Kittlitz’s Plover
Wetlands. Light brown above with white and black bands around head and throat; belly white; breast buff.
Colour: Light Brown
Karoo Korhaan
Arid areas. Light cinnamon-brown with greyish neck, black throat patch and plain head.
Karoo Chat
Karoo scrub. Eastern race grey. Namibian race has pale brown upperparts, pale brown breast, white belly and vent; pale brown rump and white outer tail feathers.
Herero Chat
Arid, rocky ground. Above light brown; rump and outer tail feathers rufous; below white faintly streaked brown; white eyebrow above black facial mask.
Gurney’s Sugarbird
Eastern mountain slopes with proteas and aloes. Rufous breast and cap.
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Upland forest fringes. Similar to Southern Double-collared Sunbird (below), but bill longer than head.
Flappet Lark
Grassland. Brown upperparts; rufous head and wing edges; streaked back. Distinctive spurts of territorial wing-clapping in flight when breeding.
Crowned Lapwing
Dry veld. Crown black with encircling white band; upperparts, neck and breast light brown; belly white; eyes yellow; bill and legs red.
Crested Francolin
Bushveld. Rufous brown above with black-and-white facial marks; well-spotted light brown breast; red legs.
