The beauty of the Ruaha's miombo woodland and some of its specials unravelled in front of us today.
We were actually looking for Sable which we did not see but we had amazing birds.
The starting beauty was a Lizard buzzard sunbathing on a naked branch....
Plenty of purple crested turacos showed up a bit further on, basically everywhere. I love that primary feathers!!!
Shelley's francolins crossed the road in front of us and even stayed close enough to allow me to take a pic.... awesome!
We heard and then saw a stunning Black collared barbet.
My two favourite of today were.... Raquet tailed roller and Ruaha black and white chat.
The first perched on a tree on top of the car... it's stunning blu color a joy for the eyes, in ruaha there is no pink, is all blue resembling more a eurasian roller while the subspecie in selous is more similar to a lilac breasted.
The second is a less colorful bird but has and interesting story.. had always been considered a normal Black and White (Arnott's) chat but recently Rob and Sue found out that is a different specie, the female being different, with more white markings.
Stunning morning!!!
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