Annotated
List of Birds recorded on a trip to Bushmanland/Namaqualand region - September
14-21 1997Annotated
List of Birds recorded on a trip to Bushmanland/Namaqualand region - September
14-21 1997
Alex. Bay - Alexander Bay
Augrb - Augrabies Waterfall National Park
Brdvl-Calvin Pan - A large Pan (dam) about 50 km N of Calvinia towards
Brandvlei
PNolth - Port Nolloth
Agg Red Site - The red dunes (known for Red Lark) 4 km S of the Loop 10
Road, Near Aggenys
| 001 Ostrich - Goegap NR (Springbok) | 007 Black-necked Grebe - Brndvl-Clvin Pan (30) |
| 008 Dabchick Augrb, Calvinia | 049 East White Pelican - Alex. Bay (2) |
| 055 Whitebreasted Cormorant Pnolth, Alex. Bay | 056 Cape Cormorant - PNolth |
| 057 Bank Cormorant PNolth | 059 Crowned Cormorant - PNolth |
| 060 African Darter Alex Bay | 062 Grey Heron - Augrabies |
| 063 Blackheaded Heron SE of Danielskuil | 067 Little Egret Alex.Bay |
| 094 Hadeda Ibis Augrb | 095 African Spoonbill W of Calvinia |
| 096 Greater Flamingo Brndvl-Clvin Pan, Alex Bay | 097 Lesser Flamingo Alex. Bay |
| 100 Fulvous Duck Alex. Bay | 102 Egyptian Goose Widespread |
| 103 South African Shelduck Widespread | 104 Yellowbilled Duck Alex. Bay |
| 106 Cape Teal Alex Bay - numerous +100 birds | 108 Redbilled Teal Brndvl-Clvin Pan |
| 112 Cape Shoveller Brndvl-Clvin Pan, Alex.Bay | 116 Spurwinged Goose Alex. Bay |
| 118 Secretarybird W of Kimberley | 127 Blackshouldered Kite widespread |
| 131 Verreaux's Eagle Augrb, Goegab | 136 Booted Eagle S of Brandvlei, W of Calvinia |
| 148 African Fish Eagle Augrb | 152 Jackal Buzzard widespread in rugged country |
| 162 Pale Chanting Goshawk widespread | 168 Black Harrier Calvinia, N of Springbok |
| 172 Lanner Falcon N of Brandvlei, BR N of Springbok | 181 Rock Kestrel widespread |
| 182 Greater Kestrel widespread | 186 Pygmy Falcon E of Upington, N of Agg.R.Site |
| 190 Greywinged Francolin W of Calvinia (H) | 195 Cape Francolin Augrb, W of Calvinia |
| 200 Common Quail N of Brandvl (H),W of Calvin | 203 Helmeted Guineafowl Augrb |
| 208 Blue Crane W of Calvin. | 226 Common Moorhen Alex.B |
| 228 Red-knobbed Coot Alex.B | 230 Kori Bustard E of Pofadder |
| 232 Ludwig's Bustard widespread, Goegab&E of Springbok | 235 Karoo Korhaan widespread |
| 239 Northern Black Korhaan widespread N of Brandvl | 239 Southern Black Korhaan W of Calvin |
| 244 African Black Oystercatcher PNolth | 246 Whitefronted Plover PNolth |
| 248 Kittlitz's Plover widepread | 249 Three-banded Plover widespread |
| 255 Crowned Plover E of Danielskuil | 258 Blacksmith Plover widespread |
| 262 Ruddy Turnstone PNolth | 269 Marsh Sandpiper Brndvl-Clvin Pan |
| 270 Greenshank Pnolth | 272 Curlew Sandpiper PNolth, Brndvl-Clvin Pan |
| 274 Little Stint Brndvl-Clvin Pan | 281 Sanderling PNolth |
| 284 Ruff Brndvl-Clvin Pan | 294 Pied Avocet Bdndvl-Clvin Pan, Alex Bay. |
| 295 Blackwinged Stilt widespread | 299 Burchell's Courser SE of Danielskuil |
| 312 Kelp Gull PNolth, Alex.B | 316 Hartlaub's Gull PNolth, Alex.B |
| 322 Caspian Tern Alex B. | 324 Swift Tern PNolth |
| 326 Sandwich Tern PNolth | 344 Namaqua Sandgrouse widespread |
| 348 Feral Pigeon Kimberley Big Hole | 348 Rock Pigeon widespread |
| 352 Redeyed Dove Augr | 354 Cape Turtle Dove widespread |
| 355 Laughing Dove widespread | 356 Namaqua Dove widespread |
| 392 Barn Owl Springbok | 400 Cape Eagle-Owl W of Agg Red Site |
| 413 Bradfield's Swift Big Hole (Kimberley) | 415 Whiterumped Swift widespread |
| 417 Little Swift widespread | 418 Alpine Swift Augr, Big Hole (Kimberley) |
| 425 Whitebacked Mousebird widespread | 426 Redfaced Mousebird East of Orange River |
| 438 European Bee-eater E of Poffadder (20/9) | 445 Swallowtailed Bee-eater Augrb, W of Danielskuil |
| 451 Hoopoe widespread | 454 Greater Scimitarbill SE of Danielskuil |
| 457 Grey Hornbill W of Kuruman | 459 Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill E of Kuruman |
| 465 Pied Barbet widespread | 473 Crested Barbet Augrb |
| 480 Ground Woodpecker - Near Loeriesfontein | 483 Goldentailed Woodpecker SE of Danielskuil |
| 495 Clapper Lark Abundant E of Upington | |
| 497 Fawncoloured Lark AggenysRS, S of Poffadder & W of Kimberley | 498 Sabota Lark(Bradfield's) N of Brandvlei, Poffadder - Kenhardt road |
| 500 Longbilled Lark widespread, mainly hilly country | 502 Karoo Lark widespread, South & West of region |
| Barlow's Lark N of Port Nolloth | 504 Red Lark AggenysRS, E of Springbok, |
| 506 Spikeheeled Lark widespread | 507 Redcapped Lark widespread |
| 510 Sclater's Lark S of Kenhardt, E of Brandvlei, S&E of Poffadder | 511 Stark's Lark S of Kenhardt, S of Poffadder, E of Poffadder |
| 512 Thickbilled Lark widespread - especially in South | 516 Greybacked Finchlark widespread - mainly in north |
| 517 Blackeared FinchLark widespread | 520 Whitethroated Swallow Augrabies |
| 524 Redbreasted Swallow W of Kimberley | 526 Greaterstriped Swallow widespread |
| 528 Rock Martin widespread | 528 South African Cliff Swallow widespread |
| 533 Brownthroated Martin N of PNolth | 541 Forktailed Drongo E&W of Danielskuil |
| 547 Black Crow E of Calvinia, N of Springbok | 548 Pied Crow widespread |
| 551 Southern Grey Tit NW of Loeriefontein, Coast. | 552 Ashy Tit SE of Danielskuil |
| 567 African Redeyed Bulbul widespread, not in central Bushmanland | 577 Olive Thrush Augrb |
| 580 Groundscraper Thrush W of Kuruman | 586 Mountain Chat widespread |
| 587 Capped Wheatear widespread | 589 Familiar Chat widespread |
| 590 Tractrac Chat widespread - W of Kenhardt, S of Brandvlei | 591 Sicklewinged Chat Southern and Western Bushmanland |
| 592 Karoo Chat widespread | 595 Anteating Chat widespread |
| 596 Stonechat N of PNolth | 601 Cape Robin Augrb |
| 614 Karoo Robin widespread | 615 Kalahari Robin Danielskuil - Kimberley |
| 622 Chestnut Vented Titbabbler widespread - North of Area | 622 Layard's Titbabbler widespread |
| 631 African Marsh Warbler widespread in reedbeds | 635 Cape Reed Warbler Augrb |
| 651 Longbilled Crombec Goegab | 653 Yellowbellied Eremomela widespread |
| 654 Karoo Eremomela NE of Nieuwoudtville, S of Poffadder, Coast | 660 Cinnamonbreasted Warbler Augrb, Goegab |
| 665 Desert Cisticola E of Upington, W of Danielskuil | 669 Greybacked Cisticola widespread |
| 681 Neddicky E of Calvinia | 685 Blackchested Prinia widespread |
| 686 aSpotted Prinia Calvinia Area, Springbok & Coast | 687 Namaqua Prinia Augrb, W of Calvinia |
| 688 Rufouseared Warbler widespread | 695 Marico Flycatcher Danielskuil -Kimberley |
| 697 Chat Flycatcher widespread | 698 Fiscal Flycatcher widespread |
| 703 Pririt Batis Widespread - thornveld | 706 Fairy Flycatcher Calvinia, Danielskuil |
| 713 Cape Wagtail widespread | 716 Grassveld Pipit Alex. Bay |
| 717 Longbilled Pipit Calvinia, Goegab | 732 Fiscal Shrike widespread |
| 739 Crimsonbreasted Shrike E of Upington | 741 Brubru Augrb, SE Danielskuil |
| 743 Threestreaked Tchagra W of Kuruman | 746 Bokmakierie widespread |
| 757 European Starling PNolth | 759 African Pied Starling Calvinia area, SE of Danielskuil |
| 760 Wattled Starling E of Upington, SE of Danielskuil | 764 Cape Glossy Starling Danielskuil - Kimberley |
| 770 Pale-winged Starling widespread near mountains | 775 Malachite Sunbird widespread |
| 783 Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird Calvinia | 788 Dusky Sunbird widespread |
| 796 Cape White-eye Augrb, Springbok, SE of Danielskuil | 799 Whitebrowed Sparrow-Weaver widespread - NE of area |
| 800 Sociable Weaver widespread | 801 House Sparrow widespread |
| 803 Cape Sparrow widespread | 804 Southern Greyheaded Sparrow Augrabies |
| 806 Scalyfeathered Finch, Aggenys Red Site, SE of Danielskuil | 813 Cape Weaver Calvinia & westwards |
| 814 Masked Weaver widespread | 821 Redbilled Quelea Danielskuil - Kimberley |
| 824 Red Bishop W of Calvinia | 827 Yellowrumped Widow Goegab |
| 846 Common Waxbill Augrabies | 852 Quail Finch E of Upington |
| 856 Redheaded Finch SE of Danielskuil, E of Upington | 876 Blackheaded Canary common in west (Springbok Area) |
| 878 Yellow Canary widespread | 879 Whitethroated Canary widespread |
| 885 Cape Bunting widespread | 887 Larklike Bunting widespread and abundant |
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