Starling (V). 34.Nubian Woodpecker. 35.Capped Wheatear. 36.African Spoonbill. 37.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (V). 38.African Silverbill. 39.Verreaux's Eagle-Owl. 40.Rufous-crowned Roller. 41.Fischer's Sparrow-Lark. 42.Gray-breasted Francolin (T,V). 43.Hildebrandt's Francolin (T). 44.Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (T). 45.Golden-winged Sunbird (T,V). 46.Northern Red-billed Hornbill (V). 47.Black-breasted Snake-Eagle. 48.African Gray Hornbill. 49. Pied Crow (V). 50.Kenya Rufous Sparrow. 51.Collared Pratincole. 52.Purple Grenadier. 53.Senegal Lapwing. 54.Usambiro Barbet (V). 55. Bronze Sunbird. 56.Coqui Francolin (T). 57.White-browed Robin-Chat (V). 58.Three-banded Courser. 59. Gray-headed Social-Weaver. 60.Hooded Vulture (T). 61. Rufous-tailed Weaver (V). 62.Pygmy Falcon. 63.White-browed Coucal. 64.White-throated Bee-eater. 65.Handsome Francolin (T). 66.Long-toed Lapwing. 67. Fischer's Lovebird (T,V) 68.Speckle-fronted Weaver. 69.Slender-tailed Nightjar (T). 70.Rosy-throated Longclaw. 71.Buff-crested Bustard. 72.Grey-headed Kingfisher. 73.Brown-backed Woodpecker(T). 74.Black-faced Sandgrouse (T). 75.Spotted Morning-Thrush. 76. Green-winged Pytilia. 77.Common Waxbill. 78.Heuglin's white-eye (T). 79.Red-fronted Barbet. 80.Red-cheeked Cordonbleu. 81. Namaqua Dove. 82. Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater. 83.Montagu's Harrier (T). 84.Schalow's Turaco (V). 85.White-rumped Shrike. 86.Garden Bulbul (V). 87.Streaky Seedeater (T). 88. Dark Chanting-Goshawk. 89. Ashy Starling. 90.Thick-billed Seedeater. 91.Gray-backed Fiscal (V). 92. Magpie Shrike (V). 93.Rueppell's Starling. 94. Gull-billed Tern. 95. Mourning Collared-Dove. 96.African Pipit. 97.White-bellied Go-away-bird (V). 98.Mariqua Sunbird. 99. Short-tailed Lark. 100.Black-bellied Bustard (V). 101. Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler (T,V).102. Dusky Turtle-Dove. 103.Beautiful Sunbird. 104. Abyssinian Scimitar-bill. 105. Blue-naped Mousebird. 106.Martial Eagle (T). 107.Black Crake. 108. Pink-backed Pelican. 109. Red-capped Lark. 110. Lesser Masked-Weaver. 111.Baglafecht Weaver. 112.Knob-billed Duck. 113.Gabar Goshawk. 114.Rufous-naped lark (V). 115.Winding Cisticola (V). 116. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver. 117.Ethiopian Boubou (T). 118.White-breasted Cormorant. 119.Little Sparrowhawk.120.Red-collared Widowbird. 121.Grey-hooded Gull. 122.Great Spotted Cuckaoo. 123.Silverbird. 124.Gray Kestrel. 125.Hottentot Teal. 126.Black-lored Babbler. 127.Vitelline Masked-Weaver. 128. Black-necked Weaver. 129.Chestnut Sparrow.130.Schalow's Wheatear. 131.Mountain Thrush (T). 132.Eastern Chanting-Goshawk (V). 133.East African Citril. 134.Mountain-Greenbul (T). 135.Ashy Flycatcher. 136.White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher. 137.Abdim's Stork. 138.Long-tailed Fiscal. 139.African Dusky Flycatcher. 140.Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill. 141.Lilac-breasted Roller.142.Arrow-marked Babbler.143.Teita Fiscal.144.Grasshopper Buzzar.145.Slate-colored Boubou.146.White-bellied Canary147.Northern Anteater-Chat.148.Sooty Chat.149.Red-chested Cuckoo.
MAMMALS:
1. African savanna elephant (T). 2.Leopard (T). 3.Lion (T). 4.Yellow baboon (V). 5.Black-backed jackal. 6.Cheetah(T). 7.Spotted hyena(V). 8.Grant's zebra (V). 9.Kirk's dik-dik10. Hartebeest. 11.Common hippopotamus (V).12.Common eland. 13.Blue wildebeest. 14. Blue monkey. 15.Bush hyrax. 16.Bat-eared fox. 17.Grant's gazelle. 18.Bohor reedbuck.19.Sassaby. 20.African golden wolf.21.Common dwarf mongoose. 22.Slender-tailed Mongoose. 23.Thomson's gazelle. 24.Klipspringer. 25.Egyptian mongoose.26.Masai giraffe.
REPTILES:
1. Nile monitor. 2. Mwanza flat-headed rock. 3. Southern Long Tailed Lizard.
CHANGES in GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1.White-backed Vulture (V). 2.Long-crested Eagle (V). 3. Black-headed Heron. 4.Red-billed Oxpecker (T). 5.Helmeted Guineafowl (T,V). 6. Little Bee-eater. 7.Blacksmith Lapwing. 8. African Jacana. 9.African Paradise-Flycatcher (V). 10.Yellow-billed Kite (T). 11.Palm-nut Vulture. 12.Spur-winged Goose. 13.Bateleur.14. Little Egret (V). 15.Brown Snake-Eagle. 16.Glossy Ibis (T). 17.Brown-crowned Tchagra. 18.Chinspot Batis. 19.African Hoopoe (T,V) 20.Spotted Thick-knee. 21.Sacred Ibis. 22.Black-winged Lapwing. 23.Water Thick-knee. 24.Gray Crowned-Crane. 25. Red-billed Quelea.26. Fork-tailed Drongo.27. Speckled Pigeon. 28.Wahlberg's Eagle. 29.Three-banded Plover. 30.Kittlitz's plover. 31.Wattled Lapwing. 32.Steppe Eagle. 33.Grosbeak Weaver. 34.Yellow-fronted Canary. 35.Squacco Heron. 36.Goliath Heron. 37.European Roller. 38. Cattle Egret. 39.Yellow-billed Stork. 40.Woodland Kingfisher. 41.Lesser Striped-Swallow(G).42.Great White Pelican. 43.Speckled Mousebird. 44.Red-winged Starling (V). 45.Red-rumped Swallow (V).46. Pied Avocet. 47.African Stonechat. 48.Ring-necked Dove. 49.Hamerkop (V). 50.White Stork (T). 51. African Openbill. 52.Black-winged Stilt. 53. Striped Kingfisher. 54.Pin-tailed Whydah. 55. Southern Fiscal. 56.Black-crowned Night Heron. 57.Black-winged Kite. 58.African Firefinch. 59.Marsh Sandpiper. 60.Laughing Dove. 61.Red-billed Teal. 62.Crested Francolin (T) 63.White-browed Scrub Robin. 64.Striated Heron. 65.White-faced Whistling Duck. 66. Spur-winged lapwing (T,V). 67.Eastern imperial eagle. 68.Common Ostrich.69.Lesser Spotted Eagle.70.Lesser Kestrel.71.Northear Wheatear.
MAMMALS: 1. African buffalo. 2. Common warthog. 3.Impala. 4. Waterbuck.5.Banded mongoose.
REPTILES:1. Nile crocodile. 2. Flap-necked chameleon. 3. Leopard tortoise.
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Botswana 11/12-2022 - introducing text - Rufous-bellied Lark (T,G)
Newly created galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Rufous-bellied Lark (T,G). 2.Giant Kingfisher. 3.Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (T,G). 4.Crimson-breasted Shrike (G). 5.Rufous-naped Lark (G). 6.Wattled Crane. 7.Southern Carmine Bee-eater (G). 8. Eurasian Golden Oriole. 9.White-backed Vulture. 10.Bearded Woodpecker. 11.Long-tailed Paradise Whydah. 12.Great Sparrow. 13.White-browed Lark. 14.Kittlitz's Plover. 15.Violet-eared Waxbill. 16.Swallow-tailed Bee-eater. 17.Chestnut-banded Plover(T). 18.Crombec (G). 19.Kalahari Sandgrouse. 20.Arnot's Chat. 21.Greater Kestrel. 22.African Crake. 23.White-faced Scops Owl. 24.Red-billed Quelea. 25.Grey Waxbill. 26.Lesser Waxbill. 27.Lesser Spotted Eagle. 28.Black-backed Puffback. 29.White-fronted Plover. 30.African Snipe. 31.African Skimmer. 32.White-fronted Bee-eater. 33.Yellow-fronted Canary. 34.Violet-backed Starling. 35.African Pied Wagtail. 36.Rufous-bellied Heron.37.Natal Spurfowl. 38.Double-banded Sandgrouse. 39.Glossy Starling. 40.Southern Black Tit. 41.Red-headed Weaver. 42Bradfield's Hornbill (G). 43.Pied Babbler. 44Lizard Buzzard. 45.Brubru. 46.Little Bittern. 47.African Scops Owl (G). 48.Saddle-billed Stork. 49.Black Cuckoo (G). 50.Coppery-tailed Coucal. 51.Southern Masked Weaver. 52.Acacia Woodpecker. 53.Ashy Tit. 54.African Hawk-Eagle. 55.Greater Honeyguide. 56.Arrow-marked Babbler (G). 57.Southern White-crowned Shrike (G). 58.White-bellied Lark.(G) 59.Pearl-spotted Owlet (G). 60.Red-billed Spurfowl. 61Chinspot Batis. 62.Ashy Flycatcher. 63.Quail Finch. 64.Racket-tailed Roller (G).... 65.Pririt Batis. 66.Stark's Lark. 67.White-crowned Wheatear. 68.Rufous-bellied Heron.
MAMMALS:
1.African Wild Dog (T). 2.Common Duiker. 3.Caracal. 4.Lechwe. 5.Greater Kudu. 6.Sable Antelope. 7.Gemsbok. 8. Tree Squirrel (G). 9.Selous's Mongoose. 10.Scrub Hare. 11.Burchell's Zebra (G).12.Side-striped Jackal.
REPTILES: Ground Agama.
FLORA: 1.Baobab (T). 2.Mopane. 3.Kigelia africana- Sausage Tree.
Changes in galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Purple-crested Turaco (G), 2.Yellow-billed Oxpecker (G). 3.Crested Barbet (G). 4.Southern Ground Hornbill (G). 5.Black-chested Prinia. 6.Short-toed Rock Thrush (G). 7.African White-backed Vulture (G). 8.Abdim's Stork. 9.Common Ostrich. 10.Anteater Chat. 11.African Fish Eagle. 12.Lilac-breasted Roller. 13.Crested Francolin. 14.Brown-crowned Tchagra. 15.Helmeted Guineafowl. 16.Kori Bustard (T). 17.Spotted Thick-knee. 18. Burchell's Sandgrouse. 19.Pied Kingfisher. 20.Green-backed Heron. 21.Hamerkop. 22.Green-backed Heron. 23.African Sacred Ibis. 24.Red-billed Oxpecker. 25.African Barred Owlet (T,G). 26.Grey Crowned Crane. 27.Pied Plover (G). 28.Laughing Dove. 29.Scarlet-chested Sunbird. 30.Richard's Pipit (G). 31.Rufous-naped Lark. 32.Crowned Lapwing. 33.Dark Chanting Goshawk. 34.African Rail. 35.Pale-winged Starling (T). 36.Fawn-colored Lark. 37.Pied Crow. 38.Black-shouldered Kite. 39.Lappet-faced Vulture. 40.Great Reed Warbler. 41.Garganey. 42.Little Stint. 43.Pied Avocet. 44.Chestnut-banded Plover. 45.Curlew Sandpiper. 46.Greater Flamingo. 47.Amur Falcon.... 48.Lilac-breasted Roller. 49.Magpie Shrike (V). 50.Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (G). 51.Marabou Stork. 52.Rüppell's Vulture. 53.Egyptian Goose. 54.Hamerkop. 55.Laughing Dove.56.African Darter. 57.Great Egret. 58.Purple Heron. 59.Intermediate Egret. 60.Gabar Goshawk (G). 61.White-faced Whistling Duck. 62.Water Thick-knee. 63.Long-tailed Cormorant. 64.Egyptian Goose. 65.Cape Glossy Starling. 66.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver. 67.Red-eyed Dove. 68.Lesser Flamingo (T). 69.Fork-tailed Drongo. 70.African Spoonbill. 71.Glossy Ibis. 72.African Jacana. 73.Kittlitz's Plover. 74.Black-winged Stilt. 75.Yellow-billed Kite. 76.Red-backed Shrike. 77.White-browed Coucal. 78.Northern Fiscal. 79.Red-billed Oxpecker. 80.Tawny Eagle. 81.Brown Snake Eagle. 82.Golden-breasted Bunting. 83.Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver. 84.Black-backed Puffback. 85.African Mourning Dove. 86.Paradise Whydah. 87.European Roller. 88.Southern White-crowned Shrike. 89.Blue Waxbill. 90.Little Bee-eater. 91.Hottentot Buttonquail. 92.Double-banded Courser. 93.Silverbill. 94.Goliath Heron. 95.Grey Go-away-bird. 96.Cut-throat Finch. 97.Pale Flycatcher. 98.White-crowned Lapwing. 99.Red-faced Mousebird. 100.Jacobin Cuckoo. 101.Red-billed Firefinch. 102.Long-crested Eagle. 103.Red-billed Firefinch. 104.Chirping Cisticola. 105.Montagu's Harrier. 106.Anteater Chat. 107.Rosy-throated Longclaw. 108.Woolly-necked Stork. 109.Greater Painted-snipe. 110.Secretarybird. 111.Temminck's Courser. 112.White-winged Tern. 113.Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (G). 114.Bateleur. 115.Southern Red-billed Hornbill. 116.Grey Heron. 117.White-browed Sparrow-Weaver.... 118.Blacksmith Lapwing. 119.Acacia Pied Barbet. 120.Emerald-spotted Wood Dove. 121.White-browed Scrub-Robin. 122.African Stonechat. 123.Red-breasted Swallow. 124.Groundscraper Thrush. 125.Chat Flycatcher. 126.African Hoopoe. 127.Zitting Cisticola. 128.Red-eyed Dove.129.African Yellow White-eye.130.African Pygmy Goose.131.Great Spotted Cuckoo. 132.Black Cuckoo. 133.Intermediate Egret. 134.Plain-backed Pipit. 135.Tawny-flanked Prinia.
MAMMALS:
1.African savanna elefant (T,G). 2.Southern Giraffe (T) 3.Blue Wildebeest. 4.Common Dwarf Mangoose. 5.Springbok. 6.Cheetah (T). 7.Waterbuck. 8.Lion. 9.Leopard. 10.Impala. 11.Common Warthog. 12.Chacma baboon. 13.African Buffalo. 14.Black-backed Jackal. 15.Common Hippopotamus. 16.Banded Mongoose.
REPTILES:1.Nile Crocodile. 2.Savannah Monitor. 3.Nile Monitor.

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