AW Challenge - Bird Check list of Rietvlei Nature Reserve

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813. Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis

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727. Cape Longclaw (Orange-throated Longclaw) Macronyx capensis

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832. Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne

Breeding Male

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534. Banded Martin Riparia cincta

Identification
15 cm;sexes alike. Brown upperparts. Conspicuous white eyebrow. In flight white (not dark) underwing coverts and rounded or square (not forked) tail.
Juvenile: Scaled rufous-buff on upper wing coverts.


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438. European Bee-eater Merops apiaster

Identification
23 cm (25 cm incl streamers); sexes alike. Combination of yellow throat, black gorget, turquoise underparts and brown and yellow back unmistakable.
Juvenile: Lacks tail streamers, gorget less distinct and overall duller and greener.
Non-br Palearctic migrants. Main arrivals in Oct, departure in late Mar or early Apr.

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180. Amur Falcon (Eastern Red-footed Kestrel) Falco amurensis

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105. African Black Duck Anas sparsa

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596. African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus

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255. Crowned Lapwing (Crowned Plover) Vanellus coronatus

Identification
31 cm; sexes aike. Sandy brown upperparts, bright red bill and legs, and distinctive head pat­tern unlike any other Vanellus plover. Legs and bill duller, more pinkish red in non-breeding season.
Juvenile: Forehead buff-brown, crown band buffy. Upperparts buff fringed.


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759. Pied Starling Spreo bicolour

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