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Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Apr 6 2021
A highly nomadic bird which breeds in Southern Africa and is very gregarious in the non breeding season
Feb 13 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Jun 23 2015
Often regarded as a "pest" Egyptian Goose is found everywhere from golf courses to park and gardens
and nearly every piece of wetland
Feb 13 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Jan 26 2019
male
IOC now call this bird Knob-billed Duck.In the non breeding season the comb is much reduced. The female does not have an enlarged comb
An intra African Migrant common in the north of the region
Feb 13 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Oct 28 2012
male
This near endemic is common on the highveld- this is the male with the yellow eye.
Feb 13 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
May 30 2014
male
The African finfoot is actually in its own family (heliornithidae) with just 2 other species

All three species are extremely shy. We find them on the highveld on quiet rivers with lots of overhanging vegetation often sharing the river with African Black Duck
Feb 13 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Feb 5 2013
The family anatidae is well represented in Southern Africa. We even have a few vagrants North American Birders will know well.

African Black duck is a bird of quiet streams and backwaters. A retiring bird it usually flies when it see you
Feb 13 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Feb 1 2020
Well you have probably had enough of Spurfowl,Francolins and Quail,so this my is last post on the Phasanidae family.
Swainson's Spurfowl is a good looking bird from the eastern savanna grasslands
Feb 12 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Jan 30 2010
Uncommon resident with distinctive call (I'll drink YOUR beer) prefers rocky habitats
Feb 12 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Nov 25 2019
Red-winged Francolin- scleroptila levaillantii
please add to the list- found in temperate grasslands up to 1800metres in Eastern Southern Africa
Feb 12 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
May 16 2015
Calls loudly in the early morning- can be found in the rocky suburbs of Johannesburg but more often heard than seen
Feb 12 2020