This checklist includes all bird species found in Phokwani , 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 .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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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Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Endangered |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
Hottentot Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
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Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
Swainson's Francolin | Pternistis swainsonii | |
Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
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African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
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African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
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Blue Crane | Grus paradisea | Vulnerable |
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Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
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Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
Chestnut-banded Plover | Charadrius pallidus | |
Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | |
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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Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
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Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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Double-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus africanus | |
Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Near-threatened |
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Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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Secretary-bird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | Vulnerable |
Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
Black Harrier | Circus maurus | Endangered |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
Cape Eagle Owl | Bubo capensis | |
Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
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Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
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Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
Acacia Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
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Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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African Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
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African Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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White-crested Helmet-shrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
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Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleucus | |
White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
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Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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Red-billed Buffalo Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
White-browed Sparrow Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
Scaly-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
Southern Masked Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
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Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
Black-faced Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos | |
Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
African Quailfinch | Ortygospiza fuscocrissa | |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
Eastern Paradise Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
Long-tailed Pipit | Anthus longicaudatus | Endemic (country/region) |
Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
Cape Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
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Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
Streaky-headed Canary | Crithagra gularis | |
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Golden-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria flaviventris | |
Cape Bunting | Fringillaria capensis | |
Lark-like Bunting | Fringillaria impetuani | |
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria tahapisi | |
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African Fairy-flycatcher | Stenostira scita | |
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Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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Cape Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
Short-clawed Lark | Certhilauda chuana | |
Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
Grey-backed Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
Fawn-coloured Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | |
Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
Melodious Lark | Mirafra cheniana | |
Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki | |
Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | |
Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | |
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Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
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Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
Barred Wren Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | |
Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
Grey-backed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
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Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
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Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | |
Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
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Southern Pied Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
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Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | |
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Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | Rare/Accidental |
African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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Kalahari Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Chat Flycatcher | Bradornis infuscatus | |
Mariqua Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | |
Cape Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
Short-toed Rock Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
Southern Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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Groundscraper Thrush | Psophocichla litsitsirupa | |
Smith's Thrush | Turdus smithi |
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