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Checklist: Sudafrica Aves

Birds 231 - Systematic list

Daniela Espinosa

Shared with: Luis Cesar Tejo ( See their Checklist)

Start: 08/10/2023
End: 30/10/2023

South Africa

See list of records (277)

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Richness and Abundance Summary

Most recorded species: Alopochen aegyptiaca (3 records), Numida meleagris (3 records), Columba livia (3 records), Chroicocephalus hartlaubii (3 records), Bostrychia hagedash (3 records), Threskiornis aethiopicus (3 records), Corvus albus (3 records), Onychognathus morio (3 records), Motacilla capensis (3 records).

Least recorded species: There are many rarely recorded species (194 species). View details

Most abundant species: Spheniscus demersus (500 individuals).

Least abundant species: There are many scarce species (83 species). View details

Order

Family

English Common Name

Spanish Common Name

Portuguese Common Name

Scientific Name

Observed

Photographed

Heard

Recorded vocal

Filmed

Average individuals per day

Sum of specimens

Records

Conservation status

Notes

1

Struthioniformes

Struthio camelus

1

4

2

LC

2

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

1

2

1

LC

3

Spur-winged Goose

Ganso Espolonado

Plectropterus gambensis

1

3

1

LC

4

Alopochen aegyptiaca

2

24

3

LC

5

Knob-billed Duck

Pato Crestudo Africano

Sarkidiornis melanotos

1

2

1

LC

6

Southern Pochard

Netta erythrophthalma

1

3

1

LC

7

Cuchara de El Cabo

Spatula smithii

1

4

1

LC

8

Yellow-billed Duck

Ánade Picolomón

1

9

2

LC

9

Cerceta de El Cabo

1

10

1

LC

10

Red-billed Teal

Ánade Piquirrojo

Anas erythrorhyncha

1

2

1

LC

11

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

1

23

3

LC

12

Grey-winged Francolin

Scleroptila afra

1

6

2

LC

13

Crested Francolin

Francolín Capirotado

Ortygornis sephaena

1

1

1

LC

14

Francolín de Natal

Pternistis natalensis

1

2

1

LC

15

Swainson´s Spurfowl

Francolín de Swainson

Pternistis swainsonii

1

2

1

LC

16

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Lesser Flamingo

Phoeniconaias minor

1

15

1

NT

17

Greater Flamingo

Flamenco Común

Phoenicopterus roseus

4

83

2

LC

18

Podicipediformes

Zampullín Común

Tachybaptus ruficollis

1

6

1

LC

19

Great Crested Grebe

Somormujo Lavanco

Podiceps cristatus

1

1

1

LC

20

Black-necked Grebe

Zampullín Cuellinegro

Podiceps nigricollis

1

5

1

LC

21

Musophagiformes

Purple-crested Turaco

Turaco Crestimorado

Gallirex porphyreolophus

1

2

1

LC

22

1

2

1

NT

23

Red-crested Korhaan

Sisón Moñudo Austral

Lophotis ruficrista

1

2

1

LC

24

Northern Black Korhaan

Sisón Negro Aliclaro

Afrotis afraoides

1

2

1

LC

25

Black-bellied Bustard

Sisón Ventrinegro Común

Lissotis melanogaster

1

2

1

LC

26

White-browed Coucal

Cucal Cejiblanco

Centropus superciliosus

1

5

1

LC

27

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Críalo Europeo

Clamator glandarius

1

1

1

LC

28

Diederik Cuckoo

Cuclillo Didric

Chrysococcyx caprius

1

1

1

LC

29

African Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx cupreus

1

1

1

LC

30

Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

1

1

1

LC

31

Tórtola Senegalesa

Spilopelia senegalensis

1

2

1

LC

32

Ring-necked Dove

Tórtola de El Cabo

Streptopelia capicola

1

9

2

LC

33

Tórtola Ojirroja

Streptopelia semitorquata

1

3

2

LC

34

Speckled Pigeon

Paloma de Guinea

1

2

1

LC

35

Paloma Doméstica

Pombo-doméstico

2

26

3

LC

36

Tortolita Rabilarga

1

5

1

LC

37

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Palomita Aliverde

Turtur chalcospilos

1

4

2

LC

38

African Green Pigeon

Vinago Africano

1

4

1

LC

39

Galinha-d´agua

Gallinula chloropus

1

4

1

LC

40

Red-knobbed Coot

Fulica cristata

1

1

1

LC

41

Purple Swamphen

Calamón Común

Porphyrio porphyrio

1

2

1

LC

42

Polluela Negra Africana

Zapornia flavirostra

1

1

1

LC

43

Charadriiformes

Spotted Thick-knee

Alcaraván de El Cabo

Burhinus capensis

1

2

1

LC

44

Water Thick-knee

Alcaraván Acuático

Burhinus vermiculatus

1

3

1

LC

45

Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostra avosetta

1

2

1

LC

46

Black-winged Stilt

Pernilongo-de-costas-brancas

Himantopus himantopus

1

2

1

LC

47

African Oystercatcher

Ostrero Negro Africano

Haematopus moquini

1

6

1

LC

48

Common Ringed Plover

Chorlitejo Grande

Charadrius hiaticula

1

2

1

LC

49

Three-banded Plover

Chorlitejo Tricollar

Thinornis tricollaris

1

2

1

LC

50

Blacksmith Lapwing

Avefría Armada

Vanellus armatus

1

5

2

LC

51

Senegal Lapwing

Avefría Lúgubre

Vanellus lugubris

1

6

1

LC

52

Crowned Lapwing

Avefría Coronada

Vanellus coronatus

1

5

1

LC

53

African Wattled Lapwing

Avefría Senegalesa

Vanellus senegallus

1

1

1

LC

54

Kittlitz´s Plover

Chorlitejo Pecuario

Anarhynchus pecuarius

1

2

1

LC

55

White-fronted Plover

Chorlitejo Frentiblanco

Anarhynchus marginatus

1

2

1

LC

56

Greater Painted-snipe

Aguatero Bengalí

Rostratula benghalensis

X

X

1

LC

57

Jacana Africana

Actophilornis africanus

1

3

1

LC

58

Agachadiza Africana

Gallinago nigripennis

1

3

1

LC

59

Common Sandpiper

Andarríos Chico

Actitis hypoleucos

1

2

1

LC

60

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

1

2

1

LC

61

Andarríos Bastardo

Tringa glareola

1

1

1

LC

62

Calidris pugnax

1

2

1

LC

63

Curlew Sandpiper

Correlimos Zarapitín

Calidris ferruginea

1

2

1

VU

64

Playerito Menudo

Calidris minuta

1

3

1

LC

65

Temminck´s Courser

Corredor Etiópico

Cursorius temminckii

1

1

1

LC

66

White-winged Tern

Fumarel Aliblanco

Trinta-réis-negro-de-asa-branca

Chlidonias leucopterus

1

1

1

LC

67

Gaviotín Pico Amarillo

Thalasseus sandvicensis

1

2

1

LC

68

Greater Crested Tern

Charrán Piquigualdo

Thalasseus bergii

1

8

2

LC

69

Gaviotín Golondrina

Trinta-réis-boreal

1

1

1

LC

70

Hartlaub´s Gull

Gaviota Plateada Sudafricana

Chroicocephalus hartlaubii

1

18

3

LC

71

Grey-headed Gull

Gaviota Capucho Gris

Gaivota-de-cabeça-cinza

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

1

10

1

LC

72

Gaviota Cocinera

Larus dominicanus

1

13

2

LC

73

Sphenisciformes

African Penguin

Pingüino Africano

Spheniscus demersus

22

500

1

CR

74

African Openbill

Picotenaza Africano

Anastomus lamelligerus

1

1

1

LC

75

Yellow-billed Stork

Tántalo Africano

1

2

1

LC

76

Saddle-billed Stork

Jabirú Africano

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

1

4

1

LC

77

Cigüeña Negra

1

1

1

LC

78

Aninga Africana

1

1

1

LC

79

Phalacrocoracidae

Cormorán Africano

Microcarbo africanus

1

2

1

LC

80

Cormorán de El Cabo

Phalacrocorax capensis

1

8

1

EN

81

Great Cormorant

Cormorán Grande

Phalacrocorax carbo

1

3

1

LC

82

Threskiornithidae

Plegadis falcinellus

1

2

1

LC

83

Bostrychia hagedash

1

16

3

LC

84

African Spoonbill

Espátula Carinegra

1

2

1

LC

85

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

2

30

3

LC

86

Scopus umbretta

1

2

1

LC

87

Garça-branca-pequena-europeia

Egretta garzetta

1

1

1

LC

88

Garcilla Cangrejera

Garça-caranguejeira

Ardeola ralloides

1

2

1

LC

89

Garça-branca-grande

1

1

1

LC

90

Western Cattle Egret

Garcita Bueyera

Garça-vaqueira

1

2

1

LC

91

Black-headed Heron

Garza Cabecinegra

Ardea melanocephala

1

3

2

LC

92

African Palm Swift

Vencejo Palmero Africano

Cypsiurus parvus

1

2

1

LC

93

White-rumped Swift

1

1

1

LC

94

1

3

1

LC

95

African Barred Owlet

Mochuelo de El Cabo

Glaucidium capense

1

1

1

LC

96

African Scops Owl

Autillo Africano

Otus senegalensis

1

1

1

LC

97

1

1

1

LC

98

Spotted Eagle-Owl

1

2

1

LC

99

Accipitriformes

Sagittarius serpentarius

1

2

1

EN

100

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

1

2

2

LC

101

White-headed Vulture

Buitre Cabeciblanco

Trigonoceps occipitalis

1

2

1

CR

102

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotos

1

2

1

EN

103

Alimoche Sombrío

Necrosyrtes monachus

1

3

1

CR

104

White-backed Vulture

Buitre Dorsiblanco Africano

1

15

1

CR

105

Brown Snake Eagle

Culebrera Sombria

Circaetus cinereus

1

2

1

LC

106

Águila Marcial

Polemaetus bellicosus

1

1

1

EN

107

Long-crested Eagle

Aguila Crestilarga

Lophaetus occipitalis

1

1

1

LC

108

Wahlberg´s Eagle

Águila de Wahlberg

Hieraaetus wahlbergi

1

2

1

LC

109

Verreaux´s Eagle

Aquila verreauxii

1

3

1

LC

110

African Hawk-Eagle

Aguila Azor Africana

Aquila spilogaster

1

1

1

LC

111

Micronisus gabar

1

1

1

LC

112

Dark Chanting Goshawk

Azor Lagartijero Oscuro

Melierax metabates

1

1

1

LC

113

Western Marsh Harrier

Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental

Circus aeruginosus

1

1

1

LC

114

1

4

2

LC

115

African Fish Eagle

Pigargo Vocinglero

Icthyophaga vocifer

1

1

1

LC

116

Busardo Augur Meridional

Buteo rufofuscus

1

1

1

LC

117

Busardo Ratonero

1

2

2

LC

118

Red-faced Mousebird

Pájaro-ratón Carirrojo

Urocolius indicus

1

2

1

LC

119

Speckled Mousebird

Pájaro-ratón Común

Colius striatus

1

12

2

LC

120

1

2

1

LC

121

Common Scimitarbill

Abubilla-arbórea Cimitarra

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

1

2

1

LC

122

Green Wood Hoopoe

Abubilla-arbórea Verde

Phoeniculus purpureus

1

1

1

LC

123

Southern Ground Hornbill

Cálao Terrestre Sureño

Bucorvus leadbeateri

1

3

1

VU

124

African Grey Hornbill

Toco Piquinegro

Lophoceros nasutus

1

1

1

LC

125

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Toco Piquigualdo Sureño

Tockus leucomelas

1

1

1

LC

126

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Toco Piquirrojo

Tockus erythrorhynchus

1

1

1

LC

127

Broad-billed Roller

Carraca Picogorda

Eurystomus glaucurus

1

1

1

LC

128

Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus

1

2

1

LC

129

White-fronted Bee-eater

Abejaruco Frentiblanco

Merops bullockoides

1

2

1

LC

130

Little Bee-eater

Abejaruco Chico

Merops pusillus

1

1

1

LC

131

European Bee-eater

Abejaruco Europeo

Merops apiaster

1

4

1

LC

132

Malachite Kingfisher

Martín Pescador Malaquita

Corythornis cristatus

1

3

1

LC

133

Giant Kingfisher

Martín Gigante Africano

Megaceryle maxima

1

1

1

LC

134

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Alción Cabecipardo

Halcyon albiventris

1

1

1

LC

135

Barbudo Crestado

Trachyphonus vaillantii

1

1

1

LC

136

Black-collared Barbet

Barbudo Acollarado

Lybius torquatus

1

2

1

LC

137

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Pito Colidorado

Campethera abingoni

1

1

1

LC

138

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

1

1

1

LC

139

Brown-headed Parrot

Lorito Cabecipardo

Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

1

2

1

LC

140

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Chagra Coroniparda

Tchagra australis

1

1

1

LC

141

Black-backed Puffback

Cubla Dorsinegra

Dryoscopus cubla

1

1

1

LC

142

Telophorus zeylonus

1

1

1

LC

143

Southern Boubou

Bubú Ferrugíneo

Laniarius ferrugineus

1

1

1

LC

144

1

1

1

LC

145

Black-headed Oriole

Oropéndola Enmascarada

Oriolus larvatus

1

1

1

LC

146

Fork-tailed Drongo

Drongo Ahorquillado

Dicrurus adsimilis

1

3

2

LC

147

African Paradise Flycatcher

Monarca-colilargo Africano

Terpsiphone viridis

1

4

2

LC

148

Southern Fiscal

Alcaudón Fiscal

Lanius collaris

1

3

2

LC

149

Southern White-crowned Shrike

Alcaudón Coroniblanco

Eurocephalus anguitimens

1

1

1

LC

150

1

8

3

LC

151

Southern Black Tit

Carbonero Negro

Melaniparus niger

1

1

1

LC

152

Calendulauda sabota

1

1

1

LC

153

Eastern Clapper Lark

Corypha fasciolata

1

1

1

LC

154

Rufous-naped Lark

Alondra Nuquirrufa

Corypha africana

1

2

1

LC

155

Yerbera de El Cabo

Sphenoeacus afer

1

2

1

LC

156

Long-billed Crombec

Crombec Piquilargo

Sylvietta rufescens

1

1

1

LC

157

Bleating Camaroptera

Camaróptera Baladora

Camaroptera brachyura

1

1

1

LC

158

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

1

1

1

LC

159

Prinia del Karoo

Prinia maculosa

1

3

2

LC

160

Rattling Cisticola

Cistícola Cascabel

Cisticola chiniana

1

1

1

LC

161

Levaillant´s Cisticola

Cistícola de Levaillant

Cisticola tinniens

1

1

1

LC

162

Zitting Cisticola

Cistícola Buitrón

Cisticola juncidis

1

1

1

LC

163

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Carricero Picofino

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

1

2

1

LC

164

Brown-throated Martin

Avión Paludícola

Riparia paludicola

1

1

1

LC

165

Large Rock Martin

Ptyonoprogne fuligula

1

5

2

LC

166

Wire-tailed Swallow

Golondrina Colilarga

Hirundo smithii

1

3

1

LC

167

White-throated Swallow

Golondrina Gorgiblanca

Hirundo albigularis

1

2

1

LC

168

Golondrina Tijerita

Andorinha-de-bando

Hirundo rustica

1

2

1

LC

169

Lesser Striped Swallow

Golondrina Abisinia

Cecropis abyssinica

1

2

1

LC

170

Red-breasted Swallow

Golondrina Pechirrufa

Cecropis semirufa

1

3

1

LC

171

Greater Striped Swallow

Golondrina Cabecirrufa

Cecropis cucullata

1

2

1

LC

172

Mosquitero Musical

Phylloscopus trochilus

1

1

1

LC

173

Sombre Greenbul

Bulbul de Zanzibar

Andropadus importunus

1

1

1

LC

174

Bulbul de El Cabo

Pycnonotus capensis

1

6

1

LC

175

Bulbul Naranjero

Pycnonotus barbatus

1

2

1

LC

176

Zosterops virens

1

11

2

LC

177

Arrow-marked Babbler

Turdoide de Jardine

Turdoides jardineii

1

1

1

LC

178

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Picabueyes Piquigualdo

Buphagus africanus

1

2

1

LC

179

Common Starling

Estornino Pinto

Estorninho-malhado

Sturnus vulgaris

1

1

1

LC

180

Wattled Starling

Estornino Carunculado

Creatophora cinerea

1

10

1

LC

181

Acridotheres tristis

1

2

1

LC

182

Violet-backed Starling

Estornino Amatista

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

1

2

1

LC

183

Red-winged Starling

Estornino Alirrojo

Onychognathus morio

1

14

3

LC

184

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Estornino Orejiazul

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

1

1

1

LC

185

Estornino Bicolor

Lamprotornis bicolor

1

3

1

LC

186

1

1

1

LC

187

Zorzal Oliváceo

Turdus olivaceus

1

3

2

LC

188

White-browed Scrub Robin

Alzacola Dorsirrojo

Cercotrichas leucophrys

1

1

1

LC

189

Fiscal Flycatcher

Papamoscas Fiscal

1

1

1

LC

190

African Dusky Flycatcher

Papamoscas Sombrío

Muscicapa adusta

1

1

1

LC

191

Cape Robin-Chat

Dessonornis caffer

1

5

2

LC

192

African Stonechat

Tarabilla Común

Saxicola torquatus

1

4

1

LC

193

Capped Wheatear

Collalba Capirotada

Oenanthe pileata

1

1

1

LC

194

Mielero Abejaruco de El Cabo

Promerops cafer

1

8

1

LC

195

Orange-breasted Sunbird

Suimanga Pechinaranja

Anthobaphes violacea

1

1

1

LC

196

Malachite Sunbird

Suimanga Malaquita

Nectarinia famosa

1

1

1

LC

197

Amethyst Sunbird

Suimanga Amatista

Chalcomitra amethystina

1

1

1

LC

198

Southern Double-collared Sunbird

Suimanga Acerado

Cinnyris chalybeus

1

10

2

LC

199

Suimanga del Marico

Cinnyris mariquensis

1

1

1

LC

200

White-bellied Sunbird

Suimanga Pechiblanco

Cinnyris talatala

1

1

1

LC

201

Red-billed Buffalo Weaver

Bufalero Piquirrojo

Bubalornis niger

1

9

1

LC

202

Spectacled Weaver

Tejedor de Anteojos

Ploceus ocularis

1

2

1

LC

203

Tejedor de El Cabo

Ploceus capensis

1

4

2

LC

204

Lesser Masked Weaver

Tejedor Intermedio

Ploceus intermedius

1

15

1

LC

205

Southern Masked Weaver

Tejedor Enmascarado

Ploceus velatus

1

8

2

LC

206

Red-billed Quelea

1

3

1

LC

207

Southern Red Bishop

1

3

1

LC

208

Obispo Culigualdo

Euplectes capensis

1

5

2

LC

209

Red-collared Widowbird

Obispo Acollarado

Euplectes ardens

1

1

1

LC

210

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Obispo de Abanico

Euplectes axillaris

1

1

1

LC

211

Long-tailed Widowbird

Obispo Colilargo

Euplectes progne

1

8

1

LC

212

Red-headed Weaver

Tejedor Cabecirrojo

Anaplectes rubriceps

1

10

1

LC

213

Pin-tailed Whydah

Viuda Colicinta

1

2

1

LC

214

Shaft-tailed Whydah

Viuda Cola de Flecha

1

1

1

LC

215

Estrilda astrild

1

2

2

LC

216

Red-headed Finch

Estrilda Cabecirroja

Amadina erythrocephala

1

10

1

LC

217

Azulito Angoleño

Uraeginthus angolensis

1

3

1

LC

218

Red-billed Firefinch

Amaranta Senegalesa

Lagonosticta senegala

1

2

1

LC

219

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

Gorrión Cejudo

Gymnoris superciliaris

1

2

1

LC

220

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow

Gorrión Sudafricano

Passer diffusus

1

2

1

LC

221

Gorrión de El Cabo

Passer melanurus

1

1

1

LC

222

Gorrión Común

Passer domesticus

1

6

1

223

Lavandera de El Cabo

Motacilla capensis

1

5

3

LC

224

African Pied Wagtail

Lavandera Africana

Motacilla aguimp

1

1

1

LC

225

Bisbita de El Cabo

Macronyx capensis

1

3

1

LC

226

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Bisbita Gorgigualdo

Macronyx croceus

1

1

1

LC

227

Bisbita del Vaal

Anthus vaalensis

1

1

1

LC

228

Yellow-fronted Canary

Serín Frentiamarillo

Crithagra mozambica

1

1

1

LC

229

Serín Forestal

Crithagra scotops

1

7

1

LC

230

Streaky-headed Seedeater

Crithagra gularis

1

1

1

LC

231

Golden-breasted Bunting

Escribano Pechidorado

Emberiza flaviventris

1

1

1

LC