Bird Watching at Mokala

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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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  5. maamej

    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.

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  11. John

    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…

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    1. de Wets Wild Post author

      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?

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