For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Southern Boubou

A medium size bird with the white breast feathers turning orange towards the underside.

It is found along the eastern coast and most of the Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces where it is a common resident.
 Forages for insects by hopping along the ground in thickets.

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3 comments:

Sue C said...

Beautiful photos Joan! I especially like the second one, it pulls on the heartstrings.

October 6, 2013 at 11:06 AM
Firefly the Travel Guy said...

He looks all fluffed up

October 7, 2013 at 3:37 AM
Dave said...

Another lovely species, I saw these close up at De Hoop NR

October 21, 2013 at 5:53 AM

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