Bulletin 337 - South Africa #14 - Part 2 - Cisticolas, Finches, mammals

Continued from Part 1

Apalises are another group in the cisticola family. The 5" Rudd's Apalis (Apalis ruddi) has a gray head, olive back and wings and a black breast band and black eye.

Rudd's Apalis

The 5" Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica) is similar, but he has a white eye.

Bar-throated Apalis

The 5" Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida) is similar again, but has a yellow breast and red eye to distinguish it.

Yellow-breasted Apalis

The last of this family is the 5" Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura). He is olive above, gray below with a red eye.

Green-backed Camaroptera

There were 4 finches on the trip. The 4" Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica) is green backed, yellow below and yellow on the face.

Yellow-fronted Canary

The 5" Forest Canary (Crithagra scotops) is a dark streaked canary with a black face.

Forest Canary

Also in the sane genus is the 6" Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis). it is a plain brown finch with a cream line above the eye.

Streaky-headed Seedeater

The 5"male Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis) is a gray bird with yellow breast and yellow on the wings and tail.

Cape Canary - male

The 4" Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens) belongs to a small family (18 species) called African warblers. It is gray above with a rufous belly. It appears to not have any tail.

Long-billed Crombec

The African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) is of course the largest land mammal with males weight up to 6.5 tons.

African Elephant

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