Thula iNyoni - Birding

BIRD LIST

Apalis, Bar-throated

Apalis, Yellow-breasted

Barbet, Black-collared

Barbet, Crested

Batis, Cape

Batis, Chinspot

Bishop, Southern Red

Boubou, Southern

Brownbul, Terrestrial

Bulbul, Dark-capped

Bush-shrike, Grey-headed

Bush-shrike, Olive

Bush-shrike, Orange-breasted

Bustard, Black-bellied

Bustard, Denham’s

Buttonquail, Common (Kurrichane)

Buzzard, Common (Steppe )

Buzzard, Forest

Buzzard, Jackal

Camaroptera, Green-backed

Canary, Brimstone

Canary, Cape

Canary, Forest

Canary, Yellow-fronted

Chat, Familiar

Chat, Mocking Cliff

Cisticola, Cloud

Cisticola, Croaking

Cisticola, Lazy

Cisticola, Levaillant’s

Cisticola, Pale-crowned

Cisticola, Rattling

Cisticola, Red-faced

Cisticola, Rufous-winged

Cisticola, Wailing

Cisticola, Wing-snapping

Cisticola, Zitting

Coot, Red-knobbed

Cormorant, Reed

Cormorant, White-breasted

Coucal, Burchell’s

Crake, Black

Crane, Grey Crowned

Crow, Cape

Crow, Pied

Cuckoo, African Emerald

Cuckoo, Black

Cuckoo, Diederik

Cuckoo, Klaas’s

Cuckoo, Red-chested

Cuckooshrike, Black

Cuckooshrike, Grey

Darter, African

Dove, Cape Turtle (Ring-necked)

Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood

Dove, Lemon

Dove, Red-eyed

Dove, Tambourine

Drongo, Fork-tailed

Duck, African Black

Duck, White-backed

Duck, White-faced Whistling

Duck, Yellow-billed

Eagle, African Fish

Eagle, Crowned

Eagle, Long-crested

Eagle, Martial

Eagle, Wahlberg’s

Egret, Western Cattle

Falcon, Lanner

Falcon, Peregrine

Firefinch, African

Firefinch, Red-billed

Fiscal, Southern (Common)

Flufftail, Buff-spotted

Flufftail, Red-chested

Flycatcher, African Dusky

Flycatcher, African Paradise

Flycatcher, Blue-mantled Crested

Flycatcher, Fiscal

Flycatcher, Southern Black

Francolin, Coqui

Francolin, Shelley’s

Goose, Egyptian

Goose, Spur-winged

Goshawk, African

Grassbird, Cape

Grebe, Little

Greenbul, Sombre

Guineafowl, Helmeted

Hamerkop

Harrier, African Marsh

Hawk, African Cuckoo

Hawk, African Harrier-

Heron, Black-crowned Night

Heron, Black-headed

Heron, Grey

Heron, Purple

Honeyguide, Greater

Honeyguide, Lesser

Honeyguide, Scaly-throated

Hoopoe, African

Hornbill, Crowned

Hornbill, Southern Ground-

Hornbill, Trumpeter

Ibis, Hadeda (Hadada)

Jacana, African

Kestrel, Rock

Kingfisher, African Pygmy

Kingfisher, Brown-hooded

Kingfisher, Giant

Kingfisher, Malachite

Kingfisher, Pied

Kite, Yellow-billed

Lapwing, African Wattled

Lapwing, Black-winged

Lapwing, Blacksmith

Lapwing, Crowned

Lark, Eastern Long-billed

Lark, Red-capped

Lark, Rufous-naped

Longclaw, Cape

Longclaw, Yellow-throated

Mannikin, Bronze

Martin, Banded

Martin, Brown-throated

Martin, Western House

Martin, Rock

Martin, Sand

Moorhen, Common

Mousebird, Speckled

Neddicky

Nightjar, Fiery-necked

Oriole, Black-headed

Owl, African Grass

Owl, African Wood

Owl, Spotted Eagle-

Owl, Western Barn

Oxpecker, Red-billed

Petronia, Yellow-throated

Pigeon, African Green

Pigeon, African Olive

Pigeon, Speckled

Pipit, African

Pipit, Buffy

Pipit, Plain-backed

Pipit, Short-tailed

Pipit, Striped

Plover, Three-banded

Prinia, Drakensberg

Prinia, Tawny-flanked

Puffback, Black-backed

Quail, Common

Quelea, Red-billed

Raven, White-necked

Robin-chat, Cape

Robin-chat, Red-capped

Robin, Brown Scrub

Robin, White-browed Scrub

Robin, White-starred

Roller, European

Saw-wing, Black

Shelduck, South African

Shrike, Red-backed

Sparrow, Cape

Sparrow, House

Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed

Sparrowhawk, Black

Spoonbill, African

Spurfowl, Natal

Spurfowl, Red-necked

Spurfowl, Swainson’s

Starling, Cape (Glossy)

Starling, Common

Starling, Red-winged

Starling, Violet-backed

Stonechat, African

Stork, White

Stork, Woolly-necked African

Sunbird, Amethyst

Sunbird, Collared

Sunbird, Greater Double-collared

Sunbird, Malachite

Sunbird, Olive

Sunbird, Southern Double-collared

Sunbird, White-bellied

Swallow, Barn

Swallow, Greater Striped

Swallow, Lesser Striped

Swallow, White-throated

Swallow, Wire-tailed

Swift, African Black

Swift, African Palm

Swift, Alpine

Swift, Common

Swift, Horus

Swift, Little

Swift, White-rumped

Tchagra, Black-crowned

Tchagra, Southern

Thrush, Cape Rock

Thrush, Kurrichane

Thrush, Olive

Tinkerbird, Red-fronted

Tit, Southern Black

Trogon, Narina

Turaco, Knysna

Turaco, Purple-crested

Twinspot, Green

Wagtail, African Pied

Wagtail, Cape

Warbler, African Reed

Warbler, Barratt’s

Warbler, Broad-tailed (Fan-tailed Grassbird)

Warbler, Dark-capped (African) Yellow

Warbler, Garden

Warbler, Great Reed

Warbler, Icterine

Warbler, Lesser Swamp

Warbler, Little Rush

Warbler, Marsh

Warbler, Sedge

Warbler, Willow

Warbler, Yellow-throated Woodland

Waxbill, Common

Weaver, Dark-backed

Weaver, Southern Masked

Weaver, Spectacled

Weaver, Thick-billed

Weaver, Village

White-eye, Cape

Whydah, Pin-tailed

Widowbird, Fan-tailed

Widowbird, Long-tailed

Widowbird, Red-collared

Widowbird, White-winged

Wood-hoopoe, Green

Woodpecker, Cardinal

Woodpecker, Golden-tailed

Woodpecker, Olive

Wryneck, Red-throated

Cabin:

While sitting patiently in the bird hide, going about your activities around the cabin or even relaxing in the bath tub you may encounter some frequent visitors like the White-starred Robin, Lemon Dove, Forest Canary, Southern Boubou, Willow Warbler a number of Sunbirds and Cape White-eyes as they pass by foraging for food or having a bath in the birdbath close by.

Forest Walks:

The Tchagra Trail & Flufftail Lane forest paths propose the opportunity to stumble across some more inconspicuous species such as the Black Cuckooshrike, Red-chested Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, Terrestrial Brownbul, Red-capped Robin Chat, Southern Tchagra, Bar-throated Apalis, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher or even a shy Buff-spotted Flufftail.

Macadamia Orchards:

While meandering through the macadamia orchards, look out for Red-backed Shrike, Dark-capped Yellow Warbler, Jackal Buzzard, Red-collared Widowbird, Forest Buzzard, African Firefinch, Cape Grassbird and the many Cisticolas.

Valley Hike:

A hike into the valley on the Thula Trail may produce Knysna Turaco, Lanner Falcon, Cape Rock Thrush, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Lesser Honeyguide, Striped Pipit, and Drakensberg Prinia.

Farm Dam:

A visit to the farm dam could see African Black Duck, White-backed Duck, African Jacana, Grey Crowned Crane, Purple Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Giant Kingfisher, African Fish Eagle or Black Crake.