Habitat: Human Settlements
Rock Dove
Urban. Many individuals of this variable pigeon have glossy-green neck feathers.
Karoo Thrush
Highveld and scrubland. Dark grey-brown except for orange underbelly, orange-yellow legs and bill.
House Crow
Commensal with humans. Introduced. Has grey mantle and breast but looks all black.
House Sparrow
Human settlements. Crown grey; nape dark brown grading into chestnut back and wings; small white wing-bar; lores to bib black.
Hadada Ibis
Wetlands and gardens. The head and neck are dull grey-brown; rest greenish-black with iridescent shoulder.
Common Starling
Suburbia. Its green-black plumage shows a purple sheen about the upper breast and mantle.
Common Myna
Towns. Head, mantle and breast black; black and white wings, rest brown; darker above; vent white.
Cape Sparrow
Farmlands and suburbia. Crown, face and upper breast black in male, grey in female; mantle grey; back, rump and wings chestnut with small white wing-bar.
