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We would like to do this trip to experience new cultures.
We would like to understand what makes African people pure.
What are their spiritual beliefs, understandings?
How does the spiritual world we know exist to them?
What can we learn from them?
Jan 29 12
Birding
| Bird List for birds identified in South Africa from the 1st of December 2011 to 29th January 2012 – total 403Â
Key below shows where bird 1st recorded |
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| Apalis, Bar-throated | B |
| Apalis, Yellow-breasted | PM |
| Avocet, Pied | N |
| Babbler, Arrow-marked | B |
| Barbet, Acacia-pied | N |
| Barbet, Black-collared | LS |
| Barbet, Crested | B |
| Barbet, Green | NG |
| Barbet, White-eared | N |
| Bateleur | PM |
| Batis, Cape | H |
| Batis, Chinspot | PM |
| Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked | M |
| Bee-eater,European | PM |
| Bee-eater, Little | PM |
| Bee-eater, White-fronted | PM |
| Bishop, Southern Red | B |
| Bokmakerie | S |
| Boubou, Southern | B |
| Boubou, Tropical | PM |
| Broadbill, African | M |
| Brownbull, Terrestrial | N |
| Brubru | PM |
| Buffalo Weaver Red-Billed | B |
| Bulbul, Cape | A |
| Bulbul, Dark-Capped | PM |
| Bunting, Cape | NA |
| Bunting, Cinnamon-breasted | B |
| Bunting, Golden-breaseted | B |
| Bunting, Lark-like | NA |
| Bush-Shrike, Gorgeous | M |
| Bush-Shrike, Grey-headed | PH |
| Bush-Shrike, Olive | DH |
| Bush-Shrike, Orange-breasted | PM |
| Bustard, Black-bellied | H |
| Bustard, Denhams | A |
| Bustard, Kori | B |
| Buttonquail,Kurrichane | S |
| Buzzard, Forest | NG |
| Buzzard, Jackal | S |
| Buzzard, Lizzard | T |
| Buzzard, Steppe | M |
| Camaroptera, Green-backed | PM |
| Camaroptera, Grey-backed | PM |
| Canary, Brimstone | B |
| Canary, Cape | CT |
| Canary, Forest | N |
| Canary, Lemon-breasted | M |
| Canary, White-throated | NA |
| Canary, Yellow-fronted | B |
| Chat, Ant-eating | NA |
| Chat, Buff-streaked | S |
| Chat, Familiar | LS |
| Chat, Karoo | NA |
| Chat, Tractrac | NA |
| Cisticola, Cloud | S |
| Cisticola, Croaking | PM |
| Cisticola, Desert | S |
| Cisticola, Grey-backed | NA |
| Cisticola, Rattling | PM |
| Cisticola, Red-faced | PM |
| Cisticola, Zitting | S |
| Cliff-Chat, Mocking | LS |
| Coot, Red-knobbed | A |
| Cormorant, Bank | CT |
| Cormorant, Cape | DH |
| Cormorant, Crowned | CT |
| Cormorant, Reed | B |
| Cormorant, White-breasted | K |
| Coucal, Burchell’s | PM |
| Crake, Black | K |
| Crane, Blue | A |
| Crombec, Long-billed | B |
| Crow, Cape | PM |
| Crow, Pied | PM |
| Cuckoo, African | PM |
| Cuckoo, Black | N |
| Cuckoo, Diedrick | B |
| Cuckoo, Great Spotted | B |
| Cuckoo, Jacobin | B |
| Cuckoo, Klaas’s | N |
| Cuckoo, Red-chested | PM |
| Darter, African | LS |
| Dove, African Mourning | B |
| Dove, Cape Turtle | B |
| Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood- | PM |
| Dove, Laughing | PM |
| Dove, Namaqua | PM |
| Dove, Red-eyed | PM |
| Dove, Rock | N |
| Dove, Tambourine | N |
| Drongo, Fork-tailed | PM |
| Drongo, Square-tailed | K |
| Duck, Comb | B |
| Duck, Whitefaced | PM |
| Duck, Yellow-billed | DW |
| Eagle, African Crowned | B |
| Eagle, African Fish | PM |
| Eagle, Black-chested Snake | SL |
| Eagle, Brown Snake | PM |
| Eagle, Lesser Spotted | B |
| Eagle, Long-crested | DW |
| Eagle, Martial | B |
| Eagle, Southern Banded Snake | N |
| Eagle, Tawny | B |
| Eagle, Wahlberg’s | B |
| Egret, Cattle | B |
| Egret, Great | PM |
| Egret, Little | B |
| Egret, Yellow-billed | PM |
| Eremmomela, Burnt-necked | B |
| Eremmomela, Yellow-bellied | N |
| Falcon, Amur | B |
| Finch, Cut-throat | PM |
| Finch, Red-headed | NA |
| Finch, Scaly-feathered | NA |
| Firefinch, African | PM |
| Firefinch, Red-billed | PM |
| Fiscal, Common | B |
| Flamingo, Greater | DH |
| Flamingo, Lesser | BV |
| Flufftail, Buff-spotted | N |
| Flycatcher, African Dusky | N |
| Flycatcher, African Paradise | PM |
| Flycatcher, Ashy | PM |
| Flycatcher, Blue-mantled Crested | M |
| Flycatcher, Chat | NA |
| Flycatcher, Fiscal | A |
| Flycatcher, Grey Tit | N |
| Flycatcher, Pale | N |
| Flycatcher, Southern Black | GF |
| Flycatcher, Spotted | PM |
| Francolin, Coqui | B |
| Francolin, Crested | PM |
| Gallinule, American Purple | N |
| Go-away-bird, Grey | PM |
| Goose, Egyptian | PM |
| Goose, Spur-winged | K |
| Goshawk, Southern Pale Chanting | CT |
| Grassbird, Cape | CT |
| Grebe, Black-necked | DH |
| Grebe, Great Crested | DH |
| Grebe, Little | A |
| Greenbul, Sombre | N |
| Greenbul, Yellow-bellied | M |
| Guineafowl, Crested | PM |
| Guineafowl, Helmeted | PM |
| Gull, Grey-headed | SL |
| Gull, Hartlaubs | CT |
| Gull, Kelp | BV |
| Hammerkop | PM |
| Harrier, African Marsh | M |
| Hawk, Bat | N |
| Helmet-Shrike, Retz’s | N |
| Helmet-Shrike, White-crested | N |
| Heron, Black-crowned Night | N |
| Heron, Black-headed | B |
| Heron, Goliath | PM |
| Heron, Grey | PM |
| Heron, Purple | K |
| Heron, Squacco | B |
| Hobby, Eurasian | GF |
| Honeyguide, Greater | M |
| Honeyguide, Scaly-throated | DL |
| Hoopoe, African | PM |
| Hornbill, African Grey | PM |
| Hornbill, Crowned | PM |
| Hornbill, Red-billed | B |
| Hornbilled, Southern Ground | PM |
| Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed | PM |
| Hornbill, Trumpeter | PM |
| Ibis, African Sacred | PM |
| Ibis, Glossy | S |
| Ibis Haededa | PM |
| Indigobird, Purple | T |
| Indigobird, Village | S |
| Jacana, African | B |
| Jacana, Lesser | B |
| Kestrel, Greater | NA |
| Kestrel, Lesser | DH |
| Kestrel, Rock | C |
| Kingfisher, African Pygmy | T |
| Kingfisher, Brown-hooded | PM |
| Kingfisher, Giant | B |
| Kingfisher, Malachite | N |
| Kingfisher, Mangrove | DW |
| Kingfisher, Pied | PM |
| Kingfisher, Striped | PM |
| Kingfisher, Woodland | PM |
| Kite, Black | B |
| Kite, Black-shouldered | PM |
| Kite, Yellow-billed | B |
| Korhaan, Red-crested | LS |
| Korhaan, Southern Black | NA |
| Lapwing, African Wattled | LS |
| Lapwing, Blacksmith | PM |
| Lapwing, Black-winged | PM |
| Lapwing, Crowned | PM |
| Lapwing, White-crowned | PM |
| Lark, Agulhas Long-billed | DH |
| Lark, Cape Clapper | NA |
| Lark, Karoo Long-billed | NA |
| Lark, Rufous-naped | B |
| Lark, Sabota | M |
| Longclaw, Cape | S |
| Longclaw, Yellowthroated | S |
| Mannikin, Bronze | S |
| Martin, Banded | DH |
| Martin, Brown-throated | DH |
| Martin, Rock | B |
| Martin, Sand | DH |
| Moorhen, Common | A |
| Moorhen, Lesser | DH |
| Mousebird, Red-faced | M |
| Mousebird, Speckled | PM |
| Mousebird, White-backed | DH |
| Myna, Common | S |
| Neddicky | H |
| Nicator, Eastern | T |
| Nightjar, Square-tailed | B |
| Openbill, African | B |
| Oriole, African Golden | N |
| Oriole, Black-headed | PM |
| Osprey | DW |
| Ostrich, Common | B |
| Owl, African Scops | PM |
| Owl, Barn | B |
| Owl, Cape Eagle | CT |
| Owl, Pels Fishing | CT |
| Owl, Spotted Eagle | T |
| Owlet, Pearl-spotted | B |
| Oxpecker, Red-billed | B |
| Oxpecker, Yellow-billed | PM |
| Oystercatcher, African Black | DW |
| Parrot, Brown-headed | B |
| Peacock, common | S |
| Pelican, Pink-backed | N |
| Penduline-Tit, Cape | NA |
| Penguin, African | CT |
| Pigeon, African Green | LS |
| Pigeon, African Olive | DH |
| Pigeon, Eastern Bronze-naped | DL |
| Pigeon, speckled | DH |
| Pipit, African | B |
| Pipit, Striped | S |
| Pipit, Tree | H |
| Plover, Common Ringed | N |
| Plover, Kittlitz’s | DH |
| Plover, Three-banded | B |
| Pratincole, Collared | N |
| Prinia, Black-chested | DH |
| Prinia, Karoo | DH |
| Prinia, Tawny Flanked | PM |
| Puffback, Black-backed | PM |
| Pytillia, Green-winged | B |
| Quail, Common | A |
| Quelea, Red-billed | B |
| Raven, White necked | S |
| Robin, Brown Scrub | M |
| Robin, Karoo | NA |
| Robin, White-browed | B |
| Robin-Chat, Cape | B |
| Robin-Chat, Chorister | DL |
| Robin-Chat, Red-capped | K |
| Robin-Chat, White-browed | PM |
| Rock-jumper, Cape | DH |
| Roller, broadbilled | PM |
| Roller, European | LS |
| Roller, Lilac-breasted | B |
| Roller, Purple | PM |
| Ruff | N |
| Sanderling | DW |
| Sandgrouse, Double-banded | B |
| Sandpiper, Common | PM |
| Sandpiper, Curlew | N |
| Sandpiper, Green | LS |
| Sandpiper, Marsh | PM |
| Sandpiper, Wood | PM |
| Saw-wing, black | DW |
| Scimatarbill, Common | PM |
| Secretarybird | B |
| Seedeater, Streaky-headed | M |
| Shelduck, South African | A |
| Shoveler, Cape | DH |
| Shrike, Magpie | B |
| Shrike, Red-backed | PM |
| Shrike, Southern White-crowned | LS |
| Sparrow, Cape | DH |
| Sparrow, House | B |
| Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed | PM |
| Sparrowhawk, Black | BV |
| Sparrowhawk, Little | PM |
| Sparrow-weaver, White-browed | LS |
| Spinetail, Bohm’s | PM |
| Spoonbill, African | B |
| Spurfowl, Cape | DH |
| Spurfowl, Natal | B |
| Spurfowl, Swainsons | PM |
| Starling, Black-bellied | N |
| Starling, Burchell’s | PM |
| Starling, Cape Glossy | PM |
| Starling, Common | CT |
| Starling, Meves | PM |
| Starling, Pale-winged | NA |
| Starling, Pied | A |
| Starling, Red-winged | B |
| Starling, Violet-backed | PM |
| Starling, Wattled | PM |
| Stint, Little | N |
| Stonechat, African | S |
| Stork, Black | DH |
| Stork, Marabou | PM |
| Stork, Saddle-billed | B |
| Stork, White | PM |
| Stork, Wooly-necked | PM |
| Stork, Yellow-billed | B |
| Sugarbird, Cape | CT |
| Sunbird, Amethyst | LS |
| Sunbird, Collared | LS |
| Sunbird, Dusky | NA |
| Sunbird, Grey | N |
| Sunbird, Malachite | DH |
| Sunbird, Olive | K |
| Sunbird, Orange-breasted | CT |
| Sunbird, Purple-banded | N |
| Sunbird, scarlet-chested | N |
| Sunbird, Southern Double-collared | PM |
| Sunbird, White-bellied | PM |
| Swallow, Barn | B |
| Swallow, Greater Striped | S |
| Swallow, Lesser Striped | PM |
| Swallow, Pearl-breasted | B |
| Swallow, white-throated | K |
| Swallow, Wire-tailed | B |
| Swamphen, African Purple | N |
| Swift, African Black | PM |
| Swift, African Palm | PM |
| Swift, Common | BV |
| Swift Horus | PM |
| Swift, Little | PM |
| Swift, White-rumped | PM |
| Tchagra, Black-crowned | B |
| Tchagra, Brown-crowned | B |
| Tchagra, Southern | DW |
| Teal, Hottentot | DH |
| Teal, Red-billed | N |
| Tern, Caspian | K |
| Tern, Common | N |
| Tern, Damara | CT |
| Tern, Whiskered | N |
| Tern, White-winged | N |
| Thick-knee, Spotted | B |
| Thick-knee, Water | PM |
| Thrush, Kurichane | N |
| Thrush, Olive | B |
| Thrush, Spotted Ground | DL |
| Tinkerbird, Red-fronted | K |
| Tinkerbird, Yellow-fronted | PM |
| Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped | M |
| Tit, Southern Black | PM |
| Trogon, Narina | N |
| Turaco, Knysna | DW |
| Turaco, Purple-crested | LS |
| Twinspot, Pink-throated | N |
| Vulture, Cape | LS |
| Vulture, Hooded | PM |
| Vulture, Lappet-faced | B |
| Vulture, Palm-nut | K |
| Vulture, White-backed | PM |
| Vulture, White-headed | B |
| Wagtail, African Pied | PM |
| Wagtail, Cape | N |
| Warbler, African Reed | N |
| Warbler, Garden | BV |
| Warbler, Lesser Swamp | A |
| Warbler, Namaqua | NA |
| Warbler, Sedge | N |
| Waxbill, Blue | PM |
| Waxbill, Common | S |
| Weaver, Cape | S |
| Weaver, Dark-backed | N |
| Weaver, Golden | S |
| Weaver, Lesser-Masked | N |
| Weaver, Sociable | NA |
| Weaver, Southern Brown-throated | N |
| Weaver, Southern Masked | B |
| Weaver, Spectacled | PM |
| Weaver, Thick-billed | SL |
| Weaver, Village | LS |
| Weaver, Yellow | K |
| Wheatear, Capped | S |
| Wheatear, Mountain | NA |
| White-eye, African Yellow | K |
| White-eye, Cape | S |
| Whydah, Broad-tailed paradise | M |
| Whydah, Pin-tailed | PM |
| Widowbird, Fan-tailed | N |
| Widowbird, Red-collared | S |
| Wood-Hoopoe, Green | PM |
| Woodpecker, Cardinal | A |
| Woodpecker, Golden-tailed | PM |
| Woodpecker, Olive | NG |
| Wryneck, Red-throated | B |
| Â | Â |
| Key to where birds identified for the 1st time | |
| PM = Punda Maria | Â |
| B = Balule KNP | Â |
| LS = Lower Sabie KNP | Â |
| S = Swaziland | Â |
| K = Kosi Bay | Â |
| N = Ndumo | Â |
| SL = Saint Lucia | Â |
| M = Mkuze | Â |
| T = Tembe | Â |
| H = Hluhluwe | Â |
| D = Dlinza | Â |
| NG = Ngoye | Â |
| DW = Dwesa | Â |
| DH = De Hoop | Â |
| GF = Great Fish | Â |
| A = Addo | Â |
| BV = Bavaiaanskloof | Â |
| CT = Cape Town | Â |
| NA = Namaqua | Â |
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