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Category: Bird identification

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Karoo Chat (Emarginata schlegelii)

Posted on 03/06/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Karoo Chat by Desire Darling – Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 38935 Identification The Karoo Chat is lar...

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Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)

Posted on 29/05/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Ant-eating Chat by Desire Darling – Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 7088 Identification The Ant-eating Cha...

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Familiar Chat (Oenanthe familiaris)

Posted on 22/05/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Familiar Chat by Ryan Tippett – Near Carnarvon, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 253536 Identification The Familiar Chat is a small and...

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African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)

Posted on 17/05/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: African Sacred Ibis by Malcolm Robinson– Darvill Bird Sanctuary, KwaZulu-Natal – BirdPix No. 249235 Identification The African Sacred Ibi...

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Short-toed Rock-thrush (Monticola brevipes)

Posted on 27/04/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Short-toed Rock-thrush by PR Kleiman – Near Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 245207 Identification The Short-toed Rock-thr...

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Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis)

Posted on 24/04/2023 by Dieter Oschadleus

Identification The Yellow Bishop is a medium-sized, brightly coloured bird. Males are black and yellow in breeding plumage, and keep the bright yellow wing and ...

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Greater Striped Swallow (Cecropis cucullata)

Posted on 22/04/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Greater Striped Swallow by Cobus Elstadt – Near Uniondale, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 256513 Identification The Greater Striped Sw...

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Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)

Posted on 21/04/2023 by Les Underhill

Identification Deciding that the bird you are looking at is an adult Kelp Gull is one of the easiest identification challenges: white head and body, black back ...

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Cinnamon-breasted Warbler (Euryptila subcinnamomea)

Posted on 11/04/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon District, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 97078 Cinnamon-breasted Warbler Identification The Cinnamon-breaste...

Lesser Black-backed Gull
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Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)

Posted on 06/04/2023 by Les Underhill

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...

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