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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 House Martin 1
Delichon urbicum
White-throated Swallow 2
Hirundo albigularis
Pearl-breasted Swallow 3
Hirundo dimidiata
Barn Swallow 4
Hirundo rustica
Banded Martin 5
Riparia cincta
Plain Martin 6
Riparia paludicola
Black Sawwing 7
Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Rock Martin 8
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Lesser Striped Swallow 5
Cecropis abyssinica
Greater Striped Swallow 9
Cecropis cucullata
Southern Fiscal 8
Lanius collaris
Red-backed Shrike 10
Lanius collurio
Cape Robin-Chat 11
Cossypha caffra
Chorister Robin-Chat 12
Cossypha dichroa
African Dusky Flycatcher 13
Muscicapa adusta
Spotted Flycatcher 14
Muscicapa striata
Karoo Scrub-Robin 15
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Red-backed Scrub-Robin 16
Cercotrichas leucophrys
Brown Scrub-Robin 17
Cercotrichas signata
Cape Rock-Thrush 5
Monticola rupestris
Southern Black-Flycatcher 12
Melaenornis pammelaina
Fiscal Flycatcher 8
Melaenornis silens
White-starred Robin 12
Pogonocichla stellata
Mocking Cliff-Chat 18
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
African Stonechat 19
Saxicola torquatus
Familiar Chat 20
Oenanthe familiaris
Capped Wheatear 6
Oenanthe pileata
Southern Anteater-Chat 21
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Malachite Sunbird 22
Nectarinia famosa
Collared Sunbird 23
Hedydipna collaris
Orange-breasted Sunbird 24
Anthobaphes violacea
Mouse-colored Sunbird 15
Cyanomitra veroxii
Amethyst Sunbird 23
Chalcomitra amethystina
Greater Double-collared Sunbird 25
Cinnyris afer
Southern Double-collared Sunbird 2
Cinnyris chalybeus
Southern Black Tit 6
Melaniparus niger
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow 16
Passer diffusus
House Sparrow 26
Passer domesticus
Cape Sparrow 27
Passer melanurus
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow 5
Gymnoris superciliaris
Cape Crombec 16
Sylvietta rufescens
Cape Grassbird 16
Sphenoeacus afer
Terrestrial Brownbul 9
Phyllastrephus terrestris
Common Bulbul 28
Pycnonotus barbatus
Cape Bulbul 5
Pycnonotus capensis
Sombre Greenbul 16
Andropadus importunus
European Starling 29
Sturnus vulgaris
African Pied Starling 6
Lamprotornis bicolor
Cape Starling 30
Lamprotornis nitens
Red-winged Starling 31
Onychognathus morio
Pale-winged Starling 32
Onychognathus nabouroup
Wattled Starling 33
Creatophora cinerea
Black-bellied Starling 34
Notopholia corusca
Chestnut-vented Warbler 34
Sylvia subcoerulea
Olive Thrush 35
Turdus olivaceus
Cape White-eye 36
Zosterops virens
Willow Warbler 37
Phylloscopus trochilus
Lesser Swamp Warbler 38
Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Little Rush-Warbler 34
Bradypterus baboecala
Red-billed Oxpecker 8
Buphagus erythrorynchus
Cape Bunting 16
Emberiza capensis
Golden-breasted Bunting 24
Emberiza flaviventris
Cape Batis 39
Batis capensis
Chinspot Batis 34
Batis molitor
Variable Indigobird 12
Vidua funerea
Pin-tailed Whydah 40
Vidua macroura
Grey Cuckooshrike 41
Coracina caesia
Black Cuckooshrike 42
Campephaga flava
Fork-tailed Drongo 28
Dicrurus adsimilis
Common Waxbill 43
Estrilda astrild
African Firefinch 44
Lagonosticta rubricata
Quailfinch 45
Ortygospiza atricollis
Swee Waxbill 46
Coccopygia melanotis
Olive Bushshrike 42
Telophorus olivaceus
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike 47
Telophorus sulfureopectus
Bokmakierie 23
Telophorus zeylonus
Southern Boubou 48
Laniarius ferrugineus
Gray-headed Bushshrike 24
Malaconotus blanchoti
Black-backed Puffback 24
Dryoscopus cubla
Southern Tchagra 49
Tchagra tchagra
African Paradise-Flycatcher 50
Terpsiphone viridis
African Crested-Flycatcher 16
Trochocercus cyanomelas
African Pied Wagtail 16
Motacilla aguimp
Cape Wagtail 51
Motacilla capensis
African Pipit 52
Anthus cinnamomeus
Plain-backed Pipit 16
Anthus leucophrys
Long-billed Pipit 53
Anthus similis
Orange-throated Longclaw 16
Macronyx capensis
Forest Weaver 5
Ploceus bicolor
Cape Weaver 44
Ploceus capensis
Village Weaver 54
Ploceus cucullatus
Spectacled Weaver 34
Ploceus ocularis
Southern Masked-Weaver 16
Ploceus velatus
Red-collared Widowbird 13
Euplectes ardens
Yellow Bishop 55
Euplectes capensis
Southern Red Bishop 23
Euplectes orix
Red-billed Quelea 28
Quelea quelea
Grosbeak Weaver 56
Amblyospiza albifrons
Cape Sugarbird 8
Promerops cafer
Southern Penduline Tit 57
Anthoscopus minutus

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