eBird Field Checklist
Borakalalo NP
, North-West, ZA
ebird.org/hotspot/L1367091
367 species (+2 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Common Quail
Natal Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Bustards
Red-crested Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Turacos
Gray Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Flufftails
Red-chested Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
Finfoots
African Finfoot
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
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
Double-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Black-winged Pratincole
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
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
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
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Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
African Gray Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Honeyguides
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
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Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
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
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Southern Boubou
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Southern Fiscal
White-crowned Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Fairy Flycatchers
Fairy Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Southern Black-Tit
Ashy Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Southern Penduline-Tit
Larks
Dusky Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Monotonous Lark
Red-capped Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Cape Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Barred Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Rock-loving Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Cloud Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Plain Martin
Rock Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
South African Swallow
swallow sp.
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Bulbuls
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Cape White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Burchell's Starling
African Pied Starling
Cape Starling
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Karoo Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
White-throated Robin-Chat
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Mountain Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Amethyst Sunbird
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Red-headed Finch
Zebra Waxbill
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Great Rufous Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
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Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Striped Pipit
Bush Pipit
Orange-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Yellow Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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