Common and conspicuous bird of farmlands and suburbs. Sharply black and white. Heavy, black bill. |
Juvenile, immature fiscal is brown and very light gray. Grasslands and pastures. |
Open grassland with scattered trees is habitat for this white, black, and gray bird. Hooked beak and long tail. |
Larger than common fiscal and with a distinct gray cap extending down back like a hood. Strong, hooked beak. |
There is a white stripe above the black mask on the face. Tail rather long. Western Kenya forests. |
Stocky black-and-white bird often working in groups preying on large insects. |
Black-and-white bicolored bird with heavy beak for hunting large insects and small herps from vegetation. |
Head is alternately stiped with white, brick red and gray-brown. Strong bill with slight hook at tip. |
Breeding males can raise a pompom of white feathers on the back. Orange-red eyes on a white and back plumaged bird. |
Small, plain brown bird with a slender bill. Very active gleaner of insects from tree foliage. |
Brilliantly colored predator of large insects and small reptiles. |
Stunning bird with bright red belly and black head and back. Strong bill for preying on large insects. |
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Michael J. Plagens, page created 7 January 2015,
updated 31 March 2017.
By no means am I an expert on the Natural History of Kenya. I am a novice exploring this part of the World. By creating a page for the species as I encounter them I am teaching myself. If the reader finds an error, please let me know so that I can make corrections (use copyright link).