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Birds of Cannon Rocks and Boknes

A list of bird species documented around the towns of Cannon Rocks and Boknes.

Buff-spotted Flufftail 1
Sarothrura elegans
Red-knobbed Coot 2
Fulica cristata
Helmeted Guineafowl 3
Numida meleagris
White-browed Coucal 4
Centropus superciliosus
Brown-hooded Kingfisher 5
Halcyon albiventris
Pied Kingfisher 6
Ceryle rudis
Ring-necked Dove 7
Streptopelia capicola
Red-eyed Dove 3
Streptopelia semitorquata
Speckled Pigeon 8
Columba guinea
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove 9
Turtur chalcospilos
Tambourine Dove 10
Turtur tympanistria
African Green Pigeon 11
Treron calvus
Speckled Mousebird 3
Colius striatus
African Spoonbill 8
Platalea alba
Hadada Ibis 12
Bostrychia hagedash
Cape Gannet 4
Morus capensis
African Penguin 12
Spheniscus demersus
Whimbrel 8
Numenius phaeopus
Little Grebe 13
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Cormorant 14
Phalacrocorax carbo
Cape Cormorant 15
Phalacrocorax capensis
Kelp Gull 16
Larus dominicanus
Common Ringed Plover 17
Charadrius hiaticula
White-fronted Plover 18
Charadrius marginatus
African Black Oystercatcher 19
Haematopus moquini
Blacksmith Lapwing 3
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing 20
Vanellus coronatus
Spotted Thick-knee 21
Burhinus capensis
Water Thick-knee 22
Burhinus vermiculatus
Grey Heron 23
Ardea cinerea
Goliath Heron 7
Ardea goliath
Black-headed Heron 24
Ardea melanocephala
African Darter 25
Anhinga rufa
Jackal Buzzard 26
Buteo rufofuscus
African Fish-Eagle 3
Haliaeetus vocifer
Crowned Eagle 9
Stephanoaetus coronatus
Yellow-billed Duck 9
Anas undulata
South African Shelduck 27
Tadorna cana
Knysna Turaco 28
Tauraco corythaix
Karoo Prinia 29
Prinia maculosa
Grey-backed Camaroptera 30
Camaroptera brachyura
Black-headed Oriole 2
Oriolus larvatus
Cape Crow 9
Corvus capensis
Bokmakierie 31
Telophorus zeylonus
Southern Boubou 5
Laniarius ferrugineus
African Paradise-Flycatcher 32
Terpsiphone viridis
African Crested-Flycatcher 33
Trochocercus cyanomelas
Cape Robin-Chat 34
Cossypha caffra
Chorister Robin-Chat 35
Cossypha dichroa
Spotted Flycatcher 36
Muscicapa striata
Malachite Sunbird 37
Nectarinia famosa
Cape Wagtail 38
Motacilla capensis
Common Waxbill 39
Estrilda astrild
Village Weaver 40
Ploceus cucullatus
Pin-tailed Whydah 41
Vidua macroura
African Firefinch 42
Lagonosticta rubricata
Terrestrial Brownbul 33
Phyllastrephus terrestris
Common Bulbul 43
Pycnonotus barbatus
Sombre Greenbul 15
Andropadus importunus
European Starling 44
Sturnus vulgaris
Fiery-necked Nightjar 45
Caprimulgus pectoralis
Egyptian Goose 46
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Piping Cisticola 15
Cisticola fulvicapilla
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 15
Passer diffusus
Black-collared Barbet 47
Lybius torquatus
Great Crested Tern 48
Thalasseus bergii
Lemon Dove 15
Columba larvata
Laughing Dove 49
Streptopelia senegalensis
Malachite Kingfisher 25
Corythornis cristatus
Brown Scrub-Robin 35
Cercotrichas signata
Collared Sunbird 50
Hedydipna collaris
Amethyst Sunbird 9
Chalcomitra amethystina
Greater Double-collared Sunbird 15
Cinnyris afer
Swee Waxbill 51
Coccopygia melanotis
Olive Thrush 52
Turdus olivaceus
Spotted Eagle-Owl 5
Bubo africanus
Fork-tailed Drongo 53
Dicrurus adsimilis
Southern Fiscal 3
Lanius collaris
Red-winged Starling 34
Onychognathus morio
Cape White-eye 54
Zosterops capensis
Bronze Mannikin 55
Spermestes cucullata
Red-necked Francolin 50
Pternistis afer
Sacred Ibis 56
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Fiscal Flycatcher 38
Melaenornis silens
Streaky-headed Seedeater 15
Crithagra gularis
Yellow-fronted Canary 57
Crithagra mozambica
Brimstone Canary 58
Crithagra sulphurata
Denham's Bustard 22
Neotis denhami
Klaas's Cuckoo 59
Chrysococcyx klaas
Half-collared Kingfisher 60
Alcedo semitorquata
Rock Pigeon 61
Columba livia
Red-faced Mousebird 62
Urocolius indicus
Hamerkop 8
Scopus umbretta
Common Greenshank 63
Tringa nebularia
Southern Giant-Petrel 64
Macronectes giganteus
Common Tern 65
Sterna hirundo
White Stork 66
Ciconia ciconia
Three-banded Plover 7
Charadrius tricollaris
Black-winged Lapwing 59
Vanellus melanopterus
Black-bellied Plover 67
Pluvialis squatarola

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