Good families hopes around the Cape
Project progress - Bird Families of the World 182/250
73%
The first morning on Sir Lowry’s Pass near Capetown was good to tick both South African endemic families: Rockjumpers (Cape Rockjumper) and Sugarbirds (Cape Sugarbird). The three other new families ticked in Limpopo.
178. Family #31: Flufftails (Sarothruridae) | Buff-spotted Flufftail
179. Family #33: Finfoots (Heliornithidae) | African Finfoot
180. Family #174: Rockjumpers (Chaetopidae) | Cape Rockjumper
181. Family #182: Nicators (Nicatoridae) | Eastern Nicator
182. Family #220: Sugarbirds (Promeropidae) | Cape Sugarbird
| Ostrich | Struthio camelus | Western Cape |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Western Cape |
| South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | Western Cape |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | Western Cape |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | Limpopo |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | Western Cape |
| Cape Shoveler | Anas smithii | Western Cape |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | Western Cape |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | Western Cape |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | Western Cape |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Western Cape |
| Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | Limpopo |
| Cape Francolin | Francolinus capensis | Western Cape |
| Natal Francolin | Francolinus natalensis | Limpopo, Ponda Maria |
| Swainson’s Francolin | Francolinus swainsonii | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Western Cape |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Western Cape |
| Jackass Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | Stony Point |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Ponda Maria. |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | Ponda Maria |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Stony Point |
| White-breasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus | Western Cape |
| Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | Western Cape |
| Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | Western Cape |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Western Cape |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | Tanqua Karoo |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Western Cape |
| Intermediate Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia | Western Cape |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Western Cape |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Western Cape |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Western Cape |
| Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | Western Cape |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | Western Cape |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | Western Cape |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Gauteng, Western Cape |
| Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | Limpopo |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Ponda Maria |
| Crowned Hawk-Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Roodewal NR. aka African Crowned Eagle |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Darling Hills road |
| Verreaux’s Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | Western Cape |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | Kruger NP |
| Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | Tanqua Karoo |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | Ponda Maria |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | Kruger NP |
| African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | Western Cape |
| Black Bustard | Eupodotis afra | Western Cape |
| Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra | Western Cape |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariens | Western Cape |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Western Cape |
| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | Limpopo |
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | Luvuvhu Dam. |
| Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | Western Cape |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | Western Cape |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Western Cape |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Western Cape |
| African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini | Western Cape |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Western Cape |
| Blacksmith Plover | Vanellus armatus | Western Cape |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | Kurger NP |
| Kittlitz’s Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | Western Cape |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Western Cape |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | Western Cape |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Western Cape |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Limpopo |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Western Cape |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Western Cape |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Western Cape |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Western Cape |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Betty’s Bay |
| Hartlaub’s Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | Western Cape |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Western Cape |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Western Cape |
| Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | Ponda Maria |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | Limpopo |
| Lemon Dove | Columba larvata | Limpopo |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | Ponda Maria. |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | Limpopo |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | Western Cape, Kruger NP |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | Western Cape |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | Limpopo |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | Limpopo |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | Limpopo |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Tauraco porphyreolophus | Limpopo |
| Gray Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | Limpopo |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | Limpopo |
| Bruchell’s Coucal | Centropus burchelli | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | Tanqua Karoo |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | Limpopo |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | Limpopo |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | Betty’s Bay |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | Sir Lowry’s Pass |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | Sir Lowry Pass |
| African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | Lanseria Intl Apt |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | Limpopo |
| White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | Tanqua Karoo |
| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | Limpopo |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | Limpopo |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | Kgomo-Kgomo, Limpopo |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maximus | Limpopo |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Limpopo |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | Ponda Maria |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Kruger NP |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | Ponda Maria |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | Ponda Maria |
| African Hoopoe | Upupa africana | Pafuri (Kruger NP) * africana (African) |
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | Kruger Park |
| Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | Kgomo-Kgomo, Ponda Maria |
| Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | Ponda Maria |
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus | Ponda Maria |
| African Gray Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | Limpopo, Ponda Maria |
| Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | Limpopo |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | Limpopo |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | Kruger NP |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Dendropicos namaquus | Pafuri |
| Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | Limpopo |
| Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | Western Cape |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Western Cape |
| Cape Batis | Batis capensis | Western Cape |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | Limpopo |
| White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | Ponda Maria. also called White-crested HS |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | Limpopo |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | Western Cape |
| Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | Limpopo |
| Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | Western Cape |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | Limpopo |
| Olive Bushshrike | Telophorus olivaceus | Limpopo |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | Limpopo |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | Limpopo |
| Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | Western Cape |
| Magpie Shrike | Corvinella melanoleuca | Western Cape, Kgomo-Kgomo |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | Ponda Maria |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | Western Cape |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Western Cape |
| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | Western Cape |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | Western Cape |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | Western Cape |
| Cape Rockjumper | Chaetops frenatus | Gantouw Pass at the top of Sir Lowry |
| Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | Roodewal NR |
| Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | Tankwa Karoo |
| Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | Tanqua Karoo |
| Brown-throated Martin | Riparia paludicola | Western Cape |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | Tankwa-Karoo *> [fuligula Group] (Rock) , fuligula |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Western Cape |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | Western Cape, Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Pafuri |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | Ponda Maria |
| Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger | Limpopo |
| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | Western Cape |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | Limpopo |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | Limpopo |
| Dark-capped Bulbul | Pycnonotus tricolor | Limpopo |
| Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | Western Cape |
| Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | Tanqua Karoo, Ponda Maria aka Long-billed C. |
| Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | Western Cape |
| Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | Limpopo |
| African Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus | Western Cape |
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | Limpopo |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | Limpopo |
| Kopje Warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea | Tanqua Karoo. also called Cinnamon-breasted Warbler |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | Limpopo |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | Ponda Maria. |
| Red-headed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | Sir Lowry Pass. also called Grey-backed C. (to confirm id) |
| Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | Strandfontein Sewage Works, Cape Town. also called Levaillant’s Cisticola |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | Sir Lowry Pass. also called Neddicky |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | Limpopo |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | Ponda Maria |
| Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | Western Cape |
| Layard’s Warbler | Sylvia layardi | Tanqua Karoo |
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | Western Cape |
| Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | Limpopo |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | Limpopo |
| Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer | Western Cape |
| Mariqua Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | Western Cape |
| Dusky-brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | Western Cape |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | Limpopo, Ponda Maria |
| Karoo Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas coryphaeus | West Coast NP |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | Western Cape |
| White-throated Robin-Chat | Cossypha humeralis | Pafuri River Camp |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | Limpopo |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | Limpopo |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | Western Cape |
| Karoo Chat | Cercomela schlegelii | Tankwa Karoo |
| Tractrac Chat | Cercomela tractrac | Tankwa-Karoo |
| Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris | Western Cape |
| Mountain Wheatear | Oenanthe monticola | Tankwa Karoo |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | Darling Hills rd. |
| Orange Ground-Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi | Limpopo |
| Groundscraper Thrush | Psophocichla litsitsirupa | Ponda Maria |
| Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | Limpopo |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | Western Cape |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Western Cape |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | Western Cape |
| Cape Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | Kruger NP |
| Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Ponda Maria |
| Meves’s Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Burchell’s Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis australis | Limpopo |
| African Pied Starling | Spreo bicolor | Western Cape |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | Western Cape |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Kruger NP |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | Ponda Maria |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Orange-breasted Sunbird | Anthobaphes violacea | Western Cape |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | Western Cape |
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus | Western Cape |
| White-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | Limpopo, Ponda Maria |
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | Western Cape |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | Limpopo |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | Limpopo |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | Western Cape |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | Western Cape |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | Ponda Maria |
| Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | Western Cape |
| Brimstone Canary | Serinus sulphuratus | Western Cape |
| Yellow Canary | Serinus flaviventris | Western Cape |
| White-throated Canary | Serinus albogularis | Tanqua Karoo |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Western Cape |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | Western Cape |
| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | Ponda Maria |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | Tanqua Karoo |
| African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | Limpopo |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | Kgomo-Kgomo |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | Darling Hills rd. |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | Limpopo |
| Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | Western Cape |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | Limpopo |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Western Cape |
| Blue-breasted Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | Ponda Maria |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | Pafuri River Camp |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | Limpopo |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullatus | Limpopo |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | Ponda Maria. also called Long-tailed Paradise Whydah |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | Pafuri (Kruger NP) |
| Variable Indigobird | Vidua funerea | Kruger NP |
