Checklist for Northern Cape, ZA

eBird Field Checklist

Northern Cape, ZA

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307 species (+5 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Egyptian Goose

South African Shelduck

Spur-winged Goose

Cape Shoveler

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Southern Pochard

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Gray-winged Francolin

Common Quail

Red-billed Spurfowl

Cape Spurfowl

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

Namaqua Dove

Sandgrouse

Namaqua Sandgrouse

Double-banded Sandgrouse

Burchell's Sandgrouse

Bustards

Kori Bustard

Ludwig's Bustard

Karoo Bustard

Red-crested Bustard

Black Bustard

White-quilled Bustard

Turacos

Gray Go-away-bird

Cuckoos

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Nightjars

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Caprimulgus sp.

Swifts

Alpine Swift

Common Swift

African Swift

Bradfield's Swift

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

small swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Black Crake

Cranes

Blue Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

African Oystercatcher

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Blacksmith Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Kittlitz's Plover

White-fronted Plover

African Jacana

Eurasian Curlew

African Snipe

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruff

Sanderling

Little Stint

Bronze-winged Courser

Double-banded Courser

Burchell's Courser

Temminck's Courser

Skuas and Jaegers

Brown Skua

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Hartlaub's Gull

Kelp Gull

Whiskered Tern

Great Crested Tern

Albatrosses

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

White-capped Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

White-chinned Petrel

Cory's Shearwater

Storks

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

White Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Cape Gannet

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Crowned Cormorant

Bank Cormorant

Cape Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Egret

Western Cattle Egret

Western/Eastern Cattle Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Lappet-faced Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Martial Eagle

Booted Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Pale Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Black Harrier

Shikra

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Jackal Buzzard

Owls

Barn Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Mousebirds

White-backed Mousebird

Red-faced Mousebird

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Hornbills

African Gray Hornbill

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Crested Barbet

Pied Barbet

Woodpeckers

Cardinal Woodpecker

Ground Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Rock Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Pririt Batis

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Crimson-breasted Gonolek

Bokmakierie

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Southern Fiscal

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

Fairy Flycatchers

Fairy Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Ashy Tit

Gray Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Southern Penduline-Tit

Larks

Spike-heeled Lark

Karoo Long-billed Lark

Cape Lark

Black-eared Sparrow-Lark

Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark

Sabota Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Karoo Lark

Red Lark

Dune Lark

Eastern Clapper Lark

Monotonous Lark

Red-capped Lark

Stark's Lark

Pink-billed Lark

Large-billed Lark

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Cape Crombec

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Yellow-rumped Eremomela

Namaqua Warbler

Barred Wren-Warbler

Black-chested Prinia

Karoo Prinia

Kopje Warbler

Rufous-eared Warbler

Tinkling Cisticola

Red-headed Cisticola

Levaillant's Cisticola

Piping Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Cloud Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Pearl-breasted Swallow

Barn Swallow

White-throated Swallow

Greater Striped Swallow

Bulbuls

Common Bulbul

Black-fronted Bulbul

Cape Bulbul

Sylviid Warblers

Layard's Warbler

Chestnut-vented Warbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Orange River White-eye

Cape White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Southern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Wattled Starling

Common Myna

Pale-winged Starling

Burchell's Starling

African Pied Starling

Cape Starling

Thrushes

Groundscraper Thrush

Karoo Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher

Marico Flycatcher

Chat Flycatcher

Fiscal Flycatcher

Karoo Scrub-Robin

Kalahari Scrub-Robin

Cape Robin-Chat

Short-toed Rock-Thrush

African Stonechat

Sickle-winged Chat

Karoo Chat

Tractrac Chat

Southern Anteater-Chat

Mountain Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Malachite Sunbird

Southern Double-collared Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

White-breasted Sunbird

Dusky Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

Scaly Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Sociable Weaver

Cape Weaver

Southern Masked-Weaver

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Estrildids

Black-faced Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Quailfinch

Red-headed Finch

Violet-eared Waxbill

Southern Cordonbleu

Green-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Shaft-tailed Whydah

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Great Rufous Sparrow

Cape Sparrow

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Nicholson's Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Buffy Pipit

Yellow-tufted Pipit

Orange-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Black-throated Canary

Yellow Canary

White-throated Canary

Cape Canary

Black-headed Canary

Serinus sp.

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cape Bunting

Lark-like Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting