Birds of South Africa
South Africa hosts 718 regularly occurring species in this directory, 13 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
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
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
- 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
- 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
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- 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
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus
- 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
- Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
- Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- African Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
- Southern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- 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
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
- White-backed MousebirdColius colius
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Spike-heeled LarkChersomanes albofasciata
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- 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
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Grey-winged FrancolinScleroptila afra
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Grey-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix verticalis
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
- 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
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
- 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
- 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
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia
- Southern Pied BabblerTurdoides bicolor
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ludwig's BustardNeotis ludwigii
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Karoo LarkCalendulauda albescens
- 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
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
- Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Burchell's SandgrousePterocles burchelli
- 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
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Shy AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
- Protea CanaryCrithagra leucoptera
- Orange Ground ThrushGeokichla gurneyi
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
- Woodwards' BatisBatis fratrum
- Spotted Ground ThrushGeokichla guttata
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- 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
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Black-fronted BushshrikeChlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Mangrove KingfisherHalcyon senegaloides
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- 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
- Drakensberg SiskinCrithagra symonsi
- Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- Sclater's LarkSpizocorys sclateri
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Dickinson's KestrelFalco dickinsoni
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- 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
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittata
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Collared Palm ThrushCichladusa arquata
- Malagasy Pond HeronArdeola idae
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Western Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome
- 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 ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- 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
- 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
- Fülleborn's BoubouLaniarius fuelleborni
- South Georgia Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus