South Africa - Potential Bird List
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1 = should be seen
2 = possible and to be expected
3 = possible but scarce
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Jackass Penguin Great Crested Grebe Black-necked Grebe Little Grebe Wandering Albatross Shy Albatross Black-browed Albatross Indian Ocean Yellow-nosed Albatross Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Southern Giant-Petrel Northern Giant-Petrel White-chinned Petrel Sooty Shearwater Great Shearwater Little Shearwater Great-winged Petrel Soft-plumaged Petrel Cape (Pintado) Petrel Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Cape Gannet White-breasted Cormorant Bank Cormorant Cape Cormorant Long-tailed (Reed) Cormorant Crowned Cormorant African Darter Eastern White Pelican Goliath Heron Purple Heron Grey Heron Black-headed Heron Yellow-billed (Intermediate) Egret Great White Egret Little Egret Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night Heron White Stork Greater Flamingo Lesser Flamingo African Spoonbill Hamerkop Hadada Ibis Glossy Ibis Sacred Ibis Spur-winged Goose Egyptian Goose South African Shelduck White-backed Duck Southern Pochard Maccoa Duck Yellow-billed Duck African Black Duck Cape Shoveler Cape Teal Red-billed Teal Hottentot Teal Lappet-faced Vulture Cape Vulture African Fish Eagle Black-chested Snake Eagle Tawny Eagle Verreaux's Eagle Martial Eagle Booted Eagle Steppe Buzzard Jackal Buzzard Forest Buzzard African Harrier-Hawk African Marsh Harrier Black Harrier Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Yellow-billed Kite Black-shouldered Kite Pygmy Falcon Gabar Goshawk Little Sparrowhawk Black Sparrowhawk Red-chested Sparrowhawk African Goshawk Lanner Falcon Red-necked Falcon Rock (Common) Kestrel Greater Kestrel Swainson's Spurfowl (Francolin) Cape Francolin Grey-winged Francolin Orange River Francolin Common Quail Black-rumped Button-quail Helmeted Guineafowl Red-knobbed Coot Common Moorhen African Purple Swamphen Black Crake Blue Crane Secretarybird Stanley’s Bustard Kori Bustard Ludwig's Bustard Karoo Korhaan Red-crested Korhaan Northern Black Korhaan Southern Black Korhaan African Black Oystercatcher Black-winged Stilt Avocet Ringed Plover Three-banded Plover Kittlitz's Plover Chestnut-banded Plover White-fronted Plover Crowned Lapwing Blacksmith Lapwing Grey Plover Ruff Curlew Sandpiper Sanderling Little Stint Common Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Common Greenshank Marsh Sandpiper Bar-tailed Godwit Common Whimbrel African (Ethiopian) Snipe Greater Painted-snipe Ruddy Turnstone Spotted Thick-knee Water Thick-knee Double-banded Courser Burchell's Courser Subantarctic Skua Pomarine Skua Arctic Skua Greater (Snowy) Sheathbill Cape Gull Kelp Gull Sabine's Gull Grey-headed Gull Hartlaub's Gull Caspian Tern Swift (Crested) Tern Sandwich Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Antarctic Tern Little Tern Damara Tern White-winged Black Tern Whiskered Tern Namaqua Sandgrouse Burchell’s Sandgrouse Double-banded Sandgrouse Speckled Pigeon African Olive Pigeon Lemon Dove Red-eyed Dove Ring-necked Dove Laughing Dove Tambourine Dove Namaqua Dove Rosy-faced Lovebird Red-chested Cuckoo Diderick Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo Burchell's Coucal Spotted Eagle Owl Pearl-spotted Owlet White-faced Scops Owl Cape Eagle-Owl Verreaux’s (Giant) Eagle-Owl Fiery-necked Nightjar Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Alpine Swift Bradfield's Swift African Black Swift Little Swift White-rumped Swift Red-faced Mousebird Speckled Mousebird White-backed Mousebird Giant Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher European Bee-eater Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Lilac-breasted Roller Rufous-crowned Roller African Grey Hornbill Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Green Wood-hoopoe Common Scimitarbill African Hoopoe Greater Honeyguide Lesser Honeyguide Acacia Pied Barbet Ground Woodpecker Olive Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Knysna Woodpecker Eastern Clapper Lark Cape Clapper Lark Agulhas Clapper Lark Karoo Lark Red Lark Short-clawed Lark Cape Long-billed Lark Algulhas Long-billed Lark Karoo Long-billed Lark Sabota Lark Fawn-coloured Lark Large-billed Lark Red-capped Lark Pink-billed Lark Sclater's Lark Stark's Lark Grey-backed Sparrowlark Black-eared Sparrowlark Spike-heeled Lark South African Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Greater Striped Swallow White-throated Swallow Pearl-breasted Swallow Rock Martin Black Saw-wing Banded Martin Brown-throated Martin Fork-tailed Drongo White-necked Raven Pied Crow Cape Crow (Rook) Ashy Tit Grey Tit Cape Bulbul African Red-eyed Bulbul Sombre Greenbul Olive Thrush Karoo Thrush Groundscraper Thrush Cape Rock Thrush Sentinel Rock Thrush Short-toed Rock Thrush Cape Rock-Jumper Familar Chat Sickle-winged Chat Karoo Chat Tractrac Chat Mountain Wheatear Capped Wheatear (African) Stonechat (Southern) Ant-eating Chat Cape Robin-Chat Kalahari Scrub-Robin Karoo Scrub-Robin Karoo Eremomela Yellow-bellied Eremomela Cape Penduline Tit Knysna Warbler Victorin's Warbler Little Rush Warbler Lesser Swamp Warbler African Reed Warbler Cape Grassbird Cinnamon-breasted Warbler Fairy Flycatcher Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler Layard's Tit-Babbler Long-billed Crombec Bar-throated Apalis Zitting Cisticola Desert Cisticola Cloud Cisticola Neddicky Grey-backed Cisticola Levaillant's Cisticola Namaqua Warbler Rufous-eared Warbler Karoo Prinia Black-chested Prinia African Dusky Flycatcher Fiscal Flycatcher Chat Flycatcher Marico Flycatcher Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher African Paradise Flycatcher Cape White-eye Orange River White-eye Pririt Batis Cape Batis Cape Wagtail African Pied Wagtail Long-billed Pipit Long-tailed Pipit Kimberley Pipit African (Grassland) Pipit Plain-backed Pipit Cape (Orange-throated) Longclaw Crimson-breasted Shrike Common Fiscal Shrike Namib Fiscal Southern Boubou Southern Tchagra Bokmakierie Olive Bush-Shrike Brubru Cape Glossy Starling Pale-winged Starling Red-winged Starling Wattled Starling Pied Starling European Starling Cape Sugarbird Malachite Sunbird Orange-breasted Sunbird Amethyst Sunbird Dusky Sunbird Greater Double-collared Sunbird Lesser Double-collared Sunbird Marico Sunbird Cape Sparrow ‘Southern’ Grey-headed Sparrow White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Sociable Weaver House Sparrow Great Sparrow Southern Masked Weaver Cape Weaver Scaly-feathered Finch (Scaly Weaver) Red-billed Quelea Southern Red Bishop Yellow Bishop Pin-tailed Whydah Shaft-tailed Whydah Red-billed Firefinch Swee Waxbill Violet-eared Waxbill Common Waxbill Red-headed Finch Yellow Canary Brimstone (Bully) Canary Black-throated (S. Yellow-rumped) Canary Forest Canary Cape (Yellow-crowned) Canary White-throated Canary Protea Canary (Seedeater) Streaky-headed Seedeater Black-headed Canary Damara Canary Cape Siskin Lark-like Bunting Cape Bunting |
Spheniscus demersus Podiceps cristatus Podiceps nigricollis Tachybaptus ruficollis Diomedea exulans Thalassarche cauta Thalassarche melanophris Thalassarche cateri Thalassarche chlororhynchos Macronectes giganteus Macronectes halli Procellaria aequinoctialis Puffinus griseus Puffinus gravis Puffinus assimilis Pterodroma macroptera Pterodroma mollis Daption capense Oceanites oceanicus Fregetta tropica Morus capensis Phalacrocorax lucidus Phalacororax neglectus Phalacororax capensis Phalacororax africanus Phalacorarax coronatus Anhinga rufa Pelecanus onocrotalus Ardea goliath Ardea purpurea Ardea cinerea Ardea melanocephala Egretta intermedia Egretta alba Egretta garzetta Bubulcus ibis Nycticorax nycticorax Ciconia ciconia Phoenicopterus ruber Phoenicopterus minor Platalea alba Scopus umbretta Bostrychia hagedash Plegadis falcinellus hreskiornis aethiopicus Plectropterus gambensis Alopochen aegyptiacus Tadorna cana Thalassornis leuconotus Netta erythrophthalma Oxyura maccoa Anas undulata Anas sparsa Anas smithii Anas capensis Anas erythrorhyncha Anas hottentota Torgos tracheliotus Gyps coprotheres Haliaeetus vocifer Circaetus pectoralis Aquila rapax Aquila verreauxii Polemaetus bellicosus Hieraaetus pennatus Buteo buteo Buteo rufofuscus Buteo trizonatus Polyboroides typus Circus ranivorus Circus maurus Melierax canorus Milvus aegyptius Elanus caeruleus Polihierax semitorquatus Melierax gabar Accipiter minullus Accipiter melanoleucus Accipiter rufiventris Accipiter tachiro Falco biarmicus Falco chicquera Falco tinnunculus rupicolis Falco rupicoloides Pternistes swainsonii Pernistes capensis Scleroptila africanus Francolinus levaillantoides Coturnix coturnix Turnix hottentotta Numida meleagris Fulica cristata Gallinula chloropus Porphyrio madagascariensis Amaurornis flavirostris Anthropoides paradisea Sagittarius serpentarius Neotis denhami Ardeotis kori Neotis ludwigii Eupodotis vigorsii Eupodotis rufrcrista Eupodotis afraoides Eupodotis afra Haematopus ostralegus Himantopus himantopus Recurvirostra avosetta Charadrius hiaticula Charadrius tricollaris Charadrius pecuarius Charadrius pallidus Charadrius marginatus Vanellus coronatus Vanellus armatus Pluvialis squatarola Philomachus pugnax Calidris ferruginea Calidris alba Calidris minuta Actitis hypoleucos Tringa glareola Tringa nebularia Tringa stagnatilis Limosa lapponica Numenius phaeopus Gallinago nigripennis Rostratula benghalensis Arenaria interpres Burhinus capensis Burhinus vermiculatus Rhinoptilus africanus Cursorius rufus Catharacta antarctica Stercorarius pomarinus Stercorarius parasiticus Chionis alba Larus vetula Larus dominicanus Larus sabini Larus cirrocephalus Larus hartlaubii terna caspia Sterna bergii Sterna sandvicensis Sterna hirundo Sterna paradisaea Sterna vittata Sterna albifrons Sterna balaenarum Chlidonias leucopterus Chlidonias hybridus Pterocles namaqua Pterocles burchelli Pterocles bicinctus Columba guinea Columba arquartrix Aplopelia larvata Streptopelia semitorquata Streptopelia capicola Streptopelia senegalensis Turtur tympanistria Oena capensis Agapornis roseicollis Cuculus solitarius Chrysococcyx caprius Chrysococcyx klaas Centropus burchelli Bubo africanus Glaucidium perlatum Otus leucotis Bubo capensis Bubo lacteus Caprimulgus pectoralis Caprimulgus rufigena Tachymarptis melba Apus bradfieldi Apus barbatus Apus affinis Apus caffer Urocolius indicus Colius striatus Colius colius Megaceryle maxima Ceryle rudis Alcedo cristata Merops apiaster Merops hirundineus Coracias caudata Coracias naevia Tockus nasutus Tockus leucomelas Phoeniculus purpureus Phoeniculus cyanomelas Upupa africana Indicator indicator Indicator minor Tricholaema leucomelas Geocolaptes olivaceus Dendropicos griseocephalus Dendropicos fuscescens Campethera notata Mirafra fasciolata Mirafra apiata Mirafra marjoriae Certhilauda albescens Certhilauda burra Certhilauda chuana Certhilauda curvirostris Certhilauda breviorstris Certhilauda subcoronata Mirafra sabota Mirafra africanoides Galerida magnirostris Calandrella cinerea Spizocorys conirostris Spizocorys sclateri Eremalauda starki Eremopterix verticalis Eremopterix australis Chersomanes albofasciata Hirundo spilodera Hirundo rustica Hirundo cucullata Hirundo albigularis Hirundo dimidiata Hirundo fuligula Psalidoprocne holomelas Riparia cincta Riparia paludicola Dicrurus adsimilis Corvus albicollis Corvus albus Corvus capensis Parus cinerascens Parus afer Pycnonotus capensis Pycnonotus nigricans Andropadus importunus Turdus olivaceus Turdus smithi Psophocichla litsitsirupa Monticola rupestris Monticola explorator Monticola brevipes Chaetops frenatus Cercomela familiaris Cercomela sinuata Cercomela schlegelii Cercomela tractrac Oenanthe monticola Oenanthe pileata Saxicola torquata Myrmecocichla formicivora Cossypha caffra Cercotrichas paena Cercotrichas coryphoeus Eremomela gregalis Eremomela icteropygialis Anthoscopus minutus Bradypterus sylvaticus Bradypterus victorini Bradypterus baboecala Acrocephalus gracilirostris Acrocephalus baeticatus Sphenoeacus afer Euryptila subcinnamomea Stenostira scita Parisoma subcaeruleum Parisoma layardi Sylvietta rufescens Apalis thoracica Cisticola juncidis Cisticola aridulus Cisticola textrix Cisticola fulvicapllus Cisticola subruficapillus Cisticola tinniens Phragmacia substriata Malcorus pectoralis Prinia maculosa Prinia flavicans Muscicapa adusta Sigelus silens Bradornis infuscatus Bradornis mariquensis Trochocercus cyanomelas Terpsiphone viridis Zosterops virens Zosterops palliduS Batis pririt Batis capensis Motacilla capensis Motacilla aguimp Anthus similis Anthus longicaudatus Anthus pseudosimilis Anthus cinnamomeus Anthus leucophrys Macronyx capensis Laniarius atrococcineus Lanius collaris Lanius subcoronatus Laniarius ferrugineus Tchagra tchagra Telophorus zeylonus Telophorus olivaceus Nilaus afer Lamprotornis nitens Onychognathus nabouroup Onychognathus morio Creatophora cinerea Spreo bicolor Sturnus vulgaris Promerops cafer Nectarinia famosa Anthobaphes violacea Chalcomitra amethystina Nectarinia fusca Nectarinia afra Nectarinia chalybea Nectarinia mariquensis Passer melanurus Passer griseus Plocepasser mahali Philietairus socius Passer domesticus Passer motitensis Ploceus velatus Ploceus capensis Sporopipes squamifrons Quelea quelea Euplectes orix Euplectes capensis Vidua macroura Vidua regia Lagonosticta senegala Estrilda melanotis Uraeginthus granatinus Estrilda astrild Amadina erythrocephala Serinus flaviventris Serinus sulphuratus Serinus atrogularis Serinus scotops Serinus canicollis Serinus albogularis Serinus leucopterus Serinus gularis Alario alario Alario leucolema Psuedochloroptila totta Emberiza impetuani Emberiza capensis |
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