|
Zandvlei Estuary Nature
Reserve
December 2002 Bird
Count
|
Species
|
Presence |
Species
|
Presence |
| Ocean birds |
– |
Raptors |
– |
| Kelp
Gull |
3 |
Blackshouldered
Kite |
2 |
| Greyheaded Gull |
– |
African Fish Eagle |
2 |
| Hartlaub's Gull |
20 |
Steppe Buzzard |
– |
| Caspian Tern |
4 |
Redbreasted
Sparrowhawk |
– |
| Common Tern |
3 |
Black Sparrowhawk |
– |
| Swift Tern |
– |
African Goshawk |
– |
| Inland water
birds |
– |
African Marsh
Harrier |
– |
| Greater Flamingo |
– |
Peregrine Falcon |
– |
| Lesser Flamingo |
– |
Doves and
coucals |
– |
| White Pelican |
7 |
Feral Pigeon |
Yes |
| Whitebreasted
Cormorant |
2 |
Laughing Dove |
– |
| Reed Cormorant |
7 |
Rock Pigeon |
Yes |
| Cape Cormorant |
– |
Rameron Pigeon |
Yes |
| Darter |
15 |
Redeyed Dove |
– |
| Grey Heron |
3 |
Cape Turtle Dove |
Yes |
| Blackheaded Heron |
1 |
Laughing Dove |
Yes |
| Purple Heron |
1 |
Burchell's Coucal |
– |
| Little Egret |
2 |
Aerial
feeders, Mousebirds & hole nesters |
– |
| Yellow billed Egret |
– |
Black Swift |
Yes |
| African Spoonbill |
1 |
Whitethroated
Swallow |
Yes |
| Cattle Egret |
2 |
Pearlbreasted
Swallow |
– |
| Night Heron |
– |
Greaterstriped
Swallow |
Yes |
| Little Bittern |
1 |
Rock Martin |
Yes |
| Sacred Ibis |
– |
Brownthroated Martin |
Yes |
| Glossy Ibis |
4 |
Black Sawwing
Swallow |
Yes |
| Hadeda |
– |
Whiterumped Swift |
Yes |
| Ducks &
Wading birds |
– |
Little Swift |
Yes |
| Great crested Grebe |
1 |
Alpine Swift |
Yes |
| Dabchick |
– |
European Swallow |
Yes |
| Egyptian Goose |
16 |
Whitebacked
Mousebird |
Yes |
| Yellowbilled Duck |
– |
Giant Kingfisher |
– |
| Red-billed Teal |
– |
Malachite Kingfisher |
– |
| Cape Teal |
15 |
Pied Kingfisher |
5 |
| Cape Shoveller |
– |
Insect
eaters (1) larks to robins |
– |
| Purple Galinule |
1 |
Pied Crow |
3 |
| Moorhen |
2 |
Whitenecked Raven |
– |
| Redknobbed Coot |
244 |
Cape Bulbul |
Yes |
| Threebanded Plover |
8 |
Olive Thrush |
– |
| Blacksmith Plover |
49 |
Cape Robin |
Yes |
| Greenshank |
1 |
Cape Wagtail |
Yes |
| Southern Pochard |
– |
Orange-throated
Longclaw |
– |
| Common Sandpiper |
– |
Insect eaters
(2) warblers to starlings |
– |
| Spurwing Goose |
– |
Cape Reed Warbler |
Yes |
| Marsh Sandpiper |
– |
African Sedge
Warbler |
Yes |
| Avocet |
26 |
African Marsh Warbler |
Yes |
| Blackwinged Stilt |
21 |
Grassbird |
– |
| Kittlitz's Plover |
– |
Levailant's
Cisticola |
Yes |
| Curlew Sandpiper |
– |
Spotted Prinia |
Yes |
| Mallard |
– |
Fiscal Shrike |
Yes |
| Culew Sandpiper |
4 |
Southern Boubou |
– |
| Large
terrestrial birds |
– |
European Starling |
Yes |
| Water Dikkop |
– |
Redwing Starling |
Yes |
| Spotted Dikkop |
4 |
Total
Species |
70 |
| Cape Francolin |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Helmeted Guineafowl |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Greyheaded Francolin |
– |
– |
– |
| Nectar
feeders |
– |
– |
– |
| Malachite
Sunbird |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Lesser
Doublecollared Sunbird |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Cape
white-eye |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Seedeaters |
– |
– |
– |
| Cape
Sparrow |
– |
– |
– |
| Cape
Weaver |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Southern
Masked Weaver |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Yellowrumped
Widow |
– |
– |
– |
| Common
Waxbill |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Pintailed
Whydah |
– |
– |
– |
| Cape
Canary |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Bully
Canary |
Yes |
– |
– |
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