282 species · 30 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
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
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Mountain ChatMyrmecocichla monticola
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
Grey TitMelaniparus afer
Wailing CisticolaCisticola lais
African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
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
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
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
Layard's WarblerCurruca layardi
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
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
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
Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
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
Bush BlackcapSylvia nigricapillus
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
Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
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
Southern Black TitMelaniparus niger
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
Yellow-breasted PipitHemimacronyx chloris
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 Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
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
Blue CraneGrus paradisea
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
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
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
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Dusky IndigobirdVidua funerea
Wattled CraneGrus carunculata
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-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
Fan-tailed GrassbirdCatriscus brevirostris
Melodious LarkMirafra cheniana
Little HeronButorides atricapilla- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii