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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Central

Updated ~39 hr(s) ago.

436 species (+57 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Ostrich
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
dabbling duck sp.
Southern Pochard
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Red-billed Spurfowl
Natal Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Burchell's Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Kori Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
bustard sp.
Gray Go-away-bird
Senegal Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
coucal sp.
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
nightjar sp.
Common Swift
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
large swift sp.
swift sp.
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
Gray Crowned-Crane
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wattled Crane
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
peep sp.
Small Buttonquail
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bronze-winged Courser
Three-banded Courser
Double-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gray-hooded Gull
gull sp.
African Skimmer
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
tern sp.
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hamerkop
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Slaty Egret
Black Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
Gyps sp.
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
snake-eagle sp.
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pel's Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
Speckled Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Bradfield's Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus sp.
Malachite Kingfisher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lilac-breasted Roller
Racket-tailed Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Crested Barbet
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Lesser Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
small falcon sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Meyer's Parrot
Black Cuckooshrike
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Chinspot Batis
Pririt Batis
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
tchagra sp.
Tropical Boubou
Gabon Boubou
Southern Boubou
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Fork-tailed Drongo
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Southern Fiscal
shrike sp.
White-crowned Shrike
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Southern Black-Tit
Ashy Tit
African Penduline-Tit
Southern Penduline-Tit
Spike-heeled Lark
Dusky Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Eastern Clapper Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Monotonous Lark
Red-capped Lark
Pink-billed Lark
lark sp.
Cape Crombec
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Barred Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
prinia sp.
Red-faced Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Tinkling Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Little Rush Warbler
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
South African Swallow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
swallow sp.
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted Bulbul
Willow Warbler
Garden Warbler
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Arrow-marked Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
Hartlaub's Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meves's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Groundscraper Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Karoo Thrush
Spotted Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
Muscicapa/Bradornis sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pale Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-throated Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Collared Palm-Thrush
Thrush Nightingale
African Stonechat
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Arnot's Chat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Boulder Chat
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-headed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Bronze Mannikin
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
waxbill sp.
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Red-headed Finch
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Village Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
Vidua sp.
House Sparrow
Great Rufous Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Striped Pipit
Tree Pipit
Bush Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Yellow Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
passerine sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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