African Stonechat – Gewone Bontrokkie Saxicola torquatus (female) Thulasihleka Bird Sanctuary – Richards Bay Canon 350D, Sigma 170-500mm DG, F/6.3, 1/4000 sec, ISO800 This bird occurs in patches across sub-Saharan Africa, but with the bulk of its population located from eastern Sudan and Ethiopia through southern DRC, Angola and Tanzania to southern Africa. Here it is common across much of Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and the Caprivi Strip, Namibia. It generally prefers montane or open grassland (with scattered shrubs and bushes), fynbos shrubland, grassy hillsides, edges of high altitude forest, swamp edges and cultivated land.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 11:24:23 +0000
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