SANBI Biodiversity Series 8 (2008)

Alphabetical Quick Index

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Apalis 23 Guineafowl 9 Sandgrouse 13

Avocet 11 Gull 11 Sandpiper 11
Babbler 19 Hamerkop 5 Saw-wing 19
Barbet 17 Harrier 9 Scimitarbill 17
Batis 25 Harrier-Hawk 9 Scops-Owl 13
Bee-eater 15 Hawk 7 Scrub-Robin 21,23
Bishop 29 Hawk-Eagle 7 Secretarybird 7
Bittern 5 Helmet-Shrike 27 Seedeater 31
Blackcap (Bush) 21 Heron 5 Shelduck 7
Bokmakierie 27 Honeybird 17 Shikra 9
Boubou 27 Honey-Buzzard 7 Shoveler 7
Brownbul 21 Honeyguide 17 Shrike 27
Brubru 27 Hoopoe 15 Siskin 31
Bulbul 21 Hornbill 17 Snake-Eagle 7
Bunting 33 House-Martin 19 Sparrow 29
Bush-Shrike 27 Ibis 5 Sparrowhawk 9
Bustard 11 Indigobird 31 Sparrowlark 19
Buttonquail 11 Kestrel 9 Sparrow-Weaver 29
Buzzard 7,9 Kingfisher 15 Spoonbill 5
Camaroptera 23 Kite 7 Spurfowl 9
Canary 31 Korhaan 11 Starling 27
Chaffinch 31 Lapwing 11 Stilt 11
Chat 21 Lark 17,19 Stint 11
Cisticola 23,25 Longclaw 25,27 Stonechat 21
Cliff-Chat 21 Mannikin 31 Stork 5
Cliff-Swallow 19 Martin 19 Sugarbird 27
Coot 11 Masked-Weaver 29 Sunbird 27,29
Cormorant 5 Moorhen 11 Swallow 19
Coucal 13 Mousebird 15 Swamp-Warbler 23
Courser 11 Myna 27 Swift 15
Crake 11 Neddicky 25 Tchagra 27
Crane 11 Nicator 21 Teal 7
Crested-Flycatcher 25 Night-Heron 5 Thick-knee 11
Crombec 23 Nightjar 13,15 Thrush 21
Crow 19 Olive-Pigeon 13 Tinkerbird 17
Cuckoo 13 Oriole 19 Tit 19
Cuckooshrike 19 Osprey 9 Tit-Babbler 23
Darter 5 Owl 13 Tit-Flycatcher 25
Dove 13 Owlet 13 Trogon 15
Drongo 19 Palm-Swift 15 Turaco 13
Duck 7 Paradise-Flycatcher 25 Turtle-Dove 13
Eagle 7 Pelican 5 Twinspot 31
Eagle-Owl 13 Penduline-Tit 19 Vulture 7
Egret 5 Pigeon 13 Wagtail 25
Eremomela 23 Pipit 25 Warbler 23,25
Falcon 9 Plover 11 Waxbill 31
Finch 29,31 Pochard 7 Weaver 29
Finfoot 11 Prinia 25 Wheatear 21
Firefinch 31 Puffback 27 White-eye 29
Fiscal 27 Pygmy-Kingfisher 15 Whydah 31
Fish-Eagle 7 Pytilia 29 Widowbird 29
Flufftail 11 Quail 9 Wood-Dove 13
Flycatcher 25 Quailfinch 31 Wood-Hoopoe 15
Francolin 9 Quelea 29 Wood-Owl 13
Gannet 5 Raven 19 Woodland-Warbler 23
Go-away-bird 13 Reed-Warbler 23 Woodpecker 17
Goose 7 Robin 21 Wryneck 17
Goshawk 9 Robin-Chat 21
Grassbird 23 Rock-jumper 21
Grebe 5 Rock-Thrush 21
Greenbul 21 Roller 15
Green-Pigeon 13 Ruff 11
Greenshank 11 Rush-Warbler 23


 Photographs: Mark D. Anderson, www.andersonafrica.co.za


SANBI Biodiversity Series 8 (2008)
 SANBI Biodiversity Series 8 (2008)

Bird Checklist
for
South Africa’s National Botanical Gardens
National Botanical Garden
New common Old common Scientific
Roberts No.

Movements

RDB Status
Endemism
name name name
(Roberts VII) (Roberts VI) FS H HP KD K KZN L P WS

6 Great Crested Great Crested Podiceps cristatus

Grebe Grebe
R,N 
8 Little Grebe Dabchick Tachybaptus
ruficollis
R      
50 Pink-backed Pinkbacked Pelecanus
Pelican Pelican rufescens
R VU 
53 Cape Gannet Cape Gannet Morus capensis BE M VU 
55 White-breasted Whitebreasted Phalacrocorax
Cormorant Cormorant lucidus
R,N     
58 Reed Cormorant Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax
africanus
R,M,N       
60 African Darter Darter Anhinga rufa R      
62 Grey Heron Grey Heron Ardea cinerea R       
63 Black-headed Blackheaded Ardea
Heron Heron melanocephala
R       
64 Goliath Heron Goliath Heron Ardea goliath R 
65 Purple Heron Purple Heron Ardea purpurea R,N     
66 Great Egret Great White Egretta alba
Egret
R,N  
67 Little Egret Little Egret Egretta garzetta R,N     
71 Cattle Egret Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis R,N        
72 Squacco Heron Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides R   
74 Green-backed Green-backed Butorides striata
Heron Heron
R     
76 Black-crowned Blackcrowned Nycticorax
Night-Heron Night Heron nycticorax
R,N    
77 White-backed Whitebacked Gorsachius
Night-Heron Night Heron leuconotus
R VU 
78 Little Bittern Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus M 
79 Dwarf Bittern Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii M 
81 Hamerkop Hamerkop Scopus umbretta R        
83 White Stork White Stork Ciconia ciconia M    
84 Black Stork Black Stork Ciconia nigra R NT   
85 Abdim’s Stork Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii M   
86 Woolly-necked Woollynecked Ciconia episcopus
Stork Stork
R NT 
89 Marabou Stork Marabou Stork Leptoptilos
crumeniferus
R,N NT 
91 African Sacred Ibis Sacred Ibis Threskiornis
aethiopicus
R,N        
93 Glossy Ibis Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus R,N  
94 Hadeda Ibis Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia
hagedash
R,N         
95 African Spoonbill African Spoonbill Platalea alba R,N   

E – Endemic, NE – Near-endemic, BE – Breeding endemic; M – Migrant, N – Nomad, R – Resident; NT – Near-threatened, VU – Vulnerable.