South African Shelduck
Brackish waters. Grey head (female has white face) on rufous body; black bill and legs.
Archives: Birds
Bird species database for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.
Sociable Weaver
Dry acacia woodland. Scaled light grey-brown above; cap light brown; lores and chin black; rest of underparts white.
Sombre Greenbul
Forest fringes. In the south, a dull-green bird with whitish eyes; Zambezi and beyond brighter green above, yellow-green below.
Slaty Egret
Okavango. Lagoons and backwaters. Told by yellow legs and feet plus tawny throat.
Sickle-winged Chat
Grasslands and Karoo scrub. Dark brown above with rufous-edged wing feathers and pale chestnut rump; off-white below with dusky breast.
Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk)
Woodland. Banded rufous below chin to belly; above grey. Immature has rufous streaks and bands below.
Short-toed Rock Thrush
Rocky hills. Grey above with white crown; rufous below from upper breast to vent.
Sharp-tailed Starling
Northern woodlands. General uniformly glossy blue; black ear patch; red eye.
Shelley’s Francolin
Grassy woodland. Legs dull yellow. Above dark grey-brown, blotched black and streaked white; throat white; below white, breast blotched red-brown, belly barred black.
Sentinel Rock Thrush
Rocky uplands. Grey head, mantle and breast; lower breast to vent rufous.
