South Africa - Bird List

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 madagascariensisAfrican 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 cyanomelasCommon 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 arundinaceusGreat 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 griseocephalusOlive 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 porphyreolophaPurple-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 senegalensisSaddle-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 flavostriatusYellow-streaked Greenbul Macronyx croceus Yellow-throated Longclaw Petronia superciliaris Yellow-throated Petronia Phylloscopus ruficapillus Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola