Birds of the Bronberg Conservancy
To date, 192 species have been positively identified. Names in the table below have been updated according to Sasol eBirds. Alternative or older common names are given in brackets. Numbers in the table are according to the Seventh Edition of Roberts Birds of South Africa (2005).
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| Roberts Number | English Name | Afrikaans Name | Sotho/Zulu Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Reed Cormorant | Rietduiker | iPhishamanzi, uLondo | Phalacrocorax africanus | |
| 60 |
African Darter |
Slanghalsvoël |
iVuzi |
Anhinga rufa |
|
| 62 |
Grey heron |
Bloureier |
- |
Ardea cinerea |
|
| 63 | Blackheaded Heron | Swartkopreier | uNokilonki | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 64 |
Goliath Heron |
Reuse-reier |
uNozalizingwenyana |
Ardea
goliath |
|
| 71 | Western Cattle Egret | Veereier (Bosluisvoël) | umTho, inGevu, iLanda, umLinda-nkomo | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 81 | Hamerkop | Hamerkop | uThekwane | Scopus umbretta | |
| 83 | White stork | Witooievaar | UNogolantethe, uNowanga | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 85 | Abdim’s stork (Whitebellied stork) | Kleinswaart-ooievaar | Mokoroane, Lekololoane (Sotho) | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 91 | Sacred ibis | Skoorsteenveër | umXwagele | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 93 |
Glossy
ibis |
Glansibis |
- |
Plegadis falcinellus |
|
| 94 | Hadeda ibis | Hadeda | iNkankane | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 95 |
African
Spoonbill |
Lepelaar |
isiXulamasele |
Platalea alba |
|
| 99 | Whitefaced Whistling Duck | Nonnetjie-eend | iVevenyane | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| 102 | Egyptian Goose | Kolgans | iLongwe | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 103 |
South African Shelduck |
Kopereend |
Lefaloa (Sotho) |
Tadorna cana |
|
| 104 |
Yellowbilled
Duck |
Geelbekeend |
iDada |
Anas
undulata |
|
| 105 |
African Black Duck |
Swarteend |
iDada |
Anas sparsa |
|
| 118 |
Secretary Bird |
Sekretarisvoël |
iNtungunono | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
| 126 |
Yellowbilled Kite |
Geelbekvou |
uNhloyile |
Milvus parasitus |
|
| 127 | Black-shouldered Kite | Blouvalk | uKholo | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 131 |
Black Eagle (Verreaux's Eagle) |
Witkruisarend |
uKhozi |
Aquila verreauxii |
|
| 139 |
Longcrested
Eagle |
Langkuifarend |
isiPhungu-mangathi |
Lophaetus
occipitalis |
|
| 142 |
Brown Snake Eagle |
Bruinslangarend |
- |
Circaetus cinereus |
|
| 143 |
Black-chested
Snake Eagle |
Swartborsslangarend |
uKhozi | Circaetus
pectoralis |
|
| 148 |
African Fish Eagle |
Visarend |
iNkwazi |
Haliaeetus
vocifer |
|
| 149 | Steppe Buzzard | Bruinjakkalsvoël | Khajoane (Sotho) inKhozi | Buteo vulpinus | |
| 154 |
Lizard Buzzard |
Akkedisvalk |
uKlebe |
Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
|
| 156 |
Ovambo Sparrowhawk |
Ovambosperwer |
- |
Accipiter ovampensis |
|
| 157 |
Little Sparrowhawk |
Kleinsperwer |
uMqwayini |
Accipiter minullus | |
| 158 |
Black
Sparrowhawk |
Swartsperwer |
- |
Accipiter
melanoleucus |
|
| 170 |
Western Osprey |
Visvalk |
- |
Pendion haliaetus |
|
| 171 |
Peregrine
Falcon |
Swerfvalk |
uHeshe |
Falco peregrinus |
|
| 180 | Amur Falcon (Eastern Redfooted Kestrel) | Oostelike Rooipootvalk | Kavakavana (Tswana) | Falco amurensis | |
| 188 | Coqui Francolin | Swempie | iNswempe | Peliperdix coqui | |
| 191 |
Shelley's Francolin |
Laeveldpatrys |
iNtendele |
Scleroptila shelleyi |
|
| 199 | Swainson’s Spurfowl (Francolin) | Bosveldfisant | iNkwale | Pternistis swainsonii | |
| 200 |
Common Quail |
Afrikanse Kwartel |
isiGwaca |
Coturnix coturnix |
|
| 203 | Helmeted Guinea Fowl | Gewone Tarentaal | iMpangele | Numida meleagris | |
| 228 | Redknobbed Coot | Bleshoender | Mohetle (Sotho) | Fulica cristata | |
| 238 |
Blackbellied Bustard (Korhaan) |
Langbeenkorhaan | - |
Lissotis melanogaster | |
| 249 | Threebanded Plover | Driebandstrand-kiewiet | Xitsekutseku (Tswana) | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 255 | Crowned Lapwing (Plover) | Kroonkiewiet | Mororwane (Sotho), uSorwki | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 258 | Blacksmith Lapwing (Plover) | Bontkiewiet | iNdudumelea | Vanellus armatus | |
| 260 |
African Wattled Lapwing (Plover) |
Lelkiewiet | - |
Vanellus senegallus | |
| 297 | Spotted Thick-knee (Dikkop) | Dikkop | UmBangaqhwa, umJenjana | Burhinus capensis | |
| 315 |
Greyheaded Gull |
Gryskopmeeu |
- |
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
|
| 349 | Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) | Kransduif | iJuba, iVukuthu | Columba livia | |
| 350 |
African Olive (Rameron) Pigeon |
Geelbekbosduif |
iVukuthu-lehlathi |
Columba
arquatrix |
|
| 352 |
Red-eyed Dove |
Grootringduif |
iHophe |
Streptopelia
semitorquata |
|
| 354 | Cape Turtle Dove | Gewone Tortelduif | iHophe, uSamdokwe | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 355 | Laughing Dove | Rooiborsduifie | uKhonzane | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| 356 |
Namaqua
Dove |
Namakwaduifie |
Unkombose,
isiKhombazane-senkangala |
Oena capensis |
|
| 373 | Grey Go-away-bird (Grey Lourie) | Kwêvoël | umKlewu | Corythaixoides concolor | |
| 377 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Piet-my-vrou | uPhezukomkhono | Cuculus solitarius | |
| 378 | Black Cuckoo | Swartkoekoek | iNdodosibona | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 381 |
Levaillant's (Striped)
Cuckoo |
Gestreepte
Nuwejaarsvoël |
- |
Oxylophus levaillantii |
|
| 386 | Dideric (Diederik) Cuckoo | Diederikkie | uNononekhanda | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| 391 | Burchell’s Coucal | Gewone Vleeiloerie | uFukwe, umGugwane | Centropus burchellii | |
| 392 | Barn Owl | Nonnetjie-uil | isiKhova, umZwelele | Tyto alba | |
| 393 |
Grass Owl |
Grasuil |
- |
Tyto capensis | |
| 395 |
Marsh Owl |
Vlei-uil |
iNkovane,
umShwelele |
Asio capensis |
|
| 401 | Spotted Eagle Owl | Gevlekte Ooruil | isiKhovampondo | Bubo africanus | |
| 402 |
Verraux's (Giant) Eagle Owl |
Reuse Ooruil |
isiKhova,
iFubesi |
Bubo lacteus |
|
| 405 |
Fierynecked Nightjar |
Afrikaanse Naguil |
Uzavolo, uMawewe |
Caprimulgus pectoralis |
|
| 408 | Freckled Nightjar | Donkernaguil | - | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
| 415 |
White-rumped Swift |
Witkruiswindswael |
- |
Apus caffer |
|
| 417 |
Little Swift |
Kleinwindswael |
- |
Apus affinis |
|
| 421 |
African Palm Swift |
Palmwindswael |
- |
Cypsiurus parvus |
|
| 424 | Speckled Mousebird | Gevlekte Muisvoël | iNdlazi | Colius striatus | |
| 426 | Redfaced Mousebird | Rooiwangmuisvoël | umTshivovo, umJombo | Urocolius indicus | |
| 429 | Giant Kingfisher | Reuse Visvanger | isiVuba | Megaceryle maxima | |
| 431 | Malachite Kingfisher | Kuifkopvisvanger | iNhlunuyamanzi, uZangozolo, isiKhilothi | Alcedo cristata | |
| 435 | Brownhooded Kingfisher | Bruinkopvisvanger | iNdwazela, uNongozolo, uNongobotsha | Halcyon albiventris | |
| 437 |
Striped
Kingfisher |
Gestreepte
visvanger |
- |
Halcyon
chelicuti |
|
| 438 |
European (Eurasian) Bee-eater |
Europese byvreter |
Morôkapula |
Merops apiaster |
|
| 443 | Whitefronted Bee-eater | Rooikeelbyvreter | iNkotha | Merops bullockoides | |
| 444 | Little Bee-eater | Kleinbyvreter | iNkotha | Merops pusillus | |
| 447 | Lilacbreasted Roller | Gewone Troupant | iFefe | Coracias caudatus | |
| 449 | Purple Roller | Groottroupant | Letleretlere, Letlhakela (Tswane) | Coracias naevius | |
| 451 | African Hoopoe | Hoephoep | uZiningweni, umZolozolo | Upupa africana | |
| 452 | Green (Red Billed) Wood Hoopoe | Rooibek kakelaar | iNhlekabafazi, uNukani | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| 457 | African Grey Hornbill | Grysneus-horingvoël | - | Tockus nasutus | |
| 459 |
Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill |
Suidelike Geelbekneus-horingvoël |
- |
Tockus leucomelas |
|
| 464 | Black Collared Barbet | Rooikop-houtkapper | isiKhulukhulu, isiQonqotho | Lybius torquatus | |
| 470 | Yellowfronted Tinkerbird (Tinker Barbet) | Geelblestinker | - | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| 473 | Crested Barbet | Kuifkop-houtkapper | iMvunduna | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
| 474 | Greater Honeyguide | Grootheuning-wyser | iNgedi, iNhlavebizelayo | Indicator indicator | |
| 476 |
Lesser
Honeyguide |
Kleinheuning-wyser |
iNhlava |
Indicator minor |
|
| 478 |
Brownbacked Honeybird (Sharpbilled Honeyguide) |
Skerpbekheuningvoël |
- |
Prodotiscus regulus |
|
| 486 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Kardinaalspeg | iNqondaqonda | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 489 |
Redthroated
Wryneck |
Draaihals |
- |
Jynx ruficollis |
|
| 494 | Rufousnaped Lark | Rooineklewerik | uNongqwashi, uNgqangendlela | Mirafra africana | |
| 495 |
Eastern Clapper Lark |
Hoeveld klappertjie |
- |
Mirafra fasciolata | |
| 518 | Barn (European) Swallow | Europese Swael | iNkonjane | Hirundo rustica | |
| 520 | Whitethroated Swallow | Witkeelswael | iNkonjane | Hirundo albigularis | |
| 523 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Pêrelborsswael | iNkonjane | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| 524 | Red-breasted Swallow | Rooiborsswael | - | Hirundo semirufa | |
| 526 | Greater Striped Swallow | Grootstreepswael | iNkonjane | Cecropis cucullata | |
| 527 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Kleinstreepswael | iNkonjane | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 530 |
Common House Martin |
Huisswael |
- |
Delichon urbicum |
|
| 532 |
Sand Martin |
Europese Oewerswael |
- |
Riparia riparia |
|
| 534 | Banded Martin | Gebande Oewerswael | Lekabelane (Sotho) | Riparia cincta | |
| 538 |
Black Cuckooshrike |
Swartkatakoeroe |
iNhlangu |
Campephaga flava |
|
| 541 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Mikstertbyvanger | iNtengu | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| 545 | Blackheaded Oriole | Swartkop-wielewaal | umQoqongo, umBhicongo | Oriolus larvatus | |
| 548 | Pied Crow | Witborskraai | iGwababa, uGwabayi | Corvus albus | |
| 550 |
White-necked Raven |
Withalskraai |
- |
Corvus albicollis | |
| 560 | Arrowmarked Babbler | Pylvlekkatlagter | iHlekehle | Turdoides jardineii | |
| 568 | Dark-capped (Black-eyed) Bulbul | Swartoogtiptol | iPhothwe, iPogota | Pycnonotus tricolor |
|
| 576 | Kurrichane thrush | Rooibeklyster | umuNswi | Turdus libonyanus | |
| 577 | Olive thrush | Olyflyster | umuNswi | Turdus olivaceus | |
| 580 | Groundscraper Thrush | Geflektelyster | - | Psophocichla litsitsirupa | |
| 586 | Mountain
Wheatear (Mountain Chat) |
Bergwagter | Letsoanafike, Letsoana-tsoana, Khaloli (Sotho) | Oenanthe monticola | |
| 589 | Familiar Chat | Gewone Spekvreter | umBexe | Cercomela familiaris | |
| 593 | Mocking Cliff Chat | Dassievoël | iQumutsha-lamawa | Thamnolaea cinnamomei-ventris | |
| 596 |
African Stonechat |
Gewone Bontrokkie |
isiChegu |
Saxicola
torquata |
|
| 601 | Cape
Robin-Chat (Cape Robin) |
Gewone Janfrederik | umBhekle, uGaga | Cossypha caffra | |
| 602 |
Whitethroated
Robin-Chat |
Witkeeljanfrederik |
- |
Cossypha humeralis |
|
| 610 |
Boulder chat |
Swartberglyster |
- |
Pinarornis plumosus | |
| 643 | Willow warbler | Hofsanger | - | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 645 | Bar-Throated Apalis | Bandkeel-kleinjantjie | uMabhelwane | Apalis thoracica | |
| 651 | Longbilled Crombec | Bosveldstompstert | iNdibilitshe | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| 653 | Yellowbellied Eremomela | Geelbensbossanger | - | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 661 |
Cape Grassbird |
uVuze |
uVuze |
Sphenoeacus afer |
|
| 664 | Zitting (Fantailed) Cisticola | Landery-klopkloppie | uNcede | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 677 |
Levaillant's Cisticola |
Vleitinktinkie |
Motintinyane (Sotho) |
Cisticola tinniens |
|
| 679 | Lazy Cisticola | Luitinktinkie | uNgcede | Cisticola aberrans | |
| 681 | Neddicky | Neddikkie | iNcede, uQoyi | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| 685 | Black-chested Prinia | Swartband-langstertjie | Motintinyane (Sotho) | Prinia flavicans | |
| 689 | Spotted Flycatcher | Europese Vlieëvanger | - | Muscicapa striata | |
| 693 | Grey Tit-flycatcher (Fantailed flycatcher) | Waaierstertvlieëvanger | - | Myoparus plumbeus | |
| 698 | Fiscal Flycatcher | Fiskaalvlieëvanger | - | Sigelus silens | |
| 701 | Chin Spot Batis | Witliesbos-bontrokkie | umNqube | Batis molitor | |
| 706 | Fairy Flycatcher | Feevlieëvanger | - | Stenostira scita | |
| 710 | African Paradise Flycatcher | Paradys-vlieëvanger | uVe, iNzwece | Terpsiphone viridis | |
| 713 | Cape Wagtail | Gewone Kwikkie | Moletasaka, umVenve, umCishu | Motacilla capensis | |
| 716 | African (Grassveld) pipit | Gewone Koester | umNgcelu, umNgcelekeshu | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 717 | Longbilled pipit | Nicholsonse Koester | umNgcelu, umNgcelekeshu | Anthus similis | |
| 720 | Striped pipit | Gestreepte Koester | - | Anthus lineiventris | |
| 727 |
Cape (Orangethroated)
Longclaw |
Oranjekeel-kalkoentjie |
iNqomfi |
Macronyx capensis |
|
| 732 | Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike) | Fiskaallaksman | iQola, iLunga | Lanius collaris | |
| 733 |
Redbacked Shrike |
Rooiruglaksman |
- |
Lanius collurio |
|
| 736 | Southern Boubou | Suidelike Waterfiskaal | iBhoboni, iGqumusha | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| 739 | Crimson-breasted shrike (Crimson Boubou) |
Rooiborslaksman | - | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| 740 | Black-backed Puffback | Sneeubal | iBhoboni | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 741 |
Brubru |
Bontroklaksman |
- |
Nilaus afer |
|
| 743 |
Brown-crowned (Threestreaked)
Tchagra |
Rooivlerktjagra (Driestreeptjagra) |
- |
Tchagra
australis |
|
| 744 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Swartkroontjagra | umNguphane | Tchagra senegala | |
| 746 | Bokmakierie | Bokmakierie | iNkovu | Telophorus zeylonus | |
| 751 | Greyheaded Bush Shrike | Spookvoël | uHlaza | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| 753 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Withelmlaksman | iPhemvu, uThimbakazane | Prionops plumatus | |
| 758 | Common (Indian) Myna | Indiese Spreeu | - | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 760 | Wattled Starling | Lelspreeu | iMpofazana | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 761 | Violet-backed (Plumcoloured) Starling | Witborsspreeu | - | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 764 | Cape Glossy Starling | Kleinglansspreeu | iKhwinsi, iKhwezi | Lamprotornis nitens | |
| 769 |
Redwinged
Starling |
Rooivlerkspreeu |
iNsomi, iSomi |
Onychognathus morio |
|
| 775 | Malachite Sunbird | Jangroentjie | iNcwincwi, iNcuncu, uHlazazana | Nectarinia famosa | |
| 785 | Greater Double-collared Sunbird | Groot-rooiband suikerbekkie | iNcwincwi, iNcuncu | Cinnyris afer |
|
| 787 | Whitebellied Sunbird | Witpens-suikerbekkie | - | Cinnyris talatala | |
| 792 | Amethyst Sunbird (Black Sunbird) | Swartsuikerbekkie | uThwiti | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| 796 | Cape White-eye | Kaapse Glasogie | uMehlwane, umBicini | Zosterops capensis | |
| 799 |
Whitebrowed Sparrowweaver |
Koringvoël |
- |
Plocepasser mahali |
|
| 801 | House sparrow | Huismossie | Serobele (Sotho) | Passer domesticus | |
| 803 | Cape Sparrow | Gewone Mossie | uNdlunkulu, uPhenyane | Passer melanurus | |
| 804 | Southern Greyheaded Sparrow | Gryskopmossie | Serobele (Sotho) | Passer diffusus | |
| 807 | Thickbilled Weaver | Dikbekwewer | - | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
| 811 |
Village Weaver (Spottedbacked Weaver) |
Bontrugwewer |
- |
Ploceus cucullatus |
|
| 813 | Cape Weaver | Kaapse Wewer | uTwentwe | Ploceus capensis | |
| 814 | Southern Masked Weaver | Swartkeelgeelvink | iHlokohloko | Ploceus velatus | |
| 819 | Redheaded Weaver | Rooikopwewer | Sowa (Tsonga) | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 821 | Redbilled Quelea | Rookbekkwelea | Lerwerwe, Thaha (Sotho) | Quelea quelea | |
| 824 | Southern Red Bishop | Rooivink | iBomvana, isiGwe, inTakansinsi | Euplectes orix | |
| 829 | Whitewinged Widowbird | Witvlerkflap | iNtakansinsi | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| 831 | Red-collared Widowbird | Rooikeelflap | iNtaka | Euplectes ardens | |
| 842 | Redbilled Firefinch | Rooibekvuurvinkie | - | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| 844 |
Blue Waxbill |
Gewone Blousysie |
- |
Uraeginthus angolensis |
|
| 845 |
Violeteared Waxbill |
Koningblousysie |
- |
Granatina granatina |
|
| 846 | Common Waxbill | Rooibeksysie | iNtiyane | Estrilda astrild | |
| 847 | Blackfaced (Blackcheeked) Waxbill | Swartwangsysie | - | Estrilda erythonotos | |
| 852 |
African Quail- Finch |
Gewone Kwartelvinkie |
iNxenge, uNonklwe |
Ortygospiza fuscocrissa |
|
| 855 | Cut-throat Finch | Bandkeelvink | - | Amadina fasciata | |
| 856 | Redheaded Finch | Rooikopvink | Jeremane (Sotho) | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| 857 | Bronze Mannikin | Gewone Fret | - | Spermestes cucullatus | |
| 860 | Pintailed Whydah | Koningrooibekkie | uHlekwane | Vidua macroura | |
| 862 |
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah |
Gewone
Paradysvink |
uJojokhaya |
Vidua
paradisaea |
|
| 867 |
Village Indigobird (Steelblue Widowfinch) |
Staalblouvinkie |
- |
Vidua chalybeata |
|
| 869 | Yellow fronted (Yellow eyed) Canary | Geeloogkanarie | umBhalane | Crithagra mozambica | |
| 870 | Blackthroated Canary | Bergkanarie | Tšoere (Sotho), Litwantwe | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| 881 | Streakyheaded Seedeater (Canary) | Streepkopkanarie | umBhakabe, umDendeliswe | Crithagra gularis | |
| 885 | Cape Bunting | Rooivlerk-streepkoppie | umNdweza | Emberiza capensis | |
| 886 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Rock Bunting) | Klipstreepkoppie | umDinasibula | Emberiza tahapisi |
