Lesser Kestrel
Grasslands. Both sexes have rufous upperwings; male has grey head, secondary coverts, back and upper tail.
Habitat: Grasslands
Gurney’s Sugarbird
Eastern mountain slopes with proteas and aloes. Rufous breast and cap.
Grey-winged Francolin
Grassy hills. Black bill; yellow legs. Upperparts tawny barred black and streaked white; head markings rufous; throat white well spotted black; below grey.
Flappet Lark
Grassland. Brown upperparts; rufous head and wing edges; streaked back. Distinctive spurts of territorial wing-clapping in flight when breeding.
Denham’s Bustard
Eastern escarpment & hilly grasslands. Ash grey foreneck and black cap. Black and white on folded wing.
Common Quail
Grasslands. Above rufous, mottled and streaked black and white; head with white markings; throat dark; below pale rufous; flanks streaked white.
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Grassy plains. Male has chestnut nape and wings; black head and body; white ear-patch.
Caspian Plover
Dry plains. Above light brown; sides of head and below white with dusky breast-band (non-breeding) or broad chestnut breast-band (breeding).
