Southern Africa bird list   

 

 
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Common Ostrich

Struthio camelus

274

Little Stint

Calidris minuta

586

Mountain Chat

Oenante monticola

6 Great Crested Grebe 284 Ruff 587 Capped Wheatear
7 Black-necked Grebe 286 African Snipe 589 Familiar Chat
8 Little Grebe (Dabchick) 287 Black-tailed Godwit 593 Mocking Chat
49 Great White Pelican 288 Bar-tailed Godwit 595 Southern Anteating Chat
55 White-breasted (Great) Cormorant 294 Pied Avocet 596 Common Stonechat
58 Long-tailed (Reed) Cormorant 295 Black-winged Stilt 601 Cape Robin-chat
60 African Darter 297 Spotted Dikkop (Thick-knee) 602 White-throated Robin-chat
62 Grey Heron 300 Temminck's Courser 613 White-browed Scrub-robin
63 Black-headed Heron 303 Bronze-winged Courser 615 Kalahari Scrub-robin
64 Goliath Heron 305 Black-winged Pratincole 619 Garden Warbler
65 Purple Heron 315 Grey-headed Gull 620 Greater Whitethroat
66 Great Egret 322 Caspian Tern 621 Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler
67 Little Egret 338 Whiskered Tern 625 Icterine Warbler
68 Yellow-billed (Intermediate) Egret 339 White-winged Tern 626 Olive-tree Warbler
69 Black Egret 346 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse 628 Great Reed Warbler
71 Cattle Egret 347 Double-banded Sandgrouse 631 African Marsh (Reed) Warbler
72 Squacco Heron 348 Feral (Rock) Pigeon 633 European Marsh Warbler
74 Green-backed Heron 349 Speckled Pigeon 634 European Sedge Warbler
75 Rufous-bellied Heron 350 Rameron (Olive) Pigeon 635 Cape Reed (Lesser Swamp) Warbler
76 Black-crowned Night Heron 352 Red-eyed Dove 637 African Yellow Warbler
77 White-backed Night Heron 354 Cape Turtle Dove 638 African Sedge (Little Rush) Warbler
78 Little Bittern 355 Laughing (Palm) Dove 643 Willow Warbler
79 Dwarf Bittern 356 Namaqua Dove 645 Bar-throated Apalis
80 Great Bittern 358 Emerald-spotted Dove 651 Long-billed Crombec
81 Hamerkop 361 African Green Pigeon 653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela
83 White Stork 364 Meyer's Parrot 655 Green-capped Eremomela
84 Black Stork 373 Grey Lourie (Go-away Bird) 656 Burnt-necked Eremomela
85 Abdim's Stork 374 Common (European) Cuckoo 657 Gray-backed Camaroptera
89 Marabou Stork 375 African Cuckoo 658 Barred Wren Warbler
90 Yellow-billed Stork 377 Red-chested Cuckoo 661 Grassbird
91 Sacred Ibis 378 Black Cuckoo 664 Fan-tailed (Zitting) Cisticola
92 Southern Bald Ibis 380 Great Spotted Cuckoo 665 Desert Cisticola
93 Glossy Ibis 381 Levaillant's (Striped) Cuckoo 666 Cloud Cisticola
94 Hadeda Ibis 382 Jacobin Cuckoo 667 Ayres' (Wing-snapping) Cisticola
95 African Spoonbill 385 Klaas's Cuckoo 670 Wailing Cisticola
96 Greater Flamingo 386 Diederik Cuckoo 671 Tinkling (Grey) Cisticola
97 Lesser Flamingo 391 Burchell's Coucal 672 Rattling Cisticola
99 White-faced Duck 392 Barn Owl 674 Red-faced Cisticola
100 Fulvous Duck 393 African Grass Owl 677 Levaillant's (Tinkling) Cisticola
101 White-backed Duck 395 Marsh Owl 679 Lazy Cisticola
102 Egyptian Goose 396 African Scops Owl 681 Neddicky (Piping Cisticola)
103 South African Shelduck 397 White-faced Owl 683 Tawny-flanked Prinia
104 Yellow-billed Duck 398 Pearl-spotted Owl 685 Black-chested Prinia
105 African Black Duck 400 Cape Eagle Owl 689 Spotted Flycatcher
106 Cape Teal 401 Spotted Eagle Owl 693 Fan-tailed Flycatcher
107 Hottentot Teal 402 Giant Eagle Owl 694 Southern Black Flycatcher
108 Red-billed Teal 404 European Nightjar 695 Marico Flycatcher
112 Cape Shoveller 405 Fiery-necked Nightjar 696 Pale (Pallid) Flycatcher
113 Southern Pochard 406 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 698 Fiscal Flycatcher
114 African Pygmy Goose 408 Freckled Nightjar 701 Chinspot Batis
115 Knob-billed Duck 411 European (Common) Swift 706 Fairy Flycatcher
116 Spur-winged Goose 412 African Black Swift 710 African Paradise Flycatcher
117 Maccoa Duck 415 White-rumped Swift 711 African Pied Wagtail
118 Secretarybird 416 Horus Swift 713 Cape Wagtail
122 Cape Vulture 417 Little Swift 714 Yellow Wagtail
123 African White-backed Vulture 418 Alpine Swift 716 African Pipit (Grassveld Pipit)
126 Black Kite 421 African Palm Swift 717 Long-billed Pipit
940 Yellow-billed Kite 424 Speckled Mousebird 718 Plain-backed Pipit
127 Black-shouldered Kite 425 White-backed Mousebird 719 Buffy Pipit
128 African Baza (Cuckoo Hawk) 426 Red-faced Mousebird 720 Striped Pipit
129 Bat Hawk 428 Pied Kingfisher 723 Bushveld Pipit
130 European Honey Buzzard 429 Giant Kingfisher 727 Cape (Orange-throated) Longclaw
131 Verreaux's (Black) Eagle 430 Half-collared Kingfisher 731 Lesser Grey Shrike
132 Tawny Eagle 431 Malachite Kingfisher 732 Common Fiscal
133 Steppe Eagle 432 African Pygmy Kingfisher 733 Red-backed Shrike
134 Lesser Spotted Eagle 433 Woodland Kingfisher 735 Magpie (Long-tailed) Shrike
135 Wahlberg's Eagle 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher 736 Southern Boubou
136 Booted Eagle 436 Grey-headed Kingfisher 739 Crimson-breasted Shrike
137 African Hawk Eagle 437 Striped Kingfisher 740 Black-backed Puffback
139 Long-crested Eagle 438 European Bee-eater 741 Brubru
140 Martial Eagle 440 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 743 Brown-crowned Tchagra
142 Brown Snake Eagle 441 Southern Carmine Bee-eater 744 Black-crowned Tchagra
143 Black-breasted Snake Eagle 443 White-fronted Bee-eater 746 Bokmakierie
148 African Fish Eagle 444 Little Bee-eater 748 Orange-breasted Bush Shrike
149 Common (Steppe) Buzzard 445 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater 751 Grey-headed Bush Shrike
152 Jackal Buzzard 446 European Roller 753 White Helmet-shrike
154 Lizard Buzzard 447 Lilac-breasted Roller 756 Southern White-crowned Shrike
156 Ovampo Sparrowhawk 449 Purple (Rufous-crowned) Roller 758 Indian (Common) Myna
157 Little Sparrowhawk 451 African Hoopoe 759 African Pied Starling
158 Black Sparrowhawk 452 Red-billed (Green) Wood-hoopoe 760 Wattled Starling
159 Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) 454 Common Scimitarbill 761 Violet-backed Starling
161 Gabar Goshawk 457 African Grey Hornbill 762 Burchell's Starling
162 Pale Chanting Goshawk 458 Red-billed Hornbill 764 Cape Glossy Starling
164 Western Marsh Harrier 459 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 769 Red-winged Starling
165 African Marsh Harrier 464 Black-collared Barbet 772 Red-billed Oxpecker
166 Montagu's Harrier 465 Pied Barbet 779 Marico Sunbird
167 Pallid Harrier 470 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 785 Greater Double-collared Sunbird
168 Black Harrier 473 Crested Barbet 787 White-bellied Sunbird
169 Gymnogene (African Harrier Hawk) 474 Greater Honeyguide 792 Amethyst (Black) Sunbird
170 Osprey 476 Lesser Honeyguide 796 Cape White-eye
171 Peregrine Falcon 478 Sharp-billed Honeyguide 798 Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
172 Lanner Falcon 481 Bennett's Woodpecker 799 White-browed Sparrow-weaver
173 Eurasian Hobby 483 Golden-tailed Woodpecker 801 House Sparrow
179 Red-footed Falcon 486 Cardinal Woodpecker 802 Great (Rufous) Sparrow
180 Amur (Eastern Red-footed) Falcon 487 Bearded Woodpecker 803 Cape Sparrow
181 Rock Kestrel 489 Red-throated Wryneck 804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
182 Greater Kestrel 492 Melodious Lark 805 Yellow-throated Petronia
183 Lesser Kestrel 493 Monotonous Lark 806 Scaly-feathered Finch
188 Coqui Francolin 494 Rufous-naped Lark 807 Thick-billed Weaver
189 Crested Francolin 495 Clapper Lark 811 Village (Spotted-backed) Weaver
191 Shelley's Francolin 496 Flappet Lark 813 Cape Weaver
196 Natal Francolin 497 Fawn-coloured Lark 814 Southern Masked Weaver
199 Swainson's Francolin 498 Sabota Lark 815 Lesser Masked Weaver
200 Common Quail 500 Cape Long-billed Lark 819 Red-headed Weaver
201 Harlequin Quail 505 Dusky Lark 820 Cuckoo Finch (Parasitic Weaver)
203 Helmeted Guineafowl 506 Spike-heeled Lark 821 Red-billed Quelea
205 Kurrichane (Small) Buttonquail 507 Red-capped Lark 824 Red Bishop
208 Blue Crane 508 Pink-billed Lark 826 Golden (Yellow-crowned) Bishop
210 African Rail 515 Chestnut-backed Finch-lark 827 Yellow-rumped Widow
211 Corncrake 518 Barn (European) Swallow 828 Red-shouldered Widow
212 African Crake 520 White-throated Swallow 829 White-winged Widow
213 Black Crake 523 Pearl-breasted Swallow 831 Red-collared Widow
214 Spotted Crake 524 Red-breasted Swallow 832 Long-tailed Widow
216 Striped Crake 526 Greater Striped Swallow 834 Melba Finch
217 Red-chested Flufftail 527 Lesser Striped Swallow 840 Blue-billed Firefinch
218 Buff-spotted Flufftail 528 South African Cliff Swallow 841 Jameson's Firefinch
223 Purple Gallinule 529 Rock Martin 842 Red-billed Firefinch
224 Lesser (Allen's) Gallinule 530 Common House Martin 844 Blue Waxbill
226 Common Moorhen 532 Sand Martin 845 Violet-eared Waxbill
227 Lesser Moorhen 533 Brown-throated (Plain) Martin 846 Common Waxbill
228 Red-knobbed Coot 534 Banded Martin 847 Black-cheeked Waxbill
229 African Finfoot 538 Black Cuckoo-shrike 852 African Quailfinch
233 Southern White-bellied Korhaan 541 Fork-tailed Drongo 854 Zebra (Orange-breasted) Waxbill
234 Blue Korhaan 543 Eurasian Golden Oriole 855 Cut-throat Finch
237 Red-crested Korhaan 545 Eastern Black-headed Oriole 856 Red-headed Finch
239 Southern Black Korhaan 547 Black (Cape) Crow 857 Bronze Mannikin
240 African Jacana 548 Pied Crow 860 Pin-tailed Whydah
241 Lesser Jacana 552 Ashy Tit 861 Shaft-tailed Whydah
242 Greater Painted Snipe 554 Southern Black Tit 862 Eastern Paradise Whydah
245 Common Ringed Plover 557 Cape Penduline Tit 864 Black (Variable) Widow-finch
248 Kittlitz's Plover 558 Grey Penduline Tit 865 Purple (Dusky) Widow-finch
249 Three-banded Plover 560 Arrow-marked Babbler 867 Steel-blue (Village) Widow-finch
255 Crowned Plover 563 Southern Pied Babbler 869 Yellow-fronted Canary
258 Blacksmith Plover 567 African Red-eyed Bulbul 870 Black-throated Canary
260 Wattled Plover 568 Black-eyed (Common) Bulbul 881 Streaky-headed Canary
264 Common Sandpiper 576 Kurrichane Thrush 884 Golden-breasted Bunting
265 Green Sandpiper 577 Olive Thrush 885 Cape Bunting
266 Wood Sandpiper 580 Groundscraper Thrush 886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
269 Marsh Sandpiper 581 Cape Rock Thrush    
270 Common Greenshank 582 Sentinel Rock Thrush    
272 Curlew Sandpiper 583 Short-toed Rock Thrush    

 
 

 

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