Africa Wild Challenge - BIRD Checklist of Kgalagadi

[Toko]

123. White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus

Identification
Length 90-98 cm; wingspan 212-228 cm.
Bare Parts: Iris dark brown; bill and cere black; bare skin of head dark grey; skin of lower neck blackish; legs and feet black.
Large size; body plumage generally brown, faintly streaky; iris dark; face blackish, neck pink; white lower back conspicuous when flying away; buffy white under wing contrasts with dark remiges.
Immature: Darker than adult; lower back streaked brown and white; under parts streaked light and dark; under wing mottled brown and white.
Chick: Grayish brown; iris dark brown; cere and legs Grayish black.


Around Nossob

by Mel
Cubitjie Quap, October 2011

by Tina
Dalkeith October 2013

by ExFmem
Oct. 2011 Auob side

by nan
4.10.2012 - before Kij Kij

by Michele Nel
Kwang - Jan 2016

by Lisbeth - Nov. 2017

[Toko]

878. Yellow Canary Serinus flaviventris

Identification
Length 13-14 cm
Adult male (S. f. flaviventris): Forehead, eyebrows and cheeks yellow; crown, nape and mantle olive green with brown flecks. The eye-stripes, ear-coverts and sides of the neck are olive-khaki, and the malar stripes are olive-green. The back is olive-khaki and the rump and upper tail coverts greenish yellow. The tail and wings are dusky brown, feathers edged green or yellow. The underparts are a rich yellow; greenish yellow on the breast and greyish-yellow on the flanks. Bill horn with a pinkish base; eyes, legs and feet brown.
Adult female: Duller than the male; crown, nape, mantle and back are pale greyish olive, streaked brown; eye-stripes, ear-coverts and malar stripes greyish olive; eye-brows and lower cheeks buffy white. Rump and upper tail coverts yellowish olive. Throat, breast and flanks buffy white with brown streaks.

by Toko
Female. Auob river bed, 13th, August 2010

by ExFmem
Oct. 2013 Grootkolk female

by Mel
Male, Grootkolk, October 2011

by Tina
Male and female Grootkolk September 2012

by nan

by Michele Nel
Nossob Camp - Jan 2016

by Lisbeth - Nov. 2017

[Toko]

821. Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea

Identification
11-13 cm. Small, finch-like bird. Breeding male has a black or white mask, ringed with pink or dull yellow, and a bright red bill and legs. Non-breeding male and female are drab, but have red bills and legs.


13th Borehole

by Mel
Breeding male, Auob Side, March 2013

by Tina
13th borehole October 2013

by nan

by ExFmem
Oct. 2011 13th Borehole

by Michele Nel
Auob Riverbed - Jan 2015

by Lisbeth - Urikaruus Nov. 2017

[Mel]

580. Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitsirupa

Identification: 22–24 cm, erect posture, short tail, heavy bill, rather long legs, upperparts grey-brown with a chestnut wing-panel, underparts white with black spots, face is white with bold black markings, underwing has a black and white pattern which is visible during the undulating flight.


Nossob, October 2011

by Tina
Nossob September 2012

by ExFmem
Oct. 2011 Nossob

by nan
15.2.2011 - Nossob, in the camp

by Michele Nel
Mata Mata - Jan 2016

by Lisbeth - K.T.C. Nov.2017

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by Dindingwe


by Peter Betts

[Toko]

182. Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides

Identification
37 cm. Rufous brown above with black chequerboard markings. Paler below with fine black streaks. Tail is grey with black bars. White underwings in flight. Distinctive white eye is diagnostic. The bill is blue-grey; the legs and feet are yellow. The sexes are alike.
Juvenile has a rufous, barred tail, a dark eye and streaked (not barred) flanks. This Kestrel is larger and paler brown than Rock Kestrel

by Toko
Around Nossob

by Mel
Northern Auob, October 2012

by nan
21.1.2012 - near Kieliekrankie

by Tina
Upper dune road October 2013

by ExFmem
Nov. 2011 Subadult (note the dark eye)

by Lisbeth - Nov. 2017


(c) Michele Nel - 01/01/2016 Upper Dune Road

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by Dindingwe

[Mel]

178. Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera

Identification: 30-36 cm, medium-sized, long-winged falcon, bright rufous crown and nape, sexessimilar except size: males are smaller than females.
Upperparts blue-grey, finely barred with dark grey to black. Tail grey with black bars and a broad, black black band and white tip. Underparts are two tones: Chin, throat and chest are pinkish-rufous or white. Rest of underparts, including wing coverts, belly, vent and thighs are white or pale grey, finely barred with black.

by Mel
Auob Side, October 2012

by Tina
Dalkeith October 2013

by nan

ExFmem
Nov. 2009 South of Monro

by Michele Nel
Red-necked Falcon - near Kousant - Jan 2016

by harrys

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November 2017

by Lisbeth

Nov. 2017

[Mel]

122. Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres

Identification: 100-115 cm, near-naked head and neck. Adult creamy-buff, contrasting dark flight- and tail-feathers, pale buff neck-ruff. Underwing in flight has pale silvery secondary feathers and black alula. Yellowish eye, black bill, bluish throat and facial skin, dark neck. Juveniles and immatures generally darker and more streaked, with brown to orange eyes and red neck.


Urikaruus, October 2012

[Mel]

062. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Identification: 90-98 cm, bright white crown, black line running from above and behind the eye to the nape and extending as a spike-like crest,
white neck with a double row of black streaks down the throat, underparts grey, black patch from shoulder down to flanks, grey back and wings, long, yellow bill, greenish-yellow legs and feet.

by Mel
Near Houmoued, March 2013

by Michele Nel
14th Borehole - 18/02/2018

[nan]

232. Ludwig Bustard Neotis ludwigii

Identification
Large cursorial bird. Combination of graybrown throat and foreneck, rufous-brown hind neck, and small black-and-white wing panel is diagnostic.


Female


Male

by Mel
Male, south of Lijersdraai, October 2013

by ExFmem
Oct. 2011 Auob side

by harrys

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November 2017

by Lisbeth - Nov. 2017

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by Dindingwe

[Mel]

071. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Identification: 46-56 cm, often seen close to large wild mammals. Adult in breeding plumage is white with conspicuous orange-buff feathers on crown, breast and back. The bare parts such as bill, lores and legs become bright red during a short period prior to pairing. Eyes are yellow.


Breeding, October 2012

by Tina
Urikaruus October 2013

by Michele Nel
Cattle Egret - Nossob Camp - Jan 2016

by nan
21.1.2016 Grootkolk

by ExFmem