Violet-backed Starling
Broad- leaved woodland. Its iridescent upperparts appear purple or coppery; white below.
Archives: Birds
Bird species database for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.
Village Weaver
Wetlands. Male yellow with dark wings; yellow-speckled mantle; black mask from eyebrows to throat, or entirely black head; bill black; eyes red. Female lacks speckled mantle and mask; throat and breast yellow; belly whitish; eyes red; bill pinkish.
Violet Wood Hoopoe
Namibian woodland. Dark violet-blue and black plumage; black bill and legs.
Village Indigobird
Bushveld. Three almost identical species when breeding. When breeding, a variation between a whitish bill and reddish leg colours distinguish the species.(1) Red bill red leg; (2) whitish bill white leg; (3) Whiteish bill red leg.
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Woodland. All grey, paler below. Facial disc with black outline; eyes dark; eyelids pink.
Variable Sunbird
Riverine forests and bush. Head and above glossy-green; breast violet; belly yellow.
Tractrac Chat
Arid plains. Southern race is light grey-brown above; Namibian race very pale brown, almost white above; both races white below; rump buff or white.
