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this page covers:
kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, hornbills, barbets, woodpeckers, swallows, songbirds, shrikes, starlings, sunbirds, weavers, finches
giant kingfisher, megaceryle maximus
Kruger NP, Letaba, RSA, Aug 2018
common resident at wooded streams and lakes
grey-headed kingfisher, halcyon leucocephala
Samburu NP, Kenya, Feb 1996
common resident in dry bush, eastern africa
malachite kingfisher, alcedo cristata
Okavango, BW, Aug 2017
common resident at lakes and rivers
half-collared kingfisher, alcedo semitorquata
Austin Roberts GR, RSA, Jul 2010
uncommon resident at wooded streams and lakes
woodland kingfisher, halcyon senegalensis
Lipadi GR, BW, Nov 2015
common and vocal migrant in woodland
red-faced mousebird, urocolius indicus
Lipadi GR, BW, Aug 2014
common resident
white-fronted bee-eater, merops bullockoides
Kruger NP, RSA, Sep 2008
common resident in savanna
southern carmine bee-eater, merops nubicoides
Chobe NP, BW, Aug 2009
common intra african migrant
lilac-breasted roller, coracias caudatus
Kruger NP, Croc Bridge, RSA, Sep 2018
common resident in savanna
southern ground hornbill, bucorvus leadbeateri
Kruger NP, Letaba, RSA, Aug 2018
scarce resident in savanna and grassland
white-throated bee-eater, merops albicollis
Meru NP, Kenya, Feb 1996
common resident in dry bush, eastern africa
swallow-tailed bee-eater, urocolius indicus
Kgalagadi NP, RSA, Aug 2012
common nomad
purple roller, coracias nevius
Kruger NP, Letaba, RSA, Aug 2018
common resident in open woodland
trumpeter hornbill, bycanistes bucinator
Ithala NP, RSA, Aug 2007
not uncommon resident in evergreen forest
red-billed hornbill, tockus rufirostris
Lipadi GR, BW, Sep 2018
common resident in savanna and open woodland
common scimitarbill, rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Kgalagadi NP, RSA, Sep 2022
common resident in woodland
african hoopoe, upupa africana
Pilanesberg NP, RSA, Jul 2013
common resident in savanna and woodland
red-and -yellow barbet, trachiphonus erythrocephalus
Lake Baringo, Kenya, Feb 1995
common east african resident in dry bushland
southern yellow-billed hornbill, tockus leucomelas
Lipadi GR, BW, Sep 2018
common resident in savanna and open woodland
green wood-hoopoe, phoeniculus purpureus
Rietvlei NP, RSA, Nov 2019
common resident in woodland
black-collared barbet, lybius torquatus
Pilanesberg NP, RSA, Nov 2015
common resident in woodland
crested barbet, trachiphonus vaillantii
Chobe NP, Linyanti, BW, Aug 2009
common resident in savanna and woodland
golden-tailed woodpecker, campetera abingoni
Lipadi GR, BW, Sep 2017
common resident in woodland
white-throated swallow, hirundo albigularis
Pilanesberg NP, RSA, Oct 2019
common intra african migrant associated with water
ground woodpecker, geocolaptes olivaceus
Drakensberg, Sani, RSA, Aug 2016
locally common resident on rocky hillslopes in grassland
red-breasted swallow, cecropis semirufa
Pilanesberg NP, RSA, Oct 2019
common intra african migrant in savanna
black-headed oriole, oriolus larvatus
Lipadi GR, BW, Sep 2010
common resident in woodland
cape rock-thrush, monticola rupestris
Drakensberg, Sani, RSA, Aug 2016
locally common resident on rocky hillsides
red-capped robin-chat, cossypha dichroa
Kruger NP, Punda Maria, RSA, Sep 2008
common resident in dense woodland
african paradise flycatcher, terpsiphone viridis
Lipadi GR, BW, Dec 2015
common intra african migrant
rosy-throated longclaw, trachiphonus erythrocephalus
Massai Mara GR, Kenya, Feb 1995
uncommon resident in moist grassland
white-crested helmetshrike, prionops plumatus
Lipadi GR, BW, Sep 2010
common resident in woodland
crimson-breasted shrike, laniarius atrococcineus
Modisa GR, BW, Aug 2013
common resident in dry bushland
gorgeous bushshrike, chlorophoneus viridis
Imfolozi NP, RSA, Aug 2016
common resident in dense thickets
red-billed oxpecker, cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Lipadi GR, BW, Oct 2019
common resident in game country
malachite sunbird, nectarinia famosa
Table Mt. NP, RSA, Sep 2009
common resident in fynbos
southern double-collared sunbird, cinnyris chalybeus
Table Mt. NP, RSA, Sep 2009
common resident in fynbos
red-headed weaver, anaplectes melanotis
Lipadi GR, BW, Nov 2015
locally common resident in dry woodland
long-tailed widowbird, euplectes progne
Rietvlei NP, RSA, Nov 2019
common resident in grassland
cut-throat finch, amadina fasciata
Lipadi GR, BW, Oct 2019
locally common resident in dry woodland
violet-eared waxbill, granatina granatina
Madikwe GR, RSA, Aug 2008
common resident in dry woodland
southern pied babbler, turdoides bicolor
Lipadi GR, BW, Nov 2019
locally common resident in arid savanna
drakensberg rockjumper, chaetops aurantius
Drakensberg, Sani, RSA, Aug 2016
locally common resident on rocky slopes >2000m
white-browed robin-chat, cossy heuglini
Kruger NP, Punda Maria, RSA, Sep 2008
common resident in dense woodland
cape batis, batis capensis
Marutswa GR, RSA, Aug 2016
common resident in forest
southern white-crowned shrike, eurocephalus anguitimens
Lipadi GR, BW, Dec 2015
common resident in dry woodland
swamp boubou, laniarius bicolor
Okavango, BW, Aug 2013
locally common resident in riverine swamps
orange-breasted bushshrike, chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Lipadi GR, BW, Sep 2016
common resident in riverine forest
violet-backed starling, cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Lipadi GR, BW, Nov 2015
common intra african migrant in woodland
gurney's sugarbird, promerops gurneyi
Drakensberg, Sani NP, RSA, Aug 2016
locally common resident in proteas
orange-breasted sunbird, anthobaphes violacea
Table Mt. NP, RSA, Sep 2009
common resident in fynbos
village weaver, ploceus cucullatus
Imfolozi NP, RSA, Aug 2016
common resident
southern red bishop, euplectes orix
Rietvlei NP, RSA, Nov 2019
common resident in grassland and savanna
red-collared widowbird, euplectes ardens
Rietvlei NP, RSA, Nov 2019
common resident in grassland
blue waxbill, uraeginthus angolensis
Lipadi GR, BW, Aug 2013
common resident in dry woodland
cinnamon-breasted bunting, emberiza tahapisi
Lipadi GR, BW, Dec 2015
common resident in open woodland
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