LBJs - harder than you think

In the first two parts in our bucket-list bird series, we started you off easy; looking at relatively large and distinctive, highly sought-after gems like the ghostly Pel’s Fishing Owl, the flamboyant Pennant-winged Nightjar, and the enigmatic Narina Trogon. Now that we’ve warmed you up, BirdLife South Arica’s Communications Manager, ANDY WASSUNG and MEL TRIPP, gets into the serious business of LBJs (little brown jobs).

LBJs are widely regarded as the most challenging group of birds to tell apart, because they are all… well, pretty small, brown, drab, and uncannily similar in appearance. But in this month’s piece, we’re here to put your mind at ease and help you enjoy your next feathered foray, whether that’s at a hide overlooking a reed bed, or along a dusty farm road. Read on to get to know a few bucket-list LBJs better, and for tips on differentiating the little buggers. Cape Long-billed Lark Of the five species of long-billed larks that occur throughout South Africa, the Cape Long-billed Lark is the one you will see along the West Coast. All have similar song-flights given by the males, as they rise up steeply from the ground, sometimes up…

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