Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Cover image of Indian Peafowl. Photograph taken 9 December 2023, at Vondeling Wine Farm, northwest of Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa. The Indian Pe...
Tag: Bird identification
Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
Cover image of Chukar Partridge. Photograph taken on Robben Island. The Chukar Partridge belongs to the Family Phasianidae (pheasants). There are curr...
Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)
Cover image of Long-billed Crombec by Johan van Rooyen – Swartberg, Western Cape Crombecs belong to the Family MACROSPHENIDAE (African Warb...
Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
Cover image of Red-knobbed Coot. Coots belong to the Family RALLIDAE. This family also includes Rails, Crakes, Swamphens, Flufftails, Gallinules, and Moorhens, ...
Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea)
Cover image of Red-capped Lark Lark by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape Larks are passerine birds of the family&n...
Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus)
Cover image of Southern Boubou by Pieter la Grange The Southern Boubou belongs to the Bushshrike family MALACONOTIDAE. Other members of this group include ...
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Cover image: European Bee-eater by Neels Putter – Thabazimbi district, Limpopo – BirdPix No.153941 Bee-eaters belong to the Family: MEROPIDAE. Th...
Lark-like Bunting (Emberiza impetuani)
Cover image of Lark-like Bunting by Les Underhill – Vanrhynsdorp district, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 274357 Buntings belong to the Family: EMBER...
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
Cover image: Fork-tailed Drongo by Desire Darling – Komdomo, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 28186 Drongos belong to the Family: DICRURIDAE. All...
Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)
Cover image of Spotted Thick-Knee by Kevin Lavery – Klipriversberg Nature Reserve, Gauteng – BirdPix No. 220757 Thick-knees belong to the Family:...