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Bird List

Tembe's 340 Bird Species



Tembe Elephant Park is a bird watcher’s paradise. Its diverse scrub, thornveld and sand forest habitat is home to more than 340 bird species, many endemic to South Africa or tropical species at the southern limit of their range. Look carefully and you may just spot the rare Plain-backed Sunbird, African Broadbill, Rudd's Apalis, Rufous-bellied Heron, Natal Nightjar – or even the glorious Steppe Eagle, a long-distance traveller that migrates all the way from Eastern Europe.


Come to Tembe and marvel at the rich abundance of our bird species.

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008 Dabchick

449 Purple Roller

049 White Pelican

450 Broadbilled Roller

055 Whitebreasted Cormorant

451 African Hoopoe

058 Reed Cormorant

452 Redbilled Woodhoopoe

060 Darter

454 Scimitarbilled Woodhoopoe

062 Grey Heron

455 Trumpeter Hornbill

063 Blackheaded Heron

457 Grey Hornbill

064 Goliath Heron

458 Redbilled Hornbill

065 Purple Heron

460 Crowned Hornbill

066 Great White Egret

464 Blackcollared Barbet

067 Little Egret

465 Pied Barbet

068 Yellowbilled Egret

466 White-eared Barbet

071 Cattle Egret

469 Redfronted Tinker Barbet

072 Squacco Heron

471 Goldenrumped Tinker Barbet

074 Greenbacked Heron

474 Greater Honeyguide

075 Rufous-bellied Heron

475 Scalythroated Honeyguide

076 Blackcrowned Night Heron

476 Lesser Honeyguide

078 Little Bittern

478 Sharpbilled Honeyguide

081 Hamerkop

483 Goldentailed Woodpecker

083 White Stork

486 Cardinal Woodpecker

086 Woollynecked Stork

487 Bearded Woodpecker

088 Saddlebilled Stork

490 African Broadbill

090 Yellowbilled Stork

494 Rufousnaped Lark

091 Sacred Ibis

496 Flappet Lark

093 Glossy Ibis

498 Sabota Lark

094 Hadeda Ibis

500 Longbilled Lark

095 African Spoonbill

518 European Swallow

099 Whitefaced Duck

522 Wiretailed Swallow

101 Whitebacked Duck

527 Lesser Striped Swallow

102 Egyptian Goose

530 House Martin

104 Yellowbilled Duck

531 Greyrumped Swallow

107 Hottentot Teal

533 Brownthroated Martin

108 Redbilled Teal

536 Black Sawwing Swallow

114 Pygmy Goose

538 Black Cuckooshrike

115 Knobbilled Duck

540 Grey Cuckooshrike

116 Spurwinged Goose

541 Forktailed Drongo

118 Secretarybid

542 Squaretailed Drongo

123 Whitebacked Vulture

545 Blackheaded Oriole

126a Yellowbilled Kite

548 Pied Crow

126b Black Kite

554 Southern Black Tit

127 Blackshouldered Kite

568 Blackeyed Bulbul

128 Cuckoo Hawk

569 Terrestrial Bulbul

129 Bat Hawk

570 Yellowstreaked Bulbul

130 Honey Buzzard

572 Sombre Bulbul

132 Tawny Eagle

574 Yellowbellied Bulbul

133 Steppe Eagle

575 Yellowspotted Nicator

135 Wahlberg's Eagle

576 Kurrichane Thrush

137 African Hawk Eagle

596 Stonechat

139 Longcrested Eagle

599 Heuglin's Robin

140 Martial Eagle

600 Natal Robin

141 Crowned Eagle

602 Whitethroated Robin

142 Brown Snake Eagle

606 Starred Robin

143 Blackbreasted Snake Eagle

613 Whitebrowed Robin

144 Sthn Banded Snake Eagle

616 Brown Robin

146 Bataleur

617 Bearded Robin

147 Palmnut Vulture

631 African Marsh Warbler

148 African Fish Eagle

634 European Sedge Warbler

149 Steppe Buzzard

637 Yellow Warbler

150 Forest Buzzard

638 African Sedge Warbler

152 Jackal Buzzard

643 Willow Warbler

154 Lizard Buzzard

648 Yellowbreasted Apalis

157 Little Sparrowhawk

649 Rudd's Apalis

158 Black Sparrowhawk

651 Longbilled Crombec

159 Litte Banded Goshawk

653 Yellowbellied Eremomela

160 African Goshawk

657 G/backedBleating Warbler

161 Gabar Goshawk

664 Fantailed Cisticola

165 African Marsh Harrier

668 Palecrowned Cisticola

169 Gymnogene

672 Rattling Cisticola

170 Osprey

674 Redfaced Cisticola

172 Lanner Falcon

675 Blackbacked Cisticola

180 Eastern Redfooted Kestrel

678 Croaking Cisticola

188 Coqui Francolin

681 Neddicky

189 Crested Francolin

683 Tawnyflanked Prinia

191 Shelley's Francolin

689 Spotted Flycatcher

196 Natal Francolin

690 Dusky Flycatcher

200 Common Quail

691 Bluegrey Flycatcher

203 Helmeted Guineafowl

693 Fantailed Flycatcher

204 Crested Guineafowl

694 Black Flycatcher

205 Kurrichane Buttonquail

696 Pallid Flycatcher

211 Corncrake

698 Fiscal Flycatcher

212 African Crake

700 Cape Batis

213 Black Crake

701 Chinspot Batis

215 Baillon's Crake

704 Woodward's Batis

218 Buffspotted Flufftail

708 Bluemantled Flycatcher

223 Purple Gallinule

710 Paradise Flycatcher

226 Moorhen

711 African Pied Wagtail

231 Stanley's Bustard

713 Cape Wagtail

237 Redcrested Korhaan

716 Grassveld Pipit

238 Blackbellied Korhaan

727 Orangethroated Longclaw

240 African Jacana

728 Yellowthroated Longclaw

241 Lesser Jacana

730 Pinkthroated Longclaw

242 Painted Snipe

732 Fiscal Shrike

248 Kittlitz's Plover

733 Redbacked Shrike

249 Threebanded Plover

735 Longtailed Shrike

255 Crowned Plover

736 Southern Boubou

256 Lesser Blackwinged Plover

740 Puffback

258 Blacksmith Plover

741 Brubru

260 Wattled Plover

743 Threestreaked Tchagra

264 Common Sandpiper

744 Blackcrowned Tchagra

266 Wood Sandpiper

747 Gorgeous Bush Shrike

269 Marsh Sandpiper

748 Orangebreasted Bush Shrike

270 Greenshank

751 Greyheaded Bush Shrike

272 Curlew Sandpiper

753 White Hemetshrike

286 Ethiopian Snipe

754 Redbilled Helmetshrike

295 Blackwinged Stilt

761 Plumcoloured Starling

297 Spotted Dikkop

764 Glossy Starling

298 Water Dikkop

768 Blackbellied Starling

304 Redwinged Pratincole

772 Redbilled Oxpecker

338 Whiskered Tern

779 Marico Sunbird

350 Rameron Pigeon

780 Purplebanded Sunbird

352 Redeyed Dove

782 Neergaard's Sunbird

354 Cape Turtle Dove

787 Whitebellied Sunbird

355 Laughing Dove

789 Grey Sunbird

356 Namaqua Dove

790 Olive Sunbird

358 Greenspotted Dove

791 Scarletchested Sunbird

359 Tamborine Dove

792 Black Sunbird

361 Green Pigeon

793 Collared Sunbird

363 Brownheaded Parrot

794 Plain-backed Sunbird (Blue-throated Sunbird)

370 Knysna Lourie

796 Cape White-eye

371 Purplecrested Lourie

797 Yellow White-eye

374 European Cuckoo

801 House Sparrow

377 Redchested Cuckoo

804 Sthn Greyheaded Sparrow

378 Black Cuckoo

805 Yellowthroated Sparrow

380 Great Spotted Cuckoo

807 Thickbilled Weaver

382 Jacobin Cuckoo

808 Forest Weaver

384 Emerald Cuckoo

810 Spectacled Weaver

385 Klaas' Cuckoo

811 Spottedbacked Weaver

386 Diederik Cuckoo

814 Masked Weaver

391 Burchell's Coucal

815 Lesser Masked Weaver

392 Barn Owl

817 Yellow Weaver

393 Grass Owl

818 Brownthroated Weaver

394 Wood Owl

821 Redbilled Quelea

395 Marsh Owl

822 Redheaded Quelea

397 Whitefaced Owl

824 Red Bishop

399 Barred Owl

828 Redshouldered Widow

401 Spotted Eagle Owl

829 Whitewinged Widow

405 Fierynecked Nightjar

831 Redcollared Widow

407 Natal Nightjar

834 Melba Finch

408 Freckled Nightjar

835 Green Twinspot

409 Mozambique Nightjar

838 Pinkthroated Twinspot

412 Black Swift

841 Jameson's Firefinch

417 Little Swift

842 Redbilled Firefinch

421 Palm Swift

844 Blue Waxbill

424 Speckled Mousebird

846 Common Waxbill

426 Redfaced Mousebird

848 Grey Waxbill

427 Narina Trogon

852 Quail Finch

428 Pied Kingfisher

854 Orangebreasted Waxbill

429 Giant Kingfisher

857 Bronze Mannikin

431 Malachite Kingfisher

858 Redbacked Mannikin

432 Pygmy Kingfisher

860 Pintailed Whydah

435 Brownhooded Kingfisher

862 Paradise Whydah

437 Striped Kingfisher

864 Black Widowfinch

438 European Bee-eater

869 Yelloweyed Canary

440 Bluecheeked Bee-eater

871 Lemonbreasted Canary

443 Whitefronted Bee-eater

877 Bully Canary

444 Little Bee-eater

884 Goldenbreasted Bunting

446 European Roller

886 Rock Bunting

447 Lilacbreasted Roller

 

 

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