eBird Field Checklist
West Coast NP--Geelbek Salt Pans
, Western Cape, ZA
ebird.org/hotspot/L4281762
168 species (+3 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-backed Duck
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Cape Shoveler
Yellow-billed Duck
Mallard
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Gray-winged Francolin
Common Quail
Cape Spurfowl
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bustards
Black Bustard
Cuckoos
Klaas's Cuckoo
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Cranes
Blue Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
African Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Kelp Gull
Little Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Great Crested Tern
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Cormorants and Anhingas
Reed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Cattle-Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Cape Griffon
Martial Eagle
Booted Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Marsh Harrier
Black Harrier
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Jackal Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Elgin Buzzard (undescribed form)
Owls
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
European Bee-eater
Kingfishers
Pied Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Cardinal Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Rock Kestrel
Bushshrikes and Allies
Southern Boubou
Bokmakierie
Shrikes
Southern Fiscal
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Gray Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Southern Penduline-Tit
Larks
Karoo Lark
Large-billed Lark
Red-capped Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Long-billed Crombec
Cape Grassbird
Cisticolas and Allies
Bar-throated Apalis
Karoo Prinia
Gray-backed Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Cloud Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Southern Crag-Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Bulbuls
Cape Bulbul
Sylviid Warblers
Chestnut-vented Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Cape White-eye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
African Pied Starling
Thrushes
Karoo Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
African Stonechat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Capped Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Malachite Sunbird
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Cape Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Estrildids
Common Waxbill
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
African Pipit
Orange-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
Cape Canary
Old World Buntings
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting