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BIRDS OF THE WESTERN CAPE PHOTO GALLERY.

This photo gallery represents species that occur in the geographical boundaries of the Western Cape, currently over 500 species.
This includes resident, migrant, rare and vagrant species.
This geographic region contains many varied habitats and as such, some species may be common in a particular habitat, but absent from others.

Species are alpha indexed in separate pages by English family names. A-B, C, D-E etc. 

The gallery here covers species families D-E. As we develop and finish other families, separate pages will be added.

Click on the relevant tab ie: ‘E’ = Egrets.

These pages viewed on small devices ie tablets or cell phones show a white strip across the images. This is unavoidable and a symptom of the software. To see the full image without the strip just tap on the image for a full screen display.

Photographers have given permission to use any of these photos for education purposes only.
For Commercial use the copyright resides with the photographer.

AFRICAN DARTER – Greg Morgan, Otto Schmidt

CAPE TURTLE DOVE – Matthew Orolowitz

LAUGHING DOVE – Daryl de Beer

LEMON (CINNAMON) DOVE – John Magner

NAMAQUA DOVE – Daryl de Beer, Otto Schmidt

RED-EYED DOVE – Daryl de Beer

ROCK DOVE (Feral Pigeon) – Otto Schmidt

TAMBOURINE DOVE – Otto Schmidt

FORK-TAILED DRONGO – Lynette de Beer, Otto Schmidt

AFRICAN BLACK DUCK – Daryl de Beer, Graham Pringle

COMB (KNOBBILLED) DUCK – Lesley Bust, Otto Schmidt

FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK – John Fincham, Derek Longrigg

MACCOA DUCK – Daryl de Beer, Derek Longrigg, Otto Schmidt

WHITE-BACKED DUCK – Lesley Bust, Otto Schmidt

WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK – John Fincham, Lynette de Beer

YELLOW-BILLED DUCK – Daryl de Beer, Derek Longrigg

DUNLIN – Otto Schmidt

AFRICAN CROWNED EAGLE – Fran Coole, Peter Steyn, Patrick Cardwell

AFRICAN FISH EAGLE – unknown photographer, Lesley Bust

AFRICAN HAWK EAGLE – Patrick Cardwell

BLACK-CHESTED SNAKE-EAGLE – Graham Pringle, Otto Schmidt

BROWN SNAKE-EAGLE – Daryl de Beer, Lesley Bust

BOOTED EAGLE – Graham Pringle, Otto Schmidt

LONG-CRESTED EAGLE – Graham Pringle, Lesley Bust, Otto Schmidt

MARTIAL EAGLE – Lesley Bust

VERREAUX’S (BLACK) EAGLE – Otto Schmidt

WAHLBERG’S EAGLE – Frank Hallett, Otto Schmidt, Patrick Cardwell

GREAT EGRET – Graham Pringle

LITTLE EGRET – Graham Pringle, Daryl de Beer

SNOWY EGRET – Otto Schmidt

INTERMEDIATE (YELLOW-BILLED) EGRET – Lynette de Beer

WESTERN CATTLE EGRET – Otto Schmidt, Daryl de Beer, Graham Pringle

KAROO EREMOMELA – Nico Myburgh

YELLOW-BELLIED EREMOMELA – Otto Schmidt