Weird bird names

In the American northeast, we are used to bird names like jays, sparrows, and warblers.

In Africa, they have those, but they also have so much more. Try to match these bird names to one of the pictures below. (Answers on the bottom)

A. Hamerkop
B. Whydah
C. Bateleur
D. Thick-knee
E and F. Bustard (two different ones)
G. Bee-eater
H. Fiscal
I. Go-away-bird (my favorite bird name!)
J. Hoopoe
K and L. Korhaan (also two different ones)
M. Lapwing

Bird 1

Bird 2

Bird 3

Bird 4

Bird 4

Bird 4

Bird 5

Bird 6

Bird7

Bird 7

Bird 8

Bird 8

Bird 9

Bird 10

Bird 11

Bird 12

Bird 13

Answers:

Bird 1: Bateleur

Bird 2: Black-Bellied Bustard

Bird 3: Common Fiscal

Bird 4: Kori Bustard

Bird 5: Pin-Tailed Whydah

Bird 6: African Hoopoe

Bird 7: Grey Go-away-bird (so called because that's how it sounds like)

Bird 8: Hamrkop

Bird 9: Blacksmith Lapwing

Bird 10: Red-Crested Korhaan

Bird 11: Southern Black Korhaan

Bird 12: Water Thick-knee

Bird 13: White-Fronted Bee-eater

African Patterns

Penguins

As strange as it sounds, but there are indeed penguins in Africa. These are aptly named African Penguins, of which there are a few colonies in the Cape Peninsula. Their tolerance for moderate climate, coupled with cold windy weather of the Cape, makes it possible for them to thrive there.

This is a juvenile

These penguins are the favorites of all the zoos in the world, thanks to them not requiring super-cold conditions. Indeed, many zoos in the northern hemisphere have to keep them indoors in the winter.

Penguins coming back to the beach at the end of the day.

The full colony of Boulder Beach