White-browed Scrub Robin
Scrub. Rufous rump and upper tail coverts; well-streaked breast; white wing-markings.
Archives: Birds
Bird species database for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.
White-browed Coucal
Thickets. Black crown grades onto rufous mantle and wings; white eyebrow; white streaking from head to mantle.
White-breasted Cormorant
Inland and coastal waters. Upperwings and tail dark brown; wing feathers edged black.
White-bellied Sunbird
Wooded regions. Head, breast and mantle glossy blue; belly white; curved black bill.
White-backed Vulture
Game regions. Grey-brown above and below; back white; flight feathers, neck skin and soft parts black.
White-backed Mousebird
Dry bush and suburbia. Grey above with upstanding crest; buff und.erparts; back white; bill white with black tip and legs red
White-backed Night Heron
Inland rivers. Rufous neck and mantle; black cap; yellow facial skin and legs. Feeds at night
White-backed Duck
Secluded wetlands. Head and neck buff but densely spotted black (darkest on crown); a white spot at base of black bill; rest of upperparts spotted and barred dark brown; rufous and white.
White Stork
Grassveld, bushveld. Black and white with red bill and legs. Seen in large flocks or small groups in summer.
Whiskered Tern
Inland waters. Non-breeding bird has pale grey upper tail and black line behind eye to black nape.
