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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Eastern Cape

Updated ~36 hr(s) ago.

562 species (+98 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
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Muscovy Duck
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Mallard
Yellow-billed Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
dabbling duck sp.
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
Helmeted Guineafowl
Wild Turkey
Indian Peafowl
Red-winged Francolin
Gray-winged Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Red-necked Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Greater Flamingo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Delegorgue's Pigeon
Columba sp.
Lemon Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Namaqua Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Kori Bustard
Ludwig's Bustard
Denham's Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Blue Bustard
Karoo Bustard
Black Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
bustard sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Knysna Turaco
turaco sp.
White-browed Coucal
coucal sp.
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Eurasian Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
nightjar sp.
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
Striped Flufftail
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
flufftail sp.
African Rail
African Crake
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
African Finfoot
Gray Crowned-Crane
Blue Crane
Snowy Sheathbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
African Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
African Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Curlew Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
peep sp.
Small Buttonquail
Black-rumped Buttonquail
Fynbos Buttonquail
Crab-Plover
Double-banded Courser
Burchell's Courser
Temminck's Courser
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
shorebird sp.
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
Sabine's Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Sooty Gull
Kelp Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
gull sp.
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Damara Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Antarctic Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
African Penguin
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Atlantic/Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
White-capped Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
small albatross sp.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
European Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Southern Giant-Petrel
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern Giant-Petrel
Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel
Antarctic Petrel
Cape Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Barau's Petrel
Pterodroma sp.
Antarctic Prion
White-chinned Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tropical Shearwater
shearwater sp.
procellariid sp.
Black Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
stork sp.
Great Frigatebird
Cape Gannet
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Hamerkop
Great Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western/Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
heron sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Southern Bald Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretarybird
Osprey
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Bearded Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Marsh Harrier
Black Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Forest Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
African Grass-Owl
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Cape Eagle-Owl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
owl sp.
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Narina Trogon
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Trumpeter Hornbill
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Mangrove Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Crested Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Olive Woodpecker
Ground Woodpecker
Knysna Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Lesser Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type)
lovebird sp.
Cape Parrot
parrot sp.
Gray Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cape Batis
Chinspot Batis
Pririt Batis
batis sp.
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Southern Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Southern Boubou
Bokmakierie
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Olive Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
bushshrike sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Square-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
African Crested Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Southern Fiscal
shrike sp.
House Crow
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
crow/raven sp.
Cape Rockjumper
Drakensberg Rockjumper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fairy Flycatcher
Southern Black-Tit
Gray Tit
Southern Penduline-Tit
Spike-heeled Lark
Karoo Long-billed Lark
Eastern Long-billed Lark
Dusky Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Karoo Lark
Rudd's Lark
Cape Clapper Lark
Eastern Clapper Lark
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rufous-naped Lark
Melodious Lark
Mirafra sp.
Red-capped Lark
Sclater's Lark
Pink-billed Lark
Large-billed Lark
lark sp.
Cape Crombec
Cape Grassbird
Victorin's Warbler
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Yellow-rumped Eremomela
Namaqua Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
apalis sp.
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Karoo Prinia
Drakensberg Prinia
prinia sp.
Rufous-eared Warbler
Rock-loving Cisticola
Red-headed Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Rufous-winged Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Cloud Cisticola
Pale-crowned Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
cisticola sp.
African Yellow-Warbler
Upcher's Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Knysna Warbler
Barratt's Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
Bradypterus sp.
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Montane Blue Swallow
Hirundo sp.
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
South African Swallow
swallow sp.
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-streaked Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
greenbul sp.
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted Bulbul
Cape Bulbul
Pycnonotus sp.
Willow Warbler
Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Garden Warbler
Bush Blackcap
Layard's Warbler
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Orange River White-eye
Cape White-eye
Zosterops sp.
Red-billed Oxpecker
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Pale-winged Starling
Red-winged Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
African Pied Starling
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
myna/starling sp.
Spotted Ground-Thrush
Orange Ground-Thrush
Olive Thrush
Karoo Thrush
thrush sp.
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Brown Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
Cape Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Chorister Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
White-starred Robin
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
Sentinel Rock-Thrush
Cape Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Buff-streaked Chat
Sickle-winged Chat
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Karoo Chat
Tractrac Chat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Mountain Wheatear
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
wheatear sp.
Gurney's Sugarbird
Cape Sugarbird
Collared Sunbird
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Mouse-colored Sunbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Dusky Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Cape Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Forest Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-and-white Mannikin
Swee Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Common Waxbill
Quailfinch
Red-headed Finch
Zebra Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Pin-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Variable Indigobird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
indigobird sp.
Vidua sp.
House Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Mountain Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Striped Pipit
Yellow-tufted Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-breasted Pipit
Orange-throated Longclaw
Yellow-throated Longclaw
longclaw sp.
Yellow-fronted Canary
Forest Canary
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
Protea Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Cape Siskin
Drakensberg Siskin
Cape Canary
Black-headed Canary
Serinus sp.
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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