Local birds

The following is a list of some of the bird species seen in and around Misty Cliffs.

Drawings by Peter Hayman and Norman Arlott.
Copyright bird images © Struik Publishers and Norman Arlott

Whitebreasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea	Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Blackcrowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Hammerkop Scopus umbretta	Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus	Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer	Black Eagle Aquila verreauxii
Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus	Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo
Blackshouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus	Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Rock Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Cape Francolin Francolinus capensis
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida melegris	African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	Whitefronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus	Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus	Hartlaub's Gull Larus hartlaubii
Rock Pigeon Columba guinea	Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis	Blackcheeked Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis (aviary escapee)
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas	Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchelli
Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus	Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
Whitenecked Raven Corvus albicollis	Pied Crow Corvus albus
Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis	Cape Robin Cossypha caffra
African Sedge Warbler Bradypterus baboecala	Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
Spotted Prinia Prinis maculosa	Cape White-eye Zosterops pallidus
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis	Fiscal Shrike Lanius collaris
Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus	Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
Redwinged Starling Onychognathus morio	European Starling Sturnus valgaris (introduced species)
Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer	Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
Orangebreasted Sunbird Nectarinia violacea	Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird Nectarinia chalybea
House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
Yellowrumped Widdow Euplectes capensis	Pintailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	Bully Canary Serinus sulphuratus
Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis