COLLARED SUNBIRD

399          COLLARED SUNBIRD           Hedydipna collaris

South Africa          (92)

9-10 cm. Range across most of sub-Saharan Africa. Found in forests near water.

WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW

398           WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW            Hirundo smithii

South Africa          (91)

18 cm. Found in open country near water and human habitation. Range across ne Southern Africa.

SOUTHERN BOUBOU

397          SOUTHERN BOUBOU                 Laniarius ferrugineus

South Africa                (90)

22 cm. Endemic to Southern Africa, along the east and south coast. Found in forest edges, thickets and dense coastal scrub.

GREY TIT-FLYCATCHER

396             GREY TIT-FLYCATCHER              Myioparus plumbeus

South Africa         (89)

Found in subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dense woodlands, savanna thickets and forest edges. Range ne corner of southern Africa. 14 cm.396

SPECTACLED WEAVER

395            SPECTACULED WEAVER             Ploceus ocularis

South Africa           (88)

Range across east, middle and southern Africa. Found widely in woodlands, forest edges and gardens, not in arid regions or dense rainforest. 15 cm.

BRIMSTONE CANARY

394          BRIMSTONE CANARY             Serinus sulphuratus

South Africa             (87)

Also known as Bully Canary. Range across central and southern Africa. Found in open, lightly wooded habitats, such as hillsides with trees or scrub and forest edges, in South Africa mainly on coastal strip, coastal bush, shrubs, gardens and areas with rank vegetation. 15-16 cm.

YELLOW WEAVER

393            YELLOW WEAVER            Ploceus subaureus

South Africa          (86)

Also known as the Eastern Golden Weaver. 15 cm. Found in woodland, savanna and gardens, breeds in colony, usually over water. Range in a strip down east coast of Southern Africa.