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species 1.

Western Cattle Egret

Count 120

Markus Lilje

species 2.

Lesser Striped Swallow

Count 30

Sam Zuckerman

species 3.

Red-billed Quelea

Count 25

Markus Lilje

species 4.

Speckled Mousebird

Count 10

Markus Lilje

species 5.

Cape Starling

Count 10

Markus Lilje

species 6.

Bronze Mannikin

Count 10

Markus Lilje

species 7.

Arrow-marked Babbler

Count 9

Markus Lilje

species 8.

Laughing Dove

Count 8

Markus Lilje

species 9.

Southern Masked-Weaver

Count 8

Markus Lilje

species 10.

Cut-throat

Count 8

Markus Lilje

species 11.

Red-eyed Dove

Count 7

Markus Lilje

species 12.

Helmeted Guineafowl

Count 6

Markus Lilje

species 13.

White-rumped Swift

Count 6

Markus Lilje

species 14.

Crowned Lapwing

Count 6

Nico Visser

species 15.

Common Bulbul

Count 6

Markus Lilje

species 16.

Grosbeak Weaver

Count 6

Markus Lilje

species 17.

African Palm Swift

Count 5

Markus Lilje

species 18.

Hadada Ibis

Count 5

Markus Lilje

species 19.

Red-faced Mousebird

Count 5

Markus Lilje

species 20.

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Count 5

Dominic Rollinson - Birding Ecotours

species 21.

Rock Martin

Count 5

Markus Lilje

species 22.

Greater Striped Swallow

Count 5

Markus Lilje

species 23.

Karoo Thrush

Count 5

Markus Lilje

species 24.

Rock Pigeon

Count 4

Markus Lilje

species 25.

Speckled Pigeon

Count 4

Markus Lilje

species 26.

Ring-necked Dove

Count 4

Markus Lilje

species 27.

Green Woodhoopoe

Count 4

Nico Visser

species 28.

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Count 4

Etienne Marais

species 29.

Pied Crow

Count 4

Markus Lilje

species 30.

White-throated Swallow

Count 4

Markus Lilje

species 31.

Cape White-eye

Count 4

Markus Lilje

species 32.

Common Myna

Count 4

Nico Visser

species 33.

Cape Robin-Chat

Count 4

Markus Lilje

species 34.

African Firefinch

Count 4

Nature Travel Birding

species 35.

House Sparrow

Count 4

Markus Lilje

species 36.

Cape Sparrow

Count 4

Markus Lilje

species 37.

African Swift

Count 3

Markus Lilje

species 38.

Verreaux's Eagle

Count 3

Markus Lilje

species 39.

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Count 3

Markus Lilje

species 40.

Black-backed Puffback

Count 3

Dominic Rollinson - Birding Ecotours

species 41.

Southern Boubou

Count 3

Markus Lilje

species 42.

Willow Warbler

Count 3

Markus Lilje

species 43.

Cape Weaver

Count 3

Markus Lilje

species 44.

Egyptian Goose

Count 2

Nico Visser

species 45.

Yellow-billed Duck

Count 2

Bryan Telford

species 46.

Crested Francolin

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 47.

Natal Spurfowl

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 48.

Swainson's Spurfowl

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 49.

Rameron Pigeon

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 50.

Namaqua Dove

Count 2

Juan van den Heever

species 51.

Gray Go-away-bird

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 52.

African Sacred Ibis

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 53.

African Harrier-Hawk

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 54.

Eurasian Hoopoe

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 55.

African Gray Hornbill

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 56.

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Count 2

Dirk-Heinrich Bothe

species 57.

European Bee-eater

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 58.

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 59.

Black-collared Barbet

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 60.

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 61.

Cardinal Woodpecker

Count 2

Michael Cooper

species 62.

Chinspot Batis

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 63.

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 64.

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Count 2

Sonje Paine

species 65.

Fork-tailed Drongo

Count 2

Dominic Rollinson - Birding Ecotours

species 66.

Cape Crombec

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 67.

Bar-throated Apalis

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 68.

Black-chested Prinia

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 69.

Barn Swallow

Count 2

Sam Zuckerman

species 70.

Marico Flycatcher

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 71.

White-throated Robin-Chat

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 72.

White-breasted Sunbird

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 73.

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Count 2

Bruce Wedderburn

species 74.

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 75.

Village Weaver

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 76.

White-winged Widowbird

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 77.

Red-headed Finch

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 78.

Southern Cordonbleu

Count 2

Etienne Marais

species 79.

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 80.

Yellow-fronted Canary

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 81.

Black-throated Canary

Count 2

Sam Zuckerman

species 82.

Streaky-headed Seedeater

Count 2

Markus Lilje

species 83.

African Black Duck

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 84.

African Green-Pigeon

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 85.

White-browed Coucal

Count 1

Karin Coetzer

species 86.

Pied Cuckoo

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 87.

Dideric Cuckoo

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 88.

Klaas's Cuckoo

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 89.

Red-chested Cuckoo

Count 1

Etienne Marais

species 90.

Little Swift

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 91.

Spotted Thick-knee

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 92.

Blacksmith Lapwing

Count 1

Nico Visser

species 93.

Wattled Lapwing

Count 1

Nico Visser

species 94.

African Darter

Count 1

Etienne Marais

species 95.

Long-tailed Cormorant

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 96.

Great Cormorant

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 97.

Hamerkop

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 98.

Striated Heron

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 99.

Gray Heron

Count 1

Martin Maderthaner

species 100.

Black-headed Heron

Count 1

Nico Visser

species 101.

Glossy Ibis

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 102.

Black-winged Kite

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 103.

African Hawk-Eagle

Count 1

Sam Zuckerman

species 104.

Little Sparrowhawk

Count 1

Martin Maderthaner

species 105.

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Count 1

Etienne Marais

species 106.

Black Goshawk

Count 1

Sam Zuckerman

species 107.

Black Kite

Count 1

Paul Freeman

species 108.

Common Buzzard

Count 1

Michael Cooper

species 109.

Half-collared Kingfisher

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 110.

Malachite Kingfisher

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 111.

Giant Kingfisher

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 112.

Pied Kingfisher

Count 1

Sue Oertli

species 113.

Crested Barbet

Count 1

Nico Visser

species 114.

Pied Barbet

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 115.

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 116.

Lesser Honeyguide

Count 1

Michael Cooper

species 117.

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Count 1

Martin Benadie

species 118.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Martin Benadie

species 119.

Black Cuckooshrike

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 120.

African Black-headed Oriole

Count 1

Michael Hazell

species 121.

Black-crowned Tchagra

Count 1

Dominic Rollinson - Birding Ecotours

species 122.

Crimson-breasted Gonolek

Count 1

Duan Biggs

species 123.

Bokmakierie

Count 1

Marjorie Rapp

species 124.

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Count 1

Etienne Marais

species 125.

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 126.

Southern Fiscal

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 127.

Fairy Flycatcher

Count 1

Stephan Terblanche

species 128.

Cape Grassbird

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 129.

Green-backed Camaroptera

Count 1

Gary Warner

species 130.

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 131.

Rattling Cisticola

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 132.

Levaillant's Cisticola

Count 1

Bryan Telford

species 133.

Piping Cisticola

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 134.

Zitting Cisticola

Count 1

Martin Benadie

species 135.

Marsh Warbler

Count 1

Martin Benadie

species 136.

Western House-Martin

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 137.

Rufous-chested Swallow

Count 1

Bram Cornelissen

species 138.

South African Swallow

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 139.

Black-fronted Bulbul

Count 1

Morgan Kain

species 140.

Garden Warbler

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 141.

Chestnut-vented Warbler

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 142.

Red-winged Starling

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 143.

Groundscraper Thrush

Count 1

Morgan Kain

species 144.

Kurrichane Thrush

Count 1

Etienne Marais

species 145.

Spotted Flycatcher

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 146.

Pale Flycatcher

Count 1

Bram Cornelissen

species 147.

Fiscal Flycatcher

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 148.

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Count 1

Marjorie Rapp

species 149.

African Stonechat

Count 1

Bryan Telford

species 150.

Amethyst Sunbird

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 151.

Malachite Sunbird

Count 1

Nature Travel Birding

species 152.

Southern Red Bishop

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 153.

Red-collared Widowbird

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 154.

Common Waxbill

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 155.

Violet-eared Waxbill

Count 1

Etienne Marais

species 156.

Jameson's Firefinch

Count 1

Morgan Kain

species 157.

Pin-tailed Whydah

Count 1

Martin Maderthaner

species 158.

Purple Indigobird

Count 1

Sue Oertli

species 159.

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

Count 1

Paul Freeman

species 160.

Cape Wagtail

Count 1

Nico Visser

species 161.

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Count 1

Markus Lilje

species 162.

Black Cuckoo

Count X

Esneri Venter

species 163.

Goliath Heron

Count X

Johnny Wilson

species 164.

Cape Crow

Count X

Nicole Wreyford

species 165.

Rock-loving Cisticola

Count X

Dominic More O’Ferrall

species 166.

Red-billed Oxpecker

Count X

Nicole Wreyford

species 167.

Violet-backed Starling

Count X

Stuart Walker

species 168.

Kalahari Scrub-Robin

Count X

Carin Munro

species 169.

Red-headed Weaver

Count X

Martin Maderthaner

species 170.

Long-tailed Widowbird

Count X

Garth Shaw

species 171.

Red-billed Firefinch

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 172.

Yellow Canary

Count X

Dominic More O’Ferrall

Additional taxa

swallow sp.

Count 30

Morgan Kain

Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.

Count 12

Philip Boyle

swift sp.

Count 10

Philip Boyle

Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type)

Count 3

Markus Lilje

lovebird sp.

Count 3

Sonje Paine

cisticola sp.

Count 3

Bram Cornelissen

lapwing sp.

Count 1

Bram Cornelissen

Lamprotornis sp.

Count X

Ansie Dee Reis

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Observer	Date	Species
Markus Lilje	11 Apr 2024	49
Markus Lilje	10 Apr 2024	35
Markus Lilje	9 Apr 2024	30
Nico Visser	4 Apr 2024	4
Nico Visser	3 Apr 2024	22
Michael Cooper	30 Mar 2024	2
Michael Cooper	21 Mar 2024	5
Sam Zuckerman	19 Mar 2024	41
Michael Cooper	1 Mar 2024	12
Markus Lilje	16 Feb 2024	53

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Markus Lilje	124
2	Juan van den Heever	106
3	Dirk Human	75
4	Etienne Marais	74
5	Sue Oertli	73
6	Martin Maderthaner	72
7	Bram Cornelissen	65
8	Keanu Canto	63
9	Stephan Terblanche	62
10	Nicole Wreyford	61