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Bird List

Bird List

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List of Birds found in the Overberg, in alphabetical order:

  • First number = Robert’s Bird Number
  • Second number = Possibility of sighting, where 1= high, 2=average, 3=low, 4=unlikely
  • * =introduced species
Name Roberts NumberSighting
AlbatrossBlackbrowed124
AlbatrossShy114
AlbatrossWandering104
AlbatrossYellownosed144
ApalisBarthroated4652
Avocet2942
BarbetPied6452
Bateleur1464
BatisCape7002
Bee-eaterEuropean4383
BishopRed8241
BitternLittle783
Bokmakierie7461
BoubouSouthern7362
Budgerigar*8904
BulbulCape5661
BuntingCape8851
BuntingCrimsonbreasted8864
BuntingLarklike8874
BustardStanley’s2313
ButtonquilBlackrumped2064
BuzzardForest1503
BuzzardJackal1521
BuzzardSteppe1492
CanaryBlackheaded8764
CanaryBully8772
CanaryCape8721
CanaryForest8734
CanaryStreakyheaded8813
CanaryWhitethroated8792
CanaryYellow8781
ChatFamiliar5891
ChatMountain5863
ChatSicklewinged5913
CisticolaCloud6663
CisticolaFantailed6642
CisticolaGreybacked6692
CisticolaLevaillant’s6771
CootRedknobbed2281
CormorantBank572
cormorantcape561
CormorantCrowned592
CormorantReed581
cormorantWhite-breasted551
CoucalBurchell’s3912
CourserBurchell’s2994
CrakeBlack2132
CraneBlue2081
CrombecLongbilled6512
CrowBlack5471
CrowPied5482
CuckooBlack3784
CuckooDiederik3863
CuckooEuropean3744
CuckooGreat Spotted3804
CuckooJacobin3824
CuckooKlaas’s3852
CuckooRedchested3772
CuckooshrikeBlack5384
CuckooshrikeGrey5404
Curlew2893
Dabchick81
Darter601
DikkopSpotted2971
DikkopWater2982
DoveCape Turtle3541
DoveCinnamon3604
DoveLaughing3551
DoveNamaqua3562
DoveRedeed3521
DoveTambourine3594
DrongoForktailed5411
DuckAfrican Black1052
DuckFulvous1004
DuckMaccoa1172
DuckWhitebacked1014
DuckWhitefaced994
DuckYellowbilled1041
EagleAfrican fish1482
EagleBlack1312
EagleBooted1363
EagleCrowned1414
EagleMartial1403
EgretCattle711
EgretGreat White663
EgretLittle671
EgretYellowbilled682
FalconHobby1734
FalconLanner1723
FalconPeregrine1713
FinchQuail8524
FinchlarkGreybacked5163
FlamingoGreater962
FlamingoLesser972
FlufftailBuffspotted2184
FlufftailRedchested2173
FlufftailStriped2214
FlycatcherBluemanteled7084
FlycatcherDusky6902
FlycatcherFairy7064
FlycatcherFiscal6981
FlycatcherPaaradise7102
FlycatcherSpotted6894
FrancolinCape1951
FrancolinGreywing1902
FrancolinRedwing1924
FulmarAntarctic194
GallinulePurple2232
GannetCape532
GodwitBartailed2883
GooseEgyptian1021
GooseSpurwinged1161
goshawkAfrican1603
GoshawkGabar1614
GoshawkPle Chanting1624
GrebeBlacknecked72
GrebeGreat Crested62
Greenshank2702
GuineafowlHelmeted*2031
GullGreyheaded3152
GullHartlaub’s3161
GullKelp3121
Gymnogene1693
Hamerkop812
HarrierAfrican March1652
HarrierBlack1681
HarrierPallid1674
Hawk-eagle1374
heronBlackcrowned Night762
HeronBlackheaded631
HeronGrey621
HeronPurple653
HeronSquacco724
HoneyguideGreater4743
HoneyguideLesser4764
HoneyguideSharpbilled4784
Hoopoe4511
IbisGlossy932
IbisHadeda941
IbisSacred911
JacanaAfrican2404
Kestrellesser1833
KestrelRock1811
KingfisherBrownhooded4353
KingfisherGiant4291
KingfisherHalfcollared4304
KingfisherMalachite4312
KingfisherPied4281
KiteBlackshouldered1271
KiteYellowbilled1262
Knot2713
KorhaanBlack2392
KorhaanKaroo2363
LarkClapper4953
LarkKaroo5024
LarkLongbilled5003
LarkRedcapped5071
LarkThickbilled5122
LongclawOrangethroated7273
Mallard*8913
MartinBanded5343
MartinBrownthroated5331
MartinHouse5303
MartinRock5291
MartinSand5323
Moorhen2261
MousebirdRedfaced4262
MousebirdSpeckled4241
MousebirdWhitebacked4252
Neddicky6812
NightarRufouscheeked4063
NightjarFierynecked4052
NightjarFreckled4084
OrioleBlackheaded5454
OrioleEuropean Golden5434
Osprey1703
Ostrich11
OwlBarn3921
OwlCape Eagle4003
OwlGiant Eagle4023
OwlGrass3934
OwlSpotted Eagle4011
OwlWood3944
OystercatcherAfrican Black2441
OystercatcherEurasiaan2434
Peafowl*9074
PegeonFeral*3481
PelicanWhite492
PenguinAfrican (Jackass)32
PetrelBlue284
PetrelKerguelen274
PetrelLeach’s Storm434
PetrelNorthern Giant184
PetrelPintado214
PetrelSoftplumed244
PetrelSouthern Giant174
PetrelWhitechinned323
PetrelWilson’s Storm444
PigeonRameron3502
PigeonRock3492
PipitGrassveld7162
PipitLongbilled7174
PipitPlainbacked7183
PloverBlacksmith2581
PloverChestnutbanded2473
PloverCrowned2551
PloverGrey2542
PloverKittlitz’s2482
PloverRinged2452
PloverSand2514
PloverThreebanded2491
PloverWhitefronted2461
PochardSouthern1132
PriniaSpotted6861
PrionBroadbilled294
RailAfrican2103
RailCommon2003
RavenWhitenecked5502
Redshank2684
RobinCape6011
RobinKaroo6141
RockjumperCape6113
RollerEuropean4464
Ruff2843
Sanderling2812
SandgrouseNamaqua3443
SandpiperCommon2642
SandpiperCurlew2722
SandpiperMarsh2692
SandpiperTerek2634
SandpiperWood2662
ScimitarbillGreater4544
Secretarybird1183
ShearwaterCory’s344
ShearwaterFleshfooted364
ShearwaterGreat354
ShearwaterLittle394
ShearwaterManx384
ShearwaterSooty373
ShelduckSouth AfricanAfrican103
ShovellerCape1121
ShovellerEuropean1114
ShrikeFiscal7321
ShrikeLesser GreyGrey731
ShrikeOlive BushBush750
ShrikeRedbacked7334
SiskinCape8742
SkuaArctic3073
SkuaLongtailed384
SkuaPomerine3094
SkuaSubantarctic3104
SnipeEthiopian2862
SnipePainted2424
SparrowCape8031
SparrowHouse*8011
SparrowhawkBlack1584
SparrowhawkLittle1574
SparrowhawkRedbreasted1552
SpoonbillAfrican952
StaarlingWattled7602
StarlingBlackbellied7684
StarlingEuropean*7571
StarlingPied7591
StarlingRedwinged7691
StiltBlackwinged2951
StintLittle2742
Stonechat5962
StorkBlack843
StorkWhite833
SugarbirdCape7731
SunbirdBlack7924
SunbirdGr Doublecollared7853
SunbirdLr Doublecollared7831
SunbirdMalachite7751
SunbirdOrangebreasted7771
SwallowBlack Sawwing5362
SwallowEuropean5182
SwallowGreater Striped5261
SwallowLesser Striped5274
SwallowPearlbreasted5232
SwallowWhitethroated5202
SwiftAlpine4182
SwiftBlack4122
SwiftEuropen4114
SwiftHorus4164
SwiftLittle4171
SwiftWhiterumped4152
TchagraSouthern7422
TealCape1062
TealHottentot1074
TealRedbilled1082
TernAntarctic3293
TernArctic3283
TernCaspian3222
TernCommon3272
TernDamar3343
TernLittle3354
TernRosete3304
TernSandwich3262
TernSwift3242
TernWhiskered3383
TernWhitewinged3392
ThrushCape Rock5811
ThrushOlive5771
ThrushSentinl Rock5824
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