Our Birds

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Our Birds

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ROBERTS Pg

COMMON NAMES

SCIENTIFIC NAMES

1	6	Great chrested grebe	Podiceps cristatus
2	7	Black necked grebe	Podiceps nigricollis
3	8	Little grebe (Dabchick)	Tachybaptus ruficollis
4	55	White breasted cormorant	Phalacrocorax lucidus
5	58	Reed cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus
6	62	Grey heron	Ardea cinerea
7	63	Blackheaded heron	Ardea melanocephala
8	67	Little egret	Egretta garzetta
9	71	Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis
10	81	Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta
11	83	White stork	Ciconia ciconia
12	91	Sacred ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus
13	94	Hadeda ibis	Bostrychia hagedash
14	95	African spoonbill	Platalea alba
15	102	Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiacus
16	103	South African Shelduck	Todorna cana
17	104	Yellow-billed duck	Anas undulata
18	105	African Black duck	Anas sparsa
19	111	Cape shoveler	Anas smithii
20	118	Secretary bird	Sagittarius serpentarius
21	127	Black-shouldered kite	Elanus caeruleus
22	131	Black eagle	Aquila verreauxii
23	136	Booted eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus
24	140	Martial eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus
25	148	African fish eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer
26	149	Steppe buzzard	Buteo buteo
27	152	Jackal buzzard	Buteo rufofuscus
28	155	Red-breasted sparrowhawk	Accipiter Rufiventris
29	162	Pale Chanting Goshawk	Melierax canorus
30	169	Gymnogene	Polyboroides typus
31	181	Rock kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
32	183	Lesser kestrel	Falco naumanni
33	190	Grey-winged francolin	Francolinus africanus
34	200	Common quail	Coturnix coturnix
35	203	Helmeted guineafowl	Numida meleagris
36	208	Blue crane	Antrhopoides paradisea
37	226	Moorhen	Gillinula chloropus
38	228	Red-knobbed coot	Fulica cristata
39	230	Kori bustard	Ardeotis kori
40	231	Stanley's bustard	Neotis denhami
41	232	Ludwig's bustard	Neotis ludwigii
42	235	Karoo korhaan	Eupodotis vigorsii
43	239	Black korhaan	Eupodotis afra
44	248	Kittlitz's plover	Charadrius pecuarius
45	249	Three-banded plover	Charadrius tricollaris
46	255	Crowned plover	Vanellus coronatus
47	258	Blacksmith plover	Vanellus armatus
48	274	Little stint	Calidris minuta
49	295	Black-winged stint	Himantopus himantopus
50	297	Spotted dikkop	Burhinus capensis
51	349	Rock pigeon	Columba guinea
52	352	Red-eyed dove	Streptopelia semitorquata
53	354	Cape turtle dove	Streptopelia capicola
54	355	Laughing dove	Streptopelia senegalensis
55	356	Namaqua dove	Oena capensis
56	377	Red-chested cuckoo	Cuculus cuckoo
57	386	Diederik cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius
58	392	Barn owl	Tyto alba
59	393	Grass owl	Tyto capensis
60	401	Spotted eagle owl	Bubo africanus
61	406	Rufous-cheeked nightjar	Caprimilgus rufigena
62	411	European swift	Apus apus
63	415	White-rumped swift	Apus caffer
64	417	Little swift	Apus affinis
65	418	Alpine swift	Apus melba
66	424	Speckled mousebird	Colius striatus
67	425	White-backed mousebird	Colius colius
68	426	Red-faced mousebird	Colius indicus
69	428	Pied kingfisher	Ceryle rudis
70	435	Brown-hooded kingfisher	Halcyon albiventris
71	451	African hoopoe	Upupa epops
72	465	Pied barbet	Lybius leucomelas
73	474	Greater honeyguide	Indicator indicator
74	480	Ground woodpecker	Geocolaptes olicaceus
75	486	Cardinal woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens
76	495	Clapper lark	Mirafra apiata
77	498	Sobota lark	Mirafra sobota
78	500	Long-billed lark	Mirafra curvirostris
79	518	European swallow	Hirundo rustica
80	520	White-throated swallow	Hirondo albigularis
81	523	Pearl-breasted swallow	Hirondo dimidiata
82	526	Great striped swallow	Hirondo cucullata
83	529	Rock martin	Hirondo fuligula
84	530	House martin	Delichon urbica
85	532	Sand martin	Riparia riparia
86	533	Brown-throated martin	Riparia paludicola
87	541	Fork-tailed drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis
88	547	Black crow	Corvus capensis
89	548	Pied crow	Corvus albus
90	550	White-necked raven	Corvus albicollis
91	551	Southern grey tit	Parus afer
92	557	Cape penduline tit	Anthocopus minutus
93	567	Red-eyed bulbul	Pycnonotus nigricans
94	572	Sombre bulbul	Andropadus importunus
95	577	Olive thrush	Turdus olivaceus
96	581	Cape rock thrush	Monticola rupestris
97	586	Mountain chat	Oenanthe monticola
98	589	Familiar chat	Cercomela fimiliaris
99	595	Anteating chat	Myrmecocichla formicivora
100	596	Stonechat	Saxicola torquata
101	601	Cape robin	Cossypha caffra
102	613	White-browed robin	Erythropygia leucophrys
103	614	Karoo robin	Erythropygia coryphaeus
104	621	Titbabbler	Parisoma subcaeruleum
105	622	Layard's titbabbler	Parisoma layardi
106	635	Cape reed warbler	Acrocephalus gracilirostris
107	643	Willow warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
108	645	Bar-throated apalis	Apalis thoracica
109	651	Long-billed crombec	Sylvietta rufescens
110	653	Yellow-bellied eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis
111	664	Fan-tailed cisticola	Cisticola juncidis
112	669	Grey-backed cisticola	Cisticola subruficapilla
113	677	Levaillant's cisticola	Cisticola tinniens
114	681	Neddicky	Cisticola fulvicapilia
115	686	Spotted prinia	Prinia maculosa
116	687	Namaqua prinia	Prinia substriata
117	688	Rufous-eared warbler	Malcorus pactoralis
118	689	Spotted flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
119	698	Fiscal flycatcher	Sigelus silens
120	700	Cape batis	Catis capensis
121	703	Pririt batis	Batis pririt
122	706	Fairy flycatcher	Stenostria scita
123	713	Cape wagtail	Motacilla capensis
124	716	African (grassveld) pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus
125	732	Fiscal shrike	Lanius collaris
126	733	Red-backed shrike	Lanius collurio
127	736	Southern boubou	Laniarius ferrugineus
128	742	Southern tchagra	Tchagra tchagra
129	746	Bokmakierie	Telophorus zeylonus
130	759	Pied starling	Spreo bicolor
131	760	Wattled starling	Creatophora cinera
132	769	Red-winged starling	Onychognathus morio
133	796	Cape white-eye	Zosterops pallidus
134	801	House sparrow	Passer domesticus
135	803	Cape sparrow	Passer melanurus
136	804	Grey-headed sparrow	Passer griseus
137	806	Scaly-feathered finch	Sporopipes squamifrons
138	813	Cape weaver	Ploceus capensis
139	814	Masked weaver	Ploceus velatus
140	821	Red-billed quelea	Quelea quelea
141	824	Red bishop	Euplectes orix
142	846	Common waxbill	Estrilda astrild
143	860	Pin-tailed whydah	Vidua macroura
144	869	Yellow-eyed canary	Serinus mozambicus
145	872	Cape canary	Serinus canicollis
146	876	Black-headed canary	Serinus alario
147	879	White-throated canary	Serinus albogularis
148	881	Streaky-headed canary	Serinus gularis
149	884	Golden-breasted bunting	Emberiza flaviventris
150	885	Cape bunting	Emberiza capensis