Adult Cape robin-chat in a picnic area. Baviaanskloopf, Eastern Cape (2020). A dark-backed robin-chat with a fairly short, white supercilium and pale orange throat, upper breast, vent and rump, the remainder of the underparts being pale grey. Juvenile is browner above, with buff spotting, dull buffy-brown underparts and mottled darker brown shade on the breast.… Continue reading Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra)
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Greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer)
Male greater double-collared sunbird posing in a tree by the house. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). Larger than the Southern double-collared sunbird, with a long, heavier bill. Male has a broader, red breast band bordered above by a violet-blue band, with yellow pectoral tufts. Female grey-brown above, paler below. Immature male has… Continue reading Greater double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris afer)
Lesser striped swallow (Cecropis abysinnica)
Close-up of a lesser striped swallow, with details of its bold streaking on the underparts, and the orange ear coverts. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). Smaller and darker than the greater striped swallow, with more prominent blackish striping contrasting strongly with the whiter underparts. Rump darker rufous. Ear coverts rufous (not whitish).… Continue reading Lesser striped swallow (Cecropis abysinnica)
Greater striped swallow (Cecropis cucullata)
Greater striped swallow with its white ear coverts and diffuse streaking on the underparts. Valley of Desolation, Graaf-Reinett, Eastern Cape (2021). Larger and paler than the lesser striped swallow. Striping on the buffy underparts is paler and less well defined. Orange crown slightly paler, and rump paler rufous. Ear coverts whitish (and not rufous). Crown… Continue reading Greater striped swallow (Cecropis cucullata)
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