Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Western savanna. Green above and upper breast; throat yellow with blue band; belly and forked tail blue. Immature apple-green above and below.
Archives: Birds
Bird species database for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.
Swainson’s Spurfowl
Bushveld. Entirely dark brown; red facial skin and neck; dark grey legs.
Striped Kingfisher
Woodland. Small blackish and white bird. Lower mandible and feet red; blue on back, tail and wings.
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Woodland. Grey-brown above; streaky crown; white eyebrow; stout blackish bill; white below.
Stierling’s Wren-Warbler
Woodland thickets. Dark brown above; white below and well barred blackish.
Squacco Heron
Wetlands. In breeding plumage upperparts pale red-brown; non-breeding plumage pale tawny-brown; below and in flight white.
Spotted Thick-Knee
Stony grassland. Large yellow eyes; yellow bill with black tip; long yellow legs. Above buffy; heavily streaked and spotted dark brown; below white, chest streaked blackish.
