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Number of species. This table provides the number of species found in this region, based on the Howard and Moore (2003, rev. 2008) taxonomy. To view the full species list, click on the name of a region.

Region name Number of species endemics breeding endemics globally threatened extinct introduced

South Africa checklist 862 28 0 null null 11

Western Cape checklist 673 6 0 null null 9

Bontebok National Park checklist 241 0 0 null null 1

Tankwa Karoo National Park checklist 215 0 0 7 0 2

Table Mountain National Park checklist 354 0 0 null null 4

Karoo National Park checklist 256 0 0 null null 2

West Coast National Park checklist 355 0 0 18 0 4

Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve checklist 339 0 0 null null 7

Agulhas National Park checklist 284 0 0 null null 3

Cape Winelands checklist 349 5 0 null null 6

Central Karoo checklist 353 4 0 null null 3

City of Cape Town checklist 415 6 0 null null 8

Eden checklist 417 6 0 null null 5

Overberg checklist 403 6 0 null null 6

West Coast checklist 380 5 0 null null 5

Beaufort West checklist 290 0 0 null null 3

Bellville checklist 257 0 0 null null 4

Bredasdorp checklist 374 0 0 null null 4

Caledon checklist 351 0 0 null null 4

Calitzdorp checklist 294 0 0 null null 2

Cape checklist 314 0 0 null null 6

Ceres checklist 289 0 0 null null 4

Clanwilliam checklist 324 0 0 null null 5

George checklist 380 0 0 null null 3

Goodwood checklist 322 0 0 null null 6

Heidelberg checklist 343 0 0 null null 5

Hermanus checklist 328 0 0 null null 4

Hopefield checklist 333 0 0 null null 5

Knysna checklist 386 0 0 null null 5

Kuils River checklist 263 0 0 11 0 5

Ladismith checklist 304 0 0 null null 2

Laingsburg checklist 309 0 0 null null 2

Malmesbury checklist 344 0 0 null null 4

Mitchells Plain checklist 291 0 0 14 0 5

Montagu checklist 279 0 0 null null 2

Moorreesburg checklist 233 0 0 null null 3

Mossel checklist 347 0 0 null null 3

Murraysburg checklist 250 0 0 null null 2

Oudtshoorn checklist 316 0 0 null null 4

Paarl checklist 319 0 0 null null 5

Piketberg checklist 311 0 0 null null 3

Prince Albert checklist 294 0 0 null null 2

Riversdal checklist 346 0 0 null null 4

Robertson checklist 287 0 0 null null 3

Simon Town checklist 379 0 0 null null 6

Somerset West checklist 321 0 0 null null 5

Stellenbosch checklist 283 0 0 null null 6

Strand checklist 300 0 0 null null 5

Swellendam checklist 364 0 0 null null 6

Tulbagh checklist 256 0 0 null null 3

Uniondale checklist 316 0 0 null null 2

Van Rhynsdorp checklist 234 0 0 null null 2

Vredenburg checklist 304 0 0 null null 3

Vredendal checklist 268 0 0 null null 3

Wellington checklist 248 0 0 8 0 2

Worcester checklist 288 0 0 13 0 4

Wynberg checklist 354 0 0 null null 5

Eastern Cape checklist 662 0 0 null null 3

Addo Elephant National Park checklist 343 0 0 9 0 1

Mountain Zebra National Park checklist 309 0 0 9 0 1

Camdeboo National Park checklist 249 0 0 null null 2

Alfred Nzo checklist 404 0 0 21 0 2

Amathole checklist 452 0 0 20 0 2

Buffalo City checklist 395 0 0 null null 2

Cacadu checklist 491 0 0 null null 2

Chris Hani checklist 397 0 0 17 0 2

Joe Gqabi checklist 365 0 0 null null 2

Nelson Mandela Bay checklist 422 0 0 null null 2

O.R.Tambo checklist 403 0 0 null null 2

Aberdeen checklist 264 0 0 10 0 3

Adelaide checklist 335 0 0 null null 2

Albany checklist 394 0 0 null null 2

Albert checklist 252 0 0 11 0 3

Alexandria checklist 417 0 0 null null 2

Aliwal North checklist 245 0 0 10 0 2

Barkly East checklist 284 0 0 null null 2

Bathurst checklist 404 0 0 18 0 2

Bedford checklist 349 0 0 null null 2

Bizana checklist 383 0 0 null null 2

Butterworth checklist 331 0 0 null null 2

Cala checklist 296 0 0 null null 2

Cathcart checklist 356 0 0 null null 2

Cofimvaba checklist 325 0 0 null null 2

Cradock checklist 339 0 0 null null 2

East London checklist 401 0 0 null null 2

Elliot checklist 313 0 0 14 0 2

Elliotdale checklist 357 0 0 null null 2

Engcobo checklist 322 0 0 null null 2

Flagstaff checklist 338 0 0 null null 2

Fort Beaufort checklist 356 0 0 11 0 2

Graaff-Reinet checklist 296 0 0 null null 2

Hankey checklist 386 0 0 null null 2

Hewu checklist 326 0 0 null null 2

Hofmeyr checklist 249 0 0 9 0 3

Humansdorp checklist 421 0 0 null null 2

Idutywa checklist 325 0 0 null null 2

Indwe checklist 277 0 0 null null 2

Jansenville checklist 315 0 0 8 0 3

Joubertina checklist 313 0 0 11 0 3

Keiskammahoek checklist 340 0 0 null null 2

Kentani checklist 361 0 0 null null 2

King William's Town checklist 324 0 0 null null 2

Kirkwood checklist 384 0 0 null null 2

Komga checklist 380 0 0 null null 2

Lady Frere checklist 303 0 0 null null 2

Lady Grey checklist 251 0 0 11 0 2

Libode checklist 328 0 0 null null 2

Lusikisiki checklist 377 0 0 16 0 2

Maclear checklist 308 0 0 13 0 2

Maluti checklist 297 0 0 15 0 2

Mdantsane checklist 355 0 0 15 0 2

Middelburg checklist 264 0 0 10 0 3

Middledrift checklist 341 0 0 null null 2

Molteno checklist 258 0 0 10 0 2

Mpofu checklist 330 0 0 null null 2

Mqanduli checklist 359 0 0 16 0 2

Mt Fletcher checklist 287 0 0 14 0 2

Mt Ayliff checklist 327 0 0 null null 2

Mt Frere checklist 293 0 0 14 0 2

Ngqueleni checklist 354 0 0 null null 2

Nqamakwe checklist 324 0 0 null null 2

Ntabethemba checklist 289 0 0 null null 2

Pearston checklist 300 0 0 9 0 3

Peddie checklist 368 0 0 null null 2

Port Elizabeth checklist 425 0 0 null null 2

Port St Johns checklist 353 0 0 null null 2

Queenstown checklist 315 0 0 null null 2

Qumbu checklist 304 0 0 13 0 2

Somerset East checklist 362 0 0 null null 2

Sterkspruit checklist 247 0 0 7 0 2

Sterkstroom checklist 266 0 0 null null 2

Steynsburg checklist 237 0 0 9 0 3

Steytlerville checklist 314 0 0 null null 2

Stutterheim checklist 340 0 0 null null 2

Tabankulu checklist 319 0 0 14 0 2

Tarka checklist 298 0 0 null null 2

Tsolo checklist 301 0 0 null null 2

Tsomo checklist 313 0 0 null null 2

Uitenhage checklist 358 0 0 null null 2

Umtata checklist 323 0 0 null null 2

Umzimkulu checklist 376 0 0 null null 2

Venterstad checklist 242 0 0 null null 2

Victoria East checklist 347 0 0 null null 2

Willowmore checklist 352 0 0 null null 2

Willowvale checklist 365 0 0 null null 2

Wodehouse checklist 277 0 0 11 0 2

Zwelitsha checklist 343 0 0 null null 2

Northern Cape checklist 553 0 0 null null 4

Augrabies Falls National Park checklist 269 0 0 null null 2

Richtersveld National Park checklist 228 0 0 7 0 1

Namaqua National Park checklist 158 0 0 null null 1

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park checklist 324 0 0 null null 1

Mokala National Park checklist 304 0 0 null null 2

Vaalbos National Park checklist 251 0 0 null null 2

Frances Baard checklist 337 0 0 11 0 3

John Taolo Gaetsewe checklist 330 0 0 null null 3

Namakwa checklist 365 0 0 null null 3

Pixley ka Seme checklist 354 0 0 null null 3

Siyanda checklist 364 0 0 null null 3

Barkly West checklist 292 0 0 9 0 1

Britstown checklist 249 0 0 null null 4

Calvinia checklist 286 0 0 null null 3

Carnarvon checklist 229 0 0 null null 2

Colesberg checklist 266 0 0 null null 2

De Aar checklist 238 0 0 null null 3

Fraserburg checklist 208 0 0 null null 3

Gordonia checklist 331 0 0 null null 3

Hanover checklist 257 0 0 null null 4

Hartswater checklist 267 0 0 null null 1

Hay checklist 286 0 0 null null 3

Herbert checklist 320 0 0 null null 2

Hopetown checklist 269 0 0 null null 2

Kenhardt checklist 302 0 0 null null 3

Kimberley checklist 325 0 0 null null 3

Kuruman checklist 316 0 0 null null 2

Namakwaland checklist 324 0 0 null null 3

Noupoort checklist 245 0 0 null null 3

Philipstown checklist 253 0 0 null null 3

Postmasburg checklist 309 0 0 null null 4

Prieska checklist 261 0 0 null null 2

Richmond checklist 237 0 0 null null 3

Sutherland checklist 209 0 0 null null 3

Victoria-West checklist 239 0 0 10 0 2

Warrenton checklist 275 0 0 null null 2

Williston checklist 216 0 0 null null 2

Kwazulu-Natal checklist 730 0 0 null null 7

Amajuba checklist 403 0 0 null null 3

eThekwini checklist 529 0 0 null null 6

iLembe checklist 502 0 0 null null 5

Sisonke checklist 479 0 0 null null 5

Ugu checklist 476 0 0 null null 5

Umgungundlovu checklist 505 0 0 null null 6

Umkhanyakude checklist 596 0 0 null null 5

Umzinyathi checklist 459 0 0 null null 4

Uthukela checklist 463 0 0 null null 5

Uthungulu checklist 530 0 0 20 0 5

Zululand checklist 523 0 0 null null 5

Alfred checklist 390 0 0 null null 3

Babanango checklist 430 0 0 null null 3

Bergville checklist 408 0 0 null null 4

Camperdown checklist 421 0 0 null null 5

Chatswoth checklist 390 0 0 null null 4

Dannhauser checklist 353 0 0 null null 2

Dundee checklist 385 0 0 null null 3

Durban checklist 475 0 0 null null 6

Eshowe checklist 452 0 0 null null 4

Estcourt checklist 439 0 0 null null 5

Glencoe checklist 348 0 0 null null 2

Hlabisa checklist 575 0 0 null null 5

Impendle checklist 411 0 0 null null 5

Inanda checklist 443 0 0 null null 5

Ingwavuma checklist 517 0 0 null null 3

Ixopo checklist 426 0 0 null null 4

Kliprivier checklist 401 0 0 null null 3

Kranskop checklist 428 0 0 null null 3

Lions River checklist 454 0 0 null null 6

Lower Tugela checklist 467 0 0 null null 4

Lower Umfolozi checklist 509 0 0 null null 5

Mapumulo checklist 423 0 0 null null 2

Mhlabathini checklist 442 0 0 13 0 3

Mooi checklist 413 0 0 null null 4

Mount Currie checklist 363 0 0 null null 3

Msinga checklist 408 0 0 15 0 3

Mthonjaneni checklist 447 0 0 null null 3

Mtunzini checklist 484 0 0 null null 3

Ndwedwe checklist 408 0 0 null null 3

New Hanover checklist 443 0 0 null null 5

Newcastle checklist 356 0 0 null null 2

Ngotshe checklist 505 0 0 null null 4

Nkandla checklist 446 0 0 17 0 3

Nongoma checklist 455 0 0 null null 3

Nqutu checklist 394 0 0 null null 3

Paulpietersburg checklist 409 0 0 null null 3

Pietermaritzburg checklist 427 0 0 17 0 4

Pinetown checklist 425 0 0 13 0 5

Polela checklist 403 0 0 null null 4

Port Shepstone checklist 454 0 0 null null 4

Richmond checklist 422 0 0 16 0 4

Simdlangentsha checklist 481 0 0 null null 3

Ubombo checklist 555 0 0 null null 3

Umbumbulu checklist 400 0 0 null null 4

Umlazi checklist 388 0 0 null null 4

Umvoti checklist 442 0 0 null null 4

Umzinto checklist 452 0 0 null null 5

Underberg checklist 428 0 0 null null 5

Utrecht checklist 382 0 0 null null 4

Vryheid checklist 451 0 0 null null 5

Weenen checklist 397 0 0 null null 3

Gauteng checklist 591 0 0 null null 5

Groenkloof National Park checklist 105 0 0 null null 1

Transvaal (former province) checklist 717 4 0 33 0 7

City of Johannesburg checklist 431 0 0 null null 4

City of Tshwane checklist 469 0 0 null null 5

Ekurhuleni checklist 441 0 0 null null 4

Sedibeng checklist 401 0 0 null null 4

West Rand checklist 425 0 0 null null 4

Alberton checklist 363 0 0 null null 4

Benoni checklist 371 0 0 null null 5

Boksburg checklist 373 0 0 null null 5

Brakpan checklist 338 0 0 null null 3

Bronkhorstspruit checklist 441 0 0 null null 4

Cullinan checklist 417 0 0 null null 3

Germiston checklist 359 0 0 null null 3

Heidelberg checklist 392 0 0 null null 4

Johannesburg checklist 397 0 0 null null 4

Kempton Park checklist 399 0 0 null null 4

Krugersdorp checklist 410 0 0 null null 4

Nigel checklist 396 0 0 null null 2

Oberholzer checklist 349 0 0 10 0 2

Pretoria checklist 429 0 0 null null 5

Randburg checklist 416 0 0 null null 4

Randfontein checklist 371 0 0 null null 3

Roodepoort checklist 382 0 0 null null 4

Soshanguve checklist 383 0 0 null null 3

Soweto checklist 351 0 0 null null 4

Springs checklist 351 0 0 null null 4

Vanderbijlpark checklist 349 0 0 null null 3

Vereeniging checklist 363 0 0 null null 4

Westonaria checklist 354 0 0 10 0 3

Wonderboom checklist 427 0 0 null null 4

Limpopo Province checklist 666 0 0 26 0 3

Marakele National Park checklist 424 0 0 null null 0

Mapungubwe National Park And Area checklist 403 0 0 null null 0

Kruger National Park checklist 599 0 0 19 0 1

Capricorn checklist 514 0 0 null null 1

Mopani checklist 550 0 0 null null 1

Sekhukhune checklist 498 0 0 null null 1

Vhembe checklist 534 0 0 null null 1

Waterberg checklist 521 0 0 null null 1

Bochum checklist 417 0 0 null null 2

Bolobedu checklist 445 0 0 null null 2

Dzanani checklist 485 0 0 null null 1

Ellisras checklist 423 0 0 null null 1

Giyani checklist 447 0 0 null null 1

Hlanganani checklist 449 0 0 null null 2

Letaba checklist 511 0 0 null null 1

Lulekani checklist 434 0 0 null null 1

Malamulela checklist 446 0 0 null null 1

Mapulaneng checklist 478 0 0 null null 2

Messina checklist 465 0 0 null null 1

Mhala checklist 464 0 0 null null 1

Mokerong checklist 436 0 0 12 0 1

Mutali checklist 471 0 0 null null 2

Namakgale checklist 438 0 0 11 0 1

Naphuno checklist 474 0 0 null null 2

Nebo checklist 421 0 0 null null 2

Phalaborwa checklist 529 0 0 null null 2

Pietersburg checklist 508 0 0 null null 1

Potgietersrus checklist 497 0 0 null null 1

Ritavi checklist 446 0 0 null null 2

Sekgosese checklist 464 0 0 null null 2

Sekhukhuneland checklist 439 0 0 null null 2

Seshego checklist 442 0 0 null null 2

Soutpansberg checklist 524 0 0 null null 1

Thabamoopo checklist 467 0 0 null null 2

Thabazimbi checklist 420 0 0 null null 1

Thohoyandou checklist 479 0 0 null null 1

Vuwani checklist 476 0 0 null null 2

Warmbad checklist 484 0 0 null null 1

Waterberg checklist 447 0 0 null null 1

Northwest Province checklist 555 0 0 null null 4

Tau Game Reserve Web Cam checklist 32 0 0 0 0 0

Pilanesberg National Park checklist 423 0 0 null null 4

Bojanala checklist 476 0 0 null null 3

Dr Kenneth Kaunda checklist 414 0 0 null null 3

Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati checklist 372 0 0 10 0 2

Ngaka Modiri Molema checklist 440 0 0 null null 2

Brits checklist 419 0 0 null null 2

Christiana checklist 311 0 0 10 0 2

Delareyville checklist 374 0 0 null null 2

Ga-Rankuwa checklist 428 0 0 null null 2

Huhudi checklist 318 0 0 9 0 2

Klerksdorp checklist 365 0 0 null null 3

Kudumane checklist 275 0 0 null null 2

Lichtenburg checklist 375 0 0 10 0 2

Madikwe checklist 419 0 0 null null 2

Mankwe checklist 430 0 0 null null 3

Mmabatho checklist 373 0 0 null null 2

Phokwani checklist 302 0 0 9 0 2

Potchefstroom checklist 381 0 0 null null 4

Rustenburg checklist 433 0 0 null null 2

Schweizer-Reneke checklist 313 0 0 10 0 2

Temba checklist 425 0 0 null null 3

Ventersdorp checklist 378 0 0 null null 2

Vryburg checklist 320 0 0 9 0 2

Wolmaransstad checklist 334 0 0 null null 2

Mpumalanga checklist 643 0 0 null null 7

Djuma Game Reserve Web Cam checklist 159 0 0 null null 0

Ehlanzeni checklist 573 0 0 null null 4

Gert Sibande checklist 524 0 0 null null 4

Nkangala checklist 535 0 0 22 0 3

Amersfoort checklist 356 0 0 null null 2

Balfour checklist 338 0 0 null null 2

Barberton checklist 518 0 0 null null 2

Belfast checklist 484 0 0 null null 3

Bethal checklist 320 0 0 11 0 3

Carolina checklist 465 0 0 null null 2

Delmas checklist 360 0 0 null null 3

Eerstehoek checklist 438 0 0 16 0 2

Ermelo checklist 435 0 0 null null 2

Groblersdal checklist 418 0 0 null null 3

Highveld Ridge checklist 329 0 0 null null 4

Kriel checklist 325 0 0 null null 3

KwaMhlanga checklist 398 0 0 null null 3

Lydenburg checklist 502 0 0 null null 3

Mbibana checklist 421 0 0 null null 2

Mdutjana checklist 393 0 0 null null 3

Middelburg checklist 445 0 0 null null 3

Mkobola checklist 415 0 0 null null 3

Moretele checklist 394 0 0 8 0 3

Moutse checklist 397 0 0 9 0 3

Nelspruit checklist 506 0 0 null null 4

Nkomazi checklist 441 0 0 null null 2

Nsikazi checklist 488 0 0 null null 3

Pelgrimsrus checklist 546 0 0 null null 3

Piet Retief checklist 440 0 0 19 0 3

Standerton checklist 319 0 0 null null 2

Volksrust checklist 365 0 0 null null 3

Wakkerstroom checklist 483 0 0 null null 5

Waterval-Boven checklist 449 0 0 null null 2

Witbank checklist 431 0 0 null null 3

Witrivier checklist 545 0 0 null null 3

Free State checklist 563 0 0 null null 7

Golden Gate Highlands National Park checklist 305 0 0 null null 2

Fezile Dabi checklist 372 0 0 null null 4

Lejweleputswa checklist 377 0 0 null null 2

Mangaung checklist 352 0 0 null null 3

Thabo Mofutsanyane checklist 407 0 0 null null 4

Xhariep checklist 344 0 0 null null 4

Bethlehem checklist 346 0 0 null null 4

Bethulie checklist 273 0 0 null null 2

Bloemfontein checklist 328 0 0 null null 3

Boshof checklist 332 0 0 null null 2

Bothaville checklist 309 0 0 null null 2

Botshabelo checklist 264 0 0 null null 2

Brandfort checklist 322 0 0 null null 2

Bultfontein checklist 282 0 0 9 0 3

Clocolan checklist 277 0 0 8 0 4

Dewetsdorp checklist 278 0 0 null null 2

Edenburg checklist 260 0 0 null null 4

Excelsior checklist 283 0 0 11 0 3

Fauresmith checklist 263 0 0 null null 2

Ficksburg checklist 296 0 0 null null 2

Fouriesburg checklist 295 0 0 null null 2

Frankfort checklist 301 0 0 10 0 3

Harrismith checklist 358 0 0 null null 3

Heilbron checklist 310 0 0 10 0 3

Hennenman checklist 276 0 0 null null 2

Hoopstad checklist 333 0 0 10 0 2

Jacobsdal checklist 286 0 0 null null 2

Jagersfontein checklist 251 0 0 null null 2

Koffiefontein checklist 247 0 0 null null 1

Koppies checklist 303 0 0 9 0 2

Kroonstad checklist 301 0 0 null null 3

Ladybrand checklist 279 0 0 null null 3

Lindley checklist 297 0 0 null null 3

Marquard checklist 282 0 0 10 0 3

Odendaalsrus checklist 281 0 0 null null 2

Parys checklist 322 0 0 null null 3

Petrusburg checklist 260 0 0 10 0 2

Philippolis checklist 263 0 0 11 0 4

Reddersburg checklist 259 0 0 10 0 2

Reitz checklist 293 0 0 9 0 3

Rouxville checklist 268 0 0 null null 2

Sasolburg checklist 334 0 0 null null 4

Senekal checklist 300 0 0 10 0 3

Smithfield checklist 266 0 0 10 0 3

Thaba'Nchu checklist 281 0 0 null null 2

Theunissen checklist 283 0 0 null null 2

Trompsburg checklist 259 0 0 null null 3

Ventersburg checklist 290 0 0 null null 2

Viljoenskroon checklist 313 0 0 8 0 3

Virginia checklist 281 0 0 null null 3

Vrede checklist 345 0 0 null null 2

Vredefort checklist 331 0 0 10 0 3

Welkom checklist 285 0 0 null null 3

Wepener checklist 250 0 0 10 0 2

Wesselsbron checklist 301 0 0 null null 2

Winburg checklist 299 0 0 null null 2

Witsieshoek checklist 281 0 0 12 0 2

Zastron checklist 261 0 0 null null 2

South Africa has 30 endemic species: The following species are endemic to the region of South Africa. You can search the web for site locations and information about them by clicking on the species name. (b) denotes a breeding endemic, and † an extinct species.

Grey-winged Francolin
Cape Francolin
Hottentot Buttonquail
Knysna Woodpecker
Ground Woodpecker
Woodward's Barbet
Black Bustard
Blue Bustard
Forest Buzzard
Cape Cormorant
Rufous Rock-jumper
Orange-breasted Rock-jumper
Cape Rock-Thrush
Cape Bulbul
Saffron-breasted Prinia
Knysna Scrub-Warbler
Victorin's Scrub-Warbler
Rudd's Lark
Karoo Lark
Botha's Lark
Cape Sugarbird
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Long-tailed Pipit
Yellow-breasted Pipit
Yellow-tufted Pipit
Cape Weaver
Forest Canary
Protea Seedeater
Cape Siskin
Drakensberg Siskin

Checklists

Bird Checklists of the World: Marion Isl [archives]
    http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=pdmi

Bird Checklists of the World: Prince Edward [archives]
    http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=pdpe

Bird Checklists of the World: Prince Edward Islands (ZA) [archives]
    http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=pd

Bird Checklists of the World: South Africa
    http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=za

Namibia checklist
    http://www-tm.up.ac.za/birds/resource.htm

SAfrican Birding Spots: Locality Guides and Checklists
    http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4074/4saspots.htm