Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve 

June 2007 Bird Count 

photograph by Ann Koeslag

African Fish Eagle

 

Species	Presence	Species	Presence
GREBES	–	COUCALS	–
Great Crested Grebe	9	Burchell's Coucal	–
Dabchick	105	SWIFTS	–
PELICANS	–	Black Swift	–
White Pelican	4	Whiterumped Swift	–
CORMORANTS	–	Little Swift	P
Whitebreasted Cormorant	64	Alpine Swift	–
Cape Cormorant	3	MOUSEBIRDS	–
Reed Cormorant	63	Whitebacked Mousebird	P
DARTERS	–	KINGFISHERS	–
Darter	105	Pied Kingfisher	15
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS	–	Giant Kingfisher	–
Grey Heron	5	Malachite Kingfisher	3
Blackheaded Heron	4	BARBETS	–
Purple Heron	12	Acacia Pied Barbet	–
Blackcrowned Night Heron	3	LARKS AND FINCHLARKS	–
Little Egret	19	Redcapped Lark	P
Yellow billed Egret	1	SWALLOWS AND MARTINS	–
Cattle Egret	–	European Swallow	–
Little Bittern	–	Whitethroated Swallow	–
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS	–	Greater Striped Swallow	–
Sacred Ibis	31	Pearlbreasted Swallow	–
Glossy Ibis	–	Black Sawwing	–
Hadeda Ibis	20	Rock Martin	P
African Spoonbill	33	Brownthroated Martin	P
FLAMINGOES	–	CROWS AND RAVENS	–
Greater Flamingo	–	Pied Crow	7
Lesser Flamingo	–	Whitenecked Raven	–
DUCKS AND GEESE	–	BULBULS	–
Whitefaced Duck	–	Cape Bulbul	P
Fulvous Duck	–	THRUSHES, CHATS, ALETHES, ROBINS AND ROCKJUMPERS	–
Egyptian Goose	101	Olive Thrush	–
Yellowbilled Duck	13	Cape Robin Chat	P
Red-billed Teal	–	Karoo Robin	–
Cape Teal	14	TITBABBLERS, WARBLERS, APALISES, CROMBECS, CISTICOLAS AND PRINIAS	–
Cape Shoveller	43	Cape Reed Warbler	P
Southern Pochard	–	African Sedge Warbler	P
Spurwinged Goose	10	Grassbird	–
KITES	–	Levaillant's Cisticola	P
Black Shouldered Kite	–	Spotted Prinia	P
Yellowbilled Kite	–	WAGTAILS, PIPITS AND LONGCLAWS	–
EAGLES	–	Cape Wagtail	–
African Fish Eagle	5	Grassveld Pipit	–
BUZZARDS	–	Orangethroated Longclaw	–
Steppe Buzzard	–	SHRIKES	–
GOSHAWKS AND SPARROWHAWKS	–	Fiscal Shrike	P
Redbreasted Sparrowhawk	–	Southern Boubou	–
Black Sparrowhawk	–	Bokmakierie	P
African Goshawk	–	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	80	SPARROWS, WEAVERS, BISHOPS AND WIDOWS	–
GUINEAFOWL	–	House Sparrow	–
Helmeted Guineafowl	23	Cape Sparrow	P
RAIL, CRAKES, FLUFFTAILS, GALLINULES, MOORHENS AND COOTS	–	Cape Weaver	P
African Purple Swamp hen	–	Southern Masked Weaver	P
Moorhen	63	Red Bishop	–
Redknobbed Coot	1570	Yellowrumped Widow	–
PLOVERS	–	WAXBILLS	–
Threebanded Plover	1	Common Waxbill	P
Blacksmith Lapwing	14	Pintailed Whydah	–
Ringed Plover	–	CANARIES, SISKINS, FINCHES AND BUNTINGS	–
Crowned Plover	–	Cape Canary	–
SNIPES, GODWITS, SANDPIPERS, STINTS, CURLEWS AND PHALAROPES	–	Bully Canary	–
Common Sandpiper	–	OTHER	–
Marsh Sandpiper	–	Mallard/Dutch Quacker	9
Greenshank	1	Common Peacock	1
AVOCETS AND STILTS	–	total species	65
Blackwinged Stilt	38	–	–
Pied Avocet	–	–	–
DIKKOPS	–	–	–
Spotted Thickknees	5	–	–
Water Thickknees	–	–	–
SKUAS, GULLS AND TERNS	–	–	–
Kelp Gull	8	–	–
Greyheaded Gull	–	–	–
Hartlaubs Gull	73	–	–
Caspian Tern	4	–	–
Common Tern	2	–	–
PIGEONS AND DOVES	–	–	–
Feral Pigeon	P	–	–
Rock Pigeon	P	–	–
Redeyed Dove	–	–	–
Cape Turtle Dove	P	–	–
Laughing Dove	P	–	–
CUCKOOS	–	–	–
Klaas's Cuckoo	–	–	–
Diederik Cuckoo	–	–	–