Phalacrocorax coronatus Striated Heron Lophaetus occipitalis Endangered GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Caspian Plover Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Gull-billed Tern Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Verreaux's Eagle-Owl CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Near-threatened Butorides striata Lesser Spotted Eagle Stanley Bustard Gray Crowned-Crane Charadrius asiaticus Bar-tailed Godwit Burchell's Courser Gelochelidon nilotica Turtur chalcospilos Bubo lacteus Half-collared Kingfisher Black-crowned Night-Heron Clanga pomarina Neotis denhami Balearica regulorum Rare/Accidental Limosa lapponica Cursorius rufus Rare/Accidental Tambourine Dove Pel's Fishing-Owl Alcedo semitorquata Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Endangered Kittlitz's Plover Ruddy Turnstone Temminck's Courser Caspian Tern Turtur tympanistria Scotopelia peli Malachite Kingfisher SULIFORMES: Anhingidae White-backed Night-Heron Wahlberg's Eagle Blue Bustard Blue Crane Charadrius pecuarius Arenaria interpres Cursorius temminckii Hydroprogne caspia Namaqua Dove African Barred Owlet Corythornis cristatus African Darter Gorsachius leuconotus Hieraaetus wahlbergi Eupodotis caerulescens Anthropoides paradiseus Kentish Plover Great Knot Rare/Accidental Black Tern Oena capensis Glaucidium capense African Pygmy-Kingfisher Anhinga rufa Booted Eagle Near-threatened Vulnerable Charadrius alexandrinus Calidris tenuirostris Double-banded Courser Chlidonias niger African Green-Pigeon African Wood-Owl Ispidina picta Hieraaetus pennatus Karoo Bustard Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Vulnerable Smutsornis africanus Rare/Accidental Treron calvus Strix woodfordii Gray-headed Kingfisher PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Eupodotis vigorsii Common Ringed Plover Red Knot Collared Pratincole White-winged Tern Marsh Owl Halcyon leucocephala Glossy Ibis CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae Hieraaetus ayresii Black Bustard Charadrius hiaticula Calidris canutus Glareola pratincola Chlidonias leucopterus Asio capensis Rare/Accidental Great White Pelican CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae Plegadis falcinellus Tawny Eagle Eupodotis afra Snowy Sheathbill Three-banded Plover Ruff Whiskered Tern Pelecanus onocrotalus Rare/Accidental Brown-hooded Kingfisher Bird List Sacred Ibis Knysna Turaco Aquila rapax Endemic (country/region) Chionis albus Charadrius tricollaris Calidris pugnax Black-winged Pratincole Chlidonias hybrida Halcyon albiventris Pink-backed Pelican CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgi- Threskiornis aethiopicus Rare/Accidental White-quilled Bustard Rare/Accidental White-fronted Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Tauraco corythaix Pelecanus rufescens Glareola nordmanni dae Giant Kingfisher Hadada Ibis Steppe Eagle Eupodotis afraoides Charadrius marginatus Calidris falcinellus Sterna dougallii Gray Go-away-bird Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Megaceryle maximus Bostrychia hagedash Corythaixoides concolor Eurasian Nightjar Aquila nipalensis Black-bellied Bustard Chestnut-banded Plover Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Country or region: Western Cape Southern Pochard PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae African Spoonbill CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Rare/Accidental Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius pallidus Curlew Sandpiper Common Tern Ceryle rudis (Breede Valley) Netta erythrophthalma Water Thick-knee Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Little Grebe PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae Platalea alba Verreaux's Eagle Near-threatened Calidris ferruginea CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Sterna hirundo Number of species: 550 Maccoa Duck Burhinus vermiculatus Caprimulgus rufigena Tachybaptus ruficollis Aquila verreauxii Red-necked Stint South Polar Skua Arctic Tern Number of endemics: 4 Hamerkop CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Oxyura maccoa Great Crested Grebe GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Spotted Thick-knee Fiery-necked Nightjar CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Scopus umbretta Lizard Buzzard Calidris ruficollis Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna paradisaea Number of globally threatened species: 25 Near-threatened ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae Burhinus capensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Pied Cuckoo Caprimulgus pectoralis Podiceps cristatus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Corn Crake Rare/Accidental Brown Skua Antarctic Tern White-fronted Bee-eater Number of introduced species: 8 Secretary-bird Clamator jacobinus Freckled Nightjar Eared Grebe Pale Chanting-Goshawk Crex crex Greater Painted-Snipe Sanderling Stercorarius antarcticus Sterna vittata Merops bullockoides Date last reviewed: 2009-09-11 Sagittarius serpentarius Levaillant's Cuckoo Caprimulgus tristigma Podiceps nigricollis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Melierax canorus African Rail Rostratula benghalensis Calidris alba Pomarine Jaeger Great Crested Tern Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Numididae Vulnerable CHARADRIIFORMES: Clamator levaillantii Great Bittern Gabar Goshawk Rallus caerulescens Dunlin Stercorarius pomarinus Thalasseus bergii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Helmeted Guineafowl Recurvirostridae Great Spotted Cuckoo Botaurus stellaris Micronisus gabar African Crake Calidris alpina Parasitic Jaeger Sandwich Tern Merops hirundineus STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae Numida meleagris Black-winged Stilt CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae APODIFORMES: Apodidae PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoen- Crecopsis egregia Clamator glandarius Ostrich Little Bittern ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae African Marsh-Harrier Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental icopteridae Himantopus himantopus African Jacana Red-chested Cuckoo Alpine Swift Ixobrychus minutus Black Crake Long-tailed Jaeger White-throated Bee-eater Struthio camelus Osprey Circus ranivorus Pied Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Elegant Tern Greater Flamingo Actophilornis africanus Cuculus solitarius Apus melba GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Dwarf Bittern Black Harrier Amaurornis flavirostra Calidris bairdii Stercorarius longicaudus Thalasseus elegans Merops albicollis Phoenicopterus roseus Pandion haliaetus Recurvirostra avosetta Common Swift Little Crake Black Cuckoo Chukar Ixobrychus sturmii Circus maurus Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Lesser Flamingo Apus apus Porzana parva Cuculus clamosus ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Alectoris chukar Gray Heron Vulnerable Little Stint Lesser Crested Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Phoenicopterus minor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Pallid Swift Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Rare/Accidental White-faced Whistling-Duck Introduced species Ardea cinerea ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Pallid Harrier CHARADRIIFORMES: Calidris minuta Thalasseus bengalensis Merops persicus Near-threatened Terek Sandpiper Apus pallidus Baillon's Crake Black-legged Kittiwake Common Cuckoo Dendrocygna viduata Crested Francolin Black-headed Heron 3Black-shouldered Kite Circus macrourus Haematopodidae White-rumped Sandpiper Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Porzana pusilla Rissa tridactyla Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental Francolinus sephaena Ardea melanocephala Elanus caeruleus Near-threatened Eurasian Oystercatcher Calidris fuscicollis Madagascar Bee-eater Common Sandpiper African Swift Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Red-winged Francolin Goliath Heron African Harrier-Hawk Montagu's Harrier Haematopus ostralegus Rare/Accidental Merops superciliosus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Actitis hypoleucos Apus barbatus Purple Swamphen Sabine's Gull PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae African Cuckoo Dendrocygna bicolor Francolinus levaillantii Ardea goliath Polyboroides typus Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare/Accidental African Openbill Green Sandpiper Bradfield's Swift Porphyrio porphyrio Xema sabini Namaqua Sandgrouse Cuculus gularis Rare/Accidental Gray-winged Francolin Purple Heron Palm-nut Vulture Rare/Accidental African Oystercatcher Calidris subruficollis European Bee-eater Anastomus lamelligerus Tringa ochropus Apus bradfieldi Allen's Gallinule Gray-hooded Gull Pterocles namaqua Rare/Accidental White-backed Duck Francolinus africanus Ardea purpurea Gypohierax angolensis African Goshawk Haematopus moquini Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Merops apiaster Black Stork Rare/Accidental Little Swift Porphyrio alleni Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Klaas's Cuckoo Thalassornis leuconotus Endemic (country/region) Great Egret Rare/Accidental Accipiter tachiro Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Ciconia nigra Greater Yellowlegs Apus affinis Purple Gallinule Hartlaub's Gull Pterocles gutturalis Chrysococcyx klaas Comb Duck Shelley's Francolin Ardea alba European Honey-buzzard Shikra Calidris melanotos Abdim's Stork Tringa melanoleuca Horus Swift Porphyrio martinicus Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Double-banded Sandgrouse African Emerald Cuckoo CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae Sarkidiornis melanotos Francolinus shelleyi Intermediate Egret Pernis apivorus Accipiter badius Rare/Accidental Ciconia abdimii Rare/Accidental Apus horus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-headed Gull Pterocles bicinctus Chrysococcyx cupreus European Roller Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mesophoyx intermedia African Cuckoo-Hawk Little Sparrowhawk African Snipe Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank White-rumped Swift Eurasian Moorhen Black-bellied Plover Chroicocephalus ridibundus Burchell's Sandgrouse Dideric Cuckoo Coracias garrulus Egyptian Goose Orange River Francolin Little Egret Aviceda cuculoides Accipiter minullus Gallinago nigripennis White Stork Tringa nebularia Apus caffer Gallinula chloropus Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental Pterocles burchelli Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Alopochen aegyptiaca Francolinus levaillantoides Egretta garzetta Hooded Vulture Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Wilson's Phalarope Ciconia ciconia Lesser Yellowlegs African Palm-Swift Red-knobbed Coot American Golden-Plover Franklin's Gull Yellowbill Lilac-breasted Roller South African Shelduck Cape Francolin Western Reef-Heron Necrosyrtes monachus Accipiter rufiventris Phalaropus tricolor Marabou Stork Tringa flavipes Cypsiurus parvus Pluvialis dominica Leucophaeus pipixcan Ceuthmochares aereus Coracias caudatus Tadorna cana Egretta gularis Endangered Black Goshawk Fulica cristata Francolinus capensis Leptoptilos crumenifer Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae White-browed Coucal Rare/Accidental Spur-winged Goose Rare/Accidental Cape Griffon Accipiter melanoleucus Endemic Rare/Accidental Marsh Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Pacific Golden-Plover Kelp Gull Rock Pigeon Centropus superciliosus Plectropterus gambensis Snowy Egret Gyps coprotheres Black Kite Natal Francolin Yellow-billed Stork Tringa stagnatilis Phalaropus lobatus COLIIFORMES: Coliidae GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae Pluvialis fulva Larus dominicanus Columba livia African Black Duck Egretta thula Vulnerable Milvus migrans Francolinus natalensis Mycteria ibis Wood Sandpiper Red Phalarope Speckled Mousebird CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae Buff-spotted Flufftail Rare/Accidental Brown Noddy Introduced species Anas sparsa Rare/Accidental Bateleur African Fish-Eagle Rare/Accidental Tringa glareola Phalaropus fulicarius STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Colius striatus Sarothrura elegans Blacksmith Plover Anous stolidus Speckled Pigeon Eurasian Hoopoe Yellow-billed Duck Little Blue Heron Terathopius ecaudatus Haliaeetus vocifer Red-necked Francolin Common Redshank African Grass-Owl White-backed Mousebird Red-chested Flufftail Vanellus armatus Rare/Accidental Columba guinea Upupa epops Anas undulata SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Egretta caerulea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Common Buzzard Francolinus afer Tringa totanus Tyto capensis Colius colius Sarothrura rufa White-headed Lapwing CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Sooty Tern Rameron Pigeon Mallard Great Cormorant Rare/Accidental Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Buteo buteo Swainson's Francolin Rare/Accidental Barn Owl Red-faced Mousebird Striped Flufftail Vanellus albiceps Onychoprion fuscatus Columba arquatrix Anas platyrhynchos Phalacrocorax carbo Black Heron Circaetus pectoralis Mountain Buzzard Small Buttonquail Francolinus swainsonii Whimbrel Tyto alba Urocolius indicus CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae Sarothrura affinis Black-winged Lapwing Rare/Accidental Lemon Dove Introduced species Cape Cormorant Egretta ardesiaca Brown Snake-Eagle Buteo oreophilus Turnix sylvaticus Rare/Accidental Numenius phaeopus Green Woodhoopoe Vanellus melanopterus Bridled Tern Columba larvata Cape Shoveler Phalacrocorax capensis Cattle Egret Circaetus cinereus Jackal Buzzard Hottentot Buttonquail Common Quail Eurasian Curlew Phoeniculus purpureus Crowned Lapwing Onychoprion anaethetus Mourning Collared-Dove Anas smithii Endemic Near-threatened Bubulcus ibis Crowned Hawk-Eagle Buteo rufofuscus Turnix hottentottus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Coturnix coturnix GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Numenius arquata Common Scimitar-bill Vanellus coronatus Streptopelia decipiens Red-billed Duck Bank Cormorant Squacco Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus Rare/Accidental Southern White-faced Owl Narina Trogon Harlequin Quail African Finfoot Near-threatened Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Lesser Sand-Plover Red-eyed Dove Anas erythrorhyncha Phalacrocorax neglectus Ardeola ralloides Near-threatened Little Tern Ptilopsis granti Apaloderma narina Coturnix delegorguei Podica senegalensis Black-tailed Godwit Rare/Accidental Charadrius mongolus CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae Streptopelia semitorquata Hottentot Teal Endangered Rare/Accidental Martial Eagle OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Sternula albifrons Cape Eagle-Owl Indian Peafowl Limosa limosa Rare/Accidental Crab Plover Ring-necked Dove Anas hottentota Long-tailed Cormorant Rufous-bellied Heron Polemaetus bellicosus Kori Bustard Damara Tern Bubo capensis Pavo cristatus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Greater Sand-Plover Dromas ardeola Streptopelia capicola Cape Teal Phalacrocorax africanus Ardeola rufiventris Near-threatened Ardeotis kori Sternula balaenarum Spotted Eagle-Owl Introduced species Hudsonian Godwit Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental Laughing Dove Anas capensis Crowned Cormorant Rare/Accidental Long-crested Eagle Ludwig's Bustard Near-threatened Bubo africanus Limosa haemastica Neotis ludwigii Rare/Accidental Streptopelia senegalensis

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CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Gray-headed Bushshrike PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Barn Swallow Victorin's Warbler Cisticola chiniana PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Oenanthe monticola Mouse-colored Sunbird PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Lesser Masked-Weaver Southern Red-billed Hornbill Lesser Kestrel Malaconotus blanchoti Monotonous Lark Hirundo rustica Cryptillas victorini Gray Cisticola Chat Flycatcher Capped Wheatear Cyanomitra veroxii Common Chaffinch Ploceus intermedius Tockus rufirostris Falco naumanni Mirafra passerina White-throated Swallow Endemic Cisticola rufilatus Bradornis infuscatus Oenanthe pileata Amethyst Sunbird Fringilla coelebs Southern Masked-Weaver Rare/Accidental Eurasian Kestrel Latakoo Lark Hirundo albigularis Red-headed Cisticola Mariqua Flycatcher Chalcomitra amethystina Introduced species Ploceus velatus PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Falco tinnunculus Mirafra cheniana Wire-tailed Swallow Cisticola subruficapilla Bradornis mariquensis Malachite Sunbird Cape Siskin Village Weaver Gray Cuckooshrike PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopi- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Tockus leucomelas Greater Kestrel Near-threatened Hirundo smithii Wailing Cisticola Southern Black-Flycatcher Nectarinia famosa Pseudochloroptila totta Ploceus cucullatus Coracina caesia dae Spotted Ground-Thrush Rare/Accidental Falco rupicoloides Rufous-naped Lark Pearl-breasted Swallow Cisticola lais Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Double-collared Sunbird Drakensberg Siskin Forest Weaver White-breasted Cuckooshrike Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Geokichla guttata Crowned Hornbill Red-necked Falcon Mirafra africana Hirundo dimidiata Tinkling Cisticola Fiscal Flycatcher Cinnyris chalybeus Pseudochloroptila symonsi Ploceus bicolor Coracina pectoralis Phylloscopus ruficapilla Endangered Tockus alboterminatus Falco chicquera Cape Clapper Lark Greater Striped-Swallow Cisticola tinniens Sigelus silens Greater Double-collared Sunbird Black-headed Canary Red-headed Quelea Black Cuckooshrike Willow Warbler Orange Ground-Thrush African Gray Hornbill Amur Falcon Mirafra apiata Cecropis cucullata Piping Cisticola Spotted Flycatcher Cinnyris afer Alario alario Quelea erythrops Campephaga flava Phylloscopus trochilus Geokichla gurneyi Tockus nasutus Falco amurensis Eastern Clapper Lark Lesser Striped-Swallow Cisticola fulvicapilla Muscicapa striata White-breasted Sunbird Damara Canary Red-billed Quelea Groundscraper Thrush Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mirafra fasciolata Cecropis abyssinica Zitting Cisticola Dusky-brown Flycatcher Cinnyris talatala Alario leucolaemus Quelea quelea Psophocichla litsitsirupa Trumpeter Hornbill Eleonora's Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental PASSERIFORMES: Cisticola juncidis Muscicapa adusta Dusky Sunbird Cape Canary Red Bishop South African Swallow Desert Cisticola Rare/Accidental Cinnyris fuscus Euplectes orix Ceratogymna bucinator Falco eleonorae Red-backed Shrike Sabota Lark Acrocephalidae Ashy Flycatcher Serinus canicollis Petrochelidon spilodera Cisticola aridulus Kurrichane Thrush Yellow-crowned Bishop Rare/Accidental Lanius collurio Calendulauda sabota Icterine Warbler Muscicapa caerulescens Yellow-fronted Canary Turdus libonyana Eurasian Hobby Fawn-colored Lark Rare/Accidental Cloud Cisticola Karoo Scrub-Robin Serinus mozambicus Euplectes afer Rare/Accidental Hippolais icterina PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae CORACIIFORMES: Bucorvidae Common House-Martin Cisticola textrix Olive Thrush Yellow Bishop Falco subbuteo Lesser Gray Shrike Calendulauda africanoides Rare/Accidental Cercotrichas coryphaeus Rare/Accidental Southern Ground-Hornbill Delichon urbicum Tawny-flanked Prinia Turdus olivaceus Western Yellow Wagtail Euplectes capensis African Hobby Lanius minor Red Lark Brown Scrub-Robin Forest Canary Sedge Warbler Karoo Thrush Motacilla flava Bucorvus leadbeateri Falco cuvierii Calendulauda burra Black Sawwing Prinia subflava Cercotrichas signata Serinus scotops White-winged Widowbird Southern Fiscal Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Vulnerable Psalidoprocne pristoptera Black-chested Prinia Turdus smithi Cape Wagtail Euplectes albonotatus Rare/Accidental Lanius collaris Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable Bearded Scrub-Robin Black-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Motacilla capensis Lanner Falcon Karoo Lark Prinia flavicans Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Serinus atrogularis Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Gray Wagtail Falco biarmicus Calendulauda albescens Karoo Prinia Kalahari Scrub-Robin PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae Brimstone Canary Red-collared Widowbird PICIFORMES: Lybiidae PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Motacilla cinerea Peregrine Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Spike-heeled Lark Acrocephalus palustris Prinia maculosa Cercotrichas paena Serinus sulphuratus Euplectes ardens Crested Barbet Fairy Flycatcher Common Myna Rare/Accidental Falco peregrinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Chersomanes albofasciata Rare/Accidental Drakensberg Prinia Red-backed Scrub-Robin Yellow Canary Fan-tailed Widowbird Trachyphonus vaillantii Stenostira scita Acridotheres tristis African Pied Wagtail Oriolus oriolus Cape Lark African Reed-Warbler Prinia hypoxantha Cercotrichas leucophrys Serinus flaviventris Euplectes axillaris Red-fronted Tinkerbird Rare/Accidental Motacilla aguimp African Black-headed Oriole Certhilauda curvirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Namaqua Prinia Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Pogoniulus pusillus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae European Starling African Pipit Oriolus larvatus Prinia substriata Agulhas Lark PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cossypha caffra Sturnus vulgaris Serinus albogularis Pied Barbet Rosy-faced Lovebird Anthus cinnamomeus Certhilauda brevirostris Yellow-bellied Eremomela White-throated Robin-Chat Protea Canary Tricholaema leucomelas Southern Black-Tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Introduced species PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae Agapornis roseicollis Eremomela icteropygialis Mountain Pipit Endemic Melaniparus niger Cossypha humeralis Wattled Starling Serinus leucopterus Black-collared Barbet Brown-necked Parrot PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Anthus hoeschi Swee Waxbill Eastern Long-billed Lark Yellow-rumped Eremomela Rare/Accidental Endemic Lybius torquatus Ashy Tit Creatophora cinerea Poicephalus robustus Square-tailed Drongo PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eremomela gregalis Long-billed Pipit Coccopygia melanotis Certhilauda semitorquata Melaniparus cinerascens Red-capped Robin-Chat Cape Glossy-Starling Streaky-headed Seedeater Dicrurus ludwigii Anthus similis Green-backed Twinspot Karoo Long-billed Lark Gray Tit Fan-tailed Grassbird Cossypha natalensis Lamprotornis nitens Serinus gularis Fork-tailed Drongo Plain-backed Pipit Mandingoa nitidula PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae Certhilauda subcoronata Melaniparus afer Schoenicola brevirostris Chorister Robin-Chat Burchell's Glossy-Starling Dicrurus adsimilis PASSERIFORMES: Sylvidae Anthus leucophrys Common Waxbill Wahlberg's Honeyguide Short-clawed Lark Cossypha dichroa Cape Batis Barratt's Warbler Bush Blackcap Lamprotornis australis Long-tailed Pipit PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae Estrilda astrild Prodotiscus regulus Certhilauda chuana White-starred Robin Batis capensis Bradypterus barratti Sylvia nigricapilla Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Anthus longicaudatus Black-cheeked Waxbill Black-eared Sparrow-Lark PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Pogonocichla stellata House Sparrow Lesser Honeyguide Chinspot Batis PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae Lamprotornis corruscus Knysna Warbler Near-threatened Endemic (country/region) Data deficient Passer domesticus Estrilda erythronotos Indicator minor Eremopterix australis African Penduline-Tit Short-toed Rock-Thrush Batis molitor African Crested-Flycatcher Bradypterus sylvaticus Layard's Warbler Violet-backed Starling Buffy Pipit Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Anthoscopus caroli Monticola brevipes Introduced species Scaly-throated Honeyguide Pririt Batis Trochocercus cyanomelas Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Vulnerable Sylvia layardi Anthus vaalensis Great Rufous Sparrow Uraeginthus angolensis Indicator variegatus Eremopterix verticalis Southern Penduline-Tit Sentinel Rock-Thrush Batis pririt African Paradise-Flycatcher Rufous-vented Warbler African Pied Starling Yellow-tufted Pipit Rare/Accidental Red-capped Lark Anthoscopus minutus Little Rush-Warbler Monticola explorator Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Terpsiphone viridis Spreo bicolor Bradypterus baboecala Sylvia subcaerulea Anthus crenatus Cape Sparrow Violet-eared Waxbill Indicator indicator Calandrella cinerea Cape Rock-Thrush Endemic (country/region) Orange-throated Longclaw Passer melanurus Granatina granatina PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae Stark's Lark Monticola rupestris Red-winged Starling PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Macronyx capensis Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Red-billed Firefinch Brubru PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Spizocorys starki PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae Endemic (country/region) Onychognathus morio PICIFORMES: Picidae Sombre Greenbul PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Yellow-throated Longclaw Passer diffusus Lagonosticta senegala Nilaus afer House Crow Pink-billed Lark Cape White-eye African Stonechat Pale-winged Starling Bar-throated Apalis Macronyx croceus African Firefinch Golden-tailed Woodpecker Andropadus importunus Yellow-throated Petronia Black-backed Puffback Corvus splendens Spizocorys conirostris Zosterops pallidus Saxicola torquatus Onychognathus nabouroup Terrestrial Brownbul Apalis thoracica Petronia superciliaris Lagonosticta rubricata Campethera abingoni Dryoscopus cubla Introduced species Sclater's Lark Buff-streaked Bushchat Phyllastrephus terrestris Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-headed Finch Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Tchagra Cape Crow Spizocorys sclateri Saxicola bifasciatus PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Apalis flavida Amadina erythrocephala Knysna Woodpecker Common Bulbul PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichi- PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae Tchagra senegalus Corvus capensis Near-threatened Southern Anteater-Chat Lark-like Bunting Green-backed Camaroptera PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae African Quailfinch Campethera notata Pycnonotus barbatus dae Brown-crowned Tchagra Pied Crow Large-billed Lark Myrmecocichla formicivora Red-billed Oxpecker Emberiza impetuani Camaroptera brachyura Scaly Weaver Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Arrow-marked Babbler Tchagra australis Corvus albus Galerida magnirostris Mocking Cliff-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Barred Wren-Warbler Sporopipes squamifrons Bronze Mannikin Ground Woodpecker Black-fronted Bulbul Turdoides jardineii Rare/Accidental White-necked Raven Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Rare/Accidental Emberiza tahapisi Calamonastes fasciolatus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Spermestes cucullatus Geocolaptes olivaceus Pycnonotus nigricans Rare/Accidental Southern Tchagra Corvus albicollis Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Kopje Warbler Plocepasser mahali Cardinal Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Cape Bulbul Tchagra tchagra Sicklewing Chat Cape Bunting Euryptila subcinnamomea Social Weaver Dendropicos fuscescens Plain Martin Pycnonotus capensis PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae Southern Boubou Cercomela sinuata Emberiza capensis PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae Rufous-eared Warbler PASSERIFORMES: Promeropi- Philetairus socius Bearded Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Chaetopidae Riparia paludicola Collared Sunbird Laniarius ferrugineus Karoo Chat Golden-breasted Bunting Pin-tailed Whydah Malcorus pectoralis dae Spectacled Weaver Dendropicos namaquus Cape Rockjumper Bank Swallow Hedydipna collaris Bokmakierie Cercomela schlegelii Emberiza flaviventris Vidua macroura PASSERIFORMES: Red-faced Cisticola Gurney's Sugarbird Ploceus ocularis Chaetops frenatus Riparia riparia Orange-breasted Sunbird Olive Woodpecker Telophorus zeylonus Macrosphenidae Tractrac Chat Cisticola erythrops Promerops gurneyi Anthobaphes violacea Cape Weaver Dendropicos griseocephalus Endemic Banded Martin Cercomela tractrac Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Cape Crombec Rock-loving Cisticola Cape Sugarbird Endemic Ploceus capensis Drakensberg Rockjumper Riparia cincta Familiar Chat Telophorus sulfureopectus Sylvietta rufescens Cisticola aberrans Promerops cafer Eastern Olive Sunbird African Golden-Weaver Chaetops aurantius Rock Martin Cercomela familiaris Olive Bushshrike Cape Grassbird Rattling Cisticola Cyanomitra olivacea Ploceus subaureus Ptyonoprogne fuligula Mountain Wheatear Telophorus olivaceus Sphenoeacus afer Phalacrocorax coronatus Striated Heron Lophaetus occipitalis Endangered GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Caspian Plover Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Gull-billed Tern Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Verreaux's Eagle-Owl CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Near-threatened Butorides striata Lesser Spotted Eagle Stanley Bustard Gray Crowned-Crane Charadrius asiaticus Bar-tailed Godwit Burchell's Courser Gelochelidon nilotica Turtur chalcospilos Bubo lacteus Half-collared Kingfisher Black-crowned Night-Heron Clanga pomarina Neotis denhami Balearica regulorum Rare/Accidental Limosa lapponica Cursorius rufus Rare/Accidental Tambourine Dove Pel's Fishing-Owl Alcedo semitorquata Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Endangered Kittlitz's Plover Ruddy Turnstone Temminck's Courser Caspian Tern Turtur tympanistria Scotopelia peli Malachite Kingfisher SULIFORMES: Anhingidae White-backed Night-Heron Wahlberg's Eagle Blue Bustard Blue Crane Charadrius pecuarius Arenaria interpres Cursorius temminckii Hydroprogne caspia Namaqua Dove African Barred Owlet Corythornis cristatus African Darter Gorsachius leuconotus Hieraaetus wahlbergi Eupodotis caerulescens Anthropoides paradiseus Kentish Plover Great Knot Rare/Accidental Black Tern Oena capensis Glaucidium capense African Pygmy-Kingfisher Anhinga rufa Booted Eagle Near-threatened Vulnerable Charadrius alexandrinus Calidris tenuirostris Double-banded Courser Chlidonias niger African Green-Pigeon African Wood-Owl Ispidina picta Hieraaetus pennatus Karoo Bustard Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Vulnerable Smutsornis africanus Rare/Accidental Treron calvus Strix woodfordii Gray-headed Kingfisher PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Eupodotis vigorsii Common Ringed Plover Red Knot Collared Pratincole White-winged Tern Marsh Owl Halcyon leucocephala Glossy Ibis CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae Hieraaetus ayresii Black Bustard Charadrius hiaticula Calidris canutus Glareola pratincola Chlidonias leucopterus Asio capensis Rare/Accidental Great White Pelican CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae Plegadis falcinellus Tawny Eagle Eupodotis afra Snowy Sheathbill Three-banded Plover Ruff Whiskered Tern Pelecanus onocrotalus Rare/Accidental Brown-hooded Kingfisher Sacred Ibis Knysna Turaco Aquila rapax Endemic (country/region) Chionis albus Charadrius tricollaris Calidris pugnax Black-winged Pratincole Chlidonias hybrida Halcyon albiventris Pink-backed Pelican CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgi- Threskiornis aethiopicus Rare/Accidental White-quilled Bustard Rare/Accidental White-fronted Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Tauraco corythaix Pelecanus rufescens Glareola nordmanni dae Giant Kingfisher Hadada Ibis Steppe Eagle Eupodotis afraoides Charadrius marginatus Calidris falcinellus Sterna dougallii Gray Go-away-bird Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Megaceryle maximus Bostrychia hagedash Corythaixoides concolor Eurasian Nightjar Aquila nipalensis Black-bellied Bustard Chestnut-banded Plover Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Country or region: Western Cape Southern Pochard PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae African Spoonbill CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Rare/Accidental Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius pallidus Curlew Sandpiper Common Tern Ceryle rudis (Breede Valley) Netta erythrophthalma Water Thick-knee Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Little Grebe PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae Platalea alba Verreaux's Eagle Near-threatened Calidris ferruginea CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Sterna hirundo Number of species: 550 Maccoa Duck Burhinus vermiculatus Caprimulgus rufigena Tachybaptus ruficollis Aquila verreauxii Red-necked Stint South Polar Skua Arctic Tern Number of endemics: 4 Hamerkop CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Oxyura maccoa Great Crested Grebe GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Spotted Thick-knee Fiery-necked Nightjar CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Scopus umbretta Lizard Buzzard Calidris ruficollis Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna paradisaea Number of globally threatened species: 25 Near-threatened ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae Burhinus capensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Pied Cuckoo Caprimulgus pectoralis Podiceps cristatus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Corn Crake Rare/Accidental Brown Skua Antarctic Tern White-fronted Bee-eater Number of introduced species: 8 Secretary-bird Clamator jacobinus Freckled Nightjar Eared Grebe Pale Chanting-Goshawk Crex crex Greater Painted-Snipe Sanderling Stercorarius antarcticus Sterna vittata Merops bullockoides Date last reviewed: 2009-09-11 Sagittarius serpentarius Levaillant's Cuckoo Caprimulgus tristigma Podiceps nigricollis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Melierax canorus African Rail Rostratula benghalensis Calidris alba Pomarine Jaeger Great Crested Tern Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Numididae Vulnerable CHARADRIIFORMES: Clamator levaillantii Great Bittern Gabar Goshawk Rallus caerulescens Dunlin Stercorarius pomarinus Thalasseus bergii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Helmeted Guineafowl Recurvirostridae Great Spotted Cuckoo Botaurus stellaris Micronisus gabar African Crake Calidris alpina Parasitic Jaeger Sandwich Tern Merops hirundineus STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae Numida meleagris Black-winged Stilt CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae APODIFORMES: Apodidae PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoen- Crecopsis egregia Clamator glandarius Ostrich Little Bittern ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae African Marsh-Harrier Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental icopteridae Himantopus himantopus African Jacana Red-chested Cuckoo Alpine Swift Ixobrychus minutus Black Crake Long-tailed Jaeger White-throated Bee-eater Struthio camelus Osprey Circus ranivorus Pied Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Elegant Tern Greater Flamingo Actophilornis africanus Cuculus solitarius Apus melba GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Dwarf Bittern Black Harrier Amaurornis flavirostra Calidris bairdii Stercorarius longicaudus Thalasseus elegans Merops albicollis Phoenicopterus roseus Pandion haliaetus Recurvirostra avosetta Common Swift Little Crake Black Cuckoo Chukar Ixobrychus sturmii Circus maurus Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Lesser Flamingo Apus apus Porzana parva Cuculus clamosus ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Alectoris chukar Gray Heron Vulnerable Little Stint Lesser Crested Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Phoenicopterus minor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Pallid Swift Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Rare/Accidental White-faced Whistling-Duck Introduced species Ardea cinerea ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Pallid Harrier CHARADRIIFORMES: Calidris minuta Thalasseus bengalensis Merops persicus Near-threatened Terek Sandpiper Apus pallidus Baillon's Crake Black-legged Kittiwake Common Cuckoo Dendrocygna viduata Crested Francolin Black-headed Heron 3Black-shouldered Kite Circus macrourus Haematopodidae White-rumped Sandpiper Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Porzana pusilla Rissa tridactyla Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental Francolinus sephaena Ardea melanocephala Elanus caeruleus Near-threatened Eurasian Oystercatcher Calidris fuscicollis Madagascar Bee-eater Common Sandpiper African Swift Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Red-winged Francolin Goliath Heron African Harrier-Hawk Montagu's Harrier Haematopus ostralegus Rare/Accidental Merops superciliosus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Actitis hypoleucos Apus barbatus Purple Swamphen Sabine's Gull PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae African Cuckoo Dendrocygna bicolor Francolinus levaillantii Ardea goliath Polyboroides typus Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare/Accidental African Openbill Green Sandpiper Bradfield's Swift Porphyrio porphyrio Xema sabini Namaqua Sandgrouse Cuculus gularis Rare/Accidental Gray-winged Francolin Purple Heron Palm-nut Vulture Rare/Accidental African Oystercatcher Calidris subruficollis European Bee-eater Anastomus lamelligerus Tringa ochropus Apus bradfieldi Allen's Gallinule Gray-hooded Gull Pterocles namaqua Rare/Accidental White-backed Duck Francolinus africanus Ardea purpurea Gypohierax angolensis African Goshawk Haematopus moquini Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Merops apiaster Black Stork Rare/Accidental Little Swift Porphyrio alleni Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Klaas's Cuckoo Thalassornis leuconotus Endemic (country/region) Great Egret Rare/Accidental Accipiter tachiro Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Ciconia nigra Greater Yellowlegs Apus affinis Purple Gallinule Hartlaub's Gull Pterocles gutturalis Chrysococcyx klaas Comb Duck Shelley's Francolin Ardea alba European Honey-buzzard Shikra Calidris melanotos Abdim's Stork Tringa melanoleuca Horus Swift Porphyrio martinicus Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Double-banded Sandgrouse African Emerald Cuckoo CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae Sarkidiornis melanotos Francolinus shelleyi Intermediate Egret Pernis apivorus Accipiter badius Rare/Accidental Ciconia abdimii Rare/Accidental Apus horus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-headed Gull Pterocles bicinctus Chrysococcyx cupreus European Roller Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mesophoyx intermedia African Cuckoo-Hawk Little Sparrowhawk African Snipe Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank White-rumped Swift Eurasian Moorhen Black-bellied Plover Chroicocephalus ridibundus Burchell's Sandgrouse Dideric Cuckoo Coracias garrulus Egyptian Goose Orange River Francolin Little Egret Aviceda cuculoides Accipiter minullus Gallinago nigripennis White Stork Tringa nebularia Apus caffer Gallinula chloropus Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental Pterocles burchelli Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Alopochen aegyptiaca Francolinus levaillantoides Egretta garzetta Hooded Vulture Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Wilson's Phalarope Ciconia ciconia Lesser Yellowlegs African Palm-Swift Red-knobbed Coot American Golden-Plover Franklin's Gull Yellowbill Lilac-breasted Roller South African Shelduck Cape Francolin Western Reef-Heron Necrosyrtes monachus Accipiter rufiventris Phalaropus tricolor Marabou Stork Tringa flavipes Cypsiurus parvus Pluvialis dominica Leucophaeus pipixcan Ceuthmochares aereus Coracias caudatus Tadorna cana Egretta gularis Endangered Black Goshawk Fulica cristata Rare/Accidental Francolinus capensis Leptoptilos crumenifer Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae White-browed Coucal Rare/Accidental Spur-winged Goose Rare/Accidental Cape Griffon Accipiter melanoleucus Red-necked Phalarope Endemic Rare/Accidental Marsh Sandpiper Pacific Golden-Plover Kelp Gull Rock Pigeon Centropus superciliosus Plectropterus gambensis Snowy Egret Gyps coprotheres Black Kite Phalaropus lobatus Natal Francolin Yellow-billed Stork Tringa stagnatilis COLIIFORMES: Coliidae GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae Pluvialis fulva Larus dominicanus Columba livia African Black Duck Egretta thula Vulnerable Milvus migrans Red Phalarope Francolinus natalensis Mycteria ibis Wood Sandpiper Speckled Mousebird CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae Buff-spotted Flufftail Rare/Accidental Brown Noddy Introduced species Anas sparsa Rare/Accidental Bateleur African Fish-Eagle Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental Tringa glareola STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Colius striatus Sarothrura elegans Blacksmith Plover Anous stolidus Speckled Pigeon Eurasian Hoopoe Yellow-billed Duck Little Blue Heron Terathopius ecaudatus Haliaeetus vocifer Red-necked Francolin Common Redshank African Grass-Owl White-backed Mousebird Red-chested Flufftail Vanellus armatus Rare/Accidental Columba guinea Upupa epops Anas undulata SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Egretta caerulea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Common Buzzard Francolinus afer Tringa totanus Tyto capensis Colius colius Sarothrura rufa White-headed Lapwing CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Sooty Tern Rameron Pigeon Mallard Great Cormorant Rare/Accidental Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Buteo buteo Swainson's Francolin Rare/Accidental Barn Owl Red-faced Mousebird Striped Flufftail Vanellus albiceps Onychoprion fuscatus Columba arquatrix Anas platyrhynchos Phalacrocorax carbo Black Heron Circaetus pectoralis Mountain Buzzard Small Buttonquail Francolinus swainsonii Whimbrel Tyto alba Urocolius indicus CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae Sarothrura affinis Black-winged Lapwing Rare/Accidental Lemon Dove Introduced species Cape Cormorant Egretta ardesiaca Brown Snake-Eagle Buteo oreophilus Turnix sylvaticus Rare/Accidental Numenius phaeopus Green Woodhoopoe Vanellus melanopterus Bridled Tern Columba larvata Cape Shoveler Phalacrocorax capensis Cattle Egret Circaetus cinereus Jackal Buzzard Hottentot Buttonquail Common Quail Eurasian Curlew Phoeniculus purpureus Crowned Lapwing Onychoprion anaethetus Mourning Collared-Dove Anas smithii Endemic Near-threatened Bubulcus ibis Crowned Hawk-Eagle Buteo rufofuscus Turnix hottentottus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Coturnix coturnix GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Numenius arquata Common Scimitar-bill Vanellus coronatus Streptopelia decipiens Red-billed Duck Bank Cormorant Squacco Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus Rare/Accidental Southern White-faced Owl Narina Trogon Harlequin Quail African Finfoot Near-threatened Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Lesser Sand-Plover Red-eyed Dove Anas erythrorhyncha Phalacrocorax neglectus Ardeola ralloides Near-threatened Little Tern Ptilopsis granti Apaloderma narina Coturnix delegorguei Podica senegalensis Black-tailed Godwit Rare/Accidental Charadrius mongolus CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae Streptopelia semitorquata Hottentot Teal Endangered Rare/Accidental Martial Eagle OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Sternula albifrons Cape Eagle-Owl Indian Peafowl Limosa limosa Rare/Accidental Crab Plover Ring-necked Dove Anas hottentota Long-tailed Cormorant Rufous-bellied Heron Polemaetus bellicosus Kori Bustard Damara Tern Bubo capensis Pavo cristatus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Greater Sand-Plover Dromas ardeola Streptopelia capicola Cape Teal Phalacrocorax africanus Ardeola rufiventris Near-threatened Ardeotis kori Sternula balaenarum Spotted Eagle-Owl Introduced species Hudsonian Godwit Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental Laughing Dove Anas capensis Crowned Cormorant Rare/Accidental Long-crested Eagle Ludwig's Bustard Near-threatened Bubo africanus Limosa haemastica Neotis ludwigii Rare/Accidental Streptopelia senegalensis

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CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Gray-headed Bushshrike PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Barn Swallow Victorin's Warbler Cisticola chiniana PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Oenanthe monticola Mouse-colored Sunbird PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Lesser Masked-Weaver Southern Red-billed Hornbill Lesser Kestrel Malaconotus blanchoti Monotonous Lark Hirundo rustica Cryptillas victorini Gray Cisticola Chat Flycatcher Capped Wheatear Cyanomitra veroxii Common Chaffinch Ploceus intermedius Tockus rufirostris Falco naumanni Mirafra passerina White-throated Swallow Endemic Cisticola rufilatus Bradornis infuscatus Oenanthe pileata Amethyst Sunbird Fringilla coelebs Southern Masked-Weaver Rare/Accidental Eurasian Kestrel Latakoo Lark Hirundo albigularis Red-headed Cisticola Mariqua Flycatcher Chalcomitra amethystina Introduced species Ploceus velatus PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Falco tinnunculus Mirafra cheniana Wire-tailed Swallow Cisticola subruficapilla Bradornis mariquensis Malachite Sunbird Cape Siskin Village Weaver Gray Cuckooshrike PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopi- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Tockus leucomelas Greater Kestrel Near-threatened Hirundo smithii Wailing Cisticola Southern Black-Flycatcher Nectarinia famosa Pseudochloroptila totta Ploceus cucullatus Coracina caesia dae Spotted Ground-Thrush Rare/Accidental Falco rupicoloides Rufous-naped Lark Pearl-breasted Swallow Cisticola lais Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Double-collared Sunbird Drakensberg Siskin Forest Weaver White-breasted Cuckooshrike Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Geokichla guttata Crowned Hornbill Red-necked Falcon Mirafra africana Hirundo dimidiata Tinkling Cisticola Fiscal Flycatcher Cinnyris chalybeus Pseudochloroptila symonsi Ploceus bicolor Coracina pectoralis Phylloscopus ruficapilla Endangered Tockus alboterminatus Falco chicquera Cape Clapper Lark Greater Striped-Swallow Cisticola tinniens Sigelus silens Greater Double-collared Sunbird Black-headed Canary Red-headed Quelea Black Cuckooshrike Willow Warbler Orange Ground-Thrush African Gray Hornbill Amur Falcon Mirafra apiata Cecropis cucullata Piping Cisticola Spotted Flycatcher Cinnyris afer Alario alario Quelea erythrops Campephaga flava Phylloscopus trochilus Geokichla gurneyi Tockus nasutus Falco amurensis Eastern Clapper Lark Lesser Striped-Swallow Cisticola fulvicapilla Muscicapa striata White-breasted Sunbird Damara Canary Red-billed Quelea Groundscraper Thrush Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mirafra fasciolata Cecropis abyssinica Zitting Cisticola Dusky-brown Flycatcher Cinnyris talatala Alario leucolaemus Quelea quelea Psophocichla litsitsirupa Trumpeter Hornbill Eleonora's Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental PASSERIFORMES: Cisticola juncidis Muscicapa adusta Dusky Sunbird Cape Canary Red Bishop South African Swallow Desert Cisticola Rare/Accidental Cinnyris fuscus Euplectes orix Ceratogymna bucinator Falco eleonorae Red-backed Shrike Sabota Lark Acrocephalidae Ashy Flycatcher Serinus canicollis Petrochelidon spilodera Cisticola aridulus Kurrichane Thrush Yellow-crowned Bishop Rare/Accidental Lanius collurio Calendulauda sabota Icterine Warbler Muscicapa caerulescens Yellow-fronted Canary Turdus libonyana Eurasian Hobby Fawn-colored Lark Rare/Accidental Cloud Cisticola Karoo Scrub-Robin Serinus mozambicus Euplectes afer Rare/Accidental Hippolais icterina PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae CORACIIFORMES: Bucorvidae Common House-Martin Cisticola textrix Olive Thrush Yellow Bishop Falco subbuteo Lesser Gray Shrike Calendulauda africanoides Rare/Accidental Cercotrichas coryphaeus Rare/Accidental Southern Ground-Hornbill Delichon urbicum Tawny-flanked Prinia Turdus olivaceus Western Yellow Wagtail Euplectes capensis African Hobby Lanius minor Red Lark Brown Scrub-Robin Forest Canary Sedge Warbler Karoo Thrush Motacilla flava Bucorvus leadbeateri Falco cuvierii Calendulauda burra Black Sawwing Prinia subflava Cercotrichas signata Serinus scotops White-winged Widowbird Southern Fiscal Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Vulnerable Psalidoprocne pristoptera Black-chested Prinia Turdus smithi Cape Wagtail Euplectes albonotatus Rare/Accidental Lanius collaris Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable Bearded Scrub-Robin Black-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Motacilla capensis Lanner Falcon Karoo Lark Prinia flavicans Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Serinus atrogularis Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Gray Wagtail Falco biarmicus Calendulauda albescens Karoo Prinia Kalahari Scrub-Robin PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae Brimstone Canary Red-collared Widowbird PICIFORMES: Lybiidae PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Motacilla cinerea Peregrine Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Spike-heeled Lark Acrocephalus palustris Prinia maculosa Cercotrichas paena Serinus sulphuratus Euplectes ardens Crested Barbet Fairy Flycatcher Common Myna Rare/Accidental Falco peregrinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Chersomanes albofasciata Rare/Accidental Drakensberg Prinia Red-backed Scrub-Robin Yellow Canary Fan-tailed Widowbird Trachyphonus vaillantii Stenostira scita Acridotheres tristis African Pied Wagtail Oriolus oriolus Cape Lark African Reed-Warbler Prinia hypoxantha Cercotrichas leucophrys Serinus flaviventris Euplectes axillaris Red-fronted Tinkerbird Rare/Accidental Motacilla aguimp African Black-headed Oriole Certhilauda curvirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Namaqua Prinia Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Pogoniulus pusillus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae European Starling African Pipit Oriolus larvatus Prinia substriata Agulhas Lark PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cossypha caffra Sturnus vulgaris Serinus albogularis Pied Barbet Rosy-faced Lovebird Anthus cinnamomeus Certhilauda brevirostris Yellow-bellied Eremomela White-throated Robin-Chat Protea Canary Tricholaema leucomelas Southern Black-Tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Introduced species PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae Agapornis roseicollis Eremomela icteropygialis Mountain Pipit Endemic Melaniparus niger Cossypha humeralis Wattled Starling Serinus leucopterus Black-collared Barbet Brown-necked Parrot PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Anthus hoeschi Swee Waxbill Eastern Long-billed Lark Yellow-rumped Eremomela Rare/Accidental Endemic Lybius torquatus Ashy Tit Creatophora cinerea Poicephalus robustus Square-tailed Drongo PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eremomela gregalis Long-billed Pipit Coccopygia melanotis Certhilauda semitorquata Melaniparus cinerascens Red-capped Robin-Chat Cape Glossy-Starling Streaky-headed Seedeater Dicrurus ludwigii Anthus similis Green-backed Twinspot Karoo Long-billed Lark Gray Tit Fan-tailed Grassbird Cossypha natalensis Lamprotornis nitens Serinus gularis Fork-tailed Drongo Plain-backed Pipit Mandingoa nitidula PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae Certhilauda subcoronata Melaniparus afer Schoenicola brevirostris Chorister Robin-Chat Burchell's Glossy-Starling Dicrurus adsimilis PASSERIFORMES: Sylvidae Anthus leucophrys Common Waxbill Wahlberg's Honeyguide Short-clawed Lark Cossypha dichroa Cape Batis Barratt's Warbler Bush Blackcap Lamprotornis australis Long-tailed Pipit PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae Estrilda astrild Prodotiscus regulus Certhilauda chuana White-starred Robin Batis capensis Bradypterus barratti Sylvia nigricapilla Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Anthus longicaudatus Black-cheeked Waxbill Black-eared Sparrow-Lark PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Pogonocichla stellata House Sparrow Lesser Honeyguide Chinspot Batis PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae Lamprotornis corruscus Knysna Warbler Near-threatened Endemic (country/region) Data deficient Passer domesticus Estrilda erythronotos Indicator minor Eremopterix australis African Penduline-Tit Short-toed Rock-Thrush Batis molitor African Crested-Flycatcher Bradypterus sylvaticus Layard's Warbler Violet-backed Starling Buffy Pipit Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Anthoscopus caroli Monticola brevipes Introduced species Scaly-throated Honeyguide Pririt Batis Trochocercus cyanomelas Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Vulnerable Sylvia layardi Anthus vaalensis Great Rufous Sparrow Uraeginthus angolensis Indicator variegatus Eremopterix verticalis Southern Penduline-Tit Sentinel Rock-Thrush Batis pririt African Paradise-Flycatcher Rufous-vented Warbler African Pied Starling Yellow-tufted Pipit Rare/Accidental Red-capped Lark Anthoscopus minutus Little Rush-Warbler Monticola explorator Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Terpsiphone viridis Spreo bicolor Bradypterus baboecala Sylvia subcaerulea Anthus crenatus Cape Sparrow Violet-eared Waxbill Indicator indicator Calandrella cinerea Cape Rock-Thrush Endemic (country/region) Orange-throated Longclaw Passer melanurus Granatina granatina PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae Stark's Lark Monticola rupestris Red-winged Starling PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Macronyx capensis Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Red-billed Firefinch Brubru PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Spizocorys starki PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae Endemic (country/region) Onychognathus morio PICIFORMES: Picidae Sombre Greenbul PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Yellow-throated Longclaw Passer diffusus Lagonosticta senegala Nilaus afer House Crow Pink-billed Lark Cape White-eye African Stonechat Pale-winged Starling Bar-throated Apalis Macronyx croceus African Firefinch Golden-tailed Woodpecker Andropadus importunus Yellow-throated Petronia Black-backed Puffback Corvus splendens Spizocorys conirostris Zosterops pallidus Saxicola torquatus Onychognathus nabouroup Terrestrial Brownbul Apalis thoracica Petronia superciliaris Lagonosticta rubricata Campethera abingoni Dryoscopus cubla Introduced species Sclater's Lark Buff-streaked Bushchat Phyllastrephus terrestris Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-headed Finch Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Tchagra Cape Crow Spizocorys sclateri Saxicola bifasciatus PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Apalis flavida Amadina erythrocephala Knysna Woodpecker Common Bulbul PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichi- PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae Tchagra senegalus Corvus capensis Near-threatened Southern Anteater-Chat Lark-like Bunting Green-backed Camaroptera PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae African Quailfinch Campethera notata Pycnonotus barbatus dae Brown-crowned Tchagra Pied Crow Large-billed Lark Myrmecocichla formicivora Red-billed Oxpecker Emberiza impetuani Camaroptera brachyura Scaly Weaver Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Arrow-marked Babbler Tchagra australis Corvus albus Galerida magnirostris Mocking Cliff-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Barred Wren-Warbler Sporopipes squamifrons Bronze Mannikin Ground Woodpecker Black-fronted Bulbul Turdoides jardineii Rare/Accidental White-necked Raven Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Rare/Accidental Emberiza tahapisi Calamonastes fasciolatus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Spermestes cucullatus Geocolaptes olivaceus Pycnonotus nigricans Rare/Accidental Southern Tchagra Corvus albicollis Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Kopje Warbler Plocepasser mahali Cardinal Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Cape Bulbul Tchagra tchagra Sicklewing Chat Cape Bunting Euryptila subcinnamomea Social Weaver Dendropicos fuscescens Plain Martin Pycnonotus capensis PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae Southern Boubou Cercomela sinuata Emberiza capensis PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae Rufous-eared Warbler PASSERIFORMES: Promeropi- Philetairus socius Bearded Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Chaetopidae Riparia paludicola Collared Sunbird Laniarius ferrugineus Karoo Chat Golden-breasted Bunting Pin-tailed Whydah Malcorus pectoralis dae Spectacled Weaver Dendropicos namaquus Cape Rockjumper Bank Swallow Hedydipna collaris Bokmakierie Cercomela schlegelii Emberiza flaviventris Vidua macroura PASSERIFORMES: Red-faced Cisticola Gurney's Sugarbird Ploceus ocularis Chaetops frenatus Riparia riparia Orange-breasted Sunbird Olive Woodpecker Telophorus zeylonus Macrosphenidae Tractrac Chat Cisticola erythrops Promerops gurneyi Anthobaphes violacea Cape Weaver Dendropicos griseocephalus Endemic Banded Martin Cercomela tractrac Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Cape Crombec Rock-loving Cisticola Cape Sugarbird Endemic Ploceus capensis Drakensberg Rockjumper Riparia cincta Familiar Chat Telophorus sulfureopectus Sylvietta rufescens Cisticola aberrans Promerops cafer Eastern Olive Sunbird African Golden-Weaver Chaetops aurantius Rock Martin Cercomela familiaris Olive Bushshrike Cape Grassbird Rattling Cisticola Cyanomitra olivacea Ploceus subaureus Ptyonoprogne fuligula Mountain Wheatear Telophorus olivaceus Sphenoeacus afer Phalacrocorax coronatus Striated Heron Lophaetus occipitalis Endangered GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Caspian Plover Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Gull-billed Tern Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Verreaux's Eagle-Owl CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Near-threatened Butorides striata Lesser Spotted Eagle Stanley Bustard Gray Crowned-Crane Charadrius asiaticus Bar-tailed Godwit Burchell's Courser Gelochelidon nilotica Turtur chalcospilos Bubo lacteus Half-collared Kingfisher Black-crowned Night-Heron Clanga pomarina Neotis denhami Balearica regulorum Rare/Accidental Limosa lapponica Cursorius rufus Rare/Accidental Tambourine Dove Pel's Fishing-Owl Alcedo semitorquata Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Endangered Kittlitz's Plover Ruddy Turnstone Temminck's Courser Caspian Tern Turtur tympanistria Scotopelia peli Malachite Kingfisher SULIFORMES: Anhingidae White-backed Night-Heron Wahlberg's Eagle Blue Bustard Blue Crane Charadrius pecuarius Arenaria interpres Cursorius temminckii Hydroprogne caspia Namaqua Dove African Barred Owlet Corythornis cristatus African Darter Gorsachius leuconotus Hieraaetus wahlbergi Eupodotis caerulescens Anthropoides paradiseus Kentish Plover Great Knot Rare/Accidental Black Tern Oena capensis Glaucidium capense African Pygmy-Kingfisher Anhinga rufa Booted Eagle Near-threatened Vulnerable Charadrius alexandrinus Calidris tenuirostris Double-banded Courser Chlidonias niger African Green-Pigeon African Wood-Owl Ispidina picta Hieraaetus pennatus Karoo Bustard Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Vulnerable Smutsornis africanus Rare/Accidental Treron calvus Strix woodfordii Gray-headed Kingfisher PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Eupodotis vigorsii Common Ringed Plover Red Knot Collared Pratincole White-winged Tern Marsh Owl Halcyon leucocephala Glossy Ibis CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae Hieraaetus ayresii Black Bustard Charadrius hiaticula Calidris canutus Glareola pratincola Chlidonias leucopterus Asio capensis Rare/Accidental Great White Pelican CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae Plegadis falcinellus Tawny Eagle Eupodotis afra Snowy Sheathbill Three-banded Plover Ruff Whiskered Tern Pelecanus onocrotalus Rare/Accidental Brown-hooded Kingfisher Sacred Ibis Knysna Turaco Aquila rapax Endemic (country/region) Chionis albus Charadrius tricollaris Calidris pugnax Black-winged Pratincole Chlidonias hybrida Halcyon albiventris Pink-backed Pelican CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgi- Threskiornis aethiopicus Rare/Accidental White-quilled Bustard Rare/Accidental White-fronted Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Tauraco corythaix Pelecanus rufescens Glareola nordmanni dae Giant Kingfisher Hadada Ibis Steppe Eagle Eupodotis afraoides Charadrius marginatus Calidris falcinellus Sterna dougallii Gray Go-away-bird Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Megaceryle maximus Bostrychia hagedash Corythaixoides concolor Eurasian Nightjar Aquila nipalensis Black-bellied Bustard Chestnut-banded Plover Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Country or region: Western Cape Southern Pochard PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae African Spoonbill CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Rare/Accidental Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius pallidus Curlew Sandpiper Common Tern Ceryle rudis (Breede Valley) Netta erythrophthalma Water Thick-knee Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Little Grebe PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae Platalea alba Verreaux's Eagle Near-threatened Calidris ferruginea CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Sterna hirundo Number of species: 550 Maccoa Duck Burhinus vermiculatus Caprimulgus rufigena Tachybaptus ruficollis Aquila verreauxii Red-necked Stint South Polar Skua Arctic Tern Number of endemics: 4 Hamerkop CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Oxyura maccoa Great Crested Grebe GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Spotted Thick-knee Fiery-necked Nightjar CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Scopus umbretta Lizard Buzzard Calidris ruficollis Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna paradisaea Number of globally threatened species: 25 Near-threatened ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae Burhinus capensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Pied Cuckoo Caprimulgus pectoralis Podiceps cristatus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Corn Crake Rare/Accidental Brown Skua Antarctic Tern White-fronted Bee-eater Number of introduced species: 8 Secretary-bird Clamator jacobinus Freckled Nightjar Eared Grebe Pale Chanting-Goshawk Crex crex Greater Painted-Snipe Sanderling Stercorarius antarcticus Sterna vittata Merops bullockoides Date last reviewed: 2009-09-11 Sagittarius serpentarius Levaillant's Cuckoo Caprimulgus tristigma Podiceps nigricollis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Melierax canorus African Rail Rostratula benghalensis Calidris alba Pomarine Jaeger Great Crested Tern Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Numididae Vulnerable CHARADRIIFORMES: Clamator levaillantii Great Bittern Gabar Goshawk Rallus caerulescens Dunlin Stercorarius pomarinus Thalasseus bergii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Helmeted Guineafowl Recurvirostridae Great Spotted Cuckoo Botaurus stellaris Micronisus gabar African Crake Calidris alpina Parasitic Jaeger Sandwich Tern Merops hirundineus STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae Numida meleagris Black-winged Stilt CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae APODIFORMES: Apodidae PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoen- Crecopsis egregia Clamator glandarius Ostrich Little Bittern ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae African Marsh-Harrier Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental icopteridae Himantopus himantopus African Jacana Red-chested Cuckoo Alpine Swift Ixobrychus minutus Black Crake Long-tailed Jaeger White-throated Bee-eater Struthio camelus Osprey Circus ranivorus Pied Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Elegant Tern Greater Flamingo Actophilornis africanus Cuculus solitarius Apus melba GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Dwarf Bittern Black Harrier Amaurornis flavirostra Calidris bairdii Stercorarius longicaudus Thalasseus elegans Merops albicollis Phoenicopterus roseus Pandion haliaetus Recurvirostra avosetta Common Swift Little Crake Black Cuckoo Chukar Ixobrychus sturmii Circus maurus Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Lesser Flamingo Apus apus Porzana parva Cuculus clamosus ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Alectoris chukar Gray Heron Vulnerable Little Stint Lesser Crested Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Phoenicopterus minor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Pallid Swift Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Rare/Accidental White-faced Whistling-Duck Introduced species Ardea cinerea ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Pallid Harrier CHARADRIIFORMES: Calidris minuta Thalasseus bengalensis Merops persicus Near-threatened Terek Sandpiper Apus pallidus Baillon's Crake Black-legged Kittiwake Common Cuckoo Dendrocygna viduata Crested Francolin Black-headed Heron 3Black-shouldered Kite Circus macrourus Haematopodidae White-rumped Sandpiper Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Porzana pusilla Rissa tridactyla Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental Francolinus sephaena Ardea melanocephala Elanus caeruleus Near-threatened Eurasian Oystercatcher Calidris fuscicollis Madagascar Bee-eater Common Sandpiper African Swift Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Red-winged Francolin Goliath Heron African Harrier-Hawk Montagu's Harrier Haematopus ostralegus Rare/Accidental Merops superciliosus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Actitis hypoleucos Apus barbatus Purple Swamphen Sabine's Gull PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae African Cuckoo Dendrocygna bicolor Francolinus levaillantii Ardea goliath Polyboroides typus Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare/Accidental African Openbill Green Sandpiper Bradfield's Swift Porphyrio porphyrio Xema sabini Namaqua Sandgrouse Cuculus gularis Rare/Accidental Gray-winged Francolin Purple Heron Palm-nut Vulture Rare/Accidental African Oystercatcher Calidris subruficollis European Bee-eater Anastomus lamelligerus Tringa ochropus Apus bradfieldi Allen's Gallinule Gray-hooded Gull Pterocles namaqua Rare/Accidental White-backed Duck Francolinus africanus Ardea purpurea Gypohierax angolensis African Goshawk Haematopus moquini Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Merops apiaster Black Stork Rare/Accidental Little Swift Porphyrio alleni Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Klaas's Cuckoo Thalassornis leuconotus Endemic (country/region) Great Egret Rare/Accidental Accipiter tachiro Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Ciconia nigra Greater Yellowlegs Apus affinis Purple Gallinule Hartlaub's Gull Pterocles gutturalis Chrysococcyx klaas Comb Duck Shelley's Francolin Ardea alba European Honey-buzzard Shikra Calidris melanotos Abdim's Stork Tringa melanoleuca Horus Swift Porphyrio martinicus Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Double-banded Sandgrouse African Emerald Cuckoo CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae Sarkidiornis melanotos Francolinus shelleyi Intermediate Egret Pernis apivorus Accipiter badius Rare/Accidental Ciconia abdimii Rare/Accidental Apus horus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-headed Gull Pterocles bicinctus Chrysococcyx cupreus European Roller Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mesophoyx intermedia African Cuckoo-Hawk Little Sparrowhawk African Snipe Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank White-rumped Swift Eurasian Moorhen Black-bellied Plover Chroicocephalus ridibundus Burchell's Sandgrouse Dideric Cuckoo Coracias garrulus Egyptian Goose Orange River Francolin Little Egret Aviceda cuculoides Accipiter minullus Gallinago nigripennis White Stork Tringa nebularia Apus caffer Gallinula chloropus Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental Pterocles burchelli Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Alopochen aegyptiaca Francolinus levaillantoides Egretta garzetta Hooded Vulture Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Wilson's Phalarope Ciconia ciconia Lesser Yellowlegs African Palm-Swift Red-knobbed Coot American Golden-Plover Franklin's Gull Yellowbill Lilac-breasted Roller South African Shelduck Cape Francolin Western Reef-Heron Necrosyrtes monachus Accipiter rufiventris Phalaropus tricolor Marabou Stork Tringa flavipes Cypsiurus parvus Pluvialis dominica Leucophaeus pipixcan Ceuthmochares aereus Coracias caudatus Tadorna cana Egretta gularis Endangered Black Goshawk Fulica cristata Rare/Accidental Francolinus capensis Leptoptilos crumenifer Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae White-browed Coucal Rare/Accidental Spur-winged Goose Rare/Accidental Cape Griffon Accipiter melanoleucus Red-necked Phalarope Endemic Rare/Accidental Marsh Sandpiper Pacific Golden-Plover Kelp Gull Rock Pigeon Centropus superciliosus Plectropterus gambensis Snowy Egret Gyps coprotheres Black Kite Phalaropus lobatus Natal Francolin Yellow-billed Stork Tringa stagnatilis COLIIFORMES: Coliidae GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae Pluvialis fulva Larus dominicanus Columba livia African Black Duck Egretta thula Vulnerable Milvus migrans Red Phalarope Francolinus natalensis Mycteria ibis Wood Sandpiper Speckled Mousebird CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae Buff-spotted Flufftail Rare/Accidental Brown Noddy Introduced species Anas sparsa Rare/Accidental Bateleur African Fish-Eagle Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental Tringa glareola STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Colius striatus Sarothrura elegans Blacksmith Plover Anous stolidus Speckled Pigeon Eurasian Hoopoe Yellow-billed Duck Little Blue Heron Terathopius ecaudatus Haliaeetus vocifer Red-necked Francolin Common Redshank African Grass-Owl White-backed Mousebird Red-chested Flufftail Vanellus armatus Rare/Accidental Columba guinea Upupa epops Anas undulata SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Egretta caerulea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Common Buzzard Francolinus afer Tringa totanus Tyto capensis Colius colius Sarothrura rufa White-headed Lapwing CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Sooty Tern Rameron Pigeon Mallard Great Cormorant Rare/Accidental Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Buteo buteo Swainson's Francolin Rare/Accidental Barn Owl Red-faced Mousebird Striped Flufftail Vanellus albiceps Onychoprion fuscatus Columba arquatrix Anas platyrhynchos Phalacrocorax carbo Black Heron Circaetus pectoralis Mountain Buzzard Small Buttonquail Francolinus swainsonii Whimbrel Tyto alba Urocolius indicus CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae Sarothrura affinis Black-winged Lapwing Rare/Accidental Lemon Dove Introduced species Cape Cormorant Egretta ardesiaca Brown Snake-Eagle Buteo oreophilus Turnix sylvaticus Rare/Accidental Numenius phaeopus Green Woodhoopoe Vanellus melanopterus Bridled Tern Columba larvata Cape Shoveler Phalacrocorax capensis Cattle Egret Circaetus cinereus Jackal Buzzard Hottentot Buttonquail Common Quail Eurasian Curlew Phoeniculus purpureus Crowned Lapwing Onychoprion anaethetus Mourning Collared-Dove Anas smithii Endemic Near-threatened Bubulcus ibis Crowned Hawk-Eagle Buteo rufofuscus Turnix hottentottus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Coturnix coturnix GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Numenius arquata Common Scimitar-bill Vanellus coronatus Streptopelia decipiens Red-billed Duck Bank Cormorant Squacco Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus Rare/Accidental Southern White-faced Owl Narina Trogon Harlequin Quail African Finfoot Near-threatened Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Lesser Sand-Plover Red-eyed Dove Anas erythrorhyncha Phalacrocorax neglectus Ardeola ralloides Near-threatened Little Tern Ptilopsis granti Apaloderma narina Coturnix delegorguei Podica senegalensis Black-tailed Godwit Rare/Accidental Charadrius mongolus CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae Streptopelia semitorquata Hottentot Teal Endangered Rare/Accidental Martial Eagle OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Sternula albifrons Cape Eagle-Owl Indian Peafowl Limosa limosa Rare/Accidental Crab Plover Ring-necked Dove Anas hottentota Long-tailed Cormorant Rufous-bellied Heron Polemaetus bellicosus Kori Bustard Damara Tern Bubo capensis Pavo cristatus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Greater Sand-Plover Dromas ardeola Streptopelia capicola Cape Teal Phalacrocorax africanus Ardeola rufiventris Near-threatened Ardeotis kori Sternula balaenarum Spotted Eagle-Owl Introduced species Hudsonian Godwit Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental Laughing Dove Anas capensis Crowned Cormorant Rare/Accidental Long-crested Eagle Ludwig's Bustard Near-threatened Bubo africanus Limosa haemastica Neotis ludwigii Rare/Accidental Streptopelia senegalensis

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CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Gray-headed Bushshrike PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Barn Swallow Victorin's Warbler Cisticola chiniana PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Oenanthe monticola Mouse-colored Sunbird PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Lesser Masked-Weaver Southern Red-billed Hornbill Lesser Kestrel Malaconotus blanchoti Monotonous Lark Hirundo rustica Cryptillas victorini Gray Cisticola Chat Flycatcher Capped Wheatear Cyanomitra veroxii Common Chaffinch Ploceus intermedius Tockus rufirostris Falco naumanni Mirafra passerina White-throated Swallow Endemic Cisticola rufilatus Bradornis infuscatus Oenanthe pileata Amethyst Sunbird Fringilla coelebs Southern Masked-Weaver Rare/Accidental Eurasian Kestrel Latakoo Lark Hirundo albigularis Red-headed Cisticola Mariqua Flycatcher Chalcomitra amethystina Introduced species Ploceus velatus PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Falco tinnunculus Mirafra cheniana Wire-tailed Swallow Cisticola subruficapilla Bradornis mariquensis Malachite Sunbird Cape Siskin Village Weaver Gray Cuckooshrike PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopi- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Tockus leucomelas Greater Kestrel Near-threatened Hirundo smithii Wailing Cisticola Southern Black-Flycatcher Nectarinia famosa Pseudochloroptila totta Ploceus cucullatus Coracina caesia dae Spotted Ground-Thrush Rare/Accidental Falco rupicoloides Rufous-naped Lark Pearl-breasted Swallow Cisticola lais Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Double-collared Sunbird Drakensberg Siskin Forest Weaver White-breasted Cuckooshrike Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Geokichla guttata Crowned Hornbill Red-necked Falcon Mirafra africana Hirundo dimidiata Tinkling Cisticola Fiscal Flycatcher Cinnyris chalybeus Pseudochloroptila symonsi Ploceus bicolor Coracina pectoralis Phylloscopus ruficapilla Endangered Tockus alboterminatus Falco chicquera Cape Clapper Lark Greater Striped-Swallow Cisticola tinniens Sigelus silens Greater Double-collared Sunbird Black-headed Canary Red-headed Quelea Black Cuckooshrike Willow Warbler Orange Ground-Thrush African Gray Hornbill Amur Falcon Mirafra apiata Cecropis cucullata Piping Cisticola Spotted Flycatcher Cinnyris afer Alario alario Quelea erythrops Campephaga flava Phylloscopus trochilus Geokichla gurneyi Tockus nasutus Falco amurensis Eastern Clapper Lark Lesser Striped-Swallow Cisticola fulvicapilla Muscicapa striata White-breasted Sunbird Damara Canary Red-billed Quelea Groundscraper Thrush Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mirafra fasciolata Cecropis abyssinica Zitting Cisticola Dusky-brown Flycatcher Cinnyris talatala Alario leucolaemus Quelea quelea Psophocichla litsitsirupa Trumpeter Hornbill Eleonora's Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental PASSERIFORMES: Cisticola juncidis Muscicapa adusta Dusky Sunbird Cape Canary Red Bishop South African Swallow Desert Cisticola Rare/Accidental Cinnyris fuscus Euplectes orix Ceratogymna bucinator Falco eleonorae Red-backed Shrike Sabota Lark Acrocephalidae Ashy Flycatcher Serinus canicollis Petrochelidon spilodera Cisticola aridulus Kurrichane Thrush Yellow-crowned Bishop Rare/Accidental Lanius collurio Calendulauda sabota Icterine Warbler Muscicapa caerulescens Yellow-fronted Canary Turdus libonyana Eurasian Hobby Fawn-colored Lark Rare/Accidental Cloud Cisticola Karoo Scrub-Robin Serinus mozambicus Euplectes afer Rare/Accidental Hippolais icterina PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae CORACIIFORMES: Bucorvidae Common House-Martin Cisticola textrix Olive Thrush Yellow Bishop Falco subbuteo Lesser Gray Shrike Calendulauda africanoides Rare/Accidental Cercotrichas coryphaeus Rare/Accidental Southern Ground-Hornbill Delichon urbicum Tawny-flanked Prinia Turdus olivaceus Western Yellow Wagtail Euplectes capensis African Hobby Lanius minor Red Lark Brown Scrub-Robin Forest Canary Sedge Warbler Karoo Thrush Motacilla flava Bucorvus leadbeateri Falco cuvierii Calendulauda burra Black Sawwing Prinia subflava Cercotrichas signata Serinus scotops White-winged Widowbird Southern Fiscal Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Vulnerable Psalidoprocne pristoptera Black-chested Prinia Turdus smithi Cape Wagtail Euplectes albonotatus Rare/Accidental Lanius collaris Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable Bearded Scrub-Robin Black-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Motacilla capensis Lanner Falcon Karoo Lark Prinia flavicans Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Serinus atrogularis Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Gray Wagtail Falco biarmicus Calendulauda albescens Karoo Prinia Kalahari Scrub-Robin PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae Brimstone Canary Red-collared Widowbird PICIFORMES: Lybiidae PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Motacilla cinerea Peregrine Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Spike-heeled Lark Acrocephalus palustris Prinia maculosa Cercotrichas paena Serinus sulphuratus Euplectes ardens Crested Barbet Fairy Flycatcher Common Myna Rare/Accidental Falco peregrinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Chersomanes albofasciata Rare/Accidental Drakensberg Prinia Red-backed Scrub-Robin Yellow Canary Fan-tailed Widowbird Trachyphonus vaillantii Stenostira scita Acridotheres tristis African Pied Wagtail Oriolus oriolus Cape Lark African Reed-Warbler Prinia hypoxantha Cercotrichas leucophrys Serinus flaviventris Euplectes axillaris Red-fronted Tinkerbird Rare/Accidental Motacilla aguimp African Black-headed Oriole Certhilauda curvirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Namaqua Prinia Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Pogoniulus pusillus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae European Starling African Pipit Oriolus larvatus Prinia substriata Agulhas Lark PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cossypha caffra Sturnus vulgaris Serinus albogularis Pied Barbet Rosy-faced Lovebird Anthus cinnamomeus Certhilauda brevirostris Yellow-bellied Eremomela White-throated Robin-Chat Protea Canary Tricholaema leucomelas Southern Black-Tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Introduced species PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae Agapornis roseicollis Eremomela icteropygialis Mountain Pipit Endemic Melaniparus niger Cossypha humeralis Wattled Starling Serinus leucopterus Black-collared Barbet Brown-necked Parrot PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Anthus hoeschi Swee Waxbill Eastern Long-billed Lark Yellow-rumped Eremomela Rare/Accidental Endemic Lybius torquatus Ashy Tit Creatophora cinerea Poicephalus robustus Square-tailed Drongo PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eremomela gregalis Long-billed Pipit Coccopygia melanotis Certhilauda semitorquata Melaniparus cinerascens Red-capped Robin-Chat Cape Glossy-Starling Streaky-headed Seedeater Dicrurus ludwigii Anthus similis Green-backed Twinspot Karoo Long-billed Lark Gray Tit Fan-tailed Grassbird Cossypha natalensis Lamprotornis nitens Serinus gularis Fork-tailed Drongo Plain-backed Pipit Mandingoa nitidula PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae Certhilauda subcoronata Melaniparus afer Schoenicola brevirostris Chorister Robin-Chat Burchell's Glossy-Starling Dicrurus adsimilis PASSERIFORMES: Sylvidae Anthus leucophrys Common Waxbill Wahlberg's Honeyguide Short-clawed Lark Cossypha dichroa Cape Batis Barratt's Warbler Bush Blackcap Lamprotornis australis Long-tailed Pipit PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae Estrilda astrild Prodotiscus regulus Certhilauda chuana White-starred Robin Batis capensis Bradypterus barratti Sylvia nigricapilla Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Anthus longicaudatus Black-cheeked Waxbill Black-eared Sparrow-Lark PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Pogonocichla stellata House Sparrow Lesser Honeyguide Chinspot Batis PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae Lamprotornis corruscus Knysna Warbler Near-threatened Endemic (country/region) Data deficient Passer domesticus Estrilda erythronotos Indicator minor Eremopterix australis African Penduline-Tit Short-toed Rock-Thrush Batis molitor African Crested-Flycatcher Bradypterus sylvaticus Layard's Warbler Violet-backed Starling Buffy Pipit Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Anthoscopus caroli Monticola brevipes Introduced species Scaly-throated Honeyguide Pririt Batis Trochocercus cyanomelas Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Vulnerable Sylvia layardi Anthus vaalensis Great Rufous Sparrow Uraeginthus angolensis Indicator variegatus Eremopterix verticalis Southern Penduline-Tit Sentinel Rock-Thrush Batis pririt African Paradise-Flycatcher Rufous-vented Warbler African Pied Starling Yellow-tufted Pipit Rare/Accidental Red-capped Lark Anthoscopus minutus Little Rush-Warbler Monticola explorator Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Terpsiphone viridis Spreo bicolor Bradypterus baboecala Sylvia subcaerulea Anthus crenatus Cape Sparrow Violet-eared Waxbill Indicator indicator Calandrella cinerea Cape Rock-Thrush Endemic (country/region) Orange-throated Longclaw Passer melanurus Granatina granatina PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae Stark's Lark Monticola rupestris Red-winged Starling PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Macronyx capensis Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Red-billed Firefinch Brubru PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Spizocorys starki PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae Endemic (country/region) Onychognathus morio PICIFORMES: Picidae Sombre Greenbul PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Yellow-throated Longclaw Passer diffusus Lagonosticta senegala Nilaus afer House Crow Pink-billed Lark Cape White-eye African Stonechat Pale-winged Starling Bar-throated Apalis Macronyx croceus African Firefinch Golden-tailed Woodpecker Andropadus importunus Yellow-throated Petronia Black-backed Puffback Corvus splendens Spizocorys conirostris Zosterops pallidus Saxicola torquatus Onychognathus nabouroup Terrestrial Brownbul Apalis thoracica Petronia superciliaris Lagonosticta rubricata Campethera abingoni Dryoscopus cubla Introduced species Sclater's Lark Buff-streaked Bushchat Phyllastrephus terrestris Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-headed Finch Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Tchagra Cape Crow Spizocorys sclateri Saxicola bifasciatus PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Apalis flavida Amadina erythrocephala Knysna Woodpecker Common Bulbul PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichi- PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae Tchagra senegalus Corvus capensis Near-threatened Southern Anteater-Chat Lark-like Bunting Green-backed Camaroptera PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae African Quailfinch Campethera notata Pycnonotus barbatus dae Brown-crowned Tchagra Pied Crow Large-billed Lark Myrmecocichla formicivora Red-billed Oxpecker Emberiza impetuani Camaroptera brachyura Scaly Weaver Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Arrow-marked Babbler Tchagra australis Corvus albus Galerida magnirostris Mocking Cliff-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Barred Wren-Warbler Sporopipes squamifrons Bronze Mannikin Ground Woodpecker Black-fronted Bulbul Turdoides jardineii Rare/Accidental White-necked Raven Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Rare/Accidental Emberiza tahapisi Calamonastes fasciolatus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Spermestes cucullatus Geocolaptes olivaceus Pycnonotus nigricans Rare/Accidental Southern Tchagra Corvus albicollis Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Kopje Warbler Plocepasser mahali Cardinal Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Cape Bulbul Tchagra tchagra Sicklewing Chat Cape Bunting Euryptila subcinnamomea Social Weaver Dendropicos fuscescens Plain Martin Pycnonotus capensis PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae Southern Boubou Cercomela sinuata Emberiza capensis PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae Rufous-eared Warbler PASSERIFORMES: Promeropi- Philetairus socius Bearded Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Chaetopidae Riparia paludicola Collared Sunbird Laniarius ferrugineus Karoo Chat Golden-breasted Bunting Pin-tailed Whydah Malcorus pectoralis dae Spectacled Weaver Dendropicos namaquus Cape Rockjumper Bank Swallow Hedydipna collaris Bokmakierie Cercomela schlegelii Emberiza flaviventris Vidua macroura PASSERIFORMES: Red-faced Cisticola Gurney's Sugarbird Ploceus ocularis Chaetops frenatus Riparia riparia Orange-breasted Sunbird Olive Woodpecker Telophorus zeylonus Macrosphenidae Tractrac Chat Cisticola erythrops Promerops gurneyi Anthobaphes violacea Cape Weaver Dendropicos griseocephalus Endemic Banded Martin Cercomela tractrac Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Cape Crombec Rock-loving Cisticola Cape Sugarbird Endemic Ploceus capensis Drakensberg Rockjumper Riparia cincta Familiar Chat Telophorus sulfureopectus Sylvietta rufescens Cisticola aberrans Promerops cafer Eastern Olive Sunbird African Golden-Weaver Chaetops aurantius Rock Martin Cercomela familiaris Olive Bushshrike Cape Grassbird Rattling Cisticola Cyanomitra olivacea Ploceus subaureus Ptyonoprogne fuligula Mountain Wheatear Telophorus olivaceus Sphenoeacus afer Phalacrocorax coronatus Striated Heron Lophaetus occipitalis Endangered GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Caspian Plover Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Gull-billed Tern Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Verreaux's Eagle-Owl CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Near-threatened Butorides striata Lesser Spotted Eagle Stanley Bustard Gray Crowned-Crane Charadrius asiaticus Bar-tailed Godwit Burchell's Courser Gelochelidon nilotica Turtur chalcospilos Bubo lacteus Half-collared Kingfisher Black-crowned Night-Heron Clanga pomarina Neotis denhami Balearica regulorum Rare/Accidental Limosa lapponica Cursorius rufus Rare/Accidental Tambourine Dove Pel's Fishing-Owl Alcedo semitorquata Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Endangered Kittlitz's Plover Ruddy Turnstone Temminck's Courser Caspian Tern Turtur tympanistria Scotopelia peli Malachite Kingfisher SULIFORMES: Anhingidae White-backed Night-Heron Wahlberg's Eagle Blue Bustard Blue Crane Charadrius pecuarius Arenaria interpres Cursorius temminckii Hydroprogne caspia Namaqua Dove African Barred Owlet Corythornis cristatus African Darter Gorsachius leuconotus Hieraaetus wahlbergi Eupodotis caerulescens Anthropoides paradiseus Kentish Plover Great Knot Rare/Accidental Black Tern Oena capensis Glaucidium capense African Pygmy-Kingfisher Anhinga rufa Booted Eagle Near-threatened Vulnerable Charadrius alexandrinus Calidris tenuirostris Double-banded Courser Chlidonias niger African Green-Pigeon African Wood-Owl Ispidina picta Hieraaetus pennatus Karoo Bustard Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Vulnerable Smutsornis africanus Rare/Accidental Treron calvus Strix woodfordii Gray-headed Kingfisher PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Eupodotis vigorsii Common Ringed Plover Red Knot Collared Pratincole White-winged Tern Marsh Owl Halcyon leucocephala Glossy Ibis CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae Hieraaetus ayresii Black Bustard Charadrius hiaticula Calidris canutus Glareola pratincola Chlidonias leucopterus Asio capensis Rare/Accidental Great White Pelican CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae Plegadis falcinellus Tawny Eagle Eupodotis afra Snowy Sheathbill Three-banded Plover Ruff Whiskered Tern Pelecanus onocrotalus Rare/Accidental Brown-hooded Kingfisher Sacred Ibis Knysna Turaco Aquila rapax Endemic (country/region) Chionis albus Charadrius tricollaris Calidris pugnax Black-winged Pratincole Chlidonias hybrida Halcyon albiventris Pink-backed Pelican CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgi- Threskiornis aethiopicus Rare/Accidental White-quilled Bustard Rare/Accidental White-fronted Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Tauraco corythaix Pelecanus rufescens Glareola nordmanni dae Giant Kingfisher Hadada Ibis Steppe Eagle Eupodotis afraoides Charadrius marginatus Calidris falcinellus Sterna dougallii Gray Go-away-bird Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Megaceryle maximus Bostrychia hagedash Corythaixoides concolor Eurasian Nightjar Aquila nipalensis Black-bellied Bustard Chestnut-banded Plover Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Country or region: Western Cape Southern Pochard PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae African Spoonbill CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Rare/Accidental Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius pallidus Curlew Sandpiper Common Tern Ceryle rudis (Breede Valley) Netta erythrophthalma Water Thick-knee Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Little Grebe PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae Platalea alba Verreaux's Eagle Near-threatened Calidris ferruginea CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Sterna hirundo Number of species: 550 Maccoa Duck Burhinus vermiculatus Caprimulgus rufigena Tachybaptus ruficollis Aquila verreauxii Red-necked Stint South Polar Skua Arctic Tern Number of endemics: 4 Hamerkop CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Oxyura maccoa Great Crested Grebe GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Spotted Thick-knee Fiery-necked Nightjar CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Scopus umbretta Lizard Buzzard Calidris ruficollis Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna paradisaea Number of globally threatened species: 25 Near-threatened ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae Burhinus capensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Pied Cuckoo Caprimulgus pectoralis Podiceps cristatus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Corn Crake Rare/Accidental Brown Skua Antarctic Tern White-fronted Bee-eater Number of introduced species: 8 Secretary-bird Clamator jacobinus Freckled Nightjar Eared Grebe Pale Chanting-Goshawk Crex crex Greater Painted-Snipe Sanderling Stercorarius antarcticus Sterna vittata Merops bullockoides Date last reviewed: 2009-09-11 Sagittarius serpentarius Levaillant's Cuckoo Caprimulgus tristigma Podiceps nigricollis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Melierax canorus African Rail Rostratula benghalensis Calidris alba Pomarine Jaeger Great Crested Tern Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Numididae Vulnerable CHARADRIIFORMES: Clamator levaillantii Great Bittern Gabar Goshawk Rallus caerulescens Dunlin Stercorarius pomarinus Thalasseus bergii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Helmeted Guineafowl Recurvirostridae Great Spotted Cuckoo Botaurus stellaris Micronisus gabar African Crake Calidris alpina Parasitic Jaeger Sandwich Tern Merops hirundineus STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae Numida meleagris Black-winged Stilt CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae APODIFORMES: Apodidae PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoen- Crecopsis egregia Clamator glandarius Ostrich Little Bittern ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae African Marsh-Harrier Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental icopteridae Himantopus himantopus African Jacana Red-chested Cuckoo Alpine Swift Ixobrychus minutus Black Crake Long-tailed Jaeger White-throated Bee-eater Struthio camelus Osprey Circus ranivorus Pied Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Elegant Tern Greater Flamingo Actophilornis africanus Cuculus solitarius Apus melba GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Dwarf Bittern Black Harrier Amaurornis flavirostra Calidris bairdii Stercorarius longicaudus Thalasseus elegans Merops albicollis Phoenicopterus roseus Pandion haliaetus Recurvirostra avosetta Common Swift Little Crake Black Cuckoo Chukar Ixobrychus sturmii Circus maurus Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Lesser Flamingo Apus apus Porzana parva Cuculus clamosus ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Alectoris chukar Gray Heron Vulnerable Little Stint Lesser Crested Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Phoenicopterus minor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Pallid Swift Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Rare/Accidental White-faced Whistling-Duck Introduced species Ardea cinerea ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Pallid Harrier CHARADRIIFORMES: Calidris minuta Thalasseus bengalensis Merops persicus Near-threatened Terek Sandpiper Apus pallidus Baillon's Crake Black-legged Kittiwake Common Cuckoo Dendrocygna viduata Crested Francolin Black-headed Heron 3Black-shouldered Kite Circus macrourus Haematopodidae White-rumped Sandpiper Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Porzana pusilla Rissa tridactyla Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental Francolinus sephaena Ardea melanocephala Elanus caeruleus Near-threatened Eurasian Oystercatcher Calidris fuscicollis Madagascar Bee-eater Common Sandpiper African Swift Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Red-winged Francolin Goliath Heron African Harrier-Hawk Montagu's Harrier Haematopus ostralegus Rare/Accidental Merops superciliosus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Actitis hypoleucos Apus barbatus Purple Swamphen Sabine's Gull PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae African Cuckoo Dendrocygna bicolor Francolinus levaillantii Ardea goliath Polyboroides typus Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare/Accidental African Openbill Green Sandpiper Bradfield's Swift Porphyrio porphyrio Xema sabini Namaqua Sandgrouse Cuculus gularis Rare/Accidental Gray-winged Francolin Purple Heron Palm-nut Vulture Rare/Accidental African Oystercatcher Calidris subruficollis European Bee-eater Anastomus lamelligerus Tringa ochropus Apus bradfieldi Allen's Gallinule Gray-hooded Gull Pterocles namaqua Rare/Accidental White-backed Duck Francolinus africanus Ardea purpurea Gypohierax angolensis African Goshawk Haematopus moquini Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Merops apiaster Black Stork Rare/Accidental Little Swift Porphyrio alleni Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Klaas's Cuckoo Thalassornis leuconotus Endemic (country/region) Great Egret Rare/Accidental Accipiter tachiro Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Ciconia nigra Greater Yellowlegs Apus affinis Purple Gallinule Hartlaub's Gull Pterocles gutturalis Chrysococcyx klaas Comb Duck Shelley's Francolin Ardea alba European Honey-buzzard Shikra Calidris melanotos Abdim's Stork Tringa melanoleuca Horus Swift Porphyrio martinicus Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Double-banded Sandgrouse African Emerald Cuckoo CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae Sarkidiornis melanotos Francolinus shelleyi Intermediate Egret Pernis apivorus Accipiter badius Rare/Accidental Ciconia abdimii Rare/Accidental Apus horus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-headed Gull Pterocles bicinctus Chrysococcyx cupreus European Roller Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mesophoyx intermedia African Cuckoo-Hawk Little Sparrowhawk African Snipe Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank White-rumped Swift Eurasian Moorhen Black-bellied Plover Chroicocephalus ridibundus Burchell's Sandgrouse Dideric Cuckoo Coracias garrulus Egyptian Goose Orange River Francolin Little Egret Aviceda cuculoides Accipiter minullus Gallinago nigripennis White Stork Tringa nebularia Apus caffer Gallinula chloropus Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental Pterocles burchelli Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Alopochen aegyptiaca Francolinus levaillantoides Egretta garzetta Hooded Vulture Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Wilson's Phalarope Ciconia ciconia Lesser Yellowlegs African Palm-Swift Red-knobbed Coot American Golden-Plover Franklin's Gull Yellowbill Lilac-breasted Roller South African Shelduck Cape Francolin Western Reef-Heron Necrosyrtes monachus Accipiter rufiventris Phalaropus tricolor Marabou Stork Tringa flavipes Cypsiurus parvus Pluvialis dominica Leucophaeus pipixcan Ceuthmochares aereus Coracias caudatus Tadorna cana Egretta gularis Endangered Black Goshawk Fulica cristata Francolinus capensis Leptoptilos crumenifer Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae White-browed Coucal Rare/Accidental Spur-winged Goose Rare/Accidental Cape Griffon Accipiter melanoleucus Endemic Rare/Accidental Marsh Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Pacific Golden-Plover Kelp Gull Rock Pigeon Centropus superciliosus Plectropterus gambensis Snowy Egret Gyps coprotheres Black Kite Natal Francolin Yellow-billed Stork Tringa stagnatilis Phalaropus lobatus COLIIFORMES: Coliidae GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae Pluvialis fulva Larus dominicanus Columba livia African Black Duck Egretta thula Vulnerable Milvus migrans Red Phalarope Francolinus natalensis Mycteria ibis Wood Sandpiper Speckled Mousebird CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae Buff-spotted Flufftail Rare/Accidental Brown Noddy Introduced species Anas sparsa Rare/Accidental Bateleur African Fish-Eagle Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental Tringa glareola STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Colius striatus Sarothrura elegans Blacksmith Plover Anous stolidus Speckled Pigeon Eurasian Hoopoe Yellow-billed Duck Little Blue Heron Terathopius ecaudatus Haliaeetus vocifer Red-necked Francolin Common Redshank African Grass-Owl White-backed Mousebird Red-chested Flufftail Vanellus armatus Rare/Accidental Columba guinea Upupa epops Anas undulata SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Egretta caerulea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Common Buzzard Francolinus afer Tringa totanus Tyto capensis Colius colius Sarothrura rufa White-headed Lapwing CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Sooty Tern Rameron Pigeon Mallard Great Cormorant Rare/Accidental Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Buteo buteo Swainson's Francolin Rare/Accidental Barn Owl Red-faced Mousebird Striped Flufftail Vanellus albiceps Onychoprion fuscatus Columba arquatrix Anas platyrhynchos Phalacrocorax carbo Black Heron Circaetus pectoralis Mountain Buzzard Small Buttonquail Francolinus swainsonii Whimbrel Tyto alba Urocolius indicus CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae Sarothrura affinis Black-winged Lapwing Rare/Accidental Lemon Dove Introduced species Cape Cormorant Egretta ardesiaca Brown Snake-Eagle Buteo oreophilus Turnix sylvaticus Rare/Accidental Numenius phaeopus Green Woodhoopoe Vanellus melanopterus Bridled Tern Columba larvata Cape Shoveler Phalacrocorax capensis Cattle Egret Circaetus cinereus Jackal Buzzard Hottentot Buttonquail Common Quail Eurasian Curlew Phoeniculus purpureus Crowned Lapwing Onychoprion anaethetus Mourning Collared-Dove Anas smithii Endemic Near-threatened Bubulcus ibis Crowned Hawk-Eagle Buteo rufofuscus Turnix hottentottus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Coturnix coturnix GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Numenius arquata Common Scimitar-bill Vanellus coronatus Streptopelia decipiens Red-billed Duck Bank Cormorant Squacco Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus Rare/Accidental Southern White-faced Owl Narina Trogon Harlequin Quail African Finfoot Near-threatened Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Lesser Sand-Plover Red-eyed Dove Anas erythrorhyncha Phalacrocorax neglectus Ardeola ralloides Near-threatened Little Tern Ptilopsis granti Apaloderma narina Coturnix delegorguei Podica senegalensis Black-tailed Godwit Rare/Accidental Charadrius mongolus CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae Streptopelia semitorquata Hottentot Teal Endangered Rare/Accidental Martial Eagle OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Sternula albifrons Cape Eagle-Owl Indian Peafowl Limosa limosa Rare/Accidental Crab Plover Ring-necked Dove Anas hottentota Long-tailed Cormorant Rufous-bellied Heron Polemaetus bellicosus Kori Bustard Damara Tern Bubo capensis Pavo cristatus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Greater Sand-Plover Dromas ardeola Streptopelia capicola Cape Teal Phalacrocorax africanus Ardeola rufiventris Near-threatened Ardeotis kori Sternula balaenarum Spotted Eagle-Owl Introduced species Hudsonian Godwit Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental Laughing Dove Anas capensis Crowned Cormorant Rare/Accidental Long-crested Eagle Ludwig's Bustard Near-threatened Bubo africanus Limosa haemastica Neotis ludwigii Rare/Accidental Streptopelia senegalensis

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CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Gray-headed Bushshrike PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Barn Swallow Victorin's Warbler Cisticola chiniana PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Oenanthe monticola Mouse-colored Sunbird PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Lesser Masked-Weaver Southern Red-billed Hornbill Lesser Kestrel Malaconotus blanchoti Monotonous Lark Hirundo rustica Cryptillas victorini Gray Cisticola Chat Flycatcher Capped Wheatear Cyanomitra veroxii Common Chaffinch Ploceus intermedius Tockus rufirostris Falco naumanni Mirafra passerina White-throated Swallow Endemic Cisticola rufilatus Bradornis infuscatus Oenanthe pileata Amethyst Sunbird Fringilla coelebs Southern Masked-Weaver Rare/Accidental Eurasian Kestrel Latakoo Lark Hirundo albigularis Red-headed Cisticola Mariqua Flycatcher Chalcomitra amethystina Introduced species Ploceus velatus PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Falco tinnunculus Mirafra cheniana Wire-tailed Swallow Cisticola subruficapilla Bradornis mariquensis Malachite Sunbird Cape Siskin Village Weaver Gray Cuckooshrike PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopi- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Tockus leucomelas Greater Kestrel Near-threatened Hirundo smithii Wailing Cisticola Southern Black-Flycatcher Nectarinia famosa Pseudochloroptila totta Ploceus cucullatus Coracina caesia dae Spotted Ground-Thrush Rare/Accidental Falco rupicoloides Rufous-naped Lark Pearl-breasted Swallow Cisticola lais Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Double-collared Sunbird Drakensberg Siskin Forest Weaver White-breasted Cuckooshrike Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Geokichla guttata Crowned Hornbill Red-necked Falcon Mirafra africana Hirundo dimidiata Tinkling Cisticola Fiscal Flycatcher Cinnyris chalybeus Pseudochloroptila symonsi Ploceus bicolor Coracina pectoralis Phylloscopus ruficapilla Endangered Tockus alboterminatus Falco chicquera Cape Clapper Lark Greater Striped-Swallow Cisticola tinniens Sigelus silens Greater Double-collared Sunbird Black-headed Canary Red-headed Quelea Black Cuckooshrike Willow Warbler Orange Ground-Thrush African Gray Hornbill Amur Falcon Mirafra apiata Cecropis cucullata Piping Cisticola Spotted Flycatcher Cinnyris afer Alario alario Quelea erythrops Campephaga flava Phylloscopus trochilus Geokichla gurneyi Tockus nasutus Falco amurensis Eastern Clapper Lark Lesser Striped-Swallow Cisticola fulvicapilla Muscicapa striata White-breasted Sunbird Damara Canary Red-billed Quelea Groundscraper Thrush Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mirafra fasciolata Cecropis abyssinica Zitting Cisticola Dusky-brown Flycatcher Cinnyris talatala Alario leucolaemus Quelea quelea Psophocichla litsitsirupa Trumpeter Hornbill Eleonora's Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental PASSERIFORMES: Cisticola juncidis Muscicapa adusta Dusky Sunbird Cape Canary Red Bishop South African Swallow Desert Cisticola Rare/Accidental Cinnyris fuscus Euplectes orix Ceratogymna bucinator Falco eleonorae Red-backed Shrike Sabota Lark Acrocephalidae Ashy Flycatcher Serinus canicollis Petrochelidon spilodera Cisticola aridulus Kurrichane Thrush Yellow-crowned Bishop Rare/Accidental Lanius collurio Calendulauda sabota Icterine Warbler Muscicapa caerulescens Yellow-fronted Canary Turdus libonyana Eurasian Hobby Fawn-colored Lark Rare/Accidental Cloud Cisticola Karoo Scrub-Robin Serinus mozambicus Euplectes afer Rare/Accidental Hippolais icterina PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae CORACIIFORMES: Bucorvidae Common House-Martin Cisticola textrix Olive Thrush Yellow Bishop Falco subbuteo Lesser Gray Shrike Calendulauda africanoides Rare/Accidental Cercotrichas coryphaeus Rare/Accidental Southern Ground-Hornbill Delichon urbicum Tawny-flanked Prinia Turdus olivaceus Western Yellow Wagtail Euplectes capensis African Hobby Lanius minor Red Lark Brown Scrub-Robin Forest Canary Sedge Warbler Karoo Thrush Motacilla flava Bucorvus leadbeateri Falco cuvierii Calendulauda burra Black Sawwing Prinia subflava Cercotrichas signata Serinus scotops White-winged Widowbird Southern Fiscal Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Vulnerable Psalidoprocne pristoptera Black-chested Prinia Turdus smithi Cape Wagtail Euplectes albonotatus Rare/Accidental Lanius collaris Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable Bearded Scrub-Robin Black-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Motacilla capensis Lanner Falcon Karoo Lark Prinia flavicans Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Serinus atrogularis Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Gray Wagtail Falco biarmicus Calendulauda albescens Karoo Prinia Kalahari Scrub-Robin PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae Brimstone Canary Red-collared Widowbird PICIFORMES: Lybiidae PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Motacilla cinerea Peregrine Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Spike-heeled Lark Acrocephalus palustris Prinia maculosa Cercotrichas paena Serinus sulphuratus Euplectes ardens Crested Barbet Fairy Flycatcher Common Myna Rare/Accidental Falco peregrinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Chersomanes albofasciata Rare/Accidental Drakensberg Prinia Red-backed Scrub-Robin Yellow Canary Fan-tailed Widowbird Trachyphonus vaillantii Stenostira scita Acridotheres tristis African Pied Wagtail Oriolus oriolus Cape Lark African Reed-Warbler Prinia hypoxantha Cercotrichas leucophrys Serinus flaviventris Euplectes axillaris Red-fronted Tinkerbird Rare/Accidental Motacilla aguimp African Black-headed Oriole Certhilauda curvirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Namaqua Prinia Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Pogoniulus pusillus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae European Starling African Pipit Oriolus larvatus Prinia substriata Agulhas Lark PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cossypha caffra Sturnus vulgaris Serinus albogularis Pied Barbet Rosy-faced Lovebird Anthus cinnamomeus Certhilauda brevirostris Yellow-bellied Eremomela White-throated Robin-Chat Protea Canary Tricholaema leucomelas Southern Black-Tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Introduced species PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae Agapornis roseicollis Eremomela icteropygialis Mountain Pipit Endemic Melaniparus niger Cossypha humeralis Wattled Starling Serinus leucopterus Black-collared Barbet Brown-necked Parrot PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Anthus hoeschi Swee Waxbill Eastern Long-billed Lark Yellow-rumped Eremomela Rare/Accidental Endemic Lybius torquatus Ashy Tit Creatophora cinerea Poicephalus robustus Square-tailed Drongo PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eremomela gregalis Long-billed Pipit Coccopygia melanotis Certhilauda semitorquata Melaniparus cinerascens Red-capped Robin-Chat Cape Glossy-Starling Streaky-headed Seedeater Dicrurus ludwigii Anthus similis Green-backed Twinspot Karoo Long-billed Lark Gray Tit Fan-tailed Grassbird Cossypha natalensis Lamprotornis nitens Serinus gularis Fork-tailed Drongo Plain-backed Pipit Mandingoa nitidula PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae Certhilauda subcoronata Melaniparus afer Schoenicola brevirostris Chorister Robin-Chat Burchell's Glossy-Starling Dicrurus adsimilis PASSERIFORMES: Sylvidae Anthus leucophrys Common Waxbill Wahlberg's Honeyguide Short-clawed Lark Cossypha dichroa Cape Batis Barratt's Warbler Bush Blackcap Lamprotornis australis Long-tailed Pipit PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae Estrilda astrild Prodotiscus regulus Certhilauda chuana White-starred Robin Batis capensis Bradypterus barratti Sylvia nigricapilla Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Anthus longicaudatus Black-cheeked Waxbill Black-eared Sparrow-Lark PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Pogonocichla stellata House Sparrow Lesser Honeyguide Chinspot Batis PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae Lamprotornis corruscus Knysna Warbler Near-threatened Endemic (country/region) Data deficient Passer domesticus Estrilda erythronotos Indicator minor Eremopterix australis African Penduline-Tit Short-toed Rock-Thrush Batis molitor African Crested-Flycatcher Bradypterus sylvaticus Layard's Warbler Violet-backed Starling Buffy Pipit Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Anthoscopus caroli Monticola brevipes Introduced species Scaly-throated Honeyguide Pririt Batis Trochocercus cyanomelas Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Vulnerable Sylvia layardi Anthus vaalensis Great Rufous Sparrow Uraeginthus angolensis Indicator variegatus Eremopterix verticalis Southern Penduline-Tit Sentinel Rock-Thrush Batis pririt African Paradise-Flycatcher Rufous-vented Warbler African Pied Starling Yellow-tufted Pipit Rare/Accidental Red-capped Lark Anthoscopus minutus Little Rush-Warbler Monticola explorator Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Terpsiphone viridis Spreo bicolor Bradypterus baboecala Sylvia subcaerulea Anthus crenatus Cape Sparrow Violet-eared Waxbill Indicator indicator Calandrella cinerea Cape Rock-Thrush Endemic (country/region) Orange-throated Longclaw Passer melanurus Granatina granatina PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae Stark's Lark Monticola rupestris Red-winged Starling PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Macronyx capensis Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Red-billed Firefinch Brubru PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Spizocorys starki PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae Endemic (country/region) Onychognathus morio PICIFORMES: Picidae Sombre Greenbul PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Yellow-throated Longclaw Passer diffusus Lagonosticta senegala Nilaus afer House Crow Pink-billed Lark Cape White-eye African Stonechat Pale-winged Starling Bar-throated Apalis Macronyx croceus African Firefinch Golden-tailed Woodpecker Andropadus importunus Yellow-throated Petronia Black-backed Puffback Corvus splendens Spizocorys conirostris Zosterops pallidus Saxicola torquatus Onychognathus nabouroup Terrestrial Brownbul Apalis thoracica Petronia superciliaris Lagonosticta rubricata Campethera abingoni Dryoscopus cubla Introduced species Sclater's Lark Buff-streaked Bushchat Phyllastrephus terrestris Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-headed Finch Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Tchagra Cape Crow Spizocorys sclateri Saxicola bifasciatus PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Apalis flavida Amadina erythrocephala Knysna Woodpecker Common Bulbul PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichi- PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae Tchagra senegalus Corvus capensis Near-threatened Southern Anteater-Chat Lark-like Bunting Green-backed Camaroptera PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae African Quailfinch Campethera notata Pycnonotus barbatus dae Brown-crowned Tchagra Pied Crow Large-billed Lark Myrmecocichla formicivora Red-billed Oxpecker Emberiza impetuani Camaroptera brachyura Scaly Weaver Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Arrow-marked Babbler Tchagra australis Corvus albus Galerida magnirostris Mocking Cliff-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Barred Wren-Warbler Sporopipes squamifrons Bronze Mannikin Ground Woodpecker Black-fronted Bulbul Turdoides jardineii Rare/Accidental White-necked Raven Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Rare/Accidental Emberiza tahapisi Calamonastes fasciolatus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Spermestes cucullatus Geocolaptes olivaceus Pycnonotus nigricans Rare/Accidental Southern Tchagra Corvus albicollis Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Kopje Warbler Plocepasser mahali Cardinal Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Cape Bulbul Tchagra tchagra Sicklewing Chat Cape Bunting Euryptila subcinnamomea Social Weaver Dendropicos fuscescens Plain Martin Pycnonotus capensis PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae Southern Boubou Cercomela sinuata Emberiza capensis PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae Rufous-eared Warbler PASSERIFORMES: Promeropi- Philetairus socius Bearded Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Chaetopidae Riparia paludicola Collared Sunbird Laniarius ferrugineus Karoo Chat Golden-breasted Bunting Pin-tailed Whydah Malcorus pectoralis dae Spectacled Weaver Dendropicos namaquus Cape Rockjumper Bank Swallow Hedydipna collaris Bokmakierie Cercomela schlegelii Emberiza flaviventris Vidua macroura PASSERIFORMES: Red-faced Cisticola Gurney's Sugarbird Ploceus ocularis Chaetops frenatus Riparia riparia Orange-breasted Sunbird Olive Woodpecker Telophorus zeylonus Macrosphenidae Tractrac Chat Cisticola erythrops Promerops gurneyi Anthobaphes violacea Cape Weaver Dendropicos griseocephalus Endemic Banded Martin Cercomela tractrac Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Cape Crombec Rock-loving Cisticola Cape Sugarbird Endemic Ploceus capensis Drakensberg Rockjumper Riparia cincta Familiar Chat Telophorus sulfureopectus Sylvietta rufescens Cisticola aberrans Promerops cafer Eastern Olive Sunbird African Golden-Weaver Chaetops aurantius Rock Martin Cercomela familiaris Olive Bushshrike Cape Grassbird Rattling Cisticola Cyanomitra olivacea Ploceus subaureus Ptyonoprogne fuligula Mountain Wheatear Telophorus olivaceus Sphenoeacus afer Phalacrocorax coronatus Striated Heron Lophaetus occipitalis Endangered GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Caspian Plover Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Gull-billed Tern Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Verreaux's Eagle-Owl CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Near-threatened Butorides striata Lesser Spotted Eagle Stanley Bustard Gray Crowned-Crane Charadrius asiaticus Bar-tailed Godwit Burchell's Courser Gelochelidon nilotica Turtur chalcospilos Bubo lacteus Half-collared Kingfisher Black-crowned Night-Heron Clanga pomarina Neotis denhami Balearica regulorum Rare/Accidental Limosa lapponica Cursorius rufus Rare/Accidental Tambourine Dove Pel's Fishing-Owl Alcedo semitorquata Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Endangered Kittlitz's Plover Ruddy Turnstone Temminck's Courser Caspian Tern Turtur tympanistria Scotopelia peli Malachite Kingfisher SULIFORMES: Anhingidae White-backed Night-Heron Wahlberg's Eagle Blue Bustard Blue Crane Charadrius pecuarius Arenaria interpres Cursorius temminckii Hydroprogne caspia Namaqua Dove African Barred Owlet Corythornis cristatus African Darter Gorsachius leuconotus Hieraaetus wahlbergi Eupodotis caerulescens Anthropoides paradiseus Kentish Plover Great Knot Rare/Accidental Black Tern Oena capensis Glaucidium capense African Pygmy-Kingfisher Anhinga rufa Booted Eagle Near-threatened Vulnerable Charadrius alexandrinus Calidris tenuirostris Double-banded Courser Chlidonias niger African Green-Pigeon African Wood-Owl Ispidina picta Hieraaetus pennatus Karoo Bustard Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Vulnerable Smutsornis africanus Rare/Accidental Treron calvus Strix woodfordii Gray-headed Kingfisher PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Eupodotis vigorsii Common Ringed Plover Red Knot Collared Pratincole White-winged Tern Marsh Owl Halcyon leucocephala Glossy Ibis CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae Hieraaetus ayresii Black Bustard Charadrius hiaticula Calidris canutus Glareola pratincola Chlidonias leucopterus Asio capensis Rare/Accidental Great White Pelican CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae Plegadis falcinellus Tawny Eagle Eupodotis afra Snowy Sheathbill Three-banded Plover Ruff Whiskered Tern Pelecanus onocrotalus Rare/Accidental Brown-hooded Kingfisher Sacred Ibis Knysna Turaco Aquila rapax Endemic (country/region) Chionis albus Charadrius tricollaris Calidris pugnax Black-winged Pratincole Chlidonias hybrida Halcyon albiventris Pink-backed Pelican CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgi- Threskiornis aethiopicus Rare/Accidental White-quilled Bustard Rare/Accidental White-fronted Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Tauraco corythaix Pelecanus rufescens Glareola nordmanni dae Giant Kingfisher Hadada Ibis Steppe Eagle Eupodotis afraoides Charadrius marginatus Calidris falcinellus Sterna dougallii Gray Go-away-bird Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Megaceryle maximus Bostrychia hagedash Corythaixoides concolor Eurasian Nightjar Aquila nipalensis Black-bellied Bustard Chestnut-banded Plover Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Country or region: Western Cape Southern Pochard PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae African Spoonbill CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Rare/Accidental Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius pallidus Curlew Sandpiper Common Tern Ceryle rudis (Breede Valley) Netta erythrophthalma Water Thick-knee Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Little Grebe PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae Platalea alba Verreaux's Eagle Near-threatened Calidris ferruginea CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Sterna hirundo Number of species: 550 Maccoa Duck Burhinus vermiculatus Caprimulgus rufigena Tachybaptus ruficollis Aquila verreauxii Red-necked Stint South Polar Skua Arctic Tern Number of endemics: 4 Hamerkop CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Oxyura maccoa Great Crested Grebe GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Spotted Thick-knee Fiery-necked Nightjar CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Scopus umbretta Lizard Buzzard Calidris ruficollis Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna paradisaea Number of globally threatened species: 25 Near-threatened ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae Burhinus capensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Pied Cuckoo Caprimulgus pectoralis Podiceps cristatus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Corn Crake Rare/Accidental Brown Skua Antarctic Tern White-fronted Bee-eater Number of introduced species: 8 Secretary-bird Clamator jacobinus Freckled Nightjar Eared Grebe Pale Chanting-Goshawk Crex crex Greater Painted-Snipe Sanderling Stercorarius antarcticus Sterna vittata Merops bullockoides Date last reviewed: 2009-09-11 Sagittarius serpentarius Levaillant's Cuckoo Caprimulgus tristigma Podiceps nigricollis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Melierax canorus African Rail Rostratula benghalensis Calidris alba Pomarine Jaeger Great Crested Tern Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Numididae Vulnerable CHARADRIIFORMES: Clamator levaillantii Great Bittern Gabar Goshawk Rallus caerulescens Dunlin Stercorarius pomarinus Thalasseus bergii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Helmeted Guineafowl Recurvirostridae Great Spotted Cuckoo Botaurus stellaris Micronisus gabar African Crake Calidris alpina Parasitic Jaeger Sandwich Tern Merops hirundineus STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae Numida meleagris Black-winged Stilt CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae APODIFORMES: Apodidae PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoen- Crecopsis egregia Clamator glandarius Ostrich Little Bittern ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae African Marsh-Harrier Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental icopteridae Himantopus himantopus African Jacana Red-chested Cuckoo Alpine Swift Ixobrychus minutus Black Crake Long-tailed Jaeger White-throated Bee-eater Struthio camelus Osprey Circus ranivorus Pied Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Elegant Tern Greater Flamingo Actophilornis africanus Cuculus solitarius Apus melba GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Dwarf Bittern Black Harrier Amaurornis flavirostra Calidris bairdii Stercorarius longicaudus Thalasseus elegans Merops albicollis Phoenicopterus roseus Pandion haliaetus Recurvirostra avosetta Common Swift Little Crake Black Cuckoo Chukar Ixobrychus sturmii Circus maurus Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Lesser Flamingo Apus apus Porzana parva Cuculus clamosus ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Alectoris chukar Gray Heron Vulnerable Little Stint Lesser Crested Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Phoenicopterus minor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Pallid Swift Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Rare/Accidental White-faced Whistling-Duck Introduced species Ardea cinerea ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Pallid Harrier CHARADRIIFORMES: Calidris minuta Thalasseus bengalensis Merops persicus Near-threatened Terek Sandpiper Apus pallidus Baillon's Crake Black-legged Kittiwake Common Cuckoo Dendrocygna viduata Crested Francolin Black-headed Heron 3Black-shouldered Kite Circus macrourus Haematopodidae White-rumped Sandpiper Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Porzana pusilla Rissa tridactyla Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental Francolinus sephaena Ardea melanocephala Elanus caeruleus Near-threatened Eurasian Oystercatcher Calidris fuscicollis Madagascar Bee-eater Common Sandpiper African Swift Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Red-winged Francolin Goliath Heron African Harrier-Hawk Montagu's Harrier Haematopus ostralegus Rare/Accidental Merops superciliosus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Actitis hypoleucos Apus barbatus Purple Swamphen Sabine's Gull PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae African Cuckoo Dendrocygna bicolor Francolinus levaillantii Ardea goliath Polyboroides typus Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare/Accidental African Openbill Green Sandpiper Bradfield's Swift Porphyrio porphyrio Xema sabini Namaqua Sandgrouse Cuculus gularis Rare/Accidental Gray-winged Francolin Purple Heron Palm-nut Vulture Rare/Accidental African Oystercatcher Calidris subruficollis European Bee-eater Anastomus lamelligerus Tringa ochropus Apus bradfieldi Allen's Gallinule Gray-hooded Gull Pterocles namaqua Rare/Accidental White-backed Duck Francolinus africanus Ardea purpurea Gypohierax angolensis African Goshawk Haematopus moquini Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Merops apiaster Black Stork Rare/Accidental Little Swift Porphyrio alleni Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Klaas's Cuckoo Thalassornis leuconotus Endemic (country/region) Great Egret Rare/Accidental Accipiter tachiro Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Ciconia nigra Greater Yellowlegs Apus affinis Purple Gallinule Hartlaub's Gull Pterocles gutturalis Chrysococcyx klaas Comb Duck Shelley's Francolin Ardea alba European Honey-buzzard Shikra Calidris melanotos Abdim's Stork Tringa melanoleuca Horus Swift Porphyrio martinicus Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Double-banded Sandgrouse African Emerald Cuckoo CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae Sarkidiornis melanotos Francolinus shelleyi Intermediate Egret Pernis apivorus Accipiter badius Rare/Accidental Ciconia abdimii Rare/Accidental Apus horus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-headed Gull Pterocles bicinctus Chrysococcyx cupreus European Roller Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mesophoyx intermedia African Cuckoo-Hawk Little Sparrowhawk African Snipe Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank White-rumped Swift Eurasian Moorhen Black-bellied Plover Chroicocephalus ridibundus Burchell's Sandgrouse Dideric Cuckoo Coracias garrulus Egyptian Goose Orange River Francolin Little Egret Aviceda cuculoides Accipiter minullus Gallinago nigripennis White Stork Tringa nebularia Apus caffer Gallinula chloropus Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental Pterocles burchelli Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Alopochen aegyptiaca Francolinus levaillantoides Egretta garzetta Hooded Vulture Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Wilson's Phalarope Ciconia ciconia Lesser Yellowlegs African Palm-Swift Red-knobbed Coot American Golden-Plover Franklin's Gull Yellowbill Lilac-breasted Roller South African Shelduck Cape Francolin Western Reef-Heron Necrosyrtes monachus Accipiter rufiventris Phalaropus tricolor Marabou Stork Tringa flavipes Cypsiurus parvus Pluvialis dominica Leucophaeus pipixcan Ceuthmochares aereus Coracias caudatus Tadorna cana Egretta gularis Endangered Black Goshawk Fulica cristata Rare/Accidental Francolinus capensis Leptoptilos crumenifer Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae White-browed Coucal Rare/Accidental Spur-winged Goose Rare/Accidental Cape Griffon Accipiter melanoleucus Red-necked Phalarope Endemic Rare/Accidental Marsh Sandpiper Pacific Golden-Plover Kelp Gull Rock Pigeon Centropus superciliosus Plectropterus gambensis Snowy Egret Gyps coprotheres Black Kite Phalaropus lobatus Natal Francolin Yellow-billed Stork Tringa stagnatilis COLIIFORMES: Coliidae GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae Pluvialis fulva Larus dominicanus Columba livia African Black Duck Egretta thula Vulnerable Milvus migrans Red Phalarope Francolinus natalensis Mycteria ibis Wood Sandpiper Speckled Mousebird CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae Buff-spotted Flufftail Rare/Accidental Brown Noddy Introduced species Anas sparsa Rare/Accidental Bateleur African Fish-Eagle Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental Tringa glareola STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Colius striatus Sarothrura elegans Blacksmith Plover Anous stolidus Speckled Pigeon Eurasian Hoopoe Yellow-billed Duck Little Blue Heron Terathopius ecaudatus Haliaeetus vocifer Red-necked Francolin Common Redshank African Grass-Owl White-backed Mousebird Red-chested Flufftail Vanellus armatus Rare/Accidental Columba guinea Upupa epops Anas undulata SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Egretta caerulea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Common Buzzard Francolinus afer Tringa totanus Tyto capensis Colius colius Sarothrura rufa White-headed Lapwing CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Sooty Tern Rameron Pigeon Mallard Great Cormorant Rare/Accidental Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Buteo buteo Swainson's Francolin Rare/Accidental Barn Owl Red-faced Mousebird Striped Flufftail Vanellus albiceps Onychoprion fuscatus Columba arquatrix Anas platyrhynchos Phalacrocorax carbo Black Heron Circaetus pectoralis Mountain Buzzard Small Buttonquail Francolinus swainsonii Whimbrel Tyto alba Urocolius indicus CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae Sarothrura affinis Black-winged Lapwing Rare/Accidental Lemon Dove Introduced species Cape Cormorant Egretta ardesiaca Brown Snake-Eagle Buteo oreophilus Turnix sylvaticus Rare/Accidental Numenius phaeopus Green Woodhoopoe Vanellus melanopterus Bridled Tern Columba larvata Cape Shoveler Phalacrocorax capensis Cattle Egret Circaetus cinereus Jackal Buzzard Hottentot Buttonquail Common Quail Eurasian Curlew Phoeniculus purpureus Crowned Lapwing Onychoprion anaethetus Mourning Collared-Dove Anas smithii Endemic Near-threatened Bubulcus ibis Crowned Hawk-Eagle Buteo rufofuscus Turnix hottentottus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Coturnix coturnix GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Numenius arquata Common Scimitar-bill Vanellus coronatus Streptopelia decipiens Red-billed Duck Bank Cormorant Squacco Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus Rare/Accidental Southern White-faced Owl Narina Trogon Harlequin Quail African Finfoot Near-threatened Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Lesser Sand-Plover Red-eyed Dove Anas erythrorhyncha Phalacrocorax neglectus Ardeola ralloides Near-threatened Little Tern Ptilopsis granti Apaloderma narina Coturnix delegorguei Podica senegalensis Black-tailed Godwit Rare/Accidental Charadrius mongolus CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae Streptopelia semitorquata Hottentot Teal Endangered Rare/Accidental Martial Eagle OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Sternula albifrons Cape Eagle-Owl Indian Peafowl Limosa limosa Rare/Accidental Crab Plover Ring-necked Dove Anas hottentota Long-tailed Cormorant Rufous-bellied Heron Polemaetus bellicosus Kori Bustard Damara Tern Bubo capensis Pavo cristatus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Greater Sand-Plover Dromas ardeola Streptopelia capicola Cape Teal Phalacrocorax africanus Ardeola rufiventris Near-threatened Ardeotis kori Sternula balaenarum Spotted Eagle-Owl Introduced species Hudsonian Godwit Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental Laughing Dove Anas capensis Crowned Cormorant Rare/Accidental Long-crested Eagle Ludwig's Bustard Near-threatened Bubo africanus Limosa haemastica Neotis ludwigii Rare/Accidental Streptopelia senegalensis

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CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Gray-headed Bushshrike PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Barn Swallow Victorin's Warbler Cisticola chiniana PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Oenanthe monticola Mouse-colored Sunbird PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Lesser Masked-Weaver Southern Red-billed Hornbill Lesser Kestrel Malaconotus blanchoti Monotonous Lark Hirundo rustica Cryptillas victorini Gray Cisticola Chat Flycatcher Capped Wheatear Cyanomitra veroxii Common Chaffinch Ploceus intermedius Tockus rufirostris Falco naumanni Mirafra passerina White-throated Swallow Endemic Cisticola rufilatus Bradornis infuscatus Oenanthe pileata Amethyst Sunbird Fringilla coelebs Southern Masked-Weaver Rare/Accidental Eurasian Kestrel Latakoo Lark Hirundo albigularis Red-headed Cisticola Mariqua Flycatcher Chalcomitra amethystina Introduced species Ploceus velatus PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Falco tinnunculus Mirafra cheniana Wire-tailed Swallow Cisticola subruficapilla Bradornis mariquensis Malachite Sunbird Cape Siskin Village Weaver Gray Cuckooshrike PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopi- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Tockus leucomelas Greater Kestrel Near-threatened Hirundo smithii Wailing Cisticola Southern Black-Flycatcher Nectarinia famosa Pseudochloroptila totta Ploceus cucullatus Coracina caesia dae Spotted Ground-Thrush Rare/Accidental Falco rupicoloides Rufous-naped Lark Pearl-breasted Swallow Cisticola lais Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Double-collared Sunbird Drakensberg Siskin Forest Weaver White-breasted Cuckooshrike Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Geokichla guttata Crowned Hornbill Red-necked Falcon Mirafra africana Hirundo dimidiata Tinkling Cisticola Fiscal Flycatcher Cinnyris chalybeus Pseudochloroptila symonsi Ploceus bicolor Coracina pectoralis Phylloscopus ruficapilla Endangered Tockus alboterminatus Falco chicquera Cape Clapper Lark Greater Striped-Swallow Cisticola tinniens Sigelus silens Greater Double-collared Sunbird Black-headed Canary Red-headed Quelea Black Cuckooshrike Willow Warbler Orange Ground-Thrush African Gray Hornbill Amur Falcon Mirafra apiata Cecropis cucullata Piping Cisticola Spotted Flycatcher Cinnyris afer Alario alario Quelea erythrops Campephaga flava Phylloscopus trochilus Geokichla gurneyi Tockus nasutus Falco amurensis Eastern Clapper Lark Lesser Striped-Swallow Cisticola fulvicapilla Muscicapa striata White-breasted Sunbird Damara Canary Red-billed Quelea Groundscraper Thrush Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mirafra fasciolata Cecropis abyssinica Zitting Cisticola Dusky-brown Flycatcher Cinnyris talatala Alario leucolaemus Quelea quelea Psophocichla litsitsirupa Trumpeter Hornbill Eleonora's Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental PASSERIFORMES: Cisticola juncidis Muscicapa adusta Dusky Sunbird Cape Canary Red Bishop South African Swallow Desert Cisticola Rare/Accidental Cinnyris fuscus Euplectes orix Ceratogymna bucinator Falco eleonorae Red-backed Shrike Sabota Lark Acrocephalidae Ashy Flycatcher Serinus canicollis Petrochelidon spilodera Cisticola aridulus Kurrichane Thrush Yellow-crowned Bishop Rare/Accidental Lanius collurio Calendulauda sabota Icterine Warbler Muscicapa caerulescens Yellow-fronted Canary Turdus libonyana Eurasian Hobby Fawn-colored Lark Rare/Accidental Cloud Cisticola Karoo Scrub-Robin Serinus mozambicus Euplectes afer Rare/Accidental Hippolais icterina PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae CORACIIFORMES: Bucorvidae Common House-Martin Cisticola textrix Olive Thrush Yellow Bishop Falco subbuteo Lesser Gray Shrike Calendulauda africanoides Rare/Accidental Cercotrichas coryphaeus Rare/Accidental Southern Ground-Hornbill Delichon urbicum Tawny-flanked Prinia Turdus olivaceus Western Yellow Wagtail Euplectes capensis African Hobby Lanius minor Red Lark Brown Scrub-Robin Forest Canary Sedge Warbler Karoo Thrush Motacilla flava Bucorvus leadbeateri Falco cuvierii Calendulauda burra Black Sawwing Prinia subflava Cercotrichas signata Serinus scotops White-winged Widowbird Southern Fiscal Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Vulnerable Psalidoprocne pristoptera Black-chested Prinia Turdus smithi Cape Wagtail Euplectes albonotatus Rare/Accidental Lanius collaris Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable Bearded Scrub-Robin Black-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Motacilla capensis Lanner Falcon Karoo Lark Prinia flavicans Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Serinus atrogularis Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Gray Wagtail Falco biarmicus Calendulauda albescens Karoo Prinia Kalahari Scrub-Robin PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae Brimstone Canary Red-collared Widowbird PICIFORMES: Lybiidae PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Motacilla cinerea Peregrine Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Spike-heeled Lark Acrocephalus palustris Prinia maculosa Cercotrichas paena Serinus sulphuratus Euplectes ardens Crested Barbet Fairy Flycatcher Common Myna Rare/Accidental Falco peregrinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Chersomanes albofasciata Rare/Accidental Drakensberg Prinia Red-backed Scrub-Robin Yellow Canary Fan-tailed Widowbird Trachyphonus vaillantii Stenostira scita Acridotheres tristis African Pied Wagtail Oriolus oriolus Cape Lark African Reed-Warbler Prinia hypoxantha Cercotrichas leucophrys Serinus flaviventris Euplectes axillaris Red-fronted Tinkerbird Rare/Accidental Motacilla aguimp African Black-headed Oriole Certhilauda curvirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Namaqua Prinia Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Pogoniulus pusillus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae European Starling African Pipit Oriolus larvatus Prinia substriata Agulhas Lark PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cossypha caffra Sturnus vulgaris Serinus albogularis Pied Barbet Rosy-faced Lovebird Anthus cinnamomeus Certhilauda brevirostris Yellow-bellied Eremomela White-throated Robin-Chat Protea Canary Tricholaema leucomelas Southern Black-Tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Introduced species PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae Agapornis roseicollis Eremomela icteropygialis Mountain Pipit Endemic Melaniparus niger Cossypha humeralis Wattled Starling Serinus leucopterus Black-collared Barbet Brown-necked Parrot PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Anthus hoeschi Swee Waxbill Eastern Long-billed Lark Yellow-rumped Eremomela Rare/Accidental Endemic Lybius torquatus Ashy Tit Creatophora cinerea Poicephalus robustus Square-tailed Drongo PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eremomela gregalis Long-billed Pipit Coccopygia melanotis Certhilauda semitorquata Melaniparus cinerascens Red-capped Robin-Chat Cape Glossy-Starling Streaky-headed Seedeater Dicrurus ludwigii Anthus similis Green-backed Twinspot Karoo Long-billed Lark Gray Tit Fan-tailed Grassbird Cossypha natalensis Lamprotornis nitens Serinus gularis Fork-tailed Drongo Plain-backed Pipit Mandingoa nitidula PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae Certhilauda subcoronata Melaniparus afer Schoenicola brevirostris Chorister Robin-Chat Burchell's Glossy-Starling Dicrurus adsimilis PASSERIFORMES: Sylvidae Anthus leucophrys Common Waxbill Wahlberg's Honeyguide Short-clawed Lark Cossypha dichroa Cape Batis Barratt's Warbler Bush Blackcap Lamprotornis australis Long-tailed Pipit PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae Estrilda astrild Prodotiscus regulus Certhilauda chuana White-starred Robin Batis capensis Bradypterus barratti Sylvia nigricapilla Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Anthus longicaudatus Black-cheeked Waxbill Black-eared Sparrow-Lark PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Pogonocichla stellata House Sparrow Lesser Honeyguide Chinspot Batis PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae Lamprotornis corruscus Knysna Warbler Near-threatened Endemic (country/region) Data deficient Passer domesticus Estrilda erythronotos Indicator minor Eremopterix australis African Penduline-Tit Short-toed Rock-Thrush Batis molitor African Crested-Flycatcher Bradypterus sylvaticus Layard's Warbler Violet-backed Starling Buffy Pipit Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Anthoscopus caroli Monticola brevipes Introduced species Scaly-throated Honeyguide Pririt Batis Trochocercus cyanomelas Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Vulnerable Sylvia layardi Anthus vaalensis Great Rufous Sparrow Uraeginthus angolensis Indicator variegatus Eremopterix verticalis Southern Penduline-Tit Sentinel Rock-Thrush Batis pririt African Paradise-Flycatcher Rufous-vented Warbler African Pied Starling Yellow-tufted Pipit Rare/Accidental Red-capped Lark Anthoscopus minutus Little Rush-Warbler Monticola explorator Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Terpsiphone viridis Spreo bicolor Bradypterus baboecala Sylvia subcaerulea Anthus crenatus Cape Sparrow Violet-eared Waxbill Indicator indicator Calandrella cinerea Cape Rock-Thrush Endemic (country/region) Orange-throated Longclaw Passer melanurus Granatina granatina PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae Stark's Lark Monticola rupestris Red-winged Starling PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Macronyx capensis Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Red-billed Firefinch Brubru PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Spizocorys starki PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae Endemic (country/region) Onychognathus morio PICIFORMES: Picidae Sombre Greenbul PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Yellow-throated Longclaw Passer diffusus Lagonosticta senegala Nilaus afer House Crow Pink-billed Lark Cape White-eye African Stonechat Pale-winged Starling Bar-throated Apalis Macronyx croceus African Firefinch Golden-tailed Woodpecker Andropadus importunus Yellow-throated Petronia Black-backed Puffback Corvus splendens Spizocorys conirostris Zosterops pallidus Saxicola torquatus Onychognathus nabouroup Terrestrial Brownbul Apalis thoracica Petronia superciliaris Lagonosticta rubricata Campethera abingoni Dryoscopus cubla Introduced species Sclater's Lark Buff-streaked Bushchat Phyllastrephus terrestris Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-headed Finch Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Tchagra Cape Crow Spizocorys sclateri Saxicola bifasciatus PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Apalis flavida Amadina erythrocephala Knysna Woodpecker Common Bulbul PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichi- PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae Tchagra senegalus Corvus capensis Near-threatened Southern Anteater-Chat Lark-like Bunting Green-backed Camaroptera PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae African Quailfinch Campethera notata Pycnonotus barbatus dae Brown-crowned Tchagra Pied Crow Large-billed Lark Myrmecocichla formicivora Red-billed Oxpecker Emberiza impetuani Camaroptera brachyura Scaly Weaver Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Arrow-marked Babbler Tchagra australis Corvus albus Galerida magnirostris Mocking Cliff-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Barred Wren-Warbler Sporopipes squamifrons Bronze Mannikin Ground Woodpecker Black-fronted Bulbul Turdoides jardineii Rare/Accidental White-necked Raven Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Rare/Accidental Emberiza tahapisi Calamonastes fasciolatus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Spermestes cucullatus Geocolaptes olivaceus Pycnonotus nigricans Rare/Accidental Southern Tchagra Corvus albicollis Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Kopje Warbler Plocepasser mahali Cardinal Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Cape Bulbul Tchagra tchagra Sicklewing Chat Cape Bunting Euryptila subcinnamomea Social Weaver Dendropicos fuscescens Plain Martin Pycnonotus capensis PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae Southern Boubou Cercomela sinuata Emberiza capensis PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae Rufous-eared Warbler PASSERIFORMES: Promeropi- Philetairus socius Bearded Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Chaetopidae Riparia paludicola Collared Sunbird Laniarius ferrugineus Karoo Chat Golden-breasted Bunting Pin-tailed Whydah Malcorus pectoralis dae Spectacled Weaver Dendropicos namaquus Cape Rockjumper Bank Swallow Hedydipna collaris Bokmakierie Cercomela schlegelii Emberiza flaviventris Vidua macroura PASSERIFORMES: Red-faced Cisticola Gurney's Sugarbird Ploceus ocularis Chaetops frenatus Riparia riparia Orange-breasted Sunbird Olive Woodpecker Telophorus zeylonus Macrosphenidae Tractrac Chat Cisticola erythrops Promerops gurneyi Anthobaphes violacea Cape Weaver Dendropicos griseocephalus Endemic Banded Martin Cercomela tractrac Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Cape Crombec Rock-loving Cisticola Cape Sugarbird Endemic Ploceus capensis Drakensberg Rockjumper Riparia cincta Familiar Chat Telophorus sulfureopectus Sylvietta rufescens Cisticola aberrans Promerops cafer Eastern Olive Sunbird African Golden-Weaver Chaetops aurantius Rock Martin Cercomela familiaris Olive Bushshrike Cape Grassbird Rattling Cisticola Cyanomitra olivacea Ploceus subaureus Ptyonoprogne fuligula Mountain Wheatear Telophorus olivaceus Sphenoeacus afer Phalacrocorax coronatus Striated Heron Lophaetus occipitalis Endangered GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Caspian Plover Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Gull-billed Tern Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Verreaux's Eagle-Owl CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Near-threatened Butorides striata Lesser Spotted Eagle Stanley Bustard Gray Crowned-Crane Charadrius asiaticus Bar-tailed Godwit Burchell's Courser Gelochelidon nilotica Turtur chalcospilos Bubo lacteus Half-collared Kingfisher Black-crowned Night-Heron Clanga pomarina Neotis denhami Balearica regulorum Rare/Accidental Limosa lapponica Cursorius rufus Rare/Accidental Tambourine Dove Pel's Fishing-Owl Alcedo semitorquata Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Endangered Kittlitz's Plover Ruddy Turnstone Temminck's Courser Caspian Tern Turtur tympanistria Scotopelia peli Malachite Kingfisher SULIFORMES: Anhingidae White-backed Night-Heron Wahlberg's Eagle Blue Bustard Blue Crane Charadrius pecuarius Arenaria interpres Cursorius temminckii Hydroprogne caspia Namaqua Dove African Barred Owlet Corythornis cristatus African Darter Gorsachius leuconotus Hieraaetus wahlbergi Eupodotis caerulescens Anthropoides paradiseus Kentish Plover Great Knot Rare/Accidental Black Tern Oena capensis Glaucidium capense African Pygmy-Kingfisher Anhinga rufa Booted Eagle Near-threatened Vulnerable Charadrius alexandrinus Calidris tenuirostris Double-banded Courser Chlidonias niger African Green-Pigeon African Wood-Owl Ispidina picta Hieraaetus pennatus Karoo Bustard Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Vulnerable Smutsornis africanus Rare/Accidental Treron calvus Strix woodfordii Gray-headed Kingfisher PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Eupodotis vigorsii Common Ringed Plover Red Knot Collared Pratincole White-winged Tern Marsh Owl Halcyon leucocephala Glossy Ibis CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae Hieraaetus ayresii Black Bustard Charadrius hiaticula Calidris canutus Glareola pratincola Chlidonias leucopterus Asio capensis Rare/Accidental Great White Pelican CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae Plegadis falcinellus Tawny Eagle Eupodotis afra Snowy Sheathbill Three-banded Plover Ruff Whiskered Tern Pelecanus onocrotalus Rare/Accidental Brown-hooded Kingfisher Sacred Ibis Knysna Turaco Aquila rapax Endemic (country/region) Chionis albus Charadrius tricollaris Calidris pugnax Black-winged Pratincole Chlidonias hybrida Halcyon albiventris Pink-backed Pelican CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgi- Threskiornis aethiopicus Rare/Accidental White-quilled Bustard Rare/Accidental White-fronted Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Tauraco corythaix Pelecanus rufescens Glareola nordmanni dae Giant Kingfisher Hadada Ibis Steppe Eagle Eupodotis afraoides Charadrius marginatus Calidris falcinellus Sterna dougallii Gray Go-away-bird Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Megaceryle maximus Bostrychia hagedash Corythaixoides concolor Eurasian Nightjar Aquila nipalensis Black-bellied Bustard Chestnut-banded Plover Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Country or region: Western Cape Southern Pochard PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae African Spoonbill CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Rare/Accidental Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius pallidus Curlew Sandpiper Common Tern Ceryle rudis (Breede Valley) Netta erythrophthalma Water Thick-knee Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Little Grebe PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae Platalea alba Verreaux's Eagle Near-threatened Calidris ferruginea CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Sterna hirundo Number of species: 550 Maccoa Duck Burhinus vermiculatus Caprimulgus rufigena Tachybaptus ruficollis Aquila verreauxii Red-necked Stint South Polar Skua Arctic Tern Number of endemics: 4 Hamerkop CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Oxyura maccoa Great Crested Grebe GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Spotted Thick-knee Fiery-necked Nightjar CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Scopus umbretta Lizard Buzzard Calidris ruficollis Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna paradisaea Number of globally threatened species: 25 Near-threatened ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae Burhinus capensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Pied Cuckoo Caprimulgus pectoralis Podiceps cristatus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Corn Crake Rare/Accidental Brown Skua Antarctic Tern White-fronted Bee-eater Number of introduced species: 8 Secretary-bird Clamator jacobinus Freckled Nightjar Eared Grebe Pale Chanting-Goshawk Crex crex Greater Painted-Snipe Sanderling Stercorarius antarcticus Sterna vittata Merops bullockoides Date last reviewed: 2009-09-11 Sagittarius serpentarius Levaillant's Cuckoo Caprimulgus tristigma Podiceps nigricollis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Melierax canorus African Rail Rostratula benghalensis Calidris alba Pomarine Jaeger Great Crested Tern Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Numididae Vulnerable CHARADRIIFORMES: Clamator levaillantii Great Bittern Gabar Goshawk Rallus caerulescens Dunlin Stercorarius pomarinus Thalasseus bergii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Helmeted Guineafowl Recurvirostridae Great Spotted Cuckoo Botaurus stellaris Micronisus gabar African Crake Calidris alpina Parasitic Jaeger Sandwich Tern Merops hirundineus STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae Numida meleagris Black-winged Stilt CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae APODIFORMES: Apodidae PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoen- Crecopsis egregia Clamator glandarius Ostrich Little Bittern ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae African Marsh-Harrier Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental icopteridae Himantopus himantopus African Jacana Red-chested Cuckoo Alpine Swift Ixobrychus minutus Black Crake Long-tailed Jaeger White-throated Bee-eater Struthio camelus Osprey Circus ranivorus Pied Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Elegant Tern Greater Flamingo Actophilornis africanus Cuculus solitarius Apus melba GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Dwarf Bittern Black Harrier Amaurornis flavirostra Calidris bairdii Stercorarius longicaudus Thalasseus elegans Merops albicollis Phoenicopterus roseus Pandion haliaetus Recurvirostra avosetta Common Swift Little Crake Black Cuckoo Chukar Ixobrychus sturmii Circus maurus Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Lesser Flamingo Apus apus Porzana parva Cuculus clamosus ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Alectoris chukar Gray Heron Vulnerable Little Stint Lesser Crested Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Phoenicopterus minor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Pallid Swift Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Rare/Accidental White-faced Whistling-Duck Introduced species Ardea cinerea ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Pallid Harrier CHARADRIIFORMES: Calidris minuta Thalasseus bengalensis Merops persicus Near-threatened Terek Sandpiper Apus pallidus Baillon's Crake Black-legged Kittiwake Common Cuckoo Dendrocygna viduata Crested Francolin Black-headed Heron 3Black-shouldered Kite Circus macrourus Haematopodidae White-rumped Sandpiper Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Porzana pusilla Rissa tridactyla Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental Francolinus sephaena Ardea melanocephala Elanus caeruleus Near-threatened Eurasian Oystercatcher Calidris fuscicollis Madagascar Bee-eater Common Sandpiper African Swift Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Red-winged Francolin Goliath Heron African Harrier-Hawk Montagu's Harrier Haematopus ostralegus Rare/Accidental Merops superciliosus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Actitis hypoleucos Apus barbatus Purple Swamphen Sabine's Gull PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae African Cuckoo Dendrocygna bicolor Francolinus levaillantii Ardea goliath Polyboroides typus Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare/Accidental African Openbill Green Sandpiper Bradfield's Swift Porphyrio porphyrio Xema sabini Namaqua Sandgrouse Cuculus gularis Rare/Accidental Gray-winged Francolin Purple Heron Palm-nut Vulture Rare/Accidental African Oystercatcher Calidris subruficollis European Bee-eater Anastomus lamelligerus Tringa ochropus Apus bradfieldi Allen's Gallinule Gray-hooded Gull Pterocles namaqua Rare/Accidental White-backed Duck Francolinus africanus Ardea purpurea Gypohierax angolensis African Goshawk Haematopus moquini Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Merops apiaster Black Stork Rare/Accidental Little Swift Porphyrio alleni Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Klaas's Cuckoo Thalassornis leuconotus Endemic (country/region) Great Egret Rare/Accidental Accipiter tachiro Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Ciconia nigra Greater Yellowlegs Apus affinis Purple Gallinule Hartlaub's Gull Pterocles gutturalis Chrysococcyx klaas Comb Duck Shelley's Francolin Ardea alba European Honey-buzzard Shikra Calidris melanotos Abdim's Stork Tringa melanoleuca Horus Swift Porphyrio martinicus Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Double-banded Sandgrouse African Emerald Cuckoo CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae Sarkidiornis melanotos Francolinus shelleyi Intermediate Egret Pernis apivorus Accipiter badius Rare/Accidental Ciconia abdimii Rare/Accidental Apus horus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-headed Gull Pterocles bicinctus Chrysococcyx cupreus European Roller Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mesophoyx intermedia African Cuckoo-Hawk Little Sparrowhawk African Snipe Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank White-rumped Swift Eurasian Moorhen Black-bellied Plover Chroicocephalus ridibundus Burchell's Sandgrouse Dideric Cuckoo Coracias garrulus Egyptian Goose Orange River Francolin Little Egret Aviceda cuculoides Accipiter minullus Gallinago nigripennis White Stork Tringa nebularia Apus caffer Gallinula chloropus Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental Pterocles burchelli Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Alopochen aegyptiaca Francolinus levaillantoides Egretta garzetta Hooded Vulture Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Wilson's Phalarope Ciconia ciconia Lesser Yellowlegs African Palm-Swift Red-knobbed Coot American Golden-Plover Franklin's Gull Yellowbill Lilac-breasted Roller South African Shelduck Cape Francolin Western Reef-Heron Necrosyrtes monachus Accipiter rufiventris Phalaropus tricolor Marabou Stork Tringa flavipes Cypsiurus parvus Pluvialis dominica Leucophaeus pipixcan Ceuthmochares aereus Coracias caudatus Tadorna cana Egretta gularis Endangered Black Goshawk Fulica cristata Rare/Accidental Francolinus capensis Leptoptilos crumenifer Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae White-browed Coucal Rare/Accidental Spur-winged Goose Rare/Accidental Cape Griffon Accipiter melanoleucus Red-necked Phalarope Endemic Rare/Accidental Marsh Sandpiper Pacific Golden-Plover Kelp Gull Rock Pigeon Centropus superciliosus Plectropterus gambensis Snowy Egret Gyps coprotheres Black Kite Phalaropus lobatus Natal Francolin Yellow-billed Stork Tringa stagnatilis COLIIFORMES: Coliidae GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae Pluvialis fulva Larus dominicanus Columba livia African Black Duck Egretta thula Vulnerable Milvus migrans Red Phalarope Francolinus natalensis Mycteria ibis Wood Sandpiper Speckled Mousebird CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae Buff-spotted Flufftail Rare/Accidental Brown Noddy Introduced species Anas sparsa Rare/Accidental Bateleur African Fish-Eagle Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental Tringa glareola STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Colius striatus Sarothrura elegans Blacksmith Plover Anous stolidus Speckled Pigeon Eurasian Hoopoe Yellow-billed Duck Little Blue Heron Terathopius ecaudatus Haliaeetus vocifer Red-necked Francolin Common Redshank African Grass-Owl White-backed Mousebird Red-chested Flufftail Vanellus armatus Rare/Accidental Columba guinea Upupa epops Anas undulata SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Egretta caerulea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Common Buzzard Francolinus afer Tringa totanus Tyto capensis Colius colius Sarothrura rufa White-headed Lapwing CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Sooty Tern Rameron Pigeon Mallard Great Cormorant Rare/Accidental Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Buteo buteo Swainson's Francolin Rare/Accidental Barn Owl Red-faced Mousebird Striped Flufftail Vanellus albiceps Onychoprion fuscatus Columba arquatrix Anas platyrhynchos Phalacrocorax carbo Black Heron Circaetus pectoralis Mountain Buzzard Small Buttonquail Francolinus swainsonii Whimbrel Tyto alba Urocolius indicus CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae Sarothrura affinis Black-winged Lapwing Rare/Accidental Lemon Dove Introduced species Cape Cormorant Egretta ardesiaca Brown Snake-Eagle Buteo oreophilus Turnix sylvaticus Rare/Accidental Numenius phaeopus Green Woodhoopoe Vanellus melanopterus Bridled Tern Columba larvata Cape Shoveler Phalacrocorax capensis Cattle Egret Circaetus cinereus Jackal Buzzard Hottentot Buttonquail Common Quail Eurasian Curlew Phoeniculus purpureus Crowned Lapwing Onychoprion anaethetus Mourning Collared-Dove Anas smithii Endemic Near-threatened Bubulcus ibis Crowned Hawk-Eagle Buteo rufofuscus Turnix hottentottus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Coturnix coturnix GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Numenius arquata Common Scimitar-bill Vanellus coronatus Streptopelia decipiens Red-billed Duck Bank Cormorant Squacco Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus Rare/Accidental Southern White-faced Owl Narina Trogon Harlequin Quail African Finfoot Near-threatened Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Lesser Sand-Plover Red-eyed Dove Anas erythrorhyncha Phalacrocorax neglectus Ardeola ralloides Near-threatened Little Tern Ptilopsis granti Apaloderma narina Coturnix delegorguei Podica senegalensis Black-tailed Godwit Rare/Accidental Charadrius mongolus CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae Streptopelia semitorquata Hottentot Teal Endangered Rare/Accidental Martial Eagle OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Sternula albifrons Cape Eagle-Owl Indian Peafowl Limosa limosa Rare/Accidental Crab Plover Ring-necked Dove Anas hottentota Long-tailed Cormorant Rufous-bellied Heron Polemaetus bellicosus Kori Bustard Damara Tern Bubo capensis Pavo cristatus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Greater Sand-Plover Dromas ardeola Streptopelia capicola Cape Teal Phalacrocorax africanus Ardeola rufiventris Near-threatened Ardeotis kori Sternula balaenarum Spotted Eagle-Owl Introduced species Hudsonian Godwit Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental Laughing Dove Anas capensis Crowned Cormorant Rare/Accidental Long-crested Eagle Ludwig's Bustard Near-threatened Bubo africanus Limosa haemastica Neotis ludwigii Rare/Accidental Streptopelia senegalensis

CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Gray-headed Bushshrike PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Barn Swallow Victorin's Warbler Cisticola chiniana PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Oenanthe monticola Mouse-colored Sunbird PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Lesser Masked-Weaver Southern Red-billed Hornbill Lesser Kestrel Malaconotus blanchoti Monotonous Lark Hirundo rustica Cryptillas victorini Gray Cisticola Chat Flycatcher Capped Wheatear Cyanomitra veroxii Common Chaffinch Ploceus intermedius Tockus rufirostris Falco naumanni Mirafra passerina White-throated Swallow Endemic Cisticola rufilatus Bradornis infuscatus Oenanthe pileata Amethyst Sunbird Fringilla coelebs Southern Masked-Weaver Rare/Accidental Eurasian Kestrel Latakoo Lark Hirundo albigularis Red-headed Cisticola Mariqua Flycatcher Chalcomitra amethystina Introduced species Ploceus velatus PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Falco tinnunculus Mirafra cheniana Wire-tailed Swallow Cisticola subruficapilla Bradornis mariquensis Malachite Sunbird Cape Siskin Village Weaver Gray Cuckooshrike PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopi- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Tockus leucomelas Greater Kestrel Near-threatened Hirundo smithii Wailing Cisticola Southern Black-Flycatcher Nectarinia famosa Pseudochloroptila totta Ploceus cucullatus Coracina caesia dae Spotted Ground-Thrush Rare/Accidental Falco rupicoloides Rufous-naped Lark Pearl-breasted Swallow Cisticola lais Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Double-collared Sunbird Drakensberg Siskin Forest Weaver White-breasted Cuckooshrike Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Geokichla guttata Crowned Hornbill Red-necked Falcon Mirafra africana Hirundo dimidiata Tinkling Cisticola Fiscal Flycatcher Cinnyris chalybeus Pseudochloroptila symonsi Ploceus bicolor Coracina pectoralis Phylloscopus ruficapilla Endangered Tockus alboterminatus Falco chicquera Cape Clapper Lark Greater Striped-Swallow Cisticola tinniens Sigelus silens Greater Double-collared Sunbird Black-headed Canary Red-headed Quelea Black Cuckooshrike Willow Warbler Orange Ground-Thrush African Gray Hornbill Amur Falcon Mirafra apiata Cecropis cucullata Piping Cisticola Spotted Flycatcher Cinnyris afer Alario alario Quelea erythrops Campephaga flava Phylloscopus trochilus Geokichla gurneyi Tockus nasutus Falco amurensis Eastern Clapper Lark Lesser Striped-Swallow Cisticola fulvicapilla Muscicapa striata White-breasted Sunbird Damara Canary Red-billed Quelea Groundscraper Thrush Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mirafra fasciolata Cecropis abyssinica Zitting Cisticola Dusky-brown Flycatcher Cinnyris talatala Alario leucolaemus Quelea quelea Psophocichla litsitsirupa Trumpeter Hornbill Eleonora's Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental PASSERIFORMES: Cisticola juncidis Muscicapa adusta Dusky Sunbird Cape Canary Red Bishop South African Swallow Desert Cisticola Rare/Accidental Cinnyris fuscus Euplectes orix Ceratogymna bucinator Falco eleonorae Red-backed Shrike Sabota Lark Acrocephalidae Ashy Flycatcher Serinus canicollis Petrochelidon spilodera Cisticola aridulus Kurrichane Thrush Yellow-crowned Bishop Rare/Accidental Lanius collurio Calendulauda sabota Icterine Warbler Muscicapa caerulescens Yellow-fronted Canary Turdus libonyana Eurasian Hobby Fawn-colored Lark Rare/Accidental Cloud Cisticola Karoo Scrub-Robin Serinus mozambicus Euplectes afer Rare/Accidental Hippolais icterina PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae CORACIIFORMES: Bucorvidae Common House-Martin Cisticola textrix Olive Thrush Yellow Bishop Falco subbuteo Lesser Gray Shrike Calendulauda africanoides Rare/Accidental Cercotrichas coryphaeus Rare/Accidental Southern Ground-Hornbill Delichon urbicum Tawny-flanked Prinia Turdus olivaceus Western Yellow Wagtail Euplectes capensis African Hobby Lanius minor Red Lark Brown Scrub-Robin Forest Canary Sedge Warbler Karoo Thrush Motacilla flava Bucorvus leadbeateri Falco cuvierii Calendulauda burra Black Sawwing Prinia subflava Cercotrichas signata Serinus scotops White-winged Widowbird Southern Fiscal Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Vulnerable Psalidoprocne pristoptera Black-chested Prinia Turdus smithi Cape Wagtail Euplectes albonotatus Rare/Accidental Lanius collaris Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable Bearded Scrub-Robin Black-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Motacilla capensis Lanner Falcon Karoo Lark Prinia flavicans Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Serinus atrogularis Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Gray Wagtail Falco biarmicus Calendulauda albescens Karoo Prinia Kalahari Scrub-Robin PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae Brimstone Canary Red-collared Widowbird PICIFORMES: Lybiidae PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Motacilla cinerea Peregrine Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Spike-heeled Lark Acrocephalus palustris Prinia maculosa Cercotrichas paena Serinus sulphuratus Euplectes ardens Crested Barbet Fairy Flycatcher Common Myna Rare/Accidental Falco peregrinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Chersomanes albofasciata Rare/Accidental Drakensberg Prinia Red-backed Scrub-Robin Yellow Canary Fan-tailed Widowbird Trachyphonus vaillantii Stenostira scita Acridotheres tristis African Pied Wagtail Oriolus oriolus Cape Lark African Reed-Warbler Prinia hypoxantha Cercotrichas leucophrys Serinus flaviventris Euplectes axillaris Red-fronted Tinkerbird Rare/Accidental Motacilla aguimp African Black-headed Oriole Certhilauda curvirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Namaqua Prinia Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Pogoniulus pusillus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae European Starling African Pipit Oriolus larvatus Prinia substriata Agulhas Lark PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cossypha caffra Sturnus vulgaris Serinus albogularis Pied Barbet Rosy-faced Lovebird Anthus cinnamomeus Certhilauda brevirostris Yellow-bellied Eremomela White-throated Robin-Chat Protea Canary Tricholaema leucomelas Southern Black-Tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Introduced species PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae Agapornis roseicollis Eremomela icteropygialis Mountain Pipit Endemic Melaniparus niger Cossypha humeralis Wattled Starling Serinus leucopterus Black-collared Barbet Brown-necked Parrot PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Anthus hoeschi Swee Waxbill Eastern Long-billed Lark Yellow-rumped Eremomela Rare/Accidental Endemic Lybius torquatus Ashy Tit Creatophora cinerea Poicephalus robustus Square-tailed Drongo PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eremomela gregalis Long-billed Pipit Coccopygia melanotis Certhilauda semitorquata Melaniparus cinerascens Red-capped Robin-Chat Cape Glossy-Starling Streaky-headed Seedeater Dicrurus ludwigii Anthus similis Green-backed Twinspot Karoo Long-billed Lark Gray Tit Fan-tailed Grassbird Cossypha natalensis Lamprotornis nitens Serinus gularis Fork-tailed Drongo Plain-backed Pipit Mandingoa nitidula PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae Certhilauda subcoronata Melaniparus afer Schoenicola brevirostris Chorister Robin-Chat Burchell's Glossy-Starling Dicrurus adsimilis PASSERIFORMES: Sylvidae Anthus leucophrys Common Waxbill Wahlberg's Honeyguide Short-clawed Lark Cossypha dichroa Cape Batis Barratt's Warbler Bush Blackcap Lamprotornis australis Long-tailed Pipit PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae Estrilda astrild Prodotiscus regulus Certhilauda chuana White-starred Robin Batis capensis Bradypterus barratti Sylvia nigricapilla Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Anthus longicaudatus Black-cheeked Waxbill Black-eared Sparrow-Lark PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Pogonocichla stellata House Sparrow Lesser Honeyguide Chinspot Batis PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae Lamprotornis corruscus Knysna Warbler Near-threatened Endemic (country/region) Data deficient Passer domesticus Estrilda erythronotos Indicator minor Eremopterix australis African Penduline-Tit Short-toed Rock-Thrush Batis molitor African Crested-Flycatcher Bradypterus sylvaticus Layard's Warbler Violet-backed Starling Buffy Pipit Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Anthoscopus caroli Monticola brevipes Introduced species Scaly-throated Honeyguide Pririt Batis Trochocercus cyanomelas Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Vulnerable Sylvia layardi Anthus vaalensis Great Rufous Sparrow Uraeginthus angolensis Indicator variegatus Eremopterix verticalis Southern Penduline-Tit Sentinel Rock-Thrush Batis pririt African Paradise-Flycatcher Rufous-vented Warbler African Pied Starling Yellow-tufted Pipit Rare/Accidental Red-capped Lark Anthoscopus minutus Little Rush-Warbler Monticola explorator Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Terpsiphone viridis Spreo bicolor Bradypterus baboecala Sylvia subcaerulea Anthus crenatus Cape Sparrow Violet-eared Waxbill Indicator indicator Calandrella cinerea Cape Rock-Thrush Endemic (country/region) Orange-throated Longclaw Passer melanurus Granatina granatina PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae Stark's Lark Monticola rupestris Red-winged Starling PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Macronyx capensis Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Red-billed Firefinch Brubru PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Spizocorys starki PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae Endemic (country/region) Onychognathus morio PICIFORMES: Picidae Sombre Greenbul PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Yellow-throated Longclaw Passer diffusus Lagonosticta senegala Nilaus afer House Crow Pink-billed Lark Cape White-eye African Stonechat Pale-winged Starling Bar-throated Apalis Macronyx croceus African Firefinch Golden-tailed Woodpecker Andropadus importunus Yellow-throated Petronia Black-backed Puffback Corvus splendens Spizocorys conirostris Zosterops pallidus Saxicola torquatus Onychognathus nabouroup Terrestrial Brownbul Apalis thoracica Petronia superciliaris Lagonosticta rubricata Campethera abingoni Dryoscopus cubla Introduced species Sclater's Lark Buff-streaked Bushchat Phyllastrephus terrestris Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-headed Finch Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Tchagra Cape Crow Spizocorys sclateri Saxicola bifasciatus PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Apalis flavida Amadina erythrocephala Knysna Woodpecker Common Bulbul PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichi- PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae Tchagra senegalus Corvus capensis Near-threatened Southern Anteater-Chat Lark-like Bunting Green-backed Camaroptera PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae African Quailfinch Campethera notata Pycnonotus barbatus dae Brown-crowned Tchagra Pied Crow Large-billed Lark Myrmecocichla formicivora Red-billed Oxpecker Emberiza impetuani Camaroptera brachyura Scaly Weaver Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Arrow-marked Babbler Tchagra australis Corvus albus Galerida magnirostris Mocking Cliff-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Barred Wren-Warbler Sporopipes squamifrons Bronze Mannikin Ground Woodpecker Black-fronted Bulbul Turdoides jardineii Rare/Accidental White-necked Raven Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Rare/Accidental Emberiza tahapisi Calamonastes fasciolatus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Spermestes cucullatus Geocolaptes olivaceus Pycnonotus nigricans Rare/Accidental Southern Tchagra Corvus albicollis Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Kopje Warbler Plocepasser mahali Cardinal Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Cape Bulbul Tchagra tchagra Sicklewing Chat Cape Bunting Euryptila subcinnamomea Social Weaver Dendropicos fuscescens Plain Martin Pycnonotus capensis PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae Southern Boubou Cercomela sinuata Emberiza capensis PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae Rufous-eared Warbler PASSERIFORMES: Promeropi- Philetairus socius Bearded Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Chaetopidae Riparia paludicola Collared Sunbird Laniarius ferrugineus Karoo Chat Golden-breasted Bunting Pin-tailed Whydah Malcorus pectoralis dae Spectacled Weaver Dendropicos namaquus Cape Rockjumper Bank Swallow Hedydipna collaris Bokmakierie Cercomela schlegelii Emberiza flaviventris Vidua macroura PASSERIFORMES: Red-faced Cisticola Gurney's Sugarbird Ploceus ocularis Chaetops frenatus Riparia riparia Orange-breasted Sunbird Olive Woodpecker Telophorus zeylonus Macrosphenidae Tractrac Chat Cisticola erythrops Promerops gurneyi Anthobaphes violacea Cape Weaver Dendropicos griseocephalus Endemic Banded Martin Cercomela tractrac Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Cape Crombec Rock-loving Cisticola Cape Sugarbird Endemic Ploceus capensis Drakensberg Rockjumper Riparia cincta Familiar Chat Telophorus sulfureopectus Sylvietta rufescens Cisticola aberrans Promerops cafer Eastern Olive Sunbird African Golden-Weaver Chaetops aurantius Rock Martin Cercomela familiaris Olive Bushshrike Cape Grassbird Rattling Cisticola Cyanomitra olivacea Ploceus subaureus Ptyonoprogne fuligula Mountain Wheatear Telophorus olivaceus Sphenoeacus afer

6 Phalacrocorax coronatus Striated Heron Lophaetus occipitalis Endangered GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Caspian Plover Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Gull-billed Tern Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Verreaux's Eagle-Owl CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Near-threatened Butorides striata Lesser Spotted Eagle Stanley Bustard Gray Crowned-Crane Charadrius asiaticus Bar-tailed Godwit Burchell's Courser Gelochelidon nilotica Turtur chalcospilos Bubo lacteus Half-collared Kingfisher Black-crowned Night-Heron Clanga pomarina Neotis denhami Balearica regulorum Rare/Accidental Limosa lapponica Cursorius rufus Rare/Accidental Tambourine Dove Pel's Fishing-Owl Alcedo semitorquata Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Endangered Kittlitz's Plover Ruddy Turnstone Temminck's Courser Caspian Tern Turtur tympanistria Scotopelia peli Malachite Kingfisher SULIFORMES: Anhingidae White-backed Night-Heron Wahlberg's Eagle Blue Bustard Blue Crane Charadrius pecuarius Arenaria interpres Cursorius temminckii Hydroprogne caspia Namaqua Dove African Barred Owlet Corythornis cristatus African Darter Gorsachius leuconotus Hieraaetus wahlbergi Eupodotis caerulescens Anthropoides paradiseus Kentish Plover Great Knot Rare/Accidental Black Tern Oena capensis Glaucidium capense African Pygmy-Kingfisher Anhinga rufa Booted Eagle Near-threatened Vulnerable Charadrius alexandrinus Calidris tenuirostris Double-banded Courser Chlidonias niger African Green-Pigeon African Wood-Owl Ispidina picta Hieraaetus pennatus Karoo Bustard Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Vulnerable Smutsornis africanus Rare/Accidental Treron calvus Strix woodfordii Gray-headed Kingfisher PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Eupodotis vigorsii Common Ringed Plover Red Knot Collared Pratincole White-winged Tern Marsh Owl Halcyon leucocephala Glossy Ibis CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae Hieraaetus ayresii Black Bustard Charadrius hiaticula Calidris canutus Glareola pratincola Chlidonias leucopterus Asio capensis Rare/Accidental Great White Pelican CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae Plegadis falcinellus Tawny Eagle Eupodotis afra Snowy Sheathbill Three-banded Plover Ruff Whiskered Tern Pelecanus onocrotalus Rare/Accidental Brown-hooded Kingfisher Sacred Ibis Knysna Turaco Aquila rapax Endemic (country/region) Chionis albus Charadrius tricollaris Calidris pugnax Black-winged Pratincole Chlidonias hybrida Halcyon albiventris Pink-backed Pelican CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgi- Threskiornis aethiopicus Rare/Accidental White-quilled Bustard Rare/Accidental White-fronted Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Tauraco corythaix Pelecanus rufescens Glareola nordmanni dae Giant Kingfisher Hadada Ibis Steppe Eagle Eupodotis afraoides Charadrius marginatus Calidris falcinellus Sterna dougallii Gray Go-away-bird Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Megaceryle maximus Bostrychia hagedash Corythaixoides concolor Eurasian Nightjar Aquila nipalensis Black-bellied Bustard Chestnut-banded Plover Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Country or region: Western Cape Southern Pochard PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae African Spoonbill CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Rare/Accidental Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius pallidus Curlew Sandpiper Common Tern Ceryle rudis (Breede Valley) Netta erythrophthalma Water Thick-knee Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Little Grebe PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae Platalea alba Verreaux's Eagle Near-threatened Calidris ferruginea CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Sterna hirundo Number of species: 550 Maccoa Duck Burhinus vermiculatus Caprimulgus rufigena Tachybaptus ruficollis Aquila verreauxii Red-necked Stint South Polar Skua Arctic Tern Number of endemics: 4 Hamerkop CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Oxyura maccoa Great Crested Grebe GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Spotted Thick-knee Fiery-necked Nightjar CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Scopus umbretta Lizard Buzzard Calidris ruficollis Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna paradisaea Number of globally threatened species: 25 Near-threatened ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae Burhinus capensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Pied Cuckoo Caprimulgus pectoralis Podiceps cristatus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Corn Crake Rare/Accidental Brown Skua Antarctic Tern White-fronted Bee-eater Number of introduced species: 8 Secretary-bird Clamator jacobinus Freckled Nightjar Eared Grebe Pale Chanting-Goshawk Crex crex Greater Painted-Snipe Sanderling Stercorarius antarcticus Sterna vittata Merops bullockoides Date last reviewed: 2009-09-11 Sagittarius serpentarius Levaillant's Cuckoo Caprimulgus tristigma Podiceps nigricollis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Melierax canorus African Rail Rostratula benghalensis Calidris alba Pomarine Jaeger Great Crested Tern Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Numididae Vulnerable CHARADRIIFORMES: Clamator levaillantii Great Bittern Gabar Goshawk Rallus caerulescens Dunlin Stercorarius pomarinus Thalasseus bergii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Helmeted Guineafowl Recurvirostridae Great Spotted Cuckoo Botaurus stellaris Micronisus gabar African Crake Calidris alpina Parasitic Jaeger Sandwich Tern Merops hirundineus STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae Numida meleagris Black-winged Stilt CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae APODIFORMES: Apodidae PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoen- Crecopsis egregia Clamator glandarius Ostrich Little Bittern ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae African Marsh-Harrier Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental icopteridae Himantopus himantopus African Jacana Red-chested Cuckoo Alpine Swift Ixobrychus minutus Black Crake Long-tailed Jaeger White-throated Bee-eater Struthio camelus Osprey Circus ranivorus Pied Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Elegant Tern Greater Flamingo Actophilornis africanus Cuculus solitarius Apus melba GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Dwarf Bittern Black Harrier Amaurornis flavirostra Calidris bairdii Stercorarius longicaudus Thalasseus elegans Merops albicollis Phoenicopterus roseus Pandion haliaetus Recurvirostra avosetta Common Swift Little Crake Black Cuckoo Chukar Ixobrychus sturmii Circus maurus Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Lesser Flamingo Apus apus Porzana parva Cuculus clamosus ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Alectoris chukar Gray Heron Vulnerable Little Stint Lesser Crested Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Phoenicopterus minor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Pallid Swift Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Rare/Accidental White-faced Whistling-Duck Introduced species Ardea cinerea ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Pallid Harrier CHARADRIIFORMES: Calidris minuta Thalasseus bengalensis Merops persicus Near-threatened Terek Sandpiper Apus pallidus Baillon's Crake Black-legged Kittiwake Common Cuckoo Dendrocygna viduata Crested Francolin Black-headed Heron 3Black-shouldered Kite Circus macrourus Haematopodidae White-rumped Sandpiper Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Porzana pusilla Rissa tridactyla Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental Francolinus sephaena Ardea melanocephala Elanus caeruleus Near-threatened Eurasian Oystercatcher Calidris fuscicollis Madagascar Bee-eater Common Sandpiper African Swift Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Red-winged Francolin Goliath Heron African Harrier-Hawk Montagu's Harrier Haematopus ostralegus Rare/Accidental Merops superciliosus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Actitis hypoleucos Apus barbatus Purple Swamphen Sabine's Gull PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae African Cuckoo Dendrocygna bicolor Francolinus levaillantii Ardea goliath Polyboroides typus Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare/Accidental African Openbill Green Sandpiper Bradfield's Swift Porphyrio porphyrio Xema sabini Namaqua Sandgrouse Cuculus gularis Rare/Accidental Gray-winged Francolin Purple Heron Palm-nut Vulture Rare/Accidental African Oystercatcher Calidris subruficollis European Bee-eater Anastomus lamelligerus Tringa ochropus Apus bradfieldi Allen's Gallinule Gray-hooded Gull Pterocles namaqua Rare/Accidental White-backed Duck Francolinus africanus Ardea purpurea Gypohierax angolensis African Goshawk Haematopus moquini Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Merops apiaster Black Stork Rare/Accidental Little Swift Porphyrio alleni Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Klaas's Cuckoo Thalassornis leuconotus Endemic (country/region) Great Egret Rare/Accidental Accipiter tachiro Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Ciconia nigra Greater Yellowlegs Apus affinis Purple Gallinule Hartlaub's Gull Pterocles gutturalis Chrysococcyx klaas Comb Duck Shelley's Francolin Ardea alba European Honey-buzzard Shikra Calidris melanotos Abdim's Stork Tringa melanoleuca Horus Swift Porphyrio martinicus Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Double-banded Sandgrouse African Emerald Cuckoo CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae Sarkidiornis melanotos Francolinus shelleyi Intermediate Egret Pernis apivorus Accipiter badius Rare/Accidental Ciconia abdimii Rare/Accidental Apus horus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-headed Gull Pterocles bicinctus Chrysococcyx cupreus European Roller Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mesophoyx intermedia African Cuckoo-Hawk Little Sparrowhawk African Snipe Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank White-rumped Swift Eurasian Moorhen Black-bellied Plover Chroicocephalus ridibundus Burchell's Sandgrouse Dideric Cuckoo Coracias garrulus Egyptian Goose Orange River Francolin Little Egret Aviceda cuculoides Accipiter minullus Gallinago nigripennis White Stork Tringa nebularia Apus caffer Gallinula chloropus Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental Pterocles burchelli Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Alopochen aegyptiaca Francolinus levaillantoides Egretta garzetta Hooded Vulture Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Wilson's Phalarope Ciconia ciconia Lesser Yellowlegs African Palm-Swift Red-knobbed Coot American Golden-Plover Franklin's Gull Yellowbill Lilac-breasted Roller South African Shelduck Cape Francolin Western Reef-Heron Necrosyrtes monachus Accipiter rufiventris Phalaropus tricolor Marabou Stork Tringa flavipes Cypsiurus parvus Pluvialis dominica Leucophaeus pipixcan Ceuthmochares aereus Coracias caudatus Tadorna cana Egretta gularis Endangered Black Goshawk Fulica cristata Rare/Accidental Francolinus capensis Leptoptilos crumenifer Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae White-browed Coucal Rare/Accidental Spur-winged Goose Rare/Accidental Cape Griffon Accipiter melanoleucus Red-necked Phalarope Endemic Rare/Accidental Marsh Sandpiper Pacific Golden-Plover Kelp Gull Rock Pigeon Centropus superciliosus Plectropterus gambensis Snowy Egret Gyps coprotheres Black Kite Phalaropus lobatus Natal Francolin Yellow-billed Stork Tringa stagnatilis COLIIFORMES: Coliidae GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae Pluvialis fulva Larus dominicanus Columba livia African Black Duck Egretta thula Vulnerable Milvus migrans Red Phalarope Francolinus natalensis Mycteria ibis Wood Sandpiper Speckled Mousebird CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae Buff-spotted Flufftail Rare/Accidental Brown Noddy Introduced species Anas sparsa Rare/Accidental Bateleur African Fish-Eagle Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental Tringa glareola STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Colius striatus Sarothrura elegans Blacksmith Plover Anous stolidus Speckled Pigeon Eurasian Hoopoe Yellow-billed Duck Little Blue Heron Terathopius ecaudatus Haliaeetus vocifer Red-necked Francolin Common Redshank African Grass-Owl White-backed Mousebird Red-chested Flufftail Vanellus armatus Rare/Accidental Columba guinea Upupa epops Anas undulata SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Egretta caerulea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Common Buzzard Francolinus afer Tringa totanus Tyto capensis Colius colius Sarothrura rufa White-headed Lapwing CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Sooty Tern Rameron Pigeon Mallard Great Cormorant Rare/Accidental Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Buteo buteo Swainson's Francolin Rare/Accidental Barn Owl Red-faced Mousebird Striped Flufftail Vanellus albiceps Onychoprion fuscatus Columba arquatrix Anas platyrhynchos Phalacrocorax carbo Black Heron Circaetus pectoralis Mountain Buzzard Small Buttonquail Francolinus swainsonii Whimbrel Tyto alba Urocolius indicus CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae Sarothrura affinis Black-winged Lapwing Rare/Accidental Lemon Dove Introduced species Cape Cormorant Egretta ardesiaca Brown Snake-Eagle Buteo oreophilus Turnix sylvaticus Rare/Accidental Numenius phaeopus Green Woodhoopoe Vanellus melanopterus Bridled Tern Columba larvata Cape Shoveler Phalacrocorax capensis Cattle Egret Circaetus cinereus Jackal Buzzard Hottentot Buttonquail Common Quail Eurasian Curlew Phoeniculus purpureus Crowned Lapwing Onychoprion anaethetus Mourning Collared-Dove Anas smithii Endemic Near-threatened Bubulcus ibis Crowned Hawk-Eagle Buteo rufofuscus Turnix hottentottus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Coturnix coturnix GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Numenius arquata Common Scimitar-bill Vanellus coronatus Streptopelia decipiens Red-billed Duck Bank Cormorant Squacco Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus Rare/Accidental Southern White-faced Owl Narina Trogon Harlequin Quail African Finfoot Near-threatened Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Lesser Sand-Plover Red-eyed Dove Anas erythrorhyncha Phalacrocorax neglectus Ardeola ralloides Near-threatened Little Tern Ptilopsis granti Apaloderma narina Coturnix delegorguei Podica senegalensis Black-tailed Godwit Rare/Accidental Charadrius mongolus CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae Streptopelia semitorquata Hottentot Teal Endangered Rare/Accidental Martial Eagle OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Sternula albifrons Cape Eagle-Owl Indian Peafowl Limosa limosa Rare/Accidental Crab Plover Ring-necked Dove Anas hottentota Long-tailed Cormorant Rufous-bellied Heron Polemaetus bellicosus Kori Bustard Damara Tern Bubo capensis Pavo cristatus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Greater Sand-Plover Dromas ardeola Streptopelia capicola Cape Teal Phalacrocorax africanus Ardeola rufiventris Near-threatened Ardeotis kori Sternula balaenarum Spotted Eagle-Owl Introduced species Hudsonian Godwit Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental Laughing Dove Anas capensis Crowned Cormorant Rare/Accidental Long-crested Eagle Ludwig's Bustard Near-threatened Bubo africanus Limosa haemastica Neotis ludwigii Rare/Accidental Streptopelia senegalensis

CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Gray-headed Bushshrike PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Barn Swallow Victorin's Warbler Cisticola chiniana PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Oenanthe monticola Mouse-colored Sunbird PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Lesser Masked-Weaver Southern Red-billed Hornbill Lesser Kestrel Malaconotus blanchoti Monotonous Lark Hirundo rustica Cryptillas victorini Gray Cisticola Chat Flycatcher Capped Wheatear Cyanomitra veroxii Common Chaffinch Ploceus intermedius Tockus rufirostris Falco naumanni Mirafra passerina White-throated Swallow Endemic Cisticola rufilatus Bradornis infuscatus Oenanthe pileata Amethyst Sunbird Fringilla coelebs Southern Masked-Weaver Rare/Accidental Eurasian Kestrel Latakoo Lark Hirundo albigularis Red-headed Cisticola Mariqua Flycatcher Chalcomitra amethystina Introduced species Ploceus velatus PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Falco tinnunculus Mirafra cheniana Wire-tailed Swallow Cisticola subruficapilla Bradornis mariquensis Malachite Sunbird Cape Siskin Village Weaver Gray Cuckooshrike PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopi- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Tockus leucomelas Greater Kestrel Near-threatened Hirundo smithii Wailing Cisticola Southern Black-Flycatcher Nectarinia famosa Pseudochloroptila totta Ploceus cucullatus Coracina caesia dae Spotted Ground-Thrush Rare/Accidental Falco rupicoloides Rufous-naped Lark Pearl-breasted Swallow Cisticola lais Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Double-collared Sunbird Drakensberg Siskin Forest Weaver White-breasted Cuckooshrike Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Geokichla guttata Crowned Hornbill Red-necked Falcon Mirafra africana Hirundo dimidiata Tinkling Cisticola Fiscal Flycatcher Cinnyris chalybeus Pseudochloroptila symonsi Ploceus bicolor Coracina pectoralis Phylloscopus ruficapilla Endangered Tockus alboterminatus Falco chicquera Cape Clapper Lark Greater Striped-Swallow Cisticola tinniens Sigelus silens Greater Double-collared Sunbird Black-headed Canary Red-headed Quelea Black Cuckooshrike Willow Warbler Orange Ground-Thrush African Gray Hornbill Amur Falcon Mirafra apiata Cecropis cucullata Piping Cisticola Spotted Flycatcher Cinnyris afer Alario alario Quelea erythrops Campephaga flava Phylloscopus trochilus Geokichla gurneyi Tockus nasutus Falco amurensis Eastern Clapper Lark Lesser Striped-Swallow Cisticola fulvicapilla Muscicapa striata White-breasted Sunbird Damara Canary Red-billed Quelea Groundscraper Thrush Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mirafra fasciolata Cecropis abyssinica Zitting Cisticola Dusky-brown Flycatcher Cinnyris talatala Alario leucolaemus Quelea quelea Psophocichla litsitsirupa Trumpeter Hornbill Eleonora's Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental PASSERIFORMES: Cisticola juncidis Muscicapa adusta Dusky Sunbird Cape Canary Red Bishop South African Swallow Desert Cisticola Rare/Accidental Cinnyris fuscus Euplectes orix Ceratogymna bucinator Falco eleonorae Red-backed Shrike Sabota Lark Acrocephalidae Ashy Flycatcher Serinus canicollis Petrochelidon spilodera Cisticola aridulus Kurrichane Thrush Yellow-crowned Bishop Rare/Accidental Lanius collurio Calendulauda sabota Icterine Warbler Muscicapa caerulescens Yellow-fronted Canary Turdus libonyana Eurasian Hobby Fawn-colored Lark Rare/Accidental Cloud Cisticola Karoo Scrub-Robin Serinus mozambicus Euplectes afer Rare/Accidental Hippolais icterina PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae CORACIIFORMES: Bucorvidae Common House-Martin Cisticola textrix Olive Thrush Yellow Bishop Falco subbuteo Lesser Gray Shrike Calendulauda africanoides Rare/Accidental Cercotrichas coryphaeus Rare/Accidental Southern Ground-Hornbill Delichon urbicum Tawny-flanked Prinia Turdus olivaceus Western Yellow Wagtail Euplectes capensis African Hobby Lanius minor Red Lark Brown Scrub-Robin Forest Canary Sedge Warbler Karoo Thrush Motacilla flava Bucorvus leadbeateri Falco cuvierii Calendulauda burra Black Sawwing Prinia subflava Cercotrichas signata Serinus scotops White-winged Widowbird Southern Fiscal Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Vulnerable Psalidoprocne pristoptera Black-chested Prinia Turdus smithi Cape Wagtail Euplectes albonotatus Rare/Accidental Lanius collaris Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable Bearded Scrub-Robin Black-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Motacilla capensis Lanner Falcon Karoo Lark Prinia flavicans Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Serinus atrogularis Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Gray Wagtail Falco biarmicus Calendulauda albescens Karoo Prinia Kalahari Scrub-Robin PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae Brimstone Canary Red-collared Widowbird PICIFORMES: Lybiidae PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Motacilla cinerea Peregrine Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Spike-heeled Lark Acrocephalus palustris Prinia maculosa Cercotrichas paena Serinus sulphuratus Euplectes ardens Crested Barbet Fairy Flycatcher Common Myna Rare/Accidental Falco peregrinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Chersomanes albofasciata Rare/Accidental Drakensberg Prinia Red-backed Scrub-Robin Yellow Canary Fan-tailed Widowbird Trachyphonus vaillantii Stenostira scita Acridotheres tristis African Pied Wagtail Oriolus oriolus Cape Lark African Reed-Warbler Prinia hypoxantha Cercotrichas leucophrys Serinus flaviventris Euplectes axillaris Red-fronted Tinkerbird Rare/Accidental Motacilla aguimp African Black-headed Oriole Certhilauda curvirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Namaqua Prinia Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Pogoniulus pusillus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae European Starling African Pipit Oriolus larvatus Prinia substriata Agulhas Lark PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cossypha caffra Sturnus vulgaris Serinus albogularis Pied Barbet Rosy-faced Lovebird Anthus cinnamomeus Certhilauda brevirostris Yellow-bellied Eremomela White-throated Robin-Chat Protea Canary Tricholaema leucomelas Southern Black-Tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Introduced species PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae Agapornis roseicollis Eremomela icteropygialis Mountain Pipit Endemic Melaniparus niger Cossypha humeralis Wattled Starling Serinus leucopterus Black-collared Barbet Brown-necked Parrot PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Anthus hoeschi Swee Waxbill Eastern Long-billed Lark Yellow-rumped Eremomela Rare/Accidental Endemic Lybius torquatus Ashy Tit Creatophora cinerea Poicephalus robustus Square-tailed Drongo PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eremomela gregalis Long-billed Pipit Coccopygia melanotis Certhilauda semitorquata Melaniparus cinerascens Red-capped Robin-Chat Cape Glossy-Starling Streaky-headed Seedeater Dicrurus ludwigii Anthus similis Green-backed Twinspot Karoo Long-billed Lark Gray Tit Fan-tailed Grassbird Cossypha natalensis Lamprotornis nitens Serinus gularis Fork-tailed Drongo Plain-backed Pipit Mandingoa nitidula PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae Certhilauda subcoronata Melaniparus afer Schoenicola brevirostris Chorister Robin-Chat Burchell's Glossy-Starling Dicrurus adsimilis PASSERIFORMES: Sylvidae Anthus leucophrys Common Waxbill Wahlberg's Honeyguide Short-clawed Lark Cossypha dichroa Cape Batis Barratt's Warbler Bush Blackcap Lamprotornis australis Long-tailed Pipit PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae Estrilda astrild Prodotiscus regulus Certhilauda chuana White-starred Robin Batis capensis Bradypterus barratti Sylvia nigricapilla Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Anthus longicaudatus Black-cheeked Waxbill Black-eared Sparrow-Lark PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Pogonocichla stellata House Sparrow Lesser Honeyguide Chinspot Batis PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae Lamprotornis corruscus Knysna Warbler Near-threatened Endemic (country/region) Data deficient Passer domesticus Estrilda erythronotos Indicator minor Eremopterix australis African Penduline-Tit Short-toed Rock-Thrush Batis molitor African Crested-Flycatcher Bradypterus sylvaticus Layard's Warbler Violet-backed Starling Buffy Pipit Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Anthoscopus caroli Monticola brevipes Introduced species Scaly-throated Honeyguide Pririt Batis Trochocercus cyanomelas Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Vulnerable Sylvia layardi Anthus vaalensis Great Rufous Sparrow Uraeginthus angolensis Indicator variegatus Eremopterix verticalis Southern Penduline-Tit Sentinel Rock-Thrush Batis pririt African Paradise-Flycatcher Rufous-vented Warbler African Pied Starling Yellow-tufted Pipit Rare/Accidental Red-capped Lark Anthoscopus minutus Little Rush-Warbler Monticola explorator Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Terpsiphone viridis Spreo bicolor Bradypterus baboecala Sylvia subcaerulea Anthus crenatus Cape Sparrow Violet-eared Waxbill Indicator indicator Calandrella cinerea Cape Rock-Thrush Endemic (country/region) Orange-throated Longclaw Passer melanurus Granatina granatina PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae Stark's Lark Monticola rupestris Red-winged Starling PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Macronyx capensis Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Red-billed Firefinch Brubru PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Spizocorys starki PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae Endemic (country/region) Onychognathus morio PICIFORMES: Picidae Sombre Greenbul PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Yellow-throated Longclaw Passer diffusus Lagonosticta senegala Nilaus afer House Crow Pink-billed Lark Cape White-eye African Stonechat Pale-winged Starling Bar-throated Apalis Macronyx croceus African Firefinch Golden-tailed Woodpecker Andropadus importunus Yellow-throated Petronia Black-backed Puffback Corvus splendens Spizocorys conirostris Zosterops pallidus Saxicola torquatus Onychognathus nabouroup Terrestrial Brownbul Apalis thoracica Petronia superciliaris Lagonosticta rubricata Campethera abingoni Dryoscopus cubla Introduced species Sclater's Lark Buff-streaked Bushchat Phyllastrephus terrestris Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-headed Finch Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Tchagra Cape Crow Spizocorys sclateri Saxicola bifasciatus PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Apalis flavida Amadina erythrocephala Knysna Woodpecker Common Bulbul PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichi- PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae Tchagra senegalus Corvus capensis Near-threatened Southern Anteater-Chat Lark-like Bunting Green-backed Camaroptera PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae African Quailfinch Campethera notata Pycnonotus barbatus dae Brown-crowned Tchagra Pied Crow Large-billed Lark Myrmecocichla formicivora Red-billed Oxpecker Emberiza impetuani Camaroptera brachyura Scaly Weaver Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Arrow-marked Babbler Tchagra australis Corvus albus Galerida magnirostris Mocking Cliff-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Barred Wren-Warbler Sporopipes squamifrons Bronze Mannikin Ground Woodpecker Black-fronted Bulbul Turdoides jardineii Rare/Accidental White-necked Raven Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Rare/Accidental Emberiza tahapisi Calamonastes fasciolatus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Spermestes cucullatus Geocolaptes olivaceus Pycnonotus nigricans Rare/Accidental Southern Tchagra Corvus albicollis Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Kopje Warbler Plocepasser mahali Cardinal Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Cape Bulbul Tchagra tchagra Sicklewing Chat Cape Bunting Euryptila subcinnamomea Social Weaver Dendropicos fuscescens Plain Martin Pycnonotus capensis PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae Southern Boubou Cercomela sinuata Emberiza capensis PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae Rufous-eared Warbler PASSERIFORMES: Promeropi- Philetairus socius Bearded Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Chaetopidae Riparia paludicola Collared Sunbird Laniarius ferrugineus Karoo Chat Golden-breasted Bunting Pin-tailed Whydah Malcorus pectoralis dae Spectacled Weaver Dendropicos namaquus Cape Rockjumper Bank Swallow Hedydipna collaris Bokmakierie Cercomela schlegelii Emberiza flaviventris Vidua macroura PASSERIFORMES: Red-faced Cisticola Gurney's Sugarbird Ploceus ocularis Chaetops frenatus Riparia riparia Orange-breasted Sunbird Olive Woodpecker Telophorus zeylonus Macrosphenidae Tractrac Chat Cisticola erythrops Promerops gurneyi Anthobaphes violacea Cape Weaver Dendropicos griseocephalus Endemic Banded Martin Cercomela tractrac Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Cape Crombec Rock-loving Cisticola Cape Sugarbird Endemic Ploceus capensis Drakensberg Rockjumper Riparia cincta Familiar Chat Telophorus sulfureopectus Sylvietta rufescens Cisticola aberrans Promerops cafer Eastern Olive Sunbird African Golden-Weaver Chaetops aurantius Rock Martin Cercomela familiaris Olive Bushshrike Cape Grassbird Rattling Cisticola Cyanomitra olivacea Ploceus subaureus Ptyonoprogne fuligula Mountain Wheatear Telophorus olivaceus Sphenoeacus afer

7 Phalacrocorax coronatus Striated Heron Lophaetus occipitalis Endangered GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Caspian Plover Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Gull-billed Tern Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Verreaux's Eagle-Owl CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Near-threatened Butorides striata Lesser Spotted Eagle Stanley Bustard Gray Crowned-Crane Charadrius asiaticus Bar-tailed Godwit Burchell's Courser Gelochelidon nilotica Turtur chalcospilos Bubo lacteus Half-collared Kingfisher Black-crowned Night-Heron Clanga pomarina Neotis denhami Balearica regulorum Rare/Accidental Limosa lapponica Cursorius rufus Rare/Accidental Tambourine Dove Pel's Fishing-Owl Alcedo semitorquata Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Endangered Kittlitz's Plover Ruddy Turnstone Temminck's Courser Caspian Tern Turtur tympanistria Scotopelia peli Malachite Kingfisher SULIFORMES: Anhingidae White-backed Night-Heron Wahlberg's Eagle Blue Bustard Blue Crane Charadrius pecuarius Arenaria interpres Cursorius temminckii Hydroprogne caspia Namaqua Dove African Barred Owlet Corythornis cristatus African Darter Gorsachius leuconotus Hieraaetus wahlbergi Eupodotis caerulescens Anthropoides paradiseus Kentish Plover Great Knot Rare/Accidental Black Tern Oena capensis Glaucidium capense African Pygmy-Kingfisher Anhinga rufa Booted Eagle Near-threatened Vulnerable Charadrius alexandrinus Calidris tenuirostris Double-banded Courser Chlidonias niger African Green-Pigeon African Wood-Owl Ispidina picta Hieraaetus pennatus Karoo Bustard Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Vulnerable Smutsornis africanus Rare/Accidental Treron calvus Strix woodfordii Gray-headed Kingfisher PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Eupodotis vigorsii Common Ringed Plover Red Knot Collared Pratincole White-winged Tern Marsh Owl Halcyon leucocephala Glossy Ibis CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae Hieraaetus ayresii Black Bustard Charadrius hiaticula Calidris canutus Glareola pratincola Chlidonias leucopterus Asio capensis Rare/Accidental Great White Pelican CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae Plegadis falcinellus Tawny Eagle Eupodotis afra Snowy Sheathbill Three-banded Plover Ruff Whiskered Tern Pelecanus onocrotalus Rare/Accidental Brown-hooded Kingfisher Sacred Ibis Knysna Turaco Aquila rapax Endemic (country/region) Chionis albus Charadrius tricollaris Calidris pugnax Black-winged Pratincole Chlidonias hybrida Halcyon albiventris Pink-backed Pelican CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgi- Threskiornis aethiopicus Rare/Accidental White-quilled Bustard Rare/Accidental White-fronted Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Tauraco corythaix Pelecanus rufescens Glareola nordmanni dae Giant Kingfisher Hadada Ibis Steppe Eagle Eupodotis afraoides Charadrius marginatus Calidris falcinellus Sterna dougallii Gray Go-away-bird Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Megaceryle maximus Bostrychia hagedash Corythaixoides concolor Eurasian Nightjar Aquila nipalensis Black-bellied Bustard Chestnut-banded Plover Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Country or region: Western Cape Southern Pochard PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae African Spoonbill CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Rare/Accidental Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius pallidus Curlew Sandpiper Common Tern Ceryle rudis (Breede Valley) Netta erythrophthalma Water Thick-knee Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Little Grebe PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae Platalea alba Verreaux's Eagle Near-threatened Calidris ferruginea CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Sterna hirundo Number of species: 550 Maccoa Duck Burhinus vermiculatus Caprimulgus rufigena Tachybaptus ruficollis Aquila verreauxii Red-necked Stint South Polar Skua Arctic Tern Number of endemics: 4 Hamerkop CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Oxyura maccoa Great Crested Grebe GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Spotted Thick-knee Fiery-necked Nightjar CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Scopus umbretta Lizard Buzzard Calidris ruficollis Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna paradisaea Number of globally threatened species: 25 Near-threatened ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae Burhinus capensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Pied Cuckoo Caprimulgus pectoralis Podiceps cristatus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Corn Crake Rare/Accidental Brown Skua Antarctic Tern White-fronted Bee-eater Number of introduced species: 8 Secretary-bird Clamator jacobinus Freckled Nightjar Eared Grebe Pale Chanting-Goshawk Crex crex Greater Painted-Snipe Sanderling Stercorarius antarcticus Sterna vittata Merops bullockoides Date last reviewed: 2009-09-11 Sagittarius serpentarius Levaillant's Cuckoo Caprimulgus tristigma Podiceps nigricollis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Melierax canorus African Rail Rostratula benghalensis Calidris alba Pomarine Jaeger Great Crested Tern Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Numididae Vulnerable CHARADRIIFORMES: Clamator levaillantii Great Bittern Gabar Goshawk Rallus caerulescens Dunlin Stercorarius pomarinus Thalasseus bergii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Helmeted Guineafowl Recurvirostridae Great Spotted Cuckoo Botaurus stellaris Micronisus gabar African Crake Calidris alpina Parasitic Jaeger Sandwich Tern Merops hirundineus STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae Numida meleagris Black-winged Stilt CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae APODIFORMES: Apodidae PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoen- Crecopsis egregia Clamator glandarius Ostrich Little Bittern ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae African Marsh-Harrier Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental icopteridae Himantopus himantopus African Jacana Red-chested Cuckoo Alpine Swift Ixobrychus minutus Black Crake Long-tailed Jaeger White-throated Bee-eater Struthio camelus Osprey Circus ranivorus Pied Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Elegant Tern Greater Flamingo Actophilornis africanus Cuculus solitarius Apus melba GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Dwarf Bittern Black Harrier Amaurornis flavirostra Calidris bairdii Stercorarius longicaudus Thalasseus elegans Merops albicollis Phoenicopterus roseus Pandion haliaetus Recurvirostra avosetta Common Swift Little Crake Black Cuckoo Chukar Ixobrychus sturmii Circus maurus Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Lesser Flamingo Apus apus Porzana parva Cuculus clamosus ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Alectoris chukar Gray Heron Vulnerable Little Stint Lesser Crested Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Phoenicopterus minor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Pallid Swift Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Rare/Accidental White-faced Whistling-Duck Introduced species Ardea cinerea ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Pallid Harrier CHARADRIIFORMES: Calidris minuta Thalasseus bengalensis Merops persicus Near-threatened Terek Sandpiper Apus pallidus Baillon's Crake Black-legged Kittiwake Common Cuckoo Dendrocygna viduata Crested Francolin Black-headed Heron 3Black-shouldered Kite Circus macrourus Haematopodidae White-rumped Sandpiper Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Porzana pusilla Rissa tridactyla Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental Francolinus sephaena Ardea melanocephala Elanus caeruleus Near-threatened Eurasian Oystercatcher Calidris fuscicollis Madagascar Bee-eater Common Sandpiper African Swift Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Red-winged Francolin Goliath Heron African Harrier-Hawk Montagu's Harrier Haematopus ostralegus Rare/Accidental Merops superciliosus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Actitis hypoleucos Apus barbatus Purple Swamphen Sabine's Gull PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae African Cuckoo Dendrocygna bicolor Francolinus levaillantii Ardea goliath Polyboroides typus Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare/Accidental African Openbill Green Sandpiper Bradfield's Swift Porphyrio porphyrio Xema sabini Namaqua Sandgrouse Cuculus gularis Rare/Accidental Gray-winged Francolin Purple Heron Palm-nut Vulture Rare/Accidental African Oystercatcher Calidris subruficollis European Bee-eater Anastomus lamelligerus Tringa ochropus Apus bradfieldi Allen's Gallinule Gray-hooded Gull Pterocles namaqua Rare/Accidental White-backed Duck Francolinus africanus Ardea purpurea Gypohierax angolensis African Goshawk Haematopus moquini Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Merops apiaster Black Stork Rare/Accidental Little Swift Porphyrio alleni Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Klaas's Cuckoo Thalassornis leuconotus Endemic (country/region) Great Egret Rare/Accidental Accipiter tachiro Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Ciconia nigra Greater Yellowlegs Apus affinis Purple Gallinule Hartlaub's Gull Pterocles gutturalis Chrysococcyx klaas Comb Duck Shelley's Francolin Ardea alba European Honey-buzzard Shikra Calidris melanotos Abdim's Stork Tringa melanoleuca Horus Swift Porphyrio martinicus Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Double-banded Sandgrouse African Emerald Cuckoo CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae Sarkidiornis melanotos Francolinus shelleyi Intermediate Egret Pernis apivorus Accipiter badius Rare/Accidental Ciconia abdimii Rare/Accidental Apus horus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-headed Gull Pterocles bicinctus Chrysococcyx cupreus European Roller Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mesophoyx intermedia African Cuckoo-Hawk Little Sparrowhawk African Snipe Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank White-rumped Swift Eurasian Moorhen Black-bellied Plover Chroicocephalus ridibundus Burchell's Sandgrouse Dideric Cuckoo Coracias garrulus Egyptian Goose Orange River Francolin Little Egret Aviceda cuculoides Accipiter minullus Gallinago nigripennis White Stork Tringa nebularia Apus caffer Gallinula chloropus Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental Pterocles burchelli Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Alopochen aegyptiaca Francolinus levaillantoides Egretta garzetta Hooded Vulture Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Wilson's Phalarope Ciconia ciconia Lesser Yellowlegs African Palm-Swift Red-knobbed Coot American Golden-Plover Franklin's Gull Yellowbill Lilac-breasted Roller South African Shelduck Cape Francolin Western Reef-Heron Necrosyrtes monachus Accipiter rufiventris Phalaropus tricolor Marabou Stork Tringa flavipes Cypsiurus parvus Pluvialis dominica Leucophaeus pipixcan Ceuthmochares aereus Coracias caudatus Tadorna cana Egretta gularis Endangered Black Goshawk Fulica cristata Rare/Accidental Francolinus capensis Leptoptilos crumenifer Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae White-browed Coucal Rare/Accidental Spur-winged Goose Rare/Accidental Cape Griffon Accipiter melanoleucus Red-necked Phalarope Endemic Rare/Accidental Marsh Sandpiper Pacific Golden-Plover Kelp Gull Rock Pigeon Centropus superciliosus Plectropterus gambensis Snowy Egret Gyps coprotheres Black Kite Phalaropus lobatus Natal Francolin Yellow-billed Stork Tringa stagnatilis COLIIFORMES: Coliidae GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae Pluvialis fulva Larus dominicanus Columba livia African Black Duck Egretta thula Vulnerable Milvus migrans Red Phalarope Francolinus natalensis Mycteria ibis Wood Sandpiper Speckled Mousebird CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae Buff-spotted Flufftail Rare/Accidental Brown Noddy Introduced species Anas sparsa Rare/Accidental Bateleur African Fish-Eagle Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental Tringa glareola STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Colius striatus Sarothrura elegans Blacksmith Plover Anous stolidus Speckled Pigeon Eurasian Hoopoe Yellow-billed Duck Little Blue Heron Terathopius ecaudatus Haliaeetus vocifer Red-necked Francolin Common Redshank African Grass-Owl White-backed Mousebird Red-chested Flufftail Vanellus armatus Rare/Accidental Columba guinea Upupa epops Anas undulata SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Egretta caerulea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Common Buzzard Francolinus afer Tringa totanus Tyto capensis Colius colius Sarothrura rufa White-headed Lapwing CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Sooty Tern Rameron Pigeon Mallard Great Cormorant Rare/Accidental Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Buteo buteo Swainson's Francolin Rare/Accidental Barn Owl Red-faced Mousebird Striped Flufftail Vanellus albiceps Onychoprion fuscatus Columba arquatrix Anas platyrhynchos Phalacrocorax carbo Black Heron Circaetus pectoralis Mountain Buzzard Small Buttonquail Francolinus swainsonii Whimbrel Tyto alba Urocolius indicus CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae Sarothrura affinis Black-winged Lapwing Rare/Accidental Lemon Dove Introduced species Cape Cormorant Egretta ardesiaca Brown Snake-Eagle Buteo oreophilus Turnix sylvaticus Rare/Accidental Numenius phaeopus Green Woodhoopoe Vanellus melanopterus Bridled Tern Columba larvata Cape Shoveler Phalacrocorax capensis Cattle Egret Circaetus cinereus Jackal Buzzard Hottentot Buttonquail Common Quail Eurasian Curlew Phoeniculus purpureus Crowned Lapwing Onychoprion anaethetus Mourning Collared-Dove Anas smithii Endemic Near-threatened Bubulcus ibis Crowned Hawk-Eagle Buteo rufofuscus Turnix hottentottus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Coturnix coturnix GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Numenius arquata Common Scimitar-bill Vanellus coronatus Streptopelia decipiens Red-billed Duck Bank Cormorant Squacco Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus Rare/Accidental Southern White-faced Owl Narina Trogon Harlequin Quail African Finfoot Near-threatened Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Lesser Sand-Plover Red-eyed Dove Anas erythrorhyncha Phalacrocorax neglectus Ardeola ralloides Near-threatened Little Tern Ptilopsis granti Apaloderma narina Coturnix delegorguei Podica senegalensis Black-tailed Godwit Rare/Accidental Charadrius mongolus CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae Streptopelia semitorquata Hottentot Teal Endangered Rare/Accidental Martial Eagle OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Sternula albifrons Cape Eagle-Owl Indian Peafowl Limosa limosa Rare/Accidental Crab Plover Ring-necked Dove Anas hottentota Long-tailed Cormorant Rufous-bellied Heron Polemaetus bellicosus Kori Bustard Damara Tern Bubo capensis Pavo cristatus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Greater Sand-Plover Dromas ardeola Streptopelia capicola Cape Teal Phalacrocorax africanus Ardeola rufiventris Near-threatened Ardeotis kori Sternula balaenarum Spotted Eagle-Owl Introduced species Hudsonian Godwit Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental Laughing Dove Anas capensis Crowned Cormorant Rare/Accidental Long-crested Eagle Ludwig's Bustard Near-threatened Bubo africanus Limosa haemastica Neotis ludwigii Rare/Accidental Streptopelia senegalensis

CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Gray-headed Bushshrike PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Barn Swallow Victorin's Warbler Cisticola chiniana PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Oenanthe monticola Mouse-colored Sunbird PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Lesser Masked-Weaver Southern Red-billed Hornbill Lesser Kestrel Malaconotus blanchoti Monotonous Lark Hirundo rustica Cryptillas victorini Gray Cisticola Chat Flycatcher Capped Wheatear Cyanomitra veroxii Common Chaffinch Ploceus intermedius Tockus rufirostris Falco naumanni Mirafra passerina White-throated Swallow Endemic Cisticola rufilatus Bradornis infuscatus Oenanthe pileata Amethyst Sunbird Fringilla coelebs Southern Masked-Weaver Rare/Accidental Eurasian Kestrel Latakoo Lark Hirundo albigularis Red-headed Cisticola Mariqua Flycatcher Chalcomitra amethystina Introduced species Ploceus velatus PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Falco tinnunculus Mirafra cheniana Wire-tailed Swallow Cisticola subruficapilla Bradornis mariquensis Malachite Sunbird Cape Siskin Village Weaver Gray Cuckooshrike PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopi- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Tockus leucomelas Greater Kestrel Near-threatened Hirundo smithii Wailing Cisticola Southern Black-Flycatcher Nectarinia famosa Pseudochloroptila totta Ploceus cucullatus Coracina caesia dae Spotted Ground-Thrush Rare/Accidental Falco rupicoloides Rufous-naped Lark Pearl-breasted Swallow Cisticola lais Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Double-collared Sunbird Drakensberg Siskin Forest Weaver White-breasted Cuckooshrike Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Geokichla guttata Crowned Hornbill Red-necked Falcon Mirafra africana Hirundo dimidiata Tinkling Cisticola Fiscal Flycatcher Cinnyris chalybeus Pseudochloroptila symonsi Ploceus bicolor Coracina pectoralis Phylloscopus ruficapilla Endangered Tockus alboterminatus Falco chicquera Cape Clapper Lark Greater Striped-Swallow Cisticola tinniens Sigelus silens Greater Double-collared Sunbird Black-headed Canary Red-headed Quelea Black Cuckooshrike Willow Warbler Orange Ground-Thrush African Gray Hornbill Amur Falcon Mirafra apiata Cecropis cucullata Piping Cisticola Spotted Flycatcher Cinnyris afer Alario alario Quelea erythrops Campephaga flava Phylloscopus trochilus Geokichla gurneyi Tockus nasutus Falco amurensis Eastern Clapper Lark Lesser Striped-Swallow Cisticola fulvicapilla Muscicapa striata White-breasted Sunbird Damara Canary Red-billed Quelea Groundscraper Thrush Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mirafra fasciolata Cecropis abyssinica Zitting Cisticola Dusky-brown Flycatcher Cinnyris talatala Alario leucolaemus Quelea quelea Psophocichla litsitsirupa Trumpeter Hornbill Eleonora's Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental PASSERIFORMES: Cisticola juncidis Muscicapa adusta Dusky Sunbird Cape Canary Red Bishop South African Swallow Desert Cisticola Rare/Accidental Cinnyris fuscus Euplectes orix Ceratogymna bucinator Falco eleonorae Red-backed Shrike Sabota Lark Acrocephalidae Ashy Flycatcher Serinus canicollis Petrochelidon spilodera Cisticola aridulus Kurrichane Thrush Yellow-crowned Bishop Rare/Accidental Lanius collurio Calendulauda sabota Icterine Warbler Muscicapa caerulescens Yellow-fronted Canary Turdus libonyana Eurasian Hobby Fawn-colored Lark Rare/Accidental Cloud Cisticola Karoo Scrub-Robin Serinus mozambicus Euplectes afer Rare/Accidental Hippolais icterina PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae CORACIIFORMES: Bucorvidae Common House-Martin Cisticola textrix Olive Thrush Yellow Bishop Falco subbuteo Lesser Gray Shrike Calendulauda africanoides Rare/Accidental Cercotrichas coryphaeus Rare/Accidental Southern Ground-Hornbill Delichon urbicum Tawny-flanked Prinia Turdus olivaceus Western Yellow Wagtail Euplectes capensis African Hobby Lanius minor Red Lark Brown Scrub-Robin Forest Canary Sedge Warbler Karoo Thrush Motacilla flava Bucorvus leadbeateri Falco cuvierii Calendulauda burra Black Sawwing Prinia subflava Cercotrichas signata Serinus scotops White-winged Widowbird Southern Fiscal Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Vulnerable Psalidoprocne pristoptera Black-chested Prinia Turdus smithi Cape Wagtail Euplectes albonotatus Rare/Accidental Lanius collaris Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable Bearded Scrub-Robin Black-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Motacilla capensis Lanner Falcon Karoo Lark Prinia flavicans Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Serinus atrogularis Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Gray Wagtail Falco biarmicus Calendulauda albescens Karoo Prinia Kalahari Scrub-Robin PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae Brimstone Canary Red-collared Widowbird PICIFORMES: Lybiidae PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Motacilla cinerea Peregrine Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Spike-heeled Lark Acrocephalus palustris Prinia maculosa Cercotrichas paena Serinus sulphuratus Euplectes ardens Crested Barbet Fairy Flycatcher Common Myna Rare/Accidental Falco peregrinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Chersomanes albofasciata Rare/Accidental Drakensberg Prinia Red-backed Scrub-Robin Yellow Canary Fan-tailed Widowbird Trachyphonus vaillantii Stenostira scita Acridotheres tristis African Pied Wagtail Oriolus oriolus Cape Lark African Reed-Warbler Prinia hypoxantha Cercotrichas leucophrys Serinus flaviventris Euplectes axillaris Red-fronted Tinkerbird Rare/Accidental Motacilla aguimp African Black-headed Oriole Certhilauda curvirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Namaqua Prinia Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Pogoniulus pusillus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae European Starling African Pipit Oriolus larvatus Prinia substriata Agulhas Lark PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cossypha caffra Sturnus vulgaris Serinus albogularis Pied Barbet Rosy-faced Lovebird Anthus cinnamomeus Certhilauda brevirostris Yellow-bellied Eremomela White-throated Robin-Chat Protea Canary Tricholaema leucomelas Southern Black-Tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Introduced species PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae Agapornis roseicollis Eremomela icteropygialis Mountain Pipit Endemic Melaniparus niger Cossypha humeralis Wattled Starling Serinus leucopterus Black-collared Barbet Brown-necked Parrot PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Anthus hoeschi Swee Waxbill Eastern Long-billed Lark Yellow-rumped Eremomela Rare/Accidental Endemic Lybius torquatus Ashy Tit Creatophora cinerea Poicephalus robustus Square-tailed Drongo PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eremomela gregalis Long-billed Pipit Coccopygia melanotis Certhilauda semitorquata Melaniparus cinerascens Red-capped Robin-Chat Cape Glossy-Starling Streaky-headed Seedeater Dicrurus ludwigii Anthus similis Green-backed Twinspot Karoo Long-billed Lark Gray Tit Fan-tailed Grassbird Cossypha natalensis Lamprotornis nitens Serinus gularis Fork-tailed Drongo Plain-backed Pipit Mandingoa nitidula PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae Certhilauda subcoronata Melaniparus afer Schoenicola brevirostris Chorister Robin-Chat Burchell's Glossy-Starling Dicrurus adsimilis PASSERIFORMES: Sylvidae Anthus leucophrys Common Waxbill Wahlberg's Honeyguide Short-clawed Lark Cossypha dichroa Cape Batis Barratt's Warbler Bush Blackcap Lamprotornis australis Long-tailed Pipit PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae Estrilda astrild Prodotiscus regulus Certhilauda chuana White-starred Robin Batis capensis Bradypterus barratti Sylvia nigricapilla Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Anthus longicaudatus Black-cheeked Waxbill Black-eared Sparrow-Lark PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Pogonocichla stellata House Sparrow Lesser Honeyguide Chinspot Batis PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae Lamprotornis corruscus Knysna Warbler Near-threatened Endemic (country/region) Data deficient Passer domesticus Estrilda erythronotos Indicator minor Eremopterix australis African Penduline-Tit Short-toed Rock-Thrush Batis molitor African Crested-Flycatcher Bradypterus sylvaticus Layard's Warbler Violet-backed Starling Buffy Pipit Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Anthoscopus caroli Monticola brevipes Introduced species Scaly-throated Honeyguide Pririt Batis Trochocercus cyanomelas Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Vulnerable Sylvia layardi Anthus vaalensis Great Rufous Sparrow Uraeginthus angolensis Indicator variegatus Eremopterix verticalis Southern Penduline-Tit Sentinel Rock-Thrush Batis pririt African Paradise-Flycatcher Rufous-vented Warbler African Pied Starling Yellow-tufted Pipit Rare/Accidental Red-capped Lark Anthoscopus minutus Little Rush-Warbler Monticola explorator Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Terpsiphone viridis Spreo bicolor Bradypterus baboecala Sylvia subcaerulea Anthus crenatus Cape Sparrow Violet-eared Waxbill Indicator indicator Calandrella cinerea Cape Rock-Thrush Endemic (country/region) Orange-throated Longclaw Passer melanurus Granatina granatina PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae Stark's Lark Monticola rupestris Red-winged Starling PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Macronyx capensis Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Red-billed Firefinch Brubru PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Spizocorys starki PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae Endemic (country/region) Onychognathus morio PICIFORMES: Picidae Sombre Greenbul PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Yellow-throated Longclaw Passer diffusus Lagonosticta senegala Nilaus afer House Crow Pink-billed Lark Cape White-eye African Stonechat Pale-winged Starling Bar-throated Apalis Macronyx croceus African Firefinch Golden-tailed Woodpecker Andropadus importunus Yellow-throated Petronia Black-backed Puffback Corvus splendens Spizocorys conirostris Zosterops pallidus Saxicola torquatus Onychognathus nabouroup Terrestrial Brownbul Apalis thoracica Petronia superciliaris Lagonosticta rubricata Campethera abingoni Dryoscopus cubla Introduced species Sclater's Lark Buff-streaked Bushchat Phyllastrephus terrestris Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-headed Finch Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Tchagra Cape Crow Spizocorys sclateri Saxicola bifasciatus PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Apalis flavida Amadina erythrocephala Knysna Woodpecker Common Bulbul PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichi- PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae Tchagra senegalus Corvus capensis Near-threatened Southern Anteater-Chat Lark-like Bunting Green-backed Camaroptera PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae African Quailfinch Campethera notata Pycnonotus barbatus dae Brown-crowned Tchagra Pied Crow Large-billed Lark Myrmecocichla formicivora Red-billed Oxpecker Emberiza impetuani Camaroptera brachyura Scaly Weaver Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Arrow-marked Babbler Tchagra australis Corvus albus Galerida magnirostris Mocking Cliff-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Barred Wren-Warbler Sporopipes squamifrons Bronze Mannikin Ground Woodpecker Black-fronted Bulbul Turdoides jardineii Rare/Accidental White-necked Raven Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Rare/Accidental Emberiza tahapisi Calamonastes fasciolatus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Spermestes cucullatus Geocolaptes olivaceus Pycnonotus nigricans Rare/Accidental Southern Tchagra Corvus albicollis Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Kopje Warbler Plocepasser mahali Cardinal Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Cape Bulbul Tchagra tchagra Sicklewing Chat Cape Bunting Euryptila subcinnamomea Social Weaver Dendropicos fuscescens Plain Martin Pycnonotus capensis PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae Southern Boubou Cercomela sinuata Emberiza capensis PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae Rufous-eared Warbler PASSERIFORMES: Promeropi- Philetairus socius Bearded Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Chaetopidae Riparia paludicola Collared Sunbird Laniarius ferrugineus Karoo Chat Golden-breasted Bunting Pin-tailed Whydah Malcorus pectoralis dae Spectacled Weaver Dendropicos namaquus Cape Rockjumper Bank Swallow Hedydipna collaris Bokmakierie Cercomela schlegelii Emberiza flaviventris Vidua macroura PASSERIFORMES: Red-faced Cisticola Gurney's Sugarbird Ploceus ocularis Chaetops frenatus Riparia riparia Orange-breasted Sunbird Olive Woodpecker Telophorus zeylonus Macrosphenidae Tractrac Chat Cisticola erythrops Promerops gurneyi Anthobaphes violacea Cape Weaver Dendropicos griseocephalus Endemic Banded Martin Cercomela tractrac Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Cape Crombec Rock-loving Cisticola Cape Sugarbird Endemic Ploceus capensis Drakensberg Rockjumper Riparia cincta Familiar Chat Telophorus sulfureopectus Sylvietta rufescens Cisticola aberrans Promerops cafer Eastern Olive Sunbird African Golden-Weaver Chaetops aurantius Rock Martin Cercomela familiaris Olive Bushshrike Cape Grassbird Rattling Cisticola Cyanomitra olivacea Ploceus subaureus Ptyonoprogne fuligula Mountain Wheatear Telophorus olivaceus Sphenoeacus afer

8 Phalacrocorax coronatus Striated Heron Lophaetus occipitalis Endangered GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Caspian Plover Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Gull-billed Tern Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Verreaux's Eagle-Owl CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Near-threatened Butorides striata Lesser Spotted Eagle Stanley Bustard Gray Crowned-Crane Charadrius asiaticus Bar-tailed Godwit Burchell's Courser Gelochelidon nilotica Turtur chalcospilos Bubo lacteus Half-collared Kingfisher Black-crowned Night-Heron Clanga pomarina Neotis denhami Balearica regulorum Rare/Accidental Limosa lapponica Cursorius rufus Rare/Accidental Tambourine Dove Pel's Fishing-Owl Alcedo semitorquata Nycticorax nycticorax Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Endangered Kittlitz's Plover Ruddy Turnstone Temminck's Courser Caspian Tern Turtur tympanistria Scotopelia peli Malachite Kingfisher SULIFORMES: Anhingidae White-backed Night-Heron Wahlberg's Eagle Blue Bustard Blue Crane Charadrius pecuarius Arenaria interpres Cursorius temminckii Hydroprogne caspia Namaqua Dove African Barred Owlet Corythornis cristatus African Darter Gorsachius leuconotus Hieraaetus wahlbergi Eupodotis caerulescens Anthropoides paradiseus Kentish Plover Great Knot Rare/Accidental Black Tern Oena capensis Glaucidium capense African Pygmy-Kingfisher Anhinga rufa Booted Eagle Near-threatened Vulnerable Charadrius alexandrinus Calidris tenuirostris Double-banded Courser Chlidonias niger African Green-Pigeon African Wood-Owl Ispidina picta Hieraaetus pennatus Karoo Bustard Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Vulnerable Smutsornis africanus Rare/Accidental Treron calvus Strix woodfordii Gray-headed Kingfisher PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Eupodotis vigorsii Common Ringed Plover Red Knot Collared Pratincole White-winged Tern Marsh Owl Halcyon leucocephala Glossy Ibis CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae Hieraaetus ayresii Black Bustard Charadrius hiaticula Calidris canutus Glareola pratincola Chlidonias leucopterus Asio capensis Rare/Accidental Great White Pelican CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae Plegadis falcinellus Tawny Eagle Eupodotis afra Snowy Sheathbill Three-banded Plover Ruff Whiskered Tern Pelecanus onocrotalus Rare/Accidental Brown-hooded Kingfisher Sacred Ibis Knysna Turaco Aquila rapax Endemic (country/region) Chionis albus Charadrius tricollaris Calidris pugnax Black-winged Pratincole Chlidonias hybrida Halcyon albiventris Pink-backed Pelican CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgi- Threskiornis aethiopicus Rare/Accidental White-quilled Bustard Rare/Accidental White-fronted Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Roseate Tern Tauraco corythaix Pelecanus rufescens Glareola nordmanni dae Giant Kingfisher Hadada Ibis Steppe Eagle Eupodotis afraoides Charadrius marginatus Calidris falcinellus Sterna dougallii Gray Go-away-bird Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Megaceryle maximus Bostrychia hagedash Corythaixoides concolor Eurasian Nightjar Aquila nipalensis Black-bellied Bustard Chestnut-banded Plover Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Country or region: Western Cape Southern Pochard PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae African Spoonbill CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Rare/Accidental Caprimulgus europaeus Rare/Accidental Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius pallidus Curlew Sandpiper Common Tern Ceryle rudis (Breede Valley) Netta erythrophthalma Water Thick-knee Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Little Grebe PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae Platalea alba Verreaux's Eagle Near-threatened Calidris ferruginea CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Sterna hirundo Number of species: 550 Maccoa Duck Burhinus vermiculatus Caprimulgus rufigena Tachybaptus ruficollis Aquila verreauxii Red-necked Stint South Polar Skua Arctic Tern Number of endemics: 4 Hamerkop CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Oxyura maccoa Great Crested Grebe GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Spotted Thick-knee Fiery-necked Nightjar CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Scopus umbretta Lizard Buzzard Calidris ruficollis Stercorarius maccormicki Sterna paradisaea Number of globally threatened species: 25 Near-threatened ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae Burhinus capensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Pied Cuckoo Caprimulgus pectoralis Podiceps cristatus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Corn Crake Rare/Accidental Brown Skua Antarctic Tern White-fronted Bee-eater Number of introduced species: 8 Secretary-bird Clamator jacobinus Freckled Nightjar Eared Grebe Pale Chanting-Goshawk Crex crex Greater Painted-Snipe Sanderling Stercorarius antarcticus Sterna vittata Merops bullockoides Date last reviewed: 2009-09-11 Sagittarius serpentarius Levaillant's Cuckoo Caprimulgus tristigma Podiceps nigricollis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Melierax canorus African Rail Rostratula benghalensis Calidris alba Pomarine Jaeger Great Crested Tern Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Numididae Vulnerable CHARADRIIFORMES: Clamator levaillantii Great Bittern Gabar Goshawk Rallus caerulescens Dunlin Stercorarius pomarinus Thalasseus bergii Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Helmeted Guineafowl Recurvirostridae Great Spotted Cuckoo Botaurus stellaris Micronisus gabar African Crake Calidris alpina Parasitic Jaeger Sandwich Tern Merops hirundineus STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae Numida meleagris Black-winged Stilt CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae APODIFORMES: Apodidae PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoen- Crecopsis egregia Clamator glandarius Ostrich Little Bittern ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae African Marsh-Harrier Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental icopteridae Himantopus himantopus African Jacana Red-chested Cuckoo Alpine Swift Ixobrychus minutus Black Crake Long-tailed Jaeger White-throated Bee-eater Struthio camelus Osprey Circus ranivorus Pied Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Elegant Tern Greater Flamingo Actophilornis africanus Cuculus solitarius Apus melba GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Dwarf Bittern Black Harrier Amaurornis flavirostra Calidris bairdii Stercorarius longicaudus Thalasseus elegans Merops albicollis Phoenicopterus roseus Pandion haliaetus Recurvirostra avosetta Common Swift Little Crake Black Cuckoo Chukar Ixobrychus sturmii Circus maurus Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Lesser Flamingo Apus apus Porzana parva Cuculus clamosus ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Alectoris chukar Gray Heron Vulnerable Little Stint Lesser Crested Tern Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Phoenicopterus minor CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Pallid Swift Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Rare/Accidental White-faced Whistling-Duck Introduced species Ardea cinerea ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Pallid Harrier CHARADRIIFORMES: Calidris minuta Thalasseus bengalensis Merops persicus Near-threatened Terek Sandpiper Apus pallidus Baillon's Crake Black-legged Kittiwake Common Cuckoo Dendrocygna viduata Crested Francolin Black-headed Heron 3Black-shouldered Kite Circus macrourus Haematopodidae White-rumped Sandpiper Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Porzana pusilla Rissa tridactyla Cuculus canorus Rare/Accidental Francolinus sephaena Ardea melanocephala Elanus caeruleus Near-threatened Eurasian Oystercatcher Calidris fuscicollis Madagascar Bee-eater Common Sandpiper African Swift Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Red-winged Francolin Goliath Heron African Harrier-Hawk Montagu's Harrier Haematopus ostralegus Rare/Accidental Merops superciliosus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Actitis hypoleucos Apus barbatus Purple Swamphen Sabine's Gull PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae African Cuckoo Dendrocygna bicolor Francolinus levaillantii Ardea goliath Polyboroides typus Circus pygargus Rare/Accidental Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare/Accidental African Openbill Green Sandpiper Bradfield's Swift Porphyrio porphyrio Xema sabini Namaqua Sandgrouse Cuculus gularis Rare/Accidental Gray-winged Francolin Purple Heron Palm-nut Vulture Rare/Accidental African Oystercatcher Calidris subruficollis European Bee-eater Anastomus lamelligerus Tringa ochropus Apus bradfieldi Allen's Gallinule Gray-hooded Gull Pterocles namaqua Rare/Accidental White-backed Duck Francolinus africanus Ardea purpurea Gypohierax angolensis African Goshawk Haematopus moquini Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Merops apiaster Black Stork Rare/Accidental Little Swift Porphyrio alleni Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Klaas's Cuckoo Thalassornis leuconotus Endemic (country/region) Great Egret Rare/Accidental Accipiter tachiro Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Ciconia nigra Greater Yellowlegs Apus affinis Purple Gallinule Hartlaub's Gull Pterocles gutturalis Chrysococcyx klaas Comb Duck Shelley's Francolin Ardea alba European Honey-buzzard Shikra Calidris melanotos Abdim's Stork Tringa melanoleuca Horus Swift Porphyrio martinicus Chroicocephalus hartlaubii Double-banded Sandgrouse African Emerald Cuckoo CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae Sarkidiornis melanotos Francolinus shelleyi Intermediate Egret Pernis apivorus Accipiter badius Rare/Accidental Ciconia abdimii Rare/Accidental Apus horus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-headed Gull Pterocles bicinctus Chrysococcyx cupreus European Roller Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mesophoyx intermedia African Cuckoo-Hawk Little Sparrowhawk African Snipe Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank White-rumped Swift Eurasian Moorhen Black-bellied Plover Chroicocephalus ridibundus Burchell's Sandgrouse Dideric Cuckoo Coracias garrulus Egyptian Goose Orange River Francolin Little Egret Aviceda cuculoides Accipiter minullus Gallinago nigripennis White Stork Tringa nebularia Apus caffer Gallinula chloropus Pluvialis squatarola Rare/Accidental Pterocles burchelli Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Alopochen aegyptiaca Francolinus levaillantoides Egretta garzetta Hooded Vulture Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Wilson's Phalarope Ciconia ciconia Lesser Yellowlegs African Palm-Swift Red-knobbed Coot American Golden-Plover Franklin's Gull Yellowbill Lilac-breasted Roller South African Shelduck Cape Francolin Western Reef-Heron Necrosyrtes monachus Accipiter rufiventris Phalaropus tricolor Marabou Stork Tringa flavipes Cypsiurus parvus Pluvialis dominica Leucophaeus pipixcan Ceuthmochares aereus Coracias caudatus Tadorna cana Egretta gularis Endangered Black Goshawk Fulica cristata Rare/Accidental Francolinus capensis Leptoptilos crumenifer Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae White-browed Coucal Rare/Accidental Spur-winged Goose Rare/Accidental Cape Griffon Accipiter melanoleucus Red-necked Phalarope Endemic Rare/Accidental Marsh Sandpiper Pacific Golden-Plover Kelp Gull Rock Pigeon Centropus superciliosus Plectropterus gambensis Snowy Egret Gyps coprotheres Black Kite Phalaropus lobatus Natal Francolin Yellow-billed Stork Tringa stagnatilis COLIIFORMES: Coliidae GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae Pluvialis fulva Larus dominicanus Columba livia African Black Duck Egretta thula Vulnerable Milvus migrans Red Phalarope Francolinus natalensis Mycteria ibis Wood Sandpiper Speckled Mousebird CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae Buff-spotted Flufftail Rare/Accidental Brown Noddy Introduced species Anas sparsa Rare/Accidental Bateleur African Fish-Eagle Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental Tringa glareola STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Colius striatus Sarothrura elegans Blacksmith Plover Anous stolidus Speckled Pigeon Eurasian Hoopoe Yellow-billed Duck Little Blue Heron Terathopius ecaudatus Haliaeetus vocifer Red-necked Francolin Common Redshank African Grass-Owl White-backed Mousebird Red-chested Flufftail Vanellus armatus Rare/Accidental Columba guinea Upupa epops Anas undulata SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Egretta caerulea Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Common Buzzard Francolinus afer Tringa totanus Tyto capensis Colius colius Sarothrura rufa White-headed Lapwing CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Sooty Tern Rameron Pigeon Mallard Great Cormorant Rare/Accidental Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Buteo buteo Swainson's Francolin Rare/Accidental Barn Owl Red-faced Mousebird Striped Flufftail Vanellus albiceps Onychoprion fuscatus Columba arquatrix Anas platyrhynchos Phalacrocorax carbo Black Heron Circaetus pectoralis Mountain Buzzard Small Buttonquail Francolinus swainsonii Whimbrel Tyto alba Urocolius indicus CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae Sarothrura affinis Black-winged Lapwing Rare/Accidental Lemon Dove Introduced species Cape Cormorant Egretta ardesiaca Brown Snake-Eagle Buteo oreophilus Turnix sylvaticus Rare/Accidental Numenius phaeopus Green Woodhoopoe Vanellus melanopterus Bridled Tern Columba larvata Cape Shoveler Phalacrocorax capensis Cattle Egret Circaetus cinereus Jackal Buzzard Hottentot Buttonquail Common Quail Eurasian Curlew Phoeniculus purpureus Crowned Lapwing Onychoprion anaethetus Mourning Collared-Dove Anas smithii Endemic Near-threatened Bubulcus ibis Crowned Hawk-Eagle Buteo rufofuscus Turnix hottentottus STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae Coturnix coturnix GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Numenius arquata Common Scimitar-bill Vanellus coronatus Streptopelia decipiens Red-billed Duck Bank Cormorant Squacco Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus Rare/Accidental Southern White-faced Owl Narina Trogon Harlequin Quail African Finfoot Near-threatened Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Lesser Sand-Plover Red-eyed Dove Anas erythrorhyncha Phalacrocorax neglectus Ardeola ralloides Near-threatened Little Tern Ptilopsis granti Apaloderma narina Coturnix delegorguei Podica senegalensis Black-tailed Godwit Rare/Accidental Charadrius mongolus CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae Streptopelia semitorquata Hottentot Teal Endangered Rare/Accidental Martial Eagle OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Sternula albifrons Cape Eagle-Owl Indian Peafowl Limosa limosa Rare/Accidental Crab Plover Ring-necked Dove Anas hottentota Long-tailed Cormorant Rufous-bellied Heron Polemaetus bellicosus Kori Bustard Damara Tern Bubo capensis Pavo cristatus Rare/Accidental Near-threatened Greater Sand-Plover Dromas ardeola Streptopelia capicola Cape Teal Phalacrocorax africanus Ardeola rufiventris Near-threatened Ardeotis kori Sternula balaenarum Spotted Eagle-Owl Introduced species Hudsonian Godwit Charadrius leschenaultii Rare/Accidental Laughing Dove Anas capensis Crowned Cormorant Rare/Accidental Long-crested Eagle Ludwig's Bustard Near-threatened Bubo africanus Limosa haemastica Neotis ludwigii Rare/Accidental Streptopelia senegalensis

CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Gray-headed Bushshrike PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Barn Swallow Victorin's Warbler Cisticola chiniana PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Oenanthe monticola Mouse-colored Sunbird PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Lesser Masked-Weaver Southern Red-billed Hornbill Lesser Kestrel Malaconotus blanchoti Monotonous Lark Hirundo rustica Cryptillas victorini Gray Cisticola Chat Flycatcher Capped Wheatear Cyanomitra veroxii Common Chaffinch Ploceus intermedius Tockus rufirostris Falco naumanni Mirafra passerina White-throated Swallow Endemic Cisticola rufilatus Bradornis infuscatus Oenanthe pileata Amethyst Sunbird Fringilla coelebs Southern Masked-Weaver Rare/Accidental Eurasian Kestrel Latakoo Lark Hirundo albigularis Red-headed Cisticola Mariqua Flycatcher Chalcomitra amethystina Introduced species Ploceus velatus PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Falco tinnunculus Mirafra cheniana Wire-tailed Swallow Cisticola subruficapilla Bradornis mariquensis Malachite Sunbird Cape Siskin Village Weaver Gray Cuckooshrike PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopi- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Tockus leucomelas Greater Kestrel Near-threatened Hirundo smithii Wailing Cisticola Southern Black-Flycatcher Nectarinia famosa Pseudochloroptila totta Ploceus cucullatus Coracina caesia dae Spotted Ground-Thrush Rare/Accidental Falco rupicoloides Rufous-naped Lark Pearl-breasted Swallow Cisticola lais Melaenornis pammelaina Southern Double-collared Sunbird Drakensberg Siskin Forest Weaver White-breasted Cuckooshrike Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler Geokichla guttata Crowned Hornbill Red-necked Falcon Mirafra africana Hirundo dimidiata Tinkling Cisticola Fiscal Flycatcher Cinnyris chalybeus Pseudochloroptila symonsi Ploceus bicolor Coracina pectoralis Phylloscopus ruficapilla Endangered Tockus alboterminatus Falco chicquera Cape Clapper Lark Greater Striped-Swallow Cisticola tinniens Sigelus silens Greater Double-collared Sunbird Black-headed Canary Red-headed Quelea Black Cuckooshrike Willow Warbler Orange Ground-Thrush African Gray Hornbill Amur Falcon Mirafra apiata Cecropis cucullata Piping Cisticola Spotted Flycatcher Cinnyris afer Alario alario Quelea erythrops Campephaga flava Phylloscopus trochilus Geokichla gurneyi Tockus nasutus Falco amurensis Eastern Clapper Lark Lesser Striped-Swallow Cisticola fulvicapilla Muscicapa striata White-breasted Sunbird Damara Canary Red-billed Quelea Groundscraper Thrush Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Mirafra fasciolata Cecropis abyssinica Zitting Cisticola Dusky-brown Flycatcher Cinnyris talatala Alario leucolaemus Quelea quelea Psophocichla litsitsirupa Trumpeter Hornbill Eleonora's Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental PASSERIFORMES: Cisticola juncidis Muscicapa adusta Dusky Sunbird Cape Canary Red Bishop South African Swallow Desert Cisticola Rare/Accidental Cinnyris fuscus Euplectes orix Ceratogymna bucinator Falco eleonorae Red-backed Shrike Sabota Lark Acrocephalidae Ashy Flycatcher Serinus canicollis Petrochelidon spilodera Cisticola aridulus Kurrichane Thrush Yellow-crowned Bishop Rare/Accidental Lanius collurio Calendulauda sabota Icterine Warbler Muscicapa caerulescens Yellow-fronted Canary Turdus libonyana Eurasian Hobby Fawn-colored Lark Rare/Accidental Cloud Cisticola Karoo Scrub-Robin Serinus mozambicus Euplectes afer Rare/Accidental Hippolais icterina PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae CORACIIFORMES: Bucorvidae Common House-Martin Cisticola textrix Olive Thrush Yellow Bishop Falco subbuteo Lesser Gray Shrike Calendulauda africanoides Rare/Accidental Cercotrichas coryphaeus Rare/Accidental Southern Ground-Hornbill Delichon urbicum Tawny-flanked Prinia Turdus olivaceus Western Yellow Wagtail Euplectes capensis African Hobby Lanius minor Red Lark Brown Scrub-Robin Forest Canary Sedge Warbler Karoo Thrush Motacilla flava Bucorvus leadbeateri Falco cuvierii Calendulauda burra Black Sawwing Prinia subflava Cercotrichas signata Serinus scotops White-winged Widowbird Southern Fiscal Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Vulnerable Psalidoprocne pristoptera Black-chested Prinia Turdus smithi Cape Wagtail Euplectes albonotatus Rare/Accidental Lanius collaris Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable Bearded Scrub-Robin Black-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Motacilla capensis Lanner Falcon Karoo Lark Prinia flavicans Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Serinus atrogularis Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Gray Wagtail Falco biarmicus Calendulauda albescens Karoo Prinia Kalahari Scrub-Robin PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae Brimstone Canary Red-collared Widowbird PICIFORMES: Lybiidae PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae Motacilla cinerea Peregrine Falcon PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Spike-heeled Lark Acrocephalus palustris Prinia maculosa Cercotrichas paena Serinus sulphuratus Euplectes ardens Crested Barbet Fairy Flycatcher Common Myna Rare/Accidental Falco peregrinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Chersomanes albofasciata Rare/Accidental Drakensberg Prinia Red-backed Scrub-Robin Yellow Canary Fan-tailed Widowbird Trachyphonus vaillantii Stenostira scita Acridotheres tristis African Pied Wagtail Oriolus oriolus Cape Lark African Reed-Warbler Prinia hypoxantha Cercotrichas leucophrys Serinus flaviventris Euplectes axillaris Red-fronted Tinkerbird Rare/Accidental Motacilla aguimp African Black-headed Oriole Certhilauda curvirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Namaqua Prinia Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Canary Rare/Accidental Pogoniulus pusillus PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae European Starling African Pipit Oriolus larvatus Prinia substriata Agulhas Lark PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cossypha caffra Sturnus vulgaris Serinus albogularis Pied Barbet Rosy-faced Lovebird Anthus cinnamomeus Certhilauda brevirostris Yellow-bellied Eremomela White-throated Robin-Chat Protea Canary Tricholaema leucomelas Southern Black-Tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Introduced species PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae Agapornis roseicollis Eremomela icteropygialis Mountain Pipit Endemic Melaniparus niger Cossypha humeralis Wattled Starling Serinus leucopterus Black-collared Barbet Brown-necked Parrot PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae Anthus hoeschi Swee Waxbill Eastern Long-billed Lark Yellow-rumped Eremomela Rare/Accidental Endemic Lybius torquatus Ashy Tit Creatophora cinerea Poicephalus robustus Square-tailed Drongo PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eremomela gregalis Long-billed Pipit Coccopygia melanotis Certhilauda semitorquata Melaniparus cinerascens Red-capped Robin-Chat Cape Glossy-Starling Streaky-headed Seedeater Dicrurus ludwigii Anthus similis Green-backed Twinspot Karoo Long-billed Lark Gray Tit Fan-tailed Grassbird Cossypha natalensis Lamprotornis nitens Serinus gularis Fork-tailed Drongo Plain-backed Pipit Mandingoa nitidula PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae Certhilauda subcoronata Melaniparus afer Schoenicola brevirostris Chorister Robin-Chat Burchell's Glossy-Starling Dicrurus adsimilis PASSERIFORMES: Sylvidae Anthus leucophrys Common Waxbill Wahlberg's Honeyguide Short-clawed Lark Cossypha dichroa Cape Batis Barratt's Warbler Bush Blackcap Lamprotornis australis Long-tailed Pipit PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae Estrilda astrild Prodotiscus regulus Certhilauda chuana White-starred Robin Batis capensis Bradypterus barratti Sylvia nigricapilla Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Anthus longicaudatus Black-cheeked Waxbill Black-eared Sparrow-Lark PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Pogonocichla stellata House Sparrow Lesser Honeyguide Chinspot Batis PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae Lamprotornis corruscus Knysna Warbler Near-threatened Endemic (country/region) Data deficient Passer domesticus Estrilda erythronotos Indicator minor Eremopterix australis African Penduline-Tit Short-toed Rock-Thrush Batis molitor African Crested-Flycatcher Bradypterus sylvaticus Layard's Warbler Violet-backed Starling Buffy Pipit Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark Anthoscopus caroli Monticola brevipes Introduced species Scaly-throated Honeyguide Pririt Batis Trochocercus cyanomelas Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Vulnerable Sylvia layardi Anthus vaalensis Great Rufous Sparrow Uraeginthus angolensis Indicator variegatus Eremopterix verticalis Southern Penduline-Tit Sentinel Rock-Thrush Batis pririt African Paradise-Flycatcher Rufous-vented Warbler African Pied Starling Yellow-tufted Pipit Rare/Accidental Red-capped Lark Anthoscopus minutus Little Rush-Warbler Monticola explorator Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Terpsiphone viridis Spreo bicolor Bradypterus baboecala Sylvia subcaerulea Anthus crenatus Cape Sparrow Violet-eared Waxbill Indicator indicator Calandrella cinerea Cape Rock-Thrush Endemic (country/region) Orange-throated Longclaw Passer melanurus Granatina granatina PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae Stark's Lark Monticola rupestris Red-winged Starling PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae Macronyx capensis Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Red-billed Firefinch Brubru PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae Spizocorys starki PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae Endemic (country/region) Onychognathus morio PICIFORMES: Picidae Sombre Greenbul PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Yellow-throated Longclaw Passer diffusus Lagonosticta senegala Nilaus afer House Crow Pink-billed Lark Cape White-eye African Stonechat Pale-winged Starling Bar-throated Apalis Macronyx croceus African Firefinch Golden-tailed Woodpecker Andropadus importunus Yellow-throated Petronia Black-backed Puffback Corvus splendens Spizocorys conirostris Zosterops pallidus Saxicola torquatus Onychognathus nabouroup Terrestrial Brownbul Apalis thoracica Petronia superciliaris Lagonosticta rubricata Campethera abingoni Dryoscopus cubla Introduced species Sclater's Lark Buff-streaked Bushchat Phyllastrephus terrestris Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-headed Finch Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Tchagra Cape Crow Spizocorys sclateri Saxicola bifasciatus PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Apalis flavida Amadina erythrocephala Knysna Woodpecker Common Bulbul PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichi- PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae Tchagra senegalus Corvus capensis Near-threatened Southern Anteater-Chat Lark-like Bunting Green-backed Camaroptera PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae African Quailfinch Campethera notata Pycnonotus barbatus dae Brown-crowned Tchagra Pied Crow Large-billed Lark Myrmecocichla formicivora Red-billed Oxpecker Emberiza impetuani Camaroptera brachyura Scaly Weaver Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Near-threatened Rare/Accidental Arrow-marked Babbler Tchagra australis Corvus albus Galerida magnirostris Mocking Cliff-Chat Buphagus erythrorhynchus Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Barred Wren-Warbler Sporopipes squamifrons Bronze Mannikin Ground Woodpecker Black-fronted Bulbul Turdoides jardineii Rare/Accidental White-necked Raven Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Rare/Accidental Emberiza tahapisi Calamonastes fasciolatus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Spermestes cucullatus Geocolaptes olivaceus Pycnonotus nigricans Rare/Accidental Southern Tchagra Corvus albicollis Rare/Accidental Rare/Accidental Kopje Warbler Plocepasser mahali Cardinal Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Cape Bulbul Tchagra tchagra Sicklewing Chat Cape Bunting Euryptila subcinnamomea Social Weaver Dendropicos fuscescens Plain Martin Pycnonotus capensis PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae Southern Boubou Cercomela sinuata Emberiza capensis PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae Rufous-eared Warbler PASSERIFORMES: Promeropi- Philetairus socius Bearded Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES: Chaetopidae Riparia paludicola Collared Sunbird Laniarius ferrugineus Karoo Chat Golden-breasted Bunting Pin-tailed Whydah Malcorus pectoralis dae Spectacled Weaver Dendropicos namaquus Cape Rockjumper Bank Swallow Hedydipna collaris Bokmakierie Cercomela schlegelii Emberiza flaviventris Vidua macroura PASSERIFORMES: Red-faced Cisticola Gurney's Sugarbird Ploceus ocularis Chaetops frenatus Riparia riparia Orange-breasted Sunbird Olive Woodpecker Telophorus zeylonus Macrosphenidae Tractrac Chat Cisticola erythrops Promerops gurneyi Anthobaphes violacea Cape Weaver Dendropicos griseocephalus Endemic Banded Martin Cercomela tractrac Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Cape Crombec Rock-loving Cisticola Cape Sugarbird Endemic Ploceus capensis Drakensberg Rockjumper Riparia cincta Familiar Chat Telophorus sulfureopectus Sylvietta rufescens Cisticola aberrans Promerops cafer Eastern Olive Sunbird African Golden-Weaver Chaetops aurantius Rock Martin Cercomela familiaris Olive Bushshrike Cape Grassbird Rattling Cisticola Cyanomitra olivacea Ploceus subaureus Ptyonoprogne fuligula Mountain Wheatear Telophorus olivaceus Sphenoeacus afer

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