Inkwazi 2023

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Across
  1. 4. What is the adjective used to describe a feather that has a dark centre and a pale edge? (5)
  2. 5. What was the previous descriptor for "Fynbos" in Fynbos Buttonquail? (9)
  3. 6. Which weaver's nest has the longest spout? (10, 6 )
  4. 12. Which gull is commonly found inland? (4, 6, 4)
  5. 16. The name for species of hawks with short, rounded wings and long tails. (10)
  6. 19. What is the dull, non-breeding or winter plumage known as? (7)
  7. 22. What are widowfinches now known as? (11)
  8. 23. Which oxpecker has a yellow eye-wattle? (3, 6, 8)
  9. 24. The Ramsar Convention is named after a city in which country? (4)
  10. 27. Which sandgrouse species prefers stony and gravel desert environments? (7)
  11. 31. What is a patch of distinctive colour on a wing called? (8)
  12. 33. Which group of warblers have long tails, usually held upright? (7)
  13. 35. This francolin has a yellow eye. (3, 6)
  14. 36. What is the name for an eagle with feathers down to its feet? (6)
  15. 38. What is the English name for a "kiewit"? (7)
  16. 39. Which sandpiper has an unmistable long, upturned bill? (5)
  17. 40. A common garden thrush. (5)
  18. 41. Where is the only naturalised population of Chukar Partridge? (6, 6)
  19. 43. A word for a group of franklins or quails. (5)
  20. 45. Which courser has a blue-grey nape? (9)
  21. 46. What is the only parrot that occurs in South Africa? (4)
  22. 48. What is the group name for bishops, widowbirds and queleas? (10)
  23. 49. Which crombec has the greatest range? (4, 6)
Down
  1. 1. What is a species that eats mainly seeds called? (9)
  2. 2. Which weaver has a black eye stripe? (10, 6)
  3. 3. Which mousebird has a white lower mandible? (8)
  4. 7. Which species of starling is best described as "pale"? (7, 8)
  5. 8. What is the word for the sound birders make to mimic the alarm calls of passerines? (4)
  6. 9. "Lily-trotter" is the coloquial name for which birds? (7)
  7. 10. What do you call a visual representation of the frequencies of a bird's song over time? (11)
  8. 11. Which kingfisher has mauve ear coverts? (7, 5, 10)
  9. 13. Name a non-wading wader. (7)
  10. 14. This is the word for an alternative, but permanent, plumage colour. (5)
  11. 15. Which bird flies in a rocking and rolling motion as a courtship and territorial display? (6)
  12. 16. Which lark has the smallest range? (7, 4, 6)
  13. 17. Alien, invasive crow. (5)
  14. 18. Which southern African stork appears completely black? (7, 8)
  15. 20. A bird species that cannot perch. (5)
  16. 21. Which is the most common pipt in South Africa? (7, 5)
  17. 25. What do you call a group of swans in flight? (5)
  18. 26. What is the term that describes a bird's foot that has all four toes pointing forward? (12)
  19. 28. Where did the ancestors of all songbirds first evolve? (9)
  20. 29. What is the name of the widowbird that has reddish shoulder patches but no white? (3, 6)
  21. 30. How many quelea species are there? (5)
  22. 32. What is the world's 2501st Ramsar site? (10)
  23. 34. What do we call a species that lays a second clutch of eggs after rearing the first brood? (6, 7)
  24. 37. What is the proper name for a bird's main tail feathers? (8)
  25. 42. Term denoting black and white colouration. (4)
  26. 44. What is the ridge along the upper mandible of a Trumpeter Hornbill called? (6)
  27. 47. What was a Little Grebe previously known as? (8)