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Rust De Winter Nature Reserve
Rust de Winter Nature Reserve encloses Rust de Winter Dam near Hammanskraal in the southern Limpopo province, South Africa. Wildlife Game to be viewed include waterbuck, zebra, common warthog, aardvark, crocodile, bushpig and kudu. During summer, numerous migratory waders congregate on the gentle slopes of the reservoir's northern shores. Wood sandpiper is the most numerous species. Birds present in the surrounding grassland and woodland include buttonquail, penduline tit, crimson-breasted shrike and Burchell's starling. Incidents In May 2025 the bodies of Aserie Ndlovu, a journalist and his partner, Zodwa Mdhluli were found in a thick bush outside Rust de Winter. The couple has been missing since 18 February 2025 in KwaMhlanga. Gallery Long-billed Crombec (or Cape Crombec), Sylvietta rufescens, at Rust de Winter Dam, Limpopo, South Africa. (43613202010).jpg, Long-billed crombec Orange-breasted bushshrike, Chlorophoneus (Telophorus) sulfureopectus, at Rust de Wint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rust De Winter Dam
The Rust de Winter Dam is a dam located on the Elands River, Limpopo, South Africa. History It was established in 1920 and has a capacity of 28 million m3 behind a wall of 31 m. The dam is used for irrigation of farms. The name has its origin from when cattle were brought up from the Highveld for grazing in the winter. See also *List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa *List of rivers of South Africa References Sources List of South African Damsfrom the Department of Water Affairs The Department of Water and Sanitation is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for the state of water and sanitation in South Africa. In May 2009, following the election of Jacob Zuma, the Department of ... Department of Water Affairs list of existing dams, October 2011 visited 10 June 2013 Dams in South Africa Dams completed in 1920 {{SouthAfrica-dam-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood Sandpiper
The wood sandpiper (''Tringa glareola'') is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, it is the smallest of the shanks, a genus of mid-sized, long-legged waders that largely inhabit freshwater and wetland environments, as opposed to the maritime or coastal habitats of other, similar species. Taxonomy The wood sandpiper was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the current binomial name ''Tringa glareola''. Linnaeus cited his own ''Fauna Svecica'' that had been published in 1746. He specified the type locality as Europe but it is now restricted to Sweden. The species is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. The genus name, ''Tringa'', is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper (''Tringa ochropus'') in 1599 by Aldrovandus, based on the Ancient Greek ''trungas'', a "thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing" wading bird mentioned by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (''Pogoniulus chrysoconus'') is a small bird in the family Lybiidae formerly known as yellow-fronted tinker barbet. It is sometimes considered conspecific with its southern counterpart, the red-fronted tinkerbird, ''Pogoniulus pusillus''. Barbets are near passerine birds with bristles around the base of the bill and a world-wide tropical distribution. Subspecies The subspecies vary with respect to size and colour tone of the plumage streaks. They include: * ''P. c. chrysoconus'' (Temminck, 1832) * ''P. c. extoni'' Layard, 1871 — southern Africa * ''P. c. xanthostictus'' (Blundell & Lovat, 1899) If ''P. c. extoni'' is restricted to the southernmost population occurring in southeastern Botswana, northern South Africa and Eswatini, the following two subspecies are also recognized: * ''P. c. rhodesiae'' Grant, 1915 — Angola, Zambia, northeastern Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe * ''P. c. dryas'' Clancey & Lawson, 1961 — eastern to northern Mozambiqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange-breasted Bushshrike
The orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike (''Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus'') is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Another bird, Braun's bushshrike, is also sometimes called the orange-breasted bushshrike. Distribution and habitat The orange-breasted bushshrike is widespread throughout Sub-Saharan Africa (relatively absent from most of Central, Southern and the Horn of Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna and moist savanna. It is not a migrant species. Behaviour The bushshrike eats mainly insects, such as beetles, caterpillars, bees, ants, and wasps. Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus, Polokwane Wildtuin.jpg, At Polokwane Game Reserve, Limpopo Sulphur breasted bushshrike (Malaconotus sulfureopectus similis) Kruger.jpg, Juvenile ''T. s. similis'' at Kruger National Park Malaconotus sulfureopectus (Zambia).jpg, Adult bird in Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long-billed Crombec
The long-billed crombec or Cape crombec (''Sylvietta rufescens'') is an African warbler. The long-billed crombec breeds in southern Africa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Tanzania southwards to South Africa. This is a common species in fynbos, open woodland, savannah and dry ''Acacia'' scrub. Description The long-billed crombec is a small, nearly tailless bird 12 cm long and weighing around 16 g. Its upperparts are brownish grey-brown, and there is a pale grey supercilium, separated from the whitish throat by a dark eye stripe. The whitish breast shades into the buff belly. The long slightly curved bill is blackish. The sexes are similar, and the juvenile resembles the adult. The call is a variable series of trilled notes including ''trreee-rriiit trreee-rriiit'' and a harsh ''pttt''. Behaviour The long-billed crombec's nest is a large, hanging bag of grasses, spider webs, and plant fibres, which is attached to the lower limbs of a tree, often an ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga is a town in the Nkangala district municipality of the Mpumalanga province in South Africa. It is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century. KwaMhlanga is 73 km or an hour's drive from the country’s capital, Pretoria on the R573 road. This town developed into the administrative centre for the local government, and now houses the government administration for the North Western Region of the Mpumalanga Province. To the north of KwaMhlanga, on the R568 road near the village of Klipfontein, is located the Manala Royal Kraal; the Ndzundza Mabhoko Royal Kraal is situated further north at Weltevreden. By special arrangement, both of these kraals can be visited by small groups. Sport The National First Division team Casric Stars are based in KwaMhlanga, playing their home games at the Solomon Mahlangu Stadium. Incidents On 18 February 2025, Aserie Ndlovu, a journalist, and his partner, Zodwa Mdhluli were kidnapped and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burchell's Starling
Burchell's starling (''Lamprotornis australis'') or Burchell's glossy-starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. The monogamous and presumably sedentary species is native to dry and mesic woodlands and savannah of southern Africa. The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell. Range and habitat This species is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is absent from miombo Miombo woodland is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome (in the World Wide Fund for Nature scheme) located in central and southern tropical Africa. It includes three woodland savanna ecoregions (listed below) chara ... woodland, but is present in westerly gusu woodlands. Habits and food In the Kalahari they associate with camelthorn trees and also feed on their flowers. Their food includes flowers, fruit and small animals. They breed during the summer months. Status and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimson-breasted Shrike
The crimson-breasted shrike (''Laniarius atrococcineus'') or the crimson-breasted gonolek, ('gonolek' - supposedly imitative of its call), or the crimson-breasted boubou, is a southern African bird. It has black upper parts with a white flash on the wing, and bright scarlet underparts. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as a "least-concern species". Taxonomy The species was first collected by William John Burchell in 1811 near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. He named it ''atrococcineus'' meaning 'black/red', finding the striking colour combination quite remarkable. The generic name ''Laniarius'' was coined by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot and was meant to call attention to the butcher-like habits of the group. In South West Africa its colours reminded Germans of their homeland flag and it therefore became the ''Reichsvogel'' ("Empire bird"). The species is closely related to two other bushshrikes, the yellow-crowned gonol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Penduline Tit
The Cape penduline tit or southern penduline tit (''Anthoscopus minutus'') is a species of bird in the family Remizidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. At in length, it is one of the smallest species of bird found in Africa, along with its cousins the grey penduline tit and the mouse-coloured penduline tit.''Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi'' by Stevenson & Fanshawe. Elsevier Science (2001), Taxonomy The Cape penduline tit was formally described and illustrated in 1812 by the English naturalist George Shaw under the binomial name ''Sylvia minuta''. The species is now placed in the genus ''Anthoscopus'' that was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Buttonquail
The common buttonquail (''Turnix sylvaticus''), also called Kurrichane buttonquail and Andalusian hemipode, is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds that resemble but are not closely related to the true quails. Taxonomy The common buttonquail was formally described and illustrated in 1789 by the French botanist René Louiche Desfontaines under the binomial name ''Tetrao sylvaticus''. The specific epithet ''sylvaticus'' is Latin meaning "of the woods". It is now placed in the genus ''Turnix'' that was named in 1840 by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre. Nine subspecies are recognised: * ''T. s. sylvaticus'' ( Desfontaines, 1789) – the southern Iberian Peninsula and northwestern Africa * ''T. s. lepurana'' ( Smith, A, 1836) – Africa south of the Sahara * ''T. s. dussumier'' (Temminck, 1828) – eastern Iran to Myanmar * ''T. s. davidi'' Delacour & Jabouille, 1930 – central Thailand to southern China, northern Indochina and Taiwan * ''T. s. bartelsorum'' Neumann, 1929 – Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wader
245px, A flock of Red_knot.html" ;"title="Dunlins and Red knot">Dunlins and Red knots Waders or shorebirds are birds of the order Charadriiformes commonly found wikt:wade#Etymology 1, wading along shorelines and mudflats in order to foraging, forage for food crawling or burrowing in the mud and sand, usually small arthropods such as aquatic insects or crustaceans. The term "wader" is used in Europe, while "shorebird" is used in North America, where "wader" may be used instead to refer to long-legged wading birds such as storks and herons. There are about 210 species of wader, most of which live in wetland or coastal environments. Many species of Arctic and temperate regions are strongly migratory, but tropical birds are often resident, or move only in response to rainfall patterns. Some of the Arctic species, such as the little stint, are amongst the longest distance migrants, spending the non- breeding season in the southern hemisphere. Many of the smaller species found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammanskraal
Hammanskraal is a trans-provincial region anchored in northern Gauteng province, South Africa. The region consists of multiple residential, industrial, and commercial areas in a decentralized settlement pattern. History The historical roots of the region trace back to the 13th century, the area around Gauteng province was initially occupied by the Batswana.Nechama Brodie The Joburg Book 2014 ed Page 20 The Batswana Chief Mokgatla dominated the area to the north of what is today the Gauteng province and his descendants are known as the Bakgatla. To this day, nearly half of the population of the Hammanskraal region are descendants of the Batswana nation. According to oral narration, the Amandebele A Lebello settled the area around Hammanskaal close to Ramotse in the 1800s. The Amandebele originated in the eastern part of the country and now form an integral part of the region's community. The Great Trek that took place in the first half of the 19th century saw the inward movemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
