Species list
of birding trip |
John van der Woude www.jvanderw.nl - see also report text |
NPr = North of Pretoria: Ditholo, Rust de Winter, Zaagkuildrift road, Nylsvlei, Polokwane NR, Magoebaskloof (Kurisa Moya). Kru = Kruger NP: mainly Punda Maria, Pafuri, Shingwedzi, Skukuza, Lower Sabie. Hil = Highlands: Malalotja NP (Swaziland), Wakkerstroom, Golden Gate NP, Memel. KZN - Kwazulu Natal: Mkuzi GR, Cape Vidal, Eshowe. * = lifer (= never seen before) Ostrich NPr Kru KZN Crested Francolin * NPr Kru KZN Red-winged Francolin * Hil Natal Francolin * NPr Kru Swainson's Spurfowl NPr Kru Hil KZN Common Quail Hil Helmeted Guineafowl NPr Kru Hil Crested Guineafowl KZN White-faced Whistling-Duck NPr White-backed Duck * NPr Egyptian Goose NPr Kru Spur-winged Goose NPr Kru Hil KZN African Black Duck * Kru Yellow-billed Duck NPr Hil Red-billed Duck * NPr Southern Pochard * NPr Scaly-throated Honeyguide * NPr KZN Golden-tailed Woodpecker Kru KZN Ground Woodpecker Hil Cardinal Woodpecker * NPr Kru KZN Bearded Woodpecker KZN Olive Woodpecker * NPr White-eared Barbet * KZN Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird * KZN Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Kru Red-fronted Tinkerbird * KZN Black-collared Barbet * NPr Kru Hil Crested Barbet * NPr Kru Red-billed Hornbill NPr Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill NPr Kru KZN Crowned Hornbill * KZN African Grey Hornbill NPr Kru Trumpeter Hornbill * Kru KZN Southern Ground-Hornbill Kru African Hoopoe NPr Kru KZN Green Woodhoopoe NPr Kru KZN Common Scimitar-bill Kru Narina Trogon * NPr Lilac-breasted Roller NPr Kru KZN Rufous-crowned Roller Kru Broad-billed Roller Kru Malachite Kingfisher Kru African Pygmy-Kingfisher KZN Brown-hooded Kingfisher NPr Kru KZN Giant Kingfisher Kru Pied Kingfisher NPr Kru White-fronted Bee-eater Kru Little Bee-eater KZN Blue-cheeked Bee-eater NPr European Bee-eater NPr Kru KZN Speckled Mousebird NPr Kru Hil KZN Red-faced Mousebird NPr Pied Cuckoo * NPr Kru Levaillant's Cuckoo Kru Red-chested Cuckoo NPr Kru Hil KZN African Emerald Cuckoo * KZN Dideric Cuckoo NPr Kru Hil KZN Burchell's Coucal * NPrh Kru KZN Grey-headed Parrot * Kru Brown-headed Parrot * Kru African Palm-Swift NPr Kru Alpine Swift Hil African Swift NPr Kru Hil Little Swift NPr Kru Hil White-rumped Swift Hil Livingstone's Turaco * KZN Knysna Turaco * NPr Purple-crested Turaco * NPr Kru KZN Grey Go-away-bird NPr Kru African Scop-Owl Kru Pearl-spotted Owlet NPr Kru Marsh Owl Hil Fiery-necked Nightjar * KZN Square-tailed Nightjar KZN Speckled Pigeon Hil Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon * KZN Lemon Dove * NPr KZN Laughing Dove NPr Hil Ring-necked Dove NPr + Red-eyed Dove NPr + Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Kru KZN Tambourine Dove * Kru KZN Namaqua Dove NPr African Green-Pigeon Kru Red-crested Bustard * Kru Northern Black Korhaan NPr White-bellied Bustard * Hil Blue Bustard * Hil Black-bellied Bustard Hil KZN Grey Crowned-Crane Hil Blue Crane Hil African Finfoot * Kru Buff-spotted Flufftail * NPr Black Crake Kru African Purple Swamphen * NPr Hil Common Moorhen NPr Kru Hil Red-knobbed Coot NPr Hil African Snipe * NPr Marsh Sandpiper KZN Common Greenshank NPr KZN Green Sandpiper Kru Wood Sandpiper NPr Kru KZN Common Sandpiper NPr Kru KZN Curlew Sandpiper KZN Ruff NPr KZN African Jacana NPr Kru Water Thick-knee Kru KZN Spotted Thick-knee KZN Black-winged Stilt KZN Kittlitz's Plover NPr Three-banded Plover NPr Kru KZN Blacksmith Lapwing NPr Kru Hil KZN White-headed Lapwing * Kru Wattled Lapwing NPr Hil KZN Crowned Lapwing NPr Kru KZN Collared Pratincole KZN Great Crested-Tern KZN White-winged Tern NPr KZN African Baza * KZN Bat Hawk * NPr Black-winged Kite NPr Hil Yellow-billed Kite Kru KZN African Fish-Eagle NPr Kru KZN Lammergeier Hil Hooded Vulture Kru White-backed Vulture Kru Cape Griffon NPr Kru Hil Lappet-faced Vulture Kru Black-chested Snake-Eagle NPr Kru KZN Brown Snake-Eagle * Kru Southern Banded Snake-Eagle * KZN Bateleur Kru African Marsh-Harrier Hil Pallid Harrier NPr Kru Montagu's Harrier Hil African Harrier-Hawk Hil Lizard Buzzard Kru Dark Chanting-Goshawk Kru Gabar Goshawk Kru Little Sparrowhawk KZN Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk * NPr Common Buzzard KZN Jackal Buzzard NPr Kru Hil Tawny Eagle Kru Steppe Eagle Kru Wahlberg's Eagle Kru KZN African Hawk-Eagle NPr Kru Martial Eagle Kru KZN Crowned Hawk-Eagle * KZN Secretarybird Hil Rock Kestrel Hil Lanner Falcon Hil Little Grebe NPr Hil Cape Gannet KZN African Darter NPr White-breasted Cormorant NPr Kru Hil Black Heron NPr Little Egret NPr KZN Grey Heron NPr Kru KZN Black-headed Heron NPr Kru Hil KZN Goliath Heron Kru KZN Purple Heron Hil Great Egret Kru Intermediate Egret Hil KZN Cattle Egret Hil KZN Striated Heron NPr Black-crowned Night-Heron Kru Hil Hamerkop Kru Hil Glossy Ibis KZN Hadada Ibis NPr Kru Hil KZN Southern Bald Ibis * Hil Sacred Ibis KZN African Spoonbill Kru Pink-backed Pelican Kru KZN Yellow-billed Stork Kru KZN African Openbill KZN Woolly-necked Stork Kru Saddle-billed Stork Kru Marabou Stork Kru KZN African Broadbill * KZN Lesser Grey Shrike Hil Common Fiscal NPr Hil KZN Magpie Shrike NPr Kru White-crowned Shrike NPr Cape Crow Hil Pied Crow NPr Hil White-necked Raven Hil Eurasian Golden-Oriole Kru African Golden-Oriole Kru African Black-headed Oriole * NPr Kru Hil White-breasted Cuckooshrike * Kru Grey Cuckooshrike * NPr KZN Square-tailed Drongo * NPr Kru KZN Fork-tailed Drongo NPr Kru KZN African Crested-Flycatcher * NPr KZN African Paradise-Flycatcher NPr Kru KZN Black-backed Puffback NPr Kru Black-crowned Tchagra Kru Brown-crowned Tchagra NPr Kru Tropical Boubou Kru Southern Boubou NPr Crimson-breasted Gonolek NPr Bokmakierie Bushshrike Hil Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike * Kru KZN Olive Bushshrike * NPr KZN Black-fronted Bushshrike * NPr Gorgeous Bushshrike * KZN Grey-headed Bushshrike KZN White(-crested) Helmetshrike Kru KZN Cape Batis NPr Zululand Batis * KZN Chinspot Batis NPr Kru KZN Black-throated Wattle-eye * KZN Cape Rock-Thrush Hil Sentinel Rock-Thrush * Hil Spotted Ground-Thrush * KZN Groundscraper Thrush NPr Kurrichane Thrush * NPr Kru KZN Olive Thrush NPr Hil Karoo thrush NPr Pale Flycatcher * Kru KZN Marico Flycatcher NPr Kru KZN Southern Black-Flycatcher * Kru Spotted Flycatcher Kru Ashy Alseonax * Kru Grey Tit-Flycatcher * KZN White-starred Robin * NPr Cape Robin-Chat Hil White-throated Robin-Chat * Kru White-browed Robin-Chat Kru Red-capped Robin-Chat * KZN Chorister Robin-Chat * NPr KZN Bearded Scrub-Robin * KZN Brown Scrub-Robin * NPr KZN Red-backed Scrub-Robin NPr Kru KZN Kalahari Scrub-Robin NPr Common Stonechat Hil Buff-streaked Chat * Hil Mountain Wheatear Hil Capped Wheatear NPr Southern Anteater-Chat Hil Mocking Cliff-Chat * Kru Red-winged Starling Kru Hil Black-bellied Glossy-Starling * KZN Red-shouldered Glossy-Starling * NPr Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Kru Burchell's Glossy-Starling Kru Meves's Glossy-Starling Kru Violet-backed Starling Kru KZN African Pied Starling NPr Hil Wattled Starling Kru Common Myna NPr Hil Yellow-billed Oxpecker Kru Red-billed Oxpecker NPr KZN Black Tit * Kru KZN Banded Martin Hil Rock Martin Hil Barn Swallow NPr Kru Hil KZN White-throated Swallow NPr Hil Wire-tailed Swallow Kru Blue Swallow * Hil Greater Striped-Swallow NPr Hil Lesser Striped-Swallow NPr Kru Rufous-chested Swallow * Kru KZN South African Swallow Hil Black Sawwing NPr Dark-capped Bulbul NPr Kru Hil KZN Sombre Greenbul * Kru KZN Yellow-bellied Greenbul Kru KZN Terrestrial Brownbul * Kru KZN Yellow-streaked Greenbul * NPr Eastern Nicator * KZN Rattling Cisticola NPr Kru KZN Wailing Cisticola * Hil Tinkling Cisticola Hil KZN Croaking Cisticola * Kru Hil KZN Piping Cisticola * NPr Zitting Cisticola Hil KZN Pale-crowned Cisticola * Hil Wing-snapping Cisticola * Hil Tawny-flanked Prinia Kru Hil Black-chested Prinia NPr Kru Karoo Prinia Hil Bar-throated Apalis * NPr KZN Yellow-breasted Apalis * Kru KZN Rudd's Apalis * KZN Grey-backed Camaroptera NPr Kru Green-backed Camaroptera * NPr KZN Cape White-eye NPr Kru African Bush-Warbler * Hil Cape Grass-Warbler Hil African Reed-Warbler NPr Hil Burnt-neck Eremomela NPr Kru Cape Crombec NPr Kru KZN Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler * NPr Willow Warbler NPr Kru KZN Southern Pied-Babbler NPr Arrow-marked Babbler NPr Kru Rufous-vented Warbler NPr Rufous-naped Lark * NPr Kru Hil KZN Sabota Lark NPr Kru KZN Rudd's Lark * Hil Eastern Long-billed Lark * Hil Short-clawed Lark * NPr Spike-heeled Lark Hil Red-capped Lark Hil Botha's Lark * Hil Collared Sunbird Kru KZN Olive Sunbird * KZN Mouse-colored Sunbird KZN Amethyst Sunbird * NPr Scarlet-chested Sunbird Kru White-breasted Sunbird NPr Kru KZN Greater Double-collared Sunbird KZN Malachite Sunbird Hil Marico Sunbird NPr Purple-banded Sunbird * KZN House Sparrow Kru Cape Sparrow Hil Southern Grey-headed Sparrow NPr Kru Hil Yellow-throated Petronia * NPr KZN African Pied Wagtail * Kru KZN Cape Wagtail Hil KZN Yellow Wagtail NPr Yellow-throated Longclaw Hil Cape Longclaw NPr Hil Yellow-breasted Pipit * Hil Striped Pipit * Kru African Pipit NPr Hil Mountain Pipit * Hil Plain-backed Pipit * Hil Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver NPr White-browed Sparrow-Weaver NPr Lesser Masked Weaver Kru Spectacled Weaver Kru KZN Cape Weaver Hil Southern Masked-Weaver NPr Kru Hil KZN Village Weaver Kru Forest Weaver * KZN Red-headed Weaver * Kru Red-billed Quelea NPr Yellow-crowned Bishop * Hil Red Bishop Hil Yellow Bishop Hil Fan-tailed Widowbird * Hil KZN Red-collared Widowbird * Hil Long-tailed Widowbird Hil Grosbeak Weaver * NPr KZN Green-winged Pytilia Kru KZN Green-backed Twinspot * NPr Pink-throated Twinspot * KZN African Firefinch * NPr Jameson's Firefinch * NPr Kru Blue Waxbill NPr Kru KZN Violet-eared Waxbill NPr Kru Swee Waxbill Hil Common Waxbill KZN Black-faced Waxbill NPr Zebra Waxbill * NPr African Quailfinch * Hil Brown-backed Munia * Kru Nollie only Pin-tailed Whydah NPr Hil Cape Canary Hil Forest Canary * NPr Yellow-fronted Canary NPr Kru KZN Drakensberg Siskin * Hil Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Kru African Golden-breasted Bunting Kru KZN ONLY in respective region: 48 48 62 47 this is 205 of total 368 |
Mammals (34 species): |
bats (Skukuza camp, terrace of restaurant) |