Senegal Lapwing
Moist grasslands. Folded upper wings dark olive-brown; head to breast grey; small white forehead; eyes yellow. Black-and-white underwings in flight.
Colour: Dark Brown
Sand Martin
Estuaries. Small martin; above dark brown; below white with narrow brown chest-band; tail with shallow fork.
Rock Martin
Cliffs. Dark brown, broad-winged; paler below; tail square with white ‘windows’.
Red-necked Spurfowl
Dense bush. Eastern races are dark brown above, streaked black; below black streaked white; all bare parts red.
Red-billed Spurfowl
Dry scrub and thickets. Above light brown finely dappled black; below white with dense black barring; eye-rings yellow; bill and legs red.
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
Mixed woodland. Red bill in both sexes; male blackish-brown, wing feather edges white, female paler on breast.
Rattling Cisticola
Bushveld. Buff and dark brown upperparts; pale underparts. Distinctive rattle at end of song; often sings from top of bush.
Pied Starling
Karoo, roadsides. Very dark brown with white underbelly and vent; eyes whitish; gape orange.
Pale Flycatcher
Broad-leaved woodland. Dull grey-brown overall; paler on throat; soft parts black; eye-rings pale.
Olive Thrush
Montane forests and gardens. Dark, olive-brown above; throat speckled black on white; underparts orange (highveld race with brown breast); vent white or dusky; bill and legs orange-yellow.
