Master Bird List

This is the start of our master birding list that we will keep updated. Photographs are by Gene Gage from our September 2008 site visit.

Cape Gannet - Sula capensis
Grey Headed Gull - Larus cirrocephalus
Kelp Gull - Larus dominicanus
Swift Tern - Sterna bergii
Reed Comorant -Phalacrocorax africanus
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
Blackheaded Heron - Ardea melanocephala
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
Hammerkop - Scopus umbretta
Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruber
African spoonbill - Platalea alba
Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadeda Ibis - Bostrychia hagedash
Egyptian Goose - Alopochen aegyptiacus
African Black Duck - Anus sparsa
Yellow Billed Duck - Anus undulata
Water Dikkop - Burhinus vermiculatus
Black Kite - Milvus migrans migrans
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer
Lanner Falcon - Falco biarmicus
Crowned Crane - Balearica regulorum
Whitefronted Plover - Charadrius marginatus
Threebanded Plover - Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Plover - Vanellus armatus
Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
Cape Turtle Dove - Streptopelia capicola
Green Pigeon - Treron calva
Purple Crested Lourie - Tauraco porphyreolophus
Burchell's Coucal - Centropus burchelli
Speckled Mousebird - Colius striatus
Pied Kingfisher - Ceryl rudis
Giant Kingfisher - Ceryl maxima
Halfcollared Kingfisher - Alcedo semitorquata
Malachite Kingfisher - Alcedo cristata
Brownhooded Kingfisher - Halcyon albiventris
Redbilled Woodhoopoe - Phoeniculus purpureus
Crowned Hornbill - Tockus erythrorhynchus
Ground Hornbill- Bucorvus leadbeateri
Blackcollared Barbet - Lybius torquatus
Olive Woodpecker - Mesopicos griseocephalus
Golden Tailed Woodpecker - Campethera abingoni
Rufousnaped Lark - Mirafra africana
Lesser Striped Swallow - Hirundo abyssinica
European Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Brown Throated Martin (African Sand Martin)- Riparia paludicola
Rock Martin - Hirundo fuligula
Black Saw-wing Swallow - Psalidoprocne holomelas
Forktailed Drongo - Dicurus adsimilis
Black Flycatcher - Melaenornis pammelaina
Whitenecked Raven - Corvus albicollis
Blackeyed bulbul - Pycnonotus barbatus
Sombre Bulbul - Andropadus importunus
Olive Thrush - Turdus olivaceus
Orange Thrush - Turdus gurneyi
Cape Robin - Cossypha caffra
Natal Robin - Cossypha natalensis
Barthroated Apalis - Apalis thoracica
Greenbacked Bleating Warbler - Camaroptera brachyura
Fantailed Cisticola - Cisticola juncidis
Tawnyflanked Prinia - Prinia subflava
Dusky Flycatcher - Muscicapa adusta
Black Flycatcher - Melaenoris pammelaina
Paradise Flycatcher - Terpsiphone viridis
Southern Boubou - Laniarius ferrugineus
Longtailed Wagtail - Motacilla clara
Cape Wagtail - Motacilla capensis
Plainbacked Pipit - Anthus leucophrys
Orangethroated Longclaw - Macronyx capensis
Redwing Starling - Onychognathus morio
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
Cape Glossy Starling - Lamprotornis nitens
Blackbellied Glossy Starling - Lamprotornis corruscus
Greater Doublecollared Sunbird - Nectarinia afra
Collared Sunbird - Anthreptes collaris
Black Sunbird - Nectarinia amethystina
Cape White-eye - Zosterops pallidus
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Cape Sparrow - Passer melanurus
Spectacled Weaver - Ploceus ocularis
Forest Weaver - Ploceus bicolor
Red Shouldered Widow - Euplectes axillaris
Redcollared Widow - Euplectes ardens
Longtailed Widow - Euplectes progne
Bluebilled Firefinch - Lagonosticta rubricata
Common Waxbill - Estrilda astrild

Pintailed Whydah - Vidua macroura