Red-capped Lark
Dry pans, short grass. Light brown above with rufous cap and pectoral tufts; whitish below.
Archives: Birds
Bird species database for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.
Red-billed Spurfowl
Dry scrub and thickets. Above light brown finely dappled black; below white with dense black barring; eye-rings yellow; bill and legs red.
Red-billed Teal
Wetlands. Red bill; dark brown hood and upperparts; all feathers edged creamy; neck dusky; underparts white; all feathers with dark centres.
Red-billed Oxpecker
Game and cattle regions. Upperparts and entire head dark brown; underparts and rump yellow-buff; bill and eyes red; eye-rings yellow.
Red-billed Quelea
Croplands. Red or pinkish bill on small, weaver-type bird; male has blackish face.
Red-billed Firefinch
Bushveld. Red head, neck, breast and upper-tail coverts in male; red lores and upper tail in female; rest of body grey-brown.
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
Mixed woodland. Red bill in both sexes; male blackish-brown, wing feather edges white, female paler on breast.
Black-and-white (Red-backed) Mannikin
Dune forests, bushveld. Black head and breast; rufous upperparts; white bill and underparts.
Red-backed Shrike
Bushveld. Grey head, nape and rump; black mask; rufous mantle and back; white underparts.
