Karoo Prinia

Karoo Prinia

Karoo Prinia Karoo Prinia The Karoo Prinia is an insectivorous bird endemic (unique) to the Succulent, Nama Karoo and Fynbos Biomes in mostly South Africa. They are conspicuous birds easy to locate by their loud distinctive call uttered throughout the year

African Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier African Marsh Harrier African Marsh Harrier, as its name suggests, is found in marshes and wetlands throughout east and southern Africa. The birds both hunt for food and breed in wetlands. The South African population of African Marsh Harrier is...

Orange-breasted Sunbird

Orange-breasted Sunbird

Male Orange-breasted Sunbird - Alan Payne The South African endemic Orange-breasted Sunbird provides an important ecosystem service by pollinating the many fynbos plants on which it feeds and for which it receives a meal of nectar in return. Sunbirds feed on insects...

Cape Rock-jumper

Male Cape Rock-jumper Female Cape Rock-jumper - Alan Payne The amount of available mountain fynbos habitat for the Near Threatened Cape Rock-jumper is being reduced by the effects of climate change. To conserve the Cape Rock-jumper action to halt or reverse the...

The Agulhas Long-billed Lark

The Agulhas Long-billed Lark

Agulhas Long-billed Lark - Mike Bridgeford Agulhas Long-billed Lark - Mike Bridgeford The Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris is a South African endemic and is restricted to the fynbos habitat of the Agulhas Plain in the southwestern corner of South...

Southern Black Korkaan

Southern Black Korkaan

Southern Black Korkaan Male - Mike Bridgeford The Near Threatened Southern Black Korkaan is a South African endemic i.e., it is found nowhere else in the world. Only the female Southern Black Korhaan incubates the eggs and raises the nestlings. This means that habitat...

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