Marico Flycatcher
The Marico flycatcher or Mariqua flycatcher (Bradornis mariquensis) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found in areas of southern Africa. == Taxonomy == The Marico flycatcher was previously placed in the genus Bradornis but was moved to Melaenornis based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010. == Range == It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. == Habitat == Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Nxai Pan National Park
Botswana
+83 birds+19 mammals
Where acacia woodland gives way to sweeping grasslands and stark salt pans, a landscape of raw African beauty unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPilanesberg National Park
Moses Kotane Local Municipality, South Africa
+130 birds+30 mammals
Where ancient volcanic calderas rise above the surrounding lowveld, a 734-square-kilometre sanctuary unfolds across the North West Province of South […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMokala National Park
Siyancuma Local Municipality, South Africa
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where semi-arid savanna meets ancient granite outcrops, a 715-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Northern Cape’s undulating terrain. Mokala’s landscape is […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMarakele National Park
Modimolle Local Municipality, South Africa
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through the bushveld and ancient mountains rise in weathered majesty, southern Africa’s most underrated wilderness unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNamib-Naukluft National Park
Namibia
+119 birds+30 mammals
Where rust-coloured dunes rise like frozen waves against an impossibly blue sky, Africa’s oldest desert unfolds across nearly 95,000 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEtosha National Park
Namibia
+62 birds+30 mammals
Brilliant white salt pans stretch endlessly beneath Namibian skies, interrupted by scattered acacia woodlands and mopane scrubland that characterize this […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNamibRand Nature Reserve
Hammerstein, Namibia
+66 birds+30 mammals
Where rust-coloured dunes surrender to sculpted granite outcrops and vast plains stretch toward an endless horizon, one of southern Africa’s […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEWaterberg Plateau National Park
Okambukonde, Namibia
+124 birds+31 mammals
Where ancient sandstone cliffs rise 200 metres above the surrounding bushveld, a fortress of geology creates one of southern Africa’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMakgadikgadi Pans National Park
Gucta, Botswana
+107 birds+22 mammals
Where salt-crusted flatlands stretch endlessly toward a shimmering horizon, one of Africa’s most extraordinary ecosystems awakens with the rains. The […]
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