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Bird Observations

			Date Range: Jan-Dec, 1900-2025

Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden

Updated ~2 day(s) ago.

141 species (+37 other taxa)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Mallard
Helmeted Guineafowl
Indian Peafowl
Gray-winged Francolin
Cape Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Columba sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lemon Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Tambourine Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Burchell's Coucal
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Alpine Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
large swift sp.
swift sp.
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Striped Flufftail
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Spotted Thick-knee
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Gray-hooded Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Kelp Gull
White Stork
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
stork sp.
African Darter
Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Cattle-Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Great White Pelican
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Martial Eagle
Booted Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Goshawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Jackal Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Forest Buzzard
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Elgin Buzzard (undescribed form)
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Spotted Eagle-Owl
African Wood-Owl
owl sp.
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Eurasian Hoopoe
Malachite Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Barbet
Brown-backed Honeybird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lesser Honeyguide
Olive Woodpecker
Ground Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Rock Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cape Batis
Southern Boubou
Bokmakierie
Fork-tailed Drongo
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Southern Fiscal
shrike sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Pied Crow
crow sp.
White-necked Raven
crow/raven sp.
corvid sp.
Cape Grassbird
Bar-throated Apalis
Karoo Prinia
Gray-backed Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Knysna Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Little Rush Warbler
Black Sawwing
Plain Martin
Southern Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Greater Striped Swallow
swallow sp.
Sombre Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Cape Bulbul
old world warbler sp.
Cape White-eye
Zosterops sp.
European Starling
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-winged Starling
myna/starling sp.
Olive Thrush
Karoo/Olive Thrush
African Dusky Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Cape Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Cape Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Familiar Chat
Cape Sugarbird
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Dusky Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Cape Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Bronze Mannikin
Swee Waxbill
Common Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Pin-tailed Whydah
House Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Passer sp.
Cape Wagtail
Common Chaffinch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Forest Canary
Brimstone Canary
Cape Siskin
Cape Canary
Serinus sp.
finch sp.
Cape Bunting
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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