The following check list for the Greyton area has been compiled with the use of the Roberts' Multimedia Birds of Southern Africa Version 3 CD, records of the South African Bird Atlas Project 1 (SABAP1), and various local residents' personal check lists. It lists birds which may occur in the area, those marked with an asterisk * having not been positively identified so far by local observers or in the SABAP1 survey. Birds do not read books nor do they consult check lists, so may have the temerity to appear or disappear from particular areas, or extend their ranges over periods of time. We welcome any new positive identification.
BIRD CHECK LIST FOR THE GREYTON AREA Those marked with an asterisk * have not been confirmed by a local observer or in the SA Bird Atlas Project 1. If you would like to add any birds or want information, please email Stuart Shearer at greyton1@gmail.com
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| Roberts. No. | ROBERTS 7 NAME | ROBERTS 6 NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME | STATUS |
| 465 | Acacia Pied Barbet | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | * |
| 105 | African Black Duck | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| 412 | African Black Swift | Black Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| 128 | African Cuckoo-hawk | Cuckoo Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| 60 | African Darter | Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
| 690 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| 148 | African Fish-Eagle | African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| 160 | African Goshawk | African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| 169 | African Harrier-Hawk | Gymnogene | Polyboroides typus | |
| 451 | African Hoopoe | African Hoopoe | Upupa africana | |
| 240 | African Jacana | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | * |
| 165 | African Marsh-Harrier | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| 350 | African Olive-Pigeon | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| 710 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
| 716 | African Pipit | Grassveld Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 223 | African Purple Swamphen | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| 852 | African Quailfinch | Quail Finch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 210 | African Rail | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| 631 | African Reed-Warbler | African Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus | |
| 91 | African Sacred Ibis | Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 286 | African Snipe | Ethiopian Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| 95 | African Spoonbill | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
| 596 | African Stonechat | Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | |
| 394 | African Wood-Owl | Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| 500.1 | Agulhas Long-billed Lark | Agulhas Longbilled Lark | Certhilauda brevirostris | |
| 418 | Alpine Swift | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 792 | Amethyst Sunbird | Black Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| 534 | Banded Martin | Banded Martin | Riparia cincta | |
| 392 | Barn Owl | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| 518 | Barn Swallow | Eurasian Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| 288 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Bartailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | * |
| 645 | Bar-throated Apalis | Barthroated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| 126b | Black (Yellow-billed) Kite | Yellowbilled Kite | Milvus aegyptius | |
| 213 | Black Crake | Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostris | |
| 378 | Black Cuckoo | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | * |
| 538 | Black Cuckooshrike | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
| 168 | Black Harrier | Black Harrier | Circus maurus | |
| 536 | Black Saw-wing | Black Sawwing Swallow | Psalidoprocne holomelaena | |
| 158 | Black Sparrowhawk | Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| 84 | Black Stork | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| 76 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Blackcrowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 876 | Black-headed Canary | Blackheaded Canary | Alario alario | * |
| 63 | Black-headed Heron | Blackheaded Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 7 | Black-necked Grebe | Blacknecked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | * |
| 127 | Black-shouldered Kite | Blackshouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 258 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Blacksmith Plover | Vanellus armatus | |
| 295 | Black-winged Stilt | Blackwinged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 208 | Blue Crane | Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradisea | |
| 708 | Blue-mantled Crested-Flycatcher | Bluemantled Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
| 746 | Bokmakierie | Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
| 136 | Booted Eagle | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 877 | Brimstone Canary | Bully Canary | Serinus sulphuratus | |
| 478 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Sharpbilled Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | * |
| 435 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Brownhooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| 533 | Brown-throated Martin | Brownthroated Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 218 | Buff-spotted Flufftail | Buffspotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
| 391 | Burchell's Coucal | Burchell's Coucal | Centropus burchellii | |
| 700 | Cape Batis | Cape Batis | Batis capensis | |
| 566 | Cape Bulbul | Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | |
| 885 | Cape Bunting | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| 872 | Cape Canary | Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | |
| 495 | Cape Clapper Lark | Cape Clapper Lark | Mirafra apiata | |
| 56 | Cape Cormorant | Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | |
| 547 | Cape Crow | Black Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 400 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Cape Eagle Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| 661 | Cape Grassbird | Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | |
| 727 | Cape Longclaw | Orangethroated Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
| 557 | Cape Penduline-Tit | Cape Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | * |
| 601 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cape Robin | Cossypha caffra | |
| 611 | Cape Rock-jumper | Cape Rockjumper | Chaetops frenatus | |
| 581 | Cape Rock-Thrush | Cape Rockthrush | Monticola rupestris | |
| 112 | Cape Shoveler | Cape Shoveller | Anas smithii | |
| 874 | Cape Siskin | Cape Siskin | Pseudochloroptila totta | |
| 803 | Cape Sparrow | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| 195 | Cape Spurfowl | Cape Francolin | Pternistis capensis | |
| 773 | Cape Sugarbird | Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer | |
| 106 | Cape Teal | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| 354 | Cape Turtle-Dove | Cape Turtle Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 122 | Cape Vulture | Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | |
| 713 | Cape Wagtail | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 813 | Cape Weaver | Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | |
| 796 | Cape White-eye | Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
| 587 | Capped Wheatear | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 486 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 71 | Cattle Egret | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 247 | Chestnut-banded Plover | Chestnutbanded Plover | Charadrius pallidus | * |
| 621 | Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler | Titbabbler | Parisoma subcaeruleum | * |
| 666 | Cloud Cisticola | Cloud Cisticola | Cisticola textrix | |
| 732 | Common Fiscal | Fiscal Shrike | Lanius collaris | |
| 270 | Common Greenshank | Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| 530 | Common House-Martin | House Martin | Delichon urbica | |
| 226 | Common Moorhen | Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 1 | Common Ostrich | Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
| 200 | Common Quail | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 245 | Common Ringed Plover | Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 264 | Common Sandpiper | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | * |
| 757 | Common Starling | Eurasian Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| 411 | Common Swift | Eurasian Swift | Apus apus | * |
| 846 | Common Waxbill | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 290 | Common Whimbrel | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | * |
| 255 | Crowned Lapwing | Crowned Plover | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 272 | Curlew Sandpiper | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | * |
| 231 | Denham's Bustard | Stanley's Bustard | Neotis denhami | |
| 386 | Diderick Cuckoo | Diederik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| 102 | Egyptian Goose | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus | |
| 80 | Eurasian Bittern | Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | * |
| 289 | Eurasian Curlew | Curlew | Numenius arquata | * |
| 543 | Eurasian Golden Oriole | Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | * |
| 173 | Eurasian Hobby | Northern Hobby Falcon | Falco subbuteo | |
| 438 | European Bee-eater | Eurasian Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| 446 | European Roller | Eurasian Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| 706 | Fairy Flycatcher | Fairy Flycatcher | Stenostira scita | * |
| 589 | Familiar Chat | Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris | |
| 405 | Fiery-necked Nightjar | Fierynecked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| 698 | Fiscal Flycatcher | Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | |
| 150 | Forest Buzzard | Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | |
| 873 | Forest Canary | Forest Canary | Serinus scotops | |
| 541 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Forktailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| 408 | Freckled Nightjar | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
| 161 | Gabar Goshawk | Gabar Goshawk | Melierax gabar | * |
| 429 | Giant Kingfisher | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| 93 | Glossy Ibis | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | * |
| 6 | Great Crested Grebe | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| 66 | Great Egret | Great White Egret | Egretta alba | * |
| 49 | Great White Pelican | White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| 785 | Greater Double-collared Sunbird | Greater Doublecollared Sunbird | Cinnyris afra | |
| 96 | Greater Flamingo | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | |
| 474 | Greater Honeyguide | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
| 242 | Greater Painted-snipe | Old World Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | * |
| 526 | Greater Striped Swallow | Greater Striped Swallow | Hirundo cucullata | |
| 540 | Grey Cuckooshrike | Grey Cuckooshrike | Coracina caesia | * |
| 62 | Grey Heron | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 254 | Grey Plover | Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | * |
| 551 | Grey Tit | Southern Grey Tit | Parus afer | * |
| 669 | Grey-backed Cisticola | Greybacked Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapillus | |
| 516 | Grey-backed Sparrowlark | Greybacked Finchlark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| 315 | Grey-headed Gull | Greyheaded Gull | Larus cirrocephalus | * |
| 190 | Grey-winged Francolin | Greywing Francolin | Scleroptila africanus | |
| 480 | Ground Woodpecker | Ground Woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus | |
| 94 | Hadeda Ibis | Hadeda Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 430 | Half-collared Kingfisher | Halfcollared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| 81 | Hamerkop | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
| 316 | Hartlaub's Gull | Hartlaub's Gull | Larus hartlaubii | * |
| 203 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| 416 | Horus Swift | Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| 206 | Hottentot Buttonquail | Hottentot Buttonquail | Turnix hottentotta | * |
| 107 | Hottentot Teal | Hottentot Teal | Anas hottentota | * |
| 801 | House Sparrow | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 152 | Jackal Buzzard | Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
| 382 | Jacobin Cuckoo | Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | * |
| 592 | Karoo Chat | Karoo Chat | Cercomela schlegelii | |
| 686 | Karoo Prinia | Karoo (Spotted) Prinia | Prinia maculosa | |
| 614 | Karoo Scrub-Robin | Karoo Robin | Cercotrichas coryphoeus | |
| 312 | Kelp Gull | Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| 248 | Kittlitz's Plover | Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| 385 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 640 | Knysna Warbler | Knysna Warbler | Bradypterus sylvaticus | * |
| 484 | Knysna Woodpecker | Knysna Woodpecker | Campethera notata | |
| 172 | Lanner Falcon | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 512 | Large-billed Lark | Thickbilled Lark | Galerida magnirostris | |
| 887 | Lark-like Bunting | Larklike Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | * |
| 355 | Laughing Dove | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| 622 | Layard's Tit-Babbler | Layard's Titbabbler | Parisoma layardi | * |
| 360 | Lemon Dove | Cinnamon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | * |
| 97 | Lesser Flamingo | Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicopterus minor | |
| 476 | Lesser Honeyguide | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| 183 | Lesser Kestrel | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| 250 | Lesser Sand Plover | Mongolian Plover | Charadrius mongolus | * |
| 635 | Lesser Swamp-Warbler | Cape Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| 677 | Levaillant's Cisticola | Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| 78 | Little Bittern | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 67 | Little Egret | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 8 | Little Grebe | Dabchick | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 638 | Little Rush-Warbler | African Sedge Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
| 157 | Little Sparrowhawk | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | * |
| 274 | Little Stint | Little Stint | Calidris minuta | * |
| 417 | Little Swift | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 651 | Long-billed Crombec | Longbilled Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| 717 | Long-billed Pipit | Longbilled Pipit | Anthus similis | * |
| 117 | Maccoa Duck | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | * |
| 431 | Malachite Kingfisher | Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata | |
| 775 | Malachite Sunbird | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| 269 | Marsh Sandpiper | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 140 | Martial Eagle | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 586 | Mountain Wheatear | Mountain Chat | Oenanthe monticola | |
| 356 | Namaqua Dove | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| 344 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| 687 | Namaqua Warbler | Namaqua Warbler | Phragmacia substriata | * |
| 681 | Neddicky | Neddicky | Cisticola fulvicapillus | |
| 577 | Olive Thrush | Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | |
| 488 | Olive Woodpecker | Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | |
| 777 | Orange-breasted Sunbird | Orangebreasted Sunbird | Anthobaphes violacea | |
| 170 | Osprey | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| 523 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Pearlbreasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| 171 | Peregrine Falcon | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| 294 | Pied Avocet | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| 548 | Pied Crow | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| 428 | Pied Kingfisher | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| 759 | Pied Starling | Pied Starling | Spreo bicolor | |
| 860 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Pintailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 718 | Plain-backed Pipit | Plainbacked Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| 880 | Protea Seedeater | Protea Canary | Serinus leucopterus | |
| 65 | Purple Heron | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 271 | Red Knot | Common Knot | Calidris canutus | * |
| 733 | Red-backed Shrike | Redbacked Shrike | Lanius collurio | * |
| 108 | Red-billed Teal | Redbilled Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| 507 | Red-capped Lark | Redcapped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| 377 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Redchested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| 217 | Red-chested Flufftail | Redchested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
| 352 | Red-eyed Dove | Redeyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 426 | Red-faced Mousebird | Redfaced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
| 228 | Red-knobbed Coot | Redknobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 769 | Red-winged Starling | Redwinged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| 58 | Reed Cormorant | Reed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus | |
| 348 | Rock Dove | Feral Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 181 | Rock Kestrel | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolis | |
| 529 | Rock Martin | Rock Martin | Hirundo fuligula | |
| 262 | Ruddy Turnstone | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | * |
| 284 | Ruff | Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | * |
| 155 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Redbreasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| 532 | Sand Martin | Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
| 281 | Sanderling | Sanderling | Calidris alba | * |
| 118 | Secretarybird | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
| 582 | Sentinel Rock-Thrush | Sentinel Rockthrush | Monticola explorator | |
| 572 | Sombre Greenbul | Sombre Bulbul | Andropadus importunus | |
| 103 | South African Shelduck | South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
| 239 | Southern Black Korhaan | Black Korhaan | Eupodotis afra | |
| 736 | Southern Boubou | Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| 783 | Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybea | |
| 804 | Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | Greyheaded Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| 814 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Masked Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 162 | Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk | Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 113 | Southern Pochard | Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| 824 | Southern Red Bishop | Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| 742 | Southern Tchagra | Southern Tchagra | Tchagra tchagra | * |
| 424 | Speckled Mousebird | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| 349 | Speckled Pigeon | Rock Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 401 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| 689 | Spotted Flycatcher | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| 297 | Spotted Thick-knee | Spotted Dikkop | Burhinus capensis | |
| 116 | Spur-winged Goose | Spurwinged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| 72 | Squacco Heron | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | * |
| 149 | Steppe Buzzard | Steppe Buzzard | Buteo vulpinus | |
| 881 | Streaky-headed Seedeater | Streakyheaded Canary | Serinus gularis | |
| 221 | Striped Flufftail | Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | * |
| 850 | Swee Waxbill | Swee Waxbill | Estrilda melanotis | |
| 359 | Tambourine Dove | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| 263 | Terek Sandpiper | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | * |
| 249 | Three-banded Plover | Threebanded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 131 | Verreaux's Eagle | Black Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 641 | Victorin's Warbler | Victorin's Warbler | Bradypterus victorini | |
| 298 | Water Thick-knee | Water Dikkop | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
| 760 | Wattled Starling | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 338 | Whiskered Tern | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | * |
| 83 | White Stork | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 101 | White-backed Duck | Whitebacked Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | * |
| 425 | White-backed Mousebird | Whitebacked Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| 55 | White-breasted Cormorant | Whitebreasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus | |
| 246 | White-fronted Plover | Whitefronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | * |
| 550 | White-necked Raven | Whitenecked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
| 415 | White-rumped Swift | Whiterumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| 879 | White-throated Canary | Whitethroated Canary | Serinus albogularis | |
| 520 | White-throated Swallow | Whitethroated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
| 339 | White-winged Tern | Whitewinged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | * |
| 643 | Willow Warbler | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 266 | Wood Sandpiper | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| 827 | Yellow Bishop | Yellowrumped Widow | Euplectes capensis | |
| 878 | Yellow Canary | Yellow Canary | Serinus flaviventris | |
| 104 | Yellow-billed Duck | Yellowbilled Duck | Anas undulata | |
| 68 | Yellow-billed Egret | Yellowbilled Egret | Egretta intermedia | |
| 664 | Zitting Cisticola | Fantailed Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |