Bulletin 338 - South Africa #15 - Part 3 - Doves, Woodpeckers, Rollers, Bee-eaters, others

Continued from Part 2


The Common Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) is a member of the swine family. It is named for those big lumps on his head. Look at the huge tusks! I would not want to tangle with this animal.

Common Warthog

While we were watching this group, one of them went over to a large rock and started to scratch his butt on the rock..kind of funny.

Common Warthog

The Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus) is a spotted lizard that is cute as a small one like this. It is popular in the pet trade. But it grows rapidly to a 6' monster that is very aggressive. Reading up on this, apparently there are established invasive populations in Florida because people could not handle them and released them into the wild.

Nile Monitor

Here is a huge adult that must have been 6' long.

 Nile Monitor

The 9" male Southern Tree Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis) is a beautiful blue-headed 

lizard.

Southern Tree Agama

I have put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing

I have photos of 36 of the 336 species of  doves

I have photos of 52 of the 234 species of woodpeckers

Happy birding and photography,

David McDonald

dkmmdpa@gmail.com

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