Checklist S149513267

Observations

1. Egyptian Goose

   Number observed:  8

2. Spur-winged Goose

   Number observed:  10

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3. Natal Spurfowl

   Number observed:  5

4. Red-eyed Dove

   Number observed:  10

5. Tambourine Dove

   Number observed:  3

6. Purple-crested Turaco

   Number observed:  12

7. Burchell's Coucal

   Number observed:  1

8. Little Swift

   Number observed:  15

9. White-rumped Swift

   Number observed:  20

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10. African Palm Swift

    Number observed:  10

11. Eurasian Moorhen

    Number observed:  2

12. Little Grebe

    Number observed:  3

13. Reed Cormorant

    Number observed:  2

14. Hadada Ibis

    Number observed:  8

15. Striated Heron

    Number observed:  1

16. Black-headed Heron

    Number observed:  1

17. Hamerkop

    Number observed:  1

18. Pink-backed Pelican

    Number observed:  1

19. Black Goshawk

    Number observed:  2

20. Black Kite (Yellow-billed)

    Number observed:  2

21. African Fish-Eagle

    Number observed:  2

22. Speckled Mousebird

    Number observed:  5

23. Green Woodhoopoe

    Number observed:  5

24. Little Bee-eater

    Number observed:  5

25. Malachite Kingfisher

    Number observed:  2

26. Brown-hooded Kingfisher

    Number observed:  2

27. White-eared Barbet

    Number observed:  10

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28. Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

    Number observed:  3

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29. Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird

    Number observed:  X

30. Black-collared Barbet

    Number observed:  4

31. Lesser Honeyguide

    Number observed:  1

32. Cardinal Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

33. Olive Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

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34. Golden-tailed Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

35. African Black-headed Oriole

    Number observed:  2

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36. Cape Batis

    Number observed:  1

37. Black-backed Puffback

    Number observed:  2

38. Southern Boubou

    Number observed:  X

39. Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

    Number observed:  X

40. Square-tailed Drongo

    Number observed:  6

41. Fork-tailed Drongo

    Number observed:  5

42. African Paradise-Flycatcher

    Number observed:  2

43. Southern Black-Tit

    Number observed:  3

44. Green-backed Camaroptera

    Number observed:  5

45. Bar-throated Apalis

    Number observed:  X

46. Tawny-flanked Prinia

    Number observed:  5

47. Lesser Swamp Warbler

    Number observed:  X

48. Little Rush Warbler

    Number observed:  X

49. Black Sawwing

    Number observed:  8

50. Lesser Striped Swallow

    Number observed:  15

51. Sombre Greenbul

    Number observed:  6

52. Yellow-bellied Greenbul

    Number observed:  2

53. Terrestrial Brownbul

    Number observed:  3

54. Common Bulbul

    Number observed:  10

55. Cape White-eye

    Number observed:  20

56. Common Myna

    Number observed:  25

    Exotic: Naturalized

57. Red-winged Starling

    Number observed:  6

58. Black-bellied Starling

    Number observed:  10

59. Kurrichane Thrush

    Number observed:  1

60. Olive Thrush

    Number observed:  3

61. African Dusky Flycatcher

    Number observed:  2

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62. Southern Black-Flycatcher

    Number observed:  6

63. Red-capped Robin-Chat

    Number observed:  6

64. Thrush Nightingale

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    A chat-like bird seen skulking in the undergrowth and on the floor of the forest edge. Visual features observed following various sightings over a three-hour period include:
    • uniform dull grey-brown upperparts akin to that of a Terrestrial Brownbul, but a significantly smaller bird;
    • long winged with elongated primaries denoting a migrant species; wings held hanging downwards;
    • buffy edging to the tips of the primaries;
    • rusty-reddish brown tail and extending up on to the rump; tail was cocked upwards on the one occasion it was seen perched briefly on a low hanging branch;
    • paler underparts with vermiculation/ speckled patterning on the lower throat / breast area;
    • plain faced with a hint of a malar stripe.
    Habitat: Coastal Indigenous Forest edge

65. Familiar Chat

    Number observed:  1

66. Collared Sunbird

    Number observed:  4

67. Olive Sunbird

    Number observed:  5

68. Amethyst Sunbird

    Number observed:  3

69. White-bellied Sunbird

    Number observed:  1

70. Spectacled Weaver

    Number observed:  4

71. African Golden-Weaver

    Number observed:  10

72. Village Weaver

    Number observed:  10

73. Dark-backed Weaver

    Number observed:  X

74. Grosbeak Weaver

    Number observed:  50

75. Bronze Mannikin

    Number observed:  15

76. Black-and-white Mannikin

    Number observed:  6

77. Black-tailed Waxbill

    Number observed:  3

78. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  5

    Exotic: Naturalized

79. African Pied Wagtail

    Number observed:  2

80. Yellow-fronted Canary

    Number observed:  8