Birds of Southern Africa Vol 1
Guy Gibbon
Over 300 common and garden birds. Field guide style with close-up footage of each species plus accompanying song or call. 100 min.
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Birds of Southern Africa Vol 1 Guy Gibbon Over 300 common and garden birds. Field guide style with close-up footage of each species plus accompanying song or call. 100 min.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Jackass Penguin | Spheniscus demersus |
| Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
| White-breasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus |
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Great Egret | Casmerodius albus |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striatus |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| Cape Shoveler | Anas smithii |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| Yellow-billed Kite | Milvus aegyptius |
| African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotus |
| African White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus |
| Gabar Goshawk | Melierax gabar |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| Great Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Aquila wahlbergi |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| Crowned Hawk-Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| Secretary Bird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| African Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis |
| Lanner | Falco biarmicus |
| Swainson's Francolin | Francolinus swainsonii |
| Natal Francolin | Francolinus natalensis |
| Crested Francolin | Francolinus sephaena |
| Grey-winged Francolin | Francolinus africanus |
| Coqui Francolin | Francolinus coqui |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani |
| Andalusian Hemipode | Turnix sylvatica |
| Stanley Crane | Anthropoides paradisea |
| Grey Crowned Crane | Balearica regulorum |
| African Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| Red-crested Bustard | Lophitis ruficrista |
| Greater African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| African Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| Two-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| Blacksmith Plover | Anitibyx armatus |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Kittlitz's Sandplover | Charadrius pecuarius |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
| White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
| Grey-headed Gull | Larus cirrocephalus |
| Hartlaub's Gull | Larus hartlaubii |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua |
| Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| Laughing Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| White-breasted Wood-Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calva |
| Brown-headed Parrot | Poicephalus cryptoxanthus |
| Grey Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Tauraco porphyreolophus |
| Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Oxylophus levaillantii |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| Diederik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Burchell's Coucal | Centropus burchelli |
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| African Wood-Owl | Ciccaba woodfordii |
| Gabon Nightjar | Scotornis fossii |
| African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius |
| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| Lesser Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
| Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudata |
| African Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
| African Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
| Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana |
| Sabota Lark | Mirafra sabota |
| Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Hirundo cucullata |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Hirundo abyssinica |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Hirundo semirufa |
| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne holomelas |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| Orange-throated Longclaw | Macronyx capensis |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| Grassland Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| African Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis |
| Dark-capped Bulbul | Pycnonotus tricolor |
| Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris |
| Yellow-bellied Bulbul | Alophoixus phaeocephalus |
| White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegala |
| Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi |
| Orange-breasted Bushshrike | Laniarius brauni |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus |
| Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Bokmakierie Bushshrike | Telophorus zeylonus |
| Four-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus quadricolor |
| Grey-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| Magpie Shrike | Corvinella melanoleuca |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
| Cape Rock-Thrush | Monticola rupestris |
| Groundscraper Thrush | Psophocichla litsipsirupa |
| Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyanus |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus |
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis |
| White-throated Robinchat | Cossypha humeralis |
| White-browed Robinchat | Cossypha heuglini |
| Red-capped Robinchat | Cossypha natalensis |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena |
| Karoo Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas coryphaeus |
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
| Mountain Wheatear | Oenanthe monticola |
| Red-tailed Chat | Cercomela familiaris |
| Southern Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora |
| Mocking Cliffchat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chinianus |
| Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapillus |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans |
| Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa |
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala |
| Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer |
| Lesser Swamp-Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| Southern Tit-Warbler | Parisoma subcaeruleum |
| Barred Warbler | Sylvia nisoria |
| Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens |
| Cape Batis | Batis capensis |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| Pririt Batis | Batis pririt |
| Southern Black Tit | Melaniparus niger |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| Orange-breasted Sunbird | Anthobophes violacea |
| Eastern Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| Southern White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala |
| Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus |
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops pallidus |
| Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer |
| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii |
| Common Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| African Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| Red-shouldered Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis nitens |
| Blue-eared Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| Burchell's Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis australis |
| Black-bellied Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis corruscus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Violet Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus |
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia |
| Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani |
| Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus canicollis |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Serinus mozambicus |
| Southern Yellow-rumped Seedeater | Serinus atrogularis |
| Yellow Canary | Serinus flaviventris |
| Streaky-headed Serin | Serinus gularis |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| Blue-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| African Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| Bronze Mannikin | Lonchura cucullata |
| Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala |
| Variable Indigobird | Vidua funerea |
| Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| Common Social-Weaver | Philetairus socius |
| Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| Red-headed Anaplectes | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus |
| Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| South African Petronia | Petronia supercilliaris |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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