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

 

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