So I have put together a post of the birds we encountered in our three week visit to South Africa with the American Horticultural Society this year. Although my original focus on the journey was the many plants we would see I was overwhelmed by the colorful bird species in South Africa. Altogether I have about 50 species from our short visit and the experience will stay with me for a long time. I’ve put them below in basically the order that we saw them as we journeyed around Cape Town, then the western Cape regions and finally over to the Eastern Cape near Kruger. I’ve duplicated some of the most beautiful and the names are under the pictures of the birds. Please enjoy.
Orange breasted Sunbird
The Sunbirds were astounding, think of big hummingbirds…
African Penguin
Egyptian Goose
Hadada Ibis
Helmeted Guineafowl
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Cape Canary
Common Buzzard
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Cape Weaver
Southern Fiscal
Familiar Chat
Rock Kestrel
Malachite Sunbird female
Malachite Sunbird
Karoo Prinia
Fiscal Flycatcher
Malachite Sunbird
Olive Thrush
African Harrier-Hawk
Common Waxbill
Cape Robin-Chat
Cape Bulbul
Booted Eagle
Yellow Bishop
Cape White-eye
Common Bulbul
Kittlitz’s Plover
Yellow -fronted Canary
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
White-bellied Sunbird
Black-collared Barbet
African Darter
Red billed Oxpeckers on Rhino
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
African Green-Pigeon
Cape Griffon
Lilac-breasted Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Hadada Ibis
Crowned Hornbill
Cape Starling
Gray Go-away-bird
African Black-headed Oriole
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Hamerkop
African Fish Eagle
Black-collared Barbet
Striated Heron
African Paradise-Flycatcher
African Barred Owlet
African Fire Finch
Yellow-breasted Apalis