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Tag: Bird identification

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Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor)

Posted on 20/08/2026 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: Lesser Honeyguide by Gregg Darling – Baviaanskloof Conservation Area, Eastern Cape Honeyguides belong to the Family INDICATORIDAE. This ...

Indian Peafowl
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Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Posted on 10/08/2026 by Les Underhill

Cover image of Indian Peafowl. Photograph taken 9 December 2023, at Vondeling Wine Farm, northwest of Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa. The Indian Pe...

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Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)

Posted on 09/08/2026 by Les Underhill

Cover image of Chukar Partridge. Photograph taken on Robben Island. The Chukar Partridge belongs to the Family Phasianidae (pheasants). There are curr...

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Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)

Posted on 07/08/2026 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Long-billed Crombec by Johan van Rooyen – Swartberg, Western Cape Crombecs belong to the Family MACROSPHENIDAE (Af...

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Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)

Posted on 01/08/2026 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Black-winged Kite by Mark Stanton – Pilanesberg National Park, North West Kites belong to the family ACCIPITRIDAE ...

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Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)

Posted on 30/07/2026 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Red-knobbed Coot. Coots belong to the Family RALLIDAE. This family also includes Rails, Crakes, Swamphens, Flufftails, Gallinules, and Moorhens, ...

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Red-capped Lark (Calandrella cinerea)

Posted on 15/07/2026 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Red-capped Lark Lark by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape Larks are passerine birds of the family&n...

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Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus)

Posted on 23/01/2025 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Southern Boubou by Pieter la Grange The Southern Boubou belongs to the Bushshrike family MALACONOTIDAE. Other members of this group inc...

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European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Posted on 29/07/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: European Bee-eater by Neels Putter – Thabazimbi district, Limpopo – BirdPix No.153941 Bee-eaters belong to the Family: MEROPIDAE. Th...

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Lark-like Bunting (Emberiza impetuani)

Posted on 24/07/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Lark-like Bunting by Les Underhill – Vanrhynsdorp district, Western Cape Buntings belong to the Family: EMBERIZIDAE. The bunt...

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