Birds of Cannon Rocks and Boknes

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

Little Egret 1
Egretta garzetta
Purple Heron 2
Ardea purpurea
Cattle Egret 3
Bubulcus ibis
African Marsh-Harrier 4
Circus ranivorus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Black-winged Kite 5
Elanus caeruleus
Long-crested Eagle 6
Lophaetus occipitalis
Little Swift 7
Apus affinis
African Palm-Swift 1
Cypsiurus parvus
White-faced Whistling-Duck 8
Dendrocygna viduata
Red-billed Teal 9
Anas erythrorhyncha
Greylag Goose 10
Anser anser
Spur-winged Goose 1
Plectropterus gambensis
Tawny-flanked Prinia 1
Prinia subflava
Yellow-breasted Apalis 11
Apalis flavida
White-necked Raven 12
Corvus albicollis
Pied Crow 13
Corvus albus
Olive Bushshrike 14
Telophorus olivaceus
Grey-headed Bushshrike 13
Malaconotus blanchoti
Black-backed Puffback 13
Dryoscopus cubla
Cape Batis 15
Batis capensis
Southern Tchagra 16
Tchagra tchagra
Barn Swallow 17
Hirundo rustica
Southern Anteater-Chat 18
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Dusky-brown Flycatcher 19
Muscicapa adusta
Southern Black-Flycatcher 20
Melaenornis pammelaina
Plain-backed Pipit 21
Anthus leucophrys
Cape Weaver 22
Ploceus capensis
Spectacled Weaver 23
Ploceus ocularis
Long-tailed Widowbird 24
Euplectes progne
Red-collared Widowbird 25
Euplectes ardens
Grosbeak Weaver 26
Amblyospiza albifrons
Orange-throated Longclaw 21
Macronyx capensis
Cape Starling 27
Lamprotornis nitens
Green Woodhoopoe 22
Phoeniculus purpureus
African Stonechat 28
Saxicola torquatus
Giant Kingfisher 29
Megaceryle maxima
Great Egret 30
Ardea alba
Caspian Tern 31
Hydroprogne caspia
Sandwich Tern 32
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Rock Martin 33
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Greater Striped Swallow 24
Cecropis cucullata
Lesser Striped Swallow 28
Cecropis abyssinica
Southern Black Tit 11
Melaniparus niger
Magpie Mannikin 34
Spermestes fringilloides
Eurasian Moorhen 35
Gallinula chloropus
Bar-throated Apalis 11
Apalis thoracica
Cape White-eye 36
Zosterops virens
Long-tailed Cormorant 37
Microcarbo africanus
Black-bellied Starling 23
Notopholia corrusca
African Pied Starling 11
Lamprotornis bicolor
Cape Shoveler 11
Spatula smithii
Olive Woodpecker 38
Chloropicus griseocephalus

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