Africa Bird Guide Information: The Kruger National Park is home to most of South Africa's raptors. Vultures occur most in central grasslands, while eagles prefer mixed woodlands along
Africa Bird Guide Information: The Taita falcon (Falco fasciinucha) is a small raptor with a banded nape. It was first identified in Kenya and is similar to the Peregrine falcon but
Africa Bird Guide Information: The ostrich (struthio camelus) is a member of a group of birds known as ratites, that is they are flightless birds without a keel to their breastbone
Africa Bird Guide Information: Historically most southern African guano has been produced by three species, the Jackass Penguin, the Cape Gannet, and the Cape Cormorant
Africa Bird Guide Information: The White-fronted Plover male has a more conspicuous black line behind eye and usually small dark patches on sides of breast. The birds from the Western
Africa Bird Guide Information: Identified by large size and white underparts, throat to breast or, in immatures, entirely white underparts, much whiter than the immature of the Reed
Africa Bird Guide Information: In summer plumage the head and neck of the Turnstone bird attain a black-and-white pattern, the scapulars and wing-coverts a bright chestnut
Africa Bird Guide Information: Swift Tern is a large Tern, with large, slightly curved, yellow bill. Forehead strip, sides of face, neck and underparts white. Black legs and feet with
Africa Bird Guide Information: Sandwich Tern is much larger than Common Tern, its back paler than other similar-sized Terns. Differs from Gullbilled Tern in a much slimmer appearance
Africa Bird Guide Information: Sanderlings have a rather drab colouring, mainly white in appearance but with pale grey on crown and upper parts. Bill and legs are black. Short heavy
Africa Bird Guide Information: The size, high forehead, short bill and long legs, distinguishes this Plover from other waders. In summer plumage the underparts from the chin to lower
Africa Bird Guide Information: Small size and all-black cap diagnostic of breeding plumage; at other times differs from Little Tern in longer, slightly downturned bill and paler grey
Africa Bird Guide Information: Males are smaller than females. Upper parts mottled black and light chestnut; neck, chest and breast buff streaked with chestnut and dusky, rump and
Africa Bird Guide Information: A marine version of the Reed Cormorant and recognised by its overall blacker appearance, permanent crest all year and shorter tail.
Africa Bird Guide Information: The bill is 1½ times the distance between back of eye and front of forehead, the bill is red with black tip but shows more black in non-breeding
Africa Bird Guide Information: This common bird is unmistakable with its grey-brown upperparts, dark band across chest and white outer tail-feathers. No white on secondaries.
Africa Bird Guide Information: Unmistakable, large black and white seabird with yellow head and hind neck, at close range with distinctive black lines on bill and face, plus a long
Africa Bird Guide Information: Breeding adults told by entirely glossy green-black plumage, head without crest, orange-yellow bill-base; the eyes are greenish. Fairly long neck
Africa Bird Guide Information: Told by heavy-bodied appearance, crested head and usually (not always) a white rump; wings dark brown, rest black with bronze sheen
Africa Bird Guide Information: The Oystercatcher is entirely black with red legs and an orange-tipped red bill. Wedge-like bill, which is slightly longer than the head, the mandibles
Africa Bird Guide Information: The adult males have the front half of their head and throat white and the rest of their head and neck are black with white patches on the underside
