Avian adaptations to the Kalahari environment: A typical continental semidesert
Bird species adapted to the Kalahari are generally either (a) sedentary, insectivorous (or carnivorous) and non-gregarious, or (b) nomadic, granivorous and gregarious even when breeding.Ground-dwelling birds predominate numerically and are cryptically coloured to avoid predation.Many species have nasal glands which secrete hypertonic solutions in r