terrestrial brownbul
Birds of Namibia
Introduction: As the name suggests, terrestrial brownbuls (Pyllastrephus terrestris) prefer a ground-dwelling habitat, especially the understory of thickly vegetated areas ranging from lowland to coastal evergreen to mountain forest.
Distribution: Mainly in the Caprivi Strip and Rundu.Diet: Eats mostly spiders, ants, termites, beetles, snails, small lizards, seeds and fruits.
Description: A small to medium-sized, slender bulbul with a long, slender bill and a drab brown to olive green plumage. The Greek word pyllastrephus refers to 'phullon' or a leaf and 'strepho' to bend or toss, a reference to their habit of scratching about in fallen leaves.Breeding: Both male and female build a shallow cup of twigs, leaves and bark, placed a couple of metres above the ground, usually on a branch. 2 or 3 eggs are laid between October and April and incubated for 13 days by both sexes.
Size: 21cm. Weight: 34g.
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.
