The Eastern Cape giant cycad is shaped like a palm tree. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). Medium to large evergreen, long-lived plant producing initially a single erect trunk and can grow up to 7 meters tall. Some plants will produce suckers at the base of the trunk, which in time develop to… Continue reading Eastern Cape giant cycad (Encephalartos altensteinii)
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Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)
Leopard turtoise sticking its head out of its shell to check for safety. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). Also referred to as the mountain tortoise, or bergskilpad (in Afrikaans). Fourth largest species of tortoise in the world, with typical adults reaching 40 cm for 13 kg. Maximum adult size vary along their… Continue reading Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)
Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis)
Male Cape weaver working on a brand new nest. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2024). A large weaver with a long, pointed bill. Breeding male is less yellow above than 'golden' weavers, with a chestnut wash on the face and throat, but lacks the well-defined bib of the Southern brown-throated weaver… Continue reading Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis)
Fiscal flycatcher (Sigelus silens)
Male fiscal flycatcher on top of a scrawny dead tree. Baviaanskloof, Eastearn Cape (2020). A striking, pied flycatcher with white panels in otherwise black wings and tail. Resembles the Southern fiscal in broad colour pattern, but bill more slender, tail shorter, legs longer and white in wings confined to secondaries (not wing coverts) and white… Continue reading Fiscal flycatcher (Sigelus silens)
Trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator)
Male trumpeter hornbill in a large tree. Port St Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (2021) - iNaturalist A medium to large, black-and-white hornbill. Smaller than the silvery-cheeked hornbill, with a white belly and lower breast, a black (not white) back and a smaller, darker bill. In fight, it has white trailing edges to its wings… Continue reading Trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator)
Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea)
Male orange-breasted sunbird around a temporary pond. Baviaanskloof, Eastern Cape (2020) - iNaturalist Adult male is easily identified by its orange belly and purple breast band, as well as its elongated central tail feathers. Yellow pectoral tufts only visible in display.Female is olive-green above, and yellow-green bellow (not grey like the smaller female of the… Continue reading Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea)
Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Juvenile black-headed heron, lacking the black crown yet, but showing the characteristic dark ear coverts. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024) - iNaturalist A large, greyish heron of terrestrial habitats. Slightly smaller than the grey heron, with contrasting dark flight feathers and pule underwing coverts in flight. Black crown and hindneck contrast with white throat. Underparts… Continue reading Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala)
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