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The blue crane is the national bird of South Africa. South Africa is a large country, ranked 25th by size in the world, and is situated in the temperate latitudes and subtropics. Due to a range of climate types present, a patchwork of unique habitat types occur, which contribute to its biodiversity and level of endemism. This list incorporates ...
The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus of the family Corvidae.. Structurally, the pied crow is better thought of as a small crow-sized raven, especially as it can hybridise with the Somali crow (dwarf raven) where their ranges meet in the Horn of Africa.
The Cape crow or black crow (Corvus capensis) is slightly larger (48–50 cm in length) than the carrion crow and is completely black with a slight gloss of purple in its feathers. It also has proportionately longer legs, wings, and tail, and has a much longer, slimmer bill that seems to be adapted for probing into the ground for invertebrates .
Topography of South Africa. South Africa is located in subtropical southern Africa, lying between 22°S and 35°S.It is bordered by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to the north, by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland) to the northeast, by the Indian Ocean to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the coastline extending for more than 2,500 km (1,600 mi).
This is a list of common names of birds occurring in Gauteng, South Africa. Gauteng includes both the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria, and numerous satellite municipalities spreading over a total of some 18,000 square km and an enormous diversity of habitat, and ranging in elevation from 1300 to 1900 metres. Gauteng lies at the junction of ...
Corvus splendens – House crow or Indian house crow (South Asia, Middle East, east Africa) Corvus torquatus – Collared crow (Eastern China, south into Vietnam) Corvus tristis – Grey crow or Bare-faced crow (New Guinea and neighboring islands) Corvus typicus – Piping crow or Celebes pied crow (Sulawesi, Muna, Butung)
Besides being dark and mysterious, crows are extremely intelligent birds. So smart, in fact, that it might be a little bit scary. Even though their brains are the size of a human thumb, their ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Africa.The area covered by this list is the Africa region defined by the American Birding Association's listing rules. [1] In addition to the continent itself, the area includes Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Cape Verde, the Comoro Islands, Zanzibar and the Canary Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe and Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea.