Kruger National Park Bird Challenge - Battle of the Sexes

Post by **Flutterby** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:02 pm

KNP Bird Challenge - Battle of the Sexes

The KNP bird challenge will be a bit different to the other bird challenges...this time it's a team effort...Ladies vs Gents!!

Each poster will receive points for their contributions, and those points will go towards the team score...ladies or gents!

Anyone can join in at any time, but, best to start nagging your fellow gender-members!! $\O$

You can start posting pics here of any bird found in the Kruger Park and the mods will assist and move your pic into the relevant post.

Rule 1: The pic must be taken in the Kruger Park.
Rule 2: You can only score points once for each single species. You may post pics of male/female/juveniles, but points will only be awarded for the first pic. See score card below.
Rule 3: Bonus points will be awarded for multiple species in one photo - the more species in one photo, the more points. See below for the bonus points.
Rule 4: Please specify where in Kruger the pic was taken. You are also welcome to add anything interesting about the bird. There is a separate thread for comments and discussions.
Rule 5: Please post only one species per post.

An index will be added later as we continue with the listings.

The prize is to have fun with the challenge but obviously the team with the most points wins!! $O/\$ $O/\$

SCORE CARD :

Common – 20 points (any bird showing in black is common and will change to blue once there is a link to it)

Uncommon – 40 points

Rare – 60 points

Any other species (not listed below) - 100 points

Any pics of multiple bird sightings:

Two-in-one - add the points for each species plus an additional 30 points
Three-in-one - add the points for each species plus an additional 40 points
Four-in-one - add the points for each species plus an additional 50 points
Five-in-one - add the points for each species plus an additional 60 points
Six-in-one - add the points for each species plus an additional 70 points
Seven-in-one - add the points for each species plus an additional 80 points

Any hybrid or introduced exotic – 10 points $O/\$

Post by **Flutterby** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:03 pm

Struthioniformes (Ostrich)
001 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus

Podicipediformes (Grebes)
008 Little Grebe (Dabchick) Tachybaptus ruficollis

Suliformes (Cormorants, Darters) / Ciconiiformes (Stork, Herons, Ibisses) / Pelecaniformes (Pelicans)
049 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
050 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
055 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus
058 Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
060 African Darter Anhinga melanogaster
062 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
063 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
064 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
065 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
066 Great Egret (Great White Egret) Ardea alba
067 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
068 Intermediate Egret, Yellow-billed Egret Ardea intermedia
069 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
071 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
072 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
074 Striated Heron (Green-backed Heron) Butorides striatus
075 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
076 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
077 White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
078 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
079 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii
081 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
083 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
084 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
085 Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii
086 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopos
087 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
088 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
089 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
090 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
091 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicu
093 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
094 Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
095 African Spoonbill Platalea alba

Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)
096 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
097 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor

Anseriformes (Waterfowls)
099 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
100 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
101 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
102 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
104 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
105 African Black Duck Anas sparsa
106 Cape Teal Anas capensis
107 Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
108 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
112 Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
113 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
114 African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus
115 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
116 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis

Post by **Flutterby** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:04 pm

Accipitriformes / Falconiformes (Diurnal Birds of Prey)
118 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
121 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
122 Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
123 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
124 Lappet-faced Vulture Aegypius tracheliotus
125 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
126 Black Kite Milvus migrans
126b Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius
127 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
128 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
129 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
130 European Honey-Buzzard (Honey Buzzard) Pernis apivorus
131 Verreaux’s Eagle (Black Eagle) Aquila verreauxii
132 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
133 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
134 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
135 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
136 Booted Eagle Aquila pennata
137 African Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster
138 Ayres’ Hawk-Eagle Aquila ayresii
139 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
140 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
141 African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
142 Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
143 Black-chested Snake-Eagle (Black-breasted Snake-eagle) Circaetus pectoralis
146 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
147 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
148 African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
149 Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus
152 Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
153 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
154 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
156 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
157 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
158 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus
159 Shikra Accipiter badius
160 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
161 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
163 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
164 Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
165 African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
166 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
167 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
169 African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) Poliboroides typus
170 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
171 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrines
172 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
173 Eurasian Hobby (Hobby Falcon) Falco subbuteo
174 African Hobby (African Hobby Falcon) Falco cuvierii
175 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
177 Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae
178 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
179 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
180 Amur Falcon (Eastern Red-footed Kestrel) Falco amurensis
181 Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
182 Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
183 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
186 Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
185 Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickensoni

Galliformes (Chicken-like Birds)
188 Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui
189 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena
191 Shelley’s Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
196 Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis
199 Swainson’s Spurfowl Francolinus swainsonii
201 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
203 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
204 Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi
205 Common Buttonquail, Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus

Gruiformes (Coots, Cranes, Rails, Bustards)
210 African Rail Rallus caerulescens
211 Corncrake Crex crex
212 African Crake Crecopsis egregia
213 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra
215 Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
217 Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
218 Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
223 African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
224 Allen’s Gallinule (lesser Gallinule) Porphyrio alleni
226 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
227 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
228 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
229 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
230 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
237 Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista
238 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster

Charadriiformes (Shorebirds: Waders and Gulls)
240 African Jacana Actophilornis africana
241 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
242 Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
245 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
246 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
248 Kittlitz’s Plover Charadrius pecuarius
249 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
252 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
255 Crowned Lapwing (Crowned Plover) Vanellus coronatus
256 Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
258 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
259 White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
260 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
264 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
265 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
266 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
269 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
270 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
272 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
274 Little Stint Calidris minuta
281 Sanderling Calidris alba
284 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
286 African Snipe (Ethiopian Snipe) Gallinago nigripennis
294 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
295 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
297 Spotted Thick-Knee (Spotted Dikkop) Burhinus capensis
298 Water Thick-Knee (Water Dikkop) Burhinus vermiculatus
300 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
302 Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
303 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
304 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
305 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
315 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
338 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
339 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus

Post by **Flutterby** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:04 pm

Columbiformes (Doves, Pigeons, Parrots)
347 Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
348 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
349 Speckled Pigeon (Rock Pigeon) Columba guinea
352 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
353 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
354 Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola
355 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
356 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
358 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (Green-spotted Wooddove) Turtur chalcospilos
359 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
361 African Green-pigeon Treron calvus
363 Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
362.1 Brown-necked Parrot (Grey-headed Parrot) Poicephalus fusciollis

Musophagiformes (Turacos)
371 Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
373 Grey Go-away-bird (Grey Lourie) Corythaixoides concolor

Cuculiformes (Cuckoos, Coucals)
374 Common Cuckoo (European Cuckoo) Cuculus canorus
375 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
377 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
378 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
380 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
381 Levaillant’s Cuckoo (Striped Cuckoo) Clamator levaillantii
382 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
383 Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
385 Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
386 Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
388 Black Coucal Centropus grillii
391 Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchelli

Strigiformes (Owls)
392 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
393 African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis
394 African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
395 Marsh Owl Asio capensis
396 African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis
397 Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis grandi
398 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
399 African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
401 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
402 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Giant Eagle-owl) Bubo lacteus
403 Pel’s Fishing-Owl Scotpelia peli

Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars)
404 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
405 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
406 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
408 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
409 Square-tailed Nightjar (Mozambique Nightjar) Caprimulgus fossii
410 Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius

Apodiformes (Swifts)
411 Common Swift (European Swift) Apus apus
412 African Black Swift Apus barbatus
415 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
416 Horus Swift Apus horus
417 Little Swift Apus affinis
418 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
421 African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
422 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
423 Böhm’s Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi

Coliiformes (Mousebirds)
424 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
426 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
427 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina

Coraciiformes (Kingfishers, Hoopoe, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Hornbills)
428 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
429 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
430 Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
431 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
432 African Pygmy Kingfisher Isipidina picta
433 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
436 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
437 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
438 European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster
440 Blue-cheeked Bee-Eater Merops persicus
441 Southern Carmine Bee-Eater Merops nubicoides
443 White-fronted Bee-Eater Merops bullockoides
444 Little Bee-Eater Merops pusillus
446 European Roller Coracias garrulus
447 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
448 Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
449 Purple Roller Coracias naevius
450 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
451 African Hoopoe Upupa africana
452 Green Wood-Hoopoe (Red-billed Wood-Hoopoe) Phoeniculus purpureus
454 Common Scimitarbill (Scimitar-billed Wood-Hoopoe) Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
455 Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
457 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
458 Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris
459 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
460 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
463 Southern Ground-hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri

Piciformes (Woodpeckers and Relatives)
464 Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
465 Acacia Pied Barbet (Pied Barbet) Tricholaema leucomelas
470 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
471 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
473 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
474 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
475 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator varigatus
476 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
478 Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
481 Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
483 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
486 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
487 Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus

Post by **Flutterby** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:05 pm

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
493 Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerine
494 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
496 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
497 Fawn-coloured Lark Mirafra africanoides
498 Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
505 Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
507 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
515 Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix australis
518 Barn Swallow (European Swallow) Hirundo rustica
520 White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
522 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
523 Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiate
524 Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
525 Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
527 Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
529 Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
530 Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum
531 Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
532 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
533 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
534 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
536 Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomelas
538 Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
539 White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis
540 Grey Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia
541 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
543 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
544 African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
545 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
548 Pied Crow Corvus albus
550 White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
554 Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger
558 Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
560 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
568 Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor
569 Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
572 Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
574 Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
575 Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
576 Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
580 Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitsirupa
586 Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticola
587 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
589 Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
593 Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
594 Arnot’s Chat Myrmecocichla arnoti
596 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
599 White-browed Robin-chat Cossypha heuglini
600 Red-capped Robin-chat Cossypha natalensis
602 White-throated Robin-chat Cossypha humeralis
603 Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata
609 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
613 White-browed Scrub-Robin Erythropygia leucophrys
616 Brown Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas signata
617 Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
619 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
620 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
624 Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
625 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
626 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
627 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
628 Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
631 African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
633 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
634 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
635 Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
638 Little Rush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
643 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
645 Barthroated Apalis Apalis thoracica
648 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
649 Rudd’s Apalis Apalis ruddi
651 Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
655 Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
656 Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
657 Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
657 Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata
659 Stierling’s Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
664 Zitting Cisticola (Fan-tailed Cisticola) Cisticola juncidis
665 Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridula
672 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
674 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
675 Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
677 Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
678 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
679 Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
681 Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
683 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
689 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
690 African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
691 Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
693 Grey Tit-Flycatcher (Fan-tailed Flycatcher) Myioparus plumbeus
694 Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
695 Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
696 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
698 Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
700 Cape Batis Batis capensis
701 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
702 Pale (Mozambique) Batis Batis soror
705 Black-throated Wattle-Eye Platysteira peltata
706 Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
708 Blue-mantled Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
710 African Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
711 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
712 Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
713 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
714 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
716 African Pipit (Grassveld Pipit) Anthus cinnamomeus
717 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
718 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
719 Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
720 Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
722 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
723 Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
728 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
731 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
732 Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike) Lanius collaris
733 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
735 Magpie Shrike (African Long-tailed Shrike) Urolestes melanoleucus
736 Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
737 Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
739 Crimson-breasted Shrike (Crimson-breasted Boubou) Laniarius atrococcineus
740 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
741 Brubru Nilaus afer
743 Brown-crowned Tchagra (Three-streaked Tchagra) Tchagra australis
744 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
747 Gorgeous Bush-Shrike Telophorus viridis
748 Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike Telephorus sulfureopectus
751 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti
753 White-crested Helmet-Shrike Prionops plumatus
754 Retz’s Helmet-Shrike Prionops retzii
756 Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
758. Common Myna (Indian Myna) Acridotheres tristis
760 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
761 Violet-backed Starling (Plum-coloured Starling) Cinnyrinclus leucogaster
762 Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis
763 Meves’ Starling (Longtailed Starling) Lamprotornis mevesii
764 Cape Glossy Starling (Glossy Starling) Lamprotornis nitens
765 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
768 Black-bellied Starling Lamprotornis corruscus
769 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
771 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
772 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus
779 Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
787 White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
791 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
792 Amethyst Sunbird (African Black Sunbird) Chalcomitra amethystine
793 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
796 Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
797 Southern Yellow White-eye Zosterops anderssoni
798 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
799 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
801 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Grey-headed Sparrow) Passer diffuses
805 Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow(Yellow-throated Petronia) Gymnoris superciliaris
807 Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
810 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
811 Village Weaver (Spotted-backed Weaver) Ploceus cucullatus
814 Southern Masked-Weaver (Masked Weaver) Ploceus velatus
815 Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius
816 Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthrops
818 Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
819 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
820 Cuckoo Finch Anomalspiza imberbis
821 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
824 Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
826 Yellow-crowned Bishop (Golden Bishop) Euplectes afer
828 Fan-tailed Widowbird (Red-shouldered Widowbird) Euplectes axillaris
829 White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
831 Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
834 Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch) Pytilia melba
835 Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
838 Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
840 African Firefinch (Blue-billed Firefinch) Lagonosticta rubricate
841 Jameson’s Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
842 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
844 Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
845 Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
846 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
852 African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
854 Orange-breasted Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus
855 Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
856 Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
857 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
858 Red-backed Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
860 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
861 Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
862 Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah (Eastern Paradise-Whydah) Vidua paradisaea
864 Dusky Indigobird (Black Widowfinch) Vidua funereal
865 Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
867 Village Indigobird (Steelblue Widowfinch) Vidua chalybeate
869 Yellow-fronted Canary (Yellow-eyed Canary) Serinus mozambicus
871 Lemon-breasted Canary Serinus citrinipectus
877 Brimstone Canary (Bully Canary) Serinus sulphuratus
881 Streaky-headed Seed-eater Crithagra leucoptera
884 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
887 Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani

Post by **Toko** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:05 pm

Post by **Toko** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:34 pm

001. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus

Identification
Male up to 2m; 70 kg. Largest and heaviest living bird.
Male: Mostly black with white wings and white or buff tail. Neck and legs almost naked.
Female: Plumage greyish brown.
Juvenile: Resembles female, but smaller. Chicks unmistakable with 'hedgehog' down.

© Toko
Male, Mlondozi Dam area

© Flutterby
Male, Sweni River

© Flutterby
Chicks, Sweni River

© Dewi
Talamati

© Bush Brat
Sweni River

© nan
28.3.2011

© Tina
H7

© Amoli
H1-7 August 2012

© steamtrainfan
Orpen Dam Loop

© Super Mongoose
October 2012, near Orpen

© leachy
Ntomeni road

© leachy
Male and female - H10

© Richprins
H7

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© Dindindwe
Somewhere in the central plains

© Bookworm
Satara Area

Post by **nan** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 5:55 pm

763. Meves’s Starling (Longtailed Starling) Lamprotornis mevesii

© nan
20.10.2009

© Flutterby
Satara area

© Dewi
S90

© Leachy
S63 river road

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© Dindingwe
Punda Maria Area

© Klipspringer
Punda Maria

Post by **Toko** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 6:06 pm

060. African Darter Anhinga melanogaster

Identification
90 cm; sexes similar. Sits low in water; this, with its long thin neck (diagnostic) and straight dagger-like (not hooked) bill, has given it the colloquial name 'Snakebird'. Lacks red bill and legs of ad African Finfoot.
Breading male has rufous neck, blacker plumage, white cheek stripe and prominent mantle plumes.
Non-breading male and female paler and browner.
Juvenile: Underparts usually cream or pale buffy brown.

© Toko
Lake Panic

© Dewi
Lake Panic

© harrys
Lake Panic

© nan
12.5.2011

© Tina
Lake Panic

© ExFmem
Lake Panic

© General Gump
28/06/2013 Lake Panic

© leachy
Lake Panic

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Post by **nan** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 6:14 pm

140. Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus

© Tina
S114

© leachy
S28

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