Saddle-billed Stork
Inland wetlands. Massive red and black bill with yellow saddle diagnostic.
Archives: Birds
Bird species database for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.
Rüppell’s Korhaan
Desert plains. Light brown upperparts; white below; pale grey head and neck with black-and-white markings.
Sabota Lark
Bushveld. Well-streaked dark grey and buff upperparts, distinctive white eyebrow, and pale outer tail feathers.
Rüppell’s Parrot
Woodland. Back, underbelly and vent deep blue, rest of body and wings dark brown.
Rufous-naped Lark
Grassland with bush. Eastern race with rufous crest and wings; body washed rufous; pale western race with rufous on wings only.
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Open woodland. Underbody and underwing coverts rufous; dark above; eyes and legs yellow.
Rufous-eared Warbler
Dry scrub veld. Rufous mask and ear coverts; black breast-band on white underparts; erect tail.
Rufous-bellied Heron
Wetlands. Very dark small heron; rich rufous below and on wings. Bill and legs normally yellow.
Ruff
Wetlands. Orange legs in adult, dark in immature. Head and rear of neck dappled light brown; back and wings dark brown; all feathers boldly edged white; below white.
Ruddy Turnstone
Shorelines. Chestnut above with black and white about head, neck and breast; white below.
