eBird Field Checklist
Benfontein NR
, Free State, ZA
ebird.org/hotspot/L3565457
290 species (+30 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Orange River Francolin
Common Quail
Swainson's Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
flamingo sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Columba sp.
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Ludwig's Bustard
Blue Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Cuckoos
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Nightjars
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
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.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Cranes
Blue Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Snipe
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
peep sp.
Small Buttonquail
Double-banded Courser
Burchell's Courser
Temminck's Courser
Black-winged Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
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
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
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African Marsh Harrier
Black Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Shikra
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted 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 Yellow-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Honeyguides
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Budgerigar
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Pririt Batis
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Bokmakierie
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Southern Fiscal
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
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Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatchers
Fairy Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Ashy Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Southern Penduline-Tit
Larks
Spike-heeled Lark
Eastern Long-billed Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Eastern Clapper Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Monotonous Lark
Melodious Lark
Red-capped Lark
Stark's Lark
Pink-billed Lark
Large-billed Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Cape Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
prinia sp.
Rufous-eared Warbler
Levaillant's Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Cloud Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
South African Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Chestnut-vented Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Orange River White-eye
Cape White-eye
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Red-winged Starling
African Pied Starling
Cape Starling
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush
Karoo Thrush
Olive/Karoo Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Sickle-winged Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Mountain Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
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Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
White-breasted Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Sociable Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Long-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Estrildids
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Quailfinch
Red-headed Finch
Zebra Waxbill
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
whydah sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
pipit sp.
Orange-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Black-throated Canary
Yellow Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Cape Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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