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BIRDS IN THE MAGALIESBERG
 
[Taken from Carruthers, V. “The Magaliesberg”, 1990, pp168-173. (Compiled by Carruthers from Tarbuton 1980)]
 
 
FAMILY
†Roberts
SPECIES
  Grebes
6
8
Greater crested grebe
Dabchick
  Pelicans
49
50
White pelican
Pinkbacked pelican
  Cormorants
55
58
Whitebreasted cormorant
Reed cormorant
  Darters
60
Darter
  Herons, Egrets & Bitterns
62
63
65
66
67
68
71
72
74
76
Grey heron
Blackheaded heron
Purple heron
Great white egret
Little egret
Yellowbilled egret
Cattle egret
Squacco heron
Greenbacked heron
Blackcrowned night heron
  Hamerkops
81
Hamerkop
  Storks
 
83
84
85
89
90
White stork
Black stork
Abdim’s stork
Marabou stork
Yellow-billed stork
  Ibises & Spoonbills
91
94
95
Sacred ibis
Hadeda ibis
African spoonbill
  Swans, Ducks & Geese
99
102
104
105
108
113
115
White-faced [whistling] duck
Egyptian goose
Yellowbilled duck
African black duck
Redbilled teal
Southern pochard
Knobbilled duck
  Secretary birds
118
Secretarybird
  Raptors
122
126b
127
128
129
130
131
135
137
138
140
142
143
146
148
149
152
156
157
158
159
161*
165
169
Cape vulture
Yellowbilled kite
Blackshouldered kite
Cuckoo hawk
Bat hawk
Honey buzzard
Black eagle
Wahlberg’s eagle
African hawk eagle
Ayre’s eagle
Martial eagle
Brown snake eagle
Blackbreasted snake eagle
Bateleur
African fish eagle
Steppe buzzard
Jackal buzzard
Ovambo sparrowhawk
Little sparrowhawk
Black sparroehawk
Little banded goshawk
Gabar goshawk*
African marsh harrier
Montague’s harrier
* NOTE: Carruther’s list names ‘Gabar Goshawk’ but gives the number of the African Goshawk; Gabar is the more likely
  Falcons & Kestrels
171
172
181
182
183
Peregrine falcon
Lanner falcon
Rock kestrel
Greater kestrel
Lesser kestrel
  Francolins & Quails
188
189
192
196
199
200
Coqui francolin
Crested francolin
Redwing francolin
Natal francolin
Swainson’s francolin
Common quail
  Guineafowl
203
 
Helmeted guineafowl
 
  Buttonquails
205
Kurrichane buttonquail
  Cranes
208
Blue crane
  Rails, Crakes, Flufftails, Gallinules, Moorhens & Coots
213
223
226
228
Black crake
Purple Gallinule
Moorhen
Redknobbed coot
  Bustards & Korhaans
237
239
Redcrested korhaan
Black korhaan
  Plovers
249
255
258
260
Threebanded plover
Crowned plover
Blacksmith plover
Wattled plover
  Sandpipers, Snipes & Phalaropes
264
266
269
270
272
274
284
Common sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Marsh sandpiper
Greenshank
Curlew sandpiper
Little stint
Ruff
  Avocets & Stilts
294
Avocet
  Dikkops
297
Spotted dikkop
  Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Noddies
315
 
Greyheaded gull
 
  Pigeons & Doves
349
350
353
354
355
356
358
Rock pigeon
Rameron pigeon
Mourning dove
Cape turtle dove
Laughing dove
Namaqua dove
Green[Emerald]spotted wood-dove
  Louries
373
Grey lourie
  Cuckoos & Coucals
375
377
378
381
382
385
386
391
African cuckoo
Redchested cuckoo
Black cuckoo
Striped cuckoo
Jacobin cuckoo
Klaas’s cuckoo
Diederick cuckoo
Burchall’s coucal
  Barn owls & Grass owl
392
 
Barn owl
 
  Owls
394
396
397
398
401
Wood owl
Scops owl
Whitefaced owl
Pearlspotted owl
Spotted eagle owl
  Nightjars
404
405
406
408
European nightjar
Fierynecked nightjar
Rufouscheeked nightjar
Freckled nightjar
  Swifts
412
415
416
417
418
421
Black swift
Whiterumped swift
Horus swift
Little swift
Alpine swift
Palm swift
  Mousebirds
424
425
426
Speckled mousebird
Whitebacked Mousebird
Redfaced mousebird
  Kingfishers
428
429
430
431
432
433
435
437
Pied kingfisher
Giant kingfisher
Halfcollared kingfisher
Malachite kingfisher
Pygmy kingfisher
Woodland kingfisher
Brownhooded kingfisher
Striped kingfisher
  Bee-eaters
438
443
444
445
European bee-eater
Whitefronted bee-eater
Little bee-eater
Swallowtailed bee-eater
  Rollers
447
449
Lilacbreasted roller
Purple roller
  Hoopoe
451
[African] Hoopoe
  Woodhoopoes
452
454
Redbilled woodhoopoe
Scimitarbilled woodhoopoe
  Hornbills
457
459
Grey hornbill
Yellowbilled hornbill
  Barbets
464
465
470
473
Blackcollared barbet
Pied barbet
Yellowfronted tinker barbet
Crested barbet
  Honeyguides
474
476
478
Greater honeyguide
Lesser honeyguide
Sharpbilled honeyguide
  Woodpeckers
480
481
483
486
487
Ground woodpecker
Bennett’s woodpecker
Goldentailed woodpecker
Cardinal woodpecker
Bearded woodpecker
  Wrynecks
489
Redthroated wryneck
  Larks
494
495
496
498
500
507
Rufousnaped lark
Clapper lark
Flappet lark
Sabota lark
Longbilled lark
Redcapped lark
  Swallows & Martins
518
520
523
524
526
527
528
529
530
533
534
European swallow
Whitethroated swallow
Pearlbreasted swallow
Redbreasted swallow
Greater striped swallow
Lesser striped swallow
South African cliff sw’llow
Rock martin
House martin
Brownthroated martin
Banded martin
  Cuckooshrikes
538
Black cuckooshrike
  Drongos
541
Forktailed drongo
  Orioles
543
545
European golden oriole
Blackheaded oriole
  Crows
547
548
Black crow
Pied crow
  Tits
552
554
Ashy [Acacia] grey tit
Southern black tit
  Babblers
560
Arrowmarked babbler
  Bulbuls
568
Blackeyed bulbul
  Thrushes, Chats & Robins
576
577
580
581
583
586
589
593
595
596
601
602
613
615
Kurrichane thrush
Olive thrush
Groundscraper thrush
Cape rock thrush
Short-toed rock thrush
Mountain chat
Familiar chat
Mocking chat
Anteating chat
Stonechat
Cape robin
Whitethroated robin
Whitebrowed [scrub] robin
Kalahari robin
  Warblers, Tit-babblers, Eremomelas, Crombecs, Prinias & Cisticolas
619
620
621
625
631
635
638
643
645
651
653
655
656
658
661
664
665
666
667
670
672
677
679
681
683
685
Garden warbler
Whitethroat
Titbabbler
Icterine warbler
African marsh warbler
Cape reed warbler
African sedge warbler
Willow warbler
Barthroated apalis
Longbilled crombec
Yellowbellied eremomela
Greencapped eremomela
Burntnecked eremomela
Barred warbler
Grassbird
Fantailed cisticola
Desert cisticola
Cloud cisticola
Ayre’s cisticola
Wailing cisticola
Rattling cisticola
Levaillant’s cisticola
Lazy cisticola
Neddicky
Tawnyflanked prinia
Blackchested prinia
  Flycatchers
689
694
695
696
698
701
706
710
Spotted flycatcher
Black flycatcher
Marico flycatcher
Pallid [Mousecolured] flyc.
Fiscal flycatcher
Chinspot batis
Fairy flycatcher
Paradise flycatcher
  Wagtails, Pipits & Longclaws
713
716
717
718
720
722
723
727
Cape wagtail
Richard’s pipit
Longbilled pipit
Plainbacked pipit
Striped pipit
Tree pipit
Bushveld pipit
Orangethroated longclaw
  Shrikes, Tchagras, Bushshrikes & Helmetshrikes
732
733
736
739
740
741
743
744
746
748
751
753
Fiscal shrike
Redbacked shrike
Southern boubou
Crimsonbreasted shrike
Puffback
Brubru
Threestreaked tchagra
Blackcrowned tchagra
Bokmakierie
Orangebreasted bushshrike
Greyheaded bushshrike
White helmetshrike
  Starlings
761
762
764
769
Plumcoloured starling
Burchell’s glossy starling
Cape glossy starling
Redwinged starling
  Sunbirds
775
779
785
787
792
Malachite sunbird
Marico sunbird
Greater doublecollared sunbird
Whitebellied sunbird
Black sunbird
  White-eyes
796
Cape white-eye
  Weavers, Sparrows, Bishops & Widows
798
799
801
803
804
805
806
811
813
814
819
820
821
824
826
829
831
832
Redbilled buffalo weaver
Whitebrowed sparrow wvr
House sparrow
Cape sparrow
Greyheaded sparrow
Yellowthroated sparrow
Scalyfeathered finch
Spottedbacked weaver
Cape weaver
Masked weaver
Redheaded weaver
Cuckoo finch
Redbilled quelea
Red bishop
Golden bishop
Whitewinged widow
Redcollared widow
Longtailed widow
  Waxbills, Mannekins, Twinspots & Firefinches
834
840
841
842
844
845
846
847
850
852
854
855
856
857
Melba finch
Bluebilled firefinch
Jameson’s firefinch
Redbilled firefinch
Blue waxbill
Violeteared waxbill
Common waxbill
Blackcheeked waxbill
Swee waxbill
Quail finch
Orangebreasted waxbill
Cutthroat finch
Redheaded finch
Bronze mannikin
  Whydahs & Widowfinches
860
862
864
867
Pintailed whydah
Paradise whydah
Black widowfinch
Steelblue widowfinch
  Canaries & Buntings
869
870
878
879
881
884
885
886
Yelloweyed canary
Blackthroated canary
Yellow canary
Whitethroated canary
Streakyheaded canary
Goldenbreasted bunting
Cape bunting
Rock bunting
 
† Revised numbering, first used in 5th edition, 1985