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Birding Cape Town

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It’s also a good place to pick up some African game if you’re on a quick trip, I saw Bontebok and Eland, two types of antelope, as well as Chamca Baboons, and if you’re lucky you can find Mountain Zebra here too. It’s the place to learn your African waterbirds, particularly ducks. Cattle Egret in spring flowers.

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Borrow pit birding near Broome

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Rufous-throated Honeyeaters , Brown Honeyeaters , Yellow-tinted Honeyeaters , Peaceful Doves , Rainbow Bee-eaters , Whistling Kites , Black Kites , Zebra Finch , Long-tailed Finch and Double-barred Finch were all making the most of the water at the borrow pits. Little Corella and Red-tailed Black Cockatoos. Red-tailed Black Cockatoos.

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Cockatoo Creek

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There were several ducks around the water body and they included Pacific Black Ducks , Plumed Whistling-Ducks and Wandering Whistling-Ducks. The egret family were represented by the Great Egrets , Intermediate Egrets and a lone Cattle Egret. Ducks, Ibis and Egrets. Ducks, Ibis and Egrets.

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Layover in Singapore

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Around the edges you may see White-breasted Waterhens , Yellow Bitterns and Lesser Whistling Ducks. There is an official website with opening hours and events at [link]. Look for Pink-necked Green Pigeons , Yellow-vented Bulbuls and Asian Glossy Starlings on the island’s palms. Yellow Bittern.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. African Black Duck – Anas sparsa. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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African Black Duck – Anas sparsa. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. Tufted Duck – Aythya fuligula. American Black Duck – Anas rubripes. Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha.

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Duncan’s 2015 List

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ANATIDAE (DUCKS). White-faced Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna viduata ); Kasane, Botswana, 1 January. Lesser Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna javanica ); Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore, 25 February. White-backed Duck ( Thalassornis leuconotus ); Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 22 February. Numididae (Guineafowl).

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