South Africa: Species List Mammals Specie Seen Location African bush elephant African clawless otter African savanna hare African striped weasel Banded mongoose Barbour's rock mouse Basuto pony Bat-eared fox Bathyergus Black-backed jackal Black-footed cat Blesbok Bontebok Burchell's zebra Bushbuck Bushveld horseshoe bat Cape dune mole-rat Cape elephant shrew Cape fox Cape gerbil Cape golden mole Cape grysbok Cape horseshoe bat Cape mole-rat Cape spiny mouse Cape wild dog Chapman's zebra Common duiker Common eland Common tsessebe De Winton's golden mole Dent's horseshoe bat Dik-dik Dubious trumpet-eared bat Duthie's golden mole Eastern gray squirrel European rabbit Fallow deer Four-toed elephant shrew Free State pygmy mouse Fynbos golden mole Giant golden mole Grant's golden mole Grant's rock mouse Greater kudu Greater red musk shrew Grey rhebok Ground pangolin Gunning's golden mole Hartebeest Highveld golden mole Himalayan tahr Juliana's golden mole Karoo rock elephant shrew Klipspringer Laminate vlei rat White lion Long-tailed forest shrew Marley's golden mole Meller's mongoose Marsh mongoose Mountain ground squirrel Mountain reedbuck Namaqua dune mole-rat Oribi Percival's trident bat Quagga Red forest duiker Red river hog Roan antelope Roberts's flat-headed bat Robust golden mole Rough-haired golden mole Sable antelope Sclater's golden mole Sclater's mouse shrew Selous' mongoose Serval Shortridge's rat Single-striped grass mouse South African giraffe Southern reedbuck Spectacled dormouse Steenbok Thin mouse shrew Van Zyl's golden mole Verreaux's mouse Visagie's golden mole Waterbuck Wood's slit-faced bat Woodland dormouse Birds Specie Seen Location Common Ostrich White-faced Whistling Duck Fulvous Whistling Duck White-backed Duck Mute Swan Spur-winged Goose Knob-billed Duck Egyptian Goose South African Shelduck African Pygmy Goose Cape Teal Chiloe Wigeon African Black Duck Mallard Yellow-billed Duck Cape Shoveler Northern Shoveler Red-billed Teal Northern Pintail Garganey Hottentot Teal Southern Pochard Tufted Duck Maccoa Duck Helmeted Guineafowl Crested Guineafowl Chukar Partridge Coqui Francolin Grey-winged Francolin Red-winged Francolin Shelley's Francolin Orange River Francolin Crested Francolin Kirk's Francolin Hartlaub's Spurfowl Red-billed Spurfowl Cape Spurfowl Natal Spurfowl Red-necked Spurfowl Swainson's Spurfowl Common Quail Harlequin Quail Blue Quail Indian Peafowl King Penguin Gentoo Penguin Southern Rockhopper Penguin Northern Rockhopper Penguin Macaroni Penguin Little Penguin African Penguin Magellanic Penguin Laysan Albatross Wandering Albatross Tristan Albatross Amsterdam Albatross Southern Royal Albatross Northern Royal Albatross Sooty Albatross Light-mantled Albatross Black-browed Albatross Shy Albatross White-capped Albatross Chatham Albatross Salvin's Albatross Grey-headed Albatross Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Buller's Albatross Southern Giant Petrel Northern Giant Petrel Southern Fulmar Antarctic Petrel Pintado Petrel Blue Petrel Broad-billed Prion Salvin's Prion Antarctic Prion Slender-billed Prion Fairy Prion Kerguelen Petrel Great-winged Petrel White-headed Petrel Atlantic Petrel Soft-plumaged Petrel Fea's Petrel Trindade Petrel Barau's Petrel Tahiti Petrel Grey Petrel White-chinned Petrel Spectacled Petrel Streaked Shearwater Cory's Shearwater Scopoli's Shearwater Wedge-tailed Shearwater Manx Shearwater Balearic Shearwater Tropical Shearwater Little Shearwater Subantarctic Little Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Short-tailed Shearwater Flesh-footed Shearwater Great Shearwater Bulwer's Petrel Jouanin's Petrel Wilson's Storm Petrel Grey-backed Storm Petrel White-faced Storm Petrel White-bellied Storm Petrel Black-bellied Storm Petrel European Storm Petrel Band-rumped Storm Petrel Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Leach's Storm Petrel Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Black-necked Grebe Greater Flamingo Lesser Flamingo Red-billed Tropicbird Red-tailed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Yellow-billed Stork African Openbill Black Stork Abdim's Stork Woolly-necked Stork White Stork Saddle-billed Stork Marabou Stork African Sacred Ibis Southern Bald Ibis Hadeda Ibis Glossy Ibis African Spoonbill Eurasian Bittern Little Bittern Dwarf Bittern White-backed Night Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Green-backed Heron Squacco Heron Malagasy Pond Heron Rufous-bellied Heron Western Cattle Egret Grey Heron Black-headed Heron Goliath Heron Purple Heron Great Egret Yellow-billed Egret Black Heron Slaty Egret Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Little Egret Western Reef Heron Hamerkop Great White Pelican Pink-backed Pelican Greater Frigatebird Lesser Frigatebird Cape Gannet Australasian Gannet Masked Booby Red-footed Booby Brown Booby Reed Cormorant Crowned Cormorant Bank Cormorant White-breasted Cormorant Cape Cormorant African Darter Secretarybird Western Osprey Black-shouldered Kite African Harrier-Hawk Palm-nut Vulture Bearded Vulture Egyptian Vulture European Honey Buzzard African Cuckoo-Hawk Hooded Vulture White-backed Vulture Rüppell's Vulture Cape Vulture White-headed Vulture Lappet-faced Vulture Black-chested Snake Eagle Brown Snake Eagle Southern Banded Snake Eagle Western Banded Snake Eagle Bateleur Bat Hawk Crowned Eagle Martial Eagle Long-crested Eagle Lesser Spotted Eagle Greater Spotted Eagle Wahlberg's Eagle Booted Eagle Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Tawny Eagle Steppe Eagle Verreaux's Eagle African Hawk-Eagle Lizard Buzzard Gabar Goshawk Dark Chanting Goshawk Pale Chanting Goshawk African Goshawk Shikra Little Sparrowhawk Ovambo Sparrowhawk Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Black Sparrowhawk Western Marsh Harrier African Marsh Harrier Black Harrier Pallid Harrier Montagu's Harrier Black Kite Yellow-billed Kite African Fish Eagle Common Buzzard Forest Buzzard Long-legged Buzzard Augur Buzzard Jackal Buzzard Kori Bustard Ludwig's Bustard Denham's Bustard White-bellied Korhaan Blue Korhaan Karoo Korhaan Rüppell's Korhaan Red-crested Korhaan Southern Black Korhaan Northern Black Korhaan Black-bellied Korhaan Buff-spotted Flufftail Red-chested Flufftail Streaky-breasted Flufftail Striped Flufftail White-winged Flufftail African Finfoot African Rail African Crake Corn Crake Black Crake Little Crake Baillon's Crake Spotted Crake Striped Crake African Swamphen Allen's Gallinule Purple Gallinule Common Moorhen Lesser Moorhen Red-knobbed Coot Grey Crowned Crane Blue Crane Wattled Crane Common Buttonquail Hottentot Buttonquail Black-rumped Buttonquail Water Thick-knee Spotted Thick-knee Snowy Sheathbill African Black Oystercatcher Eurasian Oystercatcher Crab Plover Black-winged Stilt Pied Avocet Long-toed Lapwing Blacksmith Lapwing Spur-winged Lapwing White-crowned Lapwing Senegal Lapwing Black-winged Lapwing Crowned Lapwing African Wattled Lapwing Pacific Golden Plover American Golden Plover Grey Plover Common Ringed Plover Little Ringed Plover Kittlitz's Plover Three-banded Plover White-fronted Plover Kentish Plover Chestnut-banded Plover Lesser Sand Plover Greater Sand Plover Caspian Plover Greater Painted Snipe Lesser Jacana African Jacana African Snipe Great Snipe Asian Dowitcher Black-tailed Godwit Hudsonian Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Whimbrel Eurasian Curlew Spotted Redshank Common Redshank Marsh Sandpiper Common Greenshank Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Terek Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Great Knot Red Knot Sanderling Red-necked Stint Little Stint Temminck's Stint Long-toed Stint White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Dunlin Broad-billed Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Coursers and Pratincoles Burchell's Courser Temminck's Courser Double-banded Courser Three-banded Courser Bronze-winged Courser Collared Pratincole Black-winged Pratincole Rock Pratincole Gulls, Terns and Skimmers Brown Noddy Lesser Noddy Black Skimmer African Skimmer Black-legged Kittiwake Sabine's Gull Slender-billed Gull Black-headed Gull Grey-headed Gull Hartlaub's Gull Franklin's Gull Kelp Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Heuglin's Gull Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Swift Tern Elegant Tern Lesser Crested Tern Sandwich Tern Little Tern Saunders's Tern Damara Tern Bridled Tern Sooty Tern Roseate Tern Black-naped Tern Common Tern White-cheeked Tern Arctic Tern Antarctic Tern Whiskered Tern White-winged Tern Black Tern Skuas South Polar Skua Subantarctic Skua Pomarine Skua Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Sandgrouse Namaqua Sandgrouse Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Double-banded Sandgrouse Burchell's Sandgrouse Pigeons and Doves Rock Dove Speckled Pigeon African Olive Pigeon Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Lemon Dove European Turtle Dove African Mourning Dove Red-eyed Dove Cape Turtle Dove Laughing Dove Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Blue-spotted Wood Dove Tambourine Dove Namaqua Dove African Green Pigeon Turacos Livingstone's Turaco Schalow's Turaco Knysna Turaco Purple-crested Turaco Ross's Turaco Grey Go-away-bird Cuckoos Senegal Coucal Coppery-tailed Coucal White-browed Coucal Burchell's Coucal Black Coucal Green Malkoha Great Spotted Cuckoo Levaillant's Cuckoo Jacobin Cuckoo Thick-billed Cuckoo Diederik Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo African Emerald Cuckoo Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Black Cuckoo Red-chested Cuckoo Lesser Cuckoo Madagascar Cuckoo African Cuckoo Common Cuckoo Barn Owls Western Barn Owl African Grass Owl Owls African Scops Owl Southern White-faced Owl Cape Eagle-Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Pel's Fishing Owl African Wood Owl Pearl-spotted Owlet African