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Category: Bird identification

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Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator)

Posted on 22/05/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: Greater Honeyguide by Phil White – Mbuluzi Game Reserve, eSwatini – BirdPix No.103314 Honeyguides belong to the Family: INDICATORIDA...

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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Posted on 16/05/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Barn Swallow by Andries de Vries – Middelburg district, Mpumalanga – BirdPix No. 266068 The Barn Swallow belongs to the family&nbs...

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African Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)

Posted on 09/05/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: African Hoopoe by Lia Steen – Shellybeach, KwaZulu-Natal – BirdPix No.276954 Identification The charismatic African Hoopoe is a subs...

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Cape Eagle-Owl (Bubo capensis)

Posted on 27/04/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: Cape Eagle-Owl by Jorrie Jordaan – Rhodes Quarry, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 86047 Identification The Cape Eagle-Owl is...

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African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)

Posted on 23/04/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: African Fish Eagle by Malcolm Robinson – Albert Falls Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal – BirdPix No. 140988 Identification The African ...

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Blue Crane (Grus paradisea)

Posted on 08/04/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: Blue Crane by Attie Van Aarde – Albertinia district, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 268829 By Act of Parliament, this is the national bird of...

Turnstones
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Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Posted on 04/04/2024 by Les Underhill

Cover image: Ruddy Turnstone by John and Anne Todd, 9 April, at St Helena Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. Most of the turnstones in this photograph are a...

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White-throated Canary (Crithagra albogularis)

Posted on 28/03/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of White-throated Canary by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 60667 Identification The White-throated Ca...

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Grey-backed Cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla)

Posted on 26/03/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: Grey-backed Cisticola by Gregg Darling – St. Francis Bay Air Field, Eastern Cape Cisticolas belong to the Family CISTICOLIDAE. This is a group of s...

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Chestnut-vented Warbler (Sylvia subcaeruleum)

Posted on 23/03/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: Chestnut-vented Warbler by Gerald Wingate – Klipheuwel district, Western Cape –  BirdPix No. 176803 Identification The Chestnut...

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