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Red-backed Shrike - 60 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:36 am
by Flutterby
733.
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Identification
18 cm.
Male unlikely to be confused with any other shrike in region, with combination of brick red back and wings and grey head.
Female duller than male; lightly scalloped underparts and fine vermiculations on crown.
Juvenile: Similar to female but more heavily vermiculated above.
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Male
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Female
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Female
Helmeted Guineafowl - 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:40 am
by Flutterby
203.
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Identification
56 cm; sexes alike. Bony casque on head, red facial skin and blue upper neck.
Juvenile: Browner body with reduced helmet; upper neck and throat feathered.
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White-throated Swallow - 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:45 am
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520.
White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
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Cape Robin-chat - 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:49 am
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601.
Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra
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Black-chested Snake-eagle - 60 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:58 am
by Flutterby
143.
Black-chested Snake-Eagle (Black-breasted Snake-Eagle) Circaetus pectoralis
Identification
66 cm; sexes alike. Unspotted white underparts, scaled (not feathered) lower legs, round head and conspicuous large yellow eyes. In flight easily differÂentiated by white (not brown) underwings with narrow black bars across secondaries.
Juvenile: Upperparts variable from pale to darkish brown, sometimes flecked with white. Underparts more rufous brown than juv Brown Snake-Eagle, becoming whiter with age. In flight, underwing coverts brown, flight feathers pale with 3 distinct narrow bars. Eyes yellow.
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Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike) - 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:22 am
by Flutterby
732.
Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike) Lanius collaris
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Bokmakierie - 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:31 am
by Flutterby
746.
Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
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Cape Wagtail - 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:34 am
by Flutterby
713.
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
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Green-backed Heron - 60 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:50 am
by Flutterby
074.
Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus
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Immature
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Immature
Ant-eating Chat - 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:53 am
by Flutterby
595.
Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
Identification
18 cm; sexes aimilar. Dark brown plumage, with distinctive white wing patches in flight. Small white shoulder patch on male often not visible. Female lacks white shoulder patch, and is slightly paler brown.
Juvenile: Rusty wash and less white in wings.
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