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058. Reed Cormorant - 20 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:30 pm
by Toko
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

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© Dindingwe
Lower Sabie

© Richprins
Phabeni Stream
095. African Spoonbill - 40 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:35 pm
by Dewi
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

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© Dindingwe
Lower Sabie
© Lisbeth
Sable Dam

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© harrys
Letaba River

© Bookworm
Letaba River
169. African Harrier-hawk - 40 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:36 pm
by Dewi
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

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© Dindingwe
H1-2

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© Flutterby
H6

© Richprins
Pafuri
829. White-winged Widowbird - 40 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:40 pm
by Dewi
829.
White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Ploceidae

© Dewi
Transitional Male, Pretoriuskop.

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© Flutterby
S90

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© Dindingwe
H1-3

© leachy
Klopperfontein
058. White-breasted Cormorant - 40 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:42 pm
by Toko
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

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© Dindingwe
Lake Panic

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© Leachy
Shitlhave Dam

© ExFmem
Sept. 2017
© Lisbeth
Lake Panic 2020
094. Hadeda Ibis - 20 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:43 pm
by Dewi
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

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© Dindingwe
Skukuza

© Richprins
Pafuri
© Lisbeth
Letaba River not far from Letaba
398. Pearl-spotted Owlet - 20 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:44 pm
by Dewi
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
125. White-headed Vulture - 40 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:46 pm
by Dewi
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

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© Dindingwe
H1-3

© Mel
Along the H1-3, just before Satara, April 2017
444. Little Bee-Eater - 40 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:47 pm
by Dewi
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

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© Dindingwe
Shimuvini

© ExFmem
Skukuza Area
Two in One: 90 Points
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:53 pm
by Dewi
Two in one: Bateleur & Secretarybird - 90 Points

© Dewi
H1-7