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058. Reed Cormorant - 20 Points

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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.

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Lower Sabie low-level bridge

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Lower Sabie Low-level Bridge

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Malelane

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Southern Kruger

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Immature, Biyamiti

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Lower Sabie


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Phabeni Stream


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095. African Spoonbill - 40 Points

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095. African Spoonbill Platalea alba

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Rooibosrant Dam

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Olifants High-level Bridge

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Central Kruger

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Shimuwini Dam in the Mphongolo River

Image © Tina
Nsemani

Image © Bush Brat
Sunset Dam

Image © leachy
Sunset dam

Image © Super Mongoose
March 2013, Letaba bridge

Image © nan
29.10.2009

Image © Amoli

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Lower Sabie

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Sable Dam

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Letaba River


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Letaba River


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169. African Harrier-hawk - 40 Points

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169. African Harrier-hawk (formerly known as Gymnogene) Polyboroides typus

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Juvenile, Kanniedood Dam road

Image © Duke

Image © BluTuna

Image © Amoli
S114 April 2014

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Juvenile, H1-2

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Lake Panic

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H11 9/6/2009

Image © Lisbeth
Juvenile, Southern Kruger

Image © leachy

Image © nan
29.10.2009
H4-2

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H1-2

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H6


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Pafuri


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829. White-winged Widowbird - 40 Points

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829. White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Ploceidae

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Transitional Male, Pretoriuskop.

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S90

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H1-3


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058. White-breasted Cormorant - 40 Points

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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.

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Rooisbosrant dam

Image © nan

Image © Tina
Lake Panic

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Lake Panic

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Lake Panic

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Shitlhave Dam


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094. Hadeda Ibis - 20 Points

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094. Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash

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Shingwedzi

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SKukuza Camp

Image © nan
10.5.2011

Image © Bush Brat
Skukuza

Image © Mel
Skukuza Camp

Image © Tina
Skukuza

Image © Duke

Image © BluTuna
On nest with chick.

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Skukza

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Sunset dam

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Skukuza


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Pafuri

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Letaba River not far from Letaba


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398. Pearl-spotted Owlet - 20 Points

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398. Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum

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S56

Image © Duke
H7

Image © Amoli
H9 June 2012

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Letaba

Image © steamtrainfan
S28

Image © leachy
Goedgegun S39

Image © Super Mongoose
October 2012, S126

Image © nan
7.5.2011

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Around Skukuza

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H4-1


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125. White-headed Vulture - 40 Points

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125. White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis

There are an estimated 60 pairs of White-headed Vultures in KNP.

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S56

Image © Flutterby
H1-6

Image © nan
17.5.2011

Image © Bush Brat
Leeupan

Image © Duke

Image © BluTuna
Juvenile

Image © Amoli
December 2012

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Image © ExFmem

Image © Lisbeth

Image © leachy
H10

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H1-3


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444. Little Bee-Eater - 40 Points

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444. Little Bee-Eater Merops pusillus

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S56

Image © Flutterby
S100

Image © nan
30.3.2011

Image © Duke
S119

Image © Amoli
Dukes waterhole April 2014

Image © steamtrainfan
Near Letaba

Image © Bush Brat
S100

Image © Tina
Juvenile, H 4-1

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S114

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Shimuvini


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Skukuza Area


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Two in One: 90 Points

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Two in one: Bateleur & Secretarybird - 90 Points

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