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...
Category: 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, ...
Sombre Greenbul (Andropadus importunus)
Cover image of Sombre Greenbul by Terry Terblanche – Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape Greenbuls belong to the Family PYCNONOT...
Brown-throated Martin (Riparia paludicola)
Cover image of Brown-throated Martin by Pamela Kleiman – Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal The Brown-throated Martin belongs to th...
Cape Shoveler (Anas smithii)
Cover image of Cape Shoveler by Cobus Elstadt – Near Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape The Cape Shoveler, being a type of duck, belongs to the Fam...
Grey-winged Francolin (Scleroptila afra)
Cover image of Grey-winged Francolin by Kate Webster – Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape Francolins belong to the Family: PHA...
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 ...
Burchell’s Coucal (Centropus burchellii)
Cover image of Burchell’s Coucal by Pieter Cronje Coucals along with Cuckoos and Malkohas belong to the family CUCULIDAE. Globally, the family a...