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Apr 17 2012
Another endemic Spurfowl found in rocky habitats in Northern Namibia
Feb 12 2020
Apr 6 2021
Locally common in open savanna. but you need to find it on the roadside to get a shot
Feb 12 2020
Feb 5 2013
Another common and widespread Spurfowl over the Eastern parts of Southern Africa
Feb 12 2020
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
Another near endemic Spurfowl- Pternistis Adspersus- found in Botswana and Namibia
Feb 12 2020
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
Jan 30 2010
Uncommon resident with distinctive call (I'll drink YOUR beer) prefers rocky habitats
Feb 12 2020
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
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
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