Olive woodpecker (Gryskopspeg)

Scientific name: Dendropicos griseocephalus

The Olive Woodpecker's head, bill and  throat,is coloured grey. The male has red hindcrown and nape feathers often with some fine black subterminal bars and grey bases often evident in worn plumage. The male has physical features that are slightly different from the female bird.
The Olive Woodpecker is endemic to South Africa, occurring along the escarpment and southern coast. It generally prefers evergreen forest, occasionally venturing into fynbos and suburban gardens. It forages in the upper canopies of trees, probing pecking branches, and licking them up with its barbed tongue. Both sexes excavate the nest, which is usually a oval-shaped hole in the trunk of a tree. Here it lays 2-3 eggs, which are incubated by both sexes, for roughly 15-16 days. The chicks are cared for by both parents, leaving the nest at about 24-26 days old. The juveniles return to the nest to roost for about 3 months, at which point they become fully independent.

Knysna turaco (Knysna lourie)

Scientific name: Tauraco corythaix 

Within its range, this is an unmistakable bird, although often inconspicuous in the treetops.The small but thick orange-red bill and a white line just under the eye contrast with the mainly green plumage. It has a tall green crest, which is tipped with white. The eye is brown and the eye-ring deep red. In flight, Knysna turaco shows conspicuous crimson primary flight feathers. Sexes are similar, but juvenile birds have a shorter crest without the white tips.
The Knysna turaco is endemic to South Africa and Swaziland, with most of its population concentrated in coastal Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, occurring in Afromontane forest and riverine forest in fynbos. It feeds mainly on fruit, with seeds and invertebrates making up the rest of its diet.
It feeds mainly on fruit, supplemented with seeds and invertebrates. It does most of its foraging in the canopy of trees, sometimes descending to fruiting bushes and shrubs.