C – common; U – uncommon; R – rare; V – vagrant 102 Egyptian Goose C A 269 Marsh Sandpiper V S – summer; W – winter; A – any time of year 103 South African Shelduck V 270 Greenshank C S 104 Yellow -billed Duck U A 271 Red Knot V 105 African Black Duck U A 272 Curlew Sandpiper C S Roberts’ NAME 106 Cape Teal R A 274 Little Stint R S No. 6 108 Red-billed Teal R A 277 White-rumped Sandpiper V 1 Common Ostrich U A 113 Southern Pochard V 278 Baird’s Sandpiper V 3 African Penguin R A 116 Spur -winged Goose U A 279 Pectoral Sandpiper V 4 Rock -hopper Penguin V 118 Secretary V 281 Sanderling C S 5 Macaroni Penguin V 122 Cape Vulture V 284 Ruff V 8 Little Grebe R A 126 Yellow -billed Kite V 286 Ethiopian Snipe R A 10 Wandering Albat ross V 127 Black-shouldered Kite U A 288 Bar-tailed Godwit R S 11 Shy Albatross C W 131 Verreaux’s Eagle U A 289 Curlew R S 12 Black -browed Albatross C W 136 Booted Eagle V 290 Whimbrel U S 14 Atlantic Yellow -nosed Albatross U W 140 Martial Eagle V 291 Red Phararope V 14 Indian Yellow -nosed Albatross U W 148 African -Eagle R A 294 Pied Avocet C A 15 Sooty Albatross V 149 Steppe Buzzard C S 295 Black -winged Stilt R A 16 Light -mantled Albatross V 150 Forest Buzzard V 297 Spotted Thick-knee U A 17 Southern Giant Petrel U W 152 Jackal Buzzard U A 298 Water Thick-knee V 18 Northern Giant Petrel C W 155 Red -breasted Sparrowhawk U A 300 Temminck’s Courser V 19 Antarctic Fulmar V 160 African Goshawk U A 307 Parasitic Jaeger C S 21 Pintado Petrel C W 165 African Marsh -Harrier U A 308 Long -tailed Jaeger V 23 Great -winged Petrel U W 168 Black Harrier V 309 Pomarine Skua U S 24 Soft -plumaged Petrel U W 169 African Harrier-Hawk U A 310 Sub-antarctic Skua C W 28 Blue Petrel V 170 Osprey V 312 Kelp Gull C A 29 Broad -billed Prion C W 171 Peregrine Falcon U A 315 Grey -headed Gull U A 30 Slender -billed Prion R W 172 Lanner Falcon V 316 Hartlaub’s Gull C A 32 White -chinned Petrel C W 173 Hobby Falcon V 318 Sabine’s Gull C S 34 Cory’s Shearwater C S 181 Rock Kestrel U A 322 Caspian Tern R A 35 Gre at Shearwater U W 182 Greater Kestrel V 324 Swift Tern C A 36 Flesh -footed Shearwater R W 183 Lesser Kestrel V 325 Lesser Crested Tern V 37 Sooty Shearwater C W 190 Grey -wing ed Francolin C A 326 Sandwich Tern C S 38 Manx Shearwater V 195 Cape Spurfowl C A 327 Common Tern C S 39 Little Shearwater V 200 Common Quail R S 328 Arctic Tern R S 44 Wilson’s Storm-Petrel C W 203 Helmeted Guineafowl C A 329 Antarctic Tern C W 47 Red -tailed Tropicbird V 206 Hottentot Buttonquail U A 334 Damara Tern V 53 Cape Gannet C A 208 Blue Crane V 348 Rock Dove R A 55 White -breasted Cormorant C A 221 Striped Flufftail R 349 Speckled Pigeon C A 56 Cape Cor morant C A 225 American Purple Gallinule V 350 African Olive Pigeon R A 57 Bank Cormorant U A 226 Common Moorhen R A 352 Red -eyed Dove U A 58 Reed Cormorant U A 228 Red -knobbed Coot R A 354 Cape Turtle Dove C A 59 Crowned Cormorant C A 242 Greater Painted -Snipe V 355 Laughing Dove U A 60 African Darter V 244 African Black Oysterca tcher C A 356 Namaqua Dove R S 62 Grey Heron C A 245 Ringed Plover C S 377 Red -chested Cuckoo R S 63 Black -headed Heron C A 246 White-fronted Plover C A 385 Klaas’s Cuckoo R S 67 Little Egret C A 247 Chestnut -banded Plover V 391 Burchell’s Coucal R A 68 Yellow -billed Egret V 248 Kittlitz’s Plover C A 392 Barn Owl R A 71 Cattle Egret R A 249 Three -banded Plover U A 394 African Wood Owl R A 76 Black-crowned Night Heron C A American Golden Plover V 395 Marsh Owl R A 81 Hamerkop U A 254 Grey Plover U A 401 Spotted Eagle -Owl U A 83 White Stork R S 255 Crowned Lapwing U A 405 Fiery-necked Nightjar U A 84 Black Stork V 258 Blacksmith Lapwing C A 412 African Black Swift C A 91 African Sacred Ibis C A 262 Ruddy Turnstone C S 415 White -rumped Swift U S 94 Hadeda Ibis U A 264 Common Sandpiper C S 417 Little Swift C S 96 Greater Flamingo R A 266 Wood Sandpiper V 418 Alpine Swift C S 424 Speckled Mousebird C A 714 Yellow V E-mail : [email protected] 425 White -backed Mousebird R A 715 Grey Wagtail V 426 Red -faced Mousebird R A African V 428 Pied Kingfisher U A 717 Long-billed Pipit R A 429 Giant Kingfisher U A 718 Plain -backed Pi pit C A Bird 431 Malachite Kingfisher R A 727 Cape U A 436 Grey -hooded Kingfisher V 731 Lesser Grey Shrike V 438 European Bee -eater V 732 Common Fiscal U A Checklist

446 European Roller V 733 Red -backed Shrike V

451 African Hoopoe R A 736 Southern Boubou C A

454 Common Scimitarbill V 746 Bokmakierie C A 465 Acacia Pied Barbet R A 757 Common Starling C A

476 Lesser Honeyguide R A 760 Wattled Starling R A

480 Ground Woodpecker U A 769 Red -winged Starling C A 495 Cape Clapper Lark U A 773 Cape Su garbird C A 516 Grey -backed Sparrow -lark V 775 Malachite Sunbird C A 518 Barn Swallow C S 777 Orange -breasted Sunbird C A 520 White-throated Swallow V 783 Southern Double-collared Sunbird C A 526 Greater Striped Swallow U S 792 Amethyst Sunbird V 529 Rock Martin C A 796 Cape White -eye C A 530 Common House -Martin V 801 House Sparrow U A 536 Black Sawwing V 803 Cape Sparrow R A 541 Fork -tailed Drongo V 813 Cape Weaver U A 547 Cape Crow V 814 Southern Masked-Weaver V 548 Pied Crow R A 824 Southern Red Bishop R A 550 White -necked Raven U A 827 Yellow Bishop C A 566 Cape Bulbul C A 846 Common Waxbill C A 572 Sombre Greenbul V 860 Pintailed Whydah R A 577 Olive Thrush U A 868 Chaffinch V 581 Cape Rock -Thrush U A 872 Cape Canary C A CAPE OF 582 Sentinel Rock-Thrush R A 874 Cape Siskin C A 586 Mo untain Wheatear V 877 Brimstone Canary C A GOOD HOPE 589 Familiar Chat C A 878 Yellow Canary U A 596 African Stonechat U A 879 White -throated Ca nary V 601 Cape Robin -chat C A 885 Cape Bunting C A 614 Karoo Scrub Robin R A Snowy Sheathbill V 625 Icterine Warbler V 633 Marsh Warbler V 635 Lesser Swamp Warbler R A List compiled by MIKE FRASER 638 Little Rush Warbler R A Edited by SANParks in 2012 to revise outdated names 645 Bar -throated Ap alis R A 651 Long -billed Crombec R A 661 Cape Grassbird C A FURTHER READING: 664 Zitting Cisticola R A 666 Cloud Cisticola C A MACLEAN. 1993. Roberts’ of Southern Africa – Roberts’ 6. 669 Grey -backed Cisticola C A 677 Levaillant’s Cisticola C A HOCKEY, et al. 1989. Atlas of the Birds of the Southwestern Cape – SW 681 Neddicky U A Cape Bird Atlas. 686 Karoo Prinia C A 689 Spotted Flycatcher V 690 African Dusky Flycatcher U S For further information on birding in the Cape Peninsula, contact: 698 Fiscal Flycatcher U A The Cape Bird Club 700 Cape Batis V P.O.Box 5022 710 African Paradise -Flycatcher U S Cape Town, 8000 713 Cape Wagtail C A Tel: 021 559 0726 Website: www.capebirdclub.org