Southern Cape Bird List excluding Pelagic Birds Uniondale Rob SAOS # # Common Name 1 1 Ostrich 1 2 3 African (Jackass) Penguin 3 6 Great Crested Grebe 5 7 Black-necked Grebe 6 8 Little Grebe (Dabchick) 1 44 53 Cape Gannet 47 55 White-breasted Cormorant 1 48 56 Cape Cormorant 49 57 Bank Cormorant 0 58 Reed Cormorant 1 52 60 African Darter 54 62 Grey Heron 1 55 63 Black-headed Heron 1 56 64 Goliath Heron 57 65 Purple Heron 1 58 66 Great (White) Egret 59 67 Little Egret 60 68 Yellow-billed Egret 61 71 Cattle Egret 62 72 (Common) Squacco Heron 63 74 Green-backed Heron 69 76 Black-crowned Night-Heron 70 77 White-backed Night-Heron 67 78 Little Bittern 72 81 Hamerkop 1 80 83 White Stork 79 84 Black Stork 76 90 Yellow-billed Stork 81 91 African Sacred Ibis 1 83 93 Glossy Ibis 84 94 Hadeda Ibis 1 85 95 African Spoonbill 1 86 96 Greater Flamingo 87 97 Lesser Flamingo 100 99 White-faced Duck 101 100 Fulvous Duck 104 101 White-backed Duck 89 102 Egyptian Goose 1 90 103 South African Shelduck 1 96 104 Yellow-billed Duck 1 95 105 African Black Duck 1 126 923 Mallard 1 98 106 Cape Teal 99 107 Hottentot Teal 97 108 Red-billed Teal 1 94 112 Cape Shoveller 1 102 113 Southern Pochard 1 91 115 Comb (Knob-billed) Duck 88 116 Spur-winged Goose 1 103 117 Maccoa Duck 105 118 Secretarybird 106 122 Cape Vulture
128 126 Black Kite 129 951 Yellow-billed Kite 130 127 Black-shouldered Kite 1 133 131 Verreaux's Eagle 139 136 Booted Eagle 138 139 Long-crested Eagle 142 140 Martial Eagle 143 141 African Crowned Eagle 149 148 African Fish Eagle 154 149 Steppe Buzzard 1 155 150 Forest Buzzard 1 152 152 Jackal Buzzard 1 156 155 Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk 158 157 Little Sparrowhawk 159 158 Black Sparrowhawk 160 160 African Goshawk 165 162 Sthn Pale Chanting Goshawk 1 167 165 African Marsh-Harrier 169 168 Black Harrier 171 169 African Harrier-Hawk 172 170 Osprey 113 171 Peregrine Falcon 1 114 172 Lanner Falcon 1 123 181 Rock Kestrel 1 122 182 Greater Kestrel 1 125 183 Lesser Kestrel 176 190 Grey-winged Francolin 178 192 Red-winged Francolin 181 195 Cape Francolin 1 188 198 Red-necked Spurfowl 189 200 Common Quail 1 192 203 Helmeted Guineafowl 1 195 206 Hottentot Buttonquail 216 208 Blue Crane 1 197 210 African Rail 198 211 Corn Crake 203 213 Black Crake 1 205 217 Red-chested Flufftail 206 218 Buff-spotted Flufftail 207 221 Striped Flufftail 208 223 Af. Purple Swamphen 210 226 Common Moorhen 212 228 Red-knobbed Coot 1 213 229 African Finfoot 217 230 Kori Bustard 219 231 Denham's (Stanley's) Bustard 1 218 232 Ludwig's Bustard 220 235 Karoo Korhaan 225 239 Southern Black Korhaan 1 228 240 African Jacana 230 242 Greater Painted-Snipe 231 244 African Black Oystercatcher 233 245 Common Ringed Plover 235 246 White-fronted Plover
236 247 Chestnut-banded Plover 237 248 Kittlitz's Plover 238 249 Three-banded Plover 1 241 254 Grey Plover 242 255 Crowned Lapwing (Plover) 1 243 257 Black-winged Lapwing (Pl.r) 1 245 258 Blacksmith Lapwing (Plover) 1 232 262 Ruddy Turnstone 257 263 Terek Sandpiper 258 264 Common Sandpiper 264 266 Wood Sandpiper 262 269 Marsh Sandpiper 263 270 Common Greenshank 1 251 272 Curlew Sandpiper 253 274 Little Stint 256 284 Ruff 250 286 African (Ethiopian) Snipe 267 289 Eurasian Curlew 268 290 Common Whimbrel 269 294 Pied Avocet 270 295 Black-winged Stilt 275 297 Spotted Thick-knee (Dikkop) 274 298 Water Thick-knee (Dikkop) 276 299 Burchell's Courser 287 312 Cape (Kelp) Gull 288 315 Grey-headed Gull 290 322 Caspian Tern 298 324 Swift Tern 296 326 Sandwich Tern 291 327 Common Tern 305 338 Whiskered Tern 304 339 White-winged Tern 307 344 Namaqua Sandgrouse 310 348 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) 311 349 Speckled (Rock) Pigeon 1 312 350 Afr. Olive-Pigeon (Rameron) 1 314 352 Red-eyed Dove 1 316 354 Cape Turtle-Dove 1 317 355 Laughing Dove 1 318 356 Namaqua Dove 1 319 359 Tambourine Dove 1 322 360 Lemon (Cinnamon) Dove 336 370 Knysna Turaco (lourie) 1 340 374 European Cuckoo 343 377 Red-chested Cuckoo 1 344 378 Black Cuckoo 1 348 382 Jacobin Cuckoo 350 384 African Emerald Cuckoo 351 385 Klaas's Cuckoo 1 352 386 Diderick (Diederik) Cuckoo 1 356 391 Burchell's Coucal 359 392 Barn Owl 360 393 African Grass-Owl 362 394 African Wood Owl 361 395 Marsh Owl
367 400 Cape Eagle-Owl 368 401 Spotted Eagle-Owl 1 369 402 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl 371 404 European Nightjar 373 405 Fiery-necked Nightjar 1 371 406 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 378 411 Common (European) Swift 380 412 African Black Swift 1 383 415 White-rumped Swift 1 384 416 Horus Swift 1 385 417 Little Swift 1 386 418 Alpine Swift 1 387 421 African Palm Swift 390 424 Speckled Mousebird 1 391 425 White-backed Mousebird 1 392 426 Red-faced Mousebird 1 393 427 Narina Trogon 394 428 Pied Kingfisher 395 429 Giant Kingfisher 396 430 Half-collared Kingfisher 397 431 Malachite Kingfisher 1 402 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher 1 404 438 European Bee-eater 412 446 European Roller 418 451 African Hoopoe 1 419 452 Green (Red-bl) Wood- Hoopoe 427 460 Crowned Hornbill 430 463 Southern Ground Hornbill 431 464 Black-collared Barbet 432 465 Acacia Pied Barbet 1 440 474 Greater Honeyguide 441 475 Scaly-throated Honeyguide 1 442 476 Lesser Honeyguide 443 478 Brown-backed Honeybird 445 480 Ground Woodpecker 1 448 484 Knysna Woodpecker 450 486 Cardinal Woodpecker 452 488 Olive Woodpecker 466 495 Cape Clapper Lark 1 475 971 Karoo Long-billed Lark 475 973 Agulhas Long-billed Lark 461 502 Karoo Lark 474 506 Spike-heeled Lark 488 507 Red-capped Lark 463 512 Large-billed (Thickbilled) Lark 1 485 516 Grey-backed Sparrowlark 493 518 Barn (European) Swallow 1 495 520 White-throated Swallow 1 498 523 Pearl-breasted Swallow 502 526 Greater Striped Swallow 1 506 529 Rock Martin 1 507 530 Common House Martin 509 533 Brown-throated Martin 1 510 534 Banded Martin 511 536 Black Saw-wing (Swallow) 1
513 538 Black Cuckooshrike 1 516 540 Grey Cuckooshrike 517 541 Fork-tailed Drongo 1 521 545 Black-headed Oriole 1 523 547 Cape (Black) Crow 1 522 548 Pied Crow 1 524 550 White-necked Raven 1 525 551 (Southern) Grey Tit 531 557 Cape Penduline-Tit 543 566 Cape Bulbul 1 544 567 African Red-eyed Bulbul 546 569 Terrestrial Brownbul (Bulbul) 1 551 572 Sombre Greenbul (Bulbul) 1 553 577 Olive Thrush 1 980 Karoo Thrush 1 559 581 Cape Rock-Thrush 1 560 582 Sentinel Rock-Thrush 564 586 Mountain Wheatear (Chat) 568 587 Capped Wheatear 570 589 Familiar Chat 1 572 591 Sicklewinged Chat 1 566 592 Karoo Chat 1 573 593 Mocking Cliff-Chat 575 595 (Southern) Ant-eating Chat 1 576 596 African (Common) Stonechat 1 578 598 Chorister Robin-Chat 1 581 601 Cape Robin-Chat 1 589 606 White-starred Robin 540 611 Cape Rock-jumper 588 613 White-browed Scrub-Robin 614 614 Karoo Scrub-Robin 1 658 621 Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler 1 659 622 Layard's Tit-Babbler 606 631 African (Marsh) Reed- Warbler 604 635 Lesser Swamp-Warbler 1 609 638 Little Rush-Warbler (Afr. Sdge) 1 611 640 Knysna Warbler 612 641 Victorin's Warbler 1 599 643 Willow Warbler 671 644 Yellow-thr. Woodland- Warbler 622 645 Bar-throated Apalis 1 621 651 Long-billed Crombec 1 600 653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela 626 654 Karoo Eremomela 627 657 Green-backed Cameroptera 613 660 Cinnamon-breasted Warbler 618 661 Cape Grassbird 1 629 664 Zitting (Fantailed) Cisticola 631 666 Cloud Cisticola 638 669 Grey-backed Cisticola 1 646 677 Levaillant's Cisticola 1 637 681 Neddicky 1 651 686 Karoo (Spotted) Prinia 1
653 687 Namaqua Warbler 619 688 Rufous-eared Warbler 1 654 689 Spotted Flycatcher 655 690 African Dusky Flycatcher 1 663 697 Chat Flycatcher 665 698 Fiscal Flycatcher 1 672 700 Cape Batis 1 674 703 Pririt Batis 1 678 706 Fairy Flycatcher 680 708 Blue-mntl. Crested Flycatcher 682 710 African Paradise-Flycatcher 1 685 711 African Pied Wagtail 686 713 Cape Wagtail 1 689 714 Yellow Wagtail 692 716 African (Grassveld) Pipit 1 693 717 Long-billed Pipit 694 718 Plain-backed Pipit 697 721 Yellow-tufted (Rock) Pipit 703 727 Cape (Orangethr.) Longclaw 1 707 732 Common Fiscal 1 708 733 Red-backed Shrike 709 736 Southern Boubou 1 712 740 Black-backed Puffback 713 742 Southern Tchagra 1 722 746 Bokmakierie 1 717 750 Olive Bush-Shrike 1 733 757 Common (European) Starling 1 746 759 (African) Pied Starling 1 735 760 Wattled Starling 737 764 Cape Glossy Starling 740 768 Black-bellied Starling 745 769 Red-winged Starling 1 744 770 Pale-winged Starling 749 773 Cape Sugarbird 1 751 775 Malachite Sunbird 1 753 777 Orange-breasted Sunbird 1 760 783 Sthn. Double-collared Sunbird 758 785 Greater Dble-collared Sunbird 1 764 788 Dusky Sunbird 765 789 Grey Sunbird 772 792 Amethyst (Black) Sunbird 1 771 793 Collared Sunbird 775 796 Cape White-eye 1 776 986 Orange River White-eye 784 801 House Sparrow 1 786 803 Cape Sparrow 1 787 804 Sthn. Grey-headed Sparrow 1 788 805 Yellow-throated Petronia 799 813 Cape Weaver 1 803 814 Southern Masked-Weaver 1 805 821 Red-billed Quelea 808 824 Southern Red Bishop 1 810 827 1
833 840 African (Bluebilled) Firefinch 843 846 Common Waxbill 1 825 850 Swee Waxbill 1 844 852 African Quailfinch 846 860 Pin-tailed Whydah 1 860 870 Black-throated Canary 857 872 Cape Canary 1 858 873 Forest Canary 855 874 Cape Siskin 1 861 876 Black-headed Canary 1 863 877 Brimstone (Bully) Canary 1 866 878 Yellow Canary 865 879 White-throated Canary 1 869 880 Protea Seed-eater (Canary) 867 881 Streaky-headed Seed-eater 1 884 874 Golden-breasted Bunting 953 873 Cape Bunting 1 954 872 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 955 871 Lark-like Bunting 1 271 291 Red (Grey) Phalarope 1 6 to 346 341 species 150