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Bird Observations

			Date Range: Jan-Dec, 1900-2025

West Coast NP (please consider using more specific locations)

Updated ~39 hr(s) ago.

262 species (+40 other taxa)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Common Ostrich
White-faced Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Black Swan
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Mallard
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
dabbling duck sp.
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
Helmeted Guineafowl
Indian Peafowl
Gray-winged Francolin
Common Quail
Cape Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Columba sp.
Lemon Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Ludwig's Bustard
Black Bustard
Burchell's Coucal
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Red-chested Flufftail
African Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Blue Crane
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eurasian Oystercatcher
African Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
plover sp.
Whimbrel
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
African Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Parasitic Jaeger
skua sp.
Gray-hooded Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Kelp Gull
gull sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Little Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Antarctic Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eared Grebe
African Penguin
Southern Giant-Petrel
Northern Giant-Petrel
Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
White Stork
Cape Gannet
African Darter
Reed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
Bank Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Cattle-Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
white egret sp.
Hamerkop
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Booted Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
African Goshawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black Goshawk
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Black Harrier
harrier sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Jackal Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Western Barn Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Marsh Owl
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Eurasian Hoopoe
European Bee-eater
Malachite Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Pied Barbet
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Cardinal Woodpecker
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
Cape Batis
Southern Boubou
Bokmakierie
Fork-tailed Drongo
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Southern Fiscal
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatcher
Gray Tit
Southern Penduline-Tit
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cape Long-billed Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Karoo Lark
Cape Clapper Lark
Large-billed Lark
Red-capped Lark
lark sp.
Long-billed Crombec
Cape Grassbird
Bar-throated Apalis
Karoo Prinia
Gray-backed Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Little Rush Warbler
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Southern Crag-Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Western House-Martin
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Greater Striped Swallow
swallow sp.
Sombre Greenbul
Cape Bulbul
Willow Warbler
Layard's Warbler
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Cape White-eye
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
African Pied Starling
Karoo Thrush
Olive Thrush
Turdus sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Cape Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Sickle-winged Chat
Karoo Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Mountain Chat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Cape Sugarbird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Cape Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Swee Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Pin-tailed Whydah
House Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cape Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Orange-throated Longclaw
Forest Canary
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
Cape Siskin
african seedeater sp.
Cape Canary
Black-headed Canary
Serinus sp.
Cape Bunting
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lark-like Bunting
passerine sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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