Ithala Game Reserve (KZN) Bird List

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192 Red-winged Francolin 196 Natal Spurfowl (Natal Francolin) 199 Swainson's Spurfowl (Swainson's Francolin) 200 Common Quail 201 Harlequin Quail 203 Helmeted Guineafowl 205 Kurrichane Buttonquail 206a Black-rumped Buttonquail 208 Blue Crane 212 African Crake 213 Black Crake 215 Baillon's Crake 217 Red-chested Flufftail 218 Buff-spotted Flufftail 226 Common Moorhen 228 Red-knobbed Coot 229 African Finfoot 231 Denham's Bustard (Stanley's Bustard) 238 Black-bellied Bustard (Black-bellied Korhaan) 249 Three-banded Plover 255 Crowned Lapwing (Crowned Plover) 257 Black-winged Lapwing (Black-winged Plover) 260 African Wattled Lapwing (Wattled Plover) 264 Common Sandpiper 297 Spotted Thick-knee (Spotted Dikkop) 298 Water Thick-knee (Water Dikkop) 300 Temminck's Courser 303 Bronze-winged Courser 349 Speckled Pigeon (Rock Pigeon) 350 African Olive-Pigeon (Rameron Pigeon) 352 Red-eyed Dove 354 Cape Turtle-Dove 355 Laughing Dove 356 Namaqua Dove 358 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (Green-spotted Dove) 359 Tambourine Dove 361 African Green-Pigeon (Green Pigeon) 363 Brown-headed Parrot 371 Purple-crested Turaco (Purple-crested Lourie) 373 Grey Go-away-bird (Grey Lourie) 374 Common Cuckoo (European Cuckoo) 375 African Cuckoo 377 Red-chested Cuckoo 378 Black Cuckoo 381 Levaillant's Cuckoo (Striped Cuckoo) 382 Jacobin Cuckoo 384 African Emerald Cuckoo 385 Klaas's Cuckoo 386 Diderick Cuckoo 391 Burchell's Coucal 392 Barn Owl 393 African Grass-Owl 394 African Wood-Owl 395 Marsh Owl 401 Spotted Eagle-Owl

Scleroptila levaillantii Pternistis natalensis Pternistis swainsonii Coturnix coturnix Coturnix delegorguei Numida meleagris Turnix sylvaticus Turnix nanus Anthropoides paradiseus Crecopsis egregia Amaurornis flavirostris Porzana pusilla Sarothrura rufa Sarothrura elegans Gallinula chloropus Fulica cristata Podica senegalensis Neotis denhami Lissotis melanogaster Charadrius tricollaris Vanellus coronatus Vanellus melanopterus Vanellus senegallus Actitis hypoleucos Burhinus capensis Burhinus vermiculatus Cursorius temminckii Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Columba guinea Columba arquatrix Streptopelia semitorquata Streptopelia capicola Streptopelia senegalensis Oena capensis Turtur chalcospilos Turtur tympanistria Treron calvus Poicephalus cryptoxanthus Gallirex porphyreolophus Corythaixoides concolor Cuculus canorus Cuculus gularis Cuculus solitarius Cuculus clamosus Clamator levaillantii Clamator jacobinus Chrysococcyx cupreus Chrysococcyx klaas Chrysococcyx caprius Centropus burchellii Tyto alba Tyto capensis Strix woodfordii Asio capensis Bubo africanus

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European Nightjar Fiery-necked Nightjar Freckled Nightjar Square-tailed Nightjar (Mozambique Nightjar) African Black Swift (Black Swift) White-rumped Swift Horus Swift Little Swift Alpine Swift Speckled Mousebird Red-faced Mousebird Narina Trogon Pied Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher Half-collared Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher African Pygmy-Kingfisher Brown-hooded Kingfisher Striped Kingfisher European Bee-eater White-fronted Bee-eater Little Bee-eater European Roller Lilac-breasted Roller Purple Roller African Hoopoe Green Wood-Hoopoe (Red-billed Wood-Hoopoe) Common Scimitarbill (Scimitar-billed Wood-Hoopoe) Trumpeter Hornbill African Grey Hornbill Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Crowned Hornbill Southern Ground-Hornbill Black-collared Barbet Acacia Pied Barbet (Pied Barbet) Red-fronted Tinkerbird Crested Barbet Greater Honeyguide Scaly-throated Honeyguide Lesser Honeyguide Brown-backed Honeybird (Sharp-billed Honeyguide) Ground Woodpecker Golden-tailed Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Olive Woodpecker

Caprimulgus europaeus Caprimulgus pectoralis Caprimulgus tristigma Caprimulgus fossii Apus barbatus Apus caffer Apus horus Apus affinis Tachymarptis melba Colius striatus Urocolius indicus Apaloderma narina Ceryle rudis Megaceryle maximus Alcedo semitorquata Alcedo cristata Ispidina picta Halcyon albiventris Halcyon chelicuti Merops apiaster Merops bullockoides Merops pusillus Coracias garrulous Coracias caudatus Coracias naevius Upupa africana Phoeniculus purpureus Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Bycanistes bucinator Tockus nasutus Tockus leucomelas Tockus alboterminatus Bucorvus leadbeateri Lybius torquatus Tricholaema leucomelas Pogoniulus pusillus Trachyphonus vaillantii Indicator indicator Indicator variegatus Indicator minor Prodotiscus regulus Geocolaptes olivaceus Campethera abingoni Dendropicos fuscescens Dendropicos griseocephalus Jynx ruficollis Mirafra africana Mirafra rufocinnamomea Calendulauda sabota Calandrella cinerea Hirundo rustica Hirundo albigularis Hirundo atrocaerulea Hirundo smithii Hirundo semirufa Hirundo cucullata Hirundo abyssinica Hirundo fuligula Delichon urbicum Pseudhirundo griseopyga Riparia cincta Psalidoprocne holomelaena Campephaga flava

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Fork-tailed Drongo African Golden Oriole Black-headed Oriole Cape Crow (Black Crow) Pied Crow White-necked Raven Southern Black Tit Grey Penduline-Tit Arrow-marked Babbler Dark-capped Bulbul (Black-eyed Bulbul) Terrestrial Brownbul (Terrestrial Bulbul) Sombre Greenbul (Sombre Bulbul) Eastern Nicator (Yellow-spotted Nicator) Kurrichane Thrush Olive Thrush Groundscraper Thrush Cape Rock-Thrush Sentinel Rock-Thrush Mountain Wheatear (Mountain Chat) Buff-streaked Chat Familiar Chat Mocking Cliff-Chat (Mocking Chat) Ant-eating Chat

Dicrurus adsimilis Oriolus auratus Oriolus larvatus Corvus capensis Corvus albus Corvus albicollis Parus niger Anthoscopus caroli Turdoides jardineii Pycnonotus tricolor Phyllastrephus terrestris Andropadus importunus Nicator gularis Turdus libonyanus Turdus olivaceus Psophocichla litsitsirupa Monticola rupestris Monticola explorator Oenanthe monticola Oenanthe bifasciata Cercomela familiaris Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Myrmecocichla formicivora Saxicola torquatus Cossypha heuglini Cossypha natalensis Cossypha caffra Cossypha humeralis Cercotrichas leucophrys Cercotrichas quadrivirgata Sylvia borin Parisoma subcaeruleum Acrocephalus arundinaceus Acrocephalus baeticatus Acrocephalus palustris Acrocephalus gracilirostris Chloropeta natalensis Bradypterus baboecala Schoenicola brevirostris Phylloscopus trochilus Phylloscopus ruficapilla Apalis thoracica Apalis flavida Sylvietta rufescens Camaroptera brachyura Sphenoeacus afer Cisticola juncidus Cisticola textrix Cisticola ayresii

596 African Stonechat 599 White-browed Robin-Chat (Heuglin's Robin) 600 Red-capped Robin-Chat (Natal Robin) 601 Cape Robin-Chat (Cape Robin) 602 White-throated Robin-Chat (White-throated Robin) 613 White-browed Scrub-Robin (White-browed Robin) 617 Bearded Scrub-Robin 619 Garden Warbler 621 Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler (Tit-Babbler) 628 Great Reed-Warbler 631 African Reed-Warbler (African Marsh Warbler) 633 Marsh Warbler (European Marsh Warbler) 635 Lesser Swamp-Warbler (Cape Reed-Warbler) 637 Dark-capped Yellow Warbler (Yellow Warbler) 638 Little Rush-Warbler (African Sedge Warbler) 642 Broad-tailed Warbler 643 Willow Warbler 644 Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler 645 Bar-throated Apalis 648 Yellow-breasted Apalis 651 Long-billed Crombec 657 Green-backed Camaroptera (Bleating Warbler) 661 Cape Grassbird 664 Zitting Cisticola (Fan-tailed Cisticola) 666 Cloud Cisticola 667 Wing-snapping Cisticola (Ayres' Cisticola)

Red-throated Wryneck Rufous-naped Lark Flappet Lark Sabota Lark Red-capped Lark Barn Swallow (European Swallow) White-throated Swallow Blue Swallow Wire-tailed Swallow Red-breasted Swallow Greater Striped Swallow Lesser Striped Swallow Rock Martin Common House-Martin Grey-rumped Swallow Banded Martin Black Saw-wing (Black Saw-wing Swallow) 538 Black Cuckooshrike

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Wailing Cisticola Rattling Cisticola Levaillant's Cisticola Croaking Cisticola Lazy Cisticola Neddicky Tawny-flanked Prinia Drakensberg Prinia Spotted Flycatcher African Dusky Flycatcher Ashy Flycatcher (Blue-grey Flycatcher) Grey Tit-Flycatcher (Fan-tailed Flycatcher) Southern Black Flycatcher Pale Flycatcher (Pallid Flycatcher) Fiscal Flycatcher Cape Batis Chinspot Batis Fairy Flycatcher African Paradise-Flycatcher African Pied Wagtail Mountain Wagtail (Long-tailed Wagtail) Cape Wagtail African Pipit (Grassveld Pipit) Long-billed Pipit Plain-backed Pipit Buffy Pipit Striped Pipit African Rock Pipit Bushveld Pipit Cape Longclaw (Orange-throated Longclaw) Yellow-throated Longclaw Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike) Red-backed Shrike Magpie Shrike (Long-tailed Shrike) Southern Boubou Black-backed Puffback (Puffback) Brubru Black-crowned Tchagra Bokmakierie Gorgeous Bush-Shrike Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike Olive Bush-Shrike Grey-headed Bush-Shrike White-crested Helmet-Shrike (White Helmet-Shrike) Violet-backed Starling (Plum-coloured Starling) Cape Glossy Starling (Glossy Starling) Black-bellied Starling Red-winged Starling Red-billed Oxpecker

Cisticola lais Cisticola chiniana Cisticola tinniens Cisticola natalensis Cisticola aberrans Cisticola fulvicapilla Prinia subflava Prinia hypoxantha Muscicapa striata Muscicapa adusta Muscicapa caerulescens Myioparus plumbeus Melaenornis pammelaina Bradornis pallidus Sigelus silens Batis capensis Batis molitor Stenostira scita Terpsiphone viridis Motacilla aguimp Motacilla clara Motacilla capensis Anthus cinnamomeus Anthus similis Anthus leucophrys Anthus vaalensis Anthus lineiventris Anthus crenatus Anthus caffer Macronyx capensis Macronyx croceus Lanius collaris Lanius collurio Corvinella melanoleuca Laniarius ferrugineus Dryoscopus cubla Nilaus afer Tchagra senegalus Telophorus zeylonus Telophorus viridis Telophorus sulfureopectus Telophorus olivaceus Malaconotus blanchoti Prionops plumatus Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Lamprotornis nitens Lamprotornis corruscus Onychognathus morio Buphagus erythrorhynchus Nectarinia famosa Cinnyris afer Cinnyris talatala Chalcomitra senegalensis Chalcomitra amethystina Hedydipna collaris Zosterops virens Passer domesticus Passer melanurus Passer diffusus Petronia superciliaris

throated Sparrow) 807 Thick-billed Weaver 808 Dark-backed Weaver (Forest Weaver) 810 Spectacled Weaver 811 Village Weaver (Spotted-backed Weaver) 813 Cape Weaver 814 Southern Masked-Weaver (Masked Weaver) 815 Lesser Masked-Weaver 819 Red-headed Weaver 820 Cuckoo Finch 821 Red-billed Quelea 824 Southern Red Bishop (Red Bishop) 828 Fan-tailed Widowbird (Red-shouldered Widow) 829 White-winged Widowbird 831 Red-collared Widowbird 832 Long-tailed Widowbird 834 Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch) 840 African Firefinch (Blue-billed Firefinch) 841 Jameson's Firefinch 842 Red-billed Firefinch 844 Blue Waxbill 846 Common Waxbill 850 Swee Waxbill 852 African Quailfinch 854 Orange-breasted Waxbill 857 Bronze Mannikin 860 Pin-tailed Whydah 864 Dusky Indigobird (Black Widowfinch) 869 Yellow-fronted Canary (Yellow-eyed Canary) 872 Cape Canary 877 Brimstone Canary (Bully Canary) 881 Streaky-headed Seedeater (Streaky-headed Canary ) 884 Golden-breasted Bunting 885 Cape Bunting 886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Rock Bunting)

Amblyospiza albifrons Ploceus bicolor Ploceus ocularis Ploceus cucullatus Ploceus capensis Ploceus velatus Ploceus intermedius Anaplectes melanotis Anomalospiza imberbis Quelea quelea Euplectes orix Euplectes axillaris Euplectes albonotatus Euplectes ardens Euplectes progne Pytilia melba Lagonosticta rubricata Lagonosticta rhodopareia Lagonosticta senegala Uraeginthus angolensis Estrilda astrild Coccopygia melanotis Ortygospiza atricollis Sporaeginthus subflavus Spermestes cucullatus Vidua macroura Vidua funerea Crithagra mozambicus Serinus canicollis Crithagra sulpuratus Crithagra gularis Emberiza flaviventris Emberiza capensis Emberiza tahapisi

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Malachite Sunbird Greater Double-collared Sunbird White-bellied Sunbird Scarlet-chested Sunbird Amethyst Sunbird (Black Sunbird) Collared Sunbird Cape White-eye House Sparrow Cape Sparrow Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Grey-headed Sparrow) 805 Yellow-throated Petronia (Yellow-