Red-billed Spurfowl
Dry scrub and thickets. Above light brown finely dappled black; below white with dense black barring; eye-rings yellow; bill and legs red.
Regional Status: Near Endemic
Pririt Batis
Dry thornveld. The male is grey above and white below, with a broad black breast-band.
Pale-winged Starling
Rocky regions in the west. Has orange eyes and white wing-panels with an orange tinge. Often in small flocks.
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Karoo, semi-desert. Pale grey above; secondaries and rump white; primaries and tail black; chest grey; belly finely barred. Cere and legs coral-red.
Olive Bushshrike
Forest thickets. Cinnamon yellow breast patch, grey cap, and olive-green upper parts.
Natal Spurfowl
Riverine bush. Dark brown above with black streaking; speckled black and white below; bill red and yellow; legs red.
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Desert. Longer, pointed tail than other sandgrouse; female has dense barring all over, apart from throat and underbelly. Both sexes have ochre heads and flock at waterholes mainly in morning.
Mountain Wheatear
Rocky koppies, dry gullies. Whitish cap; white vent and shoulders; rest black
Monteiro’s Hornbill
Rocky regions. Above dark brown to breast; wings with white spots; secondaries and outer tail feathers white; lower breast to vent white; bill red.
