Visiting South Africa was a beautiful experience. I will be back!
Mambo stone sculpture at ‘The Sculpture Garden’, Kirstenbosch NBG, Cape Town, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/252NP3s
Until next time!
Skin
Loxodonta africana
• African Elephant / African bush elephant / African savanna elephant
• Elefante Africano / elefante africano de sabana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Proboscidea
Family:Elephantidae
Genus:Loxodonta
Species:L. africana
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/267U3ma
The Gentle Giant
A huge battleworn male quietly eating while we passed in front of him.
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
• South African giraffe / Cape giraffe
• Jirafa de Sudáfrica (macho)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Giraffidae
Genus:Giraffa
Species:G. camelopardalis
Subspecies:G. c. giraffa
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/261sX1C
Don’t look at me! I’m a trunk!
Hippopotamus amphibius
• Common hippopotamus
• Hipopótamo común
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Hippopotamidae
Genus:Hippopotamus
Species:H. amphibius
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/Gqcv3R
Beautiful young lady
Loxodonta africana
• African Elephant / African bush elephant / African savanna elephant
• Elefante Africano / elefante africano de sabana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Proboscidea
Family:Elephantidae
Genus:Loxodonta
Species:L. africana
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/265fHBH
Giraffes at Mankwe dam
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
• South African giraffe / Cape giraffe
• Jirafa de Sudáfrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Giraffidae
Genus:Giraffa
Species:G. camelopardalis
Subspecies:G. c. giraffa
Mankwe dam, Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
💡 Click! to zoom
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24X2kjW
Tired trunk
A one tusked, lone male bull African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) near a dam at Pilanesberg.
• African Elephant / African bush elephant / African savanna elephant
• Elefante Africano / elefante africano de sabana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Proboscidea
Family:Elephantidae
Genus:Loxodonta
Species:L. africana
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/GmNZ5X
Spilopelia senegalensis
• Laughing dove / laughing turtle dove / palm dove
• Tórtola senegalesa / tórtola del Senegal / tórtola reidora
• Tórtola senegalesa / tórtola del Senegal / tórtola reidora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Columbiformes
Family:Columbidae
Genus:Spilopelia
Species:S. senegalensis
Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25Wwmwd
On her back…
African woman carrying her baby on her back.
Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/261iXCg
Dusky Sunbird
Cinnyris fuscus (female?)
• Dusky sunbird
• Suimanga oscuro
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Nectariniidae
Genus:Cinnyris
Species:C. fuscus
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24T5bW1
Euplectes orix
• Southern red bishop / red bishop
• Obispo rojo
• Obispo rojo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Ploceidae
Genus:Euplectes
Species:E. orix
Middleburg, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/23aWpHj
Sciurus carolinensis
Indigenous to North America and introduced by Cecil John Rhodes to Cape Town around the turn of the 19th-20th Century.
• Eastern gray squirrel / Grey squirrel
• Ardilla de las Carolinas / ardilla gris de las Carolinas / ardilla gris oriental / ardilla del este
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Sciuridae
Tribe:Sciurini
Genus:Sciurus
The Company’s Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25VMubB
Bostrychia hagedash
• Hadada / hadeda ibis
• Ibis hadada
• Ibis hadada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:Threskiornithidae
Genus:Bostrychia
Species:B. hagedash
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/GgwTqn
Struthio camelus australis
• South African ostrich / Cape ostrich / Southern ostrich
• Avestruz de cuello azul
• Avestruz de cuello azul
Female specimen / ejemplar hembra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Struthioniformes
Family:Struthionidae
Genus:Struthio
Species:S. camelus
Subspecies:S. c. australis
Middleburg, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/HMLArY
Baby egyptian goose
Alopochen aegyptiacus
• Egyptian goose
• Ganso del Nilo / ganso egipcio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Genus:Alopochen
Species:A. aegyptiaca
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden,Cape Town, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25Jx2X9
Blyde River Canyon & The Three Rondavels
Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25Jx2ZJ
Encephalartos lehmannii
• Karoo Cycad
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Cycadophyta
Class:Cycadopsida
Order:Cycadales
Family:Zamiaceae
Genus:Encephalartos
Species:E. lehmannii
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/HEr5wN
Cape Town from Table Mountain
Cape Town panorama from Table Mountain, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Tamron 28-75mm, 4 shots
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24p6NMM
Hartlaub’s Gull
Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
• Hartlaub’s gull / king gull
• Gaviota plateada sudafricana / gaviota de Hartlaub
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:Laridae
Genus:Chroicocephalus
Species:C. hartlaubii
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24nd7ev
The Port Captain’s Office
The clock tower at Victoria & Alfred Waterfront was the original Port Captain’s Office, built in 1882.
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24DhVbw
Spheniscus demersus
• African penguin / jackass penguin / black-footed penguin
• Pingüino de El Cabo / pingüino africano / pingüino de anteojos
• Pingüino de El Cabo / pingüino africano / pingüino de anteojos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Sphenisciformes
Family:Spheniscidae
Genus:Spheniscus
Species:S. demersus
Boulders Beach, Simon’s Town, South Africa
Part of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25EpWcQ
Platboom Bay
Platboom Bay is a beautiful beach along the coastline nestled in the Cape of Good Hope Nature reserve, Cape Town, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25EeULJ
The cairn of Good Hope
A small stone tower that I found while visiting the Cape of Good Hope, Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/22Ycozu
Orange-breasted sunbird (juvenile)
Anthobaphes violacea
• Orange-breasted sunbird (juvenile)
• Suimanga pechinaranja / Nectarina de pecho anaranjado (juvenil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Nectariniidae
Genus:Anthobaphes
Species:A. violacea
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/HxUuKA
Pycnonotus capensis
• Cape bulbul / Cape geelgat
• Bulbul de El Cabo
• Bulbul de El Cabo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Pycnonotus
Species:P. capensis
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25C1Riu
