BirdLife Stellenbosch
About Events Route Directions Links Shop Bird galleries Bird ID Template List of Bird Photos Jill Adams' Birds (Watercolours) More of Jill's birds Nico's Birds of Prey Nico's Owls Small birds Waterbirds Rosie' Turacos Rosie's water birds Pieter's Waterbirds Helderberg Waderbash Klaus Kassel at WCNP Peet's Birds Okavango New bird photos Awie's Birds	Welcome to our Bird Club!   We started the Stellenbosch branch of BirdLife South Africa in September 2006 and people enjoy our interesting activities. Admire our galleries, regularly enlarged! New:  Awie's Water Birds and Awie's small Birds Do you have superb photos of South African Birds? Please contact Rosie Webmaster at StellenboschBirds.com If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too. wrote Carl Linnaeus who invented the Latin binomial system of naming plants and animals, which is still in use. DNA research has given new insights into the relationship of birds. The classification of bird families has changed tremendously from the one you find in older bird guides and is still not quite settled as new research will surely bring a few more surprises. Example: Songbirds (Oscines) are divided into ravenlike birds (Corvida) and all other Paserida. Paradise Flycatcher and Batis now belong to Corvida! Cape Batis is placed between Bokmakierie and the Pied Crow in the new Jill Adams gallery. Find information and lists of names at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, download the classification and species order used in the new Roberts: PDF - 20KB and the 'new' Southern African bird list Do join us as a member! Load down the Membership Application form (pdf file) The BirdLife SA alphabet (pdf.file) explains our aims Members can order bird books, wildlife books and other material from us directly, at a reduced price. Phone Nico Venter  082 572 7602 or write an e-mail   Please let us know if you want anything you do not find at the shop! Links of the day: Miguel Lasa - Wildlife and Nature Photography How to Survive an Encounter With an Ostrich www.birdguides.com - wonderful photos! Visit the WESTERN CAPE BIRDING ROUTES Any corrections, questions or suggestions?   Your Feedback Verreaux's Eagle   Aquila verreauxi © Jill Adams (in Richard Liversidge, The Birds Around us)
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