MAGPIE MANNIKIN

401         MAGPIE MANNIKIN                Spermestes fringilloides

South Africa           (94)

Also called Magpie Munia. Range across southern and central Africa. Found in subtropical/tropical (lowland) moist shrubland, forest and dry grassland habitat. 13 cm.

MARICO SUNBIRD

400         MARICO SUNBIRD             Cinnyris mariquensis

South Africa            (93)

Also known as Mariqua Sunbird. Found in woodland, savanna, often in very dry areas. Range across northern half of southern Africa, except west coastal strip. 12 cm.

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.

GREATER HONEYGUIDE

392            GREATER HONEYGUIDE              Indicator indicator

South Africa              (85)

Sometimes referred to as the African Honeyguide. Named because of its habit of leading people to bee colonies. Range sub-Saharan Africa, in southern Africa to the south and the eastern half. Habitats that have trees, especially dry open woodland. 18-20 cm. 

WHITE-BROWED SCRUB ROBIN

391          WHITE-BROWED SCRUB ROBIN            Cercotrichas leucophrys

South Africa           (84)

14-16 cm. Range across ne half of Southern Africa. Common in woodlands and savanna where there is ample grass cover.

SOUTHERN FISCAL

390            SOUTHERN FISCAL         Lanius collaris

South Africa           (83)

Also known as Fiscal Shrike, Jackie Hangman, and Butcher Bird, was previously grouped with Northern Fiscal and known as Common Fiscal. Range through most of Sub-Saharan Africa, common across southern Africa except ne 21-23cm. Found in open habitat, gardens, hunting along roadsides, has habit of hanging prey in acacia bushes, hence name 'Hangman'.

MOCKING CLIFF CHAT

389           MOCKING CLIFF CHAT             Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

South Africa           (82)

22 cm. Range down eastern half of Southern Africa. Found in dry savannah, resident on cliffs and boulder strewn hillsides and ravines, forages on the ground.

RED-CAPPED ORANGE-CHAT

388          RED-CAPPED ROBIN-CHAT             Cossypha natalensis

South Africa           (81)

Range along east coast of Southern Africa, and pockets in the north of Southern Africa. Found in thickets, forests and dense woodlands. 17 cm.

AFRICAN YELLOW WHITE-EYE

387          AFRICAN YELLOW WHITE-EYE              Zosterops senegalensis

South Africa         (80)

Range across ne of Southern Africa. Found in subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical most lowland forest, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, common in gardens. 11 cm.

EASTERN NICATOR

386           EASTERN NICATOR           Nicator gularis

South Africa           (79)

Was formerly called Yellow-spotted Nicator, but now that name only applies to Western Nicator. Range in ne of Southern Africa. Found in subtropical or tropical dry forests, and subtropical or tropical moist scrubland. 

SOUTHERN BLACK TIT

385          SOUTHERN BLACK TIT              Parus niger

South Africa           (78)

Also known simply as Black Tit. Range in semi-circular arc from Angola to Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Found mainly in tropical and sub-tropical savanna woodlands, prefers woodlands dominated by broad-leafed trees. 16 cm.

WATTLED STARLING

Wattled Starling, in non-breeding plummage.

384          WATTLED STARLING              Creatophora cinerea

South Africa            (77)

Range is across eastern and southern Africa, but beginning to extend into West Africa, and has also occurred in Arabia, Madagascar and the Seychelles. Found in grassland, open woodland and cultivation. 21 cm.