
African Swamphen
Wetlands. Head and below blue; back, tail and wings green; bill and frontal shield red; legs pink.

Wetlands. Head and below blue; back, tail and wings green; bill and frontal shield red; legs pink.

Wetlands. Brown plumage looks black. Head and neck white; bill and legs dark red.


Okavango,Zambezi Valley and around Kruger. Large red bill; short red legs; body white, upperwings dark. Skims water, bill immersed.

Marshes. Very long, straight black bill. Head, breast and upperparts buff; heavily streaked and spotted dark brown, lower breast to belly white; flanks barred dark brown.


Lily pans. Uapperparts dark green; underparts orange-beige; short yellow bill.

Reedbeds. Lateral head and underparts grey; upperparts rufous; bill, legs red.

Lily pans. Rufous-bodied waterbird with long legs and toes; head and neck black above, white below.

Marshlands. Dark brown, long-winged hawk; paler brown below; underwings well barred; flies low.
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