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Antelope
MAMMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
English Names
Scientific Names
Roan Antelope
Sable Antelope
Bontebok
Bushbuck
Kirk's (Damara) Dikdik
Common Duiker
Red Natal Duiker
Eland
Southern Giraffe
Cape Grysbok
Sharpe's Grysbok
Red Hartebeest
Impala
Klipspringer
Greater Kudu
Lechwe
Nyala
Oribi
Oryx [Gemsbok]
Puku
Common Reedbuck
Sitatunga
Springbok
Steenbok
Suni
Tsessebe
Common Waterbuck
Blue Wildebeest [Gnu]
Plains [Burchell's] Zebra
Cape Mountain Zebra
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
Banana Bat
Cape Serotine Bat
Commerson's Leaf-nosed Bat
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat
Mauritian Tomb Bat
Peter's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Yellow House Bat
Yellow-winged Bat
Straw-coloured Flying Fox
African Buffalo
African Elephant
Hippopotamus
Black Rhino
White Rhino
Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Common Dolphin
Dusky Dolphin
Heaviside's Dolphin
Cape Fur Seal
Bryde's Whale
Humpback Whale
Southern Right Whale
Aardvark [Antbear]
Aardwolf
Bat-eared Fox
Cape Fox
Rock Hyrax [Dassie]
Yellow-spotted Bush Hyrax
Banded Mongoose
Dwarf Mongoose
Selous' Mongoose
Slender Mongoose
Small Grey Mongoose
Water [Marsh] Mongoose
White-tailed Mongoose
Yellow Mongoose
Temminck's Pangolin
Suricate [Meercat]
Striped Polecat [Zorilla]
Striped Weasel
Bushpig
Warthog
Honey Badger [Ratel]
Caracal
African Wild Cat
Black-footed [Small-spotted] Cat
Cheetah
African Civet
Large-spotted Genet
Small-spotted Genet
Brown Hyaena
Spotted Hyaena
Black-backed Jackal
Side-striped Jackal
Leopard
Lion
Cape Clawless Otter
Spotted-necked Otter
Serval
Wild Dog
Chacma Baboon
Yellow Baboon
Thick-tailed Galago [Bushbaby]
Lesser Bushbaby
Samango [Blue] Monkey
Vervet [Green] Monkey
Dassie Rat
Woodland Dormouse
Chequered Elephant-shrew
Four-toed Elephant-shrew
Rock Elephant-shrew
Round-eared Elephant-shrew
Smith's Rock Elephant-shrew
Cape Hare
Scrub Hare
Hedgehog
Four-striped Mouse
Porcupine
Multimammate Rat
Tree Rat
Jameson's Red Rock-hare
Natal Red Rock-hare
Smith's Red Rock-hare
Springhare
Cape Ground Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Mountain [Ground] Squirrel
Mountain Squirrel
Red Squirrel
Smith's Bush Squirrel
Striped Tree [Congo Rope] Squirrel
Tongaland Red Squirrel
Common Ostrich
Great Crested Grebe
Black-Necked Grebe
Little Grebe
African Penguin
Shy Albatross
Black-Browed Albatross
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Southern Giant Petrel
Pintado Petrel [Cape Pigeon]
White-chinned Petrel
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cape Gannet
White-breasted Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Bank Cormorant
Reed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
African Darter
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great [White] Egret
Little Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Black Heron [Egret]
Slaty Egret
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-heron
Green-backed Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
White-backed Night-heron
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Eurasian Bittern
Hamerkop
White Stork
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
African Openbill [Openbilled Stork]
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Shoebill
African Sacred Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Hadeda Ibis
African Spoonbill
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
White-faced Duck
Fulvous Duck
White-backed Duck
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Yellow-billed Duck
African Black Duck
Cape Teal
Hottentot Teal
Red-billed Teal
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Cape Shoveler
Souther Pochard
African Pygme-goose
Comb [Knob-billed] Duck
Spur-winged Goose
Maccoa Duck
Secretarybird
Hooded Vulture
Cape Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-headed Vulture
Black Kite
Yellow-billed Kite
Black-shouldered Kite
African Cuckoo-hawk [Baza]
Bat Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Verreaux's [Black] Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
African Hawk-eagle
Ayres's Hawk-eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Marial Eagle
African Crowned Eagle
Brown Snake-eagle
BI.-chested [BI.-breasted] Snake-Eagle
Southern Banded Snake-Eagle
Western Banded Snake-Eagle
Bateleur
Palm-nut Vulture
African Fish-eagle
Steppe Buzzard
Forest Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Lizard Buzzard
Rufous-crested [Red-breasted] Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Sparrowhawk
Shikra [Little-banded Goshawk]
African Goshawk
Gabar Hoshawk
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Dark Chanting Goshawk
African Marsh-harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Black Harrier
African Harrier-hawk [Gymnogene]
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Lanner Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Sooty Falcon
Taita Falcon
Red-necked Falcon
[Western] Red-footed Falcon
Amur [Eastern Red-footed] Falcon
Rock Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Lesser Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Pygmy Falcon
Chukar Partridge
Coqui Francolin
Crested Francolin
Grey-winged Francolin
Shelley's Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Red-billed Francolin
Cape Francolin
Natal Francolin
Hildebrandt's Francolin
Hartlaub's Francolin
Red-necked Spurfowl [Francolin]
Swainson's Spurfowl [Francolin]
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Common Peacock
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Guineafowl
Small [Kurrichane] Button-quail
Wattled Crane
Blue Crane
Grey Crowned Crane
African Rail
African Crake
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
Buff-spotted Flufftail
African Purple Swamphen [Gallinule]
Allen's [Lesser] Gallinule
Common Moorhen
Lesser Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Finfoot
African Jacana
Lesser Jacana
Kori Bustard
Denham's [Stanley's] Bustard
Ludwig's Bustard
Rueppel's Korhaan
Red-crested Korhaan
Black-bellied Bustard
Southern Black Korhaan
Northern Black Korhaan
Greater Painted-snipe
African Black Oystercatcher
Common Ringed Plover
White-fronted Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Three-banded Plover
Lesser [Mongolian] Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Caspian Plover
Grey Plover
Crowned Lapwing [Plover]
Senegal Lapwing [Lesser BI. Wing Plover]
Black-winged Lapwing [Plover]
Blacksmith Lapwing [Plover]
White-crowned Lapwing [Plover]
African Wattled Lapwing [Plover]
Long-toed Lapwing [Plover]
Ruddy Turnstone
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Red Knot
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Sanderling
Ruff
African [Ethiopian] Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Eurasian Curlew
Common Whimbrel
Red-necked Phalarope
Pied Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Spotted Thick-knee [Dikkop]
Water Thick-knee [Dikkop]
Burchell's Courser
Temminck's Courser
Double-banded Courser
Three-banded [Heuglin's] Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Collared [Red-winged] Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Rock Pratincole
Parasitic Jaeger [Arctic Skua]
Pomarine Jaeger [Skua]
Subantarctic Skua
Cape [Kelp] Gull
Lesser Black-backet Gull
Grey-headed Gull
Sabine's Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Swift Tern
Lesser-crested Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Antarctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Damara Tern
Little Tern
Black Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Thern
African Skimmer
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Speckled [Rock] Pigeon
African Olive-pigeon [Rameron P.]
Red-eyed Dove
African Mourning Dove
Cape Turtle Dove
Dusky Turtle Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-dove [Dove]
Emerald-spotted Wood-dove [Dove]
Tambourine Dove
Lemon [Cinnamon] Dove
African Green-pigeon
Grey-necked Parrot [Split of Cape Point]
Brown-headed Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
Rueppell's Parrot
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Lilian's Lovebird
Knysna Turaco [Lourie]
Livingstone's Turaco [Lourie]
Schalow's Turaco [Lourie]
Purple-crested Turaco [Lourie]
Ross's Turaco [Lourie]
Grey Go-away-bird [Lourie]
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's [Striped] Cuckoo
Jacobin Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Diderick Cuckoo
Green Malkoha [Coucal]
Black Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Burchell's Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Barn Owl
African Wood Owl
Marsh Owl
African Scops-owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet [Owl]
African Barred Owlet [Owl]
Cape Eagle-owl
Spotted Eagle-owl
Verreaux's [Giant] Eagle-owl
Pel's Fishing Owl
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Montane [Mountain] Nightjar
Swamp [Natal] Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed [Mozambique] Nightjar
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Common Swift
African Black Swift
Bradfield's Swift
White-rumped Swift
Horus Swift
Little Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Scarce Swift
African Palm-swift
Mottled Spinetail
Boehm's Spinetail
Speckled Mousebird
White-backed Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
Narina Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
Pied Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Mangrove Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Grey-headed [Grey-hooded] Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
European Bee-eater
Madagascar [Incl Olive] Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
Boehm's Bee-eater
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Racket-tailed Roller
Purple Roller
Broad-billed Roller
African Hoopoe
Green [Red-billed] Wood-hoopoe
Violet Wood-hoopoe
Common Scimitarbill [Scbll. Wood-hoopoe]
Trumpeter Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
African Grey Hornbill
Pale-billed Hornbill
Red-billed Hornbill
Damara Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Bradfield's Hornbill
Monteiro's Hornbill
Southern Ground Hornbill
Black-collared Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet
Black-backed Barbet
Acacia Pied Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Whyte's Barbet
Green [Woodward's] Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird [T. Barbet]
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird [T. Barbet]
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Moustached Green Tinkerbird
Crested Barbet
Greater Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Pallid [Eastern] Honeyguide
Brown-backed Honeybird [sharp-billed H.bird]
Green-backed Honeybird [Slender-blld H. bird]
Ground Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Green-backed [Little-spotted] Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Stierling's Woodpecker
African Broadbill
African [Angola] Pitta
Monotonous Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Clapper Lark
Flappet Lark
Fawn-coloured Lark
Sabota Lark
Cape Long-billed Lark
Agulhas Long-billed Lark
Benguela Long-billed Lark
Karoo Lark
Dune Lark
Dusky Lark
Spike-heeled Lark
Red-capped Lark
Pink-billed Lark
Stark's Lark
Large-billed [Thick-billed] Lark
Gray's Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark [Finch-lark]
Grey-backed Sparrow-lark [Finch-lark]
Fischer's Sparrow-lark [Finch-lark
Barn [Eurasian] Swallow
Angola Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Blue Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Red-chested [Red-breasted] Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Greater Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
South African Cliff-swallow
Rock Martin
Common House-martin
Grey-rumped Swallow
Sand Martin
Brown-throated Martin
Banded Martin
Black Saw-wing [Swg-swallow]
Eastern Saw-wing [Swg-swallow]
White-headed Saw-wing [Swg-swallow]
Hippotragus Equinus
Hippotragus Niger
Damaliscus Dorcas Dorcas
Tragelaphus Scriptus
Madoqua Kirkil
Sylvicapra Grimmia
Cephalophus Natalensis
Taurotragus Oryx
Giraffa Camelopardalis
Raphicerus Melanotis
Raphicerus Sharpei
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Aepyceros Melampus
Oreotragus Oreotragus
Tragelaphus Strepsiceros
Kobus Leche
Tragelaphus Angasi
Ourebia Ourebi
Oryx Gazella
Kobus Vardoni
Redunca Arundinum
Tragelaphus Spekei
Antidorcas Marsupialis
Raphicerus Campestris
Neotragus Moschatus
Damaliscus Lunatus
Kobus Ellipsiprymnus
Connochaetes Taurinus
Equus Burchelli
Equus Zebra Zebra
Equus Zebra Hartmannae
Pipistrellus Nanus
Pipistrellus Capensis
Hipposideros Commersoni
Rousettus Aegyptiacus
Tadarida Aegyptiaca
Rhinolophus Clivosus
Taphozous Mauritianus
Epomophorus Gambianus Crypturus
Scotophilus Dinganii
Lavia Frons
Eidolon Helvum
Syncerus Caffer
Loxodonto Africana
Hippopotamus Amphibius
Diceros Bicornis
Ceratotherium Simum
Tursiops Aduncus/Truncatus
Delphinus Delphis
Lagenorhynchus Obscurus
Cephalorhynchus Heavisidii
Arctocelaphus Pusillus
Balaenoptera Edeni
Megaptera Novaeangliae
Balaena Glacialis
Oryteropus Afer
Proteles Cristatus
Otocyon Megalotis
Vulpes Chama
Procavia Capensis
Heterohyrax Brucei
Mungos Mungo
Helogale Parvula
Paracynictis Selousi
Galerella Sanguinea
Galerella Pulverulenta
Atilax Paludinosus
Ichneumia Albicauda
Cynictis Penicillata
Manis Temmincki
Suricata Suricatta
Ictonyx Striatus
Poecilogale Albinucha
Potamochoerus Larvatus
Phacochoerus Aethiopicus
Mellivora Capensis
Felis Caracal
Felis Lybica
Felis Nigripes
Acinonyx Jubatus
Civettictis Civetta
Genetta Tigrina
Genetta Genetta
Hyaena Brunnae
Crocuta Crocuta
Canis Mesomelas
Canis Adustus
Panthera Pardus
Panthera Leo
Aonyx Capensis
Lutra Maculicollis
Felis Serval
Lycaon Pictus
Papio Ursinus
Papio Cyanocephalus
Galago [Otolemur] Crassicaudatus
Galago Senegalensis [Moholi]
Cercopithecus Mitis
Cercopithecus Aethiops
Petromus Typicus
Graphiurus Murinus
Rhynchocyon Cirnei
Petrodromus Tetradactylus
Elephantulus Myurus
Macroscelides Proboscideus
Elephantulus Rupestris
Lepus Capensis
Lepus Saxatilis
Atelerix Frontalis
Rhabdomys Pumilio
Hystrix Africaeaustralis
Mastomys Natalensis
Thallomys Pedulcus
Pronolagus Randensis
Pronolagus Crassicaudatus
Pronolagus Rupestris
Pedetes Capensis
Xerus Inauris
Sciurus Carolinensis
Geosciurus [Xeros] Princeps
Paraxerus Lucifer
Parxerus P. Palliatus
Paraxerus Cepapi
Funisciurus Congicus
Paraxerus Palliatus Tongensis
Struthio Camelus
Podiceps Cristatus
Podiceps Nigricollis
Tachybaptus Ruficollis
Spheniscus Demersus
Thalassarche Cauta
Thalassarche Melanophris
Thalassarche Chlororhynchos
Macronectes Giganteus
Daption Capense
Procellaria Aequinoctialis
Puffinus Griseus
Oceanites Oceanicus
Morus Capensis
Phalacrocorax Lucidus
Phalacrocorax Capensis
Phalacrocorax Neglectus
Phalacrocorax Africanus
Phalacrocorax Coronatus
Anhinga Rufa
Ardea Cinerea
Ardea Melanocephala
Ardea Goliath
Ardea Purpurea
Egretta Alba
Egretta Garzetta
Egretta Intermedia
Egretta Ardesiaca
Egretta Vinaceigula
Bubulcus Ibis
Ardeola Ralloides
Ardeola Idea
Butorides Striatus
Ardeola Rufiventris
Nycticorax Nycticorax
Gorsachius Leuconotus
Ixobrychus Minutus
Ixobrychus Sturmii
Botaurus Stellaris
Scopus Umbretta
Ciconia Ciconia
Ciconia Nigra
Ciconia Abdimii
Ciconia Episcopus
Anastomus Lamelligerus
Ephippiorhynchus Senegalensis
Leptoptilos Crumeniferus
Mycteria Ibis
Balaeniceps Rex
Threskiornis Aethiopicus
Plegadis Falcinellus
Bostrychia Hagedash
Platalea Alba
Phoenicopterus Ruber
Phoenicopterus Minor
Pelecanus Onocrotalus
Pelecanus Rufescens
Dendrocygna Viduata
Dendrocygna Bicolor
Thalassornis Leuconotus
Alopochen Aegyptiacus
Tadorna Cana
Anas Undulata
Anas Sparsa
Anas Capensis
Anas Hottentota
Anas Erythrorhyncha
Anas Acuta
Anas Querquedula
Anas Smithii
Netta Erythropthalma
Nettapus Auritus
Sarkidiornis Melanotos
Plectropterus Gambensis
Oxyura Maccoa
Sagittarius Serpentarius
Necrosyrtes Monachus
Gyps Coprotheres
Gyps Africanus
Torgos Tracheliotus
Trigonoceps Occipitalis
Milvus Migrans
Milvus Aegyptius
Elanus Caeruleus
Aviceda Cuculoides
Macheiramphus Alcinus
Pernis Apivorus
Aquila Verreauxii
Aquila Rapax
Aquila Nipalensis
Aquila Pomarina
Aquila Wahlbergi
Hieraaetus Pennatus
Hieraaetus Spilogaster
Hieraaetus Ayresii
Lophaetus Occipitalis
Polemaetus Bellicosus
Stephanoaetus Coronatus
Circaetus Cinereus
Circaetus Pectoralis
Circaetus Fasciolatus
Circaetus Cinerascens
Terathopius Ecaudatus
Gypohierx Angolensis
Haliaeetus Vocifer
Buteo Vulpinus
Buteo Trizonatus
Buteo Oreophilus
Buteo Rufofuscus
Buteo Augur
Kaupifalco Monogrammicus
Accipiter Rufiventris
Accipiter Ovampensis
Accipiter Minullus
Accipiter Melanoleucus
Accipiter Badius
Accipiter Tachiro
Melierax Gabar
Melierax Canorus
Melierax Metabates
Circus Ranivorus
Circus Pygargus
Circus Macrourus
Circus Maurus
Polyboroides Typus
Pandion Haliaetus
Falco Peregrinus
Falco Biarmicus
Falco Subbuteo
Falco Cuvierii
Falco Concolor
Falco Fasciiunucha
Falco Chicquera
Falco Vespertinus
Falco Amurensis
Falco Rupicolis
Falco Rupicoloides
Falco Naumanni
Falco Dickinsoni
Polihierax Semitorquatus
Alectoris Chukar
Peliperdix Coqui
Dendroperdix Sephaena
Scleroptila Africanus
Scleroptila Shelleyi
Scleroptila Levaillantii
Scleroptila Levaillantoides
Pternistis Adspersus
Pternistis Capensis
Pternistis Natalensis
Pternistis Hildebrandti
Pternistis Hartlaubi
Pternistis Afer
Pternistis Swainsonii
Coturnix Coturnix
Coturnix Delegorguei
Pavo Cristatus
Numida Meleagris
Guttera Pucherani
Turnix Sylvatica
Grus Carunculatus
Anthropoides Paradisea
Balearica Regulorum
Rallus Caerulescens
Crex Egregia
Amaurornis Flavirostris
Porzana Pusillus
Sarothrura Elegans
Porphyrio Madagascariensis
Porphyrio Alleni
Gallinula Chloropus
Gallinula Angulata
Fulica Cristata
Podica Senegalensis
Actophilornis Africanus
Microparra Capensis
Ardeotis Kori
Neotis Denhami
Neotis Ludwigii
Eupodotis Rueppellii
Eupodotis Ruficrista
Eupodotis Melanogaster
Eupodotis Afra
Eupodotis Afroides
Rostratula Benghalensis
Haematopus Moquini
Charadrius Hiaticula
Charadrius Marginatus
Charadrius Pallidus
Charadrius Pecuarius
Charadrius Tricollaris
Charadrius Mongolus
Charadrius Leschenaultii
Charadrius Asiaticus
Pluvialis Squatarola
Vanellus Coronatus
Vanellus Lugubris
Vanellus Melanopterus
Vanellus Armatus
Vanellus Albiceps
Vanellus Senegallus
Vanellus Crassirostris
Arenaria Interpres
Xenus Cinereus
Actitis Hypoleucos
Tringa Ochropus
Tringa Glareola
Tringa Totanus
Tringa Stagnatalis
Tringa Nebularia
Calidris Canutus
Calidris Ferruginea
Calidris Minuta
Calidris Alba
Philomachus Pugnax
Gallinago Nigripennis
Limosa Limosa
Limosa Lapponica
Numenius Arquata
Numenius Phaeopus
Phalaropus Lobatus
Recurvirostra Avosetta
Himantopus Himantopus
Burhinus Capensis
Burhinus Vermiculatus
Cursorius Rufus
Cursorius Temminckii
Rhinoptilus Africanus
Rhinoptilus Cinctus
Rhinoptilus Chalcopterus
Glareola Pratincola
Glareola Nordmanni
Glareola Nuchalis
Stercorarius Parasiticus
Stercorarius Pomarinus
Catharacta Antarctica
Larus Vetula
Larus Fuscus
Larus Cirrocephalus
Larus Sabini
Sterna Nilotica
Sterna Caspia
Sterna Bergii
Sterna Bengalensis
Sterna Sandvicensis
Sterna Hirundo
Sterna Paradisaea
Sterna Vittata
Sterna Dougalli
Sterna Balaenarum
Sterna Albifrons
Chlidonias Niger
Chlidonias Hybridus
Chlidonias Leucopterus
Rhynchops Flavirostris
Pterocles Namaqua
Pterocles Burchellii
Pterocles Gutturalis
Pterocles Bicinctus
Columba Guinea
Columba Arquatrix
Streptopelia Semitorquata
Streptopelia Decipiens
Streptopelia Capicola
Streptopelia Lugens
Streptopelia Senegalensis
Oena Capensis
Turtur Afer
Turtur Chalcospilos
Turtur Tympanistria
Aplopelia Larvata
Treron Calva
Poicephalus Fuscicollis
Poicephalus Cryptoxanthus
Poicephalus Meyeri
Poicephalus Rueppellii
Agapornis Roseicollis
Agapornis Lilianae
Tauraco Corythaix
Tauraco Livingstonii
Tauraco Schalowi
Musophaga Porphyreolopha
Musophaga Rossae
Corythaixoides Concolor
Cuculus Canorus
Cuculus Gularis
Cuculus Solitarius
Cuculus Clamosus
Clamator Glandarius
Oxylophus Levaillantii
Oxylophus Jacobinus
Pachycoccyx Audeberti
Chrysococcyx Cupreus
Chrysococcyx Klaas
Chrysococcyx Caprius
Ceuthmochares Aereus
Centropus Grillii
Centropus Cupreicausus
Centropus Senegalensis
Centropus Burchelli
Centropus Superciliosus
Tyto Alba
Strix Woodfordii
Asio Capensis
Otus Senegalensis
Ptilopsus Granti
Glaucidium Perlatum
Glaudidium Capense
Bubo Capensis
Bubo Africanus
Bubo Lacteus
Scotopelia Peli
Caprimulgus Pectoralis
Caprimulgus rufigena
Caprimulgus Poliocephalus
Caprimulgus Natalensis
Caprimulgus Tristigma
Caprimulgus Fossii
Macrodipteryx Vexillarius
Apus Apus
Apus Barbatus
Apus Bradfieldi
Apus Caffer
Apus Horus
Apus Affinis
Tachymarptis Melba
Tachymarptis Aequatorialis
Schoutedenapus Myoptilus
Cypsiurus Parvus
Telecanthura Ussheri
Neafrapus Boehmi
Colius Striatus
Colius Colius
Urocolius Indicus
Apaloderma Narina
Apaloderma Vittatum
Ceryle Rudis
Megaceryle Maxima
Alcedo Semitorquata
Alcedo Cristata
Ispidina Picta
Halcyon Senegalensis
Halcyon Senegaloides
Halcyon Albiventris
Halcyon Leucocephala
Halcyon Chelicuti
Merops Apiaster
Merops Superciliosus
Merops Persicus
Merops Nubicoides
Merops Boehmi
Merops Bullockoides
Merops Pusillus
Merops Hirundineus
Coracias Garrulus
Coracias Caudata
Coracias Spatulata
Coracias Naevia
Eurystomus Glaucurus
Upupa Africana
Phoeniculus Purpureus
Phoeniculus Damarensis
Rhinopomastus Cyanomelas
Bycanistes Bucinator
Bycanistes Brevis
Tockus Nasutus
Tockus Pallidirostris
Tockus Erythrorhynchus
Tockus Damarensis
Tockus Leucomelas
Tockus Alboterminatus
Tockus Bradfieldi
Tockus Monteiri
Bucorvus Leadbeateri
Lybius Torquatus
Lybius Melanopterus
Lybius Minor
Tricholaema Leucomelas
Stactolaema Leucotis
Stactolaema Whytii
Buccanodon Olivacea
Pogoniulus Pusillus
Pogoniulus Chrysoconus
Pogoniulus Bilineatus
Pogoniulus Leucomystax
Trachyphonus Vaillantii
Indicator Indicator
Indicator Variegatus
Indicator Minor
Indicator Meliphilus
Prodotiscus Regulus
Prodotiscus Zambesiae
Geocolaptes Olivaceus
Campethera Bennettii
Campethera Abingoni
Campethera Cailliautii
Campethera Fuscescens
Dendropicos Namaquus
Dendropicos Griseocephalus
Dendropicos Stierlingi
Smithornis Capensis
Pitta Angolensis
Mirafra Passerina
Mirafra Africana
Mirafra Apiata
Mirafra Rufocinnamomea
Mirafra Africanoides
Mirafra Sabota
Certhilauda Curvirostris
Certhilauda Brevirostris
Certhilauda Benguelensis
Certhilauda Albescens
Certhilauda Erythrochlamys
Pinarocorys Nigricans
Chersomanes Albofasciata
Calandrella Cinerea
Spizocorys Conirostris
Eremalauda Starki
Galerida Magnirostris
Ammomanes Grayi
Eremopterix Leucotis
Eremopterix Verticalis
Eremopterix Leucopareia
Hirundo Rustica
Hirundo Angolensis
Hirundo Albigularis
Hirundo Atrocaerulea
Hirundo Smithii
Hirundo Dimidiata
Hirundo Semirufa
Hirundo Senegalensis
Hirundo Daurica
Hirundo Cucullata
Hirundo Abyssinica
Hirundo Spilodera
Hirundo Fuligula
Delichon Urbica
Pseudhirundo Griseopyga
Riparia Riparia
Riparia Paludicola
Riparia Cincta
Psalidoprocne Holomelaena
Psalidoprocne Orientalis
Psalidoprocne Albiceps
Bats
Mammals - Large
Mammals - Oceanic
Mammals - Small to medium
Pigs
Predators and scavengers
Primates
Rodents and Shrews
Additional species recorded
BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Ostrich
Grebes
Oceanic
Cormorants and Darters
Herons, Egrets and Bitterns
Hamerkop, Storks and Ibis
Spoonbills, Flamingoes and Pelicans
Ducks and Geese
Raptors
Gamebirds
Bustards and Korhaans
Rails, Crakes, Jacanas and Finfoot
Cranes
Shorebirds and Waders
Skuas, Jaegers, Gulls and Terns
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Black Cuckooshrike
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Grey Cuckooshrike
Fork-tailed Drongo
Square-tailed Drongo
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Black-headed Oriole
Green-headed Oriole
Corvids
Cape [Black] Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Tits/Creeper
[Southern] Grey Tit
Ashy Tit
Miombo [Northern Grey] Tit
Southern Black Tit
Carp's Tit
White-winged Tit
Rufous-bellied Tit
Cinnamon-breasted Tit
Cape Penduline-tit
Grey Penduline-tit
Spotted Creeper
Babblers
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-faced Babbler
Hartlaub's [White-rumped] Babbler
Southern Pied Babbler
Bare-cheeked Babbler
Bulbuls/Greenbuls/Nicator
Cape Bulbul
African Red-eyed Bulbul
Dark-capped [Black-eyed] Bulbul
Terrestrial Brownbul [Bulbul]
Cababis's Greenbul
Grey-olive Greenbul
Yellow-streaked Greenbul [Bulbul]
Little Greenbul
Mountain Greenbul
Sombre Greenbul [Bulbul]
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul [Bulbul]
Yellow-bellied Greenbul [Bulbul]
Eastern [Yellow-spotted] Nicator
Thrushes/Rock-thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Olive Thrush
Grounscraper Thrush
Orange Ground-thrush [Thrush]
Spotted Ground-thrush [Thrush]
Cape Rock-thrush
Sentinel Rock-thrush
Short-toed Rock-thrush
Miombo Rock-thrush
Wheatears/Chats
Northern Wheatear
Mountain Wheatear [Chat]
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Tractrac Chat
Sickle-winged Chat
Karoo Chat
Mocking Cliff-chat [Chat]
Arnot's Chat
Anteating Chat
African Stonechat
Whinchat
Herero Chat
Robin-chats/Palm-thrush/Alethes/Scrub-robins
Chorister Robin-Chat [Robin]
White-browed Robin-Chat [Robin]
Red-capped Robin-Chat [Robin]
Cape Robin-Chat [Robin]
White-throatd Robin-Chat [Robin]
Collared Palm-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush
Cholo Alethe
White-chested Alethe
Olive-flanked Alethe
White-starred Robin
East Coast [Guning's] Akalat
Cape Rockjumper
White-browed Scrub-Robin
Karoo Scrub-Robin
Kalahari Scrub-Robin
Brown Scrub-Robin
Eastern Bearded Scrub-Robin
Miombo Bearded Scrub-Robin
Garden Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Blackcap
Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler
Layard's Tit-Babble
Brown Parisoma
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Southern Hyliota
Icterine Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
African Reed [Marsh] Warbler
[Eurasian] Marsh Warbler
[Eurasian] Sedge Warbler
Lesser Swamp [Cape Reed] Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Dark-capped [African] Yellow Warbler
Mountain Yellow Warbler
Evergreen Forest Warbler
Little Rush [African Sedge] Warbler
Knysa Warbler
Victorin's Warbler
Cinnamon Bracken Warbler
Broad-tailed Warbler
Willow Warbler
Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler
Cinnamon-breasted Warbler
Namaqua Warbler [Prinia]
Rufous-eared Warbler
Apalis/Crombecs/Eremomelas
Bar-throated Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Brown-headed Apalis
Chestnut-headed [Chapin's] Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Rudd's Apalis
White-winged Apalis
Red-faced Crombec
Long-billed Crombec
Red-capped Crombec
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-capped Eremomela
Burnt-necked Eremomela
Camaropteras/Wren-Warblers
Green-backed Camaroptera [Bleatng Wrbler]
Grey-backed Camaroptera [Bleatng Wrbler]
Barred Wren-Warbler [Warbler]
Stierling's Wren-Barbler [Brrd Warbler]
Grassbird/Rockrunner/Grass-Warbler
Grassbird
Rockrunner
Moustached Grass-Warbler [Brrd Warbler]
Cisticolas/Prinias
Zitting [Fan-tailed] Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Cloud Cisticola
Wing-snapped [Ayre's Cloud] Cisticola
Pale-crowned Cisticola
Grey-backed Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Tinkling Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Red-faced Cisticola
Rufous-winged [Black-backed] Cisticola
Black-lored Cisticola
Luapula [Black-backed (Okavango)] Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola
Churring Cisticola
Levaillant's Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Lazy Cisticola
Short-winged [Siffling] Cisticola
Neddicky
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Karoo Prinia
Drakensberg Prinia
Flycatchers/Batis
Spotted Flycatcher
African Dusky Flycatcher
Ashy [Blue-Grey] Flycatcher
Boehm's Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Grey-Tit [Fan-tailed] Flycatcher
Southern Black Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Marico Flycatcher
Pale [Pallid] Flycatcher
Chat Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Cape Batis
Chinspot Batis
Forest Batis
Pririt Batis
Woodward's Batis
Black-throated Wattle-Eye [W.-eyed Flychr]
Fairy Flycatcher
Livingstone's Flycatcher
White-tailed Crested Flycatcher
Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher
White-tailed Crested Blue-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Wagtails/Pipits/Longclaws
African Pied Wagtail
Mountain [Long-tailed] Wagtail
Cape Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
African [Grassveld] Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Wood Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Striped Pipit
African Rock Pipit
Tree Pipit
Bushveld Pipit
Cape [Orange-throated] Longclaw
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Fuelleborn's Longclaw
Rosy-throated [Pink-thr] Longclaw
Shrikes/Boubous/Thagras
Lesser Grey Shrike
Common Fiscal [Shrike]
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Souza's Shrike
Magpie [Long-tailed] Shrike
Southern Boubou
Tropical Boubou
Swamp Boubou
Fuelleborn's Black Boubou
Crimson-breasted Shrike
Southern White-crowned Shrike
White-tailed Shrike
Black-backed Puffback [Puffback]
Brubru
Southern Tchagra
Brown-crowned [Three-strkd] Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Ancieta's [Formerly Marsh] Tchagra
Bush-Shrikes/Helmet-Shrikes
Bokmakierie
Gorgeous Bush-Shrike
Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike
Black-fronted Bush-Shrike
Olive Bush-Shrike
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike
White-crested [White] Helmet-Shrike
Retz's [Red-billed] Helmet-Shrike
Starlings/Oxpeckers
Common [Eurasian] Starling
Common [Indian] Myna
Pied Starling
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed [Plum-coloured] Starling
Burchell's Starling
Meves's [Long-tailed] Starling
Cape Glossy Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Miombo [Lesser] Blue-eared Starling
Sharp-tailed Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Red-winged Starling
Pale-winged Starling
Slender-billed Starling
Waller's Starling
White-winged Starling
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed Oxpecker
Sugarbirds/Sunbirds/White-Eyes
Cape Sugarbird
Gurney's Sugarbird
Malachite Sunbird
Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Coppery Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Shelley's Sunbird
Neergaard's Sunbird
Southern [Lesser] Double-collared Sunbird
Miombo Double-collared Sunbird
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Variable [Yellow-bellied] Sunbird
White-bellied Sunbird
Dusky Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Grey Sunbird
Eastern Olive Sunbird
Western Olive Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Amethyst [Black] Sunbird
Achieta's [Red-and-Yellow] Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Cape White-eye
Yellow White-eye
Buffalo-Weavers/ Sparrow-Weavers/Sparrows
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Chestnut-mantled Sparrow-Weaver
House Sparrow
Great Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Greay-headed Sparrow
Yellow-throated Petronia [Sparrow]
Weavers/Cuckoo-Finch
Thick-billed Weaver
Sociable Weaver
Dark-backed [Forest] Weaver
Olive-headed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Bertram's Weaver
Village [Spotted-backed] Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cape Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Golden Weaver
Yellow Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Cuckoo Finch
Queleas/Bishops/Widowbirds
Red-billed Quelea
Cardinal Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged [Fire-crowned] Bishop
Yellow-crowned [Golden] Bishop
Yellow Bishop [Yellow-rumped Widow]
Fan-tailed [Red-shouldered] Widowbird
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled [Yellow-backed] Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Mountain Marsh Widowbird
Pytilias/Waxbills/Firefinches
Orange-winged [Golden-backed] Pytilia
Geen-winged Pitilia [Melba Finch]
Green Twinspot
Red-faced Crimsonwing
Pink-throated Twinspot
Red-throated Twinspot
African [Blue-billed] Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Red-billed Firefinch
Brown Firefinch
Southern Cordon-bleu [Blue Waxbill]
Violet-eared Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-faced [Black-cheeked] Waxbill
Grey Waxbill
Cinderella Waxbill
Swee Waxbill
Yellow-bellied Waxbill [East African Swee]
African Quail-Finch
Orange-breasted Waxbill
Finches/Mannikins
Cut-throat Finch
Red-headed Finch
Scaly-feathered Finch
Bronze Mannikin
Red-backed Mannikin
Magpie [Pied] Mannikin
Whydahs/Indigobirds[Widowfinches]
Pin-tailed Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Dusky Indigobird [Black Widowfinch]
Purple Indigobird [Widowfinch]
Twinspot Indigobird [Violet Widowbird]
Village Indigobird [Steelblue Widowfinch]
Canaries/Seedeaters/Citril/Siskin/Buntings
Common Chaffinch
Yellow-fronted [Yellow-eyed] Canary
Black-throated Canary
Lemon-breasted Canary
Cape Canary
Forest Canary
African Citril
Brimstone [Bully] Canary
Yellow Canary
White-throated Canary
Protea Seedeater [Canary]
Streaky-headed Seedeater [Canary]
Stripe-breasted [Reichard's] Seedeater
Streaky Seedeater
Black-eared Seedeater [Canary]
Black-headed Canary
Damara Canary
Cape Siskin
Cabanis's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Lark-like Bunting
Additional Species Record
SNAKES
Common Purple-glossed Snake
Coral Snake
Bibron's Burrowing Asp
Puff Adder
Horned Adder
Gaboon Adder
Peringuey's Adder
Common [Rhombic] Night Adder
Herald Snake
Common Egg-Eater
Green Mamba
Black Mamba
Boomslang
Angolan Garter Snake
Boulenger's Garter Snake
Rinkhals
Brown House Snake
Cape Wolf Snake
Cape File Snake
Egyptian Cobra
Snouted Cobra
Forest Cobra
Mocambique Spitting Cobra
Cape Cobra
Western Green Snake
Green Water Snake
Spotted Bush Snake
Dwarf Sand Snake
Olive Grass Snake
Stripe-bellied Sand Snake
Striped Skaapsteker
Mole Snake
African Rock Python
Eastern Tiger Snake
Twig [Bird] Snake
Schlegel's Blind Snake
Bi-coloured Quill-snouted Snake
Kalahari Round-headed Worm Lizard
Additional Species
Lizards/Chameleons/Crocodile
Ground Agama
Mozambique Agama
Southern Rock Agama
Tree Agama
Etosha Agama
Namibian Rock Agama
Shovel-snouted Lizard
Flap-necked Chamaeleon
Namaqua Chamaeleon
Giant Ground Gecko
Nile Crocodile
Bouton's Skink
Moreau's Tropical House Gecko
Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko
Cape Dwarf Gecko
Cape Skink
Red-sided Skink
Striped Skink
Bibron's Gecko
Ocellated Gecko
Spotted Gecko
Web-footed Gecko
Namaqua Sand Lizard
Common Barking Gecko
Rock Monitor
Nile [Water] Monitor
Turtles/Tortoises/Terrapins
Loggerhead Turtle
Green Turtle
Angalute Tortoise
Leatherback Turtle
Leopard Tortoise
Bell's Hinged Tortoise
Marsh [Helmeted] Terrapin
Okavango Hinged Terrapin
Mashona Hinged Terrapin
Serrated Hinged Terrapin
Geometric Tortoise
Additional Species
COMMON TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Flat-top Thorn
Flame Thorn
Camel Thorn
Monkey Thorn
Candle-pod Thorn
Sweet Thorn
Black Thorn
Water Thorn
Knob Thorn
Scented Thorn
White Thorn
Whip-stick Thorn
River Climbing Thorn
Paperback Thorn
Umbrella Thorn
Fever Tree
Baobab
Kaokoland Impala Lily
Impala Lily
Pod Mahogany
Worm-bark False-Thorn
Common False-Thorn
Many-stemmed False-Thorn
Large-leaved False-Thorn
Kokerboom [Quiver Tree]
Mountain Aloe
Zambezi Teak
Green Thorn
Coffee Neat's Foot
Bush Neat's Foot
Bird Plum [Brown Ivory]
Shepherd's Tree
Smelly Shepherd's Tree
Willow-leaved Sepherd's Tree
Prince-of-Wales' Feathers [Mfuti]
Msasa
Wild Seringa
Woolly Caper-Bush
Sjambok Pod
Trumpet Thorn
Mopane
Red Bushwillow
Variable Bushwillow
Russet Bushwillow
Leadwood
Velvet Bushwillow
Flame Creeper
Large-fruited Combretum
Hairy Corkwood
Lavender Fever-Berry
Large Fever-Berry
Common Cabbage Tree
Cobas
Sickle Bush
Blueberry Bush
Pink Jackel-Berry
Bluebush
Jackal-Berry
Horn-pod Tree
Wild Pear
Tongaland Cycad
Wooden Banana [Mountain Mahogany]
Blue Guarri
Magic Guarri
Ebony Tree
Milk Bush
Rhino Thorn
Euphorbia
Rubber Euphorbia
Poison - Bush
Ana Tree
Sandpaper Fig
Namaqua Fig
Laurel Fig
Broom Cluster Fig
Sycamore Fig
Common Wild Fig
Water Fig
African Mangosteen
Savanna Gardenia
White Raisin
Sandpaper Raisin
Silver Raisin
False Mopane
Common Spike-Thorn
Red Spike-Thorn
Lala Palm
Real Fan Palm
Munondo
Red Mahogany
Sausage Tree
White Seringa
Live Long Dikbas
Tall Yellowbush
Tree Pincushion
Rain Tree [Maparora]
Kalahari Apple-Leaf
Bead-Bean Tree
Ringwood Tree
Tube Pagodas
Coastal Red Milkwood
Transvaal Red Milkwood
Ghost Tree
Cork Bush
Cape Myrtle
Namibian Resin Tree
Bottle Tree
Jacket-Plum
Wild Green-hair Tree
Weeping Wattle
Wild Date Palm
Potato Bush
Camel's Foot
September Bush
White Sugarbush
Blue Sugarbush
Wagon Tree
Real Sugarbush
Kudu-Berry
Wild Teak [Kiaat or Mukwa]
Raphia Palm
Short-Thorn Pomegranate
Kalahari Currant
Salt Bush
Mustard Tree
Marula
Tamboti
African Star-Chestnut
Large-leaved Star-Chestnut
Pink Jacaranda
Natal Wild Banana
Black Monkey Orange
Green Monkey Orange
Water Berry
Water Pear
Toad Tree
Wild Tamarisk
Green Cluster-Leaf
Purple Pod Cluster-Leaf
Silver Cluster-Leaf
Natal Mahogony
Welwitschia
Wing Bean
Blue Sourplum
Buffalo-Thorn
Additional Species Recorded
Campephaga Flava
Coracina Pectoralis
Coracina Caesia
Dicrurus Adsimilis
Dicrurus Ludwigii
Oriolus Oriolus
Oriolus Auratus
Oriolus Larvatus
Oriolus Chloropcephalus
Corvus Capensis
Corvus Albus
Corvus Albicollis
Parus Afer
Parus Cinerascens
Parus Griseiventris
Parus Niger
Parus Carpi
Parus Leucomelas
Parus Rufiventris
Parus Pallidiventris
Anthoscopus Minutus
Anthoscopus Caroli
Salpornis Salvadori
Turdoides Jardineii
Turdoides Melanops
Turdoides Hartlaubii
Turdoides Bicolor
Turdoides Gymnogenys
Pycnonotus Capensis
Pycnonotus Nigricans
Pycnonotus Barbatus
Phyllastrephus Terrestris
Phyllatrephus Cabanisi
Phyllastrephs Cerviniventris
Phyllastrephs Flavostriatus
Andropadus Virens
Andropadus Nigriceps
Andropadus Importunus
Andropadus Milanjensis
Chlorocihla Flaviventris
Nicator Gularis
Turdus Libonyanus
Turdus Olivaceus
Psophocichla Litsipsirupa
Zoothera Gurneyi
Zoothera Guttata
Monticola Rupestris
Monticola Explorator
Monticola Brevipes
Monticola Angolensis
Oenanthe Oenanthe
Oenanthe Monticola
Oenanthe Pileata
Cercomela Familiaris
Cercomela Tractrac
Cercomela Sinuata
Cercomela Schlegelii
Thamnolaea Cinnamomeiventris
Myrmecocichla Arnotti
Myrmecocichla Formicivora
Saxicola Torquata
Saxicola Rubetra
Namibornis Herero
Cossypha Dichroa
Cossypha Heuglini
Cossypha Natalensis
Cossypha Caffra
Cossypha Humeralis
Cichladusa Arquata
Cichladusa Ruficauda
Alethe Choloensis
Alethe Fuelleborni
Alethe Anomala
Pogonocichla Stellata
Sheppardia Gunningi
Chaetops Frenatus
Cercotrichas Leucophrys
Cercotrichas Coryphaeus
Cercotrichas Paena
Cercotrichas Signata
Cercotrichas Quadrivirgata
Cercotrichas Barbata
Sylvia Borin
Sylvia Communis
Sylvia Atricapilla
Parisoma Subcaeruleum
Parisoma Layardi
Parisoma Lugens
Hyliota Flavigaster
Hyliota Australis
Hippolais Icterina
Acrocephalus Arundinaceus
Acrocephalus Baeticatus
Acrocephalus Palustris
Acrocephalus Schoenobaenus
Acrocephalus Gacilirostris
Acrocephalus Rufescens
Chloropeta Natalensis
Chloropeta Similis
Bradypterus Lopezi
Bradypterus Baboecala
Bradypterus Sylvaticus
Bradypterus Victorini
Bradypterus Cinamomeus
Schoenicola Brevirostris
Phylloscopus Trochilus
Phylloscopus Ruficapilla
Euryptila Subcinnamomea
Phragmacia Substriata
Malcorus Pectoralis
Apalis Thoracica
Apalis Melanocephala
Apalis Alticola
Apalis Chapini
Apalis Flavida
Apalis Ruddi
Apalis Chariessa
Sylvietta Whytii
Sylvietta Rufescens
Sylvietta Ruficapilla
Eremomela Icteropygialis
Eremomela Scotops
Eremomela Usticollis
Camaroptera Brachyura
Camaroptera Brevicaudata
Calamonastes Fasciolatus
Calamonastes Stierlingi
Sphenoeacus Afer
Achaetops Pycnopygius
Melocichla Mentali
Cisticola Juncidis
Cisticola Aridulus
Cisticola Textrix
Cisticola Ayresii
Cisticola Cinnamomeus
Cisticola Subruficapillus
Cisticola Lais
Cisticola Rufilatus
Cisticola Woosnami
Cisticola Chinianus
Cisticola Cantans
Cisticola Erythrops
Cisticola Galactotes
Cisticola Nigriloris
Cisticola Luapula
Cisticola Pipiens
Cisticola Njombe
Cisticola Tinniens
Cisticola Natalensis
Cisticola Aberrans
Cisticola Brachypterus
Cisticola Fulvicapillus
Prinia Subflava
Prinia Flavicans
Prinia Maculosa
Prinia Hypoxantha
Muscicapa Striata
Muscicapa Adusta
Muscicapa Caerulesces
Myopornis Boehmi
Fiscedula Albicollis
Myioparus Plumbeus
Melaenornis Pammelaina
Melaenornis Fischeri
Bradornis Mariquensis
Bradornis Pallidus
Bradornis Infuscatus
Sigelus Silens
Batis Capensis
Batis Molitor
Batis Mixta
Batis Pririt
Batis Fratrum
Platysteira Peltata
Stenostira Scita
Erythrocercus Livingstonei
Elminia Albicauda
Trochocercus Cyanomelas
Elminia Albonotata
Terpsiphone Viridis
Motacilla Aguimp
Motacilla Clara
Motacilla Capensis
Motacilla Flava
Anthus Cinnamomeus
Anthus Similis
Anthus Nyassae
Anthus Leucophrys
Anthus Vaalensis
Anthus Lineiventris
Anthus Crenatus
Anthus Trivialis
Anthus Caffer
Macronyx Capensis
Macronyx Croceus
Macronyx Fuelleborni
Macronyx Ameliae
Lanius Minor
Lanius Collaris
Lanius Collurio
Lanius Isabellinus
Lanius Souzae
Corvinella Melanoleuca
Laniarius Ferrugineus
Laniarius Aethiopicus
Laniarius Bicolor
Laniarius Fuelleborni
Laniarius Atrococcineus
Eurocephalus Anguitimens
Lanioturdus Torquatus
Dryoscopus Cubla
Nilaus Afer
Tchagra Tchagra
Tchagra Australis
Tchagra Senegala
Tchagra Minuta
Telophorus Zeylonus
Telophorus Quadricolor
Telophorus Sulfureopectus
Telophorus Nigrifrons
Telophorus Olivaceus
Malaconotus Blanchoti
Prionops Plumatus
Prionops Retzii
Sturnus Vulgaris
Acridotheres Tristis
Spreo Bicolor
Creatophora Cinerea
Cinnyricinclus Leucogaster
Lamprotornis Australis
Lamprotornis Mevesii
Lamprotornis Nitens
Lamprotornis Chalybaeus
Lamprotornis Elisabeth
Lamprotornis Acuticaudus
Lamprotornis Corruscus
Onychognathus Morio
Onychognathus Nabouroup
Onychognathus Tenuirostris
Onychognathus Walleri
Neocichla Gutturalis
Buphagus Africanus
Buphagus Erythrorhynchus
Promerops Cafer
Promerops Gurneyi
Nectarinia Famosa
Nectarinia Johnstoni
Nectarinia Kilimensis
Anthobaphes Violacea
Cinnyris Cuprea
Cinnyris Mariquensis
Cinnyris Bifasciata
Cinnyris Shelleyi
Cinnyris Neergaardi
Cinnyris Chalybea
Cinnyris Manoensis
Cinnyris Afra
Cinnyris Mediocris
Cinnyris Venusta
Cinnyris Talatala
Cinnyris Fusca
Cyanomitra Verticalis
Cyanomitra Veroxii
Cyanomitra Olivacea
Cyanomitra Obscura
Chalcomitra Senegalensis
Chalcomitra Amethystina
Anthreptes Anchietae
Anthreptes Longuemarei
Hedydipna Collaris
Zosterops Pallidus
Zosterops Senegalensis
Bubalornis Niger
Plocepasser Mahali
Plocepasser Rufoscapulatus
Passer Domesticus
Passer Motitensis
Passer Melanurus
Passer Diffusus
Passer Suahelicus
Passer Griseus
Petronia Superciliaris
Amblyospiza Albifrons
Philetairus Socius
Ploceus Bicolor
Ploceus Olivaceiceps
Ploceus Ocularis
Ploceus Baglafecht
Ploceus Bertrandi
Ploceus Cucullatus
Ploceus Rubiginosus
Ploceus Capensis
Ploceus Velatus
Ploceus Intermedius
Ploceus Xanthops
Ploceus Subaureus
Ploceus Xanthopterus
Anaplectes Rubriceps
Anomalospiza Imberbis
Quelea Quelea
Quelea Cardinalis
Euplectes Orix
Euplectes Hordeaceus
Euplectes Afer
Euplectes Capensis
Euplectes Axillaris
Euplectes Albonotatus
Euplectes Macrourus
Euplectes Ardens
Euplectes Psammocromius
Pytilia Afra
Pytilia Melba
Mandingoa Nitidula
Cryptospiza Reichenovii
Hypargos Margaritatus
Hypargos Niveoguttatus
Lagonosticta Rubricata
Lagonosticta Rhodopareia
Lagonosticta Senegala
Lagonosticta Nitidula
Uraeginthus Angolensis
Granatina Granatina
Estrilda Astrild
Estrilda Erythronotos
Estrilda Perreini
Estrilda Thomensis
Estrilda Melanotis
Estrilda Quartinia
Ortygospiza Atricollis
Amandava Subflava
Amadina Fasciata
Amadina Erythrocephala
Sporopipes Squamifrons
Lonchura Cucullata
Lonchura Nigriceps
Lonchura Frigilloides
Vidua Macroura
Vidua Regia
Vidua Paradisaea
Vidua Obtusa
Vidua Funerea
Vidua Purpurascens
Vidua Codringtoni
Vidua Chalybeata
Fringilla Coelebs
Serinus Mozambicus
Serinus Atrogularis
Serinus Citrinipectus
Serinus Canicollis
Serinus Scotops
Serinus Citrinelloides
Serinus Sulphuratus
Serinus Flaviventris
Serinus Albogularis
Serinus Leucopterus
Serinus Gularis
Serinus Reichardi
Serinus Striolatus
Serinus Mennelli
Alario Alario
Alario Leucolaema
Pseudochloroptila Totta
Emberiza Cabanisi
Emberiza Flaviventris
Emberiza Capensis
Emberiza Tahapisi
Emberiza Impetuani
Amblyodipsas Polylepis
Aspidelaps Lubricus
Atractaspis Bibronii
Bitis Arietans
Bitis Caudalis
Bitis Gabonica
Bitis Perin Queyi
Causus Rhombeatus
Crotaphopeltis Hotamboeia
Dasypeltis Scabra
Dendroaspis Angusticeps
Dendroaspis Polylepis
Dispholidus Typus
Elapsoidea S. Semiannulata
Elapsoidea S. Boulengeri
Hemachatus Haemachatus
Lamprophis Fuliginosus
Lycophidion Capense
Mehelya Capensis
Naja Haje
Naja Annulifera
Naja Melanoleuca
Naja Mossambica
Naja Nivea
Philothamnus Angolensis
Philothamnus Hoplogaster
Philothamnus Semivariegatus
Psammophis Angolensis
Psammophis Phillipsii
Psammophis Subtaeniatus
Psammophylax Tritaeniatus
Pseudaspis Cana
Python Sebae
Teloscopus Semiannulatus
Thelotornis Capensis
Typhlops Schlegelii
Xenocalamus Bicolor
Zygaspis Quadrifrons
Agama Aculeta
Agama Mossambica
Agama Atra
Agama Atricollis
Agama Etoshae
Agama Planiceps
Aporosaura Anchietae
Chamaeleo Dilepsis
Chamaeleo Namaquensis
Chondrodactylus Angulifer
Crocodylus Niloticus
Cryptoblepharus Boutonii
Hemidactylus Mabouia
Homopholis Wahlbergii
Lygodactylus Capensis
Mabuya Capensis
Mabuya Homalocephala
Mabuya Striata
Pachydactylus Bibronii
Pachydactylus Geitje
Pachydactylus Maculatus
Palmatogecko Rangei
Pedioplanis Namaquensis
Ptenopus Garrulus
Varanus Exanthermaticus
Varanus Niloticus
Caretta Caretta
Chelonia Mydas
Chesina Angulata
Dermochelys Coriacea
Geochelone Pardalis
Kinixys Belliana
Pelomedusa Subrufa
Pelusios Bechuanicus
Pelusios Rhodesianus
Pelusios Sinuatus
Psammobates Geometricus
Acacia Abyssinica
Acacia Ataxacantha
Acacia Erioloba
Acacia Galpini
Acacia Hebeclada
Acacia Karoo
Acacia Mellifera
Acacia Nebrownii
Acacia Nigrescens
Acacia Nilotica
Acacia Polyacantha
Acacia Robynsiana
Acacia Schweinfurthii
Acacia Sieberana
Acacia Tortilis
Acacia Xanthophloea
Adansonia Digitata
Adenium Boehmianum
Adenium Multiflorum
Afzelia Quanzensis
Albizia Anthelmintica
Albizia Harveyi
Albizia Petersiana
Albizia Versicolor
Aloe Dichotoma
Aloe Marlothii
Baikiaea Plurijuga
Balanites Maughamii
Bauhinia Petersiana
Bauhinia Tomentosa
Berchemia Discolor
Boscia Albitrunca
Boscia Foetida
Boscia Salicifolia
Brachystegia Boehmii
Brachystegia Spiciformis
Burkea Africana
Capparis Tomentosa
Cassia Abbreviate
Catophractes Alexandri
Colophosperum Mopane
Combretum Apiculatum
Combretum Collinum
Combretum Hereroense
Combretum Imberbe
Combretum Molle
Combretum Paniculatum
Combretum Zeyheri
Commiphora Africana
Croton Gratissimus
Croton Megalobotrys
Cussonia Spicata
Cyphostemma Currorii
Dichrostachys Cinerea
Diospyros Glabra
Diospyros Kirki
Diospyros Lycioides
Diospyros Mespiliformis
Diplorhynchus Condylocarpon
Dombeya Rotundifolia
Encephalartos Ferox
Entandrophragma Cordatum
Euclea Crispa
Euclea Divinorum
Euclea Pseudobenus
Euphorbia Damarana
Euphorbia Grandicornis
Euphorbia Ingens
Euphorbia Tirucalli
Euphorbia Virosa
Faidherbia Albida
Ficus Capreifolia
Ficus Cordata
Ficus Ilicina
Ficus Sur
Ficus Sycomorus
Ficus Thonningii
Ficus Verruculosa
Garcinia Livingstonei
Gardenia Volkensii
Grewia Bicolor
Grewia Flavescens
Grewia Monticola
Guibourtia Coleosperma
Gymnosporia Buxifolia
Gymnosporia Senegalensis
Hyphaene Coriacea
Hyphaene Petersiana
Julbernardia Globiflora
Khaya Nyasica
Kigelia Africana
Kirkia Acuminata
Lannea Discolor
Leucadendron Eucalyptifolium
Leucospermum Conocarpodendron
Lonchocarpus Capassa
Lonchocarpus Nelsii
Maerua Angolensis
Maerua Schinzii
Mimetes Hirtus
Mimusops Caffra
Mimusops Zeheri
Moringa Ovalifolia
Mundulea Sericea
Myrsine Africana
Ozoroa Crassinervia
Pachypodium Lealii
Pappea Capensis
Parkinsonia Africana
Peltrophorum Africanum
Phoenix Reclinata
Phyllanthus Reticulatus
Piliostigma Thonningii
Polygala Myrtifolia
Protea Mundii
Protea Neriifolia
Protea Nitida
Protea Repens
Pseudolachnostylis Maproenifolia
Pterocarpus Angolensis
Raphia Australis
Rhigozum Brevispinosum
Rhus Tenuinervis
Salsola Etoshensis
Salvadora Persica
Sclerocaraya Birrea
Spirostachys Africana
Sterculia Africana
Sterculia Quinqueloba
Stereospermum Kunthianum
Strelitzia Nicolai
Strychnos Madagscariensis
Strychnos Spinoza
Syzygium Cordatum
Syzygium Guineense
Tabarnaemontana Elegans
Tamarix Usneoides
Terminalia Brachystemma
Terminalia Prunioides
Terminalia Sericea
Trichilia Emetica
Welwitschia Mirabilis
Xeroderris Stuhlmanni
Ximenia Americana
Ziziphus Mucronata
Skimmers
Sandgrouse, Pigeons and Doves
Cuckoos, Coucals and Malkoha
Owls and Nightjars
Swifts and Spinetails
Mousebirds and Trogons
Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters and Rollers
Hoopoes, Scimitarbills and Hornbills
Broadbills and Pittas
Larks and Sparrow-Larks (Finch-Larks)
Swallows, Martins and Saw-wings
Cuckooshrikes, Drongos and Orioles
Bulbuls, Greenbuls and Nicators
Babblers
Tits and Creepers
Corvids
Thrushes and Rock-Thrushes
Wheatears and Chats
Hyliotes, Tit-Babblers and Warblers
Apalis, Crombecs and Eremomelas
Camaropteras and Wren-Warblers
Cisticolas and Prinias
Flycatchers and Batis
Wagtails, Pipits and Longclaws
Shrikes, Boubous and Tchagras
Bush-Shrikes and Helmet-Shrikes
Starlings and Oxpeckers
Sugarbirds, Sunbirds and White- Eyes
Weavers and Cuckoo-Finches
Queleas, Bishops and Widowbirds
Pytilias, Waxbills and Firefinches
Finches and Mannikins
Additional Species Recorded
SNAKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Additional Species Recorded
Lizards, Chameleons and Crocodiles
Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins
Additional Species Recorded
Additional Species Recorded
Additional Species Recorded
Compiled by Steven Stockhall and Wilmie Jansen
Barbets, Honeyguides and Woodpeckers
Parrots, Turacos and Go-Away Birds (Louries)
Thick-knees (Dikkops), Coursers and Pratincoles
Robin-chats, Palm-Trush, Alethes and Scrub-Robins
Grassbirds, Rockrunners and Grass-Warblers
Buffalo-Weavers, Sparrow-Weavers and Sparrows
Whydahs and Indigobirds (Widowfinches)
Canaries, Seedeaters, Citrils, Siskins and Buntings
COMMON TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA