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Not all residents may be listed
below. A great many "Small Brown Birds" are found here and it is only with the
help of a guide that I got their names. However, others may be added later. Certain
species like the Cape Vulture are rare and endangered; lone individuals are occasionally
seen, flying from two protected breeding colonies in the vicinity.
Black eagles nest on cliffs and are to be seen all year round.
Many species that I list below as occasional visitors only appear after rain when there is
permanent standing water, which can happen at any time of the year.
ov occasional visitor
sv seasonal visitor
ppermanent
little grebe ov
reed cormorant ov
whitebreasted cormorant ov
darter ov
grey heron ov
blackheaded heron ov
purple heron ov
little egret ov
cattle egret ov
little bittern ov
african spoonbill ov
hamerkop ov
hadeda ibis p
blackcrowned night heron ov
spurwinged goose sv
egyptian goose sv
south african shelduck sv
african black duck sv
yellowbilled duck sv
hottentot teal sv
cape teal sv
southern pochard sv
cape vulture ov
gymnogene p
blackbreasted snake eagle p
black eagle p
martial eagle p
booted eagle p
jackal buzzard p
steppe buzzard sv
pale chanting goshawk p
black kite p
blackshouldered kite p
peregrine falcon sv
lanner falcon sv
lesser kestrel sv
rock kestrel p
greater kestrel p
greywing francolin p
common quail sv
redknobbed cootsv
moorhensv
blue craneov
ostrich p
secretarybirdov
stanley's bustardp
black korhaanp
blackwinged stiltsv
blacksmith plover ov
avocetsv
ringed plover sv
threebanded plover sv
kittlitz's ploversv
curlew sandpiper sv
ethiopian snipe sv
crowned ploverov
common sandpiper sv
wood sandpiper sv
namaqua sandgrouse p
african rock pigeon p
redeyed dove p
cape turtle dove p
namaqua dove p
laughing dove p
diederick cuckoo sv
barn owl p
spotted eagle owl p
cape eagle owl p
european nightjarsv
fierynecked nightjar sv
black swift sv
alpine swift sv
whiterumped swift sv
little swift sv
redfaced mousebird p
giant kingfisher ov
pied kingfisher ov
european bee-eater sv
hoopoe p
greater honeyguide p
pied barbet p
ground woodpecker p
cardinal woodpecker p
clapper lark p
thickbilled lark p
longbilled lark p
karoo lark p
redcapped lark p
european swallow sv
greater striped swallow sv
whitethroated swallow sv
rock martin p
brownthroated martin sv
pied crow ov
black crow p
whitenecked raven p
southern grey titp
cape bulbul p
cape rock thrush p
sentinel rock thrush p
capped wheatear p
familiar chat p
stonechatp
karoo chat p
anteating chat p
mountain chat p
cape robin p
karoo robin p
karoo eremomela p
titbabbler p
pririt batisp
fairy flycatcher p
greybacked cisticola p
karoo prinia p
spotted flycatcher p
fiscal flycatcher p
cape white-eye p
cape wagtail p
grassveld pipit p
longbilled pipit p
fiscal shrike p
bokmakierie p
palewinged starling p
redwinged starling p
pied starling p
wattled starling p
malachite sunbird p
lesser doublecollared sunbird p
house sparrow p
cape sparrow p
masked weaver p
cape weaver p
red bishop p
pintailed whydah p
common waxbill p
cape canary p
bully canary p
yellow canary p
white throated canary p
blackheaded canary p
cape bunting p
larklike bunting p
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