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Selected Bird List for Southbroom 

(Download our birdlist by clicking here - compiled by Geoff Skelton)

Southbroom Conservancy Bird List

1 Apalis, Bar-throated
2 Barbet, Black-collared
3 Barbet, Crested
4 Barbet, White-eared
5 Batis, Cape
6 Batis, Chinspot
7 Bee-eater, Little
8 Bishop, Southern Red
9 Boubou, Southern
10 Brownbul, Terrestrial
11 Bulbul, Dark-capped
12 Bushshrike, Grey-headed
13 Bushshrike, Orange-breasted
14 Buzzard, Common
15 Camaroptera, Green-backed
16 Canary, Brimstone
17 Canary, Yellow-fronted
18 Chat, Familiar
19 Cisticola, Rattling
20 Cisticola, Zitting
21 Cormorant, Reed
22 Cormorant, White-breasted
23 Coucal, Burchell's
24 Crake, Black
25 Crane, Crowned
26 Crow, Cape
27 Crow, Pied
28 Cuckoo, Black
29 Cuckoo, Diederik
30 Cuckoo, Jacobin
31 Cuckoo, Klaas's
32 Cuckoo, Red-chested
33 Cuckooshrike, Black
34 Darter, African
35 Dove, Cape Turtle
36 Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood
37 Dove, Laughing
38 Dove, Lemon
39 Dove, Namaqua
40 Dove, Red-eyed
41 Dove, Rock
42 Dove, Tambourine
43 Drongo, Fork-tailed
44 Drongo, Square-tailed
45 Duck, African Black
46 Duck, White-faced Whistling
47 Duck, Yellow-billed
48 Eagle, African Fish
49 Eagle, Crowned
50 Eagle, Long-crested
51 Egret, Great
52 Egret, Little
53 Egret, Western Cattle
54 Egret, Yellow-billed
55 Falcon, Amur
56 Falcon, Lanner
57 Finfoot, African
58 Firefinch, African
59 Firefinch, Red-billed
60 Fiscal, Common
61 Flamingo, Lesser
62 Flufftail, Buff-spotted
63 Flufftail, Red-chested
64 Flycatcher, African Dusky
65 Flycatcher, African Paradise
66 Flycatcher, Ashy
67 Flycatcher, Blue-mantled Crested
68 Flycatcher, Southern Black
69 Gannet, Cape
70 Goose, Egyptian
71 Goose, Spur-winged
72 Goshawk, African
73 Grebe, Little
74 Greenbul, Sombre
75 Greenbul, Yellow-streaked
76 Greenshank, Common
77 Gull, Grey-headed
78 Gull, Kelp
79 Hamerkop
80 Hawk, African Harrier-
81 Heron, Black-headed
82 Heron, Goliath
83 Heron, Green-backed
84 Heron, Grey
85 Heron, Purple
86 Honeyguide, Greater
87 Honeyguide, Lesser
88 Honeyguide, Scaly-throated
89 Hoopoe, African
90 Hornbill, Crowned
91 Hornbill, Trumpeter
92 Ibis, African Sacred
93 Ibis, Glossy
94 Ibis, Hadada
95 Indigobird, Dusky
96 Indigobird, Village
97 Jacana, African
98 Kingfisher, African Pygmy
99 Kingfisher, Brown-hooded
100 Kingfisher, Giant
101 Kingfisher, Half-collared
102 Kingfisher, Malachite
103 Kingfisher, Pied
104 Kite, Yellow-billed
105 Lapwing, Blacksmith
106 Longclaw, Yellow-throated
107 Malkoha, Green
108 Mannikin, Bronze
109 Mannikin, Red-backed
110 Martin, Brown-throated
111 Martin, Rock
112 Moorhen, Common
113 Mousebird, Speckled
114 Myna, Common
115 Nightjar, Fiery-necked
116 Openbill, African
117 Oriole, Black-headed
118 Osprey, Western
119 Owl, African Wood
120 Owl, Pel's Fishing
121 Owl, Spotted Eagle-
122 Oystercatcher, African Black
123 Peafowl, Indian (feral, died out?)
124 Pigeon, African Green
125 Pigeon, African Olive
126 Pigeon, Speckled
127 Plover, Common Ringed
128 Plover, Three-banded
129 Plover, White-fronted
130 Prinia, Tawny-flanked
131 Puffback, Black-backed
132 Quail, Common
133 Raven, White-necked
134 Robin, Brown Scrub
135 Robin, White-browed Scrub
136 Robin, White-starred
137 Robin-chat, Cape
138 Robin-chat, Chorister
139 Robin-chat, Red-capped
140 Roller, European
141 Sanderling
142 Sandpiper, Common
143 Sandpiper, Marsh
144 Saw-wing, Black
145 Shrike, Red-backed
146 Snipe, Greater Painted-
147 Sparrow, House
148 Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed
149 Sparrowhawk, Black
150 Sparrowhawk, Little
151 Sparrowhawk, Rufous-breasted
152 Spoonbill, African
153 Spurfowl, Natal
154 Starling, Black-bellied
155 Starling, Cape Glossy
156 Starling, Common
157 Starling, Red-winged
158 Starling, Violet-backed
159 Starling, Wattled
160 Stork, White
161 Stork, Woolly-necked
162 Sunbird, Amethyst
163 Sunbird, Collared
164 Sunbird, Grey
165 Sunbird, Olive
166 Sunbird, Purple-banded y
167 Sunbird, White-bellied
168 Swallow, Barn
169 Swallow, Greater Striped
170 Swallow, Lesser Striped
171 Swallow, White-throated
172 Swift, African Black y
173 Swift, African Palm
174 Swift, Alpine y
175 Swift, Little
176 Swift, White-rumped
177 Tern, Caspian
178 Tern, Common
179 Tern, Swift
180 Thick-knee, Spotted
181 Thick-knee, Water
182 Thrush, Kurrichane
183 Thrush, Olive
184 Thrush, Orange Ground
185 Thrush, Spotted Ground
186 Tinkerbird, Red-fronted
187 Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped
188 Tit, Southern Black
189 Trogan, Narina
190 Turaco, Knysna
191 Turaco, Purple-crested
192 Turnstone, Ruddy
193 Twinspot, Green
194 Vulture, Cape
195 Vulture, Palm-nut y
196 Wagtail, African Pied
197 Wagtail, Cape
198 Wagtail, Mountain
199 Wagtail, Western Yellow
200 Warbler, African Reed
201 Warbler, Lesser Swamp
202 Waxbill, Common
203 Waxbill, Grey
204 Weaver, Cape
205 Weaver, Dark-backed
206 Weaver, Spectacled
207 Weaver, Thick-billed
208 Weaver, Village
209 Weaver, Yellow
210 Whimbrel
211 White-eye, Cape
212 Whydah, Pin-tailed
213 Wood-hoopoe, Green
214 Woodpecker, Cardinal
215 Woodpecker, Golden-tailed
216 Woodpecker, Olive
217 Wryneck, Red-throated

 

There are many more. Keep yours eyes peeled, camera close to hand and send pics for help with  IDs

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