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Mitchells Plain
This checklist includes all bird species found in Mitchells Plain , 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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Country or region: Mitchells Plain [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 15
Number of introduced species: 9
Date last reviewed: 2018-06-09
Last modified: 2023-04-09
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | Introduced species |
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| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Rare/Accidental |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | |
| 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 | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced species |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Cape Francolin | Pternistis capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Grey-winged Francolin | Scleroptila afra | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | |
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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 | |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
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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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| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| African Crake | Crex egregia | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
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| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
| Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | |
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| Blue Crane | Grus paradisea | |
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| Vigors's Bustard | Heterotetrax vigorsii | |
| Denham's Bustard | Ardeotis denhami | |
| Black Bustard | Afrotis afra | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Jackass Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Black-bellied Storm-petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | |
| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
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| European Storm-petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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| Northern Giant Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | |
| Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |
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| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 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 | |
| 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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| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | |
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| Crowned Cormorant | Microcarbo coronatus | |
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| Snowy Sheathbill | Chionis albus | Rare/Accidental |
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| African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini | |
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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| 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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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Rare/Accidental |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | |
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| Double-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus africanus | |
| Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
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| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
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| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Damara Tern | Sternula balaenarum | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Rare/Accidental |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Secretary-bird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Black Harrier | Circus maurus | |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
| African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Cape Eagle Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Verreaux's Eagle Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Wahlberg's Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Ground Woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Olive Woodpecker | Mesopicos griseocephalus | |
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| Acacia Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
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| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Rare/Accidental |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| African Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Cape Batis | Batis capensis | |
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| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
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| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Introduced species |
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| African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Rockjumper | Chaetops frenatus | |
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| Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer | |
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| Orange-breasted Sunbird | Anthobaphes violacea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus | |
| Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | |
| African Quailfinch | Ortygospiza fuscocrissa | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Cape Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | Introduced species |
| Forest Canary | Crithagra scotops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
| Streaky-headed Canary | Crithagra gularis | |
| Protea Canary | Crithagra leucoptera | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cape Siskin | Crithagra totta | |
| Black-headed Canary | Serinus alario | |
| Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | |
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| Cape Bunting | Fringillaria capensis | |
| Lark-like Bunting | Fringillaria impetuani | |
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| Grey Tit | Melaniparus afer | |
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| Cape Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| Grey-backed Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| Karoo Lark | Calendulauda albescens | |
| Cape Clapper Lark | Mirafra apiata | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | |
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| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| Victorin's Warbler | Cryptillas victorini | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | |
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| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| Grey-backed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
| Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Cloud Cisticola | Cisticola textrix | |
| Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | |
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| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
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| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
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| Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | Rare/Accidental |
| 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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| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
| Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | |
| Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
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| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Karoo Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas coryphoeus | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | |
| Cape Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| Cape Rock Thrush | Monticola rupestris | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Sickle-winged Chat | Emarginata sinuata | |
| Southern Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | |
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