Mokala National Park owes its diversity of bird species both to its location at the transition between South Africa’s arid west and wetter eastern regions, as well as the diversity of habitats protected within its borders. To date, more than 200 species of birds have been recorded within this relatively new Park and we, not considering ourselves very proficient birders (yet) managed to tick a respectable 70 of those. These are just a few of the feathered friends we made at Mokala during our visit in April 2018.
Ant-eating Chat
Ashy Tit
Black-faced Waxbill
Blacksmith Lapwings protecting their eggs against two wildebeest
Black-throated Canary
Black-winged Stilts
Brown-throated Martin
Brubru
Buffy Pipit
Burchell’s Sandgrouse (male)
Cape Sparrow female
Double-banded Courser
Crowned Lapwing
Egyptian Goose chasing South African Shelduck
Egyptian Goose chasing South African Shelduck
South African Shelduck (male)
Familiar Chat
Fiscal Flycatcher
Cape Glossy Starling
Shy Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Grey-backed Sparrow Lark (male and chick)
Helmeted Guineafowl in flight
Kalahari Scrub Robin
Marico Flycatcher
Mountain Wheatear (male)
Namaqua Dove (male)
Ostrich female
Ostrich male
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Pied Crow
Red-billed Firefinch
Red-crested Korhaan
Red-headed Finch (male)
Sabota Lark
Scaly-feathered Finch
Common Scimitarbill
Southern Masked Weaver (female)
Sociable Weaver
Sociable Weaver nest
White-browed Sparrow Weaver
Spike-heeled Lark
African Spoonbill
Three-banded Plover
Cape Wagtail
White-backed Vulture W428
Yellow-billed Hornbill
Yellow Canary (Male)
If you’d like to learn more about Mokala National Park, why not have a read through the detailed post we did about the Park in 2016.
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Amazing!
Glad to know you think so too!
Bird watching is entertaining, peaceful and relaxing all at the same time. It is one of my favourite pastimes. Wonderful photos as usual and Makala looks like a small piece of paradise!
Mokala really is a very special place – tomorrow we’ll be posting our last in the series about our April visit, focusing on the Park’s stunning scenery.
Looking forward to it!
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Wow, what a collection. Heaven. I’m partial to the canaries and other finches. 🙂
Those small birdies really are delightful, both in sight and sound!
Some great pics there. You are so lucky to have so many wonderful birds in your country. Reminds me of when I went to the Serengeti in the 90s I was astonished at the bird life because of course Africa is more famous for lions and elephants, but the birds are just as interesting.
Thank you, Maamej! We consider ourselves richly blessed to live where we do and to be able to visit places like Mokala often!
Such wonderful captures, Dries. I especially love the shy woodpecker, and Buffy Pippitt is really cute. 🙂
Thank you very much, Sylvia!
That Hornbill is positively prehistoric!
I have to agree, Kathy!
I find that birds can be difficult to photograph, so very nice gallery.
Very kind of you, thanks P J B!
Unusual to see a photograph of a flying guineafowl 🙂
Another one taken by little Joubert! I will tell him that you were impressed, Anne.
What a collection of birds! Amazing!
There’s just so much life at Mokala!
So many beautiful birds!😊 One of them have been seen in Sweden, it´s Black-winged Stilts which have been seen here 31 times until year 2014. Long way from home…
Wow, John – that’s amazing! It is always interesting to me when birds appear in places they aren’t expected to be – what brought them there at that time and place? And why then don’t they stay?