Coqui Francolin
Bushveld and woodland. Tawny head with light brown body and fine black barring on chest.
Colour: Light Brown
Common Ringed Plover
Wetlands. Light brown above; white below and on forehead; male has black mask and bold black band encircling breast and mantle; bill and legs orange-yellow.
Common Greenshank
Wetlands. Above sandy-brown with white feather edges and back; below white; black bill slightly upturned; long legs greenish.
Chestnut-banded Plover
Pans and gravel pits. Light brown above; white forehead, face and underparts, with narrow chestnut or buffy throat-band.
Cape Sugarbird
Cape flats and mountains with flowering proteas. Pale brown breast with dark malar streak.
Cape Vulture
Wide ranging. Mature birds have wings and body feathers very pale brown; flight feathers and tail black; neck skin blue-grey; eyes honey-coloured.
Buff-streaked Chat
Rocky grassland. Male has striking black and pale buff plumage; lively, demonstrative behaviour.
Burchell’s Courser
Short grasslands. Mainly chestnut colouring; grey nape; white belly and legs.
Black-eared Seedeater
Woodland. Distinctive black mask; upperparts dark grey with streaking on head; lighter streaking on breast; gregarious.
Bearded Scrub Robin
Broad-leaved and riverine woodland.
Light brown above to below eyes; eyebrows white edged black; lores black; throat white; moustachial streak black; breast, flanks and rump orange; belly white.
