SA No	Species	Scientific Name	Endemism	Recorded	Possible	Status
8	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis			X
55	White-breasted Cormorant	Phalacrocorax lucidus			X
58	Reed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus		X
60	African Darter	Anhinga rufa			X
62	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea			X
63	Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala		X
67	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta			X
71	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis			X
76	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax			X
81	Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta			X
83	White Stork	Ciconia ciconia			X
84	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra		X
91	African Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus			X
93	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus			X
94	Hadeda Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash		X
95	African Spoonbill	Platalea alba			X
102	Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiacus		X
103	South African Shelduck	Tadorna cana	E		X
104	Yellow-billed Duck	Anas undulata		X		C
105	African Black Duck	Anas sparsa		X
108	Red-billed Teal	Anas erythrorhyncha			X
112	Cape Shoveller	Anas smithii			X
116	Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis			X
118	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius			X
122	Cape Vulture	Gyps coprotheres			X
940	Yellow-billed Kite	Milvus aegyptius (parasitus)			X
127	Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus			X
131	Verreaux’s (Black)  Eagle	Aquila verreauxii		X		U
136	Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus		X
140	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus			X
143	Black-chested Snake-Eagle	Circaetus pectoralis			X
148	African Fish Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer		X
149	Steppe (Common)  Buzzard	Buteo buteo			X
152	Jackal Buzzard	Buteo rufofuscus	E	X
155	Red-breasted Sparrowhawk	Accipiter rufiventris			X
158	Black Goshawk (Sparrowhawk)	Accipiter melanoleucus			X
162	Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk	Melierax canorus	NE	X
168	Black Harrier	Circus maurus	E		X
169	Gymnogene (African Harrier-hawk)	Polyboroides typus			X
170	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus			X
181	Rock Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus		X
182	Greater Kestrel	Falco rupicoloides			X
183	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni			X
190	Grey-winged Francolin	Francolinus africanus	E		X
195	Cape Spurfowl (Francolin)	Francolinus capensis	E	X		C
200	Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix			X
203	Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris			X
208	Blue Crane	Anthropoides paradiseus	E		X
226	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus			X
228	Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata			X
231	Denham’s (Stanley’s)  Bustard	Neotis denhami			X
235	Karoo Korhaan	Eupodotis vigorsii	E		X
239	Southern Black Korhaan	Eupodotis afra	E		X
248	Kittlitz’s Plover	Charadrius pecuarius			X
249	Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris			X
255	Crowned Lapwing (Plover)	Vanellus coronatus			X
258	Blacksmith Lapwing	Vanellus armatus			X
286	African (Ethiopian) Snipe	Gallinago nigripennis			X
294	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta			X
295	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus			X
297	Spotted Dikkop (Thick-Knee)	Burhinus capensis			X
299	Burchell’s Courser	Cursorius rufus			X
301	Double-banded Courser	Rhinoptilus africanus		X
344	Namaqua Sandgrouse	Pterocles namaqua	NE	X
348	Rock Dove	Columba livia			X
349	Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea		X
352	Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata			X
354	Cape Turtle Dove	Streptopelia capicola		X		C
355	Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis			X
356	Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis		X
377	Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius			X
382	Jacobin Cuckoo	Oxylophus jacobinus			X
385	Klaas’s Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas			X
386	Diederik Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius		X
392	Barn Owl	Tyto alba		X
400	Cape Eagle-Owl	Bubo capensis		X
401	Spotted Eagle-Owl	Bubo africanus		X
405	Fiery-necked Nightjar	Caprimulgus pectoralis		X	X
406	Rufous-cheeked Nightjar	Caprimulgus rufigena			X
408	Freckled Nightjar	Caprimulgus tristigma			X
411	Eurasian Swift	Apus apus			X
412	African Black Swift	Apus barbatus			X
415	White-rumped Swift	Apus caffer		X	X
416	Horus Swift	Apus horus			X
417	Little Swift	Apus affinis			X
418	Alpine Swift	Tachymarptis melba			X
424	Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus			X
425	White-backed Mousebird	Colius colius	E	X		C
426	Red-faced Mousebird	Urocolius indicus			X
438	European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster		X
446	European Roller	Coracias garrulus			X
451	African Hoopoe	Upupa africana			X
465	Pied Barbet	Tricholaema leucomelas			X
476	Lesser Honeyguide	Indicator minor			X
480	Ground Woodpecker	Geocolaptes olivaceus	E		X
486	Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens		X	X
495	Cape Clapper Lark	Mirafra apiata			X
500	Cape Long-billed Lark	Certhilauda curvirostris			X
500,3	Karoo Long-billed Lark	Certhilauda subcoronata			X
502	Karoo Lark	Mirafra albescens	E		X
506	Spike-heeled Lark	Chersomanes albofasciata			X
507	Red-capped Lark	Calandrella cinerea			X
516	Grey-backed Sparrowlark	Eremopterix verticalis			X
512	Large-billed Lark (Thick-billed)	Galerida magnirostris	E		X
518	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica			X
520	White-throated Swallow	Hirundo albigularis			X
523	Pearl-breasted Swallow	Hirundo dimidiata			X
526	Greater Striped Swallow	Hirundo cucullata		X		VC
529	Rock Martin	Hirundo fuligula		X		VC
530	Common House Martin	Delichon urbica			X
533	Plain Martin	Riparia paludicola			X
541	Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis			X
547	Cape Crow	Corvus capensis			X
548	Pied Crow	Corvus albus			X
550	White-necked Raven	Corvus albicollis			X
551	Grey Tit	Parus afer	E
557	Cape Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus minutus	NE
566	Cape Bulbul	Pycnonotus capensis	E	X		VC
567	African Red-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus nigricans			X
572	Sombre Greenbul	Andropadus importunus			X
577	Olive Thrush	Turdus olivaceus			X
577,1	Karroo Thrush	Turdus smithi			X
581	Cape Rock-Thrush	Monticola rupestris		X		U
582	Sentinel Rock-Thrush	Monticola explorator			X
586	Mountain Wheatear	Oenanthe monticola	NE	X		VC
587	Capped Wheatear	Oenanthe pileata			X
589	Familiar Chat	Cercomela familiaris		X		VC
592	Karoo Chat	Cercomela schlegelii	NE	X	X
595	Southern Anteating Chat	Myrmecocichla formicivora	E	X		U
596	Common Stonechat	Saxicola torquata			X
601	Cape Robin-Chat	Cossypha caffra		X	X
611	Cape Rock-jumper	Chaetops frenatus	E		X
614	Karoo Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas coryphaeus	E	X		VC
621	Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler	Parisoma subcaeruleum			X
622	Layard’s Tit-Babbler	Parisoma layardi	E	X
651	Long-billed Crombec	Sylvietta rufescens		X
653	Yellow-bellied Eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis			X
654	Karoo Eremomela	Eremomela gregalis	E	X
661	Grassbird	Sphenoeacus afer	E		X
669	Grey-backed Cisticola	Cisticola subruficapillus	NE	X	X
677	Le Vaillant’s Cisticola	Cisticola tinniens			X
681	Neddicky	Cisticola fulvicapillus		X		VC
686	Karoo Prinia	Prinia maculosa	E	X	X
687	Namaqua Warbler	Phragmacia substriata	E		X
688	Rufous-eared Warbler	Malcorus pectoralis	E	X		U
698	Fiscal Flycatcher	Sigelus silens	E		X
703	Pririt Batis	Batis pririt	NE		X
706	Fairy Flycatcher	Stenostira scita	E	X	X
713	Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis		X		U
716	African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus			X
717	Long-billed Pipit	Anthus similis			X
718	Plain-backed Pipit	Anthus leucophrys			X
721	Yellow-tufted Pipit (Rock)	Anthus crenatus	E		X
732	Common Fiscal	Lanius collaris		X		C
736	Southern Boubou	Laniarius ferrugineus	E		X
746	Bokmakierie	Telophorus zeylonus	E	X		VC
757	European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris			X
759	African Pied Starling	Spreo bicolor	E	X		U
760	Wattled Starling	Creatophora cinerea			X
769	Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio		X	X
770	Pale-winged Starling	Onychognathus nabouroup	NE	X	X
773	Cape Sugarbird	Promerops cafer	E	X		VC
775	Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa		X		VC
777	Orange-breasted Sunbird	Nectarinia violacea	E	X		VC
783	Southern Double-collared Sunbird	Nectarinia chalybea	E	X		VC
788	Dusky Sunbird	Nectarinia fusca	NE	X
792	Amethyst Sunbird (Black)	Nectarinia amethystina			X
796	Cape White-eye	Zosterops virens	E	X
801	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus			X
803	Cape Sparrow	Passer melanurus	NE	X
813	Cape Weaver	Ploceus capensis	E	X		VC
814	Southern Masked-Weaver	Ploceus velatus			X
824	Southern Red Bishop	Euplectes orix		X
827	Yellow Bishop	Euplectes capensis		X		U
846	Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild		X
860	Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura			X
872	Cape Canary	Serinus canicollis		X	X
874	Cape Siskin	Pseudochloroptila totta			X
876	Black-headed Canary	Serinus alario	E	X
878	Yellow Canary	Serinus flaviventris	NE	X		VC
879	White-throated Canary	Serinus albogularis	NE	X		VC
880	Protea Canary	Serinus leucopterus	E	X		U
881	Streaky-headed Canary	Serinus gularis			X
885	Cape Bunting	Emberiza capensis		X		VC
887	Lark-like Bunting	Emberiza impetuani	NE	X

1. The observations for this checklist were carried out by Pierre Hofmeyr and Clive Feather and supplemented with observations by reserve residents and guests
2. The list is by no means complete and species are added as observed
3. The numbers and the order of species used in this checklist follow the sixth edition of Roberts’ Birds of Southern Africa and serve as a reference to most field guides of the region. The names are those used in the Roberts Bird Guide (2007) by Hugh Chittenden
4. The probable frequency of sightings refers to the correct seasons for particular birds (whether residents or migrants) and to areas of suitable habitat
5. Species which are secretive (eg. Rufous-eared Warbler) or difficult to identify with certainty (eg. larks) or nocturnal have undoubtedly been under-recorded
6. The species listed under POSSIBLE have not been recorded yet in the reserve but could occur so they should be looked for
7. The meanings and definitions of the abbreviations used under STATUS are as follows:
   • VC  =  very common  (can be expected to be seen every day at least once at the right time of the year in suitable habitat)
   • C  =  common (can be expected to be seen on most days at the right time of the year in suitable habitat)
   • U  =  uncommon (can be expected to be seen a few times a month at the right time of the year in suitable habitat)
   • R  =  rare (can be expected to be seen a few times a year at the right time of the year in suitable habitat)
8. Endemism
   • E = endemic to southern Africa
   • NE = near endemic to southern Africa (less than 15% of distribution extra-limital)

Undoubtedly as more observations are accumulated over time, the status of many species in the list will change and many will be transferred from POSSIBLE to RECORDED status.

(Page last updated 2014-08-31)