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this part covers:
pelicans, ibises, herons, storks, vultures, raptors, spurfowl, bustards, parrots, pigeons, cuckoos, owls
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african penguin, spheniscus demersus
Boulder's Beach, Simonstown, RSA, Oct 2007
surprising view in Africa, but a cold current (Benguela) and fish rich waters form a penguin breeding habitat along RSA/Namibia cost
greater flamingo, phoenicopterus roseus
Lake Turkana, Kenya, Feb 1988
common filter feeder at soda lakes
african spoonbill, platalea alba
Pilanesberg NP, RSA, Aug 2008
common at lakes and flood planes
great white pelican, pelecanus onocrotalus
Chobe NP, Ihaha, Botswana, Aug 2009
communal fish hunt, two marabu storks and a fish eagle try to steal
crowned cormorant, phalacrocorax coronatus
Cape, South Africa, Sep 2007
uncommon fish hunter along west coast
of Namibia/RSA
southern bald ibis, geronticus calvus
Imfolozi NP, RSA, Sep 2007
common at lakes and flood planes
goliath heron, ardea goliath
Lake Baringo, Kenya, Feb 1988
largest heron, locally common at lakes and rivers
wooly-necked stork, ciconia episcopis
Mkuze NP, RSA, Sep 2007
common resident at wetlands and rivers
white stork, ciconia ciconia
Pilanesberg NP, RSA, Nov 2015
common winter migrant from europe in grassland
black stork, ciconia nigra
Madikwe GR, RSA, Aug 2008
uncommon resident in wetlands
saddle-billed stork, ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Kruger NP, Punda Maria, RSA, Aug 2018
uncommon resident in wetlands
knob-billed duck, sarkidiornis melanotos
Lipadi GR, BW, Sep 2018
uncommon resident in woodland and wetlands
marabou stork, leptoptilos crumeniferus
Massai Mara NR, Kenya, Feb 1996
common resident in savannas and wetlands,
scavenger, often seen at carrion with vultures
african pygmy goose, nettapus auritus
Okavango, BW, Aug 2017
locally common resident in floating vegetation
lappet-faced vulture, torgos tracheliotus
Massai Mara GR, Kenya, Feb 1996
uncommon, becoming rarer, big game areas
hooded vulture, necrosyrtes monachus
Kruger NP, Croc Bridge, RSA, Aug 2018
locally common resident in savanna
egyptian vulture, neophron percnopterus
Nairobi NP, Kenya, Jan 1988
uncommon, rare in southern africa
known to use stones as tool to open ostrich eggs
palm-nut vulture, gypohierax angolensis
Virunga NP, DR Kongo, Feb 1993
rare in southern africa, feeds on palm nuts as well as carrion
african fish eagle, haliaeetus vocifer
Chobe NP, Ihaha, Botswana, Aug 2009
common and vocal hunter of fish and occasionally waterbirds as large as flamingos
bateleur, terathopius ecaudatus
Kruger NP, Pafuri, RSA, Aug 2018
common hunter of smaller mammals and reptiles in savanna
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african hawk-eagle, aquila spilogaster
Moremi NP, BW, Aug 2010
not uncommon resident in savanna,
rapacious hunter specialized in game birds
yellow-billed kite, milvus parasitus
Imfolozi NP, RSA, Sep 2007
common intra-african migrant
scavenger in flight, even from people
western osprey, pandion haliaetus
Pilanesberg NP, RSA, Nov 2015
uncommon winter migrant,
feeds exclusively on fish
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martial eagle, polemaetus bellicosus
Samburu NP, Kenya, Feb 1996
uncommon resident in savanna, powerful hunter of a variety of larger mammals and reptiles
pale chanting goshawk, melierax canorus
Lipadi GR, BW, Sep 2018
common resident in savanna
adult bird left chasing off juvenile
shikra, accipiter badius
Lipadi GR, BW, Aug 2013
common resident in savanna
main prey are lizards and small birds
lanner falcon, falco biarmicus
Kgalagadi NP, RSA, Sep 2022
not uncommon resident
preys on birds caught in dashing flight
black-shouldered kite, felanus cerulaeus
Kgalagadi NP, RSA, Sep 2022
locally common resident and nomad
exploits rodent outbreaks
ostrich, struthio camelus
Cape, RSA, Aug 2012
common resident, but mostly farm offspring
huge (up to 80 kg), flighless and fast runner
lanner falcon, falco biarmicus
Kgalagadi NP, RSA, Sep 2022
midair dispute
pygmy falcon, falco biarmicus
Kgalagadi NP, RSA, Sep 2022
locally common resident
tiny hunter mainly of insects
vulturine guinea fowl, acryllium vulturinum
Samburu NP, Kenya, Feb 1996
locally common resident in arid bushland
restrincted to N Kenya, S Ethiopia and Somalia
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yellow-necked spurfowl, francolinus leucoscepus
Meru NP, Kenya, Feb 1997
common resident in bushland
restrincted to eastern africa
allen's gallinule, porphyrio alleni
Okavango, BW, Aug 2017
locally common resident in flooded grassland
grey crowned crane, balearica regulorum
Massai Mara GR, Kenya, Feb 1996
common resident in wetlands, local in RSA
kori bustard, ardeotis kori
Lipadi GR, BW, Nov 2019
common resident in protected areas
largest bustard, up to 18 kg
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white-crowned lapwing, vanellus albiceps
Kruger NP, Punda Maria, RSA, Aug 2018
uncommon resident along rivers
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african green pigeon, treron calvus
Lipadi GR, BW, Nov 2015
common resident in forest and savanna
yellow-collared lovebird, agapornis personata
Lake Naivasha GR, Kenya, Feb 1995
locally common resident in forested savanna
restricted to Kenya/Tanzania
natal spurfowl, pternistis natalensis
Lipadi GR, BW, Aug 2017
common resident in woodland
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spotted thick-knee, burhinus capensis
Lipadi GR, BW, Nov 2019
common resident in open areas
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wattled crane, bugeranus carunculatus
Okavango, BW, Aug 2017
uncommon and local resident in wetlands
northern black korhaan, fafrotis afraoides
Kgalagadi NP, RSA, Aug 2012
common resident in arid bushland
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burchell's sandgrouse, pterocles burchelli
Modisa GR, BW, Aug 2013
uncommon resident in kalahari
drink mid morning
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african olive pigeon, columba arquatrix
Pilanesberg NP, RSA, Oct 2019
not uncommon resident in forest
cape parrot, poicephalus robustus
Marutswa GR, RSA, Aug 2016
uncommon and endangered resident in forest
knysna turaco, tauraco corythaix
Marutswa GR, RSA, Oct 2019
not uncommon endemic in RSA montane forest
narina trogon, apaloderma narina
Marutswa GR, RSA, Oct 2019
not uncommon resident in forest
dideric cuckoo, chrysococcyx caprius
Lipadi GR, BW, Nov 2015
common intra-african migrant
levaillant's cuckoo, oxilophus levaillantii
Lipadi GR, BW, Nov 2015
locally common intra-african migrant in forest and savanna
southern white-faced owl, ptilopsis granti
Lipadi GR, BW, Aug 2012
common resident in dry woodland
giant eagle owl, bubo lacteus
Samburu NP, Kenya, Feb 1995
uncommon resident in woodland
western barn owl, tyto alba
Lipadi GR, BW, Sep 2012
common resident in open habitats
pearl-spotted owlet, glaucidium perlatum
Lipadi GR, BW, Aug 2012
common resident in woodland ,
active also by day
pel's fishing owl, scotopelia peli
Okavango GR, BW, Aug 2017
uncommon resident at lakes and rivers
fiery-necked nightjar, caprimulgus pectoralis
Lipadi GR, BW, Oct 2013
common resident in open habitats
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