eBird Field Checklist
West Coast NP (please consider using more specific locations)
, Western Cape, ZA
ebird.org/hotspot/L930821
271 species (+36 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Black Swan
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Mallard
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
dabbling duck sp.
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Indian Peafowl
Gray-winged Francolin
Common Quail
Cape 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
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Sandgrouse
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Bustards
Ludwig's Bustard
Black Bustard
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Nightjars
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Flufftails
Red-chested Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Cranes
Blue Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
African Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-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
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
African Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Greenshank
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Kelp Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Antarctic Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Penguins
African Penguin
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Southern Giant-Petrel
Northern Giant-Petrel
Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Storks
Black Stork
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White Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Cape Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
Bank Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Cape Griffon
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Booted Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Black Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
European Bee-eater
Barbets and Toucans
Pied Barbet
Honeyguides
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Cardinal Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Cape Batis
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Bushshrikes and Allies
Southern Boubou
Bokmakierie
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Southern Fiscal
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatchers
Fairy Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Gray Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Southern Penduline-Tit
Larks
Cape Lark
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Karoo Lark
Cape Clapper Lark
Red-capped Lark
Large-billed Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Cape Crombec
Cape Grassbird
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Karoo Prinia
Red-headed Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Cloud Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Sombre Greenbul
Cape Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Layard's Warbler
Chestnut-vented Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Cape White-eye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Pale-winged Starling
Red-winged Starling
African Pied Starling
Thrushes
Olive Thrush
Karoo Thrush
Turdus sp.
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Cape Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Sickle-winged Chat
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Karoo Chat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sugarbirds
Cape Sugarbird
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Dusky Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Cape Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Estrildids
Swee Waxbill
Common Waxbill
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
African Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Orange-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Brimstone Canary
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Cape Siskin
Cape Canary
Black-headed Canary
Serinus sp.
Old World Buntings
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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