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The southern double-collared sunbird or lesser double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) is a small passerine bird which breeds in southern Africa. It is mainly resident, but partially migratory in the north-east of its range.
Philip Anthony Richard Hockey (8 March 1956 – 24 January 2013) was a well-known South African ornithologist.He was director of the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town, co-editor of Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa and co-author of Sasol Birds of Southern Africa.
The brimstone canary or bully canary (Crithagra sulphurata) is a small passerine bird in the finch family.It is a resident breeder in central and southern Africa.. This species is found in open, lightly wooded habitats, such as hillsides with trees or scrub and forest edges.
The 2020 Global Big Day, a yearly event where bird-watchers around the world document as many bird species as possible within 24 hours, broke participation records and has continued to do so: The ...
Barlow, Wacher and Disley, Birds of The Gambia ISBN 1-873403-32-1; Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, Birds of India ISBN 0-691-04910-6; Robson, Craig A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand ISBN 1-84330-921-1; Sinclair, Ian; Hockey, Phil; Tarboton, Warwick (2002). SASOL Birds of Southern Africa. Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-721-6
The Cape bulbul (Pycnonotus capensis) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is an endemic resident breeder in coastal bush, open forest, gardens and fynbos in western and southern South Africa. This species nests mainly in the southern spring from September to November.
This sunbird is 14 cm long and exhibits a clear sexual dimorphism.The adult male has a glossy, metallic green head, throat upper breast and back. It has a broad brilliant red band across the chest, separated from the green breast by a narrow metallic blue band.
The black crake is extremely aggressive when breeding and will attack birds of many species, but especially other rails. It will attack and kill rails of species as large as itself. The nest is a deep, neat bowl made from wetland plants and built by both sexes in marsh vegetation or on the ground in a dry location.