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1 Mammals South Africa (Kruger) trip Nov (Thomas Garm Pedersen) Lion (females with porcupine) Lion (male) Lion (juv.) Leopard Leopard White rhinoceros African elephant African elephant African elephant (herd)

2 African buffalo African buffalo African buffalo (herd) Giraffe Giraffe Warthog Hippopotamus Hippopotamus Hippopotamus Spotted hyena (ad. + juv.) Spotted hyena (juv.) Spotted hyena (with vervet monkey)

3 Black-backed jackal Dwarf mongoose Dwarf mongoose African wild dog African wild dog (with impala) African wild dog Chacma baboon Vervet monkey Vervet monkey Burchell s zebra Blue wildebeest Tree squirrel

4 Greater kudu (male) Greater kudu (female) Nyala Waterbuck (male) Waterbuck (female) Bush buck Impala (male) Impala (female + juv.) Steenbok Common duiker Klipspringer Porcupine (dead)

5 Reptiles and amphibians Flap-neck chameleon Southern tree agama Southern tree agama Rock monitor Nile monitor Nile monitor Agama Rough scaled plated lizard Striped skink Turner s thick-toed gecko Cape dwarf gecko Speke s hinged tortoise

6 Striped skaapsteker Common blind snake Serrated hinged terrapin Birds Rain frog Frog Little bee-eater Little bee-eater Little bee-eater Woodland kingfisher Woodland kingfisher Woodland kingfisher (with termite)

7 Brown-hooded kingfisher Brown-hooded kingfisher Brown-hooded kingfisher Lilac-breasted roller Lilac-breasted roller Lilac-breasted roller Purple roller European roller African paradise-flycatcher Red-billed hornbill Red-billed hornbill (at nest) Red-billed hornbill (with termites)

8 African grey hornbill Southern yellow-billed hornbill Southern ground hornbill European bee-eater Crested barbet Grey go-away bird Red-collared widowbird Long-tailed widowbird Pin-tailed whydah (male) Pin-tailed whydah (female) Green wood-hoopoe African hoopoe

9 Bearded woodpecker Southern red bishop Southern masked weaver Southern masked weaver Red-headed weaver Red-billed buffalo weaver Cape glossy starling Burchell s starling Red-winged starling Wattled starling Pied starling Black-capped bulbul

10 Masai ostrich (male) Helmeted guineafowl Hadeda ibis Kori bustard Black-bellied bustard Red-chested koorhan Saddle-billed stork (female) Saddle-billed stork (male) Marabou stork African spoon-bill Egyptian goose Egyptian goose

11 White-backed vulture White-backed vulture Hooded vulture Tawny eagle African hawk-eagle Wahlberg s eagle Bateleur Black-shouldered kite Black-shouldered kite Pearl-spotted owlet European nightjar Fiery-necked nightjar

12 Red-billed oxpecker Yellow-billed oxpecker Maina Burchell s coucal Jacobin cuckoo Levaillant's cuckoo Laughing dove Cape turtle-dove Tambourine dove Red-billed dove Comb duck Spur-winged goose

13 Swainson s spurfowl Natal spurfowl Crested frankolin Cattle egret Grey heron Hammerkop Blacksmith lapwing Crowned lapwing Three-banded plover Common greenshank White-breasted cormorant Water thick-knee

14 Pied crow Arrow-marked babbler Black-crowned tchagra Yellow-fronted canary Jameson s fire-finch Blue waxbill Speckled mousebird Black-backed puffback Chinspot batis Pied wagtail Cape wagtail Familiar chat

15 Wire-tailed swallow Red-breasted swallow White-bellied sunbird Lesser masked weaver Levaillant's cisticola Southern black tit Red-billed quelea Bearded scrub-robin Sabota lark Magpie shrike Red-backed shrike African stonechat

16 Fork-tailed drongo Common fiscal Eurasian tree-sparrow Butterflies Coot Spotted flycatcher Ashy flycatcher Citrus swallowtail Yellow pansy African monarch Smoky orange-tip Guineafowl butterfly Guineafowl butterfly

17 Unidentified Other insects and spiders Unidentified Large copper dung beetle Large copper dung beetle Dung beetle Beetle Grasshopper Grass-mimicking grasshopper Cicada Praying mantis Dragonfly

18 Termite Winged termite Baboon spider (juv.) Miscellaneous Centipede Millipede Giant land snail Photographer and brother Anders

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