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Birds recorded in the Klein Karoo COMPILED BY ROB MARTIN Names and ID no’s as used in Sasol - The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa: 2nd edition 2005 Please mark this checklist in the block provided and hand it in at the office for monitoring purposes 6 Great Crested Grebe 165 African Marsh-Harrier 401 Spotted Eagle-Owl 8 Little Grebe 168 Black Harrier 405 Fiery-necked Nightjar 55 White-breasted Cormorant 169 African Harrier-Hawk 406 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar 58 Reed Cormorant 170 Osprey 411 Common Swift 60 African Darter 171 Peregrine Falcon 412 African Black Swift 62 Grey Heron 172 Lanner Falcon 415 White-rumped Swift 63 Black-headed Heron 181 Rock Kestrel 416 Horus Swift 65 Purple Heron 190 Grey-winged Francolin 417 Little Swift 66 Great Egret 195 Cape Spurfowl 418 Alpine Swift 67 Little Egret 200 Common Quail 421 African Palm-Swift 68 Yellow-billed Egret 203 Helmeted Guineafowl 424 Speckled Mousebird 71 Cattle Egret 206 Hottentot Buttonquail 425 White-backed Mousebird 76 Black-crowned Night-Heron 208 Blue Crane 426 Red-faced Mousebird 78 Little Bittern 213 Black Crake 428 Pied Kingfisher 81 Hamerkop 226 Common Moorhen 429 Giant Kingfisher 83 White Stork 228 Red-knobbed Coot 430 Half-collared Kingfisher 84 Black Stork 231 Denham’s Bustard 431 Malachite Kingfisher 91 African Sacred Ibis 232 Ludwig’s Bustard 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher 93 Glossy Ibis 235 Karoo Korhaan 438 European Bee-eater 94 Hadeda Ibis 239 Southern Black Korhaan 451 African Hoopoe 95 African Spoonbill 248 Kittlitz’s Plover 465 Acacia Pied Barbet 102 Egyptian Goose 249 Three-banded Plover 474 Greater Honeyguide 103 South African Shelduck 255 Crowned Lapwing 476 Lesser Honeyguide 104 Yellow-billed Duck 258 Blacksmith Lapwing 480 Ground Woodpecker 105 African Black Duck 269 Marsh Sandpiper 484 Knysna Woodpecker 106 Cape Teal 270 Common Greenshank 486 Cardinal Woodpecker 108 Red-billed Teal 274 Little Stint 488 Olive Woodpecker 112 Cape Shoveler 294 Pied Avocet 495 Cape Clapper Lark 113 Southern Pochard 295 Black-winged Stilt 500 Karoo Long-billed Lark 116 Spur-winged Goose 297 Spotted Thick-knee 502 Karoo Lark 118 Secretarybird 298 Water Thick-Knee 506 Spike-heeled Lark 126 Yellow-billed Kite 301 Double-banded Courser 507 Red-capped Lark 127 Black-shouldered Kite 344 Namaqua Sandgrouse 512 Large-billed Lark 130 European Honey-Buzzard 349 Speckled Pigeon 518 Barn Swallow 131 Verreauxs’ Eagle 350 African Olive-Pigeon 520 White-throated Swallow 136 Booted Eagle 352 Red-eyed Dove 523 Pearl-breasted Swallow 140 Martial Eagle 354 Cape Turtle-Dove 526 Greater Striped Swallow 148 African Fish-Eagle 355 Laughing Dove 529 Rock Martin 149 Steppe Buzzard 356 Namaqua Dove 530 Common House-Martin 152 Jackal Buzzard 359 Tambourine Dove 533 Brown-throated Martin 155 Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk 377 Red-chested Cuckoo 541 Fork-tailed Drongo 157 Little Sparrowhawk 382 Jacobin Cuckoo 547 Cape Crow 158 Black Sparrowhawk 385 Klaas’s Cuckoo 550 White-necked Raven 160 African Goshawk 386 Diderick Cuckoo 551 Grey Tit 161 Gabar Goshawk 392 Barn Owl 557 Cape Penduline-Tit 162 Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk 400 Cape Eagle-Owl 566 Cape Bulbul 572 Sombre Greenbul 677 Levaillant’s Cisticola 773 Cape Sugarbird 577 Olive Thrush 681 Neddicky 775 Malachite Sunbird 581 Cape Rock -Thrush 686 Karoo Prinia 777 Orange-breasted Sunbird 582 Sentinel Rock -Thrush 687 Namaqua Warbler 783 Southern Double-collared Sunbird 586 Mountain Wheatear 688 Rufous-eared Warbler 785 Greater Double-collared Sunbird 587 Capped Wheatear 689 Spotted Flycatcher 788 Dusky Sunbird 589 Familiar Chat 690 African Dusky Flycatcher 792 Amethyst Sunbird 591 Sickle-winged Chat 698 Fiscal Flycatcher 796 Cape White-eye 592 Karoo Chat 700 Cape Batis 801 House Sparrow 596 African Stonechat 703 Pririt Batis 803 Cape Sparrow 601 Cape Robin-Chat 706 Fairy Flycatcher 804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 611 Cape Rockjumper 710 African Paradise-Flycatcher 813 Cape Weaver 614 Karoo Scrub-Robin 713 Cape Wagtail 814 Southern Masked-Weaver 619 Garden Warbler 716 African Pipit 821 Red-billed Quelea 621 Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler 717 Long-billed Pipit 824 Southern Red Bishop 622 Layard’s Tit-Babbler 718 Plain-backed Pipit 827 Yellow Bishop 631 African Reed-Warbler 721 African Rock Pipit 846 Common Waxbill 635 Lesser Swamp-Warbler 732 Common Fiscal 850 Swee Waxbill 638 Little Rush-Warbler 733 Red-backed Shrike 860 Pin-tailed Whydah 643 Willow Warbler 736 Southern Boubou 872 Cape Canary 645 Bar-throated Apalis 742 Southern Tchagra 874 Cape Siskin 651 Long-billed Crombec 746 Bokmakierie 876 Black-headed Canary 653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela 757 Common Starling 877 Brimstone Canary 654 Karoo Eremomela 759 Pied Starling 878 Yellow Canary 661 Cape Grassbird 760 Wattled Starling 879 White-throated Canary 664 Zitting Cisticola 769 Red-winged Starling 880 Protea Seedeater 669 Grey-backed Cisticola 770 Pale-winged Starling 881 Streaky-headed Seedeater 885 Cape Bunting Old records and rarities: 887 Lark-like Bunting 122 Cape Vulture - there used to be a roost near the Calitzdorp spa. 135 Wahlberg’s Eagle - a pair remained at Red Stone Hills for several months. The above list includes data from: 143 Black-chested Snake-Eagle - single record from Anysberg Nature Reserve. • Anysberg Nature Reserve 183 Lesser Kestrel - there used to be a roost in Calitzdorp. • Calitzdorp Spa • Gamkaberg Nature Reserve 192 Red-winged Francolin - reported from the Swartberg. • Groenefontein 230 Kori Bustard - reported from the Red Stone Hills area. • Kammanassie Mountain 286 African Snipe - a single record from MontEco Private Nature Reserve. • Montagu Nature Reserve • MontEco Private Nature Reserve 315 Grey-headed Gull - occasional visitor to MontEco Private Nature Reserve. • Nietgenaamd 339 White-winged Tern - a single record from Rens Reich. • Noukloof, Ladismith 394 Wood Owl - only known from Die Hel. • Red Stone Hills 532 (European) Sand Martin: single record from the Olifant’s River. • Rens Reich • Swartberg 536 Black Saw-wing - rare visitor to Red Stone Hills. • Vaalhoek 548 Pied Crow - occurs in Anysberg Nature Reserve. 593 Mocking Cliff-Chat - records from Montagu and Seweweekspoort. 660 Cinnamon-breasted Warbler - recorded from the upper slopes of the Swartberg. 697 Chat Flycatcher - Known from Anysberg Nature Reserve. 715 Grey Wagtail - single record from Anysberg Nature Reserve. 805 Yellow-throated Petronia (Sparrow) - a single sighting in December 2009. 842 African Firefinch - old record from De Rust. 864 Dusky Indigobird - a male and several females were present for a month on © Rob Martin 2010 Red Stone Hills. 021 8521711 870 Black-throated Canary - scarce visitor to Anysberg Nature Reserve. 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