eBird Field Checklist
Lesotho
ebird.org/gbbc/region/LS
259 species (+22 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Muscovy Duck
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
dabbling duck sp.
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Red-winged Francolin
Gray-winged Francolin
Common Quail
Swainson's Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bustards
Blue Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Cuckoos
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Nightjars
Freckled Nightjar
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Corn Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Curlew Sandpiper
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Southern Bald Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Bearded Vulture
Cape Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon
Gyps sp.
Long-crested Eagle
Booted Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Black Harrier
African Goshawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
African Grass-Owl
Barn Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Cape Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Honeyguides
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Cardinal Woodpecker
Ground Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Old World Orioles
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Cape Batis
Chinspot Batis
Bushshrikes and Allies
Southern Boubou
Bokmakierie
Four-colored Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Southern Fiscal
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Rockjumpers
Drakensberg Rockjumper
Fairy Flycatchers
Fairy Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Gray Tit
Larks
Eastern Long-billed Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Red-capped Lark
Pink-billed Lark
Large-billed Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Cape Crombec
Cape Grassbird
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Namaqua Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Karoo Prinia
Drakensberg Prinia
prinia sp.
Rock-loving Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Cloud Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
African Yellow-Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Barratt's Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
South African Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Bush Blackcap
Layard's Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Orange River White-eye
Cape White-eye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Pale-winged Starling
Red-winged Starling
African Pied Starling
Cape Starling
Thrushes
Kurrichane Thrush
Olive Thrush
Karoo Thrush
Turdus sp.
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
Sentinel Rock-Thrush
Cape Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Buff-streaked Chat
Sickle-winged Chat
Karoo Chat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Mountain Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sugarbirds
Gurney's Sugarbird
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Amethyst Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Cape Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Red-collared Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Estrildids
Swee Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Quailfinch
Red-headed Finch
Zebra Waxbill
firefinch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Great Rufous Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Mountain Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Yellow-tufted Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-breasted Pipit
Orange-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Drakensberg Siskin
Cape Canary
Black-headed Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting