oogel

Updated: June 7, 2025

The most numerous, however, were small birds about the size of swallows. Mr Fraser told me this was a species of thrush which constantly follows the locusts, and is said even to build its nest and rear its young in their midst. He called it by its Dutch name Springhaan oogel. David said he knew it as the locust bird.

William Henry Giles Kingston - In the Wilds of Africa