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Waterberg Plateau National Park
This checklist includes all bird species found in Waterberg Plateau National Park , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to report them.
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2024. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Waterberg Plateau National Park [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 10
Number of introduced species: 2
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
| Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | |
| Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
| Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
| Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
| Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
| White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
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| Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
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| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | Rare/Accidental |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
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| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
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| Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
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| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
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| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
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| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
| Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | Introduced species Vulnerable |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
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| White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi | |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
| Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | |
| Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | |
| Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | |
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| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | |
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| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
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| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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| Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
| Rüppell's Parrot | Poicephalus rueppellii | |
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| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
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| White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleucus | |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| Rufous-bellied Tit | Melaniparus rufiventris | |
| Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | |
| Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
| Eastern Clapper Lark | Corypha fasciolata | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Corypha africana | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
| Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
| Gray-backed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
| South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
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| Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni | |
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| Bare-cheeked Babbler | Turdoides gymnogenys | |
| Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
| Black-faced Babbler | Turdoides melanops | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
| Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| Mountain Chat | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
| Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
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| Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
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| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
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| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
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