Birding trip South
Africa nov. 2006 trip report by John van der Woude - http://johnbirding.wolweb.nl |
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Species
list
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cap = Cape peninsula
and surroundings ovb = Overberg tsi = Tsitsikamma swp = Swartberg pass kar = Karoo klh = Kalahari |
cap: a few only (usually 1
or 2) CAP: several |
Commoner species not always noted | |
cap ovb tsi swp kar klh Ostrich KAR KLH African Penguin CAP Little Grebe CAP Great Crested Grebe CAP Eared Grebe CAP Black-browed Albatross CAP Shy Albatross CAP IndianYellow-nosed Albatross cap Southern Giant-Petrel cap Northern Giant-Petrel cap Pintado Petrel CAP White-chinned Petrel CAP Sooty Shearwater CAP Wilson's Storm-Petrel CAP European Storm-Petrel CAP Great White Pelican cap OVB Cape Gannet CAP Great Cormorant CAP tsi swp Cape Cormorant CAP Bank Cormorant cap Long-tailed Cormorant CAP ovb swp Crowned Cormorant cap Gray Heron cap Black-headed Heron cap ovb KAR klh Purple Heron cap ovb Little Egret cap tsi Cattle Egret cap OVB Black-crowned Night-Heron cap ovb Hamerkop Worcester White Stork cap Sacred Ibis CAP OVB KAR Hadada Ibis CAP OVB TSI Glossy Ibis cap Greater Flamingo CAP Egyptian Goose CAP OVB South African Shelduck KAR Spur-winged Goose KAR African Black Duck tsi Cape Teal CAP OVB Yellow-billed Duck CAP ovb TSI KAR Red-billed Duck cap ovb Cape Shoveler cap ovb Southern Pochard cap Maccoa Duck CAP Black-shouldered Kite cap ovb KLH Black Kite ovb African Fish-Eagle cap White-backed Vulture KLH Cape Griffon ovb Lappet-faced Vulture KLH Black-breasted Snake-Eagle klh Brown Snake-Eagle klh Bateleur KLH African Marsh-Harrier cap Black Harrier ovb kar Pale Chanting-Goshawk KLH Gabar Goshawk klh Steppe Buzzard ovb Jackal Buzzard cap ovb swp kar Tawny Eagle KLH Verreaux's Eagle ovb Booted Eagle kar klh Secretary-bird ovb KLH Pygmy Falcon klh Rock Kestrel swp kar Greater Kestrel KLH Red-necked Falcon klh Lanner Falcon kar KLH Peregrine Falcon cap ovb Cape Francolin CAP ovb Common Quail ovb Helmeted Guineafowl CAP ovb Blue Crane OVB Purple Swamphen cap Common Moorhen CAP TSI Kori Bustard KLH Ludwig's Bustard kar Denham's Bustard ovb Northern Black Korhaan kar KLH African Oystercatcher cap TSI Black-winged Stilt CAP Pied Avocet CAP Water Thick-knee ovb Spotted Thick-knee klh Double-banded Courser klh Blacksmith Plover cap ovb kar Crowned Lapwing ovb KLH Kittlitz's Plover ovb Whimbrel tsi Common Greenshank one somewhere Subantarctic Skua cap Arctic Skua cap Cape Gull CAP TSI Hartlaub's Gull CAP Sabine's Gull cap Sandwich Tern CAP Great Crested Tern CAP TSI Common Tern CAP Arctic Tern cap Namaqua Sandgrouse KAR KLH Burchell's Sandgrouse KLH Speckled Pigeon cap ovb kar Lemon Dove TSI Red-eyed Dove cap Ring-necked Dove OVB TSI KAR KLH Laughing Dove OVB TSI Tambourine Dove tsi Namaqua Dove KLH Knysna Turaco TSI Red-chested Cuckoo tsi Dideric Cuckoo ovb Burchell's Coucal ovb Southern White-faced Owl klh Cape Eagle-Owl kar Spotted Eagle-Owl cap KLH African Wood-Owl tsi Pearl-spotted Owlet klh Rufous-cheeked Nightjar klh Common Swift KLH African Swift CAP ovb tsi Little Swift CAP OVB KAR White-rumped Swift CAP kar Speckled Mousebird OVB White-backed Mousebird KAR Red-faced Mousebird kar Narina Trogon ovb Half-collared Kingfisher ovb Swallow-tailed Bee-eater KLH European Bee-eater kar Lilac-breasted Roller klh African Hoopoe ovb KLH Green Woodhoopoe tsi Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill klh Pied Barbet kar Scaly-throated Honeyguide tsi Golden-tailed Woodpecker klh * Knysna Woodpecker ovb Cardinal Woodpecker ovb Olive Woodpecker tsi Agulhas Clapper Lark ovb Cape Clapper Lark cap Eastern Clapper Lark KLH Fawn-colored Lark KLH Karoo Lark kar * Red Lark kar Sabota Lark kar * Algulhas Long-billed Lark ovb Karoo Long-billed Lark kar Spike-heeled Lark KAR KLH Black-eared Sparrow-Lark KAR Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark ovb KAR KLH Red-capped Lark OVB KAR Large-billed Lark OVB KAR South African Cliff-Swallow KAR Rock Martin cap ovb KAR Barn Swallow ovb KLH White-throated Swallow CAP ovb Pearl-breasted Swallow ovb swp Greater Striped-Swallow cap OVB tsi KAR Black Sawwing TSI African Pied Wagtail ovb Cape Wagtail cap ovb tsi Orange-throated Longclaw ovb African Pipit ovb Gray Cuckoo-shrike tsi * Cape Bulbul cap ovb Sombre Greenbul cap ovb TSI Terrestrial Brownbul tsi Cape Rock-Thrush swp Sentinel Rock-Thrush swp Olive Thrush cap OVB TSI Lazy Cisticola TSI Grey-backed Cisticola CAP OVB Levaillant's Cisticola CAP Zitting Cisticola ovb Black-chested Prinia KLH Karoo Prinia CAP OVB TSI Namaqua Prinia kar Rufous-eared Warbler KLH Bar-throated Apalis ovb TSI Green-backed Camaroptera TSI Cinnamon-breasted Warbler kar Little Rush-Warbler cap * Knysna Scrub-Warbler tsi(h) * Victorin's Scrub-Warbler tsi SWP Cape Grassbird CAP Lesser Swamp-Warbler cap Yellow-bellied Eremomela klh Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler tsi Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler kar klh Chat Flycatcher KLH Marico Flycatcher KLH Fiscal Flycatcher OVB African Dusky Flycatcher cap tsi Fairy Flycatcher swp Cape Robin-Chat cap OVB Chorister Robin-Chat TSI Kalahari Scrub-Robin KLH Karoo Scrub-Robin ovb African Stonechat ovb Mountain Wheatear ovb swp KAR Capped Wheatear OVB klh Karoo Chat KAR Tractrac Chat KAR klh Familiar Chat klh Southern Anteater-Chat KLH Cape Batis cap tsi Pririt Batis klh African Crested-Flycatcher tsi African Paradise-Flycatcher TSI * Cape Rockjumper swp Ashy Tit klh Gray Tit kar Cape Penduline-Tit klh Collared Sunbird tsi! * Orange-breasted Sunbird cap ovb Amethyst Sunbird ovb Malachite Sunbird cap OVB swp Southern Double-collared Sunb CAP tsi Greater Double-collared Sunbird tsi Dusky Sunbird KLH Orange-river White-eye klh Cape White-eye CAP ovb TSI * Cape Sugarbird CAP ovb African Black-headed Oriole TSI Fiscal Shrike OVB tsi klh Brubru klh Black-backed Puffback tsi Southern Tchagra ovb Southern Boubou ovb tsi Crimson-breasted Gonolek klh Bokmakierie cap ovb KAR klh Olive Bushshrike tsi Fork-tailed Drongo ovb TSI KAR KLH Cape Crow ovb KLH Pied Crow cap ovb KLH White-necked Raven cap ovb tsi European Starling OVB Cape Glossy-Starling klh African Pied Starling OVB Red-winged Starling cap OVB Pale-winged Starling KLH House Sparrow ovb Cape Sparrow OVB tsi KAR KLH Southern Gray-headed Sparrow KLH White-browed Sparrow-Weaver KLH Social Weaver KLH Cape Weaver ovb tsi Southern Masked-Weaver cap Red Bishop OVB Yellow Bishop ovb Violet-eared Waxbill klh Swee Waxbill cap Pin-tailed Whydah cap ovb Chaffinch cap Cape Canary CAP OVB Yellow Canary OVB KAR KLH * Protea Canary swp * Cape Siskin cap Lark-like Bunting KAR Cape Bunting cap ovb |
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