SANBI Biodiversity Series 8 (2008)

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

728 Yellow-throated Yellowthroated Macronyx croceus

Longclaw Longclaw
R  
732 Common Fiscal Fiscal Shrike Lanius collaris R         
733 Red-backed Shrike Redbacked ShrikeLanius collurio M  
736 Southern Boubou Southern Boubou Laniarius
ferrugineus
E R       
739 Crimson-breasted Crimsonbreasted Laniarius
Shrike Boubou (Crimson atrococcineus R  
Boubou)
740 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
Puffback
R    
741 Brubru Brubru Nilaus afer R    
742 Southern Tchagra Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra E R  
743 Brown-crowned Threestreaked Tchagra australis
Tchagra Tchagra
R    
743 Black-crowned Blackcrowned Tchagra senegalus
Tchagra Tchagra
R    
746 Bokmakierie Bokmakierie Telophorus
zeylonus
NE R       
747 Gorgeous Bush- Gorgeous Bush Telophorus viridis
Shrike Shrike
R 
748 Orange-breasted Orangebreasted Telophorus
Bush-Shrike Bush Shrike sulfureopectus
R   
750 Olive Bush-Shrike Olive Bush Shrike Telophorus
olivaceus
NE R   
751 Grey-headed Bush- Greyheaded Malaconotus
Shrike Bush Shrike blanchoti
R    
753 White-crested White Prionops plumatus
Helmet-Shrike Helmetshrike
R   
757 Common Starling European Sturnus vulgaris
Starling
R    
758 Common Myna Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis R    
759 Pied Starling Pied Starling Spreo bicolor E R    
760 Wattled Starling Wattled Starling Creatophora
cinerea
R,N   
761 Violet-backed Plumcoloured Cinnyricinclus
Starling Starling leucogaster
M    
764 Cape Glossy Glossy Starling Lamprotornis
Starling nitens
R    
768 Black-bellied Blackbellied Lamprotornis
Starling Starling corruscus
R  
769 Red-winged Redwinged Onychognathus
Starling Starling morio
R         
770 Pale-winged Palewinged Onychognathus
Starling Starling nabouroup
NE R 
773 Cape Sugarbird Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer E N   
775 Malachite Sunbird Malachite Nectarinia famosa
Sunbird
R,N,M        
777 Orange-breasted Orangebreasted Anthobaphes
Sunbird Sunbird violacea
E N  
779 Marico Sunbird Marico Sunbird Cinnyris
mariquensis
R 
783 Southern Double- Lesser Cinnyris chalybeus
collared Sunbird Doublecollared E R     
Sunbird

E – Endemic, NE – Near-endemic, BE – Breeding endemic; M – Migrant, N – Nomad, R – Resident; NT – Near-threatened, VU – Vulnerable. 27

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

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

785 Greater Double- Greater Cinnyris afer

collared Sunbird Doublecollared E R   
Sunbird
787 White-bellied Whitebellied Cinnyris talatala
Sunbird Sunbird
R,N     
788 Dusky Sunbird Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus NE N   
789 Grey Sunbird Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii R,N,M 
790 Olive Sunbird Eastern Olive Cyanomitra
Sunbird olivacea
R,N 
791 Scarlet-chested Scarletchested Chalcomitra
Sunbird Sunbird senegalensis
R,M,N 
792 Amethyst Sunbird Black Sunbird Chalcomitra
amethystina
R,N,M     
793 Collared Sunbird Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris R  
796 Cape White-eye Cape White-eye Zosterops virens E R         
799 White-browed Whitebrowed Plocepasser
Sparrow-Weaver Sparrowweaver mahali
R  
801 House Sparrow House Sparrow Passer domesticus R         
803 Cape Sparrow Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus NE R        
804 Southern Grey- Greyheaded Passer diffusus
headed Sparrow Sparrow
R,N     
806 Scaly-feathered Scalyfeathered Sporopipes
Finch Finch squamifrons
NE R,N 
807 Thick-billed Weaver Thickbilled Amblyospiza
Weaver albifrons
R,N    
808 Dark-backed Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
Weaver
R 
810 Spectacled Weaver Spectacled Ploceus ocularis
Weaver
R  
811 Village Weaver Spottedbacked Ploceus cucullatus
Weaver
R   
813 Cape Weaver Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis E R         
814 Southern Masked- Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
Weaver
NE R       
815 Lesser Masked- Lesser Masked Ploceus
Weaver Weaver intermedius
R,N  
816 Golden Weaver Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops R 
819 Red-headed Redheaded Anaplectes
Weaver Weaver melanotis
R,N  
821 Red-billed Quelea Redbilled Quelea Quelea quelea R    
824 Southern Red Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Bishop
R        
826 Yellow-crowned Golden Bishop Euplectes afer
Bishop
R,N  
827 Yellow Bishop Yellowrumped Euplectes capensis
Widow
R    
828 Fan-tailed Redshouldered Euplectes axillaris
Widowbird Widow
R 
829 White-winged Whitewinged Euplectes
Widowbird Widow albonotatus
R   
831 Red-collared Redcollared Euplectes ardens
Widowbird Widow
R    
832 Long-tailed Longtailed Euplectes progne
Widowbird Widow
R  
834 Green-winged Melba Finch Pytilia melba
Pytilia
R 

E – Endemic, NE – Near-endemic, BE – Breeding endemic; M – Migrant, N – Nomad, R – Resident; NT – Near-threatened, VU – Vulnerable. 29