058. Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
Identification
55 cm; sexes alike, male larger than female. All dark; tail longish; bill and neck short; crest short; in good light broad black tips to scapulars and upperwing coverts visible; eye red; bill yellow with black culmen. Breeding plumage glossy black; bare yellow-orange skin turns red during courtship. Non breeding adult overall paler and browner, whitish belly, eyes not as bright red.
Immature: Below off-white; browner above; long tail, short bill and small size distinguish it from Whitebreasted Cormorant.
Chick: Naked at first, then covered with jet black down.
© Toko
Lower Sabie low-level bridge
© Flutterby
Lower Sabie Low-level Bridge
© Dewi
Malelane
© BluTuna
© Lisbeth
Southern Kruger
© Leachy
Immature, Biyamiti
© Amoli
© Dindingwe
Lower Sabie
© Richprins
Phabeni Stream
Kruger National Park Bird Challenge - Battle of the Sexes
095. African Spoonbill - 40 Points
095. African Spoonbill Platalea alba
© Dewi
Rooibosrant Dam
© Flutterby
Olifants High-level Bridge
© ExFmem
Central Kruger
© Toko
Shimuwini Dam in the Mphongolo River
© Tina
Nsemani
© Bush Brat
Sunset Dam
© leachy
Sunset dam
© Super Mongoose
March 2013, Letaba bridge
© nan
29.10.2009
© Amoli
© Dindingwe
Lower Sabie
© Lisbeth
Sable Dam
© harrys
Letaba River
© Bookworm
Letaba River
© Dewi
Rooibosrant Dam
© Flutterby
Olifants High-level Bridge
© ExFmem
Central Kruger
© Toko
Shimuwini Dam in the Mphongolo River
© Tina
Nsemani
© Bush Brat
Sunset Dam
© leachy
Sunset dam
© Super Mongoose
March 2013, Letaba bridge
© nan
29.10.2009
© Amoli
© Dindingwe
Lower Sabie
© Lisbeth
Sable Dam
© harrys
Letaba River
© Bookworm
Letaba River
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
169. African Harrier-hawk - 40 Points
169. African Harrier-hawk (formerly known as Gymnogene) Polyboroides typus
© Dewi
Juvenile, Kanniedood Dam road
© Duke
© BluTuna
© Amoli
S114 April 2014
© ExFmem
Juvenile, H1-2
© steamtrainfan
Lake Panic
© mposthumus
H11 9/6/2009
© Lisbeth
Juvenile, Southern Kruger
© leachy
© nan
29.10.2009
H4-2
© Dindingwe
H1-2
© Flutterby
H6
© Richprins
Pafuri
© Dewi
Juvenile, Kanniedood Dam road
© Duke
© BluTuna
© Amoli
S114 April 2014
© ExFmem
Juvenile, H1-2
© steamtrainfan
Lake Panic
© mposthumus
H11 9/6/2009
© Lisbeth
Juvenile, Southern Kruger
© leachy
© nan
29.10.2009
H4-2
© Dindingwe
H1-2
© Flutterby
H6
© Richprins
Pafuri
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
829. White-winged Widowbird - 40 Points
829. White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Ploceidae
© Dewi
Transitional Male, Pretoriuskop.
© Flutterby
S90
© Dindingwe
H1-3
© leachy
Klopperfontein
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Ploceidae
© Dewi
Transitional Male, Pretoriuskop.
© Flutterby
S90
© Dindingwe
H1-3
© leachy
Klopperfontein
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
058. White-breasted Cormorant - 40 Points
055. White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus
Identification
77-94 cm. Iris green; bill black above, tan below shading to black at tip. Plumage above black; white from chin to upper belly (extent of white somewhat variable); rest of underparts black; breeding birds usually have white thigh patches; non-breeding adults browner, and lack white thigh patches.
Juvenile: Dark brown above, off-white below. Chick: Naked black, then with sooty black down.
© Toko
Rooisbosrant dam
© nan
© Tina
Lake Panic
© Duke
© BluTuna
© Flutterby
Lake Panic
© Dindingwe
Lake Panic
© Leachy
Shitlhave Dam
© ExFmem
Sept. 2017
© Lisbeth
Lake Panic 2020
Identification
77-94 cm. Iris green; bill black above, tan below shading to black at tip. Plumage above black; white from chin to upper belly (extent of white somewhat variable); rest of underparts black; breeding birds usually have white thigh patches; non-breeding adults browner, and lack white thigh patches.
Juvenile: Dark brown above, off-white below. Chick: Naked black, then with sooty black down.
© Toko
Rooisbosrant dam
© nan
© Tina
Lake Panic
© Duke
© BluTuna
© Flutterby
Lake Panic
© Dindingwe
Lake Panic
© Leachy
Shitlhave Dam
© ExFmem
Sept. 2017
© Lisbeth
Lake Panic 2020
094. Hadeda Ibis - 20 Points
094. Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
© Dewi
Shingwedzi
© Flutterby
SKukuza Camp
© nan
10.5.2011
© Bush Brat
Skukuza
© Mel
Skukuza Camp
© Tina
Skukuza
© Duke
© BluTuna
On nest with chick.
© Toko
Skukza
© ExFmem
© leachy
Sunset dam
© Amoli
© Dindingwe
Skukuza
© Richprins
Pafuri
© Lisbeth
Letaba River not far from Letaba
© Dewi
Shingwedzi
© Flutterby
SKukuza Camp
© nan
10.5.2011
© Bush Brat
Skukuza
© Mel
Skukuza Camp
© Tina
Skukuza
© Duke
© BluTuna
On nest with chick.
© Toko
Skukza
© ExFmem
© leachy
Sunset dam
© Amoli
© Dindingwe
Skukuza
© Richprins
Pafuri
© Lisbeth
Letaba River not far from Letaba
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
398. Pearl-spotted Owlet - 20 Points
398. Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
© Dewi
S56
© Duke
H7
© Amoli
H9 June 2012
© BluTuna
© ExFmem
Letaba
© steamtrainfan
S28
© leachy
Goedgegun S39
© Super Mongoose
October 2012, S126
© nan
7.5.2011
© Toko
Around Skukuza
© Flutterby
H4-1
© Dewi
S56
© Duke
H7
© Amoli
H9 June 2012
© BluTuna
© ExFmem
Letaba
© steamtrainfan
S28
© leachy
Goedgegun S39
© Super Mongoose
October 2012, S126
© nan
7.5.2011
© Toko
Around Skukuza
© Flutterby
H4-1
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
125. White-headed Vulture - 40 Points
125. White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
There are an estimated 60 pairs of White-headed Vultures in KNP.
© Dewi
S56
© Flutterby
H1-6
© nan
17.5.2011
© Bush Brat
Leeupan
© Duke
© BluTuna
Juvenile
© Amoli
December 2012
© Tina
© ExFmem
© Lisbeth
© leachy
H10
© Dindingwe
H1-3
© Mel
Along the H1-3, just before Satara, April 2017
There are an estimated 60 pairs of White-headed Vultures in KNP.
© Dewi
S56
© Flutterby
H1-6
© nan
17.5.2011
© Bush Brat
Leeupan
© Duke
© BluTuna
Juvenile
© Amoli
December 2012
© Tina
© ExFmem
© Lisbeth
© leachy
H10
© Dindingwe
H1-3
© Mel
Along the H1-3, just before Satara, April 2017
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
444. Little Bee-Eater - 40 Points
444. Little Bee-Eater Merops pusillus
© Dewi
S56
© Flutterby
S100
© nan
30.3.2011
© Duke
S119
© Amoli
Dukes waterhole April 2014
© steamtrainfan
Near Letaba
© Bush Brat
S100
© Tina
Juvenile, H 4-1
© leachy
S114
© Dindingwe
Shimuvini
© ExFmem
Skukuza Area
© Dewi
S56
© Flutterby
S100
© nan
30.3.2011
© Duke
S119
© Amoli
Dukes waterhole April 2014
© steamtrainfan
Near Letaba
© Bush Brat
S100
© Tina
Juvenile, H 4-1
© leachy
S114
© Dindingwe
Shimuvini
© ExFmem
Skukuza Area
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
Two in One: 90 Points
Two in one: Bateleur & Secretarybird - 90 Points
© Dewi
H1-7
© Dewi
H1-7
Dewi
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)