Africa Wild Challenge - BIRD Checklist of Kgalagadi

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454. Common Scimitarbil (Scimitar-billed Wood-Hoopoe) Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

Identification
26–30 cm. Black, long, extremely decurved bill (not red), legs and feets black. Black plumage which in perfect light looks purple glossed. White spotted primaries form a white bar but without an additional white spot (contra some Wood Hoopoes).

by nan
20.3.2013 - 13th Borehole

by Mel
Grootkolk, October 2012

by ExFmem
Male. Nossob, November

by Tina
Near Urikaruus, October 2013

by Michele Nel
Near Mata Mata, KTP - Feb 2013

by Lisbeth - Nov. 2017

[Lisbeth]

237. Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista

Identification
50 cm.
Adult male: The crown is grey. The red crest is rarely visible except on displaying male. Upper parts are brown; feathers have black centres and white chevron marks. The foreneck is grey. The underparts are black except for white patches on each side of the upper breast. The eyes are pale, the bill dark horn and the legs and feet are off-white to grey-green.
Adult female: Similar to the male, but the crown is brown with white flecks, and the neck and upper breast are buff with black flecks, grading to a broad white breast band.

by Lisbeth
Upper dune road, December 2010

by ExFmem
Nov. 2011 Upper Dune Road Male


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

[Toko]

589. Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris

Identification
14-15 cm. The black bill is short and straight. The legs and feet are black. A dull brown bird, which is paler below. It often has a orange looking patch on the ear-coverts. It has a shortish tail with dark brown centre feathers, and orange-buff outer tail feathers and rump.


Kalahari Tented Camp

by Mel
Nossob, October 2012

by Tina
Grootkolk September 2012

by nan
14.3.2013 - Kij Kij... above 3 Lionness

by nan

by ExFmem
Nov. 2012 Kielie Krankie

by nan
23.9.2009 - Union's End

by Tina
Near Twee Rivieren September 2012

by Michele Nel
Leijersdraai, KTP - 04/01/2016

by Lisbeth - Mata Mata, Nov. 2017

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by Dindingwe

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108. Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha

Identification
A dabbling duck. 43–48 cm long, the combination of a dark cap, pale buffy cheeks and red bill is diagnostic. Black cap and nape, pale face, and bright red bill. The body plumage is a dark brown edged with white. The secondary flight feathers are buff with a black stripe across them.
The sexes are similar, but juveniles are duller than adults.


Moravet... Lake 14.2.2011

by Mel
03/04/2015 at Kwang

by Michele Nel
Samevloeing - June 2009

by ExFmem
Kwang

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179. (Western) Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus

Identification
Females and juveniles: indistinct face mask, buff underparts with varying degrees of streaking (most adult females tend to have only a very little bit of streaking on the side of the belly and chest). Barred grey on the back and wings.
Adult males: dark slate grey everywhere with paler sometimes silvery primaries (especially noticeable from above) and undertail reddish-brown. Feet, base of bill and eyering red.


17.2.2011 - around Grootkolk
in the Nossob river, this year, was a lot and a lot of Falcons

by Michele Nel
North of Polentswa, Feb 2013

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382. Jacobin Cuckoo Oxylophus jacobinus

Identification
34 cm. A distinctive cuckoo. Glossy black upperparts with a prominent crest. White patch on black wings and white tips to black tail. White underparts. Long graduated tail.
It has two colour morphs, one greyish white to white below with streaked throat, the other (mainly in coastal southern Africa) all glossy black with white wing patch and without white in tail.
Juveniles are browner above and yellowish-white below.

by nan
19.2.2011 - between Grootkolk and Nossob

by Michele Nel
Near Mata Mata - February 2013

by Lisbeth
Mata Mata, Nov 2017

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493. Monotonous Lark Mirafa passerina

Identification
14 cm. A compact Lark with a stout bill. The face is fairly plain and brown, and the white chin and throat contrast with the plain buff breast.


26.2.2011 - Northern Auob river
singing all along the way

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861. Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia

Identification
BreedingMale: Black crown a nd upperparts. Golden breast. Four elongated black tail shaft feathers with expanded tips.
Non-breeding loses the long tail and plumage changes to olive brown (similar to the female)
They parasite Violet-eared Waxbill

male

female
23.1.2012 - Union's End

by Mel
Breeding male, 13th or 14th, April 2011

by Michele Nel
14th Borehole, Dec 2014

by ExFmem
Grootkolk

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716. African (Grassveld) Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus

Identification
15 to 17 cm. Buff-brown streaky upperparts. White or pale buff underparts. Streaked breast. Unstreaked belly and flanks. Boldly patterned face; pale eyestripe, dark malar stripe. Whitish outer tail-feathers. Long pink legs. Slender dark bill with a yellowish base to the lower mandible
Juvenile birds have a blotched breast, scalloping on the upperparts and some streaking on the flanks.

by Mel
Auchterlonie Picnic Spot, April 2011

by Michele Nel
Near Leeudril - Jan 2016

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887. Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani

Identification
14 cm. A buff-coloured bunting with dark brown wings and tail. Distinguished from larks by its long tail and short legs; it also hops rather than walks.

by nan
29.1.2012 - near Urikaruus

by Mel
March 2013

by Lisbeth
Urikaruus, December 2011

by Michele Nel
Nossob, KTP - 03/01/2016

by ExFmem