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PROMINENT
SIGHTINGS ENGLISH NAME AFRIKAANS STATUS (Usually Male Birds Only) & HABITS
HABITAT
FEATURES

Uniform black plumage, yellow
 Heron, Black Swartreier U Forms canopy with wings
toes. (also known as Black Egret)
Heron, Black-crowned
 Swartkroonreier U Black crown and back, white below Largely nocturnal
Night
Black crown and neck, pied
 Heron, Black-headed Swartkopreier C Usually in fields away from water
underwing
 Heron, Goliath Reuse Reier U Very large, grey and chestnut Stands in water for long periods
Shy, undercover in quiet streams/
 Heron, Green-backed Groenrugreier C Underparts appear grey/green
rivers
White neck with black stripes, grey
 Heron, Grey Bloureier U Wades in shallow water
underwing
 Heron, Purple Rooireier U rufous appearance, striped face Wades in marshy places
Short neck, all-white, brown on
 Heron, Squacco Ralreier V Shy, forages in marshy areas
mantle and back
Typical 'falcon' moustache, streaked Flies rapidly in areas of woodland
 Hobby, Eurasian Europese Boomvalk UM
underparts, rufous thighs and grassland
Honeybird, Slender pointed bill, dull brown, Catches insects from perch,
 Skerpbek Heuningvoël U
Brown-backed white outer tail feathers attends bees nests
Mail with pink bill, white outer tail Attends bees nests; distinctive
 Honeyguide, Greater Grootheuningwyser U
feathers call
Olive grey back with gold wash,
 Honeyguide, Lesser Kleinheuningwyser U Solitary; parasitises barbets
stubby bill
Obvious head crest, long pointed
 Hoopoe, African Hoep-Hoep C Ground feeder
bill
 Hornbill, African Grey Grysneushoringvoël U Dark bill with creamy markings Gregarious, gardens; whistled call
Hornbill, Southern Geelbekneushor-
 V Prominent yellow bill Woodland; vagrant to area
Yellow-billed ingvoël
White with black neck and head,
 Ibis, African Sacred Skoorsteenveër C Gregarious scavenger in wetlands
curved bill
 Ibis, Glossy Glansibis U Bronze brown, metallic green wings Forages by probing in mud
Probes deep in soil for food;
 Ibis, Hadeda Hadeda C Dark back, metallic purple in wing loud call
Male all black with pale bill and Margins of Estate where there are
 Indigobird, Purple Witpootblouvinkie U
legs; female cryptically coloured bushes and grassland
Gregarious, hovers in wind;
 Kestrel, Lesser Kleinrooivalk UM Grey head, rufous back in male
overflying bird in Dainfern
Kingfisher, Pointed red bill, brown head, blue Hunts insects from perch in
 Brown-hooded Bruinkopvisvanger C wings woodland
White spotted black upperparts,
 Kingfisher, Giant Reuse Visvanger U Shy, solitary; favours rivers
chestnut below
Kingfisher, Shy, favours quiet river areas with
 Blouvisvanger U Black bill, brilliant blue upperparts
Half-collared undergrowth
Red bill in adult, turquoise crown, Solitary, fishes over rivers and
 Kingfisher, Malachite Kuifkopvisvanger U
blue back dams
 Kingfisher, Pied Bontvisvanger U Distinctive pied appearance Hovers over water
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