bird count - November 2008 - The Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve

Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve

November 2008 Bird Count

photograph by Mathew Orolowitiz

Orangebreasted Sunbird

Scientific
name
Common Name Totals
Scientific name
Common Name Totals

Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe
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Streptopelia semitorquata Redeyed Dove –

Tachybaptus ruficollis Dabchick – Streptopelia capicola Cape Turtle Dove p

Pelecanus onocrotalus White Pelican – Streptopelia senegalensis Laughing Dove p

Phalacrocorax lucidus Whitebreasted Cormorant 10 Chrysococcyx klaas Klaas's Cuckoo –

Phalacrocorax capensis Cape Cormorant – Chrysococcyx caprius Diederik Cuckoo –

Phalacrocorax africanus Reed Cormorant 22 Centropus burchellii Burchell's Coucal –

Anhinga rufa Darter 44 Apus barbatus Black Swift –

Ardea cinerea Grey Heron 3 Apus caffer Whiterumped Swift –

Ardea melanocephala Blackheaded Heron – Apus affinis Little Swift –

Ardea purpurea Purple Heron – Tachymarptis melba Alpine Swift p

Nycticorax nycticorax Blackcrowned Night Heron – Colius colius Whitebacked Mousebird 1

Egretta garzetta Little Egret 5 Ceryle rudis Pied Kingfisher 9

Egretta intermedia Yellowbilled Egret – Megaceryle maximus Giant Kingfisher –

Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret 1 Alcedo cristata Malachite Kingfisher 4

Ixobrychus minutus Little Bittern – Tricholaema leucomelas Acacia Pied Barbet –

Threskiornis aethiopicus Sacred Ibis 21 Calandrella cinerea Redcapped Lark –

Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis 8 Hirundo rustica European Swallow –

Bostrychia hagedash Hadeda Ibis – Hirundo albigularis Whitethroated Swallow p

Platalea alba African Spoonbill 9 Hirundo cucullata Greater Striped Swallow –

Phoenicopterus ruber Greater Flamingo – Hirundo dimidiata Pearlbreasted Swallow p

Dendrocygna viduata Whitefaced Duck – Psalidoprocne holomelaena Black Sawwing –

Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Duck – Hirundo fuligula Rock Martin –

Alopochen aegyptiacus Egyptian Goose 83 Riparia paludicola Brownthroated Martin –

Anas undulata Yellowbilled Duck 8 Corvus albus Pied Crow –

Anas erythrorhyncha Redbilled Teal 3 Corvus albicollis Whitenecked Raven –

Anas capensis Cape Teal 4 Pycnonotus capensis Cape Bulbul –

Anas smithii Cape Shoveller 5 Cossypha caffra Cape Robin p

Netta erythrophthalma Southern Pochard – Cercotrichas coryphoeus Karoo Robin –

Plectropterus gambensis Spurwinged Goose 1 Acrocephalus gracilirostris Lesser Swamp Warbler p

Elanus caeruleus Black Shouldered Kite – Bradypterus baboecala Little Rush Warbler p

Milvus migrans Yellowbilled Kite – Sphenoeacus afer Grassbird –

Haliaeetus vocifer African Fish Eagle 6 Cisticola tinniens Levaillant's Cisticola p

Buteo vulpinus Steppe Buzzard – Prinia maculosa Spotted Prinia p

Accipiter rufiventris Redbreasted Sparrowhawk – Motacilla capensis Cape Wagtail p

Accipiter melanoleucus Black Sparrowhawk – Anthus cinnamomeus Grassveld Pipit –

Accipiter tachiro African Goshawk – Macronyx capensis Orangethroated Longclaw –

Circus ranivorus African Marsh Harrier – Lanius collaris Fiscal Shrike p

Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon – Laniarius ferrugineus Southern Boubou –

Falco biarmicus Lanner Falcon – Telophorus zeylonus Bokmakierie p

Falco rupicolus Rock Kestrel – Sturnus vulgaris European Starling p

Pternistis capensis Cape Francolin 15 Onychognathus morio Redwing Starling p

Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl 11 Nectarinia famosa Malachite Sunbird –

Porphyrio madagascariensis Purple Gallinule – Cinnyris chalybeus Lesser Double collared Sunbird p

Gallinula chloropus Moorhen 9 Zosterops virens Cape White Eye p

Fulica cristata Redknobbed Coot 56 Passer domesticus House Sparrow –

Charadrius tricollaris Threebanded Plover 7 Passer melanurus Cape Sparrow p

Vanellus armatus Blacksmith Plover 27 Ploceus capensis Cape Weaver p

Vanellus coronatus Crowned Plover – Ploceus velatus Southern Masked Weaver p

Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper – Euplectes orix Red Bishop –

Tringa nebularia Greenshank 5 Euplectes capensis Yellowrumped Widow p

Himantopus himantopus Blackwinged Stilt 49 Estrilda astrild Common Waxbill p

Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet – Vidua macroura Pintailed Whydah –

Burhinus capensis Spotted Dikkop 6 Serinus canicollis Cape Canary p

Burhinus vermiculatus Water Dikkop – Crithagra sulphuratus Bully Canary p

Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull 11 Anas platyrhynchos Mallard / Dutch Quacker 48

Larus cirrocephalus Greyheaded Gull – Pavo cristatus Common Peacock 2

Larus hartlaubii Hartlaubs Gull 65 Bubo capensis Spotted Eagle Owl –

Sterna caspia Caspian Tern 1 Polyboroides typus Gymnogene –

Sterna hirundo Common Tern – Amarurornis flavirostris Black Crake –

Columba livia Feral Pigeon p – – –

Columba arquatrix Rameron Pigeon 1 – – –

Columba guinea Rock Pigeon p –
Total
59