Thanda Private Reserve 2025

March 24th to March 28th

This visit was made following a cruise in the Indian Ocean. As most of my photos are of the wildlife there are no general photos for the visit.

Birds     

African Scops Owl

Otus senegalensis

African Scops Owl

Otus senegalensis

African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah

Vidua obtusa

Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macrura

Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macrura

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Malckon albiventris

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Malckon albiventris

Burchell's Coucal

Centropus burchellii

Cape Glossy Starling

Lamprokornis nitens

Cape Turtle Dove

Streptopelia capicola

Common Fiscal

Lanius collaris

Common Fiscal

Lanius collaris

Common Fiscal

Lanius collaris

Crested Francolin

Peliperdix sephaena

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiacus

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Turtur chalcospilos

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

African Hoopoe

Upupa africana

African Hoopoe

Upupa africana

African Hoopoe

Upupa africana

Probably Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chinianus

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Red-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus leucomelas

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus leucomelas

Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

Unidentified

Animals     

Black-backed Jackal

Lupulella mesomelas

Cape Buffalo

Syncerus caffer caffer

Cape Buffalo

Syncerus caffer caffer

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Giraffe

Giraffa giraffa

Spotted Hyena

Crocuta crocuta

Impala

Aepyceros melampus

Impala

Aepyceros melampus

Greater Kudu

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Lion

Panthera leo

Lion

Panthera leo

Lion

Panthera leo

Lion

Panthera leo

White Rhino

Ceratotherium simum

White Rhino

Ceratotherium simum

Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

Burchell's Zebra

Equus quagga burchellii

Burchell's Zebra

Equus quagga burchellii

Leopard Tortoise

Stigmochelys pardalis

Leopard Tortoise

Stigmochelys pardalis

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