KURISA MOYA BIRD LIST

The bird list contains the following information:

1)  The Robert's bird number
2)  The common name of the bird
3)  Comment on the area where the bird is usually sighted (see map)
4)  Frequency the bird is seen (see table below)
5)  Endemics and near endemics are shown by and (e)
6)  Birds sighted fewer than 3 times are indicated by a (*)

Frequency table

Arbev Term Explanation
V Vagrant not normally seen/heard
VR Very rare seen/heard seldom in the correct habitat
R Rare seen/heard sometimes in the correct habitat
UC Uncommon seen/heard in the correct habitat
FC Fairly common seen/heard often in the correct habitat
C Common Seen/heard easily in the correct habitat
S Summer September to March


 

 

Bird Name Comment Frequency Tick
8           Dabchick (Little Grebe) on dams C
55         White breasted Cormorant on dams R
58         Reed (Long Tail) Cormorant on dams FC
60         Arican Darter on dams FC
62         Grey Heron  on dams UC
63         Blackheaded Heron at dams UC
67         Little Egret on dams R
71         Cattle Egret anywhere C
74         Greenbacked Heron at dams UC
78         Little Bittern at dams R
81         Hammerkop at dams FC
84         Black Stork at dams R
86         Woolynecked Stork * at dam, seem V
91         African Sacred Ibis at dam, flying R
94         Hadeda Ibis anywhere VC
102       Egyptian Goose at dam, flying R
104       Yellowedbilled Duck on dams C
105       African Black Duck on dams UC
116       Spurwing Goose at dams VR
122       Cape Vulture (e) flying over R
126       Black Kite flying over S
126       Yellowbilled Kite flying over S
127       Black Shouldered Kite Grasslands C
128       Cuckoo Hawk * Forest, seen VR
131       Black (Verreaux's) Eagle Koppie area UC
133       Steppe Eagle flying over S/R
135       Wahlberg's Eagle flying over S/U
136        Booted Eagle flying over R
139       Longcrested Eagle anywhere UC
141       Crowned Eagle anywhere FC
142       Brown Snake Eagle * flying over R
143       Blackbreasted Snake Eagle flying over UC
148       African Fish Eagle dam / flying FC
149       Steppe Buzzard anywhere S/C
150       Forest Buzzard (e) Forest / pines UC
151       Jackal Buzzard (e) anywhere FC
154       Redbreasted Sparrowhawk Forest / pines R
157       Little Sparrowhawk Forest / pines UC
158       Black (Great) Sparrowhawk Forest / pines R
160       African Goshawk Forest / pines FC
165       African Marsh Harrier * dam, seen VR
169       Gymnogene (African Harrier Hawk) anywhere UC
172       Lanner Falcon flying over R
173       Eurasian Hobby flying over S/R
180       Eastern Redfooted (Amur) Kestrel flying over S/U
181       Rock Kestrel flying over R
182       Greater Kestrel Grasslands UC
189       Crested Francolin Grasslands FC
191       Shelley’s Francolin Koppie area UC
196       Natal Francolin (Spurfowl) anywhere C
200       Common Quail * Grasslands, seen once V
203       Helmeted Guinea fowl anywhere C
205       Kurrichane (Small) Buttonquail Grasslands R
213       Black Crake at dam FC
218       Buffspotted Flufftail anywhere FC
226       Common Moorhen on dam FC
228       Redknobbed (Common) Coot on dam FC
249       Threebanded Plover at dam R
255       Crowned (Lapwing) Plover fields R
258       Blacksmith (Lapwing) Plover fields / dam UC
264       Common Sandpiper dam R
266       Wood Sandpiper dam R
270       Common Greenshank dam R
284       Ruff/Reeve * dam V
298       Water (Thick-knee) Dikkop dam R
339       Whitewinged Tern dam VR
348       Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove) anywhere C
349       Rock Pigeon Koppie area C
350       Rameron (African Olive) Pigeon Forest C
352       Redeye Dove anywhere FC
354       Cape turtle (Ring Necked) Dove anywhere FC
355       Laughing (Palm) Dove anywhere C
356       Namaqua Dove Koppie area R
357       Cinnamon (Lemon) Dove Forest C
358       Greenspotted Dove (Emerald-Spotted
             Wood Dove)
Koppie area C
359       Tambourine Dove Forest C
361       Rock (Speckled) Pigeon Koppie area C
362       Cape Parrot Forest VR
363       Brownheaded Parrot * Koppie area V
370       Knysna Lourie (Turaco) (e) Forest C
371       Purplecrested Lourie (Turaco) anywhere FC
373       Grey Lourie (Go-away Bird) Koppie area VR
375       African Cuckoo * Koppie area VR
377       Redchested Cuckoo anywhere C
378       Black Cuckoo anywhere FC
382       Jacobin Cuckoo Koppie area VR
384       Emerald Cuckoo Forest C
385       Klaas’s Cuckoo dam area VR
386       Diederik Cuckoo Koppie area VR
391       Burchell’s Coucal dam area UC
392       Barn Owl anywhere FC
394       African Wood Owl Forest C
401       Spotted Eagle Owl Koppie area FC
405       Fierynecked Nightjar anywhere FC
412       Black (African) Swift anywhere FC
415       Whiterumped Swift flying over FC
416       Horus Swift flying over VR
417       Little Swift flying over C
418       Alpine Swift flying over C
421       African Palm Swift flying over S/C
424       Speckled Mousebird anywhere C
426       Redfaced Mousebird anywhere UC
427       Narina Trogon Forest C
428       Pied Kingfisher dams FC
429       Giant Kingfisher dams UC
431       Malachite Kingfisher dams UC
432       Pygmy Kingfisher anywhere UC
435       Brownhooded Kingfisher anywhere FC
437       Striped Kingfisher * dams VR
438       European Bee-eater anywhere C
444       Little Bee-eater dam area R
446       European Roller Koppie area VR
451       African Hoopoe dam area VR
457       African Grey Hornbill dam area V
459       Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill * (e) dam area V
464       Blackcollared Barbet Koppie area VR
465       Acacia Pied Barbet (e) Koppie area R
470       Yellowfronted (Tinker Bird) Tinkerbarbet anywhere C
473       Crested Barbet Koppie area FC
474       Greater Honeyguide Koppie area R
475       Scalythroated Honeyguide Forest C
476       Lesser Honeyguide anywhere FC
478       Sharpbilled Honeyguide / Brownbacked
             Honey Bird
anywhere C
483       Goldentailed Woodpecker bushveld areas FC
486       Cardinal Woodpecker bushveld areas FC
487       Bearded Woodpecker bushveld areas R
488       Olive Woodpecker forest C
489       Rufousnaped Lark Grasslands C
498       Sabota Lark (e) Koppie area UC
501       Shortclawed Lark * (e) near gate VR
518       European (Barn) Swallow anywhere C
524       Redbreasted Swallow Koppie area FC
526       Greater Striped Swallow anywhere C
527       Lesser Striped Swallow anywhere FC
529       Rock Martin anywhere C
530       House Martin anywhere C
531       Greyrumped Swallow dam area UC
533       Brownthroated Martin dam UC
534       Banded Martin dam area UC
536       Black Sawwing  anywhere C
538       Black Cuckooshrike bushveld areas FC
540       Grey Cuckooshrike forest C
541       Forktailed Drongo bushveld areas UC
542       Squaretailed Drongo forest C
543       Eurasian Golden Oriole forest R
545       Blackheaded (Eastern) Oriole anywhere C
547       Black (Cape) Crow flying over UC
549       Pied Crow flying over UC
550       Whitenecked Raven top of mountain FC
554       Southern Black Tit (e) anywhere FC
558       Grey (African) Penduline Tit bushveld areas UC
568       Blackeyed (Darkcapped) Bulbul anywhere C
569       Terrestrial (Brownbul) Bulbul forest C
570       Yellowstreaked (Greenbul) Bulbul forest C
572       Somber (Greenbul) Bulbul anywhere C
574       Yellowbellied (Greenbul) Bulbul dam area FC
577       Olive Thrush forest C
579       Orange (Ground) Thrush forest VR
581       Cape Rock Thrush * (e) Kudu's Valley Trail VC
589       Familiar Chat grasslands C
593       Mocking (Cliff) Chat koppie area UC
595       Southern Anteating Chat * (e) gate area V
596       Common Stonechat grasslands C
598       Chorister Robin (e) forest C
600       Natal (Red-Capped) Robin (-Chat) dam area FC
601       Cape Robin (-Chat) anywhere C
602       Whitethroated Robin (-Chat) (e) koppie area FC
606       White Starred Robin forest C
613       Whitebrowed (Scrub-) Robin bushveld areas C
616       Brown (Scrub-) Robin (e) forest FC
617       Bearded (Scrub-) Robin * small dam area VR
619       Garden Warbler anywhere UC
621       Chestnut-Vented Titbabbler * gate area VR
625       Icterine Warbler anywhere C
635       Cape reed (Lesser Swamp) Warbler dam area FC
636       Great Reed Warbler dam area UC
637       Yellow Warbler dam area UC
638       African Sedge (Little Rush) Warbler dam area C
639       Barratt’s Warbler (e) forest C
643       Willow Warbler anywhere C
644       Yellowthroated (Woodland) Warbler forest C
645       Bar-throated Apalis anywhere C
648       Yellowbreasted Apalis anywhere C
651       Longbilled Crombec bushveld areas C
653       Yellowbellied Eremomela bushveld areas UC
657       Greybacked Camaroptera bushveld areas UC
657       Greenbacked (Camaroptera) 
            
Bleating Warbler
anywhere C
661       Cape Grassbird (e) grasslands C
664       Fantailed (Zitting) Cisticola dam area C
665       Desert Cisticola grasslands UC
667       Ayres’ Cisticola dam area UC
670       Wailing Cisticola koppie area C
672       Rattling Cisticola bushveld areas C
674       Redfaced Cisticola dam area C
677       Levaillant’s (Tinkling) Cisticola dam area C
678       Croaking Cisticola grasslands UC
678       Lazy Cisticola bushveld areas C
681       Neddicky (Piping Cisticola) grasslands C
683       Tawnyflanked Prinia * (e) bushveld areas C
685       Blackchrested Prinia bushveld areas UC
686       Spotted (Drakensburg) Prinia (e) top of mountain FC
689       Spotted Flycatcher anywhere C
690       African Dusky Flycatcher anywhere C
694       Southern Black Flycatcher bushveld areas UC
695       Marico Flycatcher bushveld areas UC
698       Fiscal Flycatcher (e) koppie area C
700       Cape Batis (e) anywhere C
701       Chinspot Batis bushveld areas C
708       Bluemantled (Crested) Flycatcher forest C
710       African Paradise Flycatcher bushveld areas FC
712       Longtailed (Mountain) Wagtail river ramble V
713       Cape Wagtail dam UC
714       Grassveld (African) Pipit grasslands C
720       Striped Pipit top of mountain UC
727       Orangethoated (Cape) Longclaw * grasslands VR
731       Lesser Grey Shrike bushveld areas FC
732       Common Fiscal Shrike bushveld areas FC
733       Redback Shrike koppie area FC
736       Southern Boubou anywhere C
740       (Black-Backed) Puffback anywhere C
743       Three- streaked (Brown-Crowned) Tchagra koppie area R
744       Blackcrowned Tchagra koppie area FC
747       Gorgeous (Four Coloured) Bushshrike anywhere C
748       Orangebreasted Bushshrike koppie area R
749       Blackfronted Bushshrike forest C
750       Olive Bushshrike (e) anywhere C
751       Greyheaded Bushshrike anywhere FC
753       White Helmetshrike bushveld areas R
758       Indian (Common) Myna * Farmhouse V
760       Wattled Starling anywhere FC
764       Cape Glossy (Red-Shoudered) Starling (e) dam area UC
769       Redwing Starling top of mountain C
774       Gurney’s Sugarbird top of mountain C
775       Malachite Sunbird * top of mountain VR
782       Greater Double Collared Sunbird (e) anywhere C
783       Lesser double collared Sunbird forest C
787       Whitebellied  Sunbird * koppie area V
791       Scarletchested Sunbird * koppie area V
792       Black (Amethyst) Sunbird anywhere FC
796       Cape White eye (e) anywhere C
799       Whitebrowed Sparrow weaver gate area R
801       House Sparrow koppie area UC
804       Sourthern Greyheaded Sparrow anywhere UC
806       Scalyfeathered Finch * (e) gate area UC
807       Thickbilled (Grossbeak) Weaver forest UC
810       Spectacled Weaver anywhere FC
813       Cape Weaver * (e) dam  R
814       Southern Masked Weaver koppie area UC
821       Redbilled Quelea anywhere C
824       Southern Red Bishop dam area R
827       Yellowrumped ( Bishop) Widow  grasslands C
831       Redcollared Widow grasslands FC
832       Longtailed Widow grasslands UC
834       Melba Green Winged Pytilia Finch koppie area UC
835       Green Twinspot forest C
840       Bluebilled (African) Firefinch  forest C
841       Jamesons Firefinch bushveld areas FC
844       Blue Waxbill / Southern Cordonbleu bushveld areas R
846       Common Waxbill dam area C
850       Swee Waxbill / Black-Faced Swee (e) anywhere C
858       Redbacked Mannikin forest R
860       Pintail Whydah koppie area UC
861       Shaft-tailed Whydah * (e) gate area VR
864       Black Widowfinch bushveld areas UC
869       Yelloweyed (Fronted) Canary bushveld areas C
870       Blackthroated Canary bushveld areas UC
872       Cape Canary anywhere C
873       Forest  Canary (e) forest C
881       Streakyheaded (Seed-Eater) Canary anywhere C
884       Goldenbreasted Bunting bushveld areas UC
886       Rock (Cinnamon-Breasted) Bunting gate area C