Orange-breasted bush-shrike
Birds of Namibia
Introduction: Orange-breasted bush-shrikes (Telophorus sulfureopectus) inhabit woodland, notably Acacia and mixed riparian woodlands. This species is usually heard and not seen as they prefer to remain out of sight in the tree canopy.
Distribution: North-eastern Namibia only. Etosha National Park, Rundu, Caprivi Strip, Chobe/Zambezi River systems, Okavango Delta.
Diet: Eats beetles, wasps and caterpillars by foraging mainly in tree-canopies.
Description: Dark brown flight feathers, bright orange upper breast, with bright yellow underparts. Reddish-brown eyes, bluish-grey legs and feet. Often confused with the larger and larger-billed grey-headed bush-shrike.
Breeding: Females lay 1 to 3 eggs in an untidy shallow cup made of twigs, grass and rootlets and incubated for around 2 weeks.
Size: 18cm. Weight: 25g.
Welwitschia Self Drive
3 Days - Get away to Swakopmund on the coast - includes sandboarding on the Namib Dunes as well as a dolphin cruise
Acacia Self Drive
8 Days - Combines a visit to Etosha National Park, with some time at Swakopmund and then the dunes at Sossusvlei
Marula Self Dive
9 Days - Southern Namibia: Fish River, Luderitz, Sossusvlei with some self catering accommodation.
Camelthorn Self Drive
10 Days - The classic northern and central Namibia trip. Includes Waterberg Plateau, Etosha National Park, rock art in Damaraland, Cape Cross & Swakopmund and ends with two night near the dunes at Sossusvlei.
Jackalberry Self Drive
10 Days - A combination of Namibia & Botswana. Highlights include game viewing in the Etosha Park & a trip in a traditional dug out canoe in the Okavango Delta Panhandle.
Quiver tree Self Drive
14 Days - Two weeks worth of travel allow you to visit everything that is included in the Camelthorn Self Drive but add the vast expanses of southern Namibia to your itinerary, Additional stops include Luderitz, the Fish River Canyon and a night in the Kalahari Desert
Makalani Self Drive
20 Days - This includes Waterberg, Etosha, a visit to the densely populated Owamboland region on the Angolan border, Kaokoland and the nomadic Himba People, rock art and desert elephants in Damaraland, Swakopmund, Sossusvlei, Luderitz, the Fish River and Kalahari.
