This is:
PART 3 Birds P - S for rollers, snake-eagles, starlings, sunbirds, etc.
Other parts:
PART 1  Birds A - E   for  Bee-eaters, cuckoos, eagles, egrets, etc.
PART 2  Birds F - O   for falcons, gulls, herons, kingfishers, etc.
PART 4  Birds T - Z    for terns, warblers, vultures, etc.  
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| Paradise-flycatcher - red-bellied | 
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| Parakeet - rose-ringed. Yes, this is the one we have in SE England. | 
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| Parrot - Senegal. Senegal again. | 
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| Partridge - stone. Amazing duets of calls when they got going. | 
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| Pelican - great white | 
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| Pelican - pink-backed | 
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| Piacpiac | 
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| Pigeon - speckled. A lovely bird even if it is only a pigeon. | 
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| Plantain-eater - Western grey | 
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| Plover - black-headed. Frequented arid fields nowhere near water. | 
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| Plover - Egyptian.  An iconic bird | 
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| Plover - wattled, right, with a Senegal thick-knee. | 
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| Pratincole - collared. Huge flocks of these. At least 5,000. | 
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| Prinia - red-flanked (red-winged warbler) | 
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| Puffback - Northern | 
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| Robin-chat - white-crowned. Secretive and in dense undergrowth. | 
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| Roller - Abyssinian. One of four species of roller. | 
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| Roller - blue-breasted. Common and beautiful. | 
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| Roller - broad-billed | 
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| Roller - rufous-crowned. Offering a gift of an insect. | 
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| Sandpiper - wood. | 
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| Seedeater - white-rumped | 
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| Shikra. A small raptor like a sparrowhawk. | 
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| Shikra, perched - juvenile. | 
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| Shrike - woodchat | 
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| Shrike - yellow-billed | 
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| Snake-Eagle - banded | 
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| Snake-Eagle - Beaudouin's | 
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| Snake-Eagle - brown | 
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| Sparrow - Northern grey-headed | 
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| Sparrow-weaver - chestnut-crowned | 
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| Starling - bronze-tailed glossy. Note red eye. | 
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| Starling - long-tailed glossy | 
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| Starling - purple glossy | 
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| Stilt - black-winged. Juvenile. | 
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| Stork - marabou. I'm sure his mum loves him! | 
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| Stork - woolly-necked | 
 
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| Sunbird - beautiful. Male. Well named. | 
  
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| Sunbird - beautiful. Female. | 
 
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| Sunbird - beautiful. Female on nest. | 
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| Sunbird - copper | 
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| Sunbird - mouse-brown, with green spider. | 
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| Sunbird - pygmy | 
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| Sunbird - splendid | 
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| Sunbird - variable | 
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| Swallow - mosque  | 
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| Swallow - pied-winged | 
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| Swallow - red-chested | 
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| Swallow - red-rumped | 
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| Swallow - wire-tailed. No wires as this is a juvenile or non-breeding | 
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| Swift - little | 
Next post:
Continue to the next posting for the rest of the birds.
PART 4 Birds T - Z for terns, warblers, vultures, etc. 
 
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