Birds of Lesotho
Lesotho hosts 263 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Sentinel Rock ThrushMonticola explorator
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Drakensberg SiskinCrithagra symonsi
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
- Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Sickle-winged ChatEmarginata sinuata
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- Ground WoodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceus
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
- Drakensberg RockjumperChaetops aurantius
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris
- Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
- Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris
- Large-billed LarkGalerida magnirostris
- African Black SwiftApus barbatus
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
- Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mountain PipitAnthus hoeschi
- Wailing CisticolaCisticola lais
- African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- African Rock PipitAnthus crenatus
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
- Fairy FlycatcherStenostira scita
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Cape Rock ThrushMonticola rupestris
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Grey-winged FrancolinScleroptila afra
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Drakensberg PriniaPrinia hypoxantha
- Cape GrassbirdSphenoeacus afer
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis
- Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Barratt's WarblerBradypterus barratti
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Wing-snapping CisticolaCisticola ayresii
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Cape BatisBatis capensis
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Black-headed CanarySerinus alario
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Karoo Scrub RobinTychaedon coryphoeus
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
- Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi
- Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris
- Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora
- Black HarrierCircus maurus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Red-headed FinchAmadina erythrocephala
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Buff-streaked ChatCampicoloides bifasciatus
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
- Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
- Gurney's SugarbirdPromerops gurneyi
- African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
- Cloud CisticolaCisticola textrix
- Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Pink-billed LarkSpizocorys conirostris
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Blue KorhaanEupodotis caerulescens
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
- African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
- Eastern Long-billed LarkCerthilauda semitorquata
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- White-throated CanaryCrithagra albogularis
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- South African Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
- Nicholson's PipitAnthus nicholsoni
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
- Spike-heeled LarkChersomanes albofasciata
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax canorus
- Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Chorister Robin-ChatCossypha dichroa
- Yellow-throated Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus ruficapilla
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
- Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
- Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
- Short-tailed PipitAnthus brachyurus
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Northern Black KorhaanAfrotis afraoides
- Rufous-eared WarblerMalcorus pectoralis
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Lark-like BuntingEmberiza impetuani
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Orange River FrancolinScleroptila gutturalis
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Pale-crowned CisticolaCisticola cinnamomeus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Dusky IndigobirdVidua funerea
- Striped FlufftailSarothrura affinis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
- Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
- Ludwig's BustardNeotis ludwigii
- Forest BuzzardButeo trizonatus
- African Grass OwlTyto capensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Grey-backed CisticolaCisticola subruficapilla
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
- Melodious LarkMirafra cheniana