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Birds Within the Reserve 55 White Breasted Cormorant Apalis. Bar-throated 58 Reed Cormorant Barbet, Acacia * 62 Grey Heron Barbet, Black-collared * 63 Black-headed Heron Barbet, Crested * 67 Little Egret Batis, Chinspot 71 Cattle Egret Bee-eater, European 74 Green-Backed Heron Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed 81 Hammerkop Bishop, Red 83 White Stork (Flying over) Bokmakierie 91 Sacred Ibis Boubou, Southern 93 Glossy Ibis Brubru, 94 Hadeda Ibis Bulbul, Dark-capped 102 Egyptian Goose Bunting, Cape 104 Yellow-billed Duck Bunting, Cinnamon-breasted 105 African Black Duck Buttonquail, Kurrichane 118 Secretary Bird Buzzard, Jackal 126 Black/Yellow-billed Kite Buzzard, Steppe 127 Black-shouldered Kite Canary, Black-throated 131 Verreaux's Eagle Canary, Yellow 149 Steppe Buzzard Canary, Yellow-fronted 152 Jackal Buzzard Chat, Stone 159 Shikra Cisticola, Cloud 169 African Harrier-Hawk Cisticola, Levaillant's 171 Peregrine Falcon Cisticola, Rattling 172 Lanner Falcon Cisticola, Wailing 181 Rock Kestrel Cisticola, Zitting 181 Cocqui Francolin (heard) Cormorant, Reed 193 Orange River Francolin Cormorant, White-breasted 199 Swainson's Spurfowl Coucal, Burchall's 203 Helmeted Guineafowl Crow, Pied 205 Small Buttonquail Cuckoo, Diderik 226 Common Moorhen Cuckoo, Jacobin 249 Three-banded Plover Cuckoo, Red-chested 255 Crowned Lapwing Cuckooshrike, Black 258 Blacksmith Lapwing Dove, Cape Turtle 260 African Wattled Lapwing Dove, Laughing 264 Common Sandpiper Dove, Red-eyed 286 African Snipe Dove, Rock 297 Spotted Thick-knee Duck, African Black 315 Grey-headed Gull Duck, Yellow-billed 348 Rock Dove Eagle, Verreaux's 349 Speckled Pigeon Eagle-Owl, Spotted 352 Red-eyed Dove Egret, Cattle 354 Cape Turtle Dove Egret, Little 355 Laughing Dove Falcon, Lanner 373 Grey Go-away-bird Falcon, Peregrine 377 Red-chested Cuckoo Finch, Red-headed 382 Jacobin Cuckoo Firefinch, African 386 Diderick Cuckoo Firefinch, Jameson's 391 Burchell's Coucal Firefinch, Red-billed 392 Barn Owl Flycatcher, African Paradise 393 Grass Owl Flycatcher, Fairy 401 Spotted Eagle-Owl Flycatcher, Fiscal 406 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Francolin, Coqui 411 Common Swift Francolin, Orange River 415 White-rumped Swift Go-away-bird, Grey 416 Horus Swift Goose, Egyptian 417 Little Swift Guineafowl, Helmited 421 African Palm-Swift Gull, Grey-headed 424 Speckled Mousebird Hamerkop 425 White-backed Mousebird Harrier-Hawk, African 426 Red-faced Mousebird Heron, Black-headed 429 Giant Kingfisher Heron, Grey 430 Half-collared Kingfisher Heron, Green-backed 431 Malachite Kingfisher Honeybird, Brown-backed 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Honeyguide, Lesser 438 European Bee-eater Hoopoe, African 445 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Ibis, Glossy 447 Lilac-breasted Roller Ibis, Hadeda 451 African Hoopoe Ibis, African Sacred 452 Green Wood-Hoopoe Indigobird, Purple 454 Common Scimitarbill Kestrel, Rock 464 Black-collared Barbet * Kingfisher, Brown-hooded 465 African Pied Barbet * Kingfisher, Giant 473 Crested Barbet * Kingfisher, Half-collared 476 Lesser Honeyguide Kingfisher, Malachite 478 Brown-backed Honeybird Kite, Black-shouldered 486 Cardinal Woodpecker Kite, Black/Yellow-billed 489 Red-throated Wryneck Lapwing, African Wattled 494 Rufous-naped Lark Lapwing, Blacksmith 500 Long-billed lark Lapwing, Crowned 506 Spike-heeled Lark Lark, Eastern Long-billed 518 Barn Swallow Lark, Rufous-naped 520 White-throated Swallow Lark, Spike-heeled 526 Greater Striped Swallow Longclaw, Cape 527 Lesser Striped Swallow Mannikin, Bronze 529 Rock Martin Martin, Brown-throated 530 Common House Martin Martin, Common House 533 Brown-throated Martin Marti, Rock 536 Black Saw-wing Swallow Mousebird, Red-faced 538 Black Cuckooshrike Mousebird, Speckled 548 Pied Crow Mousebird, White-backed 552 Ashy Tit Myna, Common 568 Dark-capped Bulbul Neddicky 577.1 Karoo Thrush Nightjar, Rufous-cheeked 581 Cape Rock-Thrush Owl, African Grass 582 Sentinal Rock-Thrush Owl, Barn 586 Mountain Wheatear Owl, Spotted Eagle- 587 Capped Wheatear Pigeon, Speckled 596 African Stonechat Pipit, African 601 Cape Robin-Chat Pipit, Long-billed 619 Garden Warbler Plover, Three-banded 621 Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler Prinia, Black-chested 631 African Reed-Warbler Prinia, Tawny-flanked 638 Little Rush-Warbler Pytilia, Green-winged 625 Icterine Warbler Quailfinch, African 643 Willow Warbler Quelia, Red-billed 645 Bar-throated Apalis Robin-Chat, Cape 664 Zitting Cisticola Rock-Thrush, Cape 666 Cloud Cisticola Rock-Thrush, Sentinal 667 Wing-snapping Cisticola Roller, Lilac-breasted 670 Wailing Cisticola Sandpiper, Common 677 Levaillant's Cisticola Scimitarbill, Common 681 Neddicky Secretarybird 683 Tawny-flanked Prinia Seedeater, Streaky-headed 685 Black-chested Prinia Shikra 689 Spotted Flycatcher (Shrike), Black-backed 694 Southern Black Flycatcher Puffback 698 Fiscal Flycatcher (Shrike), Common Fiscal 701 Chinspot Batis Shrike, Crimson-breasted 706 Fairy Flycatcher Shrike, Red-backed 710 African Paradise Flycatcher Snipe, African 713 Cape Wagtail Sparrow, Cape 716 African Pipit Sparrow, House 717 Long-billed Pipit Sparrow, S. Grey-headed 727 Cape Longclaw Spurfowl, Swainson's 732 Common Fiscal Starling, Cape Glossy 733 Red-backed Shrike Starling, Pied 736 Southern Boubou Starling, Red-winged 739 Crimson-breasted Starling, Wattled 741 Brubru Stork, White 743 Brown-crowned Tchagra Sunbird, Amethyst 744 Black-crowned Tchagra Sunbird, Malachite * 746 Bokmakierie Sunbird, White-bellied 758 Common Myna Swallow, Barn 759 Pied Starling Swallow, Black Saw-wing 760 Wattled Starling Swallow, Greater Striped 764 Cape Glossy Starling Swallow, Lessor Striped 769 Red-winged Starling Swallow, White-throated 775 Malachite Sunbird * Swift, African Palm- 787 White-bellied Sunbird Swift, Common 792 Amethyst Sunbird Swift, Horus 796 Cape White Eye Swift, White-rumped 801 House Sparrow Tchagra, Black-crowned 803 Cape Sparrow Tchagra, Brown-crowned 804 S Grey-headed Sparrow Thick-knee, Spotted 807 Thick-billed Weaver Thrush, Karoo 813 Cape Weaver Tit, Ashy 814 Southern Masked Weaver Tit, Southern Black 821 Red Billed Quelea Tit-Babbler, Chestnut-vented 824 Southern Red Bishop Wagtail, Cape 831 Red-collared Widow Bird Warbler, African Reed- 832 Long-tailed Widow Bird Warbler, Garden 834 Green-winged Pytilia Warbler, Icterine 840 African Firefinch Warbler, Little Rush- 841 Jameson's Firefinch Warbler, Willow 842 Red-billed Firefinch Waxbill, Blue 846 Common Waxbill Waxbill, Common 852 African Quailfinch Waxbill, Orange-breasted 854 Orange-breasted Waxbill Weaver, Cape 856 Read-headed Finch Weaver, Southern Masked 857 Bronze Mannikin Weaver, Thick-billed 860 Pin-tailed Wydah Wheatear, Capped 865 Purple Indigobird Wheatear, Mountain 869 Yellow-fronted Canary White-eye, Cape 870 Black-throated Canary Whydah, Pin-tailed 878 Yellow Canary Widowbird, Long-tailed 881 Streaky-headed Seedeater Widowbird, Red-collared 885 Cape Bunting Wood-Hoopoe, Green 886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Woodpecker, Cardinal Wryneck, Red-throated .
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