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Art. # 302
Okavango Tour BIRDING
REPORT
(13.07.’14 – 23.07.’14)
Text and photos from Stefan Rust
2014
(In terms of the Geneva Convention the copyright of these
texts belong to Stefan Rust)
Dear birding friends,
as birdwatching is a relatively new and one of the fastest
growing and a most popular pursuit, it attracts people of all ages around the
world. There can hardly be a better place than southern Africa (Namibia,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, South Africa) to nurture an
interest in birds as it supports almost 1000 bird species, which is about 10
per cent of the world's entire bird. Taking birding to new heights,
Hobby-Ornithologist Stefan Rust together with BirdsConTour represents some of
the ontour bird sightings and several other interesting birding aspects to
showcase the fun of birding, promote citizen science, highlight conservation,
indicate where to view what birds and raise awareness of southern Africa's
(sometimes international) birds and their habitats.
All countries that BirdsConTour is involved with are
mentioned in these Birding Reports, such
as Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South
Africa.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WORK GETS DISTRIBUTED
INTERNATIONALLY
Have a quick look if your name or business is included
in this scientific informational work (alphabetically arranged):
Batoka Gorge, Zimbabwe
Chamäleon Reisen
Chobe NP., Botswana
Chobe Safari Lodge, Botswana
Dqae Qare San Lodge, Botswana
Gcadikwe Island Camp, Botswana
Gorges Lodge, Zimbabwe
Kasane, Botswana
Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana
Mankwe Bush Lodge, Botswana
Moremi NP, Botswana
Okavango Delta, Botswana
Onjala Lodge, Namibia
Pack Safari
Planet Baobab, Botswana
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls NP., Zimbabwe
Sites and countries visited during this period incl.
amount of species per site:
(0-0 - Haven’t been there myself)
(single letter – indicates several sites per day)
13.07: (A) Gorges Lodge & Batoka Gorge (26 species)
14.07: (A) Gorges Lodge (2 species, additional) (B) Road
from Gorges Lodge to Chobe
Safari
Lodge (10 species), (C) Victoria Falls NP (13 species), (D) Chobe Safari
Lodge
(23 species)
15.07: (A) Chobe Safari Lodge (3 species, additional to
yesterday), (B) Chobe NP (68
species)
16.07: (A) Chobe Safari Lodge (1 species, additional), (B)
Road from Chobe Safari
Lodge
to Planet Baobab (25 species), (C) Planet Baobab (16 species)
17.07: (A) Planet Baobab (10 species, additional),
Makgadikgadi Pans (37 species)
18.07: (A) Planet Baobab (7 species, additional), (B) Road
from Planet Baobab to
Mankwe
Bush Lodge (23 species), (C) Mankwe Bush Lodge (23 species)
19.07: (A) Moremi NP, Gcadikwe Island Camp & Okavango
Delta (81 species)
20.07: (A) Gcadikwe Island Camp & Okavango Delta (21
species, additional)
21.07: (A) Gcadikwe Island Camp, Okavango Delta &
Moremi NP (12 species,
additional), (B) Mankwe Bush Lodge (1 species, additional)
22.07: (A) Mankwe Bush Lodge (1 species, additional), (B)
Road from
Mankwe
Bush Lodge to Dqae Qare San Lodge (19 species), (C) Dqae Qare San
Lodge
(24 species)
23.07: (A) Dqae Qare San Lodge (4 species, additional),
(B) Road from Dqae Qare San
Lodge
to Onjala Lodge (29 species), (C) Onjala Lodge (27 species)
Total Distance traveled:
1 854 km
Personal Highlights:
BLACK STORK
COLLARED PALM-THRUSH
DENHAM’S BUSTARD
GREY-HEADED BUSH-SHRIKE
SADDLE-BILLED STORK
WATTLED CRANE
WHITE-BACKED VULTURE (tagged)
YELLOW-THROATED SANDGROUSE
13.07.’14 Gorges
Lodge & Batoka Gorge, Zimbabwe
Black Stork (3) Zimbabwe is the
only country in southern Africa where this species is classified as
not-threatened. With this breeding pair in the Batoka Gorge, classified as an
Important Bird Area (IBA), there is an extra bird present at the nest, this
occasionally happens. Sometimes Black Storks share the nest cliff with Cape
Vultures, Southern Bald Ibis, Verreaux’s Eagles, Peregrine Falcons or Lanner
Falcons.
14.07.’14 Victoria
Falls NP, Zimbabwe Schalow’s
Turaco (5) General habits of this uncommon
species are undescribed as well as their nests.
15.07.’14 Chobe
Safari Lodge Collared
Palm-Thrush This species favours thicket areas with palms, usually near
water and around human settlements with mixed bushwillow-mopane. BirdsConTour
regular records this species here in the gardens of the Chobe Safari Lodge and
now after the main construction activities on the ground of this specie’s
territory concerns are gone that it might have withdrawn from this site. Chobe
Safari Lodge really needs to take good care of this rarity.
16.07.'14 Kasane, Botswana Egyptian
Goose (15) How clever these geese are proves their adaptation towards
human. Although one thinks that these geese have increased their range in may
parts of southern Africa, it is not true. It’s only their numbers that have
increased, especially in areas where plantations and artificial dams are. They
thrive in man-made environments with presence of humans because in such areas
natural predators are scarce and open areas of land and water are plentiful,
thus providing safe conditions. The clever Egyptian Goose learned that the
presence of humans protects them from their natural enemies.
17.07.’14 Makgadikgadi
Salt Pans, Botswana White-headed
Vulture (1) Except taking carrion from
carcasses of all sizes this vulture is also able of killing small mammals and kleptoparasitising
eagles. The White-headed Vulture grips its food with the strong inner toes.
18.07.'14 Planet Baobab, Botswana Verreaux’s
Eagle-Owl (1) These large night hunters,
sometimes by day, drop on their prey after a fast glide. If the missed their
prey they may remain on the ground waiting for the prey to re-emerge. If they
hunt roosting game birds, they often crash into the foliage, causing panic
under the intended prey. Sometimes they might emerge by day to continue feeding
on prey that they caught in the night.
19.07.’14 Moremi NP, Botswana Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (2) What separates hornbills from all other birds
is their breeding habit where females seal themselves into their nest cavities.
Only a narrow gap is left through which the male feeds the female.
19.07.’14 Moremi NP, Botswana White-backed Vulture (2) Although uplisted to endangered, the
White-backed Vulture is the most widespread and common vulture in Africa. About
3 km in front of the Moremi NP South Gate next to the bush road a White-backed
Vulture with a tag was seen sitting on its nest high up on a tree. The tag read
P8 on it. Vulture tagging is undertaken to be able to follow their traveling
and survival.
20.07.’14 Gcadikwe
Island Camp, Okavango Delta, Botswana African Pygmy-Goose (1) Pairs have a strong and long-lasting bond. It
is observed that unmated males harass paired females, possibly to test their
bond.
21.07.’14 Okavango Delta, Botswana Wattled Crane
(1) Wetland destruction and degradation
lead to this species being categorized as globally vulnerable and as critically
endangered in South Africa.
21.07.’14 Moremi NP, Botswana Yellow-throated
Sandgrouse (2) Little is known about this
near-threatened species’ population and demography and movements and
migrations.
21.07.’14 Mankwe Bush Lodge, Botswana Hamerkop (1) In western Africa one pair of Hamerkop build in
average three nests per year because of nest piracy.
22.07.’14 Dqae
Qare San Lodge, Namibia Support
Award For the unremitting social,
conservation and tourism efforts BirdsConTour rewards the Dqae Qare San Lodge
with a three penguin rated Welfare, Conservation and Tourism Support 2014
Award.
Read more in the electronic newsletter
Words of Feather (www.birdscontour.com)
(click news) in article 301.
22.07.’14 Dqae
Qare San Lodge, Namibia Travel
& Help, Support Award By traveling directly with BirdsConTour or making
use of a guide from BirdsConTour you support welfare, conservation and tourism.
To say THANK YOU, every tour participant receives a Support Award
at the end of the tour.
Today eight German and five Swiss guests were rewarded
with one penguin-rated Tourism Support 2014 Awards.
Read more in the electronic newsletter
Words of Feather (www.birdscontour.com)
(click news) in article 71 and 274.
23.07.’14 Windhoek,
Namibia Support Awards,
Words of Feather BirdsConTour announces its new Greeting
Cards campaign to promote welfare, conservation and tourism by BirdsConTour. To
the recipient of this greeting card directly from BirdsConTour, by purchase or
as a thank you, BirdsConTour confirms his or her support of welfare,
conservation and / or tourism.
Index to bird species observed in this period:
(English names and date when seen)
(* - See
text about species on according date above)
(A or B – Appears when species is recorded at different
sites on same day, specifying where on according date beneath species list)
-Acacia Pied Barbet 17.7.(A) / 22.7.(C) /
-African Black Swift 13.7.(A) / 14.7.(C) /
-African Darter 14.7.(D) / 15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-African Fish-Eagle 15.7.(B) /
-African Green-Pigeon 19.7.(A) /
-African Grey Hornbill 13.7.(A) / 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 17.7.(B) / 18.7.(C) /
19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B) /
-African Hoopoe 19.7.(A) /
-African Jacana 14.7.(D) / 19.7.(A) /
-African Marsh-Harrier 19.7.(A) /
-African Mourning Dove 21.7.(B) /
-African Openbill 14.7.(D) / 15.7.(B) /
-African Palm-Swift 16.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 20.7.(A) /
-African Pied Wagtail 14.7.(C) / 15.7.(B) /
-African Pipit
15.7.(B) / 17.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-African Pygmy Goose 19.7.(A) /
-African Red-eyed Bulbul 22.7.(C) / 23.7.(C) /
-African Sacred Ibis 15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-African Scops-Owl 19.7.(A) /
-African Skimmer 14.7.(D) /
-African Spoonbill 15.7.(B) /
-African Stonechat 20.7.(A) /
-Ant-eating Chat 17.7.(A) /
-Arrow-marked Babbler 15.7.(B) / 18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) /
-Barn Owl
15.7.(A) / 17.7.(A) / 23.7.(A) /
-Bateleur
14.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B) /
-Black-chested Snake-Eagle 16.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Black-collared Barbet 13.7.(A) / 18.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Black Crake
14.7.(D) / 15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Black-crowned Night-Heron 20.7.(A) /
-Black-crowned Tchagra 21.7.(A) /
-Black-headed Oriole 18.7.(C) /
-Black-shouldered Kite 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 22.7.(B) / 23.7.(C) /
-*Black Stork
13.7.*(A) /
-Black-throated Canary 17.7.(A) / 23.7.(B) /
-Black-winged Stilt 15.7.(B) / 21.7.(A) /
-Blacksmith Lapwing 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(C) / 17.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Blue Waxbill
13.7.(A) / 14.7.(B)(D) / 15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(C) /
-Bradfield’s Hornbill 16.7.(B) /
-Brown-crowned Tchagra 17.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(C) /
-Brown Snake-Eagle 20.7.(A) / 23.7.(B) /
-Brubru
17.7.(A)(B) / 22.7.(C) /
-Burchell’s Starling 17.7.(B) / 18.7.(B)(C) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B)(C) /
23.7.(B) /
-Cape Crow
17.7.(B) / 23.7.(B) /
-Cape Glossy Starling 16.7.(B)(C) / 17.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 22.7.(C) /
23.7.(B)(C) /
-Cape Turtle-Dove 14.7.(D) / 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B)(C) / 17.7.(B) /
18.7.(B)(C) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B)(C) / 23.7.(B)(C) /
-Cape Wagtail
15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) / 23.7.(B) /
-Capped Wheatear 16.7.(C) / 17.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Cardinal Woodpecker 13.7.(A) / 19.7.(A) /
-Cattle Egret
14.7.(C) / 15.7.(B) / 17.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler 22.7.(C) /
-Chinspot Batis 20.7.(A) /
-Chirping Cisticola 15.7.(B) / 20.7.(A) /
-Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 13.7.(A) /
-*Collared Palm-Thrush 14.7.*(D) /
-Collared Pratincole 14.7.(D) / 19.7.(A) /
-Collared Sunbird 20.7.(A) /
-Comb Duck
15.7.(B) /
-Common Ostrich 17.7.(B) / 22.7.(B) / 23.7.(C) /
-Common Quail
17.7.(B) /
-Common Scimitarbill 13.7.(A) / 17.7.(A) / 22.7.(C) / 23.7.(B) /
-Coppery-tailed Coucal 14.7.(D) / 15.7.(B) / 18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) /
-Crested Barbet 20.7.(A) /
-Crested Francolin 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B) /
-Crimson-breasted Shrike 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B)(A) / 23.7.(C) /
-Crowned Hornbill 13.7.(A) /
-Crowned Lapwing 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(C) / 17.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B) /
23.7.(B)(C) /
-Dark-capped Bulbul 13.7.(A) / 14.7.(C)(D) / 18.7.(C) /
-Dark Chanting Goshawk 14.7.(A) / 19.7.(A) /
-Denham’s Bustard 17.7.(B) /
-Dickinson’s Kestrel 18.7.(B) /
-Double-banded Sandgrouse 15.7.(B) / 23.7.(B) /
-Drongo Flycatcher 19.7.(A) /
-*Egyptian Goose 15.7.*(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove 13.7.(A) / 14.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) /
22.7.(B) /
-Familiar Chat
13.7.(A) /
-Fiery-necked Nightjar 15.7.(B) / 20.7.(A) /
-Fork-tailed Drongo 13.7.(A) / 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B)(C) / 17.7.(B) /
18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(C) / 23.7.(B)(C) /
-Freckled Nightjar 23.7.(C) /
-Gabar Goshawk
16.7.(C) / 17.7.(B) /
-Glossy Ibis
15.7.(B) / 21.7.(A) /
-Goliath Heron
15.7.(B) /
-Great Egret
15.7.(B) / 21.7.(A) /
-Great Sparrow
23.7.(C) /
-Greater Blue-eared Starling 14.7.(B) / 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 20.7.(A) /
-Greater Kestrel 17.7.(B) / 23.7.(B) /
-Green-backed Heron 15.7.(B) /
-Green-winged Pytilia 18.7.(A) /
-Green Wood-Hoopoe 15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Grey-backed Camaroptera 15.7.(B) / 18.7.(A)(C) / 19.7.(A) /
-Grey-backed Sparrowlark 17.7.(B) /
-Grey Go-away-bird 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B) /
-Grey-headed Bush-Shrike 14.7.(D) /
-Grey-headed Gull 14.7.(D) /
-Grey Heron
15.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Groundscraper Thrush 16.7.(B) / 23.7.(B) /
-Hadeda Ibis
19.7.(A) /
-Harlequin Quail 17.7.(B) /
-Hartlaub’s Babbler 18.7.(C) / 21.7.(A) /
-*Hamerkop
19.7.*(A) /
-Helmeted Guineafowl 13.7.(A) / 15.7.(B) / 17.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
22.7.(B) / 23.7.(C) /
-House Sparrow
16.7.(B) / 23.7.(B) /
-Jameson’s Firefinch 14.7.(C) /
-Kori Bustard
15.7.(B) / 17.7.(B) / 21.7.(A) /
-Lanner Falcon
18.7.(B) /
-Lappet-faced Vulture 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) /
-Lark-like Bunting 17.7.(A) /
-Laughing Dove
14.7.(D) / 18.7.(A)(B) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(C) / 23.7.(B) /
-Lesser Striped Swallow 15.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 20.7.(A) /
-Lesser Swamp-Warbler 20.7.(A) /
-Lilac-breasted Roller 14.7.(B) / 15.7.(B) / 18.7.(A) / 19.7.(A) / 23.7.(B) /
-Little Bee-eater 18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) /
-Little Egret
15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Little Swift
23.7.(C) /
-Long-billed Crombec 18.7.(A) /
-Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah 23.7.(B) /
-Long-toed Lapwing 15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Luapula Cisticola 19.7.(A) /
-Magpie Shrike
15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 17.7.(A)(B) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B) /
-Malachite Kingfisher 15.7.(B) / 20.7.(A) /
-Marabou Stork
14.7.(B) / 15.7.(B) / 16.7. (B) /
-Marico Flycatcher 19.7.(A) /
-Marico Sunbird 19.7.(A) /
-Martial Eagle
16.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Meves’s Starling 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B) /
-Meyer’s Parrot 16.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) /
-Mountain Wheatear 23.7.(C) /
-Namaqua Dove
14.7.(A)(B) / 16.7.(B) / 17.7.(B) / 20.7.(A) / 23.7.(B) /
-Namaqua Sandgrouse 23.7.(B) /
-Natal Spurfowl 13.7.(A) /
-Northern Black Korhaan 17.7.(B) / 23.7.(B) /
-Orange River Francolin 23.7.(C) /
-Pale-winged Starling 23.7.(C) /
-Pearl-spotted Owlet 15.7.(A) / 16.7.(C) / 18.7.(C) / 23.7.(A)(C) /
-Pied Crow
13.7.(A) / 14.7.(B) / 16.7.(A)(B)(C) / 17.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 23.7.(B) /
-Pied Kingfisher 15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Pink-backed Pelican 21.7.(A) /
-Pririt Batis
22.7.(C) /
-Purple Roller
17.7.(A) /
-Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 16.7.(C) / 17.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B) /
-Red-billed Firefinch 13.7.(A) /
-Red-billed Hornbill 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(C) / 17.7.(B) / 18.7.(B)(C) /
19.7.(A) / 22.7.(C) / 23.7.(B) /
-Red-billed Oxpecker 15.7.(B) / 17.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Red-billed Quelea 22.7.(C) / 23.7.(B) /
-Red-billed Spurfowl 22.7.(C) / 23.7.(B)(C) /
-Red-billed Teal 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) /
-Red-crested Korhaan 17.7.(B) / 23.7.(B) /
-Red-eyed Dove
13.7.(A) / 14.7.(D) / 18.7.(B) / 20.7.(A) /
-Red-faced Mousebird 14.7.(D) / 19.7.(A) /
-Red-necked Falcon 16.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) /
-Red-winged Starling 13.7.(A) /
-Reed Cormorant 14.7.(D) / 15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Rock Martin
13.7.(A) / 23.7.(B)(C) /
-Rosy-faced Lovebird 23.7.(C) /
-*Rufous-bellied Heron 14.7.*(D) / 20.7.(A) /
-Sabota Lark
17.7.(B) / 22.7.(C) /
-Saddle-billed Stork 19.7.(A) /
-Scaly-feathered Finch 17.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Schalow’s Turaco 14.7.(C) /
-Senegal Coucal 20.7.(A) /
-Shaft-tailed Whydah 22.7.(C) / 23.7.(C) /
-Slaty Egret
19.7.(A) /
-Sociable Weaver 23.7.(C) /
-Southern Black Flycatcher 18.7.(A) /
-Southern Black Tit 19.7.(A) / 21.7.(A) /
-Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(C) / 17.7.(B) / 18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) /
-Southern Ground-Hornbill 16.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Southern Masked-Weaver 19.7.(A) / 20.7.(A) / 22.7.(C) / 23.7.(C) /
-Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk 23.7.(B) /
-Southern Pied Babbler 18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) / 23.7.(A)(C) /
-Southern White-crowned Shrike 16.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(A) /
-*Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B)(C) /
18.7.(B)(C) / 19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B)(C) / 23.7.(B) /
-Speckled Pigeon 23.7.(C) /
-Spectacled Weaver 14.7.(C) /
-Spike-heeled Lark 17.7.(B) /
-Spotted Eagle-Owl 23.7.(A) /
-Spur-winged Goose 15.7.(B) /
-Squacco Heron
15.7.(B) / 20.7.(A) /
-Swainson’s Spurfowl 15.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 18.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) /
-Swallow-tailed Bee-eater 17.7.(B) / 23.7.(C) /
-Swamp Boubou
20.7.(A) /
-Tawny Eagle 18.7.(B) / 22.7.(B) /
-Tawny-flanked Prinia 14.7.(C) / 19.7.(A) /
-Temminck’s Courser 17.7.(B) /
-Terrestrial Brownbul 14.7.(C)(D) / 15.7.(B) /
-Tropical Boubou 14.7.(D) /
-Trumpeter Hornbill 14.7.(C) / 15.7.(A) /
-Verreaux’s Eagle 13.7.(A) /
-*Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl 17.7.*(A) /
-Village Indigobird 13.7.(A) /
-Village Weaver 20.7.(A) /
-Violet-eared Waxbill 18.7.(C) / 22.7.(C) /
-Water Thick-knee 15.7.(B) /
-*Wattled Crane 21.7.*(A) /
-*White-backed Vulture 15.7.(B) / 19.7.*(A) / 23.7.(B) /
-White-bellied Sunbird 13.7.(A) /
-White-breasted Cormorant 23.7.(B) /
-White-browed Coucal
21.7.(A) /
-White-browed Robin-Chat 14.7.(C)(D) / 15.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 13.7.(A) / 14.7.(B) / 16.7.(B) / 18.7.(B)(C) /
19.7.(A) / 22.7.(B)(C) / 23.7.(B)(C) /
-White-crested Helmet-Shrike 14.7.(B)(C) / 17.7.(A) /
-White-crowned Lapwing 15.7.(B) /
-White-faced Duck 15.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-White-fronted Bee-eater 15.7.(B) /
-White-winged Tern 14.7.(D) /
-Wire-tailed Swallow 15.7.(B) /
-Wood Sandpiper 15.7.(B) /
-Yellow-bellied Greenbul 13.7.(A) / 14.7.(C) /
-Yellow-billed Duck 19.7.(A) /
-Yellow-billed Egret 15.7.(B) / 18.7.(B) / 19.7.(A) /
-Yellow-billed Oxpecker 15.7.(B) /
19.7.(A) / 21.7.(A) /
-Yellow-billed Stork 15.7.(B) /
-Yellow Canary
23.7.(C) /
-Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 13.7.(A) /
-Yellow-throated Petronia 17.7.(A) / 19.7.(A) /
-*Yellow-throated Sandgrouse 21.7.*(A) /
Total number of species identified:
215
Enjoy Birding,
Stefan Rust
Please note: Most scientific information has been taken
from Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, V11th edition!
(For more information contact Stefan Rust on +264
(0)81 129 8415 or birdscontour@iway.na)
