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Drakensberg Birds ROBERTS NUMBER NAME 8 LITTLE GREBE 55 WHITE-BREASTED CORMORANT 58 REED CORMORANT 60 AFRICAN DARTER 62 GREY HERON 63 BLACK-HEADED HERON 65 PURPLE HERON 66 GREAT EGRET 67 LITTLE EGRET 68 YELLOW-BILLED EGRET 71 WESTERN CATTLE EGRET 72 SQUACCO HERON 76 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON 78 LITTLE BITTERN 81 HAMERKOP 83 WHITE STORK 84 BLACK STORK 91 AFRICAN SACRED IBIS 92 SOUTHERN BALD IBIS 93 GLOSSY IBIS 94 HADEDA IBIS 95 AFRICAN SPOONBILL 99 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK 101 WHITE-BACKED DUCK 102 EGYPTIAN GOOSE 103 SOUTH AFRICAN SHELDUCK 104 YELLOW-BILLED DUCK 105 AFRICAN BLACK DUCK 106 CAPE TEAL 107 HOTTENTOT TEAL 108 RED-BILLED TEAL 112 CAPE SHOVELER 113 SOUTHERN POCHARD 116 SPUR-WINGED GOOSE 118 SECRETARYBIRD 119 BEARDED VULTURE 122 CAPE VULTURE 126 BLACK KITE 126.1 YELLOW-BILLED KITE 127 BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE 128 AFRICAN CUCKOO-HAWK 131 VERREAUX’S EAGLE 135 WAHLBERG’S EAGLE !1 ROBERTS NUMBER NAME 136 BOOTED EAGLE 139 LONG-CRESTED EAGLE 140 MARTIAL EAGLE 141 CROWNED EAGLE 148 AFRICAN FISH EAGLE 149 STEPPE BUZZARD 150 FOREST BUZZARD 152 JACKAL BUZZARD 155 RUFOUS-BREASTED SPARROWHAWK 157 LITTLE SPARROWHAWK 158 BLACK SPARROWHAWK 160 AFRICAN GOSHAWK 162 SOUTHERN PALE CHANTING GOSHAWK 165 AFRICAN MARSH HARRIER 168 BLACK HARRIER 169 AFRICAN HARRIER-HAWK 171 PEREGRINE FALCON 172 LANNER FALCON 180 AMUR FALCON 181 ROCK KESTREL 183 LESSER KESTREL 188 COQUI FRANCOLIN 190 GREY-WINGED FRANCOLIN 191 SHELLEY’S FRANCOLIN 192 RED-WINGED FRANCOLIN 196 NATAL SPURFOWL 198 RED-NECKED SPURFOWL 199 SWAINSON’S SPURFOWL 200 COMMON QUAIL 203 HELMETED GUINEAFOWL 205 KURRICHANE BUTTONQUAIL 206.1 BLACK-RUMPED BUTTONQUAIL 207 WATTLED CRANE 208 BLUE CRANE 209 GREY CROWNED CRANE 210 AFRICAN RAIL 211 CORNCRAKE 213 BLACK CRAKE 215 BAILLON’S CRAKE 217 RED-CHESTED FLUFFTAIL 218 BUFF-SPOTTED FLUFFTAIL 221 STRIPED FLUFFTAIL 222 WHITE-WINGED FLUFFTAIL !2 ROBERTS NUMBER NAME 223 AFRICAN SWAMPHEN 226 COMMON MOORHEN 228 RED-KNOBBED COOT 231 DENHAM’S BUSTARD 233 WHITE-BELLIED KORHAAN 238 BLACK-BELLIED BUSTARD 242 GREATER PAINTED SNIPE 249 THREE-BANDED PLOVER 255 CROWNED LAPWING 257 BLACK-WINGED LAPWING 258 BLACKSMITH LAPWING 260 AFRICAN WATTLED LAPWING 264 COMMON SANDPIPER 266 WOOD SANDPIPER 269 MARSH SANDPIPER 270 COMMON GREENSHANK 284 RUFF 286 AFRICAN SNIPE 295 BLACK-WINGED STILT 297 SPOTTED THICK-KNEE 338 WHISKERED TERN 348 ROCK DOVE 349 SPECKLED PIGEON 350 AFRICAN OLIVE PIGEON 352 RED-EYED DOVE 354 CAPE TURTLE DOVE 355 LAUGHING DOVE 356 NAMAQUA DOVE 359 TAMBOURINE DOVE 360 LEMON DOVE 362 CAPE PARROT 370 KNYSNA TURACO 374 COMMON CUCKOO 377 RED-CHESTED CUCKOO 378 BLACK CUCKOO 382 JACOBIN CUCKOO 384 AFRICAN EMERALD CUCKOO 385 KLAAS’S CUCKOO 386 DIEDERIK CUCKOO 391 BURCHELL’S COUCAL 392 WESTERN BARN OWL 393 AFRICAN GRASS OWL 394 AFRICAN WOOD OWL !3 ROBERTS NUMBER NAME 395 MARSH OWL 400 CAPE EAGLE OWL 401 SPOTTED EAGLE OWL 405 FIERY-NECKED NIGHTJAR 408 FRECKLED NIGHTJAR 410 PENNANT-WINGED NIGHTJAR 411 COMMON SWIFT 412 AFRICAN BLACK SWIFT 415 WHITE-RUMPED SWIFT 416 HORUS SWIFT 417 LITTLE SWIFT 418 ALPINE SWIFT 424 SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD 426 RED-FACED MOUSEBIRD 428 PIED KINGFISHER 429 GIANT KINGFISHER 430 HALF-COLLARED KINGFISHER 431 MALACHITE KINGFISHER 432 AFRICAN PYGMY KINGFISHER 435 BROWN-HOODED KINGFISHER 444 LITTLE BEE-EATER 446 EUROPEAN ROLLER 447 LILAC-BREASTED ROLLER 451 AFRICAN HOOPOE 452 GREEN WOOD HOOPOE 454 COMMON SCIMITARBILL 455 TRUMPETER HORNBILL 463 SOUTHERN GROUND HORNBILL 464 BLACK-COLLARED BARBET 473 CRESTED BARBET 474 GREATER HONEYGUIDE 475 SCALY-THROATED HONEYGUIDE 476 LESSER HONEYGUIDE 478 BROWN-BACKED HONEYBIRD 480 GROUND WOODPECKER 483 GOLDEN-TAILED WOODPECKER 486 CARDINAL WOODPECKER 488 OLIVE WOODPECKER 489 RED-THROATED WRYNECK 494 RUFOUS-NAPED LARK 500 EASTERN LONG-BILLED LARK 507 RED-CAPPED LARK 512 LARGE-BILLED LARK !4 ROBERTS NUMBER NAME 518 BARN SWALLOW 520 WHITE-THROATED SWALLOW 526 GREATER STRIPED SWALLOW 527 LESSER STRIPED SWALLOW 529 ROCK MARTIN 530 COMMON HOUSE MARTIN 532 SAND MARTIN 533 BROWN-THROATED MARTIN 534 BANDED MARTIN 536 BLACK SAW-WING 538 BLACK CUCKOOSHRIKE 541 FORK-TAILED DRONGO 545 BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE 547 CAPE CROW 548 PIED CROW 550 WHITE-NECKED RAVEN 551 GREY TIT 554 SOUTHERN BLACK TIT 560 ARROW-MARKED BABBLER 565 BUSH BLACKCAP 568 DARK-CAPPED BULBUL 569 TERRESTRIAL BROWNBUL 572 SOMBRE GREENBUL 576 KURRICHANE THRUSH 577 OLIVE THRUSH 580 GROUNDSCRAPER THRUSH 581 CAPE ROCK THRUSH 582 SENTINEL ROCK THRUSH 586 MOUNTAIN WHEATEAR 588 BUFF-STREAKED CHAT 589 FAMILIAR CHAT 591 SICKLE-WINGED CHAT 593 MOCKING CLIFF-CHAT 595 ANT-EATING CHAT 596 AFRICAN STONECHAT 598 CHORISTER ROBIN-CHAT 601 CAPE ROBIN-CHAT 606 WHITE-STARRED ROBIN 612 DRAKENSBERG ROCK-JUMPER 621 CHESTNUT-VENTED TITBABBLER 622 LAYARD’S TITBABBLER 628 GREAT REED WARBLER 635 LESSER SWAMP WARBLER !5 ROBERTS NUMBER NAME 637 DARK-CAPPED YELLOW WARBLER 638 LITTLE RUSH WARBLER 639 BARRATT’S WARBLER 642 BROAD-TAILED WARBLER 643 WILLOW WARBLER 644 YELLOW-THROATED WOODLAND WARBLER 645 BAR-THROATED APALIS 651 LONG-BILLED CROMBEC 657 GREEN-BACKED CAMAROPTERA 661 CAPE GRASSBIRD 664 ZITTING CISTICOLA 666 CLOUD CISTICOLA 667 WING-SNAPPING CISTICOLA 668 PALE-CROWNED CISTICOLA 670 WAILING CISTICOLA 677 LEVAILLANT’S CISTICOLA 678 CROAKING CISTICOLA 679 LAZY CISTICOLA 681 NEDDICKY 683 TAWNY-FLANKED PRINIA 686 KAROO PRINIA 689 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 690 AFRICAN DUSKY FLYCATCHER 694 SOUTHERN BLACK FLYCATCHER 698 FISCAL FLYCATCHER 700 CAPE BATIS 701 CHIN-SPOT BATIS 706 FAIRY FLYCATCHER 710 AFRICAN PARADISE FLYCATCHER 711 AFRICAN PIED WAGTAIL 712 MOUNTAIN WAGTAIL 713 CAPE WAGTAIL 716 AFRICAN PIPIT 717 LONG-BILLED PIPIT 718 PLAIN-BACKED PIPIT 719 BUFFY PIPIT 721 AFRICAN ROCK PIPIT 724 SHORT-TAILED PIPIT 725 YELLOW-BREASTED PIPIT 727 CAPE LONGCLAW 728 YELLOW-THROATED LONGCLAW 732 COMMON FISCAL 733 RED-BACKED SHRIKE !6 ROBERTS NUMBER NAME 736 SOUTHERN BOUBOU 740 BLACK-BACKED PUFFBACK 741 BRUBRU 744 BLACK-CROWNED TCHAGRA 746 BOKMAKIERIE 748 ORANGE-BREASTED BUSH SHRIKE 750 OLIVE BUSH SHRIKE 751 GREY-HEADED BUSH SHRIKE 757 COMMON STARLING 759 PIED STARLING 760 WATTLED STARLING 761 VIOLET-BACKED STARLING 764 CAPE GLOSSY STARLING 769 RED-WINGED STARLING 774 GURNEY’S SUGARBIRD 775 MALACHITE SUNBIRD 783 SOUTHERN DOUBLE-COLLARED SUNBIRD 785 GREATER DOUBLE-COLLARED SUNBIRD 792 AMETHYST SUNBIRD 796 AFRICAN YELLOW WHITE-EYE 801 HOUSE SPARROW 803 CAPE SPARROW 804 SOUTHERN GREY-HEADED SPARROW 805 YELLOW-THROATED PETRONIA 810 SPECTACLED WEAVER 811 VILLAGE WEAVER 813 CAPE WEAVER 814 SOUTHERN MASKED WEAVER 820 CUCKOO FINCH 821 RED-BILLED QUELEA 822 RED-HEADED QUELEA 824 SOUTHERN RED BISHOP 826 YELLOW-CROWNED BISHOP 827 YELLOW BISHOP 828 FAN-TAILED WIDOWBIRD 829 WHITE-WINGED WIDOWBIRD 832 LONG-TAILED WIDOWBIRD 840 AFRICAN FIREFINCH 844 BLUE WAXBILL 846 COMMON WAXBILL 850 SWEE WAXBILL 852 AFRICAN QUAIL FINCH 854 ORANGE-BREASTED WAXBILL !7 ROBERTS NUMBER NAME 856 RED-HEADED FINCH 857 BRONZE MANNIKIN 860 PIN-TAILED WHYDAH 864 DUSKY INDIGOBIRD 869 YELLOW-FRONTED CANARY 870 BLACK-THROATED CANARY 872 CAPE CANARY 873 FOREST CANARY 875 DRAKENSBERG SISKIN 877 BRIMSTONE CANARY 878 YELLOW CANARY 881 STREAKY-HEADED SEEDEATER 884 GOLDEN-BREASTED BUNTING 885 CAPE BUNTING 886 CINNAMON-BREASTED BUNTING 901 MOUNTAIN PIPIT 949 DRAKENSBERG PRINIA !8.
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