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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 F-G. As we develop and finish other families, separate pages will be added.

Click on the relevant tab ie: ‘G’ = Goshawks.

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.

AMUR FALCON – Peter Hills, Otto Schmidt

LANNER FALCON – Daryl de Beer, Derek Longrigg

PEREGRINE FALCON – Derek Longrigg, Otto Schmidt

RED-HEADED FINCH – Daryl de Beer, Derek Longrigg

SCALY-FEATHERED FINCH – Daryl de Beer

AFRICAN FINFOOT – Peter Hills, Otto Schmidt

AFRICAN FIREFINCH – Otto Schmidt

RED-BILLED FIREFINCH – Peter Hills

SOUTHERN (COMMON) FISCAL – Daryl de Beer. Lynette de Beer

GREATER FLAMINGO – Daryl de Beer, Derek Longrigg

LESSER FLAMINGO – Daryl de Beer, Derek Longrigg

BUFF-SPOTTED FLUFFTAIL – Margaret McIver, Nico Myburgh

RED-CHESTED FLUFFTAIL – Nico Myburgh, Peter Steyn

STRIPED FLUFFTAIL – Per Holmen, Peter Steyn

AFRICAN DUSKY FLYCATCHER – Daryl de Beer, Lynette de Beer

AFRICAN PARADISE FLYCATCHER – Graham Pringle, Derek Longrigg

BLUE-MANTLED CRESTED FLYCATCHER – Ivor Thompson

CHAT FLYCATCHER – Graham Pringle

FAIRY FLYCATCHER – Otto Schmidt

FISCAL FLYCATCHER – Daryl de Beer

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER – Graham Pringle, Derek Longrigg

GREY-WINGED FRANCOLIN – Daryl de Beer

RED-WINGED FRANCOLIN – Ivor Thompson, Patrick Cardwell

SOUTHERN FULMAR – Patrick Cardwell

ALLEN’S Gallinule – Per Holmen, Otto Schmidt

AUSTRALASIAN GANNET – Zoe Lunau, photographer unknown

CAPE GANNET – Daryl de Beer, Otto Schmidt, Derek Longrigg

BAR-TAILED GODWIT – Daryl de Beer, Otto Schmidt

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT – Peter Hills

HUDSONIAN GODWIT – Otto Schmidt, Patrick Cardwell

EGYPTIAN GOOSE – Otto Schmidt

SPUR-WINGED GOOSE – Daryl de Beer, Otto Schmidt

AFRICAN GOSHAWK – Margaret McIver, Otto Schmidt, Anna Barth

GABAR GOSHAWK – Peter Hills, Graham Pringle

SOUTHERN PALE CHANTING GOSHAWK – Lynette de Beer, Graham Pringle

CAPE GRASSBIRD – Derek Longrigg

BLACK-NECKED GREBE – Lynette de Beer

GREAT CRESTED GREBE – Otto Schmidt, Derek Longrigg

LITTLE GREBE (DABCHICK) – Daryl de Beer

SOMBRE GREENBUL – Chris Styles, Graham Pringle

COMMON GREENSHANK – Lynette de Beer, Graham Pringle, Derek Longrigg

HELMETED GUINEAFOWL – Otto Schmidt

COMMON BLACK-HEADED GULL – Otto Schmidt, Derek Longrigg

FRANKLIN’S GULL – Graham Pringle, Derek Longrigg

GREY-HEADED GULL – Daryl de Beer, Derek Longrigg, Otto Schmidt

HARTLAUB’S GULL – Lynette de Beer, Graham Pringle

KELP GULL – Lynette de Beer, Otto Schmidt

LAUGHING GULL – David Hall, Mike Buckham

SABINE’S GULL – Otto Schmidt