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Guide to Birding at RiverBend Lodge

This is a guide to the Birds of the RiverBend Lodge, Addo Elephant National Park. It includes the species that are known to occur in the area, (vagrant species have been excluded). The list was made using data from iNaturalist, as well as data from the South African Bird Atlas Project ...more ↓

White-browed Coucal 1
Centropus superciliosus
Dideric Cuckoo 2
Chrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's Cuckoo 3
Chrysococcyx klaas
Pied Cuckoo 4
Clamator jacobinus
Black Cuckoo 5
Cuculus clamosus
Red-chested Cuckoo 6
Cuculus solitarius
Greater Honeyguide 7
Indicator indicator
Lesser Honeyguide 1
Indicator minor
Scaly-throated Honeyguide 8
Indicator variegatus
Knysna Woodpecker 9
Campethera notata
Rufous-necked Wryneck 10
Jynx ruficollis
Cardinal Woodpecker 11
Chloropicus fuscescens
Olive Woodpecker 12
Chloropicus griseocephalus
Black-collared Barbet 13
Lybius torquatus
Red-fronted Tinkerbird 14
Pogoniulus pusillus
Acacia Pied Barbet 15
Tricholaema leucomelas
African Wood-Owl 15
Strix woodfordii
Spotted Eagle-Owl 16
Bubo africanus
African Scops-Owl 14
Otus senegalensis
Barn Owl 17
Tyto alba
Narina Trogon 18
Apaloderma narina
European Roller 19
Coracias garrulus
Malachite Kingfisher 20
Corythornis cristatus
Brown-hooded Kingfisher 16
Halcyon albiventris
Ring-necked Dove 8
Streptopelia capicola
Red-eyed Dove 21
Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove 22
Streptopelia senegalensis
Rameron Pigeon 6
Columba arquatrix
Speckled Pigeon 23
Columba guinea
Lemon Dove 24
Columba larvata
Rock Pigeon 25
Columba livia
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove 26
Turtur chalcospilos
Tambourine Dove 13
Turtur tympanistria
Namaqua Dove 27
Oena capensis
Red-faced Mousebird 28
Urocolius indicus
Speckled Mousebird 12
Colius striatus
White Stork 29
Ciconia ciconia
Black Stork 30
Ciconia nigra
Red-knobbed Coot 31
Fulica cristata
Black Crake 1
Zapornia flavirostra
Eurasian Moorhen 32
Gallinula chloropus
Blue Crane 33
Anthropoides paradiseus
Green Woodhoopoe 34
Phoeniculus purpureus
African Hoopoe 8
Upupa epops africana
Trumpeter Hornbill 16
Bycanistes bucinator
Crowned Hornbill 35
Lophoceros alboterminatus
Helmeted Guineafowl 36
Numida meleagris
Red-necked Francolin 37
Pternistis afer
Gray-winged Francolin 38
Scleroptila afra
Red-winged Francolin 39
Scleroptila levaillantii
Common Quail 40
Coturnix coturnix
Wood Sandpiper 41
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank 42
Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper 16
Actitis hypoleucos
Three-banded Plover 43
Charadrius tricollaris
Blacksmith Lapwing 44
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing 45
Vanellus coronatus
Black-winged Lapwing 3
Vanellus melanopterus
Spotted Thick-knee 12
Burhinus capensis
Black-winged Stilt 46
Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet 47
Recurvirostra avosetta
Little Grebe 48
Tachybaptus ruficollis
African Spoonbill 49
Platalea alba
African Sacred Ibis 50
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadeda Ibis 51
Bostrychia hagedash
Hamerkop 47
Scopus umbretta
Little Egret 52
Egretta garzetta
Grey Heron 53
Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron 12
Ardea melanocephala
Black-crowned Night-Heron 54
Nycticorax nycticorax
Western Cattle Egret 13
Bubulcus ibis ibis
Amur Falcon 16
Falco amurensis
Lanner Falcon 55
Falco biarmicus
Peregrine Falcon 56
Falco peregrinus
Rock Kestrel 57
Falco rupicolus
Eurasian Hobby 58
Falco subbuteo
Eurasian Nightjar 59
Caprimulgus europaeus
Fiery-necked Nightjar 16
Caprimulgus pectoralis
Little Swift 4
Apus affinis
Common Swift 60
Apus apus
African Swift 24
Apus barbatus
White-rumped Swift 15
Apus caffer
Horus Swift 3
Apus horus
Alpine Swift 61
Apus melba
African Palm-Swift 47
Cypsiurus parvus
White-faced Whistling-Duck 62
Dendrocygna viduata
Cape Teal 63
Anas capensis
Red-billed Teal 55
Anas erythrorhyncha
African Black Duck 14
Anas sparsa
Yellow-billed Duck 26
Anas undulata
South African Shelduck 8
Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose 64
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Spur-winged Goose 47
Plectropterus gambensis
Secretarybird 5
Sagittarius serpentarius
Verreaux's Eagle 65
Aquila verreauxii
Black Sparrowhawk 66
Accipiter melanoleucus
Little Sparrowhawk 16
Accipiter minullus
African Goshawk 67
Accipiter tachiro
Booted Eagle 36
Hieraaetus pennatus
Black Harrier 68
Circus maurus

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