Africa Wild

Galliformes (Chicken-like Birds) 188 Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui 189 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena 191 Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi 192 Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii 193 Orange River Francolin Scleroptila levaillantoides 199 Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis ...

What on earth is a red winged francolin? :shock: Rooi vlerk patrys Scleroptila levaillantii (Red-winged francolin). [= Francolinus levaillantii]. Rooivlerkpatrys [Afrikaans]; Intendele (generic term for francolin), Isakhwatsha [Xhosa]; iNtendele (generic term for francolin) [Zulu]; Khoale (generic ...

Same friend also saw red winged francolin over the weekend. Going to look for them next weekend...

Friends of mine saw her when she had 6 cubs! Sadly she must have lost 2 along the way.

Cool sighting though. They stayed next to the road for over an hour. Also had a failed hunt while we watched....

Thanks Flutterby!!!
Hope this works....

Got some great pics of the mom and cubs a few weeks ago. Need to figure out how to post pics again....

Sorry guys - no pics. It was a spur of the moment, Sunday afternoon after the braai trip. For those of you who might not know: Rietvlei is open till 19:00 at the moment. It is really nice to go late afternoon and do a sunset drive. We got a new record of 16 mammals in 2.5 hours on Sunday. Also some ...

Hello, jb! 0/* Met your weigh-less buddy here on Friday! :twisted: :evil: :evil: @#$ I am trying to tell you about my cool sighting?!?!? (Ek hoor ou Gumpie is 'n maergat?) Its a pity it won't improve his eyesight - he might still need me to spot the animals for him... :twisted: How are things in ...

Hey everyone, 0/* Its been awhile since I posted! Just wanted to brag that I saw the Rietvlei cheetahs make a kill yesterday!!! Third time I've seen them, but my first kill in Rietvlei. And all this after I saw a lion kill in Pilanesberg last weekend. O/\ Think I will be playing the lotto this week ...

jb72, when did this happen 0*\ 0*\ 0*\ O/ O/ O/ @#$ @#$ @#$ @#$ now to say all [O] are missing, that would be enough to make me stop photography for good 0= 0= 0= My wife kept a journal, so I can probably go look for the exact date, but I would guess it was 19th or 20th of December. We had some ...