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Birdviewing.com
Oct 28 2012
Southern Africa is well represented as you might expect with members of the Heron and Egrets family (ardeidai). As vagrants we have even had Little Blue Heron and Snowy Egret. So to start a bird you all know well- Black-crowned Night Heron is common here in South Africa
Feb 23 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Mar 9 2009
Black crown and two tone underwing separate him from the similar Grey Heron. A common bird through Southern Africa
Feb 23 2020
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Birdviewing.com
Apr 6 2021
This bird has the unique habit of forming an "Umbrella" with its wings while fishing. Fairly widespread in Southern Africa
Feb 23 2020
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Birdviewing.com
Jan 9 2015
This bird continues to spread its distribution across the world
Feb 23 2020
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Birdviewing.com
Jan 31 2012
The largest Heron in the world-found only in Africa
Feb 23 2020
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Birdviewing.com
Nov 22 2010
Western Great Egret- another common bird with a distribution covering all western continents
Feb 23 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Oct 26 2017
Known as the Green-backed Heron in Southern Africa
this Juvenile fishes from a favourite perch
Feb 23 2020
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Birdviewing.com
May 31 2014
Another common Heron found everywhere in Africa
Feb 23 2020
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Birdviewing.com
Oct 3 2015
Translated from the Afrikaans meaning "hammer head'this unique bird is endemic to Africa and Madagascar. It builds a huge domed nest which is sometimes taken over by Egyptian Geese
Feb 23 2020
Copyright klogan
Birdviewing.com
Nov 18 2011
We have a resident population as well as palearctic migrants but still an uncommon bird in our reedbeds
Feb 23 2020