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Wetland 38
- 8 Little Grebe (Dabchick)
- 55 White-breasted Cormorant
- 58 Reed Cormorant
- 60 African Darter
- 61 / 71 Cattle Egret ●
- 62 Grey Heron
- 63 Black-headed Heron ●
- 68 Yellow-billed Egret
- 76 Black-crowned Night Heron
- 81 Hamerkop ●
- 83
Attractions
White Stork
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84 Black Stork 91 African Sacred Ibis 92 Southern Bald Ibis ● 94 Hadeda Ibis ● 95 African Spoonbill 99 White-faced Whistling Duck 101 White-backed Duck 102 Egyptian Goose 104 Yellow-billed Duck 105 African Black Duck 108 Red-billed Teal 113 Southern Pochard 116 Spur-winged Goose 210 African Rail 217 Red-chested Flufftail 218 Buff-spotted Flufftail 221 Striped Flufftail 228 Red-knobbed Coot 249 Three-banded Plover 258 Blacksmith Lapwing 260 African Wattled Lapwing 264 Common Sandpiper 266 Wood Sandpiper 269 Marsh Sandpiper 270 Common Greenshank 284 Ruff 286 African Snipe Raptors 32
- 118 Secretarybird ●▲
- 119 Bearded Vulture ●▲
- 122 Cape Vulture ●▲
- 126 Black Kite ●
- 126.1 Yellow-billed Kite ●
- 127 Black-winged (Shouldered) Kite ●
- 128 African Cuckoo Hawk
- 131 Verreaux's (Black) Eagle ●▲
- 139 Long-crested Eagle
- 140 Martial Eagle ●▲
- 141 Crowned Eagle
- 148 African Fish Eagle
- 149 Common (Steppe) Buzzard
- 150 Forest Buzzard
- 152 Jackal Buzzard ●
- 155 Rufous-chested (Red-breasted) Sparrowhawk
- 158 Black Sparrowhawk ●
- 160 African Goshawk ●
- 165 African Marsh Harrier ●
- 168 Black Harrier ▲
- 169 Gymnogene / African Harrier-Hawk ●
- 170 Osprey
- 171 Peregrine Falcon
- 172 Lanner Falcon ●
- 180 Eastern Red-footed Kestrel
- 181 Rock Kestrel ●
- 207 Wattled Crane ▲
- 208 Blue Crane ●
- 209 Grey Crowned Crane ▲
- 231 Denham's (Stanley's) Bustard
- 233 White-bellied Korhaan
- 463 Southern Ground Hornbill ▲
Gamebirds 8
- 190 Grey-winged Francolin
- 192 Red-winged Francolin ●
- 196 Natal Spurfowl (Francolin)
- 198 Red-necked (Francolin) Spurfowl
- 199 Swainson's Spurfowl (Francolin)
- 200 Common Quail ●
- 203 Helmeted Guineafowl ●
- 297 Spotted Dikkop / Thick-knee ●
Pigeons, Doves 15
- 348 Rock Dove ●
- 349 Speckled Pigeon ●
- 350 African Olive (Rameron) Pigeon
- 352 Red-eyed Dove
- 354 Cape Turtle Dove ●
- 356 Namaqua Dove
- 360 Lemon (Cinnamon) Dove
- 374 Common Cuckoo
- 377 Red-chested Cuckoo ●
- 378 Black Cuckoo
- 380 Great Spotted Cuckoo
- 382 Jacobin Cuckoo
- 384 African Emerald Cuckoo
- 385 Klaas's Cuckoo
- 386 Diederik Cuckoo ●
Owls 8
- 392 Western Barn Owl ●
- 393 African Grass Owl
- 394 African Wood Owl
- 395 Marsh Owl ●
- 400 Cape Eagle-Owl
- 401 Spotted Eagle-Owl ●
- 405 Fiery-necked Nightjar ●
- 408 Freckled Nightjar
Swifts, Swallows 15
- 411 Common Swift
- 412 African Black Swift ●
- 415 White-rumped Swift
- 416 Horus Swift
- 417 Little Swift
- 418 Alpine Swift ●
- 421 African Palm Swift
- 518 Barn Swallow ●
- 520 White-throated Swallow
- 526 Greater Striped Swallow ●
- 529 Rock Martin ●
- 530 Western House Martin
- 533 Brown-throated Martin
- 534 Banded Martin
- 536 Black Saw-wing
Kingfishers, Hoopoes, Honeyguides 19
- 424 Speckled Mousebird ●
- 426 Red-faced Mousebird
- 428 Pied Kingfisher
- 429 Giant Kingfisher ●
- 430 Half-collared Kingfisher
- 431 Malachite Kingfisher ●
- 432 African Pygmy Kingfisher
- 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher
- 451 African Hoopoe ●
- 452 Green (Red-billed) Wood-hoopoe
- 464 Black-collared Barbet
- 474 Greater Honeyguide ●
- 476 Lesser Honeyguide
- 478 Brown-backed (Sharp-billed) Honeyguide
- 480 Ground Woodpecker ●
- 483 Golden-tailed Woodpecker
- 486 Cardinal Woodpecker ●
- 488 Olive Woodpecker ●
- 489 Red-throated Wryneck
Drakensberg Specials (Endemic / Near-endemic) 7
- 499 Rudd's Lark ◆
- 565 Bush Blackcap ◆
- 588 Buff-streaked Chat ●◆
- 612 Drakensberg (Orange-breasted) Rockjumper ●◆
- 716 Mountain Pipit ◆
- 725 Yellow-breasted Pipit ◆
- 875 Drakensberg Siskin ◆
Grassland 24
- 494 Rufous-naped Lark
- 500 Long-billed Lark
- 507 Red-capped Lark
- 512 Large-billed Lark
- 586 Mountain Wheatear (Chat) ●
- 589 Familiar Chat ●
- 591 Sickle-winged Chat
- 596 African Stonechat ●
- 661 Cape Grassbird
- 664 Zitting (Fan-tailed) Cisticola
- 667 Wing-snapping (Ayres') Cisticola
- 670 Wailing Cisticola
- 677 Levaillant's Cisticola
- 679 Lazy Cisticola
- 681 Neddicky
- 686 Karoo / Drakensberg Prinia
- 711 African Pied Wagtail
- 712 Mountain (Long-tailed) Wagtail
- 713 Cape Wagtail ●
- 714 Western Yellow Wagtail
- 717 Nicholson's Pipit
- 718 Plain-backed Pipit
- 724 Short-tailed Pipit
- 727 Cape (Orange-throated) Longclaw ●
Garden, Woodland 38
- 538 Black Cuckooshrike
- 540 Grey Cuckooshrike
- 541 Fork-tailed Drongo ●
- 545 Black-headed Oriole ●
- 547 Cape (Black) Crow
- 548 Pied Crow
- 550 White-necked Raven ●
- 554 Southern Black Tit ●
- 560 Arrow-marked Babbler
- 568 Dark-capped (Black-eyed) Bulbul ●
- 576 Kurrichane Thrush
- 577 Olive Thrush ●
- 580 Groundscraper Thrush
- 581 Cape Rock-Thrush ●
- 582 Sentinel Rock-Thrush ●
- 598 Chorister Robin-Chat
- 601 Cape Robin-Chat ●
- 606 White-starred Robin
- 622 Layard's Tit-babbler
- 690 African Dusky Flycatcher
- 694 Southern Black Flycatcher
- 698 Fiscal Flycatcher
- 700 Cape Batis ●
- 706 Fairy Flycatcher
- 710 African Paradise-Flycatcher ●
- 732 Southern (Common) Fiscal Shrike ●
- 733 Red-backed Shrike
- 736 Southern Boubou ●
- 740 Black-backed Puffback
- 741 Brubru
- 746 Bokmakierie ●
- 750 Olive Bush-Shrike
- 758 Common (Indian) Myna
- 759 Pied Starling ●
- 761 Violet-backed (Plum-coloured) Starling
- 764 Cape (Glossy) Starling
- 769 Red-winged Starling ●
- 796 Cape White-eye ●
Warblers, Apalises 8
- 628 Great Reed Warbler
- 637 Dark-capped Yellow Warbler
- 638 Little Rush (African Sedge) Warbler
- 639 Barratt's Warbler
- 642 Broad-tailed Warbler
- 643 Willow Warbler
- 644 Yellow-throated Warbler
- 645 Bar-throated Apalis ●
Sunbirds, Sugarbirds 6
- 774 Gurney's Sugarbird ●
- 775 Malachite Sunbird ●
- 783 Southern Double-collared Sunbird ●
- 785 Greater Double-collared Sunbird
- 787 White-bellied Sunbird
- 792 Amethyst (Black) Sunbird
Sparrows, Weavers, Bishops 16
- 801 House Sparrow
- 803 Cape Sparrow ●
- 804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
- 805 Yellow-throated Petronia (Sparrow)
- 811 Spotted-backed Weaver ●
- 813 Cape Weaver ●
- 814 Southern Masked Weaver
- 824 Southern Red Bishop ●
- 826 Yellow-crowned Bishop
- 827 Yellow Bishop
- 828 Fan-tailed Widowbird
- 829 White-winged Widowbird
- 831 Red-collared Widowbird ●
- 832 Long-tailed Widowbird ●
- 860 Pin-tailed Whydah ●
- 864 Dusky Indigobird (Widowfinch)
Waxbills, Canaries 15
- 840 African Firefinch
- 844 Blue Waxbill
- 846 Common Waxbill
- 850 Swee Waxbill
- 852 Quailfinch
- 854 Orange-breasted Waxbill
- 857 Bronze Mannikin
- 869 Yellow-fronted Canary
- 872 Cape Canary ●
- 873 Forest Canary
- 877 Brimstone Canary
- 878 Yellow Canary
- 881 Streaky-headed Seedeater
- 884 Golden-breasted Bunting ●
- 885 Cape Bunting ●
