Need confirmation but we think that this is a Green sandpiper – seen this morning at the Darvill Sewerage Works outside Pietermaritzburg. Note the prominent eye-ring with no supercillium behind…
Category: Mystery Bird
Unidentified Raptors
Dear All, Peter Steyn has asked me to share photos of a raptor taken on the Kafue River at Mayukuyuku Safari Camp on 13 August 2014 because he is not…
Correction: Fiery-necked Nightjar behaving like an European Nightjar.
On Sunday Dave Rimmer and I saw what we believed to be a European Nightjar as we were playing golf at Cato Ridge Golf Club. It was midday. The bird…
Mystery Raptor over Mount Moreland
Help please to try to identify the following raptor seen over Mount Moreland from the King Shaka airport – Durban. Photos taken from a mur of a long way a…
Pipit for ID
I don’t know if it’s just me being not too good at pipits but I recently discovered that I had misidentified this bird. What do you think it is? Penny…
For Identification
Unidentified species seen at Hilton College NR which eluded all our attempts to get a great sighting. Full grey head to just below the eye, white throat, greeny-yellow stomach and…
Mystery sunbird in Le Domaine
Good Day Here are some more photos of the mystery sunbird seen recently in Le Domaine, Hillcrest Is anyone able to conclusively able to identify this bird? Have your say…
Sunbirds for ID
Please help with ID of these two sets of Sunbirds. Both sent to me by a resident of Le Domaine here in Hillcrest, Durban. Click on the picture and add…
Mystery Birds for ID
Please enter your ID for each bird with reasoning by clicking on the image and writing your comments in the box below the enlarged image. The following 4 birds were…