https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/pelican.blanc.2.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/pelican.blanc.geth.2g.jpg The White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus also known as the Great White Pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes. The tree nest is a crude heap of vegetation. Pélican blanc adulte. Photo de Gerhard Theron Muizenberg, Western Cape, Afrique du Sud Pélican blanc - Pelecanus onocrotalus - Great White Pelican 0.4 https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/pelican.blanc.1.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/pelican.blanc.geth.1g.jpg The White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus also known as the Great White Pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes. The tree nest is a crude heap of vegetation. Pélican blanc adulte. Photo de Gerhard Theron Muizenberg, Western Cape, Afrique du Sud Pélican blanc - Pelecanus onocrotalus - Great White Pelican 0.9 https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/manchot.du.cap.1.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/manchot.du.cap.geth.1g.jpg The African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the Jackass Penguin (after its loud mating call), and the Blackfooted Penguin, is found on the south-western coast of Africa, living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with the largest colony on Dyer Island, near Kleinbaai. Two colonies were established by penguins in the 1980s on the mainland near Cape Town at Boulders Beach near Simon's Town and Stony Point in Betty's Bay. Mainland colonies probably only became possible in recent times due the reduction of predator numbers, although the Betty's Bay colony has been attacked by leopards. The only other mainland colony is in Namibia, but it is not known when this was established. Manchot du Cap adulte. Photo de Gerhard Theron Simonstad, Province of the Western Cape, Afrique du Sud Manchot du Cap - Spheniscus demersus - African Penguin 0.4 https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/huitrier.de.moquin.1.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/huitrier.de.moquin.geth.1g.jpg The African Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus moquini, is a large wader which is a resident breeder on the rocky coasts and islands of southern Africa. This oystercatcher has a population of less than 5,000 adults. Huîtrier de Moquin adulte. Photo de Gerhard Theron Muizenberg, Western Cape, Afrique du Sud Huîtrier de Moquin - Haematopus moquini - African Oystercatcher 0.4 https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/pelican.gris.1.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/pelican.gris.geth.1g.jpg The Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) is a member of the pelican family of birds. It is a resident breeder in Africa, southern Arabia and Madagascar in swamps and shallow lakes. The nest is a large heap of sticks, into which 2-3 large white eggs are laid. The chicks feed by plunging their heads deep into the adult's pouch and taking the partially digested regurgitated fish. This is a small pelican, but the wingspan is still around 2.4m. It is much smaller and duller than the Great White Pelican. The plumage is grey and white, with a pink back. The top of the bill is yellow and the pouch is usually greyish. Breeding adults have long feather plumes on the head. Food is usually fish and amphibians and is usually obtained by fishing in groups. Pélican gris adulte. Photo de Gerhard Theron Mkuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, Afrique du Sud Pélican gris - Pelecanus rufescens - Pink-backed Pelican 0.4 https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/merle.du.karroo.1.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/merle.du.karroo.geth.1g.jpg The Thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. Merle du Karroo adulte. Photo de Gerhard Theron Hennenman, Orange Free State, Afrique du Sud Merle du Karroo - Turdus smithi - Karoo Thrush 1.0 https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/spatule.d.afrique.1.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/spatule.d.afrique.geth.1g.jpg he African Spoonbill is almost unmistakable through most of its range. The breeding bird is all white except for its red legs and face and long grey spatulate bill. It has no crest, unlike the Common Spoonbill. Immature birds lack the red face and have a yellow bill. Unlike herons, spoonbills fly with their necks outstretched. Spatule d'Afrique adulte. Photo de Gerhard Theron Mkuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, Afrique du Sud Spatule d'Afrique - Platalea alba - African Spoonbill 0.4 https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/ibis.sacre.1.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/ibis.sacre.geth.1g.jpg The Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which breeds in sub-Saharan Africa, SE Iraq and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth. It has also been introduced into France, Italy and Spain. Ibis sacré, en vol. Photo de Gerhard Theron Mkuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, Afrique du Sud Ibis sacré - Threskiornis aethiopicus - African Sacred Ibis 0.8 https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/flamant.nain.2.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/flamant.nain.geth.2g.jpg The Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) is a species in the flamingo family of birds which occurs in Africa (principally in the Great Rift Valley), across to Pakistan and northwest India. It is the smallest and most numerous flamingo, probably numbering up to two million individual birds. In Africa, where they are most numerous, the Lesser Flamingos breeds principally on the highly caustic Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania. Like all flamingos, they lay a single chalky white egg on mounds they build of mud. Most of the plumage is pinkish white. Flamant nain 1ère année. Photo de Gerhard Theron Welkom Aerodrome, Orange Free State, Afrique du Sud Flamant nain - Phoeniconaias minor - Lesser Flamingo 0.4 https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/flamant.nain.1.html https://www.oiseaux.net/photos/gerhard.theron/images/flamant.nain.geth.1g.jpg The Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) is a species in the flamingo family of birds which occurs in Africa (principally in the Great Rift Valley), across to Pakistan and northwest India. It is the smallest and most numerous flamingo, probably numbering up to two million individual birds. In Africa, where they are most numerous, the Lesser Flamingos breeds principally on the highly caustic Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania. Like all flamingos, they lay a single chalky white egg on mounds they build of mud. Most of the plumage is pinkish white. Flamant nain adulte. Photo de Gerhard Theron Welkom Aerodrome, Orange Free State, Afrique du Sud Flamant nain - Phoeniconaias minor - Lesser Flamingo 0.4