Checklist for Eastern Cape, ZA

eBird Field Checklist

Eastern Cape, ZA

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423 species (+30 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Egyptian Goose

South African Shelduck

Spur-winged Goose

Blue-billed Teal

Cape Shoveler

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Maccoa Duck

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Red-winged Francolin

Gray-winged Francolin

Common Quail

Red-necked Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

flamingo sp.

Grebes

Little Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Lemon Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Namaqua Sandgrouse

Bustards

Kori Bustard

Ludwig's Bustard

Denham's Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Blue Bustard

Karoo Bustard

Black Bustard

White-quilled Bustard

bustard sp.

Turacos

Knysna Turaco

Cuckoos

White-browed Coucal

coucal sp.

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Nightjars

Fiery-necked Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Alpine Swift

Common Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

African Swamphen

moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.

Black Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Blue Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

African Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Blacksmith Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

White-fronted Plover

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Eurasian Curlew

Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

African Snipe

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Sanderling

Little Stint

Double-banded Courser

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Brown Skua

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Sabine's Gull

Gray-hooded Gull

Hartlaub's Gull

Kelp Gull

Lesser Noddy

Little Tern

Damara Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Arctic Tern

Antarctic Tern

Common Tern

Roseate Tern

Sandwich Tern

Great Crested Tern

tern sp.

Albatrosses

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

White-capped Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

Storm-Petrels

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Great-winged Petrel

White-chinned Petrel

Cory's Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Storks

Black Stork

White Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Cape Gannet

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Cape Cormorant

Great Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

White-backed Night Heron

Striated Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

heron sp.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Southern Bald Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Cape Griffon

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

Pale Chanting-Goshawk

African Marsh Harrier

Black Harrier

African Goshawk

Little Sparrowhawk

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Forest Buzzard

Jackal Buzzard

Buteo/eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

African Wood-Owl

Marsh Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-backed Mousebird

Red-faced Mousebird

mousebird sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Crowned Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

Kingfishers

Half-collared Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Mangrove Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

European Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Crested Barbet

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Pied Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

Honeyguides

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Cardinal Woodpecker

Olive Woodpecker

Ground Woodpecker

Knysna Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Rock Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Red-footed Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

large falcon sp.

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Yellow-collared Lovebird

Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type)

Cape Parrot

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Cape Batis

Chinspot Batis

Pririt Batis

batis sp.

Bushshrikes and Allies

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Southern Tchagra

Southern Boubou

Bokmakierie

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Olive Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Square-tailed Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Crested Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Southern Fiscal

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

Rockjumpers

Cape Rockjumper

Fairy Flycatchers

Fairy Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Southern Black-Tit

Gray Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Southern Penduline-Tit

Larks

Spike-heeled Lark

Eastern Long-billed Lark

Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark

Sabota Lark

Cape Clapper Lark

Eastern Clapper Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Red-capped Lark

Pink-billed Lark

Large-billed Lark

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Cape Crombec

Cape Grassbird

Victorin's Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Namaqua Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Bar-throated Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Black-chested Prinia

Karoo Prinia

Drakensberg Prinia

Rufous-eared Warbler

Rock-loving Cisticola

Red-headed Cisticola

Wailing Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Piping Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Cloud Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Knysna Warbler

Barratt's Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Black Sawwing

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Hirundo sp.

Pearl-breasted Swallow

Barn Swallow

White-throated Swallow

Western House-Martin

Greater Striped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

Common Bulbul

Black-fronted Bulbul

Cape Bulbul

Pycnonotus sp.

Leaf Warblers

Willow Warbler

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler

Sylviid Warblers

Layard's Warbler

Chestnut-vented Warbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Orange River White-eye

Cape White-eye

Zosterops sp.

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Wattled Starling

Common Myna

Violet-backed Starling

Pale-winged Starling

Red-winged Starling

Black-bellied Starling

African Pied Starling

Cape Starling

myna/starling sp.

Thrushes

Olive Thrush

Karoo Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Chat Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Fiscal Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

Karoo Scrub-Robin

Brown Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Cape Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Chorister Robin-Chat

White-starred Robin

Cape Rock-Thrush

African Stonechat

Buff-streaked Chat

Sickle-winged Chat

Karoo Chat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Southern Anteater-Chat

Mountain Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Sugarbirds

Gurney's Sugarbird

Cape Sugarbird

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Collared Sunbird

Orange-breasted Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Mouse-colored Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Southern Double-collared Sunbird

Greater Double-collared Sunbird

White-breasted Sunbird

Dusky Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

Scaly Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

Cape Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Southern Masked-Weaver

Village Weaver

Forest Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Yellow Bishop

Red-collared Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Long-tailed Widowbird

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Swee Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Quailfinch

Red-headed Finch

Southern Cordonbleu

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Variable Indigobird

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Cape Sparrow

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Buffy Pipit

Yellow-tufted Pipit

pipit sp.

Yellow-breasted Pipit

Orange-throated Longclaw

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Forest Canary

Black-throated Canary

Brimstone Canary

Yellow Canary

White-throated Canary

Streaky-headed Seedeater

Cape Siskin

Cape Canary

Black-headed Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cape Bunting

Lark-like Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.