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African Sacred Ibis - 20 Points
091. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
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What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
African Purple Swamphen (Purple Gallinule) - 20 Points
223. African Purple Swamphen (Purple Gallinule) Porphyrio madagascariensis
Identification
38-46 cm. Massive red bill and frontal shield, red legs and toes. Bright purplish-blue head and underparts and a green back offset by bright white under-tail coverts.
Immature is duller, brownish with red brown legs.
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Identification
38-46 cm. Massive red bill and frontal shield, red legs and toes. Bright purplish-blue head and underparts and a green back offset by bright white under-tail coverts.
Immature is duller, brownish with red brown legs.
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260. African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Identification
Length 35 cm, mass 160-293 g; the largest African lapwing.
Brown, black crown, white forehead and large yellow facial wattles, upperwings have black flight feathers and brown coverts separated by a white bar, underwings are white with black flight feathers. White tail, tipped black, and the long legs are yellow.
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Identification
Length 35 cm, mass 160-293 g; the largest African lapwing.
Brown, black crown, white forehead and large yellow facial wattles, upperwings have black flight feathers and brown coverts separated by a white bar, underwings are white with black flight feathers. White tail, tipped black, and the long legs are yellow.
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Redcollared Widowbird - 20 Points
831. Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Breeding Male
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Male & Female - non-breeding
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Northern Black Korhaan - 20 Points
239. Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
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Rufous-naped Lark - 20 Points
494. Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
Identification
17 cm; sexes alike. Fairly large stocky lark, with short but distinctive erectile rufous crest, and rufous wing panel that is usually more visible in flight than on ground. Characteristically sings from top of fence post, termite mound or shrub.
Juvenile: Darker above with buff edging to feathers.
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Identification
17 cm; sexes alike. Fairly large stocky lark, with short but distinctive erectile rufous crest, and rufous wing panel that is usually more visible in flight than on ground. Characteristically sings from top of fence post, termite mound or shrub.
Juvenile: Darker above with buff edging to feathers.
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Barn Swallow (European Swallow) - 20 Points
518. Barn Swallow (European Swallow) Hirundo rustica
Identification
14 cm (streamers = 6 cm); sexes alike, long outer tail streamers are often absent in the austral summer months (non-br season). Diagnostic features are chestnut-rufous throat and forehead, blue-black breast band, glossy steel blue upper parts and deeply forked tail. White windows clearly visible in tail when spread.
Juvenile: Buffy forehead, paler chin and throat and duller and browner upperparts.
Non-br Palearctic migrant. First arrivals in Sept, most in act or early Nov.
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Identification
14 cm (streamers = 6 cm); sexes alike, long outer tail streamers are often absent in the austral summer months (non-br season). Diagnostic features are chestnut-rufous throat and forehead, blue-black breast band, glossy steel blue upper parts and deeply forked tail. White windows clearly visible in tail when spread.
Juvenile: Buffy forehead, paler chin and throat and duller and browner upperparts.
Non-br Palearctic migrant. First arrivals in Sept, most in act or early Nov.
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Southern Red Bishop - 20 Points
824. Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Breeding Male
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Dark-capped Bulbul - 20 Points
568. Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor
Identification
20 cm; sexes alike. Narrow black eye-ring.
Juvenile: Upperparts have rusty wash; otherwise similar to adult.
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Identification
20 cm; sexes alike. Narrow black eye-ring.
Juvenile: Upperparts have rusty wash; otherwise similar to adult.
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Levaillant's Cisticola - 20 Points
677. Levaillant’s Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
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