Archives: Birds
Bird species database for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.
White-fronted Plover
Coastal and river shores. Sandy-brown above; male with darker forecrown; white below and on forehead.
White-headed Vulture
Game regions. Dark brown back, wings and upper breast; crown, nape and below white (female has white inner secondaries); bare parts pink; bill blue and red.
White-fronted Bee-eater
Riverine woodland. Red throat, back, wings and upper tail green; forehead and chin white; nape and breast cinnamon; belly to vent blue.
White-faced Whistling Duck
Wetlands. White face on black head; rufous neck and upper breast.
White-crowned Lapwing
Rivers sandbanks of major rivers.. Lateral head and neck grey; crown and underparts white; wings black and white; bill, wattles, legs yellow.
White-eared Barbet
Coastal forest fringes. Dark brown with white ear-stripes and underbelly.
White-crested Helmet-Shrike
Bushveld. Pied with grey crown; orange-yellow eye-wattles and legs.
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Thornveld. Dark brown above with white eyebrows, wing-bars and feather edges; below white, with or without spotted breast; bill black; legs pink.
White-browed Robin-Chat
Thickets. Underparts entirely rich orange extending to rump and tail fringes; white eyebrows on black hood.
