SIGN 1 600mm

Upupa africana Pycnonotus capensis Cossypha caffra AFRICAN HOOPOE CAPE BULBUL CAPE ROBIN-CHAT HOEPHOEP Roberts no. 451 KAAPSE TIPTOL Roberts no. 566451 GEWONE JANFREDERIK Roberts no. 601451

Conspicuous rufous coloured bird with barred black and white wings. Crest Gregarious brown bird with conspicuous white eye wattle, yellow vent. Noisy Pale orange throat and grey sides to neck, breast and belly. Black head with

400mm raised when landing or alarmed. Forages by walking on ground with short quick and conspicuous, often perching on top of bush. Food: fruit, seeds and insects conspicuous white eye-brow. Keeps to undergrowth but often forages in open at steps and nodding head, probing often with bill, especially in lawns. Food: Also drinks nectar. the edge of thicket. Food: Insects, spiders, worms, small frogs, lizards, fruit. Insects, frogs, earthworms, lizards.

Zosterops Virens Turdus olivaceus Cinnyris chalybeus CAPE WHITE-EYE OLIVE THRUSH SOUTHERN DOUBLE-COLLARED SUNBIRD KAAPSE GLASOGIE Roberts no. 796451 OLYFLYSTER Roberts no. 577451 KLEIN-ROOIBANDSUIKERBEKKIE Roberts no. 451

Small bird with short bill, white eye-ring, crown and upper-parts green, throat Upper-parts and upper chest dark olive grey-brown, white throat heavily streaked Male: Bright red breast-band, bordered above by narrow metallic blue band, and under-tail yellow-green, rest of body grey-green wash. Flits about in black, under-parts orange, pale vent, bill and legs yellow. Forages on ground, belly brownish grey, head metallic green. Long curved bill. Bright yellow epaulets gregarious flocks while foraging in trees & bushes. Food: Insects, spiders, nectar, running, stopping and pecking at ground or scratching in leaf litter. Food: in breeding season Female: Dull grey-brown. Forages amongst foliage and fruit. Insects, fruits, molluscs, also spiders, small lizards, fish, nestling birds, seeds. sometimes hovers to catch insects. Food: Nectar and insects

SIGN 2

Sphenoeacus afer Monticola rupestris Promerops cafer CAPE GRASSBIRD CAPE ROCK-THRUSH CAPE SUGARBIRD GRASVOËL Roberts no. 661451 KAAPSE KLIPLYSTER Roberts no. 581451 KAAPSE SUIKERVOËL Roberts no. 773451

Rufous crown, long pointed rufous tail. Black malar and moustachial stripes Male: head, throat and upper-breast bright blue-grey, mottled brown and rufous Upperparts, face and breast brown, rufous on breast. Malar stripe brown, throat distinctive. Flies heavily and prefers to creep into undergrowth when disturbed. back, rich rufous breast and belly. Female: Above brown, streaked black; face white; vent yellow. Male has very long tail. Gregarious in breeding season. Male Perches conspicuously on top of vegetation when singing. Insectivorous. and throat mottled white and brownish rest of under-parts rich orange-rufous. often perches on top of protea bush to advertise territory by song and wing- Perches on top of rock or bush when alarmed or to sing. Food: Insects, spiders, flicking. Food: Insects, spiders, nectar of proteas and heaths. molluscs, small frogs, nectar, fruit, seeds

Anthobaphes violacea Prinia maculosa Laniarius ferrugineus ORANGE-BREASTED SUNBIRD KAROO PRINIA SOUTHERN BOUBOU ORANJEBORSSUIKERBEKKIE Roberts no. 777451 KAROOLANGSTERTJIE Roberts no. 686451 SUIDELIKE WATERFISKAAL Roberts no. 736451

Male: Head, throat and mantle bright metallic green, rest of upperparts olive Small bird who's tail is often cocked over back. Throat, breast and flanks streaked Above black to below eye with bold white wing-stripe. White throat, buff- green, upper breast metallic violet, lower breast bright deep orange, shading to black. Forages low down in vegetation; sometimes hawks insects in flight. When coloured belly, rufous wash on flanks. Forages by creeping and hopping through yellow on belly. Female: Above olive greenish grey, below olive yellowish, paler disturbed perches on top of tall plant, flicking tail and calling. Food: small undergrowth, venturing into open only at edge of thicket; also hops on ground. on wings. Hawks prey in flight. Food: Nectar (especially of Erica spp.), insects, insects. Highly vocal and mimics other birds calls. Food: Insects, birds' eggs, nestlings, spiders. earthworms, mice, fruit.