Longevities of sunbirds and sugarbirds
The sunbirds and spiderhunters (family Nectariniidae) are small passerine birds found in the Old World. There are about 145 species with species diversity being...
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Longevities of Cossypha robin-chats
There are 14 species of Cossypha robin-chats in Africa. They are medium sized thrushes and sexes are alike. They have much red in the plumage and many sp...
Longevities of shrikes, bush-shrikes and helmet-shrikes
Would you like to ring a shrike? Book a ringing trip with Birds4Africa ! The shrikes, bush-shrikes and helmet-shrikes were formerly all classed together in one ...
Karoo garden ringing
If you would like to ring Karoo birds, book a trip with Dieter at Birds4Africa ! Visiting Vanrhynsdorp from 23-26 January 2020, a team of ringers and trainees...
Cape Weaver longevity
On 14 December 2019 Rina Pretorius recaptured an adult male Cape Weaver at Wakkerstroom, South Africa. This bird had been ringed on 3 January 2005 by George Vil...
The Cardinal Woodpecker tree
Fynbos Estate, near Malmesbury in the Western Cape, has a variety of good sites for bird ringing. One of the best sites for diversity is along a road bet...
Fynbos Estate Expedition, 3-12 December 2019
Following a successful 10 day BDI bird ringing expedition in February, another was held at Fynbos Estate in December. It was hot and windy but the days were lon...
African ibises and spoonbills
The ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae There are 6 spoonbill species and 29 ibis species globally. They are medium-sized to large wading and terrestri...
Karoo ringing – New Holme (Hanover)
New Holme guest farm (Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve) lies lies halfway between Cape Town and Johannesburg, just off the N1. Les, Karis and I visited from 10-12 No...
Swallow survey in Cape Town
The SABAP dataset White-throated Swallows and Greater Striped Swallows are common intra-African migrants in South Africa. However, their reporting rates over th...