Wood Sandpiper
Inland water shorelines. Upperparts dark brown with white speckling; white eyebrows; buffy breast; white belly; yellow-green legs.
Archives: Birds
Bird species database for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.
White-winged Widowbird
Thornveld and cultivations. Breeding male all-black with yellow and white shoulder-patch; bill pale grey.
Willow Warbler
Diverse bushy habitats; summer visitor. Upperparts olive-green with darker tail and flight feathers; pale yellow underparts. Distinctive yellowish eyebrow and notch in tail.
White-throated Swallow
Wetlands. Orange forehead; metallic-blue above; white below with black breast-band; forked tail.
White-winged Tern
Inland waters. Non-breeding bird has white upper tail; black spot behind eye; blackish nape.
White-throated Robin-Chat
Thickets. Grey, black and white above; below white chin to lower breast; flanks and belly washed orange.
White-tailed Shrike
Arid woodland. Black and white with grey mantle and flanks; yellow eyes.
White-rumped Swift
Common in towns. Fork-tailed with white crescent shape on lower back. Fast flyer.
