Bird Species In South Africa. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years.
The crested guineafowl is one of the larger of the ground birds in South Africa at 50 cm in length. The following is a list of bird species endemic or near-endemic to southern Africa South Africa Lesotho Swaziland Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique. All of the photographs on this page were taken in Namibia by David Pat and Frances.
The following is a list of bird species endemic or near-endemic to southern Africa South Africa Lesotho Swaziland Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique.
It is the national bird of Namibia and Zimbabwe. Some of the most exciting endangered bird species to spot in South Africa include the Cape vulture corn crake martial eagle Pels fishing owl and the Denhams bustard. The bird has a bald red face and head along down curved red bill and long wading legs. The southern bald ibis is large endemic bird found in the open grassland or semi-desert in the in the mountains of South Africa restricted to the southern tip of South Africa.