Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve 

September 2007 Bird Count 

photograph by Cassy Sheasby

Juvenile Blacksmith Lapwing

 

Species	Presence	Species	Presence
GREBES	–	COUCALS	–
Great Crested Grebe	5	Burchell's Coucal	–
Dabchick	5	SWIFTS	–
PELICANS	–	Black Swift	P
White Pelican	2	Whiterumped Swift	–
CORMORANTS	–	Little Swift	–
Whitebreasted Cormorant	39	Alpine Swift	P
Cape Cormorant	–	MOUSEBIRDS	–
Reed Cormorant	22	Whitebacked Mousebird	P
DARTERS	–	KINGFISHERS	–
Darter	28	Pied Kingfisher	14
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS	–	Giant Kingfisher	–
Grey Heron	–	Malachite Kingfisher	2
Blackheaded Heron	2	BARBETS	–
Purple Heron	1	Acacia Pied Barbet	–
Blackcrowned Night Heron	2	LARKS AND FINCHLARKS	–
Little Egret	8	Redcapped Lark	P
Yellow billed Egret	–	SWALLOWS AND MARTINS	–
Cattle Egret	–	European Swallow	–
Little Bittern	–	Whitethroated Swallow	P
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS	–	Greater Striped Swallow	–
Sacred Ibis	5	Pearlbreasted Swallow	–
Glossy Ibis	–	Black Sawwing	–
Hadeda Ibis	4	Rock Martin	P
African Spoonbill	–	Brownthroated Martin	P
FLAMINGOES	–	CROWS AND RAVENS	–
Greater Flamingo	–	Pied Crow	3
Lesser Flamingo	–	Whitenecked Raven	1
DUCKS AND GEESE	–	BULBULS	–
Whitefaced Duck	–	Cape Bulbul	P
Fulvous Duck	–	THRUSHES, CHATS, ALETHES, ROBINS AND ROCKJUMPERS	–
Egyptian Goose	134	Olive Thrush	–
Yellowbilled Duck	15	Cape Robin Chat	P
Red-billed Teal	–	Karoo Robin	1
Cape Teal	5	TITBABBLERS, WARBLERS, APALISES, CROMBECS, CISTICOLAS AND PRINIAS	–
Cape Shoveller	3	Cape Reed Warbler	P
Southern Pochard	–	African Sedge Warbler	P
Spurwinged Goose	–	Grassbird	–
KITES	–	Levaillant's Cisticola	P
Black Shouldered Kite	1	Spotted Prinia	P
Yellowbilled Kite	–	WAGTAILS, PIPITS AND LONGCLAWS	–
EAGLES	–	Cape Wagtail	–
African Fish Eagle	4	Grassveld Pipit	–
BUZZARDS	–	Orangethroated Longclaw	P
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	2	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	16	SPARROWS, WEAVERS, BISHOPS AND WIDOWS	–
GUINEAFOWL	–	House Sparrow	–
Helmeted Guineafowl	4	Cape Sparrow	P
RAIL, CRAKES, FLUFFTAILS, GALLINULES, MOORHENS AND COOTS	–	Cape Weaver	P
African Purple Swamp hen	–	Southern Masked Weaver	P
Moorhen	4	Red Bishop	–
Redknobbed Coot	44	Yellowrumped Widow	P
PLOVERS	–	WAXBILLS	–
Threebanded Plover	3	Common Waxbill	P
Blacksmith Lapwing	24	Pintailed Whydah	P
Ringed Plover	–	CANARIES, SISKINS, FINCHES AND BUNTINGS	–
Crowned Plover	–	Cape Canary	P
SNIPES, GODWITS, SANDPIPERS, STINTS, CURLEWS AND PHALAROPES	–	Bully Canary	–
Common Sandpiper	–	OTHER	–
Marsh Sandpiper	–	Mallard/Dutch Quacker	14
Greenshank	1	Common Peacock	2
AVOCETS AND STILTS	–	total species	70
Blackwinged Stilt	–	–	–
Pied Avocet	2	–	–
DIKKOPS	–	–	–
Spotted Thickknees	2	–	–
Water Thickknees	–	–	–
SKUAS, GULLS AND TERNS	–	–	–
Kelp Gull	12	–	–
Greyheaded Gull	–	–	–
Hartlaubs Gull	116	–	–
Caspian Tern	5	–	–
Common Tern	2	–	–
PIGEONS AND DOVES	–	–	–
Feral Pigeon	P	–	–
Rock Pigeon	–	–	–
Redeyed Dove	P	–	–
Cape Turtle Dove	P	–	–
Laughing Dove	P	–	–
CUCKOOS	–	–	–
Klaas's Cuckoo	–	–	–
Diederik Cuckoo	–	–	–