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1 South Africa Northern & Western Cape Province By Jens Hjerrild Hansen, Denmark

2 Itenerary Location Dates Name SASOL A 16,2,9 Cape Town Peninsula Table Mountain NP, Simons Town, Kommetjie, Rondevlei, Strandfontein 3,4,6,7,8 B 17,18,19 West Coast NP, Cape Town to Velddrif via R45 and Bergrivier 19,22 C 20,21 Cape Town to Springbok via N7 D 21,22 Springbok to Aggeneys via N17, Koa Dunes, Namies, Pofadder, Onseepkans 53,54 E 23,24 Upington to Twee Rivieren via R360, Kalahari Gemsbok NP (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) 59,60 F 25 Orange River from Upington to Neilersdrif via R G 25,26 Central Bushmanland Brandvlei Area and R27 from Kenhardt to Calvinia 50,51 H 26,27,28 Calvinia to Tanqua Karoo NP via P2267, Gannaga Pass and P2250, Skitterykloof 28,30,31 I 31,1,9 Betty s Bay, Harald Porter Botanical Garden, Kleinmont, Sir. Lowry s Pass 11,13 J 3 Pelagic Birding Tour with Cape Town Pelagics K 4,5 Agulhas Plain s Swellendam to Malgas and Infanta, Grootvadersbosch NR 36,40,42 L 6,7,8 Overberg Wilderness NP and Knysna Area 43,44 The SASOL numbers is referring to the site numbers in Southern African Birdfinder by Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode, Jonathan Rossouw Birdlist The total number of different birds seen on 23 days of birding in the two South African provinces ended up round 300 species I guess a dozen or more species is missing do to lack of knowledge of their voices. Especially owls but also several forest birds like Yellow- Throated Woodland Warbler or Fynbos specialist like Knysna Warbler and Victorin s Warbler. With a little more effort and attention one the northern migratory waders at Velddrif and West Coast National Park a couple more species such as Curlew, Bar-Tailed Godwit and different sandpipers might have been on the birdlist as well Most sought after species which was not seen include African Black Duck, Chestnut-Banded Plover, Ground Woodpecker, Pink-Billed Lark, Sclater s Lark and Karoo Eremomela. The most common and widespread species that surprisingly was not seen must be Cape Penduline-Tit

3 Notes - Selected species: African Penguin The breeding colony at Stony Point in Betty s Bay is much better than Boulders Beach, Simons Town Yellow-Nosed Albatross sp. Only young non-separable birds were seen on the Pelagic Tour Bank Cormorant breeding pairs on a sea rock app. 5 km. south of Simon s Town Goliath Heron 1 adult bird seen at Rondevlei Hamerkop 1 bird flying over at waterpond near the junction toward Malgas from Buffeljagrivier N2 Hottentot Teal 6 birds seen at the coastral estaury of Wilderness National Park Verreaux's Eagle 1 imm. bird flying with prey over Sir. Lowry s Pass Black Harrier 1 adult bird seen flying low in West Coast NP. 1 adult bird mobbing a Jackal Buzzard near Swellendam Common Ostrich Wild population scarce. Introduced birds common especially in Western Cape. Also farming bird Blue Crane Common in the Swellendam Area. Several smaller groups with up to 42 birds. Day max app. 100 birds Secretarybird 3 birds seen in Kalahari Gemsbok NP. 1 bird on nest in a flat Acacia near Tanqua River - P2250 km 45 Kori Bustard 2 birds seen in dune area with Acacia trees short after the short cut from Dikbaardskolk to Kamqua Denham's Bustard 9 birds 3x2 and 1x3 seen in the most green fields south of Swellendam Ludwig's Bustard 16 birds seen along N7 from Cape Town to Bitterfontein. Look fore the most green fields and pastures Burchell's Courser A group of 4 adult birds and 2 pairs with both one big pull. seen along P2250 at km 7-9 and 56 Burchell's Sandgrouse More than 50 birds seen very well together with Namaqua Sandgrouse at waterponds in the morning Knysna Turaco Common and easily seen in the Wilderness National Park Knysna Woodpecker 1 bird seen early morning on both 7/11 and 8/11 in the Wilderness National Park Karoo Lark Especially along P2267 in the Tanqua Karoo National Park Red Lark 2 birds seen at Koa Dunes and several birds in the deserts around Brandvlei Eastern Clapper Lark A few birds seen in high song flight along R360 from Upington to Twee Rivieren Cape Clapper Lark Subspecies marjoriae seen and frequently heard in the Agulhas Plain s above red stony fields Subspecies apiata seen and frequently heard high in the sky along N7 north of Bitterfontein Agulhas Long-Billed Lark 5 birds seen between Malgas and the T-junction to Witsand on the dirtroad from Buffelsjagrivier Cape Rockjumper 1 pair seen at Gantouw s Pass on 1/11. 2 males and 1 female present in the same area on 9/11 White-Starred Robin 1 bird came very close as reaction on phissing near the Waterfall on the Giant Kingfisher Trail Cinnamon-Breasted Warbler 1 bird seen in a steep gorge in the mountain range near Gannaga Pass P2250, Tanqua Karoo NP Brown-Crowned Tchagra 1 bird came out of some scrub in a nice Acacia wooded area 30 km. past Molopo Kalahari Lodge

4 Numbers & Score The number codes in the birdlist is the maximum of birds seen in one day on each location 1: I 1 4: IIII : IIIIIII : IIIIIIIIII : II 2-5 5: IIIII : IIIIIIII : III : IIIIII : IIIIIIIII The total score in the birdlist is a multiply of the number of sites and the number of birds Note that the number code I is counting 1½! Example 1: Species 144 Burchell s Coucal Seen on 3 different sites: Total score is calculated as: 3 x 1½ x 1½ x 1½ = 10 Example 2: Species 152 White-Backed Mousebird Seen on 6 different sites. Total score is calculated as: 6 x 3 x 2 x 1½ x 3 x 2 x 4 = 1296 The colour scale is a result of the total score indicating how widespread and common the different species were on the birding tour Colour Score 2 > 3 > 10 > 200 > > >

5 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 1 African Penguin 112 lllllll llllllll 2 Shy Albatross 9 llllll 3 Black-Browed Albatross 8 lllll 4 Atlantic / Indian Yellow-Nosed Albatross 5 lll 5 Southern Giant Petrel 2 l 6 Northern Giant Petrel 3 ll 7 Cape Petrel 2 l 8 White-Chinned Petrel 36 ll lllllllll 9 Sooty Shearwater 6 llll 10 Great Shearwater 8 lllll 11 Manx Shearwater 2 l 12 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 8 lllll 13 European Storm-Petrel 9 llllll 14 Cape Gannet 40 lllll llll 15 Great White Pelican 40 lllll llll 16 Greater Flamingo 6400 llllllllll llllllllll llllllll ll 17 Lesser Flamingo 11 lllllll 18 White-Breasted Cormorant 2835 lllllll llllll l lll lll 19 Bank Cormorant 8 lllll 20 Cape Cormorant 4480 llllllll llllllllll lllllll ll 21 Crowned Cormorant 30 lll lllll 22 Reed Cormorant 54 lll lll ll 23 Afrikan Darter 48 ll ll ll l 24 African Spoonbill 36 lll ll ll 25 African Sacred Ibis lllllll llllll lll ll lllll llll lll 26 Hadeda Ibis lllll lll lll lllll l lll llll lll 27 Glossy Ibis 320 lllll llll ll ll 28 Goliath Heron 2 l 29 Purple Heron 2 l 30 Grey Heron 192 lll llll ll ll

6 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 31 Black-Headed Heron 1512 ll lll ll ll l lll ll 32 Little Egret 12 lll ll 33 Western Cattle Egret 320 ll ll Lllll llll 34 Black-Crowned Night Heron 3 ll 35 Little Bittern 2 l 36 White Stork 2 l 37 Hamerkop 2 l 38 Great Crested Grebe 6 llll 39 Black-Necked Grebe 630 lllll llllll lllllll 40 Little Grebe 96 ll lll ll ll 41 White-Faced Whistling Duck 90 lll lllll ll 42 Spur-Winged Goose 150 lllll ll lllll 43 Egyptian Goose lllllll llllllll lll l lll lllllll lll llllll llll 44 South African Shelduck 240 ll l llll ll ll 45 Yellow-Billed Duck 5040 lllllll ll llllll ll llllll 46 Cape Shoveler 126 lllllll ll lll 47 Southern Pochard 40 lllll llll 48 Red-Billed Teal 216 llll llllll lll 49 Cape Teal llllllll llllll ll lllllll lll 50 Hottentot Teal 3 ll 51 Moccoa Duck 3 ll 52 White-Backed Vulture 5 lll 53 African Fish Eagle 6 l ll 54 Bateleur 48 ll ll ll l 55 Verreaux's Eagle 2 l 56 Martial Eagle 5 l l 57 Crowned Eagle 2 l 58 Tawny Eagle 3 ll 59 Booted Eagle 18 ll ll l 60 Black / Yellow-Billed Kite 180 ll lll ll l ll

7 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 61 Jackal Buzzard 68 ll l l ll l 62 Steppe Buzzard 54 l l ll lll 63 African Marsh Harrier 18 l ll ll 64 Black Harrier 5 l l 65 Black-Shouldered Kite 12 lll ll 66 Pale Chanting Goshawk 1152 ll ll llll ll llll l 67 Gabar Goshawk 2 l 68 African Harrier-Hawk 6 ll l 69 Peregrine Falcon 6 l ll 70 Lanner Falcon 5 l l 71 Rock Kestrel 135 ll l l lll ll 72 Greater Kestrel 68 ll l l l ll 73 Pygmy Falcon 18 ll ll l 74 Common Ostrich no value llll lll lllll ll X X 75 Helmeted Guineafowl 5760 ll llll ll lll lllll llll 76 Grey-Winged Francolin 5 lll 77 Cape Spurfowl 1440 ll llll lll lll llll 78 Common Quail 12 ll lll 79 Red-Knobbed Coot lllll llllll llll lllllll l ll 80 Common Moorhen 6 ll l 81 African Swamphen 5 lll 82 Black Crake 6 ll l 83 African Rail 2 l 84 Flufftail sp. 3 ll 85 Blue Crane 216 l ll llllll lll 86 Secretarybird 9 lll l 87 Kori Bustard 3 ll 88 Denham's Bustard 5 lll 89 Ludwig's Bustard 6 llll 90 Southern Black Korhaan 24 ll ll ll

8 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 91 Northern Black Korhaan 6 llll 92 Karoo Korhaan 18 l ll ll 93 Black-Winged Stilt 600 lllll lllll ll lll 94 Pied Avocet 1680 llllll lllllll lllll ll 95 African Black Oystercatcher 72 llll llll l 96 Spotted Thick-Knee 3 ll 97 Burchell's Courser 5 lll 98 Blacksmith Lapwing llllll lllll lll ll ll ll ll 99 Crowned Lapwing 36 ll lll ll 100 Grey Plover 6 llll 101 Kittlitz's Plover 45 lllll l ll 102 White-Fronted Plover 12 llll l 103 Common Ringed Plover 8 lllll 104 Three-Banded Plover 216 ll l ll l ll ll 105 African Snipe 2 l 106 Whimbrel 5 lll 107 Common Greenshank 96 ll llllllll ll 108 Common Redshank 3 ll 109 Common Sandpiper 14 l ll l 110 Ruddy Turnstone 3 ll 111 Red Knot 5 lll 112 Sanderling 6 llll 113 Curlew Sandpiper 9 llllll 114 Little Stint 12 llllllll 115 Subantarctic Skua 2 l 116 Arctic Skua 3 ll 117 Kelp Gull lllllllll llllll lll llllll lll 118 Sabine's Gull 8 lllll 119 Grey-Headed Gull 18 lll lll 120 Hartlaub's Gull 1323 lllllll lllllllll lllllll

9 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 121 Caspian Tern 12 ll lll 122 Swift Tern 3360 lllllll lllllll lllll llll 123 Sandwich Tern 1134 lllllllll llllll lllllll 124 Common / Arctic Tern 7000 lllll lllllll llllllllll lllll 125 Little / Damara Tern 2 l 126 Whiskered Tern 40 lllll llll 127 White-Winged Tern 2 l 128 Namaqua Sandgrouse lll lllll lllllll lllll llllll 129 Burchell's Sandgrouse 9 llllll 130 Speckled Pigeon 480 llll lll ll ll ll 131 African Olive Pigeon 16 llll ll 132 Lemon Dove 3 ll 133 Red-Eyed Dove 5 lll 134 Cape Turtle Dove lllll llll ll l llllll llll lll lll llllll ll 135 Laughing Dove llllll lllll lll lll llllll lll ll ll lll 136 Namaqua Dove 324 lll l ll l ll ll 137 Rose-Ringed Parakeet 3 ll 138 Rosy-Faced Lovebird 5 lll 139 Knysna Turaco 6 llll 140 Jacobin Cuckoo 2 l 141 Dideric Cuckoo 3 ll 142 Klaas's Cuckoo 3 ll 143 African Emerald Cuckoo 3 ll 144 Burchell's Coucal 10 l l l 145 Fiery-Necked Nightjar 2 l 146 Rufous-Cheeked Nightjar 2 l 147 Alpine Swift 144 ll llll l lll 148 African Black Swift 6 llll 149 Little Swift 1920 lllll llllllll llll lll 150 White-Rumped Swift 36 lll ll ll

10 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 151 Speckled Mousebird 27 lll ll l 152 White-Backed Mousebird 1296 lll ll l lll ll llll 153 Narina Trogon 2 l 154 Pied Kingfisher 27 l lll ll 155 Half-Collared Kingfisher 2 l 156 Malachite Kingfisher 3 ll 157 Brown-Hooded Kingfisher 6 ll l 158 European Bee-Eater 54 lll ll lll 159 Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater 8 lllll 160 Lilac-Breasted Roller 3 ll 161 African Grey Hornbill 2 l 162 Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill 6 llll 163 Green Wood-Hoopoe 3 ll 164 Common Scimitarbill 3 ll 165 African Hoopoe 6 ll l 166 Acacia Pied Barbet 20 lll l l 167 Golden-Tailed Woodpecker 3 ll 168 Knysna Woodpecker 2 l 169 Olive Woodpecker 6 l ll 170 Red-Capped Lark 180 ll llllll lllll 171 Large-Billed Lark 240 l ll ll ll llll 172 Spike-Heeled Lark 144 lll ll lll ll 173 Sabota Lark 6 ll l 174 Fawn-Coloured Lark 24 lll llll 175 Karoo Lark 15 l lllll 176 Red Lark 12 ll lll 177 Eastern Clapper Lark 3 ll 178 Cape Clapper Lark 12 ll lll 179 Karoo Long-Billed Lark 12 lll ll 180 Agulhas Long-Billed Lark 3 ll

11 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 181 Stark's Lark 3 ll 182 Black-Eared Sparrow-Lark 5 lll 183 Grey-Backed Sparrow-Lark 120 ll lllll ll llll 184 Barn Swallow 24 llllll ll 185 White-Throated Swallow 180 l ll ll ll lll 186 Pearl-Breasted Swallow 9 l lll 187 Greater-Striped Swallow 972 l lll ll l lll llll 188 South African Cliff Swallow 48 llll ll ll 189 Black Swallow 54 ll lll lll 190 Banded Martin 9 lll l 191 Brown-Throated Martin 6 ll l 192 Rock Martin 4032 ll llll ll ll lll ll lll 193 Fork-Tailed Drongo 900 lllll ll ll lll lll 194 Grey Cuckooshrike 8 ll ll 195 Black-Headed Oriole 3 ll 196 White-Necked Raven 160 ll ll ll ll ll 197 Pied Crow ll llll llllll lllll ll lll lll ll ll l 198 Cape Crow 256 ll llll llll ll 199 Ashy Tit 6 ll l 200 Grey Tit 10 l l l 201 Southern Pied Babbler 3 ll 202 Terrestrial Brownbul 8 ll ll 203 Cape Bulbul lll llll lll ll llll lll ll 204 African Red-Eyed Bulbul 24 ll llllll 205 Sombre Greenbul 54 lll l llll 206 Olive Thrush 72 l ll lll ll 207 Karoo Thrush 5 lll 208 Groundscraper Thrush 3 ll 209 Cape Rock-Thrush 2 l 210 Short-Toed Rock-Thrush 3 ll

12 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 211 Cape Rockjumper 3 ll 212 Familiar Chat 1152 l ll ll ll ll ll ll l 213 Sickle-Winged Chat 6 llll 214 Karoo Chat 144 l lll ll llll 215 Tractrac Chat 6 l ll 216 Ant-Eating Chat 144 llll llll lll 217 Mountain Wheatear 108 lll llll l l 218 Capped Wheatear 480 llll ll l llll ll 219 African Stonechat 90 ll l l ll ll 220 Kalahari Scrub Robin 6 llll 221 Karoo Scrub Robin lllll ll lll ll lll llll lll 222 Chorister Robin-Chat 3 ll 223 Cape Robin-Chat 720 ll ll l lllll ll ll 224 White-Starred Robin 2 l 225 Cape Grassbird 72 ll lll l ll 226 Long-Billed Crombec 8 ll ll 227 Yellow-Bellied Eremomela 9 l lll 228 Chestnut-Vented Tit-Babbler 16 ll llll 229 Layard's Tit-Babbler 3 ll 230 Little Rush Warbler 12 llll l 231 Lesser Swamp Warbler 12 ll lll 232 African Reed Warbler 72 lll ll llll 233 Zitting Cisticola 9 l lll 234 Neddicky 12 lll ll 235 Levaillant's Cisticola 3584 ll llll ll ll ll ll llll 236 Grey-Backed Cisticola 48 ll l ll ll 237 Black-Chested Prinia 72 ll llll lll 238 Karoo Prinia 3584 ll llll ll llll ll ll ll 239 Rufous-Eared Prinia 108 lll ll l lll 240 Green-Backed Camaroptera 2 l

13 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 241 Cinnamon-Breasted Warbler 2 l 242 Bar-Throated Apalis 36 l ll l ll 243 Fiscal Flycatcher 20 l l lll 244 Chat Flycatcher 54 lll lll ll 245 Marico Flycatcher 5 lll 246 African Dusky Flycatcher 101 l l l lll ll 247 Blue-Mantled Crested Flycatcher 3 ll 248 African Paradise Flycatcher 36 lll ll ll 249 Fairy Flycatcher 3 ll 250 Cape Batis 192 l ll llll llll 251 Pririt Batis 36 ll ll lll 252 Cape White-Eye lll lll l ll lllll lllll llll 253 Orange River White-Eye 3 ll 254 Cape Wagtail 1701 lll lll ll l l ll lll 255 Cape Longclaw 5 l l 256 African Pipit 160 ll ll ll ll ll 257 Common Fiscal ll llll ll ll l ll ll lll ll llll l 258 Brubru 3 ll 259 Black-Backed Puffback 2 l 260 Southern Boubou 2 l 261 Crimson-Breasted Shrike 5 lll 262 Brown-Crowned Tchagra 2 l 263 Bokmakierie 3456 ll llll ll ll l ll l lll 264 Cape Glossy Starling 24 lll llll 265 Pied Starling 144 llll lll llll 266 Red-Winged Starling 360 lllll lll lll ll 267 Pale-Winged Starling 16 llll ll 268 Common Starling 9720 lll llll lll lll lllll lll 269 Wattled Starling 3 ll 270 Cape Sugarbird 12 lll ll

14 Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L 271 Malachite Sunbird 54 l lll ll l 272 Orange-Breasted Sunbird 16 ll llll 273 Amethyst Sunbird 3 ll 274 Greater Double-Collared Sunbird 16 llll ll 275 Southern Double-Collared Sunbird 2016 ll lll ll ll lll ll ll 276 Dusky Sunbird 144 llll l ll lll 277 Cape Sparrow ll lllll lll llll llll llllll lllll llll ll lllll ll 278 House Sparrow 96 ll ll lll ll 279 Southern Grey-Headed Sparrow 24 ll ll ll 280 White-Browed Sparrow-Weaver 36 llllll lll 281 Sociable Weaver 98 lllllll lllllll 282 Cape Weaver llll lllllll ll llll lllll lllll 283 Southern Masked Weaver l lll ll l lll lll llll lll lll 284 Red-Billed Quelea 6 llll 285 Southern Red Bishop lll llllll ll llllllll ll lllllll 286 Yellow Bishop 504 l ll l ll ll ll ll 287 Pin-Tailed Whydah 9 l lll 288 Scaly-Feathered Finch 56 llll lllllll 289 Common Waxbill 540 lll ll lll ll lll 290 Black-Faced Waxbill 3 ll 291 Green-Winged Pytilia 2 l 292 Swee Waxbill 5 lll 293 White-Throated Canary 720 ll llll l lll llll 294 Yellow Canary ll lll llll lll llll l ll llll 295 Cape Canary 720 ll lll ll llll lll 296 Black-Headed Canary 5 lll 297 Damara Canary 2 l 298 Cape Siskin 5 lll 299 Lark-Like Bunting 338 ll lll l lllll l 300 Cape Bunting 1276 lll ll lll l lll l l

15 Sea rocks at Camps Bay Cape Town

16 West Coast National Park

17 Koa Dunes, Aggeneys

18 Springbok Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

19 Karoo near Calvinia

20 Mountain vegetation at Gannaga Pass Tanqua Karoo National Park

21 Sunset at Kleinmont near Betty s Bay

22 Cape of Good Hope

23 Blue Crane, Swellendam

24 Ebb & Flow Campsite, Wilderness National Park

25 Sir. Lowry s Pass

Common Babbler, Arrow-marked. Common Barbet, Black-collared. Common Barbet, Crested. Common Batis, Chinspot

Common Babbler, Arrow-marked. Common Barbet, Black-collared. Common Barbet, Crested. Common Batis, Chinspot BIRD LIST The species list below is largely based on data submitted since 2007 for the Second Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP2) (see: http://sabap2.adu.org.za/). Birds which is on the reserve