025 The Ruaha red-billed hornbill is a recently discovered subspecies, indigenous to this area only

026 A superb starling stood around looking - well, superb!

027 A white-backed vulture picking over the last remains of a kill. A hooded vulture looks on

028 The fsh eagle's call is known as the 'voice of Africa'

029 The strikingly coloured grey crowned crane

030 Saddle-billed stork standing on the bank of the Great Ruaha river

031 The Hammerkop was a common bird along the Great Ruaha river

032 Saddle-billed stork in flight

033 One of the most beautiful birds in the World, the lilac-breasted roller. They were very common throughout the Park

034 The stunning coloured wings of the lilac-breasted roller caught as it is about to land

035 A male Von Der Decken's hornbill. They were generally seen in pairs as they mate for life

036 I think the laughing dove is the prettiest species

037 Male Namaqua dove

038 Southern ground hornbills are the size of turkeys and they can fly too

039 Hooded vulures are the smallest species and so have to wait last in line at a kill

040 Red-necked spurfowl

041 Ruaha red-billed hornbills are a recently discovered subspecies and are strikingly attractive residents of the National Park

042 The African golden-breasted bunting came to the bird bath in front of our tent

043 A lone female ostrich

044 Red-billed oxpeckers at work on a giraffe's neck

045 Guineafowl were common all over the Park but were also quite wary and so made difficult subjects to photograph

046 This bright eyed bird has the unusual name of water thick-knee and is a relative of the seagull

047 Hildebrandt's francolins have a very noisy and raucous call and are one of the sounds of the Ruaha bush

048 The rufous red crown and nape, and black and white barring identified this bird as a red-necked falcon