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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 ↓

Common Buzzard 1
Buteo buteo
Jackal Buzzard 2
Buteo rufofuscus
Forest Buzzard 3
Buteo trizonatus
African Harrier-Hawk 4
Polyboroides typus
Black Kite 5
Milvus migrans
Black-winged Kite 6
Elanus caeruleus
African Fish-Eagle 4
Haliaeetus vocifer
Crowned Eagle 7
Stephanoaetus coronatus
Long-crested Eagle 8
Lophaetus occipitalis
Pale Chanting-Goshawk 9
Melierax canorus
Martial Eagle 10
Polemaetus bellicosus
Denham's Bustard 11
Neotis denhami
Ludwig's Bustard 12
Neotis ludwigii
Southern Black Korhaan 13
Eupodotis afra
Long-tailed Cormorant 14
Microcarbo africanus
Great Cormorant 15
Phalacrocorax carbo
Darter 16
Anhinga rufa
Common House Martin 17
Delichon urbicum
White-throated Swallow 18
Hirundo albigularis
Pearl-breasted Swallow 19
Hirundo dimidiata
Barn Swallow 20
Hirundo rustica
Banded Martin 21
Riparia cincta
Plain Martin 22
Riparia paludicola
Black Sawwing 23
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Rock Martin 24
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Lesser Striped Swallow 21
Cecropis abyssinica
Greater Striped Swallow 25
Cecropis cucullata
Southern Fiscal 24
Lanius collaris
Red-backed Shrike 26
Lanius collurio
Cape Robin-Chat 4
Cossypha caffra
Chorister Robin-Chat 27
Cossypha dichroa
African Dusky Flycatcher 28
Muscicapa adusta
Spotted Flycatcher 29
Muscicapa striata
Karoo Scrub-Robin 30
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Red-backed Scrub-Robin 31
Cercotrichas leucophrys
Brown Scrub-Robin 32
Cercotrichas signata
Cape Rock-Thrush 21
Monticola rupestris
Southern Black-Flycatcher 27
Melaenornis pammelaina
Fiscal Flycatcher 24
Melaenornis silens
White-starred Robin 27
Pogonocichla stellata
Mocking Cliff-Chat 33
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
African Stonechat 34
Saxicola torquatus
Familiar Chat 35
Oenanthe familiaris
Capped Wheatear 22
Oenanthe pileata
Southern Anteater-Chat 36
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Malachite Sunbird 37
Nectarinia famosa
Collared Sunbird 38
Hedydipna collaris
Orange-breasted Sunbird 39
Anthobaphes violacea
Mouse-colored Sunbird 30
Cyanomitra veroxii
Amethyst Sunbird 38
Chalcomitra amethystina
Greater Double-collared Sunbird 40
Cinnyris afer
Southern Double-collared Sunbird 18
Cinnyris chalybeus
Southern Black Tit 22
Melaniparus niger
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow 31
Passer diffusus
House Sparrow 1
Passer domesticus
Cape Sparrow 41
Passer melanurus
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow 21
Gymnoris superciliaris
Cape Crombec 31
Sylvietta rufescens
Cape Grassbird 31
Sphenoeacus afer
Terrestrial Brownbul 25
Phyllastrephus terrestris
Common Bulbul 42
Pycnonotus barbatus
Cape Bulbul 21
Pycnonotus capensis
Sombre Greenbul 31
Andropadus importunus
European Starling 43
Sturnus vulgaris
African Pied Starling 22
Lamprotornis bicolor
Cape Starling 44
Lamprotornis nitens
Red-winged Starling 45
Onychognathus morio
Pale-winged Starling 46
Onychognathus nabouroup
Wattled Starling 47
Creatophora cinerea
Black-bellied Starling 48
Notopholia corusca
Chestnut-vented Warbler 48
Sylvia subcoerulea
Olive Thrush 2
Turdus olivaceus
Cape White-eye 49
Zosterops virens
Willow Warbler 50
Phylloscopus trochilus
Lesser Swamp Warbler 51
Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Little Rush-Warbler 48
Bradypterus baboecala
Red-billed Oxpecker 24
Buphagus erythrorynchus
Cape Bunting 31
Emberiza capensis
Golden-breasted Bunting 39
Emberiza flaviventris
Cape Batis 52
Batis capensis
Chinspot Batis 48
Batis molitor
Variable Indigobird 27
Vidua funerea
Pin-tailed Whydah 53
Vidua macroura
Grey Cuckooshrike 54
Coracina caesia
Black Cuckooshrike 55
Campephaga flava
Fork-tailed Drongo 42
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Waxbill 56
Estrilda astrild
African Firefinch 57
Lagonosticta rubricata
Quailfinch 58
Ortygospiza atricollis
Swee Waxbill 3
Coccopygia melanotis
Olive Bushshrike 55
Telophorus olivaceus
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike 59
Telophorus sulfureopectus
Bokmakierie 38
Telophorus zeylonus
Southern Boubou 60
Laniarius ferrugineus
Gray-headed Bushshrike 39
Malaconotus blanchoti
Black-backed Puffback 39
Dryoscopus cubla
Southern Tchagra 61
Tchagra tchagra
African Paradise-Flycatcher 62
Terpsiphone viridis
African Crested-Flycatcher 31
Trochocercus cyanomelas
African Pied Wagtail 31
Motacilla aguimp

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