Species Information

                                       

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92.  Southern Bald Ibis
(Bald ibis )   (Geronticus calvus )
Siswati: inkondla  
Uncommon breeding resident in the highveld (Malolotja, Mantenga, Mahamba).

   Eswatini Red Data Status: VU A3c; C1+2a(ii) ver 3.1 (2001)
   Southern African Red Data Status: Vulnerable
   International Red Data Status: Vulnerable

Malolotja Mantenga

Malolotja Information:
A winter migrant to the reserve, arriving in April and departing in November. Breeding colony at the Malolotja Falls. Often seen feeding on burnt areas.
Rock/cliff faces
Highveld grassland

Malolotja information from the Bird Checklist for Malolotja (printed in the late 1980's, sponsored by the Natural History Society of Eswatini), supplemented with information from Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 1985.

Checklist, comments and distribution information from the Eswatini Bird Atlas by Vincent Parker, digital data provided by the Avian Demography Unit, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town (http://www.aviandemographyunit.org). SiSwati names from SNTC and Big Game Parks.