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Mapungubwe National Park: Species List Birds Mapungubwe National Park: Species List Birds Specie Seen Location Little Grebe Black-necked Grebe African Darter Reed Cormorant White-breasted Cormorant Great White Pelican Pink-backed Pelican Grey Heron Black-headed Heron Goliath Heron Purple Heron Little Egret Yellow-billed Egret Black Heron Great Egret Squacco Heron Cattle Egret Rufous-bellied Heron White-backed Night-Heron Slaty Egret Green-backed Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Dwarf Bittern Little Bittern Yellow-billed Stork Black Stork Abdim's Stork White Stork African Openbill Woolly-necked Stork Saddle-billed Stork Marabou Stork Hamerkop African Spoonbill Greater Flamingo Lesser Flamingo African Sacred Ibis Glossy Ibis Hadeda Ibis Egyptian Goose Comb Duck Spur-winged Goose Fulvous Duck White-faced Duck Little Grebe White-backed Duck Maccoa Duck African Pygmy-Goose Southern Pochard African Black Duck Yellow-billed Duck Cape Shoveler Cape Teal Hottentot Teal Red-billed Teal White-backed Vulture Cape Vulture White-headed Vulture Lappet-faced Vulture Hooded Vulture Palm-nut Vulture Osprey African Fish-Eagle Black-chested Snake-Eagle Bateleur Booted Eagle Brown Snake-Eagle Steppe Eagle European Honey-Buzzard Long-crested Eagle Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Verreauxs' Eagle African Hawk-Eagle Tawny Eagle African Crowned Eagle Martial Eagle Lesser Spotted Eagle African Harrier-Hawk Augur Buzzard Steppe Buzzard Jackal Buzzard Wahlberg's Eagle African Marsh-Harrier Western Marsh-Harrier Pallid Harrier Montagu's Harrier Black-shouldered Kite Yellow-billed Kite Black Kite Dark Chanting Goshawk Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk African Cuckoo Hawk Lizard Buzzard Gabar Goshawk Shikra Little Sparrowhawk Ovambo Sparrowhawk Little Grebe African Goshawk Black Sparrowhawk Lanner Falcon Peregrine Falcon Bat Hawk Lesser Kestrel Rock Kestrel Greater Kestrel Amur Falcon Eurasian Hobby African Hobby Red-footed Falcon Natal Spurfowl Swainson's Spurfowl Coqui Francolin Crested Francolin Crested Guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl Common Ostrich Common Quail Harlequin Quail Kurrichane Buttonquail African Finfoot Common Moorhen Lesser Moorhen Red-knobbed Coot Black Crake African Purple Swamphen Allen's Gallinule African Jacana Lesser Jacana African Crake Spotted Crake Striped Crake African Rail Baillon's Crake Corn Crake Red-chested Flufftail Grey Crowned Crane Secretarybird Kori Bustard Red-crested Korhaan Northern Black Korhaan Black-winged Stilt Pied Avocet Common Ringed Plover Kittlitz's Plover Three-banded Plover Caspian Plover White-fronted Plover Senegal Lapwing Crowned Lapwing Little Grebe Blacksmith Lapwing White-crowned Lapwing African Wattled Lapwing Ruff Curlew Sandpiper Little Stint Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Marsh Sandpiper Common Greenshank Common Whimbrel African Snipe Greater Painted-snipe Collared Pratincole Black-winged Pratincole Water Thick-knee Spotted Thick-knee Bronze-winged Courser Three-banded Courser Temminck's Courser Grey-headed Gull Whiskered Tern White-winged Tern Double-banded Sandgrouse Burchell's Sandgrouse Namaqua Sandgrouse Rock Dove Speckled Pigeon Laughing Dove African Mourning Dove Cape Turtle-Dove Red-eyed Dove Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Namaqua Dove African Green-Pigeon Meyer's Parrot Purple-crested Turaco Grey Go-away-bird Red-chested Cuckoo Common Cuckoo African Cuckoo Jacobin Cuckoo Levaillant's Cuckoo Great Spotted Cuckoo Thick-billed Cuckoo Black Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo Diderick Cuckoo Senegal Coucal Burchell's Coucal Barn Owl Little Grebe Cape Eagle-Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Pel's Fishing-Owl African Scops-Owl African Wood-Owl Pearl-spotted Owlet African Barred Owlet Marsh Owl Fiery-necked Nightjar Freckled Nightjar Square-tailed Nightjar Rufous-cheeked Nightjar European Nightjar Pennant-winged Nightjar Alpine Swift Common Swift African Black Swift African Palm-Swift Little Swift Horus Swift White-rumped Swift White-backed Mousebird Speckled Mousebird Red-faced Mousebird Malachite Kingfisher African Pygmy-Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher Grey-headed Kingfisher Woodland Kingfisher Brown-hooded Kingfisher Striped Kingfisher White-fronted Bee-eater Blue-cheeked Bee-eater European Bee-eater Little Bee-eater Southern Carmine Bee-eater Swallow-tailed Bee-eater European Roller Lilac-breasted Roller Purple Roller Broad-billed Roller Southern Ground-Hornbill Red-billed Hornbill Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill African Grey Hornbill African Hoopoe Green Wood-Hoopoe Common Scimitarbill Greater Honeyguide Lesser Honeyguide Brown-backed Honeybird Black-collared Barbet Crested Barbet Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Acacia Pied Barbet Bennett's Woodpecker Golden-tailed Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker Monotonous Lark Flappet Lark Dusky Lark Rufous-naped Lark Sabota Lark Fawn-coloured Lark Red-capped Lark Short-clawed Lark Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Grey-backed Sparrowlark Greater Striped Swallow Lesser Striped Swallow Red-breasted Swallow South African Cliff-Swallow Barn Swallow White-throated Swallow Wire-tailed Swallow Pearl-breasted Swallow Grey-rumped Swallow Common House-Martin Sand Martin Brown-throated Martin Banded Martin Rock Martin Fork-tailed Drongo White-breasted Cuckooshrike Black Cuckooshrike Eurasian Golden Oriole African Golden Oriole Black-headed Oriole Pied Crow Southern Black Tit Ashy Tit Southern Pied Babbler Arrow-marked Babbler Boulder Chat Dark-capped Bulbul African Red-eyed Bulbul Terrestrial Brownbul Yellow-bellied Greenbul Eastern Nicator Groundscraper Thrush Kurrichane Thrush Karoo Thrush Familiar Chat African Stonechat Capped Wheatear Ant-eating Chat Mocking Cliff-Chat Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Robin-Chat White-browed Robin-Chat Bearded Scrub-Robin White-browed Scrub-Robin Kalahari Scrub-Robin Thrush Nightingale Collared Palm Thrush Olive-tree Warbler Icterine Warbler Willow Warbler Garden Warbler Common Whitethroat Cape Penduline-Tit Grey Penduline-Tit Yellow-bellied Eremomela Green-capped Eremomela Burnt-necked Eremomela Little Rush-Warbler River Warbler African Reed-Warbler Marsh Warbler Lesser Swamp-Warbler Sedge Warbler Great Reed-Warbler Grey-backed Camaroptera Barred Wren-Warbler Long-billed Crombec Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler Bar-throated Apalis Yellow-breasted Apalis Neddicky Zitting Cisticola Desert Cisticola Lazy Cisticola Rattling Cisticola Tinkling Cisticola Red-faced Cisticola Tawny-flanked Prinia Black-chested Prinia Southern Black Flycatcher Fiscal Flycatcher Spotted Flycatcher Ashy Flycatcher Grey Tit-Flycatcher African Paradise-Flycatcher Pale Flycatcher Marico Flycatcher African Yellow White-eye Cape White-eye Cape Batis Chinspot Batis African Pied Wagtail Cape Wagtail Yellow Wagtail Long-billed Pipit African Pipit Plain-backed Pipit Buffy Pipit Striped Pipit Bushveld Pipit Tree Pipit Crimson-breasted Shrike Red-backed Shrike Lesser Grey Shrike Common Fiscal Magpie Shrike Black-crowned Tchagra Brown-crowned Tchagra Tropical Boubou Southern Boubou Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Brubru Black-backed Puffback White-crested Helmet-Shrike Retz's Helmet-Shrike Southern White-crowned Shrike Cape Glossy Starling Greater Blue-eared Starling Violet-backed Starling Red-winged Starling Burchell's Starling Meves's Starling Wattled Starling Yellow-billed Oxpecker Red-billed Oxpecker Amethyst Sunbird Collared Sunbird White-bellied Sunbird Marico Sunbird House Sparrow Great Sparrow Cape Sparrow Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Yellow-throated Petronia Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Lesser Masked-Weaver Spectacled Weaver Southern Masked-Weaver Village Weaver Red-headed Weaver Red-billed Quelea Yellow-crowned Bishop Southern Red Bishop White-winged Widowbird Red-collared Widowbird Pin-tailed Whydah Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah Shaft-tailed Whydah Village Indigobird Dusky Indigobird Purple Indigobird Cuckoo Finch Red-billed Firefinch Jameson's Firefinch Black-faced Waxbill Common Waxbill Violet-eared Waxbill Blue Waxbill Scaly-feathered Finch Red-headed Finch Cut-throat Finch Bronze Mannikin Orange-breasted Waxbill African Quailfinch Green-winged Pytilia Yellow-fronted Canary Black-throated Canary Yellow Canary Streaky-headed Seedeater Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Golden-breasted Bunting Cabanis's Bunting Lark-like Bunting Mammals Specie Seen Location Eland (common) Blue Wildebeest (common) Waterbuck (common) Bushbuck (common) Duiker (common) Red Hartebeest (rare) Giraffe (common) Warthog (common) Elephant (common) Lion (rare) Cheetah (rare) Wild dog (rare) Kudu (common) Zebra (common) Impala (common) Klipspringer (common) Steenbok (common) Gemsbok (common) Bush pig (common) Baboon (common) White rhino (rare) Leopard (common) Hyena, spotted and brown (rare) Aardvark (common) .
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