Copyright: AW/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission. Kinshasa, Dec 2010

Bird name: Blue Waxbill
Latin: Uraeginthus angolensis
Other: Blue-breasted Cordon Bleu • Southern Cordon-bleu
Family: Estrildidae • Cordon-bleus

Many of the African birds seem to go by several English names. This little guy is known as the Southern Cordon-bleu, or Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu, or Blue Waxbill.

Above, near a waterfall near Kinshasa, DRC. (It looks very similar to female Red-Cheeked Cordon Bleu but Blue Waxbill is the common type in Kinshasa)

Below, a Blue Waxbill, seen in the hotel grounds in Luanda Angola.

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Copyright: AW/monacoeye • Brazzaville, December • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Rufous Tailed Palm Thrush
Latin: Cichladusa ruficauda
Other:
Family: Muscicapidae • Palm Thrushes
Range: Angola, CAR, Congo, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Namibia.

The Rufous Tailed Palm Thrush was a regular visitor to the hotel in Brazzaville.More photos...

Copyright: AW/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Kinshasa • Nov 2009

Bird name: Black Necked Weaver
Latin: Ploceus nigricollis
Other:
Family: Ploceidae • Weavers
Range: Tropical Africa, Angola to Tanzania

Another female Black-necked Weaver, above, here seen in Kinshasa in the Congo in December, others seen in Brazzaville. This one seems more orange than the yellower ones seen in Angola, below in “more photos”.More photos...

Copyright: AW/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Brazzaville, December

Bird name: Blue Spotted Wood Dove
Latin: Turtur afer
Other:
Family: Columbidae • Doves
Range: Africa

This Blue-Spotted Wood Dove was seen in the hotel grounds in Brazzaville. Note two blue patches on flank.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Congo Dec 2010

Bird name: African Thrush
Latin: Turdus pelios
Other:
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa

A record shot of the African Thrush, in Brazzaville.