WELGEVONDEN BIRD LIST

ENGLISH NAME AFRIKAANS NAME LATIN NAME OLD NAME Abdim’s Stork Kleinswartooievaar Ciconia abdimii African Black Duck Swarteend Anas sparsa African Black Swift Swartwindswael Apus barbatus Black Swift African Cuckoo Afrikaanse Koekoek Cuculus gularis African Cuckoo Hawk Koekoekvalk Aviceda cuculoides Cuckoo Hawk African Darter Slanghalsvoël Anhinga rufa Darter African Firefinch Kaapse Vuurvinkie Lagonosticta rubricata Blue‐billed Firefinch African Fish‐Eagle Visarend Haliaeetus vocifer African Green‐Pigeon Papegaaiduif Treron calvus Green Pigeon African Grey Hornbill Grysneushoringvoël Tockus nasutus Grey Hornbill African Harrier‐Hawk Kaalwangvalk Polyboroides typus Gymnogene African Hawk‐Eagle Groot Jagarend Aquila spilogaster African Hoopoe Hoephoep Upupa africana Hoopoe African Jacana Grootlangtoon Actophilornis africanus African Palm‐Swift Palmwindswael Cypsiurus parvus Palm Swift African Paradise‐Flycatcher Paradysvlieëvanger Terpsiphone viridis Paradise Flycatcher African Pipit Gewone Koester Anthus cinnamomeus Grassveld Pipit African Pygmy‐Kingfisher Dwergvisvanger Ispidina picta Pygmy Kingfisher African Quailfinch Gewone Kwartelvinkie Ortygospiza fuscocrissa Quail Finch African Scops‐Owl Skopsuil Otus senegalensis African Scops Owl African Snipe Afrikaanse Snip Gallinago nigripennis Ethiopian Snipe African StoneChat Gewone Bontrokkie Saxicola torquatus Stonechat African Wattled Lapwing Lelkiewiet Vanellus senegallus Wattled Plover Alpine Swift Witpenswindswael Tachymarptis melba Amethyst Sunbird Swartsuikerbekkie Chalcomitra amethystina Black Sunbird Amur Falcon Oostelike Rooipootvalk Falco amurensis Eastern Red‐footed Kestrel Ant‐eating Chat Swartpiek Myrmecocichla formicivora Arrow‐marked Babbler Pylvlekkatlagter Turdoides jardineii Ashy Flycatcher Blougrysvlieëvanger Muscicapa caerulescens Blue‐grey Flycatcher Banded Martin Gebande Oewerswael Riparia cincta Barn Owl Nonnetjie‐uil Tyto alba Barn Swallow Europese Swael Hirundo rustica European Swallow Bar‐throated Apalis Bandkeelkleinjantjie Apalis thoracica Bearded Woodpecker Baardspeg Dendropicos namaquus Bennett’s Woodpecker Bennettse Speg Campethera bennettii Black Crake Swartriethaan Amaurornis flavirostra Black Cuckoo Swartkoekoek Cuculus clamosus Black Cuckooshrike Swartkatakoeroe Campephaga flava Black Heron Swartreier Egretta ardesiaca Black Egret Black Kite Swartwou Milvus migrans Black Sparrowhawk Swartsperwer Accipiter melanoleucus Black Stork Grootswartooievaar Ciconia nigra Black‐backed Puffback Sneeubal Dryoscopus cubla Puffback Black‐chested Prinia Swartbandlangstertjie Prinia flavicans Black‐chested Snake‐Eagle Swartborsslangarend Circaetus pectoralis Black‐breasted Snake‐Eagle Black‐collared Barbet Rooikophoutkapper Lybius torquatus Black‐crowned Night‐Heron Gewone Nagreier Nycticorax nycticorax Black‐crowned Night Heron Black‐crowned Tchagra Swartkroontjagra Tchagra senegalus Black‐headed Heron Swartkopreier Ardea melanocephala Black‐headed Oriole Swartkop Wielewaal Oriolus larvatus Black‐shouldered Kite Blouvalk Elanus caeruleus Blacksmith Lapwing Bontkiewiet Vanellus armatus Blacksmith Plover Blue Crane Bloukraanvoël Anthropoides paradiseus Blue Waxbill Gewone Blousysie Uraeginthus angolensis Booted Eagle Dwergarend Hieraaetus pennatus Bronze Mannikin Gewone Fret Spermestes cucullata Bronze‐winged Courser Bronsevlerkdrawwertjie Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Brown Snake‐Eagle Bruinslangarend Circaetus cinereus Brown Snake Eagle Brown‐backed Honeybird Skerpbekheuningvoël Prodotiscus regulus Sharp‐billed Honeyguide Brown‐crowned Tchagra Rooivlerktjagra Tchagra australis Three‐streaked Tchagra Brown‐hooded Kingfisher Bruinkopvisvanger Halcyon albiventris Brown‐throated Martin Afrikaanse Oeverswael Riparia paludicola Brubru Bontroklaksman Nilaus afer Burchell’s Coucal Gewonevleiloerie Centropus burchellii Burnt‐necked Eremomela Bruinkeelbossanger Eremomela usticollis Bushveld Pipit Bosveldkoester Anthus caffer Cape Bunting Rooivlerkstreepkoppie Emberiza capensis Cape Glossy Starling Kleinglansspreeu Lamprotornis nitens Glossy Starling Cape Grassbird Grasvoël Sphenoeacus afer Grassbird Cape Longclaw Oranjekeelkalkoentjie Macronyx capensis Orange‐throated Longclaw Cape Robin‐Chat Gewone Janfrederik Cossypha caffra Cape Robin Cape Turtle‐Dove Gewone Tortelduif Streptopelia capicola Cape Vulture Kransaasvoël Gyps coprotheres Cape Wagtail Gewone Kwikie Motacilla capensis Cape White‐eye Kaapseglasogie Zosterops capensis Capped Wheatear Hoëveldskaapwagter Oenanthe pileata Cardinal Woodpecker Kardinaalspeg Dendropicos fuscescens Cattle Egret Veereier Bubulcus ibis Chinspot Batis Witliesbosbontrokkie Batis molitor Cinnamon‐breasted Bunting Klipstreepkoppie Emberiza tahapisi Rock Bunting Cloud Cisticola Gevlekte Klopklopie Cisticola textrix Comb Duck Knobbeleend Sarkidiornis melanotos Knob‐billed Duck Common Fiscal Fiskaallaksman Lanius collaris Fiscal Shrike Common Greenshank Groenpootruiter Tringa nebularia Greenshank Common House‐Martin Huisswael Delichon urbicum House Martin Common Moorhen Grootwaterhoender Gallinula chloropus Common Quail Afrikaanse Kwartel Coturnix coturnix Common Scimitarbill Swartbekkakelaar Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Scimitar‐billed Wood‐Hoopoe Common Swift Europese Windswael Apus apus European Swift Common Waxbill Rooibeksyssie Estrilda astrild Coqui Francolin Swempie Peliperdix coqui Crested Barbet Kuifkophoutkapper Trachyphonus vaillantii Crested Francolin Bospatrys Dendroperdix sephaena Crimson‐breasted Shrike Rooiborslaksman Laniarius atrococcineus Crimson‐breasted Boubou Crowned Lapwing Kroonkiewiet Vanellus coronatus Crowned Plover Cut‐throat Finch Bandkeelvink Amadina fasciata Dark Chanting Goshawk Donkersingvalk Melierax metabates Dark‐capped Bulbul Swartoogtiptol Pycnonotus tricolor Black‐eyed Bulbul Denham’s Bustard Veldpou Neotis denhami Stanley's Bustard Desert Cisticola Woestynklopklopie Cisticola aridulus Diderick Cuckoo Diederikkie Chrysococcyx caprius Diederik Cuckoo Double‐banded Sandgrouse Dubbelbandsandpatrys Pterocles bicinctus Dusky Indigobird Gewone Blouvinkie Vidua funerea Black Widowfinch Egyptian Goose Kolgans Alopochen aegyptiaca Emerald‐spotted Wood‐Dove Groenvlekduifie Turtur chalcospilos Green‐spotted Dove European Bee‐eater Europese Byvreter Merops apiaster European Nightjar Europese Naguil Caprimulgus europaeus European Roller Europese Troupant Coracias garrulus Familiar Chat Gewone Spekvreter Cercomela familiaris Fawn‐coloured Lark Vaalbruin Lewerik Calendulauda africanoides Fiery‐necked Nightjar Afrikaanse Naguil Caprimulgus pectoralis Fiscal Flycatcher FiskaalVlieëvanger Sigelus silens Flappet Lark Laeveldklappertjie Mirafra rufocinnamomea Fork‐tailed Drongo Mikstertbyvanger Dicrurus adsimilis Freckled Nightjar Donkernaguil Caprimulgus tristigma Gabar Goshawk Kleinsingvalk Melierax gabar Giant Kingfisher Reusevisvanger Megaceryle maxima Golden‐breasted Bunting Rooirugstreepkoppie Emberiza flaviventris Golden‐tailed Woodpecker Tanzaniese Speg Campethera abingoni Great crested Grebe Kuifkopdobbertjie Podiceps cristatus Great Egret Grootwitreier Egretta alba Great White Egret Great Sparrow Grootmossie Passer motitensis Greater Honeyguide Grootheuningwyser Indicator indicator Greater Striped Swallow Grootstreepswael Cecropis cucullata Green Wood‐hoopoe Rooibekkakelaar Phoeniculus purpureus Red‐billed Wood‐Hoopoe Green‐backed Heron Groenrugreier Butorides striata Green‐capped Eremomela Donkerwangbossanger Eremomela scotops Green‐winged Pytilia Gewone Melba Pytilia melba Melba Finch Grey Go‐away‐bird Kwêvoël Corythaixoides concolor Grey Lourie Grey Heron Bloureier Ardea cinerea Grey Penduline‐Tit Gryskapokvoël Anthoscopus minutus Grey Penduline Tit Grey Tit‐Flycatcher Waaierstertvlieëvanger Myioparus plumbeus Fan‐tailed Flycatcher Grey‐headed Bush‐Shrike Spookvoël Malaconotus blanchoti Grey‐headed Kingfisher Gryskopvisvanger Halcyon leucocephala Grey‐hooded Kingfisher Groundscraper Thrush Gevlekte Lyster Psophocichla litsitsirupa Hadeda Ibis Hadeda Bostrychia hagedash Half‐collared Kingfisher Blouvisvanger Alcedo semitorquata Hamerkop Hamerkop Scopus umbretta Harlequin Quail Bontkwartel Coturnix delegorguei Helmeted Guineafowl Gewone Tarentaal Numida meleagris Horus Swift Horuswindswael Apus horus House Sparrow Huismossie Passer domesticus Jackal Buzzard Rooiborsjakkalsvoël Buteo rufofuscus Jacobin Cuckoo Bontnuwejaarsvoël Clamator jacobinus Jameson's Firefinch Jamesonse Vuurvinkie Lagonosticta rhodopareia Klaas's Cuckoo Meitjie Chrysococcyx klaas Kurrichane Buttonquail Bosveldkwartel Turnix sylvaticus Kurrichane Thrush Rooibeklyster Turdus libonyanus Lanner Falcon Edelvalk Falco biarmicus Lappet‐faced Vulture Swart Aasvoël Aegypius tracheliotos Laughing Dove Rooiborsduifie Streptopelia senegalensis Lazy Cisticola Luitinktinkie Cisticola aberrans Lesser Grey Shrike Gryslaksman Lanius minor Lesser Honeyguide Klein Heuningwyser Indicator minor Lesser Kestrel Kleinrooivalk Falco naumanni Lesser Masked‐Weaver Kleingeelvink Ploceus intermedius Lesser Masked Weaver Lesser Striped Swallow Kleinstreenswael Cecropis abyssinica Levaillant’s Cisticola Vleitinktinkie Cisticola tinniens Levaillant's Cuckoo Gestreepte Nuwejaarsvoël Clamator levaillantii Striped Cuckoo Lilac‐breasted Roller Gewone Troupant Coracias caudatus Little Bee‐eater Kleinbyvreter Merops pusillus Little Grebe Kleindobbertjie Tachybaptus ruficollis Dabchick Little Sparrowhawk Kleinsperwer Accipiter minullus Little Swift Kleinwindswael Apus affinis Lizard Buzzard Akkedisvalk Kaupifalco monogrammicus Long‐billed Crombec Rooiwangstompstert Sylvietta rufescens Long‐tailed Paradise‐Whydah Gewone Paraysvink Vidua paradisaea Paradise Whydah Long‐tailed Widowbird Langstertflap Euplectes progne Long‐tailed Widow Magpie Shrike Langstertlaksman Corvinella melanoleuca Long‐tailed Shrike Malachite Kingfisher Kuifkopvisvanger Alcedo cristata Mallard Groenkopeend Anas platyrhynchos Marabou Stork Maraboe Leptoptilos crumeniferus Marico Flycatcher Maricovlieëvanger Bradornis mariquensis Marico Sunbird Maricosuikerbekkie Cinnyris mariquensis Marsh Owl Vlei‐uil Asio capensis Martial Eagle Breëkoparend Polemaetus bellicosus Mocking cliff‐Chat Dassievoël Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Mocking Chat Mountain Wagtail Bergkwikie Motacilla clara Long‐tailed Wagtail Namaqua Dove Namakwaduifie Oena capensis Natal Spurfowl Natalse Fisant Pternistis natalensis Natal Francolin Neddicky Neddikkie Cisticola fulvicapilla Olive‐tree Warbler Olyfboomsanger Hippolais olivetorum Orange‐breasted Bush‐Shrike Oranjeborsboslaksman Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus Osprey Visavalk Pandion haliaetus Ovambo Sparrowhawk Ovambosperwer Accipiter ovampensis Pale Flycatcher Muiskleurvlieëvanger Bradornis pallidus Pallid Flycatcher Pearl‐breasted Swallow Pêrelborsswael Hirundo dimidiata Pearl‐spotted Owlet Witkoluil Glaucidium perlatum Pearl‐spotted Owl Pennant‐winged Nightjar Wimpelvlerknaguil Macrodipteryx vexillarius Pied Kingfisher Bontvisvanger Ceryle rudis Pin‐tailed Whydah Koningrooibekkie Vidua macroura Plain‐backed Pipit Donker Koester Anthus leucophrys Purple Heron Rooireier Ardea purpurea Purple Indigobird Witpootblouvinkie Vidua purpurascens Purple Widowfinch Purple Roller Groottroupant Coracias naevius Rattling Cisticola Bosveldtinktinkie Cisticola chiniana Red‐backed Shrike Rooiruglaksman Lanius collurio Red‐billed Firefinch Rooibekvuurvinkie Lagonosticta senegala Red‐billed Hornbill Rooibekneushoringvoël Tockus rufirostris Red‐billed Oxpecker Rooibekrenostervoël Buphagus erythrorhynchus Red‐billed Quelea Rooibekkwelea Quelea quelea Red‐billed Teal Rooibekeend Anas erythrorhyncha Red‐breasted Swallow Rooiborsswael Cecropis semirufa Red‐capped Lark Rooikoplewerik Calandrella cinerea Red‐chested Cuckoo Piet‐my‐vrou Cuculus solitarius Red‐collared Widowbird Rooikeelflap Euplectes ardens Red‐collared Widow Red‐crested Korhaan Boskorhaan Lophotis ruficrista Red‐eyed Dove Grootringduif Streptopelia semitorquata Red‐faced Mousebird Rooiwang Muisvoël Urocolius indicus Red‐headed Weaver Rooikopwewer Anaplectes rubriceps Red‐knobbed coot Bleshoender Fulica cristata Red‐winged Starling Rooivlerkspreeu Onychognathus morio Reed Cormorant Rietduiker Phalacrocorax africanus Rock Dove Tuinduif Columba livia Feral Pigeon Rock Martin Kransswael Hirundo fuligula Rufous‐cheeked Nightjar Rooiwangnaguil Caprimulgus rufigena Rufous‐naped Lark Rooineklewerik Mirafra africana Sabota Lark Sabotalewerik Calendulauda sabota Saddle‐billed Stork Saalbekooievaar Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Secretarybird Sekretarisvoël Sagittarius serpentarius Shelley’s francolin Laeveldpatrys Scleroptila shelleyi Shikra Gebande Sperwer Accipiter badius Little Banded Goshawk Short‐toed Rock‐Thrush Korttoonkliplyster Monticola brevipes South African cliff‐Swallow Familieswael Petrochelidon spilodera South African Cliff Swallow Southern Black Flycatcher Swartvlieëvanger Melaenornis pammelaina Black Flycatcher Southern Black Tit Gewone Swartmees Parus niger Southern Boubou Suidelike Waterfiskaal Laniarius ferrugineus Southern Carmine Bee‐eater Rooiborsbyvreter Merops nubicoides Carmine Bee‐eater Southern Grey‐headed Sparrow Gryskopmossie Passer diffusus Grey‐headed Sparrow Southern Masked‐Weaver Swartkeelgeelvink Ploceus velatus Masked Weaver Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Bleeksingvalk Melierax canorus Pale Chanting Goshawk Southern Pochard Bruineend Netta erythrophthalma Southern Red Bishop Rooivink Euplectes orix Red Bishop Southern White‐crowned Shrike Kremetartlaksman Eurocephalus anguitimens White‐crowned Shrike Southern Yellow‐billed Hornbill Geelbekneushoringvoël Tockus leucomelas Speckled Mousebird Gevlekte Muisvoël Colius striatus Speckled Pigeon Kransduif Columba guinea Rock Pigeon Spotted Eagle‐Owl Gevlekte Ooruil Bubo africanus Spotted Eagle Owl Spotted Flycatcher Europese Vlieëvanger Muscicapa striata Spotted Thick‐knee Gewone Dikkop Burhinus capensis Spotted Dikkop Spur‐winged Goose Wildemakou Plectropterus gambensis Squacco Heron Ralreier Ardeola ralloides Steppe Buzzard Bruinjakkalsvoël Buteo buteo Streaky‐headed Seedeater Streepkopkanarie Crithagra gularis Streaky‐headed Canary Striped Kingfisher Gestreepte Visvanger Halcyon chelicuti Striped Pipit Gestreeptekoester Anthus lineiventris Swainson’s Spurfowl Bosveld Fisant Pternistis swainsonii Swainson's Francolin Swallow‐tailed Bee‐eater Swaelstertbyvreter Merops hirundineus Tawny Eagle Roofarend Aquila rapax Tawny‐flanked Prinia Bruinsylangstertjie Prinia subflava Temminck's Courser Trekdrawwertjie Cursorius temminckii Three‐banded Plover Driebandstrandkiewiet Charadrius tricollaris Tree Pipit Boomkoester Anthus trivialis Verreaux’s Eagle Witkruisarend Aquila verreauxii Black Eagle Verreaux’s Eagle‐Owl Reuse‐ooruil Bubo lacteus Giant Eagle Owl Village Weaver Bontrugwewer Ploceus cucullatus Spotted‐backed Weaver Violet‐backed Starling Witborsspreeu Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Plum‐coloured Starling Violet‐eared Waxbill Koningblousysie Uraeginthus granatinus Wahlberg’s Eagle Bruinarend Hieraaetus wahlbergi Water Thick‐knee Waterdikkop Burhinus vermiculatus Water Dikkop Whiskered Tern Witbaardsterretjie Chlidonias hybrida White Stork Witooievaar Ciconia ciconia White‐backed Duck Witrugeend Thalassornis leuconotus White‐backed Mousebird Witkruismuisvoël Colius colius White‐backed Vulture Witrug Aasvoël Gyps africanus White‐bellied Sunbird Witpenssuikerbekkie Cinnyris talatala White‐breasted Cormorant Witborsduiker Phalacrocorax lucidus White‐browed Scrub‐Robin Gestreepte Wipstert Erythropygia leucophrys White‐browed Robin White‐crested Helmet‐Shrike Withelmlaksman Prionops plumatus White Helmet‐Shrike White‐faced Duck Nonnetjie‐eend Dendrocygna viduata White‐fronted Bee‐eater Rooikeelbyvreter Merops bullockoides White‐rumped Swift Witkruiswindswael Apus caffer White‐throated Robin‐Chat Witkeeljanfrederik Cossypha humeralis White‐throated Robin White‐throated Swallow Witkeelswael Hirundo albigularis White‐winged Widowbird Witvlerkflap Euplectes albonotatus White‐winged Widow Willow Warbler Hofsanger Phylloscopus trochilus Wire‐tailed Swallow Draadstertswael Hirundo smithii Wood Sandpiper Bosruiter Tringa glareola Woodland Kingfisher Bosveldvisvanger Halcyon senegalensis Yellow‐bellied Eremomela Geelpensbossanger Eremomela icteropygialis Yellow‐bellied Greenbul Geelborswillie Chlorocichla flaviventris Yellow‐bellied Bulbul Yellow‐billed Duck Geelbekeend Anas undulata Yellow‐billed Egret Geelbekwitreier Egretta intermedia Yellow‐billed Kite Geelbekwou Milvus aegyptius Yellow‐fronted Canary Geeloogkanarie Crithagra mozambica Yellow‐eyed Canary Yellow‐fronted Tinkerbird Geelblestinker Pogoniulus chrysoconus Yellow‐fronted Tinker Barbet Yellow‐throated Petronia Geelvlekmossie Gymnoris superciliaris Yellow‐throated Sparrow Zitting Cisticola Landeryklopklopie Cisticola juncidis Fan‐tailed Cisticola