BRUCE'S GREEN PIGEON ROCK/SPECKLED PIGEON SUN CONURE GALAH (Treron waalia) (Columba guinea) (Aratinga solstitialis) (Eolophus roseicapilla) This Pigeon is native to sub-Saharan The Rock Pigeon is native to The Sun Conure is native to The Galah is native to Australia in Africa from Somalia to Senegal and sub-Saharan Africa in grasslands, Venezuela, Brasil and Guyana in grasslands and woodlands. Their is found in most wooded areas. farmlands and cities. Their diet tropical habitats. Their diet consists diet consists mainly of seeds, plants, These birds are frugivorous and are consists mainly of seeds and insects. mainly of fruits, nuts and seeds. berries and insects. Galahs are often specialised to feed on various fig In Zulu, they are known as Ivukuthu These birds can be seen playing seen in large flocks in the wild and trees. and in Afrikaans, die Kransduif. on their backs and hanging upside are very sociable birds. down from trees. DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? The vivid green and yellow feather These Pigeons produce a substance Conures have a tendency to spend The name Galah comes from colouring of the Pigeon is due to the known as crop milk which is long periods of time in their nest, an Australian slang word ‘gilaa’ colour pigments in their diet. secreted by the lining of the crop even when not breeding. meaning ‘a fool’ as these birds are and is fed to the chick. Crop milk seen being playful in the wild. is also produced by Flamingos and some Penguins. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON AFRICAN SPOONBILL HADEDA IBIS SCARLET IBIS (Nycticorax nycticorax) (Aramides ypecaha) (Bostrychia hagedash) (Eudocimus ruber) The Night Heron is native to The African Spoonbill is native to The Hadeda is native to Southern The Scarlet Ibis is native to South wetlands and is widely distributed Southern Africa and can be found Africa near water but also in gardens America and the Caribbean Islands. across Southern Africa, North and by shallow inland waters. Their diet almost all over South Africa. Their They can be found in marshes, South America, Europe and Asia. consists mainly of fish and aquatic diet consists mainly of small insects, mangroves and rainforests. Their Their diet consists of aquatic and invertebrates. This bird can live up to reptiles and snails. Their name diet consists mainly of amphibians, terrestrial animals such as fish, 20 years in captivity and 15 years in comes from the distinctive call molluscs, fish and insects. Their lizards, rodents and even snakes. the wild. ‘haa-daa-daa’. bright colour is due to their diet. DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? Black-crowned Night Herons get When a Spoonbill chick is hatched Hadeda Ibis are classified as a These Ibis get their brilliant red their name due to the fact that they in captivity, they are known as species of ‘least concern’ by the colour from carotene found in the hunt at night and early morning, Teaspoons. IUCN. crustaeans on which it feeds. then rest during the day. EMERALD STARLING SPLENDID GLOSSY STARLING AFRICAN GREY HORNBILL WHITE-TAILED JAY (Lamprotornis iris) (Lamprotornis splendidus) (Tockus nasutus) (Cyanocorax mystacalis) The Emerald Starling is native to The Splendid Glossy Starling is The African Grey Hornbill is native The White-tailed Jay is native West Africa in wooded and open native to West Africa and can be to sub-Saharan Africa in open to Ecuador and Peru and can be savannas. Their diet consists mainly found in lowland forests. Their diet woodlands and savannas. Their found in semi-humid forests to of insects, fruit and seeds. They have consists mainly of fruits, insects diet consists of insects, fruits and dry woodlands. These birds are different calls for different purposes and seeds. Their name comes from reptiles. The casque of the bill is insectivorous, feeding on insects and such as one call for mating and the splendid blue colour of their used to enhance calls. other invertebrates. another call for warnings. feathers. DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? The Emeral Starling has special The genus Lamprotornis was Female Hornbills build nests in The White-tailed Jay exhibits no muscles that allow it to open its introduced by the Dutch zoologist tree hollows and seal the opening sexual dimorphism. This means beak to probe the soil for insects. Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820. with mud and faeces. She remains males and females look identical. there, relying on the male to bring her food, until the chicks are half developed. During this period, the female loses all her feathers. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON KENYAN CRESTED GUINEA FOWL VULTURINE GUINEA FOWL GOLDEN PHEASANT (Nycticorax nycticorax) (Guttera pucherani) (Acryllium vulturinum) (Chrysolophus pictus) The Night Heron is native to The Kenyan Crested Guinea Fowl The Vulturine Guinea Fowl is native The Golden Pheasant is native to wetlands and is widely distributed is native to Kenya, Tanzania and to Eastern tropical Africa and can Central China and can be found across Southern Africa, North and Zanzibar and can be found in coastal be found in deserts with tall grass. in dense forest areas. Their diet South America, Europe and Asia. forests and wooded savannas. These These birds are omnivorous, feeding consists mainly of seeds, berries and Their diet consists of aquatic and birds are omnivorous, feeding on on seeds, roots and insects. They shoots. During breeding season, the terrestrial animals such as fish, seeds, roots and insects. get their name from their bald head male displays his neck feathers and lizards, rodents and even snakes. which resembles a vulture. dances for the female. DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? Black-crowned Night Herons get Both the male and the female The Vulturine Guinea Fowl is often Pheasants are not known for their name due to the fact that they Guinea Fowl will raise their chicks referred to as ‘Royal Guinea Fowl’ their flying skills and are mostly hunt at night and early morning, together until they are old enough because it tends to have the most terrestrial birds, but they are capable then rest during the day. to leave the nest. striking appearance. of short, fast bursts of flight. BROWN HEADED PARROT RUPPELL’S PARROT SENEGAL PARROT TRANSVAAL MEYER’S PARROT (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus) (Poicephalus ruepellii) (Poicephalus senegalus) (Poicephalus meyeri) The Brown-headed Parrot is native The Ruppell’s Parrot is native to The Senegal Parrot is native to The Transvaal Meyer’s Parrot is to South-eastern Africa. They can be Namibia across to South-west Central Western Africa in savannas native to Central and Eastern Africa found in almost any forest savannas Angola. They can be found in open and open woodlands. Their diet in open woodlands and grasslands. and dry woodlands and they prefer woodlands and thornveld. Their diet consists mainly of fruit, seeds and Their diet consists mainly of fruits, Baobab trees. Their diet consists consists mainly of seeds, kernels, blossoms. These birds are one of the seeds, nuts, berries and cultivated mainly of fruits, berries, nuts, seeds, nuts and fruits as well as plant quieter of the Parrot species. crops. buds and flowers. shoots, flowers, buds and nectar. DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? Brown-headed Parrots are Ruppell’s Parrots have been featured Gambia has featured the Senegal Transvaal Meyer’s Parrots are sometimes found flocking with on postage stamps by several Parrot on a 100 Gambian Dalasis relatively common in the wild and Cape Parrots. countries including Guinea, Chad banknote. are classified as least concern on the and Cambodia. IUCN Red List. MANDARIN DUCK RUDDY SHELDUCK COMMON MOORHEN AFRICAN SPOONBILL (Aix galericulata) (Tadorna ferruginea) (Gallinula chlorophus) (Platalea alba) The Mandarin duck is native to The Ruddy Shelduck can be found in The Moorhen can be found The African Spoonbill is native to China, Japan and Korea and can Asia, Russia and North Africa near throughout America, Africa, Europe Southern Africa and can be found be found near lakes and wetlands. freshwater lakes or open country. and India near freshwater ponds and by shallow inland waters. Their diet Their diet consists of seeds and Their diet consists mainly of plants, lakes. Their diet consists mainly of consists mainly of fish and aquatic plant matter. These birds have been seeds and insects. plants, seeds and insects. Its long invertebrates. This bird can live up to used to represent marital love in toes is what helps it walk on soft 20 years in captivity and 15 years in Buddhism. mud and floating vegetation. the wild. DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU KNOW? The female lays 9 - 12 eggs during In Tibet and Mongolia the Ruddy Both parents take care of the chicks African Spoonbills, true to their April and May. After an incubation Shelduck is considered sacred by until they can fend for themselves. name, call much of the African period of 34 - 36 days, baby ducks Buddhists. It is also a sacred animal Moorhens are excellent swimmers continent and Madagascar home. (called ducklings) will hatch. in Slavic mythology. at an early age but they lose this ability later in life..