Birds of Drumblade
Drumblade Conservancy Reg No GCA065 SAPAB reference no: Pentad 2625-2800 Our list has grown to 207 – updated February 2023 With thanks to Kevin Lavery of the SA Bird Atlas Project for his assistance |
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Roberts Common Name Scientific Name
No:
4 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
6 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
47 White Breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus
50 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
52 African Darter Anhinga rufa
54 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
55 Black-headed Heron Ardea metanocephala
57 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
58 Great Egret Egretta alba
59 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
61 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
62 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
64 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
72 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
79 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
80 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
81 African Sacred Ibis Threskirmis aethiopicus
83 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
84 Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
85 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
88 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
89 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
94 Cape Shoveler Anas smithii
95 African Black Duck Anas sparsa
96 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
97 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorthyncha
100 White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata
101 Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
102 Southern Pochard Netta arythrophthalma
105 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
113 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
119 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
123 Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
129 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius
130 Black-wiged Kite Elanus caerulues
152 Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
154 Common Buzzard Buteo vulpinus
157 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
159 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus
162 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar
171 African Harrier-hawk Polyboroides typus
178 Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
179 Orange River Francolin Scleroptila levaillantoides
185 Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
192 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meteagris
203 Black Crake Amauromis flavirostris
208 African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
210 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
212 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
222 White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
238 Three-banded Plover Chanradrius tricollaris
242 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
245 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
247 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
250 African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
256 Ruff Ruff Philomachus pugnax
263 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
264 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
270 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
275 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
277 Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii
288 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocphalus
304 White—winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
305 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
311 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
312 African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
314 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
316 Ring Necked-Dove Streptoprlia capicola
317 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
339 Grey Go-away Bird Corythaixoides
343 Red-Chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitaries
352 Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
359 Barn Owl Tyto alba
361 Marsh Owl Sio capensis
368 Spotted Eagle-owl Bubo africanus
372 Rufous-checked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
380 African Black Swift Apus barbatus
383 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
385 Little Swift Apus affinis
387 African Palm swift Cypsiunus parvus
390 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
391 White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
392 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
394 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
397 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
404 European Bee-eater Merops aplaster
411 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
418 African Hoopoe Upupa africana
419 Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
421 Common Scimitarbill Rhinopormastus cyanomelas
424 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
431 Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
432 Acacia Pied Barbet Tracholaema leucomelas
439 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
440 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
442 Lessor Honeyguide Indicator minor
443 Brown-backed Honeyguide Prodotiscus regulus
450 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
453 Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
456 Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana
458 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra afrivana
474 Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes aibofasciata
488 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
493 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
495 White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
502 Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullatta
508 Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
504 South African Cliff-swallow Hirundo spilodera
509 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicota
510 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
514 Ashy Tit Patus cinerascens
521 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
522 Pied Crow Corvus albus
544 African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnontus nigricans
545 Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnontus tricolor
552 Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus
557 Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsipsirupa
560 Sentinal Rock-thrush Monticola explorator
564 Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticola
568 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pleata
570 Familiar Chat Oenanthe famiaaris
575 Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
576 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
581 Cape Robin-Chat Cassypha caffra
586 Kalahari Scrub-robin Cercotrichas paena
588 White-browed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
599 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
604 Lessor Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
621 Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
622 Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
629 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
630 Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
631 Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
634 Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresil
637 Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
639 Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
642 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
646 Levaillant’s Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
648 Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
649 Tawny-Flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
650 Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
654 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
658 Chestnut-vented Warblr Parisoma subcaeruleum
665 Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
673 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
678 Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
682 Paradise Fly-catcher Terpsipone viridis
683 Long-billed Pipit Arthus similis
686 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capenis
692 African Pipit Arthus cinnamomeus
703 Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
706 Lessor Grey Shrike Lanius minor
707 Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
708 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
709 Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
711 Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atroccineus
714 Brown-Crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
722 Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
727 White-crested Helmet-shrike Prionops plumatus
734 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
735 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
737 Cape Starling Lamprotorris nitens
746 Pied Starling Spreo bicolor
751 Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
758 Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
763 White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
772 Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
784 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
786 Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
799 Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
780 White-browed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser mahali
803 Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
804 Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
805 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
808 Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
812 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
813 Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
814 White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
818 Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
820 Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
830 Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
833 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
835 Jameson’s Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
838 Orang-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
839 Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
841 Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythrontos
843 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
844 African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
846 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
847 Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
852 Long-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua paradisaea
859 Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mazambica
860 Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
866 Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
867 Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
872 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
940 Rock Dove Columba livia
1016 Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
1035 Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
1104 Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
1172 Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
1183 Eastern Clapper Lark Mirafra fasciolata
10877 Nicholson’s Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
4126 Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
4131 Burchell’s Coucal Centropus burchelli
4142 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffuses
Birds to look out for include:
Vulnerable birds:
African Grass Owl
African Marsh Harrier
Lesser Kestrel
Blue Crane
Corncrake
White Bellied Korhaan
Martial Eagle
White Backed Night Heron
Near Threatened:
Secretary Bird
Half Collared Kingfisher
Painted Snipe
Bat Hawk
Melodius Lark
Blue Korhaan
Black Harrier
Black Stork
Black Winged Pratincole
Critically Endangered:
Bittern
Wattled Crane
Whitewinged Flufftail
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