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Tag: Virtual Museum

Identification guide for Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
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Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)

Posted on 04/03/2022 by Karis Daniel

Identification Common Waxbills are small greyish-brown birds. This species is not sexually dimorphic; males females look the same. Overall, the Common Waxbill i...

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Cape White-eye (Zosterops virens)

Posted on 04/03/2022 by Karis Daniel

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...

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Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)

Posted on 04/03/2022 by Karis Daniel

Identification The Pin-tailed Whydah is a small sexually dimorphic species. Males and females differ dramatically when breeding, and appear similar outside of t...

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Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio)

Posted on 04/03/2022 by Karis Daniel

Cover photo: BirdPix 19074 – Gregg Darling Identification The Red-winged Starling is a large, black bird with striking reddish wing feathers. Males and fe...

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PHunting Season has begun!

Posted on 29/10/2021 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

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...

Cape Sparrow identification
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Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus)

Posted on 17/06/2021 by Karis Daniel

Identification Cape Sparrows are small, boldly patterned birds that are sexually dimorphic; in other words, males and females look different to one another. The...

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BirdPixing since the start of lockdown

Posted on 24/06/2020 by Les Underhill

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% ...

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Blue Cascader (Zygonyx natalensis)

Posted on 20/02/2020 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

View the above photo record (by Jean Hirons) in OdonataMAP here. Find the Blue Cascader in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. ...

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OdonataMAP Report for 2019

Posted on 04/02/2020 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

OdonataMAP is the Atlas of African Odonata and forms part of the Virtual Museum. OdonataMAP was launched in 2010. The first record was uploaded into the databas...

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The Armoured Tail-Eater

Posted on 12/12/2019 by Willem van der Merwe and Megan Loftie-Eaton

South Africa has an amazing diversity of reptile species and today we feature the awesome spiky critter known as the Armadillo Girdled Lizard Ouroborus cataphra...

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