|
Zandvlei Estuary Nature
Reserve
May 2004 Bird
Count
photograph by Clifford Dorse
|
Species
|
Presence |
Species
|
Presence |
| Ocean birds |
– |
Raptors |
– |
| Kelp
Gull |
4 |
Blackshouldered
Kite |
– |
| Greyheaded Gull |
1 |
African Fish Eagle |
2 |
| Hartlaub's Gull |
22 |
Steppe Buzzard |
– |
| Caspian Tern |
2 |
Redbreasted
Sparrowhawk |
1 |
| Common Tern |
– |
Black Sparrowhawk |
– |
| Swift Tern |
20 |
African Goshawk |
– |
| Inland water
birds |
– |
African Marsh
Harrier |
– |
| Greater Flamingo |
– |
Lanner Falcon |
– |
| Lesser Flamingo |
– |
Peregrine Falcon |
1 |
| White Pelican |
– |
Gymnogene |
1 |
| – |
– |
Spotted Eagle Owls |
2 |
| Whitebreasted
Cormorant |
2 |
Doves, Cuckoos
and Coucals |
– |
| Reed Cormorant |
29 |
Feral Pigeon |
Yes |
| Cape Cormorant |
– |
Laughing Dove |
Yes |
| Darter |
8 |
Rock Pigeon |
– |
| Grey Heron |
1 |
Rameron Pigeon |
– |
| Blackheaded Heron |
1 |
Redeyed Dove |
Yes |
| Purple Heron |
1 |
Cape Turtle Dove |
Yes |
| Little Egret |
10 |
Laughing Dove |
Yes |
| Yellow billed Egret |
– |
Burchell's Coucal |
– |
| African Spoonbill |
2 |
Klaas's Cuckoo |
– |
| Cattle Egret |
2 |
Aerial
feeders, Mousebirds & hole nesters |
– |
| Night Heron |
9+2
juveniles |
Black Swift |
– |
| Little Bittern |
1 |
Whitethroated
Swallow |
– |
| Sacred Ibis |
5 |
Pearlbreasted
Swallow |
– |
| Glossy Ibis |
2 |
Greaterstriped
Swallow |
– |
| Hadeda |
4 |
Rock Martin |
– |
| Ducks &
Wading birds |
– |
Brownthroated Martin |
– |
| Great crested Grebe |
2 |
Black Sawwing
Swallow |
– |
| Dabchick |
7 |
Whiterumped Swift |
– |
| Egyptian Goose |
41 |
Little Swift |
– |
| Yellowbilled Duck |
3 |
Alpine Swift |
– |
| Red-billed Teal |
– |
European Swallow |
– |
| Cape Teal |
20 |
Whitebacked
Mousebird |
Yes |
| Cape Shoveller |
– |
Giant Kingfisher |
1 |
| Purple Galinule |
– |
Malachite Kingfisher |
1 |
| Moorhen |
7 |
Pied Kingfisher |
7 |
| Redknobbed Coot |
57 |
Insect
eaters (1) larks to robins |
– |
| Threebanded Plover |
– |
Pied Crow |
6 |
| Blacksmith Plover |
– |
Whitenecked Raven |
– |
| Greenshank |
– |
Cape Bulbul |
Yes |
| Southern Pochard |
– |
Olive Thrush |
– |
| Common Sandpiper |
– |
Cape Robin |
Yes |
| Spurwing Goose |
– |
Cape Wagtail |
– |
| Marsh Sandpiper |
– |
Orange-throated
Longclaw |
2 |
| Avocet |
– |
Bokmakierie |
– |
| Blackwinged Stilt |
7 |
Insect eaters
(2) warblers to starlings |
– |
| Kittlitz's Plover |
– |
Cape Reed Warbler |
Yes |
| Curlew Sandpiper |
– |
African Sedge
Warbler |
Yes |
| Mallard |
5+1
quacker |
African Marsh Warbler |
– |
| Large
terrestrial birds |
– |
Grassbird |
– |
| Water Dikkop |
– |
Levailant's
Cisticola |
Yes |
| Spotted Dikkop |
1 |
Spotted Prinia |
Yes |
| Cape Francolin |
25 |
Fiscal Shrike |
Yes |
| Helmeted Guineafowl |
31 |
Southern Boubou |
Yes |
| Greywinged Francolin |
– |
European Starling |
Yes |
| Nectar
feeders |
– |
Redwing Starling |
Yes |
| Malachite
Sunbird |
– |
Total
Species |
62 |
| Orangebreasted
Sunbird |
– |
– |
– |
| Lesser
Doublecollared Sunbird |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Cape
white-eye |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Seedeaters |
– |
– |
– |
| Cape
Sparrow |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Cape
Weaver |
– |
– |
– |
| Southern
Masked Weaver |
– |
– |
– |
| Yellowrumped
Widow |
– |
– |
– |
| Common
Waxbill |
Yes |
– |
– |
| Pintailed
Whydah |
– |
– |
– |
| Cape
Canary |
– |
– |
– |
| Bully
Canary |
Yes |
– |
– |
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