Rock Martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula)
Cover image by Andre Kok – Karoo National Park, Western Cape. The Rock Martin belongs to the family HIRUNDINIDAE, a group that includes Swallows,...
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Bird ringing at Vondeling Wine Farm, April 2023
A BDI team visited Vondeling Wine Farm to do some exploratory ringing and bird monitoring from Thursday 13 April to Sunday 16 April 2023. Besides the ringing, w...
White-throated Swallow (Hirundo albigularis)
Cover image by Robbie Aspeling – Marievale bird sanctuary, Gauteng – BirdPix No. 1982 White-throated Swallow Identification The White-throated Sw...
Cinnamon-breasted Warbler (Euryptila subcinnamomea)
Cover image by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon District, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 97078 Cinnamon-breasted Warbler Identification The Cinnamon-breaste...
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Identification In the interior of South Africa, almost any gull which at first glance looks like a Kelp Gull (white head and body, black back and wings) is most...
The value of bird ringing to research and conservation
What do we learn from bird ringing? The first, quick and obvious answer is that ringing helps us understand movement patterns of birds. The more subtle answer i...
Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus)
Cover image: Orange River White-eye by Sybrand Venter – Carnarvon District, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 229235 Identification The Orange River White-eye is the ...
Bird ringing courses in South Africa
The BDI and Birds4Africa run bird ringing courses in South Africa regularly, and we aim for at least four per year. The aim here is to give a broad overview of ...
Hartlaub’s Gull (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
Identification If you are in the Western Cape, and the seagull has grey wings, then with safety** you can call it a Hartlaub’s Gull. If the back is black,...
Karoo Korhaan (Eupodotis vigorsii)
Cover image by Johan and Estelle van Rooyen – Near Witsand, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 113724 Karoo Korhaan Identification The Karoo Korhaan is r...