Annotated Checklist of Birds found in the Wakkerstroom Area.

(Thanks to John McAllister & Elna Kotze)

006__Great Crested Grebe....... Resident; breeds; scarce
008__Dabchick................……. Resident; breeds; common
055__Whitebreasted Cormorant...Resident; scarce
058__Reed Cormorant............Resident; common
060__Darter....................Resident; fairly common
062__Grey Heron................Resident; fairly common
063__Blackheaded Heron.........Resident; breeds; common
064__Goliath Heron.............Resident; Breeds; scarce
065__Purple Heron..............Resident; probably breeds; common
066__Great White Egret.........Regular visitor; fairly common
067__Little Egret..............Regular visitor; fairly common
068__Yellowbilled Egret........Regular visitor; common
071__Cattle Egret..............Summer visitor; breeds; common
072__Squacco Heron.............Regular visitor; scarce
076__Blackcrowned Night Heron .Regular visitor; fairly common
078__Little Bittern............Summer visitor; scarce
081__Hamerkop..................Resident; breeds; fairly common
083__White Stork...............Summer visitor; non-breeding; common
084__Black Stork...............Vagrant; non-breeding; rare
091__Sacred Ibis...............Resident; common
092__Bald Ibis.................Resident; common
093__Glossy Ibis...............Regular visitor; fairly common
094__Hadeda Ibis...............Resident; common
095__African Spoonbill.........Resident; fairly common
099__Whitefaced Duck...........Erratic visitor; scarce
100__Fulvous Duck..............Erratic visitor; scarce
102__Egyptian Goose............Resident; breeds; common
103__South African Shelduck....Erratic visitor; scarce
104__Yellowbilled Duck.........Resident; breeds; common
105__African Black Duck........Erratic visitor; scarce
106__Cape Teal.................Erratic visitor; scarce
107__Hottentot Teal............Erratic visitor; scarce
108__Redbilled Teal............Erratic visitor; scarce
112__Cape Shoveller............Resident; fairly common
115__Knobbilled Duck...........Vagrant; rare
116__Spurwinged Goose..........Erratic visitor; common
126__Yellowbilled Kite.........Visitor (Ossewa, August 1996)
127__Black Shouldered Kite.....Resident; breeds; common
131__Black Eagle...............Erratic visitor; scarce
139__Longcrested Eagle.........Vagrant
140__Martial Eagle.............Erratic visitor; scarce
148__African Fish Eagle........Erratic visitor; rare
149__Steppe Buzzard............Summer visitor; non-breeding; scarce
152__Jackal Buzzard............Resident; breeds; common
155__Redbreasted Sparrowhawk...Resident; breeds; fairly common
158__Black Sparrowhawk.........Erratic visitor; scarce
165__African Marsh Harrier.....Resident, breeds, common (3 pairs)
168__Black Harrier.............Visitor; non-breeding; fairly common
172__Lanner Falcon.............Resident; probably breeds; rare
180__Eastern Redfooted Kestrel.Summer visitor; non-breeding; common
181__Rock Kestrel..............Resident; breeds; common
183__Lesser Kestrel............Summer visitor; non-breeding; frly comm
190__Greywinged Francolin......Resident; breeds; scarce
192__Redwinged Francolin.......Resident; breeds; fairly common
199__Swainson's Francolin......Resident; breeds; common
203__Helmeted Guineafowl.......Resident; breeds; fairly common
208__Blue Crane................Summer visitor; fairly common
209__Crowned Crane.............Resident; breeds; common >13 pairs
210__African Rail..............Resident; probably breeds; scarce
211__Corncrake.................Vagrant?
212__African Crake.............Summer visitor; scarce
215__Baillon's Crake...........Visitor; scarce
217__Redchested Flufftail......Resident; fairly common
222__Whitewinged Flufftail.....Summer visitor; 7 pairs
223__Purple Gallinule..........Resident; breeds; common
226__Moorhen...................Resident; breeds; fairly common
228__Redknobbed Coot...........Resident; breeds; common
234__Blue Korhaan..............Resident; common
238__Blackbellied Korhaan......Vagrant;
240__African Jacana............Vagrant;
242__Painted Snipe.............Vagrant?;
249__Threebanded Plover........Erratic visitor; scarce
255__Crowned Plover............Resident; breeds; common
257__Blackwinged Plover........Regular visitor; scarce
258__Blacksmith Plover.........Resident; breeds; common
264__Common Sandpiper..........Summer visitor; non-breeding; scarce
266__Wood Sandpiper............Summer visitor; non-breeding; common
269__Marsh Sandpiper...........Summer visitor; non-breeding; common
270__Greenshank................Summer visitor; non-breeding; common
272__Curlew Sandpiper..........Summer visitor; non-breeding; common
274__Little Stint..............Summer visitor; non-breeding; common
284__Ruff......................Summer visitor; non-breeding; common
286__Ethiopian Snipe...........Resident; breeds; common
294__Avocet....................Erratic visitor; rare
295__Blackwinged Stilt.........Resident; common
297__Spotted Dikkop............Resident; probably breed; fairly common
305__Blackwinged Pratincole....Summer visitor; non-breeding; scarce
338__Whiskered Tern............Summer visitor; fairly common
339__Whitewinged Tern..........Summer visitor; non-breed; frly common
349__Rock Pigeon...............Resident; breeds; common
352__Redeyed Dove..............Resident; breeds; fairly common
354__Cape Turtle Dove..........Resident; breeds; common
355__Laughing Dove.............Resident; breeds; common
356__Namaqua Dove..............Erratic visitor; scarce
374__European Cuckoo...........Erratic Visitor; scarce
377__Redchested Cuckoo.........Summer visitor; common
386__Diederik Cuckoo...........Summer visitor; breeds; common
392__Barn Owl..................Resident; probably breeds; scarce
393__Grass Owl.................Resident; probably breeds; scarce
395__Marsh Owl.................Resident; probably breeds; common
400__Cape Eagle Owl............Erratic visitor; scarce
401__Spotted Eagle Owl.........Resident; breeds; fairly common
415__Whiterumped Swift.........Summer visitor; breeds; common
416__Horus Swift...............Summer visitor; breeds; fairly common
417__Little Swift..............Resident; breeds; common
424__Speckled Mousebird........Resident; fairly common
428__Pied Kingfisher...........Resident; fairly common
429__Giant Kingfisher..........Resident; fairly common
430__Halfcollared Kingfisher...Resident; scarce
431__Malachite Kingfisher......Resident; fairly common
435__Brownhooded Kingfisher....Erratic visitor; non-breeding; scarce
446__European Roller...........Erratic visitor; non-breeding; scarce
451__Hoopoe....................Resident; breeds; common
464__Blackcollared Barbet......Resident; breeds; fairly common
465__Pied Barbet...............Erratic visitor; rare
474__Greater Honeyguide........Erratic visitor; rare
478__Sharpblld Honeyguide......Erratic visitor; rare
480__Ground Woodpecker.........Resident; common
486__Cardinal Woodpecker.......Erratic visitor; rare
489__Redthroated Wryneck.......Resident; breeds; fairly common
499__Rudd's Lark...............Resident; breeds; fairly common
500__Longbilled Lark...........Resident; breeds; fairly common
506__Spikeheeled Lark..........Resident; breeds; common
507__Redcapped Lark............Resident; breeds; common
508__Pinkbilled Lark...........Resident; breeds; fairly common
518__European Swallow..........Summer visitor; non-breeding; common
520__Whitethroatd Swallow......Summer visitor; breeds; common
526__Greater Striped Swallow...Summer visitor; breeds; common
528__SA Cliff Swallow..........Summer visitor; breeds; common
529__Rock Martin...............Resident; breeds; fairly common
530__House Martin..............Summer visitor; non-breeding; scarce
533__Brownthroated Martin......Resident; scarce
534__Banded Martin.............Summer visitor; breeds; common
538__Black Cuckooshrike........Erratic visitor; scarce
541__Forktailed Drongo.........Resident; fairly common
545__Blackheaded Oriole........Resident; scarce
547__Black Crow................Resident; breeds; fairly common
548__Pied Crow.................Vagrant; last in 1996 (BJs)
568__Blackeyed Bulbul..........Resident; breeds; common
576__Kurrichane Thrush.........Resident; scarce
577__Olive Thrush..............Resident; breeds; fairly common
580__Groundscraper Thrush......Resident; scarce
581__Cape Rock Thrush..........Resident; breeds; fairly common
582__Sentinel Rock Thrush......Resident; fairly common
586__Mountain Chat.............Resident; breeds; fairly common
588__Buffstreaked Chat.........Resident; breeds; fairly common
589__Familiar Chat.............Resident; scarce
593__Mocking Chat..............Resident; scarce
595__Anteating Chat............Resident; breeds; common
596__Stonechat.................Resident; breeds; common
601__Cape Robin................Resident; breeds; fairly common
628__Great Reed Warbler........Summer visitor; non-breeding; scarce
631__African Marsh Warbler.....Summer visitor; breeds; common
633__European Marsh Warler.....Vagrant?; last in 1996
635__Cape Reed Warbler.........Resident; breeds; common
637__Yellow Warbler............Resident; breeds; fairly common
638__African Sedge Warbler.....Resident; breeds; common
643__Willow Warbler............Summer visitor; non-breeding; rare
661__Grassbird.................Resident; breeds; fairly common
664__Fantailed Cisticola.......Resident; breeds; common
666__Cloud Cisticola...........Resident; scarce
667__Ayres'Cisticola...........Resident; breeds; common
668__Palecrowned Cisticola.....Resident; breeds; fairly common
670__Wailing Cisticola.........Resident; breeds; common
677__Levaillant Cisticola......Resident; breeds; common
679__Lazy Cisticola............Resident; breeds; scarce
681__Neddicky..................Resident; breeds; fairly common
683__Tawnyflanked Prinia.......Resident; scarce
686__Drakensberg Prinia........Resident; breeds; common
690__Dusky Flycatcher..........Resident; fairly common
710__Paradise Flycatcher.......Visitor (Chris Sweep, Oct 96)
706__Fairy Flycatcher..........Winter visitor; scarce
713__Cape Wagtail..............Resident; breeds; common
716__Grassland Pipit...........Resident; breeds; common
717__Longbilled Pipit..........Resident; scarce
718__Plainbacked Pipit.........Resident; breeds; fairly common
719__Buffy Pipit...............Resident; breeds; scarce
721__Rock Pipit................Resident; probably breeds; fairly comm
725__Yellowbreasted Pipit......Resident; probably breeds; fairly comm
727__Orangethroated Longclaw...Resident; breeds; common
732__Fiscal Shrike.............Resident; breeds; common
746__Bokmakierie...............Resident; breeds; common
753__White Helmetshrike........Vagrant; last in 1992 winter
757__European Starling.........Resident; probably breeds
758__Indian Myna...............Resident; breeds; common
759__Pied Starling.............Resident; breeds; common
764__Cape Glossy Starling......Resident; breeds; fairly common
769__Redwinged Starling........Resident; breeds; common
775__Malachite Sunbird.........Resident; breeds; common
792__Black Sunbird.............Resident; scarce
796__Cape White-Eye............Resident; breeds; fairly common
801__House Sparrow.............Resident; breeds; common
803__Cape Sparrow..............Resident; breeds; common
804__Greyheaded Sparrow........Resident; breeds; common
813__Cape Weaver...............Resident; breeds; common
814__Masked Weaver.............Resident; breeds; common
824__Red Bishop................Resident; breeds; common
826__Golden Bishop.............Resident; breeds; common
827__Yellowrumped Widow.......Resident; breeds; fairly common
828__Redshouldered Widow.......Resident; breeds; fairly common
829__Whitewinged Widow.........Erratic visitor; scarce
831__Redcollared Widow.........Resident; breeds; fairly common
832__Longtailed Widow..........Resident; breeds; common
846__Common Waxbill............Resident; common
852__Quail Finch...............Resident; fairly common
854__Orangebreasted Waxbill....Resident; breeds; scarce
856__Redheaded Finch...........Erratic visitor; scarce
857__Bronze Mannikin...........Resident; scarce
860__Pintailed Whydah..........Resident; common
862__Paradise Whydah...........Erratic visitor; rare
864__Black Widowfinch..........Erratic visitor; rare
869__Yelloweyed Canary.........Resident; scarce
870__Blackthroated Canary......Erratic visitor; rare
872__Cape Canary...............Resident; breeds; common
873--Forest Canary.............Resident? (Honeymoon Kloof)
881__Streakyheaded Canary......Resident; scarce
884__Goldenbreasted Bunting....Resident; fairly common
885__Cape Bunting..............Resident; fairly common
886__Rock Bunting..............Summer visitor; scarce
887__Larklike Bunting..........Vagrant; last seen 1992 winter