South Africa Gallery!

African Penguins, South Africa

Rock Hyrax, South Africa

Bontebok, South Africa

Cape Gannet Colony, South Africa

Cape Gannet, South Africa

Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)

Broadley's Flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi)

African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)








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African Penguins, South Africa

Rock Hyrax, South Africa

Bontebok, South Africa

Cape Gannet Colony, South Africa

Cape Gannet, South Africa

Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)

Broadley's Flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi)

African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
Species Images for South Africa
Sites Visited
Country: South Africa
(20 sites)
- Augrabies Falls
- Bredasdorp
- Cape Point
- Cedarberg
- Ceres
- Drakensburg - Hogsback
- Gaansbai
- Hluhluwe - Umfolazi Rhino Preserve
- Johannesburg
- Lambertsbai - Bird Island
- Port St. Johns - Wild Coast
- Pretoria
- Scottburgh
- Southern Africa
- St. Lucia National Park
- Suicide Gorge
- Swaziland
- Tsitsikamma National Park
- West Coast National Park
- Wilderness National Park
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (114 records,
7 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(114 records,
7 images)
Class: Birds
(105 records,
3 images)
- Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Cape Gannet (Morus capensis)
- Order: Bucerotiformes (3 records)
- Family: Wood-hoopoes
- Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)
- Order: Coliiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Mousebirds
- White-backed Mousebird (Colius colius)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Blue Crane (Grus paradiseus)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
- Order: Cuckoos
(2 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Mourning Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (4 records)
- Family: Rollers
- Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
- Order: Musophagiformes (2 records)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus)
- Order: Pelicans (18 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Rock Kestrel (Falco rupicolus)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
- Family: Penguins
- African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Family: Storks
- African Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia microscelis)
- Order: Perching Birds (46 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Brimstone Canary (Crithagra sulphurata)
- Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis)
- Forest Canary (Crithagra scotops)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Gray Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius)
- Family: Indigobirds
- Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- African Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- African Golden-Weaver (Ploceus subaureus)
- Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis)
- Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor)
- Grosbeak Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)
- Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver (Bubalornis niger)
- Southern Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus angolensis)
- Southern Masked-Weaver (Ploceus velatus)
- Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica)
- Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Cape Batis (Batis capensis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- African Pied Starling (Lamprotornis bicolor)
- Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca)
- Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio)
- Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)
- Family: Sugarbirds
- Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris afer)
- Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)
- Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea)
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Black Sawwing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera)
- Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
- White-throated Swallow (Hirundo albigularis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa)
- White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis)
- Family: Weavers
- Fan-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes axillaris)
- Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne)
- Red-collared Widowbird (Euplectes ardens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(8 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Gray-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
- Hartlaub's Gull (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
- Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius)
- Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- White-fronted Plover (Anarhynchus marginatus)
- Order: Struthioniformes
(1 record)
- Family: Ostriches
- Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Cape Spurfowl (Pternistis capensis)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(3 records)
- Family: African Barbets
- Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)
- White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Olive Woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus)
Class: Cartilaginous Fish
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Lamniformes
(1 record)
- Family: Lamnidae
- Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Class: Mammals
(6 records,
3 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Hyaenidae
- Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea)
- Family: Otariidae
- South African Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (2 records)
- Order: Hyracoidea
(1 record)
- Family: Procaviidae
- Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Rhinocerotidae
- White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records,
1 image)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Girdle-tailed Lizards
- Broadley's Flat Lizard (Platysaurus broadleyi)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Sea Turtles
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)