Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve 

February 2008 Bird Count 

photograph by Ann Koeslag

Juvenile Black Sparrowhawk ringed at Zandvlei in Feb 2008

 

Species	Presence	Species	Presence
GREBES	–	COUCALS	–
Great Crested Grebe	12	Burchell's Coucal	P
Dabchick	5	SWIFTS	–
PELICANS	–	Black Swift	–
White Pelican	2	Whiterumped Swift	–
CORMORANTS	–	Little Swift	P
Whitebreasted Cormorant	30	Alpine Swift	P
Cape Cormorant	1	MOUSEBIRDS	–
Reed Cormorant	104	Whitebacked Mousebird	P
DARTERS	–	KINGFISHERS	–
Darter	139	Pied Kingfisher	47
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS	–	Giant Kingfisher	–
Grey Heron	26	Malachite Kingfisher	9
Blackheaded Heron	10	BARBETS	–
Purple Heron	7	Acacia Pied Barbet	–
Blackcrowned Night Heron	11	LARKS AND FINCHLARKS	–
Little Egret	14	Redcapped Lark	–
Yellow billed Egret	1	SWALLOWS AND MARTINS	–
Cattle Egret	4	European Swallow	P
Little Bittern	1	Whitethroated Swallow	P
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS	–	Greater Striped Swallow	–
Sacred Ibis	31	Pearlbreasted Swallow	P
Glossy Ibis	–	Black Sawwing	–
Hadeda Ibis	15	Rock Martin	P
African Spoonbill	13	Brownthroated Martin	–
FLAMINGOES	–	CROWS AND RAVENS	–
Greater Flamingo	–	Pied Crow	P
Lesser Flamingo	–	Whitenecked Raven	–
DUCKS AND GEESE	–	BULBULS	–
Whitefaced Duck	–	Cape Bulbul	P
Fulvous Duck	–	THRUSHES, CHATS, ALETHES, ROBINS AND ROCKJUMPERS	–
Egyptian Goose	21	Olive Thrush	P
Yellowbilled Duck	10	Cape Robin Chat	P
Red-billed Teal	4	Karoo Robin	–
Cape Teal	4	TITBABBLERS, WARBLERS, APALISES, CROMBECS, CISTICOLAS AND PRINIAS	–
Cape Shoveller	130	Cape Reed Warbler	P
Southern Pochard	–	African Sedge Warbler	–
Spurwinged Goose	–	Grassbird	–
KITES	–	Levaillant's Cisticola	P
Black Shouldered Kite	4	Spotted Prinia	P
Yellowbilled Kite	–	WAGTAILS, PIPITS AND LONGCLAWS	–
EAGLES	–	Cape Wagtail	P
African Fish Eagle	3	Grassveld Pipit	–
BUZZARDS	–	Orangethroated Longclaw	–
Steppe Buzzard	2	SHRIKES	–
GOSHAWKS AND SPARROWHAWKS	–	Fiscal Shrike	P
Redbreasted Sparrowhawk	–	Southern Boubou	–
Black Sparrowhawk	2	Bokmakierie	P
African Goshawk	1	STARLINGS	–
HARRIERS	–	European Starling	P
African Marsh Harrier	–	Redwing Starling	P
FALCONS AND KESTRELS	–	SUGARBIRDS AND SUNBIRDS	–
Peregrine Falcon	–	Malachite Sunbird	–
Lanner Falcon	–	Lesser Double collared Sunbird	P
Rock Kestrel	–	WHITE EYES	–
FRANCOLIN AND QUAIL	–	Cape White Eye	P
Cape Francolin	95	SPARROWS, WEAVERS, BISHOPS AND WIDOWS	–
GUINEAFOWL	–	House Sparrow	–
Helmeted Guineafowl	21	Cape Sparrow	P
RAIL, CRAKES, FLUFFTAILS, GALLINULES, MOORHENS AND COOTS	–	Cape Weaver	P
African Purple Swamp hen	6	Southern Masked Weaver	–
Moorhen	41	Red Bishop	–
Redknobbed Coot	2577	Yellowrumped Widow	–
PLOVERS	–	WAXBILLS	–
Threebanded Plover	13	Common Waxbill	P
Blacksmith Lapwing	47	Pintailed Whydah	–
Ringed Plover	–	CANARIES, SISKINS, FINCHES AND BUNTINGS	–
Crowned Plover	–	Cape Canary	P
SNIPES, GODWITS, SANDPIPERS, STINTS, CURLEWS AND PHALAROPES	–	Bully Canary	–
Common Sandpiper	1	OTHER	–
Marsh Sandpiper	–	Mallard/Dutch Quacker	23
Greenshank	3	Common Peacock	1
AVOCETS AND STILTS	–	total species	80
Blackwinged Stilt	87	–	–
Pied Avocet	291	–	–
DIKKOPS	–	–	–
Spotted Thickknees	–	–	–
Water Thickknees	1	–	–
SKUAS, GULLS AND TERNS	–	–	–
Kelp Gull	21	–	–
Greyheaded Gull	1	–	–
Hartlaubs Gull	104	–	–
Caspian Tern	22	–	–
Common Tern	14	–	–
PIGEONS AND DOVES	–	–	–
Feral Pigeon	P	–	–
Rock Pigeon	P	–	–
Redeyed Dove	–	–	–
Cape Turtle Dove	–	–	–
Laughing Dove	P	–	–
Rameron Pigeon	–	–	–
CUCKOOS	–	–	–
Klaas's Cuckoo	–	–	–
Diederik Cuckoo	–	–	–