eBird Field Checklist
Rooi-Els
, Western Cape, ZA
ebird.org/hotspot/L930832
200 species (+23 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
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Cape Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bustards
Denham's Bustard
Nightjars
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Cranes
Blue Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Pied Avocet
African Oystercatcher
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Sanderling
Fynbos Buttonquail
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Kelp Gull
gull sp.
Caspian Tern
Arctic Tern
Antarctic Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Penguins
African Penguin
Albatrosses
Atlantic/Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
White-capped Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
small albatross sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Southern Giant-Petrel
Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Cape Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
Bank Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Martial Eagle
Booted Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Marsh Harrier
African Goshawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
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Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Honeyguides
Lesser Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Olive Woodpecker
Ground Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Cape Batis
Bushshrikes and Allies
Southern Boubou
Bokmakierie
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Shrikes
Southern Fiscal
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Rockjumpers
Cape Rockjumper
Fairy Flycatchers
Fairy Flycatcher
Larks
Cape Clapper Lark
Red-capped Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Cape Crombec
Cape Grassbird
Victorin's Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies
Bar-throated Apalis
Karoo Prinia
Red-headed Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Cloud Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Knysna Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Plain Martin
Rock Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Sombre Greenbul
Cape Bulbul
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Cape White-eye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
African Pied Starling
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Olive Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
Sentinel Rock-Thrush
Cape Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Karoo Chat
Capped Wheatear
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Familiar Chat
Sugarbirds
Cape Sugarbird
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Cape Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Euplectes sp.
Estrildids
Swee Waxbill
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
Nicholson's Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Forest Canary
Brimstone Canary
Yellow Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Cape Siskin
Cape Canary
Serinus sp.
Old World Buntings
Cape Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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