Birds recorded in the Bontebok National Park 8 Little Grebe 446 European Roller 55 White-breasted Cormorant 451 African Hoopoe 58 Reed Cormorant 465 Acacia Pied Barbet 60 African Darter 469 Red-fronted Tinkerbird * 62 Grey Heron 474 Greater Honeyguide 63 Black-headed Heron 476 Lesser Honeyguide 65 Purple Heron 480 Ground Woodpecker 66 Great Egret 486 Cardinal Woodpecker 68 Yellow-billed Egret 488 Olive Woodpecker 71 Cattle Egret 494 Rufous-naped Lark * 81 Hamerkop 495 Cape Clapper Lark 83 White Stork n/a Agulhas Longbilled Lark 84 Black Stork 502 Karoo Lark 91 African Sacred Ibis 504 Red Lark * 94 Hadeda Ibis 506 Spike-heeled Lark 95 African Spoonbill 507 Red-capped Lark 102 Egyptian Goose 512 Thick-billed Lark 103 South African Shelduck 518 Barn Swallow 104 Yellow-billed Duck 520 White-throated Swallow 105 African Black Duck 523 Pearl-breasted Swallow 106 Cape Teal 526 Greater Striped Swallow 108 Red-billed Teal 529 Rock Martin 112 Cape Shoveler 530 Common House-Martin 113 Southern Pochard 533 Brown-throated Martin 116 Spur-winged Goose 534 Banded Martin 118 Secretarybird 536 Black Sawwing 122 Cape Vulture 541 Fork-tailed Drongo 126 Black (Yellow-billed) Kite 547 Cape Crow 127 Black-shouldered Kite 548 Pied Crow 131 Verreauxs' Eagle 550 White-necked Raven 136 Booted Eagle 551 Grey Tit 140 Martial Eagle 557 Cape Penduline-Tit 148 African Fish-Eagle 566 Cape Bulbul 149 Steppe Buzzard 572 Sombre Greenbul 152 Jackal Buzzard 577 Olive Thrush 155 Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk 582 Sentinel Rock-Thrush 158 Black Sparrowhawk 587 Capped Wheatear 160 African Goshawk 589 Familiar Chat 165 African Marsh Harrier 591 Sickle-winged Chat 167 Pallid Harrier 596 African Stonechat 168 Black Harrier 601 Cape Robin-Chat 170 Osprey 614 Karoo Scrub-Robin 171 Peregrine Falcon 621 Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler 181 Rock Kestrel 631 African Reed-Warbler 183 Lesser Kestrel 635 Lesser Swamp-Warbler 190 Grey-winged Francolin 638 Little Rush-Warbler 195 Cape Spurfowl 643 Willow Warbler 200 Common Quail 645 Bar-throated Apalis 203 Helmeted Guineafowl 651 Long-billed Crombec 206 Black-rumped Buttonquail 653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela * 208 Blue Crane 661 Cape Grassbird 226 Common Moorhen 664 Zitting Cisticola 228 Red-knobbed Coot 666 Cloud Cisticola 231 Denham's Bustard 669 Grey-backed Cisticola 239 Southern Black Korhaan 677 Levaillant's Cisticola Birds recorded in the Bontebok National Park 245 Common Ringed Plover 681 Neddicky 248 Kittlitz's Plover 686 Karoo Prinia 249 Three-banded Plover 690 African Dusky Flycatcher 255 Crowned Lapwing 698 Fiscal Flycatcher 257 Black-winged Lapwing 700 Cape Batis 264 Common Sandpiper 706 Fairy Flycatcher 265 Green Sandpiper 710 African Paradise-Flycatcher 269 Marsh Sandpiper 711 African Pied Wagtail 270 Greenshank 713 Cape Wagtail 286 African Snipe 716 African Pipit 295 Black-winged Stilt 717 Long-billed Pipit 297 Spotted Thick-knee 718 Plain-backed Pipit 298 Water Thick-knee 727 Cape Longclaw 299 Burchell's Courser 732 Common Fiscal 312 Kelp Gull 736 Southern Boubou 339 White-winged Tern 742 Southern Tchagra 344 Namaqua Sandgrouse 746 Bokmakierie 349 Speckled Pigeon 757 Common Starling 350 African Olive-Pigeon 759 Pied Starling 352 Red-eyed Dove 760 Wattled Starling 354 Cape Turtle-Dove 769 Red-winged Starling 355 Laughing Dove 773 Cape Sugarbird 356 Namaqua Dove 775 Malachite Sunbird 358 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove * 777 Orange-breasted Sunbird 359 Tambourine Dove 783 Southern Double-collared Sunbird 360 Lemon Dove 785 Greater Double-collared Sunbird 377 Red-chested Cuckoo 796 Cape White-eye 382 Jacobin Cuckoo 801 House Sparrow 385 Klaas's Cuckoo 803 Cape Sparrow 386 Diderick Cuckoo 804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 391 Burchell's Coucal 813 Cape Weaver 392 Barn Owl 814 Southern Masked-Weaver 401 Spotted Eagle-Owl 824 Southern Red Bishop 405 Fiery-necked Nightjar 826 Yellow-crowned Bishop * 412 African Black Swift 827 Yellow Bishop 415 White-rumped Swift 846 Common Waxbill 416 Horus Swift 850 Swee Waxbill 417 Little Swift 852 African QuailFinch 418 Alpine Swift 860 Pin-tailed Whydah 424 Speckled Mousebird 869 Yellow-fronted Canary * 425 White-backed Mousebird 872 Cape Canary 426 Red-faced Mousebird 877 Brimstone Canary 428 Pied Kingfisher 879 White-throated Canary 429 Giant Kingfisher 881 Streaky-headed Seedeater 430 Half-collared Kingfisher 885 Cape Bunting 431 Malachite Kingfisher 886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher 887 Larklike Bunting 438 Eurasian Bee-eater

With acknowledgement of input from Robert Martin Species with asterix * are possible or probable misidentifications and require further verification