Birds guide south Africa
Birds guide south Africa
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Birds guide south Africa
| Latin name |
Common name
|
| Oriolus larvatus | African Black-headed Oriole |
| Smithornis capensis | African Broadbill |
| Stephanoaetus coronatus | African Crowned Eagle |
| Aviceda cuculoides | African Cuckoo-hawk |
| Anhinga rufa | African Darter |
| Muscicapa adusta | African Dusky Flycatcher |
| Haliaeetus vocifer | African Fish-Eagle |
| Emberiza flaviventris | African Golden-breasted Bunting |
| Accipiter tachiro | African Goshawk |
| Treron calva | African Green-Pigeon |
| Tockus nasutus | African Grey Hornbill |
| Polyboroides typus | African Harrier-Hawk |
| Hieraaetus spilogaster | African Hawk-Eagle |
| Upupa africana | African Hoopoe |
| Actophilornis africanus | African Jacana |
| Circus ranivorus | African Marsh-Harrier |
| Anastomus lamelligerus | African Openbill |
| Haematopus moquini | African Oystercatcher |
| Cypsiurus parvus | African Palm-Swift |
| Terpsiphone viridis | African Paradise-Flycatcher |
| Spreo bicolor | African Pied Starling |
| Motacilla aguimp | African Pied Wagtail |
| Anthus cinnamomeus | African Pipit |
| Porphyrio madagascariensis | African Purple Swamphen |
| Acrocephalus baeticatus | African Reed-Warbler |
| Gallinago nigripennis | African Snipe |
| Platalea alba | African Spoonbill |
| Apus barbatus | African Swift |
| Vanellus senegallus | African Wattled Lapwing |
| Mirafra Marjoriae | Agulhas Clapperlark |
| certhilauea brebirostris | Agulhas Long-billed lark |
| Tachymarptis melba | Alpine Swift |
| Chalcomitra amethystina | Amethyst Sunbird |
| Myrmecocichla arnotti | Arnott's Chatt |
| Turdoides jardineii | Arrow-marked Babbler |
| Geronticus calvus | Bald Ibis |
| Phalacrocorax neglectus | Bank Cormorant |
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow |
| Bradypterus barratti | Barratt's-Warbler |
| Apalis thoracica | Bar-throated Apalis |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur |
| Cercotrichas quadrivirgata | Bearded Scrub-Robin |
| Dendropicos namaquus | Bearded Woodpecker |
| Amaurornis flavirostra | Black Crake |
| Campephaga flava | Black Cuckoo-shrike |
| Circus maurus | Black Harrier |
| Egretta ardesiaca | Black Heron |
| Milvus migrans | Black Kite |
| Psalidoprocne holomelas | Black Sawwing |
| Parus niger | Black Tit |
| Dryoscopus cubla | Black-backed Puffback |
| Lamprotornis corruscus | Black-bellied Glossy-Starling |
| Circaetus pectoralis | Black-chested Snake-Eagle |
| Lybius torquatus | Black-collared Barbet |
| Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| Serinus alario | Black-headed Canary |
| Ardea melanocephala | Black-headed Heron |
| Podiceps nigricollis | Black-necked Grebe |
| Elanus axillaris | Black-shouldered Kite |
| Vanellus armatus | Blacksmith Lapwing |
| Platysteira peltata | Black-throated Wattle-eye |
| Vanellus melanopterus | Black-winged Lapwing |
| Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt |
| Grus paradisea | Blue Crane |
| Hirundo atrocaerulea | Blue Swallow |
| Uraeginthus angolensis | Blue Waxbill |
| Trochocercus cyanomelas | Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher |
| Neafrapus boehmi | Bohm's Spinetail |
| Telophorus zeylonus | Bokmakierie Bushshrike |
| Serinus sulphuratus | Brimstone Canary |
| Limicola falcinellus | Broad-billed Sandpiper |
| Lonchura cucullata | Bronze Munia |
| Cercotrichas signata | Brown Scrub-Robin |
| Circaetus cinereus | Brown Snake-Eagle |
| Tchagra australis | Brown-crowned Tchagra |
| Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | Brown-headed Parrot |
| Halcyon albiventris | Brown-hooded Kingfisher |
| Nilaus afer | Brubru |
| Saxicola bifasciata | Buff-streaked Chat |
| Centropus burchelli | Burchell's Coucal |
| Lioptilus nigricapillus | Bush Blackcap |
| Batis capensis | Cape Batis |
| Pycnonotus capensis | Cape Bulbul |
| Emberiza capensis | Cape Bunting |
| Serinus canicollis | Cape Canary |
| Phalacrocorax capensis | Cape Cormorant |
| Corvus capensis | Cape Crow |
| Francolinus capensis | Cape Francolin |
| Morus capensis | Cape Gannet |
| Lamprotornis nitens | Cape Glossy-Starling |
| Sphenoeacus afer | Cape Grassbird |
| Gyps coprotheres | Cape Griffon |
| Larus Vetula | Cape Gull |
| Macronyx capensis | Cape Longclaw |
| Poicephalus robustus | Cape Parrot |
| Cossypha caffra | Cape Robin-Chat |
| Chaetops frenatus | Cape Rock-jumper |
| Monticola rupestris | Cape Rock-Thrush |
| Anas smithii | Cape Shoveler |
| Pseudochloroptila totta | Cape Siskin |
| Passer melanurus | Cape Sparrow |
| Promerops cafer | Cape Sugarbird |
| Anas capensis | Cape Teal |
| Motacilla capensis | Cape Wagtail |
| Ploceus capensis | Cape Weaver |
| Zosterops capensis | Cape White-eye |
| Oenanthe pileata | Capped Wheatear |
| Dendropicos fuscescens | Cardinal Woodpecker |
| Sterna caspia | Caspian Tern |
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret |
| Fringilla coelebs | Chaffinch |
| Charadrius pallidus | Chestnut-banded Plover |
| Parisoma subcaeruleum | Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler |
| Batis molitor | Chinspot Batis |
| Cossypha dichroa | Chorister Robin-Chat |
| Emberiza tahapisi | Cinnamon-Breasted Bunting |
| Cisticola textrix | Cloud Cisticola |
| Glareola pratincola | Collared Pratincole |
| Hedydipna collaris | Collared Sunbird |
| Sarkidiornis melanotos | Comb Duck |
| Lanius collaris | Common Fiscal |
| Tringa nebularia | Common Greenshank |
| Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen |
| Acridotheres tristis | Common Myna |
| Charadrius hiaticula | Common Ringed Plover |
| Tringa hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper |
| Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | Common Scimitar-bill |
| Sturnus vulgaris | Common Starling |
| Saxicola torquata | Common Stonechat |
| Sterna hirundo | Common Tern |
| Estrilda astrild | Common Waxbill |
| Trachyphonus vaillantii | Crested Barbet |
| Francolinus sephaena | Crested Francolin |
| Guttera pucherani | Crested Guineafowl |
| Cisticola natalensis | Croaking Cisticola |
| Phalacrocorax coronatus | Crowned Cormorant |
| Tockus alboterminatus | Crowned Hornbill |
| Vanellus coronatus | Crowned Lapwing |
| Calidris ferruginea | Curlew Sandpiper |
| Melierax metabates | Dark Chanting-Goshawk |
| Ploceus bicolor | Dark-backed Weaver |
| Pycnonotus tricolor | Dark-capped Bulbul |
| Chrysococcyx caprius | Diderick Cuckoo |
| Pterocles bicinctus | Double-banded Sandgrouse |
| PRINIA HYPOXANTHA | Drakensberg Prinia |
| Pseudochloroptila symonsi | Drakensberg Siskin |
| Chaetops aurantius | Drakensburg Rock-jumper |
| Calidris alpina | Dunlin |
| Nicator gularis | Eastern Nicator |
| Cyanomitra olivacea | Eastern Olive Sunbird |
| Alopochen aegyptiacus | Egyptian Goose |
| Turtur chalcospilos | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove |
| Merops apiaster | European Bee-eater |
| Stenostira scita | Fairy Flycatcher |
| Cercomela familiaris | Familiar Chat |
| Euplectes axillaris | Fan-tailed Widowbird |
| Caprimulgus pectoralis | Fiery-necked Nightjar |
| Sigelus silens | Fiscal Flycatcher |
| BUTEO TRIZONATUS | Forest Buzzard |
| Serinus scotops | Forest Canary |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Fork-tailed Drongo |
| megaceryle maximus | Giant Kingfisher |
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis |
| Campethera abingoni | Golden-tailed Woodpecker |
| Ardea goliath | Goliath Heron |
| Telophorus quadricolor | Gorgeous Bushshrike |
| Podiceps cristatus | Great Crested Grebe |
| Casmerodius albus | Great Egret |
| Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Great Reed-Warbler |
| Passer motitensis | Great Sparrow |
| Pelecanus onocrotalus | Great White Pelican |
| Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling |
| Cinnyris afra | Greater Double-collared Sunbird |
| Phoenicopterus ruber | Greater Flamingo |
| Indicator indicator | Greater Honeyguide |
| Rostratula benghalensis | Greater Painted-snipe |
| Hirundo cucullata | Greater Striped-Swallow |
| Stactolaema olivacea | Green Barbet |
| Ceuthmochares aereus | Green Malkoha |
| Mandingoa nitidula | Green Twinspot |
| Phoeniculus purpureus | Green Woodhoopoe |
| Camaroptera brachyura | Green-backed Camaroptera |
| Pytilia melba | Green-winged Pytilia |
| Balearica regulorum | Grey Crowned-Crane |
| Corythaixoides concolor | Grey Go-away-bird |
| Ardea cinerea | Grey Heron |
| Pluvialis squatarola | Grey Plover |
| Cyanomitra veroxil | Grey Sunbird |
| Parus afer | Grey Tit |
| Camaroptera brevicaudata | Grey-backed Camaroptera |
| Malaconotus blanchoti | Grey-headed Bushshrike |
| Larus cirrocephalus | Grey-headed Gull |
| Pseudohirundo griseopyga | Grey-rumped Swallow |
| Scleroptia africanus | Grey-winged Francolin |
| Geocolaptes olivaceus | Ground Woodpecker |
| Psophocichla litsipsirupa | Groundscraper Thrush |
| Promerops gurneyi | Gurney's Sugarbird |
| Bostrychia hagedash | Hadeda Ibis |
| Scopus umbretta | Hamerkop |
| Larus hartlaubii | Hartlaub's Gull |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl |
| Apus horus | Horus Swift |
| Anas hottentota | Hottentot Teal |
| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow |
| Hippolais icterina | Icterine Warbler |
| Mesophoyx intermedia | Intermediate Egret |
| Buteo rufofuscus | Jackal Buzzard |
| Spheniscus demersus | Jackass Penguin |
| Lagonosticta rhodopareia | Jameson's Firefinch |
| Certhilauda albescens | Karoo Lark |
| Prinia maculosa | Karoo Prinia |
| Cercotrichas coryphaeus | Karoo Scrub-Robin |
| Larus dominicanus | Kelp Gull |
| Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz's Plover |
| Chrysococcyx klaas | Klaas's Cuckoo |
| Bradypterus sylvaticus | Knysna Scrub-Warbler |
| Tauraco corythaix | Knysna Turaco |
| Turdus libonyanus | Kurrichane Thrush |
| Gypaetus barbatus | Lammergeier |
| Falco biarmicus | Lanner Falcon |
| Torgos tracheliotus | Lappet-faced Vulture |
| Galerida magnirostris | Large-billed Lark |
| Streptopelia senegalensis | Laughing Dove |
| PARISOMA Layardi | Layard's Tit-babbler |
| Cisticola aberrans | Lazy Cisticola |
| aplopelia larvata | Lemon Dove |
| Serinus citrinipectus | Lemon-breasted Canary |
| Phoenicopterus minor | Lesser Flamingo |
| Microparra capensis | Lesser Jacana |
| Falco naumanni | Lesser Kestrel |
| Ploceus intermedius | Lesser Masked-Weaver |
| Hirundo abyssinica | Lesser Striped-Swallow |
| Cisticola tinniens | Levaillant's Cisticola |
| Coracias caudata | Lilac-breasted Roller |
| Merops pusillus | Little Bee-eater |
| Egretta garzetta | Little Egret |
| Tachybaptus ruficollis | Little Grebe |
| Accipiter minullus | Little Sparrowhawk |
| Calidris minuta | Little Stint |
| Apus affinis | Little Swift |
| Tauraco livingstonii | Livingstone's Turaco |
| Sylvietta rufescens | Long-billed Crombec |
| Anthus similis | Long-billed Pipit |
| Lophaetus occipitalis | Long-crested Eagle |
| Phalacrocorax africanus | Long-tailed Cormorant |
| Euplectes progne | Long-tailed Widowbird |
| Oxyura maccoa | Maccoa Duck |
| Corvinella melanoleuca | Magpie Shrike |
| Alcedo cristata | Malachite Kingfisher |
| Nectarinia famosa | Malachite Sunbird |
| Halcyon senegaloides | Mangrove Kingfisher |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork |
| Cinnyris Mariquensis | Marico Sunbird |
| Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh Sandpiper |
| Polemaetus bellicosus | Martial Eagle |
| Lamprotornis mevesli | Meve's Starling |
| Hirundo senegalensis | Mosque Swallow |
| Streptopelia decipiens | Mourning Collared-Dove |
| Oena capensis | Namaqua Dove |
| Apaloderma narina | Narina Trogon |
| Francolinus natalensis | Natal Francolin |
| Cinnyris neergaardi | Neergaard's Sunbird |
| Telophorus olivaceus | Olive Bushshrike |
| Turdus olivaceus | Olive Thrush |
| Dendropicos griseocephalus | Olive Woodpecker |
| Zoothera gurneyi | Orange Ground-Thrush |
| Nectarinia violacea | Orange-breasted Sunbird |
| Pytilia afra | Orange-winged Pytilia |
| Pandion haliaetus | Osprey |
| Struthio camelus | Ostrich |
| Cisticola cinnamomeus | Pale-crowned Cisticola |
| Gypohierax angolensis | Palm-nut Vulture |
| Hirundo dimidiata | Pearl-breasted Swallow |
| Glaucidium perlatum | Pearl-spotted Owlet |
| Scotopelia peli | Pel's Fishing-Owl |
| Recurvirostra avosetta | Pied Avocet |
| Corvus albus | Pied Crow |
| Ceryle rudis | Pied Kingfisher |
| Pelecanus rufescens | Pink-backed Pelican |
| Hypargos margaritatus | Pink-throated Twinspot |
| Vidua macroura | Pin-tailed Whydah |
| Riparia paludicola | Plain Martin |
| Ardea purpurea | Purple Heron |
| Coracias Naevius | Purple Roller |
| Cinnyris bifasciata | Purple-banded Sunbird |
| Musophaga porphyreolopha | Purple-crested Turaco |
| Cisticola chinianus | Rattling Cisticola |
| Euplectes orix | Red Bishop |
| Calidris canutus | Red Knot |
| Lonchura nigriceps | Red-backed Mannikin |
| Bubalornis niger | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver |
| Anas erythrorhyncha | Red-billed Duck |
| Lagonosticta senegala | Red-billed Firefinch |
| Tockus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Hornbill |
| Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Oxpecker |
| Quelea quelea | Red-billed Quelea |
| Hirundo semirufa | Red-breasted Swallow |
| Calandrella cinerea | Red-capped Lark |
| Cossypha natalensis | Red-capped Robin-Chat |
| Cuculus solitarius | Red-chested Cuckoo |
| Euplectes ardens | Red-collared Widowbird |
| Eupodotis ruficrista | Red-crested Bustard |
| Streptopelia semitorquata | Red-eyed Dove |
| Urocolius indicus | Red-faced Mousebird |
| Cisticola subruficapillus | Red-headed Cisticola |
| Anaplectes rubriceps | Red-headed Weaver |
| Fulica cristata | Red-knobbed Coot |
| Pternistes afer | Red-necked Spurfowl |
| Jynx ruficollis | Red-throated Wryneck |
| Onychognathus morio | Red-winged Starling |
| Prionops Retzil | Retz's Helmet-shrike |
| Streptopelia capicola | Ring-necked Dove |
| Falco rup;icolis | Rock kestrel |
| Hirundo fuligula | Rock Martin |
| Columba livia | Rock Pigeon |
| Macronyx ameliae | Rosy-throated Longclaw |
| Apalis ruddi | Rudd's Apalis |
| Arenaria interpres | Ruddy Turnstone |
| Philomachus pugnax | Ruff |
| Mirafra africana | Rufous-naped Lark |
| Threskiornis aethiopicus | Sacred Ibis |
| Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Saddle-billed Stork |
| Riparia riparia | Sand Martin |
| Calidris alba | Sanderling |
| Sterna sandvicensis | Sandwich Tern |
| Centropus senegalensis | Senegal Coucal |
| Monticola explorator | Sentinel Rock-Thrush |
| Diomedea cauta | Shy Albatross |
| Cercomela sinuata | Sicklewinged Chat |
| Andropadus importunus | Sombre Greenbul |
| Tadorna cana | South African Shelduck |
| Circaetus fasciolatus | Southern Banded Snake-Eagle |
| Eupodotis afra | Southern Black Korhaan |
| Melaenornis pammelaina | Southern Black-Flycatcher |
| Laniarius ferrugineus | Southern Boubou |
| Ploceus xanthopterus | Southern Brown-throated Weaver |
| Cinnyris chalybea | Southern Double-collared Sunbird |
| Passer difussus | Southern Grey-headed Sparrow |
| Hyliota australis | Southern Hyliota |
| Ploceus velatus | Southern Masked-Weaver |
| Netta erythrophthalma | Southern Pochard |
| Tchagra tchagra | Southern Tchagra |
| Tockus leucomelas | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill |
| Colius striatus | Speckled Mousebird |
| Columba guinea | Speckled Pigeon |
| Ploceus ocularis | Spectacled Weaver |
| Zoothera guttata | Spotted Ground-Thrush |
| Burhinus capensis | Spotted Thick-knee |
| Plectropterus gambensis | Spur-winged Goose |
| Dicrurus ludwigii | Square-tailed Drongo |
| Caprimulgus fossii | Square-tailed Nightjar |
| Neotis denhami | Stanley Bustard |
| Serinus gularis | Streaky-headed Seedeater |
| Halcyon chelicuti | Striped Kingfisher |
| Telophorus sulfureopectus | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike |
| Francolinus swainsonii | Swainson's Spurfowl |
| Estrilda melanotis | Swee Waxbill |
| Sterna Bergii | Swift Tern |
| Turtur tympanistria | Tambourine Dove |
| Aquila rapax | Tawny Eagle |
| Prinia subflava | Tawny-flanked Prinia |
| Phyllastrephus terrestris | Terrestrial Brownbul |
| Amblyospiza albifrons | Thick-billed Weaver |
| Charadrius tricollaris | Three-banded Plover |
| Ceratogymna bucinator | Trumpeter Hornbill |
| Aquila verreauxii | Verreaux's Eagle |
| Bubo lacteus | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl |
| Ploceus cucullatus | Village Weaver |
| Aquila wahlbergi | Wahlberg's Eagle |
| Cisticola lais | Wailing Cisticola |
| Burhinus vermiculatus | Water Thick-knee |
| Numenius phaeopus | Whimbrel |
| Chlidonias hybridus | Whiskered Tern |
| Prionops plumatus | White Helmetshrike |
| Thalassornis leuconotus | White-backed Duck |
| Colius colius | White-backed Mousebird |
| Gyps africanus | White-backed Vulture |
| Cinnyris Talatala | White-bellied Sunbird |
| Phalacrocorax Lucidus | White-breasted Cormorant |
| Cossypha heuglini | White-browed Robin-Chat |
| Cercotrichas leucophrys | White-browed Scrub-robin |
| Plocepasser mahali | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver |
| Procellaria aequinoctialis | White-chinned Petrel |
| Vanellus albiceps | White-crowned Lapwing |
| Stactolaema leucotis | White-eared Barbet |
| Dendrocygna viduata | White-faced Whistling-Duck |
| Merops bullockoides | White-fronted Bee-eater |
| Charadrius marginatus | White-fronted Plover |
| Corvus albicollis | White-necked Raven |
| Apus caffer | White-rumped Swift |
| Serinus albogularis | White-throated Canary |
| Cossypha humeralis | White-throated Robin-Chat |
| Hirundo albigularis | White-throated Swallow |
| Chlidonias leucopterus | White-winged Tern |
| Euplectes albonotatus | White-winged Widowbird |
| Hirundo smithii | Wire-tailed Swallow |
| Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper |
| Batis fratrum | Woodward's Batis |
| Ciconia episcopus | Woolly-necked Stork |
| Euplectes capensis | Yellow Bishop |
| Serinus flaviventris | Yellow Canary |
| Chloropeta natalensis | Yellow Flycatcher-Warbler |
| Ploceus subaureus | Yellow Weaver |
| Chlorocichla flaviventris | Yellow-bellied Greenbul |
| Anas undulata | Yellow-billed Duck |
| Milvus parasitus | Yellow-billed Kite |
| Buphagus africanus | Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
| Mycteria ibis | Yellow-billed Stork |
| Apalis flavida | Yellow-breasted Apalis |
| Serinus mozambicus | Yellow-fronted Canary |
| Pogoniulus bilineatus | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird |
| Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | Yellow-streaked Greenbul |
| Macronyx croceus | Yellow-throated Longclaw |
| Petronia superciliaris | Yellow-throated Petronia |
| Phylloscopus ruficapillus | Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler |
| Cisticola juncidis | Zitting Cisticola |
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