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English (Roberts 7) English (Roberts 6) Global Names Old SA Names Mountain Zebra Roberts Number Roberts 1 Common Ostrich Ostrich 1 6 Great Crested Grebe Great Crested Grebe 1 7 Blacknecked Grebe Blacknecked Grebe 1 8 Little Grebe Dabchick 1 58 Reed Cormorant Reed Cormorant 1 60 African Darter Darter 1 62 Grey Heron Grey Heron 1 63 Blackheaded Heron Blackheaded Heron 1 64 Goliath Heron Goliath Heron 1 65 Purple Heron Purple Heron 1 67 Little Egret Little Egret 1 68 Yellowbilled Egret Yellowbilled Egret 1 71 Cattle Egret Cattle Egret 1 76 Blackcrowned Night-Heron Blackcrowned Night Heron 1 78 Little Bittern Little Bittern 1 81 Hamerkop Hamerkop 1 83 White Stork White Stork 1 84 Black Stork Black Stork 1 90 Yellowbilled Stork Yellowbilled Stork 1 91 African Sacred Ibis Sacred Ibis 1 93 Glossy Ibis Glossy Ibis 1 94 Hadeda Ibis Hadeda Ibis 1 95 African Spoonbill African Spoonbill 1 96 Greater Flamingo Greater Flamingo 1 97 Lesser Flamingo Lesser Flamingo 1 102 Egyptian Goose Egyptian Goose 1 103 South African Shelduck South African Shelduck 1 104 Yellowbilled Duck Yellowbilled Duck 1 105 African Black Duck African Black Duck 1 106 Cape Teal Cape Teal 1 108 Redbilled Teal Redbilled Teal 1 112 Cape Shoveller Cape Shoveller 1 113 Southern Pochard Southern Pochard 1 116 Spurwinged Goose Spurwinged Goose 1 117 Maccoa Duck Maccoa Duck 1 118 Secretarybird Secretarybird 1 122 Cape Vulture Cape Vulture 1 126.1 Yellowbilled Kite Yellowbilled Kite 1 127 Blackshouldered Kite Blackshouldered Kite 1 131 Verreaux's Eagle Black Eagle 1 132 Tawny Eagle Tawny Eagle 1 136 Booted Eagle Booted Eagle 1 140 Martial Eagle Martial Eagle 1 148 African Fish-Eagle African Fish Eagle 1 149 Steppe Buzzard Steppe Buzzard 1 152 Jackal Buzzard Jackal Buzzard 1 155 Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Redbreasted Sparrowhawk 1 160 African Goshawk African Goshawk 1 161 Gabar Goshawk Gabar Goshawk 1 162 Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Pale Chanting Goshawk 1 165 African Marsh Harrier African Marsh Harrier 1 168 Black Harrier Black Harrier 1 169 African Harrier Hawk Gymnogene 1 170 Osprey Osprey 1 171 Peregrine Falcon Peregrine Falcon 1 172 Lanner Falcon Lanner Falcon 1 181 Rock Kestrel Rock Kestrel 1 182 Greater Kestrel Greater Kestrel 1 183 Lesser Kestrel Lesser Kestrel 1 190 Greywinged Francolin Greywing Francolin 1 200 Common Quail Common Quail 1 203 Helmeted Guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl 1 208 Blue Crane Blue Crane 1 210 African Rail African Rail 1 213 Black Crake Black Crake 1 226 Common Moorhen Common Moorhen 1 228 Redknobbed Coot Redknobbed Coot 1 230 Kori Bustard Kori Bustard 1 231 Denham's Bustard Stanley's Bustard 1 232 Ludwig's Bustard Ludwig's Bustard 1 234 Blue Korhaan Blue Korhaan 1 235 Karoo Korhaan Karoo Korhaan 1 239 Southern Black Korhaan Black Korhaan 1 239.1 Northern Black Korhaan Whitequilled Korhaan 1 240 African Jacana African Jacana 1 245 Common Ringed Plover Ringed Plover 1 248Kittlitz's Plover Kittlitz's Plover 1 249 Threebanded Plover Threebanded Plover 1 255 Crowned Lapwing Crowned Plover 1 258 Blacksmith Lapwing Blacksmith Plover 1 264 Common Sandpiper Common Sandpiper 1 266 Wood Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper 1 269 Marsh Sandpiper Marsh Sandpiper 1 270 Greenshank Greenshank 1 272 Curlew Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper 1 274 Little Stint Little Stint 1 284 Ruff (male), Reeve (female) Ruff (male), Reeve (female) 1 286 African Snipe Ethiopian Snipe 1 294 Pied Avocet Old World Avocet 1 295 Blackwinged Stilt Blackwinged Stilt 1 297 Spotted Thick-knee Spotted Dikkop 1 301 Doublebanded Courser Doublebanded Courser 1 315 Greyheaded Gull Greyheaded Gull 1 339 Whitewinged Tern Whitewinged Tern 1 344 Namaqua Sandgrouse Namaqua Sandgrouse 1 348 Rock Dove Feral Pigeon 1 349 Speckled Pigeon Rock Pigeon 1 350 African Olive-Pigeon Rameron Pigeon 1 352 Redeyed Dove Redeyed Dove 1 354 Cape Turtle-Dove Cape Turtle Dove 1 355 Laughing Dove Laughing Dove 1 356 Namaqua Dove Namaqua Dove 1 377 Redchested Cuckoo Redchested Cuckoo 1 378 Black Cuckoo Black Cuckoo 1 380 Great Spotted Cuckoo Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 382 Jacobin Cuckoo Jacobin Cuckoo 1 385 Klaas's Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo 1 386 Diderick Cuckoo Diederik Cuckoo 1 391 Burchell's Coucal Burchell's Coucal 1 392 Barn Owl Barn Owl 1 400 Cape Eagle-Owl Cape Eagle Owl 1 401 Spotted Eagle-Owl Spotted Eagle Owl 1 404 European Nightjar Eurasian Nightjar 1 405 Fierynecked Nightjar Fierynecked Nightjar 1 406 Rufouscheeked Nightjar Rufouscheeked Nightjar 1 411 Common Swift Eurasian Swift 1 412 African Black Swift African Black Swift 1 415 Whiterumped Swift Whiterumped Swift 1 416 Horus Swift Horus Swift 1 417 Little Swift Little Swift 1 418 Alpine Swift Alpine Swift 1 424 Speckled Mousebird Speckled Mousebird 1 425 Whitebacked Mousebird Whitebacked Mousebird 1 426 Redfaced Mousebird Redfaced Mousebird 1 428 Pied Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher 1 429 Giant Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher 1 431 Malachite Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher 1 435 Brownhooded Kingfisher Brownhooded Kingfisher 1 438 Eurasian Bee-eater European Bee-eater 1 446 European Roller Eurasian Roller 1 451 African Hoopoe African Hoopoe 1 452 Green Woodhoopoe Redbilled Woodhoopoe 1 465 Acacia Pied Barbet Pied Barbet 1 469 Redfronted Tinkerbird Redfronted Tinker Barbet 1 474 Greater Honeyguide Greater Honeyguide 1 476 Lesser Honeyguide Lesser Honeyguide 1 480 Ground Woodpecker Ground Woodpecker 1 484 Knysna Woodpecker Knysna Woodpecker 1 486 Cardinal Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker 1 487 Bearded Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker 1 492 Melodious Lark Melodious Lark 1 495 Cape Clapper Lark Clapper Lark 1 498 Sabota Lark Sabota Lark 1 500 Cape Longbilled Lark Longbilled Lark 1 506 Spikeheeled Lark Spikeheeled Lark 1 507 Redcapped Lark Redcapped Lark 1 508 Pinkbilled Lark Pinkbilled Lark 1 512 Largebilled Lark Thickbilled Lark 1 516 Greybacked Sparrowlark Greybacked Finchlark 1 518 Barn Swallow European Swallow 1 520 Whitethroated Swallow Whitethroated Swallow 1 523 Pearlbreasted Swallow Pearlbreasted Swallow 1 526 Greater Striped Swallow Greater Striped Swallow 1 527 Lesser Striped Swallow Lesser Striped Swallow 1 528 South African Cliff-Swallow South African Cliff Swallow 1 529 Rock Martin Rock Martin 1 530 Common House-Martin House Martin 1 532 Sand Martin Sand Martin 1 533 Brownthroated Martin Brownthroated Martin 1 541 Forktailed Drongo Forktailed Drongo 1 543 Eurasian Golden Oriole European Golden Oriole 1 545 Blackheaded Oriole Blackheaded Oriole 1 547 Cape Crow Black Crow 1 548 Pied Crow Pied Crow 1 550 Whitenecked Raven Whitenecked Raven 1 551 Grey Tit Southern Grey Tit 1 554 Southern Black Tit Southern Black Tit 1 557 Cape Penduline-Tit Cape Penduline Tit 1 566 Cape Bulbul Cape Bulbul 1 567 African Redeyed Bulbul Redeyed Bulbul 1 568 Darkcapped Bulbul Blackeyed Bulbul 1 572 Sombre Greenbul Sombre Bulbul 1 577 Olive Thrush Olive Thrush 1 581 Cape Rockthrush Cape Rockthrush 1 582 Sentinel Rockthrush Sentinel Rockthrush 1 586 Mountain Wheatear Mountain Chat 1 587 Capped Wheatear Capped Wheatear 1 589 Familiar Chat Familiar Chat 1 591 Sicklewinged Chat Sicklewinged Chat 1 592 Karoo Chat Karoo Chat 1 595 Anteating Chat Anteating Chat 1 596 African Stonechat Stonechat 1 601 Cape Robin-Chat Cape Robin 1 612 Drakensberg Rockjumper Orangebreasted Rockjumper 1 613 Whitebrowed Scrub-Robin Whitebrowed Robin 1 614 Karoo Scrub-Robin Karoo Robin 1 619 Garden Warbler Garden Warbler 1 621 Chestnutvented Titbabbler Titbabbler 1 622 Layard's Titbabbler Layard's Titbabbler 1 631 African Reed-Warbler African Marsh Warbler 1 633 Marsh Warbler European Marsh Warbler 1 635 Lesser Swamp-Warbler Cape Reed Warbler 1 638 Little Rush-Warbler African Sedge Warbler 1 643 Willow Warbler Willow Warbler 1 645 Barthroated Apalis Barthroated Apalis 1 651 Longbilled Crombec Longbilled Crombec 1 653 Yellowbellied Eremomela Yellowbellied Eremomela 1 654 Karoo Eremomela Karoo Eremomela 1 661 Cape Grassbird Grassbird 1 664 Zitting Cisticola Fantailed Cisticola 1 665 Desert Cisticola Desert Cisticola 1 669 Greybacked Cisticola Greybacked Cisticola 1 677 Levaillant's Cisticola Levaillant's Cisticola 1 681 Neddicky Neddicky 1 686 Karoo Prinia Spotted Prinia 1 686.1 Drakenberg Prinia Karoo Prinia 1 687 Namaqua Warbler Namaqua Warbler 1 688 Rufouseared Warbler Rufouseared Warbler 1 689 Spotted Flycatcher Spotted Flycatcher 1 697 Chat Flycatcher Chat Flycatcher 1 698 Fiscal Flycatcher Fiscal Flycatcher 1 700 Cape Batis Cape Batis 1 701 Chinspot Batis Chinspot Batis 1 703 Pririt Batis Pririt Batis 1 706 Fairy Flycatcher Fairy Flycatcher 1 710 African Paradise-Flycatcher Paradise Flycatcher 1 713 Cape Wagtail Cape Wagtail 1 716 African Pipit Grassveld (Richard's) Pipit 1 717 Longbilled Pipit Longbilled Pipit 1 718 Plainbacked Pipit Plainbacked Pipit 1 719 Buffy Pipit Buffy Pipit 1 721 African Rock Pipit Rock Pipit 1 727 Cape Longclaw Orangethroated Longclaw 1 731 Lesser Grey Shrike Lesser Grey Shrike 1 732 Common Fiscal Fiscal Shrike 1 733 Redbacked Shrike Redbacked Shrike 1 736 Southern Boubou Southern Boubou 1 742 Southern Tchagra Southern Tchagra 1 746 Bokmakierie Bokmakierie 1 750 Olive Bush-Shrike Olive Bush Shrike 1 757 Common Starling Eurasian Starling 1 759 Pied Starling Pied Starling 1 760 Wattled Starling Wattled Starling 1 764 Cape Glossy Starling Glossy Starling 1 769 Redwinged Starling Redwinged Starling 1 770 Palewinged Starling Palewinged Starling 1 775 Malachite Sunbird Malachite Sunbird 1 783 Southern Doublecollared Sunbird Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird 1 785 Greater Doublecollared Sunbird Greater Doublecollared Sunbird 1 788 Dusky Sunbird Dusky Sunbird 1 792 Amethyst Sunbird Black Sunbird 1 796 Cape White-eye
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