In October 2019, the piece of the Black River between the N1 and Section Street in the City of Cape Town looked like this: It was described in a 2019 blog as a ...
Identification Common Waxbills are small greyish-brown birds. This species is not sexually dimorphic; males females look the same. Overall, the Common Waxbill i...
The Cape White-eye is a very small, fast-moving bird. Males and females look alike but show geographic variation. This term means that one species can look diff...
Identification The Pin-tailed Whydah is a small sexually dimorphic species. Males and females differ dramatically when breeding, and appear similar outside of t...
Cover photo: BirdPix 19074 – Gregg Darling – Red-winged Starling Identification The Red-winged Starling is a large, black bird with striking reddish...
PHunting season is here. No critter is safe. Citizen scientists are out and about, armed with their cameras, ready to Photo Hunt! Well done to each and everyone...
Identification The Cape Sparrow is a small, boldly patterned bird which is sexually dimorphic; in other words, males and females look different to one another. ...
“Starting in my home grid cell on 1 January 2021, I will upload records to the Virtual Museum of as many species as possible (and I will be especially careful n...
During the lockdown period in South Africa, the Virtual Museum kept going. 4008 records were submitted to BirdPix during 27 March to 23 June 2020. But only 34% ...
Cover photo by Jean Hirons. Find the Blue Cascader in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Libellulidae Identification La...