Common_group Common_species Likely Based on SABAP data for full and ad hoc protocol Bar-throated Apalis thoracica 3 Likley Reporting Rate Totals Avocet Pied Recurvirostra avosetta 2 4 High 59 Barbet Acacia Pied Tricholaema leucomelas 4 3 Intermediate 35 Batis Cape Batis capensis 2 2 Low / localised 68 Batis Pririt Batis pririt 4 1 Rare/Vagrant / Unlikely 46 Bee-eater European apiaster 2 Total species 208 Bishop Southern Red Euplectes orix 4 Bishop Yellow Euplectes capensis 2 Bokmakierie Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus 4 Boubou Southern Laniarius ferrugineus 3 Bulbul African Red-eyed Pycnonotus nigricans 3 Bulbul Cape Pycnonotus capensis 4 Bunting Cape Emberiza capensis 4 Bunting Cinnamon-breasted Emberiza tahapisi 1 Bunting Lark-like Emberiza impetuani 4 Bustard Kori Ardeotis kori 2 Bustard Ludwig's Neotis ludwigii 2 Buzzard Jackal Buteo rufofuscus 2 Buzzard Steppe Buteo vulpinus 2 Canary Black-headed Serinus alario 3 Canary Black-throated Crithagra atrogularis 2 Canary Cape Serinus canicollis 3 Canary White-throated Crithagra albogularis 4 Canary Yellow Crithagra flaviventris 4 Chat Anteating Myrmecocichla formicivora 2 Chat Familiar Cercomela familiaris 4 Chat Karoo Cercomela schlegelii 4 Chat Sickle-winged Cercomela sinuata 2 Chat Tractrac Cercomela tractrac 2 Cisticola Grey-backed Cisticola subruficapilla 4 Cisticola Levaillant's Cisticola tinniens 3 Cisticola Zitting Cisticola juncidis 2 Coot Red-knobbed Fulica cristata 3 Cormorant Reed Phalacrocorax africanus 2 Cormorant White-breasted Phalacrocorax carbo 2 Courser Double-banded Rhinoptilus africanus 2 Crane Blue Anthropoides paradiseus 1 Long-billed Sylvietta rufescens 4 Crow Cape Corvus capensis 4 Crow Pied Corvus albus 4 Cuckoo Diderick Chrysococcyx caprius 2 Cuckoo Klaas's Chrysococcyx klaas 1 Darter African Anhinga rufa 2 Dove Laughing Streptopelia senegalensis 4 Dove Namaqua Oena capensis 4 Dove Red-eyed Streptopelia semitorquata 4 Dove Rock Columba livia 2 Drongo Fork-tailed Dicrurus adsimilis 4 Duck African Black Anas sparsa 2 Duck White-faced Dendrocygna viduata 1 Duck Yellow-billed Anas undulata 3 Eagle Booted Aquila pennatus 2 Eagle Martial Polemaetus bellicosus 2 Eagle Verreaux's Aquila verreauxii 3 Eagle-owl Cape Bubo capensis 1 Eagle-owl Spotted Bubo africanus 2 Egret Cattle Bubulcus ibis 2 Egret Little Egretta garzetta 1 Eremomela gregalis 2 Eremomela Yellow-bellied Eremomela icteropygialis 3 Falcon Lanner Falco biarmicus 1 Falcon Peregrine Falco peregrinus 1 Finch Red-headed Amadina erythrocephala 2 Finch Scaly-feathered Sporopipes squamifrons 1 Firefinch Red-billed Lagonosticta senegala 1 Fiscal Common (Southern) Lanius collaris 4 Fish-eagle African Haliaeetus vocifer 2 Flycatcher Chat Bradornis infuscatus 3 Flycatcher Fairy Stenostira scita 4 Flycatcher Fiscal Sigelus silens 4 Flycatcher Spotted Muscicapa striata 1 Francolin Grey-winged Scleroptila africanus 1 Goose Egyptian Alopochen aegyptiacus 4 Goose Spur-winged Plectropterus gambensis 1 Goshawk Gabar Melierax gabar 1 Goshawk Southern Pale Chanting Melierax canorus 4 Grassbird Cape Sphenoeacus afer 1 Grebe Little Tachybaptus ruficollis 3 Greenbul Sombre Andropadus importunus 3 Guineafowl Helmeted Numida meleagris 3 Hamerkop Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 2 Harrier Black Circus maurus 1 Harrier-Hawk African Polyboroides typus 2 Heron Black-headed Ardea melanocephala 3 Heron Grey Ardea cinerea 3 Honeyguide Lesser Indicator minor 2 Hoopoe African Upupa africana 3 House-martin Common Delichon urbicum 1 Ibis African Sacred Threskiornis aethiopicus 2 Ibis Hadeda Bostrychia hagedash 4 Kestrel Greater Falco rupicoloides 2 Kestrel Lesser Falco naumanni 1 Kestrel Rock Falco rupicolus 3 Kingfisher Brown-hooded Halcyon albiventris 2 Kingfisher Giant Megaceryle maximus 2 Kingfisher Malachite Alcedo cristata 2 Kite Black-shouldered Elanus caeruleus 2 Kite Yellow-billed Milvus aegyptius 1 Korhaan Karoo Eupodotis vigorsii 4 Korhaan Southern Black Afrotis afra 1 Lapwing Blacksmith Vanellus armatus 4 Lapwing Crowned Vanellus coronatus 2 Lark Cape Clapper Mirafra apiata 1 Lark Karoo Calendulauda albescens 2 Lark Karoo Long-billed Certhilauda subcoronata 4 Lark Large-billed Galerida magnirostris 3 Lark Red-capped Calandrella cinerea 2 Lark Sabota Calendulauda sabota 2 Lark Spike-heeled Chersomanes albofasciata 4 Martin Brown-throated Riparia paludicola 3 Martin Rock Hirundo fuligula 4 Masked-weaver Southern Ploceus velatus 4 Moorhen Common Gallinula chloropus 2 Mousebird Red-faced Urocolius indicus 4 Mousebird Speckled Colius striatus 4 Mousebird White-backed Colius colius 4 Neddicky Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla 3 Nightjar Fiery-necked Caprimulgus pectoralis 1 Nightjar Rufous-cheeked Caprimulgus rufigena 1 Ostrich Common Struthio camelus 2 Palm-swift African Cypsiurus parvus 1 Paradise-flycatcher African Terpsiphone viridis 2 Penduline-tit Cape Anthoscopus minutus 2 Pigeon Speckled Columba guinea 4 Pipit African Anthus cinnamomeus 3 Pipit African Rock Anthus crenatus 1 Pipit Long-billed (Split, see Nicholson'sAnthus and Long-billed)similis 1 Pipit Nicholson's Anthus nicholsoni 2 Pipit Plain-backed Anthus leucophrys 1 Plover Kittlitz's Charadrius pecuarius 1 Plover Three-banded Charadrius tricollaris 4 Prinia Karoo Prinia maculosa 4 Quail Common Coturnix coturnix 1 Quelea Red-billed Quelea quelea 3 Raven White-necked Corvus albicollis 4 Reed-warbler African Acrocephalus baeticatus 2 Robin-chat Cape Cossypha caffra 4 Rock-jumper Cape Chaetops frenatus 2 Rock- Cape Monticola rupestris 3 Rock-thrush Sentinel Monticola explorator 1 Roller European Coracias garrulus 1 Sandgrouse Namaqua Pterocles namaqua 3 Sandpiper Common Actitis hypoleucos 1 Scimitarbill Common Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 1 Scrub-robin Karoo Cercotrichas coryphoeus 4 Secretarybird Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius 1 Seedeater Crithagra leucopterus 1 Seedeater Streaky-headed Crithagra gularis 3 Shelduck South African Tadorna cana 4 Shoveler Cape Anas smithii 1 Siskin Cape Crithagra totta 3 Snipe African Gallinago nigripennis 1 Sparrow Cape Passer melanurus 4 Sparrow House Passer domesticus 4 Sparrow Southern Grey-headed Passer diffusus 3 Sparrowhawk Black Accipiter melanoleucus 1 Sparrowlark Black-eared Eremopterix australis 1 Sparrowlark Grey-backed Eremopterix verticalis 2 Spoonbill African Platalea alba 2 Spurfowl Cape Pternistis capensis 2 Starling Common Sturnus vulgaris 2 Starling Pale-winged Onychognathus nabouroup 2 Starling Pied Spreo bicolor 4 Starling Red-winged Onychognathus morio 4 Starling Wattled Creatophora cinerea 2 Stilt Black-winged Himantopus himantopus 2 Stonechat African Saxicola torquatus 2 Stork Black Ciconia nigra 1 Stork White Ciconia ciconia 1 Sugarbird Cape Promerops cafer 2 Dusky Cinnyris fuscus 3 Sunbird Greater Double-collared Cinnyris afer 2 Sunbird Malachite Nectarinia famosa 4 Sunbird Orange-breasted Anthobaphes violacea 2 Sunbird Southern Double-collared Cinnyris chalybeus 4 Swallow Barn Hirundo rustica 3 Swallow Greater Striped Hirundo cucullata 4 Swallow Pearl-breasted Hirundo dimidiata 2 Swallow White-throated Hirundo albigularis 3 Swamp-warbler Lesser Acrocephalus gracilirostris 2 Swift African Black Apus barbatus 2 Swift Alpine Tachymarptis melba 3 Swift Common Apus apus 1 Swift Little Apus affinis 4 Swift White-rumped Apus caffer 3 Tchagra Southern Tchagra tchagra 2 Teal Cape Anas capensis 1 Teal Red-billed Anas erythrorhyncha 2 Thick-knee Spotted Burhinus capensis 2 Thrush Karoo Turdus smithi 4 Thrush Olive Turdus olivaceus 2 Tit Grey Parus afer 2 Tit-babbler Chestnut-vented Parisoma subcaeruleum 4 Tit-babbler Layard's Parisoma layardi 3 Turtle-dove Cape Streptopelia capicola 4 Wagtail Cape Motacilla capensis 4 Warbler Namaqua Phragmacia substriata 4 Warbler Rufous-eared Malcorus pectoralis 4 Warbler Victorin's Cryptillas victorini 1 Warbler Willow Phylloscopus trochilus 1 Waxbill Common Estrilda astrild 4 Weaver Cape Ploceus capensis 4 Wheatear Capped Oenanthe pileata 2 Wheatear Mountain Oenanthe monticola 4 White-eye Cape Zosterops virens 4 Whydah Pin-tailed Vidua macroura 2 Woodpecker Cardinal Dendropicos fuscescens 3 Woodpecker Ground Geocolaptes olivaceus 1