Bird checklist FAMILY COMMON NAME CHECK BOX Babblers Arrowmarked Babbler Titbabbler Barbets Blackcollared Barbet Pied Barbet Crested Barbet Bee-eaters European Bee-eater Carmine Bee-eater Whitefronted Bee-eater Little Bee-eater Bishops Red Bishop Bulbuls Blackeyed Bulbul Terrestrial Bulbul Sombre Bulbul Buntings Goldenbreasted Bunting Rock Bunting Bustards Kori Bustard Buttonquails Kurichane Buttonquail Buzzards Steppe Buzzard Lizard Buzzard Canaries Yelloweyed Canary Chats Mocking Chats Stonechat 1
Cisticolas Cormorants Coursers Crakes Crows Cuckoos and Coucals Cuckooshrikes Darter Dikkops Doves and Pigeons Fantailed Cisticola Redfaced Cisticola Rattling Cisticola Desert Cisticola Neddicky Croaking Cisticola Reed Cormorant Whitebreasted Cormorant Temminck's Courser Bronzewinged Courser African Crake Black Crake Pied Crow African Cuckoo Lesser Cuckoo Redchested Cuckoo Black Cuckoo Greatspotted Cuckoo Striped Cuckoo Thickbilled Cuckoo Jacobin Cuckoo Klaa s Cuckoo Diederik Cuckoo Burchell s Coucal Black Cuckooshrike Whitebreasted Cuckooshrike Darter Spotted Dikkop Water Dikkop Redeyed Dove Cape Turtle Dove Laughing Dove Namaqua Dove 2
Doves and Pigeons continued Drongos Ducks and Geese Eagles and Snake Eagles Finches Widowfinches Greenspotted Dove Tambourine Dove Green Pigeon Forktailed Drongo Whitefaced Duck African Black Duck Redbilled Teal Southern Pochard Knobbilled Duck Egyptian Goose Spurwinged Goose Tawny Eagle Steppe Eagle Lesser Spotted Eagle Wahlberg s Eagle African Hawk Eagle Martial Eagle African Fish Eagle Brown Snake Eagle Blackbreasted Snake Eagle Crowned Eagle Bateleur Melba Finch Bluebilled Firefinch Redbilled Firefinch Jameson s Firefinch Orangebreasted Waxbill Blue Waxbill Common Waxbill Violeteared Waxbill Bronze Mannikin Black Widowfinch Steelblue Widowfinch 3
Finfoot Flycatchers Flycatchers Francolins Gallinules Grebes Guineafowls Gymnogene, Falcons, and Kestrels Hamerkop Hawks Herons and Egrets African Finfoot Spotted Flycatcher Fantailed Flycatcher Bluegrey Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Black Flycatcher Pallid Flycatcher Chinspot Batis Paradise Flycatcher Fiscal Flycatcher Coqui Francolin Crested Francolin Shelley s Francolin Natal Francolin Swainson s Francolin Purple Gallinule Dabchick Helmeted Guineafowl Gymnogene Hobby Falcon Lesser Kestral Eastern Redfooted Kestrel Hamerkop Cuckoo Hawk Bat Hawk Grey Heron Blackheaded Heron Goliath Heron Purple Heron Squacco Heron Greenbacked Heron Whitebacked Night Heron Dwarf Bittern 4
Herons and Egrets continued Honeyguides Hoopoes Hoopoes continued Hornbills Ibises Jacanas Kingfishers Kites Korhaans Larks Great White Egret Cattle Egret Little Egret Black Egret Greater Honeyguide Hoopoe Redbilled Woodhoopoe Scimitarbilled Woodhoopoe Trumpeter Hornbill Grey Hornbill Redbilled Hornbill Yellowbilled Hornbill Crowned Hornbill Ground Hornbill Hadeda Ibis African Jacana Pied Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher Halfcollared Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher Pygmy Kingfisher Woodland Kingfisher Brownhooded Kingfisher Greyhooded Kingfisher Striped Kingfisher Yellowbilled Kite Blackshouldered Kite Redcrested Korhaan Blackbellied Korhaan Monotonous Lark Redcapped lark Rufousnaped lark Flappet lark 5
Larks continued Louries Longclaws Moorhens Mousebirds Nightjars Orioles Ostrich Owls Oxpeckers Parrots Pipits Plovers Dusky lark Sabota Lark Chestnutbacked Finchlark Purplecrested Lourie Grey Lourie Yellowthroated Longclaw Lesser Moorhen Redfaced Mousebird Speckled Mousebird European Nightjar Fierynecked Nightjar Freckled Nightjar Mozambique Nightjar Pennantwinged Nightjar Blackheaded Oriole European Golden Oriole Ostrich Marsh Owl Wood Owl Barn Owl Scops Owl Whitefaced owl Pearlspotted Owl Barred Owl Spotted Eagle Owl Giant Eagle Owl Redbilled Oxpecker Yellowbilled Oxpecker Brownheaded Parrot Richard s Pipit Bushveld Pipit Threebanded Plover Crowned Plover 6
Plovers continued Prinias Quails Queleas Robins Rollers Sandgrouse Secretary Bird Shrikes Snipes Sparrowhawks and Goshawks Lesser Blackwinged Plover Blacksmith Plover Wattled Plover Tawnyflanked Prinia Harlequin Quail Redbilled Quelea Heuglin s Robin Natal Robin Whitethroated Robin Whitebrowed Robin Bearded Robin Cape Robin Lilacbreasted Roller Broadbilled Roller Purple Roller European Roller Doublebanded Sandgrouse Secretary Bird Redbacked Shrike Longtailed Shrike Southern Boubou Puffback Shrike Brubru Threestreaked Tchagra Blackcrowned Tchagra Gorgeous Bush Shrike Orangebreasted Bush Shrike Lesser Grey Shrike White Helmetshrike Redbilled Helmetshrike Whitecrowned Shrike Painted Snipe Little Sparrowhawk 7
Sparrowhawks and Goshawks continued Sparrows Spoonbills Starlings Storks Sunbirds Swallows and Martins Swifts Black Sparrowhawk Little Banded Goshawk African Goshawk Gabar Goshawk Dark Chanting Goshawk House Sparrow Greyheaded Sparrow Yellowthroated Sparrow African Spoonbill Wattled Starling Plumcoloured Starling Burchell s Starling Glossy Starling Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling Yellowbilled Stork White stork Black Stork Woollynecked Stork Saddlebilled Stork Marabou Stork Openbilled Stork Marico Sunbird Whitebellied Sunbird Scarletchested Sunbird Collared Sunbird Redbreasted Swallow Mosque swallow European Swallow Wiretailed Swallow Lesserstriped Swallow Whitethroated Swallow Black Swift Whiterumped Swift 8
Swifts continued Thrushes Tits Trogons Vultures Waders Wagtails Warblers Weavers Little Swift Alpine Swift Palm Swift Horus Swift Groundscaper Thrush Kurrichane Thrush Southern Black Tit Grey Penduline Tit Narina Trogon Hooded Vulture Cape Vulture Whitebacked Vulture Lappetfaced Vulture Whiteheaded Vulture Common Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Greenshank Green Sandpiper African Pied Wagtail Cape Wagtail European Marsh Warbler African Marsh Warbler Cape Reed Warbler African Sedge warbler Willow Warbler Yellowbreasted Apalis Longbilled Crombec Yellowbellied Eremomela Burntnecked Eremomela Bleating Warbler Stierling s Barred Warbler Redheaded weaver Red Billed Buffaloweaver 9
Weavers continued White-eyes Widows and Wydahs Woodpeckers Spottedbacked Weaver Masked Weaver Lesser Masked Weaver Spectacled Weaver Thickbilled Weaver Cape White-eye Whitewinged Widow Redcollared Widow Pintailed Wydah Paradise Wydah Bennett s Woodpecker Goldentailed Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker 10