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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.
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