AFROTROPICAL Heathland Fynbos
birds

The Fynbos of southern Africa hosts several endemics, including the iconic Sugarbirds...

Family Phasianidae

Pternistis capensis, 'Cape Spurfowl' (Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens).

Family Coliidae: Mousebirds

Colius striatus, 'Speckled Mousebird' (Avian Leisure Cape Town).

Family Pycnonotidae: Bulbul

Pycnonotus capensis, 'Cape Bulbul', (Avian Leisure Cape Town).

Family Sturnidae: Starlings

Onychognathus morio, 'Red-winged Starling' (Avian Leisure Cape Town).

Family Muscicapidae: Old World Flycatchers, Chats

Melaenornis silens, 'Fiscal Flycatcher', (Avian Leisure, Cape Town).

Family Promeropidae: Sugarbirds

Promerops cafer, 'Cape Sugarbird', (Avian Leisure, Cape Town).

Family Nectariniidae: Sunbirds

Cinnyris chalybeus, 'Southern Double-collared Sunbird', (Avian Leisure, Cape Town).

Nectarinia famosa, 'Malachite Sunbird', (Avian Leisure Cape Town).

Family Fringillidae: Finches

Serinus canicollis, 'Cape Canary' (Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, South Africa).

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