Magpie Shrike
Mixed woodland. Tail shorter in female. Both sexes have white wing-stripe.
Species Status: LC
Long-toed Lapwing
Wetland marshes and flooded areas. Red bill and legs; black-and-white head and breast; white wings in flight.
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Acacia thornveld. Breeding male. Creamy-buff nape and underparts; rufous breast.
Long-tailed Widowbird
Moist grasslands valleys. Breeding male. Tail and red shoulder conspicuous.
Long-billed Crombec
Bushveld. Tailless appearance, grey above and variable burnt orange below.
Livingstone’s Flycatcher
Riverine forest. Lemon yellow breast, green upper feathers, and orange tail.
Lizard Buzzard
Woodland. Upperparts, upper chest grey; underparts banded. Black throat-stripe; red cere and legs; bold white band on black tail.
Little Swift
Common in towns. Nesting under bridges. Square tail. Large white patch on rump visible from side. Quite noisy “chittering” in flight.
Little Tern
Coastal shores, found in summer in non-breeding plumage. Grey upperbody apart from mottled black cap with white forehead. In non-breeding black legs and bill, in breeding yellow.
