Birds of South Africa

Endemic to South Africa

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Cape SugarbirdPromerops cafer
• Orange-breasted SunbirdAnthobaphes violacea
• Knysna WoodpeckerCampethera notata
• Cape SiskinCrithagra totta
• Victorin's WarblerCryptillas victorini
• Knysna WarblerBradypterus sylvaticus
• Cape RockjumperChaetops frenatus
• Cape Long-billed LarkCerthilauda curvirostris
• Protea CanaryCrithagra leucoptera
• Red LarkCalendulauda burra
• Rudd's LarkHeteromirafra ruddi
• Fynbos ButtonquailTurnix hottentottus
• Botha's LarkSpizocorys fringillaris

All regular species

• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
• Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
• Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
• Southern FiscalLanius collaris
• Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
• Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
• Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
• Pied CrowCorvus albus
• Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
• Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
• Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
• Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
• African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
• Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
• Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
• Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
• Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
• Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
• Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
• Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
• Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
• African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
• Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
• Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
• Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
• Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
• Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
• BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
• Grey Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
• Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
• African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
• NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
• Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens
• Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
• Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
• Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
• Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
• African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
• White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
• Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
• Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
• Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
• African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
• Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
• Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
• Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
• Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
• Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
• Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor
• Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus
• Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
• African DarterAnhinga rufa
• Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
• Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa
• Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
• Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
• Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
• Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
• Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
• Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
• African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
• Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
• Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
• White-browed Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
• White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
• Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii
• HamerkopScopus umbretta
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
• Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris
• Cape GannetMorus capensis
• Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
• Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
• Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi
• European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
• Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
• Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
• Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora
• White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Namaqua DoveOena capensis
• Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
• Cape CrowCorvus capensis
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus
• Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
• Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
• Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
• Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
• White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
• Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
• Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
• Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis
• Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
• African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
• African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
• African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
• Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
• Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
• White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
• Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
• Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
• Southern Black TitMelaniparus niger
• Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
• Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
• Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
• Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
• Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
• Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
• Common OstrichStruthio camelus
• African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
• Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
• Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
• Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
• Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
• Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
• Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
• Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
• Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
• Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensis
• Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
• Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
• White-backed MousebirdColius colius
• Blue CraneGrus paradisea
• South African ShelduckTadorna cana
• Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
• African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
• Cape GrassbirdSphenoeacus afer
• Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
• Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
• Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii
• Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
• Red-headed FinchAmadina erythrocephala
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Scaly-feathered WeaverSporopipes squamifrons
• African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
• Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
• White-backed VultureGyps africanus
• White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
• Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
• White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
• Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
• African Black DuckAnas sparsa
• African JacanaActophilornis africanus
• Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
• Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota
• Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• Cape BatisBatis capensis
• BrubruNilaus afer
• Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Grey-backed CisticolaCisticola subruficapilla
• Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax canorus
• South African Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera
• African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini
• Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
• BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
• Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
• Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
• Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
• Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
• Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis
• Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
• Burchell's StarlingLamprotornis australis
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
• Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas
• Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
• Cape TealAnas capensis
• Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
• Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
• Mountain ChatMyrmecocichla monticola
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Northern Black KorhaanAfrotis afraoides
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• African Green PigeonTreron calvus
• African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
• Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata
• Goliath HeronArdea goliath
• Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
• Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
• Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
• Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
• African Black SwiftApus barbatus
• Crimson-breasted ShrikeLaniarius atrococcineus
• Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
• QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
• Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
• White-throated CanaryCrithagra albogularis
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Cape SugarbirdPromerops cafer
• African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
• Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Kalahari Scrub RobinCercotrichas paena
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Spike-heeled LarkChersomanes albofasciata
• Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
• Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis
• Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
• Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
• Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corusca
• Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
• Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
• Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
• Red-crested KorhaanLophotis ruficrista
• Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
• Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
• Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
• Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
• White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
• White-throated Robin-ChatDessonornis humeralis
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Large-billed LarkGalerida magnirostris
• Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
• SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
• Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
• Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
• Amur FalconFalco amurensis
• Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
• Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
• Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
• Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
• Marico FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis
• Cloud CisticolaCisticola textrix
• Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
• Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
• Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus
• Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
• American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
• Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
• Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
• Cape Rock ThrushMonticola rupestris
• Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
• Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
• Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
• Tawny EagleAquila rapax
• Olive BushshrikeChlorophoneus olivaceus
• Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
• Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
• Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
• Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
• Orange-breasted SunbirdAnthobaphes violacea
• European RollerCoracias garrulus
• Rufous-eared WarblerMalcorus pectoralis
• Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
• White StorkCiconia ciconia
• Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
• Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava
• Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis
• African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
• White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
• Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
• Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
• Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
• Lark-like BuntingEmberiza impetuani
• African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
• Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
• Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
• Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
• Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
• Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
• Southern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus
• Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
• Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Brown-headed ParrotPoicephalus cryptoxanthus
• Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Eastern Golden WeaverPloceus subaureus
• Wing-snapping CisticolaCisticola ayresii
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Pririt BatisBatis pririt
• Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Fairy FlycatcherStenostira scita
• Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
• Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens
• Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
• Violet-eared WaxbillGranatina granatina
• Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
• Sociable WeaverPhiletairus socius
• Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
• Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus
• Grey SunbirdCyanomitra veroxii
• Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
• Drakensberg PriniaPrinia hypoxantha
• White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis
• Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
• Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
• Forest CanaryCrithagra scotops
• Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
• Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
• Southern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus anguitimens
• Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
• Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
• Southern TchagraTchagra tchagra
• Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
• White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
• Karoo ChatEmarginata schlegelii
• Chorister Robin-ChatCossypha dichroa
• Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Gorgeous BushshrikeTelophorus viridis
• Purple RollerCoracias naevius
• Namaqua SandgrousePterocles namaqua
• Wailing CisticolaCisticola lais
• Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
• Burnt-necked EremomelaEremomela usticollis
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
• Common BuzzardButeo buteo
• Kori BustardArdeotis kori
• Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Grey Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
• Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
• Grey-winged FrancolinScleroptila afra
• Black-faced WaxbillBrunhilda erythronotos
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Grey-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix verticalis
• Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
• African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
• Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
• Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
• Ashy TitMelaniparus cinerascens
• Orange River FrancolinScleroptila gutturalis
• Black HarrierCircus maurus
• Blue-mantled Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus cyanomelas
• Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
• Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Double-banded SandgrousePterocles bicinctus
• Dusky SunbirdCinnyris fuscus
• Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
• Chat FlycatcherAgricola infuscatus
• Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
• Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
• Karoo KorhaanHeterotetrax vigorsii
• Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
• Crowned CormorantMicrocarbo coronatus
• Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
• African RailRallus caerulescens
• White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
• Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
• Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
• African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Dusky IndigobirdVidua funerea
• Southern Crested GuineafowlGuttera edouardi
• Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
• Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
• Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
• Pale-winged StarlingOnychognathus nabouroup
• Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
• Cape Penduline TitAnthoscopus minutus
• Ground WoodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceus
• Blue KorhaanEupodotis caerulescens
• Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
• African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
• Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia
• Southern Pied BabblerTurdoides bicolor
• Grey TitMelaniparus afer
• Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea
• Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
• Karoo Scrub RobinTychaedon coryphoeus
• African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
• Knysna WoodpeckerCampethera notata
• African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
• Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
• Bearded Scrub RobinTychaedon quadrivirgata
• Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
• Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
• Sickle-winged ChatEmarginata sinuata
• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
• Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
• Yellow-throated Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus ruficapilla
• Namaqua WarblerPhragmacia substriata
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
• Karoo Long-billed LarkCerthilauda subcoronata
• Forest BuzzardButeo trizonatus
• Black-headed CanarySerinus alario
• Black StorkCiconia nigra
• Cape SiskinCrithagra totta
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
• Horus SwiftApus horus
• Retz's HelmetshrikePrionops retzii
• Common SwiftApus apus
• Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Southern Black KorhaanAfrotis afra
• African PenguinSpheniscus demersus
• Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
• Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
• Ludwig's BustardNeotis ludwigii
• Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
• African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
• White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
• Karoo LarkCalendulauda albescens
• Grey CuckooshrikeCeblepyris caesius
• Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
• African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
• Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
• Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
• Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
• Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
• African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
• Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
• Groundscraper ThrushTurdus litsitsirupa
• Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
• Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii
• Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
• Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
• Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
• Brown Scrub RobinTychaedon signata
• Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
• Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
• White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
• Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
• Rudd's ApalisApalis ruddi
• Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
• Stierling's Wren-WarblerCalamonastes stierlingi
• Barred Wren-WarblerCalamonastes fasciolatus
• Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
• Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii
• Bank CormorantPhalacrocorax neglectus
• Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
• Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
• Wattled CraneGrus carunculata
• Double-banded CourserSmutsornis africanus
• Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
• Rufous-cheeked NightjarCaprimulgus rufigena
• Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
• Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
• Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
• Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
• Striped PipitAnthus lineiventris
• Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
• Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
• African CuckooCuculus gularis
• White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
• Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
• Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
• Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
• Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
• Sentinel Rock ThrushMonticola explorator
• Victorin's WarblerCryptillas victorini
• Barratt's WarblerBradypterus barratti
• Eastern Long-billed LarkCerthilauda semitorquata
• Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
• Shelley's FrancolinScleroptila shelleyi
• Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
• Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fusca
• Pink-billed LarkSpizocorys conirostris
• Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris
• Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
• Buff-streaked ChatCampicoloides bifasciatus
• Gurney's SugarbirdPromerops gurneyi
• Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
• Great SparrowPasser motitensis
• Marsh OwlAsio capensis
• Cape ParrotPoicephalus robustus
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• African Rock PipitAnthus crenatus
• Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
• Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
• Tractrac ChatEmarginata tractrac
• Grey Penduline TitAnthoscopus caroli
• Knysna WarblerBradypterus sylvaticus
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Monotonous LarkMirafra passerina
• Purple IndigobirdVidua purpurascens
• Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
• Greylag GooseAnser anser
• Livingstone's TuracoTauraco livingstonii
• Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
• Short-toed Rock ThrushMonticola brevipes
• Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegans
• Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
• White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
• Bushveld PipitAnthus caffer
• Pale-crowned CisticolaCisticola cinnamomeus
• Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
• Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
• Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
• Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
• Pink-throated TwinspotHypargos margaritatus
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Garden WarblerSylvia borin
• Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
• African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
• Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
• King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus
• Cape RockjumperChaetops frenatus
• Grey WaxbillGlaucestrilda perreini
• Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
• Red KnotCalidris canutus
• Bush BlackcapSylvia nigricapillus
• Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
• Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
• Layard's WarblerCurruca layardi
• Burchell's SandgrousePterocles burchelli
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Melodious LarkMirafra cheniana
• African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
• Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus
• Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
• Cape Long-billed LarkCerthilauda curvirostris
• Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
• Karoo EremomelaEremomela gregalis
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
• Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
• Black-eared Sparrow-LarkEremopterix australis
• Yellow-streaked GreenbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatus
• Antarctic TernSterna vittata
• Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
• European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
• Nicholson's PipitAnthus nicholsoni
• African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
• Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula
• Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
• Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus
• Lemon-breasted CanaryCrithagra citrinipectus
• Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
• Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
• African FinfootPodica senegalensis
• Shy AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
• House CrowCorvus splendens
• Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
• Protea CanaryCrithagra leucoptera
• Orange Ground ThrushGeokichla gurneyi
• European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
• Fan-tailed GrassbirdCatriscus brevirostris
• Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
• Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
• Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
• Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Yellow-breasted PipitHemimacronyx chloris
• Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
• Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
• Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
• Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
• Woodwards' BatisBatis fratrum
• Spotted Ground ThrushGeokichla guttata
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
• Southern Banded Snake EagleCircaetus fasciolatus
• Short-clawed LarkCerthilauda chuana
• Cinnamon-breasted WarblerEuryptila subcinnamomea
• Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
• Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
• Green MalkohaCeuthmochares australis
• Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Neergaard's SunbirdCinnyris neergaardi
• African Grass OwlTyto capensis
• Stark's LarkSpizocorys starki
• Southern Yellow White-eyeZosterops anderssoni
• African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
• Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteri
• Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
• Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
• Burchell's CourserCursorius rufus
• Böhm's SpinetailNeafrapus boehmi
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• Red-billed SpurfowlPternistis adspersus
• Bradfield's SwiftApus bradfieldi
• Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
• Drakensberg RockjumperChaetops aurantius
• Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
• Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
• Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
• Damara TernSternula balaenarum
• Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
• Common CuckooCuculus canorus
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Tinkling CisticolaCisticola rufilatus
• Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
• Red LarkCalendulauda burra
• Arnot's ChatMyrmecocichla arnotti
• Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides
• Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
• Black-fronted BushshrikeChlorophoneus nigrifrons
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
• Mangrove KingfisherHalcyon senegaloides
• Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
• White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
• Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
• Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
• Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
• Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
• Pintado PetrelDaption capense
• Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
• Eastern Bronze-naped PigeonColumba delegorguei
• Sabine's GullXema sabini
• Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis
• Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
• Drakensberg SiskinCrithagra symonsi
• Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
• Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
• Sclater's LarkSpizocorys sclateri
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoni
• African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
• Green BarbetCryptolybia olivacea
• Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
• Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
• Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
• Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
• Striped FlufftailSarothrura affinis
• Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
• Racket-tailed RollerCoracias spatulatus
• Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaerulea
• Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
• Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
• Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
• Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
• European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
• Medium EgretArdea intermedia
• Black CoucalCentropus grillii
• Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
• Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliae
• Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
• Rudd's LarkHeteromirafra ruddi
• Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
• Short-tailed PipitAnthus brachyurus
• Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
• Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
• Fynbos ButtonquailTurnix hottentottus
• Black SwanCygnus atratus
• Brown-necked ParrotPoicephalus fuscicollis
• Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
• Black-cheeked LovebirdAgapornis nigrigenis
• Sooty FalconFalco concolor
• Slaty EgretEgretta vinaceigula
• Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
• Wood DuckAix sponsa
• Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
• Corn CrakeCrex crex
• Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
• Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
• Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
• White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
• Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
• Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
• River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
• African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
• Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
• Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
• American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• Mountain PipitAnthus hoeschi
• Botha's LarkSpizocorys fringillaris
• Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
• Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
• Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
• Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillata
• Dune LarkCalendulauda erythrochlamys
• Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
• Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
• Salvin's PrionPachyptila salvini
• Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellus
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
• Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordi
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
• Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
• Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
• Southern FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
• Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
• White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
• Plain-backed SunbirdAnthreptes reichenowi
• WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
• Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
• Australasian GannetMorus serrator
• Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
• Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
• Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora
• White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
• Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis
• Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
• Grey-backed Storm PetrelGarrodia nereis
• Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
• Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
• Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
• Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
• Taita FalconFalco fasciinucha
• Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
• Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
• Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
• Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
• Pink PigeonNesoenas mayeri
• Snowy SheathbillChionis albus
• Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
• Mute SwanCygnus olor
• Common Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
• Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
• Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittata
• Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
• Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
• Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
• Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
• Black TernChlidonias niger
• Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
• Collared Palm ThrushCichladusa arquata
• Malagasy Pond HeronArdeola idae
• Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquila
• Snowy EgretEgretta thula
• BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
• Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
• White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
• Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
• Western Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome
• Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
• White WagtailMotacilla alba
• Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
• Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua
• Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
• Black SkimmerRynchops niger
• Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
• Grey PetrelProcellaria cinerea
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica
• Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui
• Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
• Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
• Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
• Boulder ChatPinarornis plumosus
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
• Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
• White-winged FlufftailSarothrura ayresi
• Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
• Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
• Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
• Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
• Little CrakeZapornia parva
• Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
• Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
• White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
• Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
• Shelley's GreenbulArizelocichla masukuensis
• Streaky-breasted FlufftailSarothrura boehmi
• Black-faced SheathbillChionis minor
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Augur BuzzardButeo augur
• Tristan AlbatrossDiomedea dabbenena
• Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
• Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris
• Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
• Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
• Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
• Subantarctic ShearwaterPuffinus elegans
• Shelley's SunbirdCinnyris shelleyi
• Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
• Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salvini
• Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
• Southern HyliotaHyliota australis
• Northern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes moseleyi
• Kerguelen TernSterna virgata
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
• Gough FinchRowettia goughensis
• Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
• Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
• Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilus
• Black-eared SeedeaterCrithagra mennelli
• Swynnerton's RobinSwynnertonia swynnertoni
• Great SnipeGallinago media
• Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
• Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
• Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
• Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
• Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
• White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
• Lilian's LovebirdAgapornis lilianae
• Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensis
• Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
• Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
• Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Miombo TitMelaniparus griseiventris
• Stripe-cheeked GreenbulArizelocichla milanjensis
• Hartlaub's SpurfowlPternistis hartlaubi
• Locust FinchPaludipasser locustella
• Blue QuailSynoicus adansonii
• White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
• Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
• Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
• Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
• Silvery-cheeked HornbillBycanistes brevis
• Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
• African HobbyFalco cuvierii
• Whyte's BarbetStactolaema whytii
• Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
• White-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta grallaria
• Lesser SeedcrackerPyrenestes minor
• European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Great SkuaStercorarius skua
• Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
• Montane NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus
• RockrunnerAchaetops pycnopygius
• Western Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla tephrolaema
• Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incerta
• Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
• Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
• Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
• European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
• Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
• Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
• Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
• Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata
• American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
• Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
• Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
• Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
• Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
• Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
• White-tailed Crested FlycatcherElminia albonotata
• Evergreen Forest WarblerBradypterus lopezi
• Carp's TitMelaniparus carpi
• Fülleborn's BoubouLaniarius fuelleborni
• South Georgia Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus
• Grey-faced PetrelPterodroma gouldi
• Wilkins's FinchNesospiza wilkinsi