Identification Guides – BIRDS

AFRICAN KINGFISHERS, HOOPOE, BEE-EATERS & HORNBILLS (Order Coraciformes)
- Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracia caudata) (National bird of Kenya)
Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracia caudata) (National bird of Kenya)

- Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)

- African Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)
African Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)
- Little Bee-Eater (Merops pusillus)
Little Bee-Eater (Merops pusillus)

Cinnamon-chested Bee-Eater (Merops oreobates)
Cinnamon-chested Bee-Eater (Merops oreobates)

- Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
- Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus)
Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus)

WOODPECKERS (Order Piciformes)
- Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
- Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
- Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis)
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Mealnerpes aurifrons)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
- Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
- Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
- Williamson’s Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalares)
- Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)
- Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Female Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
- Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
- Strickland’s Woodpecker (Picoides stricklandii)
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
- White-headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus)
- Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
- Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
- Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) *** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC*** A female Hispaniolan Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Northern Flicker - White River, Ontario
- Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides)
- Pileated Woodpecker (Cryocopus pileatus)
Pileated Woodpecker

AFRICAN BARBETS (Order Piciformes)
- Red and Yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)
Red and Yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)

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