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Red-throated Wryneck 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:56 pm
by Amoli
489.
Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
by Amoli
by Flutterby
Lilac-breasted Roller 40 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:57 pm
by Amoli
447.
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
Identification
29 cm (36 cm incl streamers); sexes alike. Only roller with lilac throat and breast and blue belly. Long, straight outer tail streamers absent during moult (post-breeding).
Juvenile: Like adult but duller with brownish wash on crown and nape; tail streamers absent.
Speckled Mousebird 20 Points
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:00 pm
by Amoli
424.
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
by Amoli
by Flutterby
Spotted Thick-knee (Spotted Dikkop) 40 Points
Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 1:15 pm
by Lisbeth
297.
Spotted Thick-knee (Spotted Dikkop)
Burhinus capensis
Identification
43 cm; sexes alike. Overall spotted appearance, and large yellow eyes distinctive.
Likely only to be confused with Water Thick-knee, but lacks greyish wing panel and thin white wing bar.
Juvenile: Similar to ad but more streaked above.
by Lisbeth
by Amoli
by Flutterby
Wood Sandpiper 40 Points
Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:36 pm
by Amoli
266.
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Identification
20 cm; sexes alike.
Non-breeding adult: Profuse white spotting on lightish upperparts distinctive. Conspicuous white supercilium extends behind eye; legs yellowish.
Juvenile: Upperparts warmer brown, spotted buff.
Common non-br Palearctic migrant. Main arrivals from Aug, departure late Feb-May, some 1-year birds overwintering.
Cape Glossy Starling (Glossy Starling) 20 Points
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:44 am
by Amoli
764.
Cape Glossy Starling (Glossy Starling)
Lamprotornis nitens
Identification
23 cm; sexes alike. Sheen more blue than green and lacks darker ear coverts of other similar overlapping species. Eyes orange-yellow.
Juvenile: Duller than adult; eyes yellow.
by Amoli
by Flutterby
Introduced exotic: Wood Duck or Carolina Duck - 10 Points
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:48 am
by Amoli
Exotic -
Wood Duck or Carolina Duck Aix sponsa
The Wood Duck or Carolina Duck (
Aix sponsa) is a species of perching duck found in North America.
It is a medium-sized perching duck. A typical adult is from 47 to 54 cm in length with a wingspan of between 66 to 73 cm.
The adult male has distinctive multicoloured iridescent plumage and red eyes,with a distinctive white flare down the neck. The female, less colourful, has a white eye-ring and a whitish throat. Both adults have crested heads.
Male
Crested Barbet 20 Points
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:49 am
by Amoli
473.
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
Identification
24 cm; sexes similar.
Male: Yellow face speckled with red, black crest and chest band make it easily identifiable. Largest barbet in the area and only one that is sexually dimorphic.
Female: Similar to if but less brightly coloured.
Juvenile: Resembles ad but browner on wings and has less red streaking below.
by Amoli
by Flutterby
Cape Turtle-Dove 20 Points
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:52 am
by Amoli
354.
Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola
Identification
27 cm; sexes aike. Grey, without bare red skin around eyes. Lacks chestnut colouring on upperparts; white outer tail feathers conspicuous in flight. Black collar on hindneck narrowly rimmed with white.
Juvenile: Lacks black hindneck collar; upperparts and breast fringed buff.
Laughing Dove 20 Points
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:53 am
by Amoli
355.
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Identification
25 cm; sexes similar, female paler than male. Only dove in region with pinkish-grey head and rufous chest with black spotting; lacks black collar on hindneck. White outer tail feathers conspicuous in flight.
Juvenile: Breast grey, lacks black speckling. Overall paler and browner than adult.
by Amoli
by Flutterby