eBird Field Checklist
Nylsvley Nature Reserve
, Limpopo, ZA
ebird.org/hotspot/L972540
379 species (+24 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Shelley's Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Natal Spurfowl
Swainson's Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
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
Bustards
Kori Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
bustard sp.
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
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Flufftails
Red-chested Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Temminck's Courser
Black-winged Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great 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
European Honey-buzzard
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Marsh Owl
owl sp.
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
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
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed 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
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
African Black-headed Oriole
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
tchagra sp.
Southern Boubou
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Bokmakierie
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Square-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
African Crested Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Southern Fiscal
White-crowned Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Southern Black-Tit
Ashy Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Southern Penduline-Tit
Larks
Spike-heeled Lark
Dusky Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet 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
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Red-faced Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Tinkling Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Croaking 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
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Black-fronted 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
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Karoo Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
Cape Robin-Chat
White-throated Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
African Stonechat
Southern Anteater-Chat
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Scaly Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Cape Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Swee Waxbill
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
Variable Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
indigobird sp.
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Great Rufous Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Nicholson's Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Bush Pipit
Orange-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Yellow Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.