eBird Field Checklist
Harold Porter Botanical Gardens
, Western Cape, ZA
ebird.org/hotspot/L988987
176 species (+14 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Cape Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Yellow-billed Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Cape Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Columba sp.
Lemon Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Cuckoos
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Swifts
Alpine Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Cranes
Blue Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
African Oystercatcher
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
White-fronted Plover
Skuas and Jaegers
Brown Skua
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Kelp Gull
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Common Tern
Great Crested Tern
Penguins
African Penguin
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Sooty Shearwater
Storks
White Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Cape Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
Bank Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Booted Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Marsh Harrier
African Goshawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Forest Buzzard
Elgin Buzzard (undescribed form)
Jackal Buzzard
hawk sp.
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Honeyguides
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Olive Woodpecker
Ground Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Rock Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Cape Batis
Bushshrikes and Allies
Southern Boubou
Bokmakierie
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Crested Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Southern Fiscal
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
crow/raven sp.
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Rockjumpers
Cape Rockjumper
Fairy Flycatchers
Fairy Flycatcher
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
Common Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
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
Chestnut-vented Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Cape White-eye
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Red-winged Starling
African Pied Starling
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
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sugarbirds
Cape Sugarbird
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Amethyst 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
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Orange-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Forest Canary
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Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Cape Siskin
Cape Canary
Serinus sp.
Old World Buntings
Cape Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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