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