Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve 

January 2008 Bird Count 

photograph by Cassy Sheasby

5 Pied Kingfishers perched on a tree

 

Species	Presence	Species	Presence
GREBES	–	COUCALS	–
Great Crested Grebe	–	Burchell's Coucal	1
Dabchick	2	SWIFTS	–
PELICANS	–	Black Swift	P
White Pelican	–	Whiterumped Swift	–
CORMORANTS	–	Little Swift	–
Whitebreasted Cormorant	3	Alpine Swift	–
Cape Cormorant	–	MOUSEBIRDS	–
Reed Cormorant	46	Whitebacked Mousebird	P
DARTERS	–	KINGFISHERS	–
Darter	73	Pied Kingfisher	29
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS	–	Giant Kingfisher	–
Grey Heron	3	Malachite Kingfisher	2
Blackheaded Heron	2	BARBETS	–
Purple Heron	1	Acacia Pied Barbet	–
Blackcrowned Night Heron	2	LARKS AND FINCHLARKS	–
Little Egret	12	Redcapped Lark	–
Yellow billed Egret	–	SWALLOWS AND MARTINS	–
Cattle Egret	2	European Swallow	–
Little Bittern	2	Whitethroated Swallow	P
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS	–	Greater Striped Swallow	P
Sacred Ibis	6	Pearlbreasted Swallow	–
Glossy Ibis	6	Black Sawwing	–
Hadeda Ibis	1	Rock Martin	–
African Spoonbill	10	Brownthroated Martin	P
FLAMINGOES	–	CROWS AND RAVENS	–
Greater Flamingo	–	Pied Crow	5
Lesser Flamingo	–	Whitenecked Raven	–
DUCKS AND GEESE	–	BULBULS	–
Whitefaced Duck	–	Cape Bulbul	P
Fulvous Duck	–	THRUSHES, CHATS, ALETHES, ROBINS AND ROCKJUMPERS	–
Egyptian Goose	15	Olive Thrush	–
Yellowbilled Duck	–	Cape Robin Chat	P
Red-billed Teal	–	Karoo Robin	–
Cape Teal	3	TITBABBLERS, WARBLERS, APALISES, CROMBECS, CISTICOLAS AND PRINIAS	–
Cape Shoveller	44	Cape Reed Warbler	P
Southern Pochard	–	African Sedge Warbler	P
Spurwinged Goose	1	Grassbird	–
KITES	–	Levaillant's Cisticola	P
Black Shouldered Kite	–	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	1	Southern Boubou	–
Black Sparrowhawk	–	Bokmakierie	P
African Goshawk	1	STARLINGS	–
HARRIERS	–	European Starling	P
African Marsh Harrier	1	Redwing Starling	P
FALCONS AND KESTRELS	–	SUGARBIRDS AND SUNBIRDS	–
Peregrine Falcon	–	Malachite Sunbird	–
Lanner Falcon	–	Lesser Double collared Sunbird	P
Rock Kestrel	1	WHITE EYES	–
FRANCOLIN AND QUAIL	–	Cape White Eye	P
Cape Francolin	51	SPARROWS, WEAVERS, BISHOPS AND WIDOWS	–
GUINEAFOWL	–	House Sparrow	–
Helmeted Guineafowl	8	Cape Sparrow	P
RAIL, CRAKES, FLUFFTAILS, GALLINULES, MOORHENS AND COOTS	–	Cape Weaver	P
African Purple Swamp hen	1	Southern Masked Weaver	P
Moorhen	10	Red Bishop	–
Redknobbed Coot	965	Yellowrumped Widow	–
PLOVERS	–	WAXBILLS	–
Threebanded Plover	2	Common Waxbill	P
Blacksmith Lapwing	15	Pintailed Whydah	P
Ringed Plover	–	CANARIES, SISKINS, FINCHES AND BUNTINGS	–
Crowned Plover	–	Cape Canary	–
SNIPES, GODWITS, SANDPIPERS, STINTS, CURLEWS AND PHALAROPES	–	Bully Canary	P
Common Sandpiper	–	OTHER	–
Marsh Sandpiper	–	Mallard/Dutch Quacker	1
Greenshank	1	Common Peacock	1
AVOCETS AND STILTS	–	total species	73
Blackwinged Stilt	101	–	–
Pied Avocet	252	–	–
DIKKOPS	–	–	–
Spotted Thickknees	–	–	–
Water Thickknees	1	–	–
SKUAS, GULLS AND TERNS	–	–	–
Kelp Gull	12	–	–
Greyheaded Gull	–	–	–
Hartlaubs Gull	96	–	–
Caspian Tern	9	–	–
Common Tern	3	–	–
PIGEONS AND DOVES	–	–	–
Feral Pigeon	P	–	–
Rock Pigeon	–	–	–
Redeyed Dove	–	–	–
Cape Turtle Dove	P	–	–
Laughing Dove	P	–	–
Rameron Pigeon	–	–	–
CUCKOOS	–	–	–
Klaas's Cuckoo	–	–	–
Diederik Cuckoo	–	–	–