Karen's Bird List for South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe

June 21-August 20, 2000

based on Kenneth Newman's Birds of Southern Africa (Sappi Publishing, 1999)

These are the birds I positively identified during our 4WD camping trip. There are 212 here, but the list would be much longer if I could tell the difference between types of raptors, larks and swallows/martins!

Bird Group	Common Name	Where First Seen
Apalises	Bar-throated	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
Babblers	Arrow-marked	Zambezi NP
	Pied	Hwange NP
Barbets	Black-collared	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
	Crested	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
Bateleur		Etosha NP
Batises	Chin-spot	Mushandike NP
Bee-eaters	Little	Moremi Wildlife Reserve
	Swallow-tailed	Etosha NP
	White-fronted	Chobe NP
Boubou	Southern	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
Bulbuls	Black-eyed	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
	Red-eyed	Karoo NP
	Yellow-bellied	Chobe NP
Buntings	Golden-breasted	Etosha NP
Bustard	Kori	Etosha NP
Buzzards	Lizard	Etosha NP
Canaries	Yellow	Etosha NP
	Yellow-eyed	Great Zimbabwe NP
Chats	Ant-eating	en route to Luderitz, NAM
	Familiar	Daan Viljoen NP
	Mocking	Gonarezhou NP
	Mountain	Daan Viljoen NP
Coot	Red-knobbed	Karoo NP
Cormorants	Bank	Cape Peninsula NP
	Cape	Bakoven, SA
	Crowned	Cape Peninsula NP
	Reed	Barberspan Bird Refuge
	White-breasted	Cape Peninsula NP
Coucals	Burchell's	Kruger NP
Coursers	Bronze-winged	Potchestroon, SA
	Burchell's	Kruger NP
	Temminck's	nr Delrayville, SA
Crakes	Black	Kruger NP
Cranes	Blue	Etosha NP
	Crowned	Hwange NP
Crows	Black	nr Sisreim, NAM
	House	Cape Peninsula NP
	Pied	Karoo NP
Dabchick		Barberspan Bird Refuge
Darter		Barberspan Bird Refuge
Dikkops	Water	Chobe NP
Doves	Emerald-spotted	Moremi Wildlife Reserve
	Laughing	Pretoria, SA
	Namaqua	Etosha NP
	Cape Turtle	Upington, SA
Drongos	Fork-tailed	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
	Square-tailed	Victoria Falls, ZIM
Ducks	African Black	Daan Viljoen NP
	White-faced	Moremi Wildlife Reserve
Eagles	Black	Karoo NP
	Crowned	Etosha NP
	African Fish	Daan Viljoen NP
	Black-breasted Snake	Kruger NP
	Tawny	Chobe NP
	Wahlberg's	Etosha NP
Egrets	Black	Chobe NP
	Cattle	Nata, BT
	Little	Capetown, SA
	Yellow-billed	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
Finches	Cut-throat	Marloth Park, SA
	Red-headed	Etosha NP
Firefinch	Jameson's	Great Zimbabwe NP
	Red-billed	Marloth Park, SA
Flycatchers	Black	Victoria Falls, ZIM
	Dusky	Marloth Park, SA
	Fiscal	Karoo NP
Francolins	Cape	Etosha NP
	Coqui	Chobe NP
	Crested	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
	Grey-wing	Capetown, SA
	Natal	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
	Orange River	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
	Red-billed	Waterberg NP
	Red-necked	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
	Swainson's	Hwange NP
Geese	Egyptian	Barberspan Bird Refuge
	Spur-winged	Chobe NP
Grebe	Great Crested	Barberspan Bird Refuge
Guineafowl	Helmeted	Capetown, SA
Gull	Gre-headed	Barberspan Bird Refuge
	Kelp	Cape Peninsula NP
Hamerkop		nr Mashava, ZIM
Helmet Shrike	White	Mushandike NP
Herons	Black-headed	Barberspan Bird Refuge
	Goliath	Chobe NP
	Great White	Chobe NP
	Green-backed	Louis Reichardt, SA
	Grey	Barberspan Bird Refuge
	Squacco	Barberspan Bird Refuge
Hoopoes		Barberspan Bird Refuge
Hornbills	Bradfield's	Etosha NP
	Grey	nr Outjo, NAM
	Ground	Chobe NP
	Monteiro's	Etosha NP
	Red-billed	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
	Southern Yellow-billed	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
Ibises	Glossy	Barberspan Bird Refuge
	Hadeda	Phalaborwa, SA
	Sacred	Barberspan Bird Refuge
Jacanas	African	Chobe NP
Kestrels	Greater	Etosha NP
Kingfishers	Brown-hooded	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
	Giant	Marloth Park, SA
	Malachite	Chobe NP
	Pied	Maun, BT
	Striped	Great Zimbabwe NP
Kites	Black-shouldered	Barberspan Bird Refuge
	Yellow-billed	nr Colesburg, SA
Korhaans	Black	Etosha NP
	White-winged Black	Etosha NP
	Black-bellied	Etosha NP
	Karoo	nr Sisreim, NAM
	Red-crested	Kruger NP
	Ruppell's	nr Sisreim, NAM
Louries	Grey	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
Moorhens		Daan Viljoen NP
Myna	Indian	Pretoria, SA
Orioles	Black-headed	Mushandike NP
Ostrich		Cape Peninsula NP
Owls	Giant Eagle	Kruger NP
	Pearl-spotted	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
	White-faced	Etosha NP
Oxpeckers	Red-billed	Chobe NP
Oystercatcher	African Black	Cape Peninsula NP
Parrots	Brown-headed	Phalaborwa, SA
	Meyer's	Hwange NP
Penguins	Jackass	Simon's Town, SA
Pigeons	Feral	Pretoria, SA
	Green	Moremi Wildlife Reserve
	Rameron	Capetown, SA
Plovers	Blacksmith	Barberspan Bird Refuge
	Caspian	Etosha NP
	Crowned	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
	Kittlitz's	Hwange NP
	Long-toed	Chobe NP
	Three-banded	Phalaborwa, SA
	Wattled	Mushandike NP
Pochard	Southern	Hwange NP
Pratincoles	Red-winged	Chobe NP
Queleas	Red-billed	Etosha NP
	Red-headed	Etosha NP
Robins	Cape	Capetown, SA
	Heuglin's	Chobe NP
	Kalahari	Etosha NP
Rollers	Lilac-breasted	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
	Purple	Etosha NP
	Racket-tailed	Chobe NP
Sandgrouse	Double-banded	Hwange NP
Secretarybird		Etosha NP
Shrikes	Crimson-breasted	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
	Long-tailed	Etosha NP
	White-crowned	Etosha NP
Skimmer	African	Chobe NP
Sparrows	Cape	Keetmanshoop, NAM
	House	Etosha NP
	Southern Grey-Headed	Etosha NP
Sparrow-weaver	White-browed	Daan Viljoen NP
Sparrowhawk	Rufous-breasted	nr Upington, SA
Spinetail	Bohm's	Chobe NP
Spoonbill	African	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
Starlings	Pale-winged	Windhoek, NAM
	Red-winged	Karoo NP
Starlings, Glossy	Burchell's	Moremi Wildlife Reserve
	Cape	Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
	Greater Blue-eared	Etosha NP
	Long-tailed	Maun, BT
Stilts	Black-winged	Etosha NP
Stonechat		Pilanesberg Nature Reserve
Storks	Marabou	Chobe NP
	Open-billed	Chobe NP
	Saddle-billed	Chobe NP
	Woolly-necked	Kruger NP
	Yellow-billed	Chobe NP
Sugarbird	Cape	Cape Peninsula NP
Sunbird	Collared	Marloth Park, SA
	Greater Double-collared	Kruger NP
	Double-collared Miombo	Mushandike NP
	Orange-breasted	Cape Peninsula NP
Swallows	Black Saw-wing	Kruger NP
	Wire-tailed	Gonarezhou NP
Swift	Horus	Chobe NP
	White-rumped	Chobe NP
Tchagra	Black-crowned	Hwange NP
Teals	Hottentot	Hwange NP
	Red-billed	Hwange NP
Thrushes	Groundscraper	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
	Kurrichane	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
	Short-toed Rock	Daan Viljoen NP
Tits	Carp's Black	Daan Viljoen NP
	Northern Grey	Hwange NP
Vultures	Cape Griffon	Kruger NP
	Lappet-faced	Etosha NP
	White-backed	Etosha NP
Wagtails	African Pied	Karoo NP
	Grey	nr Seaforth, SA
Waxbills	Black-cheeked	Etosha NP
	Blue	Nata, BT
	Common	Karoo NP
Weavers	Masked	nr Upington, SA
	Lesser Masked	Bubi, ZIM
	Red-billed Buffalo	Maun, BT
	Red-headed	Nata, BT
	Sociable	Etosha NP
	Spotted-backed	Marloth Park, SA
Wheatears	Capped	Hwange NP
White-eyes	Yellow	Mushandike NP
Whydahs	Pin-tailed	Hwange NP
Wood Hoopoe	Red-billed	Mushandike NP
	Scimitar-billed	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
Woodpeckers	Bearded	Rustenberg Nature Reserve
	Cardinal	Great Zimbabwe NP

The photos on the left are of a Little Bee Eater, a Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill and a Crowned Crane. They are not ours; I got them from the Almost Really Good Photoshop. There are a lot of great photos of African animals and birds on this site.

We highly recommend Izinyoni, a B and B across the Crocodile River from Kruger National Park. Izinyoni means "the place of birds" in Zulu, and over 300 different birds have been recorded at this small, friendly bed and breakfast! To contact them, click here.

For more information on birds in South Africa, go to Birdlife South Africa.

If you'd like to order the book I used, go to Amazon.com or Amazon.com-UK.


To return to Marc & Karen's Safari Index Page, click here!

Or maybe you'd like to take a peek at their list of animals they saw while down there?

This page was created 1 September 2000.