STRIPED KINGFISHER

454          STRIPED KINGFISHER             Halcyon chelicuti

South Africa           (118)

16-18 cm. Found in woodlands, thorn scrub, dry bush and open savanna, avoids intensively farmed land, and not found in dense forests. Range sub-Saharan Africa, in southern Africa in the ne half of the area.  extremely territorial and will drive off its own species as well as other birds.

BLACK-BELLIED BUSTARD

453      BLACK-BELLIED BUSTARD            Lissotis melanogaster

South Africa            (117)

Also known as Black-bellied Korhaan. 58-65 cm. Found in woodlands and tall open grasslands. Range sub-Saharan Africa, in southern Africa across north-eastern and eastern.

YELLOW BREASTED APALIS

452           YELLOW-BREASTED APALIS         Apalis flavida

South Africa              (116)

Found in subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowlands forest, dry savanna and moist savanna. In southern Africa ranges across n. and down the east. 12 cm.