Checklist for North-West, ZA

eBird Field Checklist

North-West, ZA

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488 species (+87 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

South African Shelduck

Common Shelduck

Spur-winged Goose

Muscovy Duck

Ringed Teal

Wood Duck

Blue-billed Teal

Cape Shoveler

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Mallard

Yellow-billed Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

dabbling duck sp.

Red-crested Pochard

Southern Pochard

Maccoa Duck

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Indian Peafowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Red-winged Francolin

Orange River Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Red-billed Spurfowl

Natal Spurfowl

Swainson's Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

flamingo sp.

Grebes

Little Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Columba sp.

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Namaqua Sandgrouse

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Double-banded Sandgrouse

Burchell's Sandgrouse

sandgrouse sp.

Bustards

Kori Bustard

Denham's Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Red-crested Bustard

White-quilled Bustard

bustard sp.

Turacos

Gray Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

African/Common Cuckoo

Cuculus sp.

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus sp.

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Alpine Swift

Common Swift

African Swift

Bradfield's Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

African Palm Swift

large swift sp.

small swift sp.

swift sp.

Flufftails

Red-chested Flufftail

Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Corn Crake

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Striped Crake

Black Crake

Baillon's Crake

rail/crake sp.

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Blue Crane

Wattled Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Black-bellied Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Blacksmith Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

lapwing sp.

Caspian Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

White-fronted Plover

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

African Jacana

Eurasian Curlew

Black-tailed Godwit

African Snipe

Red Phalarope

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Sanderling

Little Stint

Pectoral Sandpiper

peep sp.

Small Buttonquail

Bronze-winged Courser

Double-banded Courser

Burchell's Courser

Temminck's Courser

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

pratincole sp.

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

African Skimmer

Sooty Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

tern sp.

Storks

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

stork sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Dwarf Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Slaty Egret

Black Heron

Little Egret

White-backed Night Heron

Striated Heron

Squacco Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Cape Griffon

White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon

Gyps sp.

old world vulture sp.

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

snake-eagle sp.

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Pale Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Jackal Buzzard

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Cape Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Marsh Owl

owl sp.

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-backed Mousebird

Red-faced Mousebird

mousebird sp.

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Southern Ground-Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus sp.

hornbill sp.

Kingfishers

Half-collared Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

kingfisher sp.

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

roller sp.

Barbets and Toucans

Crested Barbet

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Pied Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

african barbet sp.

Honeyguides

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Bennett's Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel

Rock Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Red-footed Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Budgerigar

Meyer's Parrot

Cuckooshrikes

Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

old world oriole sp.

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Chinspot Batis

Pririt Batis

batis sp.

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

tchagra sp.

Southern Boubou

Crimson-breasted Gonolek

Bokmakierie

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

bushshrike sp.

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Magpie Shrike

Southern Fiscal

shrike sp.

White-crowned Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

crow/raven sp.

Fairy Flycatchers

Fairy Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Southern Black-Tit

Ashy Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

African Penduline-Tit

Southern Penduline-Tit

Larks

Spike-heeled Lark

Short-clawed Lark

Eastern Long-billed Lark

long-billed lark sp.

Dusky Lark

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark

Sabota Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Eastern Clapper Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

Monotonous Lark

Melodious Lark

Mirafra sp.

Red-capped Lark

Stark's Lark

Pink-billed Lark

lark sp.

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Cape Crombec

Cape Grassbird

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Burnt-neck Eremomela

Barred Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Bar-throated Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Black-chested Prinia

prinia sp.

Rufous-eared Warbler

Rock-loving Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Tinkling Cisticola

Wailing Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Piping Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Cloud Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Olive-tree Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Marsh/Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

River Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Black Sawwing

Gray-rumped Swallow

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Pearl-breasted Swallow

Barn Swallow

White-throated Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Greater Striped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

South African Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

Common Bulbul

Black-fronted Bulbul

Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Sylviid Warblers

Garden Warbler

Chestnut-vented Warbler

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Orange River White-eye

Cape White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Arrow-marked Babbler

Southern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Wattled Starling

Common Myna

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Burchell's Starling

African Pied Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Cape Starling

Lamprotornis sp.

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

Groundscraper Thrush

Kurrichane Thrush

Karoo Thrush

Turdus sp.

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher

Marico Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Chat Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Fiscal Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

Kalahari Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

scrub-robin sp.

Cape Robin-Chat

White-throated Robin-Chat

robin-chat sp.

Thrush Nightingale

Common Redstart

Short-toed Rock-Thrush

Cape Rock-Thrush

African Stonechat

Sickle-winged Chat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Southern Anteater-Chat

Mountain Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Amethyst Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Greater Double-collared Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

White-breasted Sunbird

Dusky Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

Scaly Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Sociable Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Cape Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Southern Masked-Weaver

Village Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Red-billed Quelea

quelea sp.

Southern Red Bishop

Yellow-crowned Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Red-collared Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Long-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes sp.

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Zebra Finch

Bronze Mannikin

Java Sparrow

Swee Waxbill

Black-faced Waxbill

Common Waxbill

waxbill sp.

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Red-headed Finch

Zebra Waxbill

Violet-eared Waxbill

Southern Cordonbleu

cordonbleu sp.

Green-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

firefinch sp.

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Shaft-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Purple Indigobird

Vidua sp.

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

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

wagtail sp.

African Pipit

Nicholson's Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Buffy Pipit

Striped Pipit

Tree Pipit

Bush Pipit

pipit sp.

Orange-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Black-throated Canary

Yellow Canary

Streaky-headed Seedeater

Serinus sp.

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cape Bunting

Lark-like Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.