Karoo National Park

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Acacia pied barbet

Tricholaema leucomelas

Roberts Number: 465

African black duck

Anas sparsa

Roberts Number: 105

African black swift

Apus barbatus

Roberts Number: 412

African darter

Anhinga rufa

Roberts Number: 60

African firefinch

Lagonosticta rubricata

Roberts Number: 840

African fish eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

Roberts Number: 148

African harrier-hawk

Polyboroides typus

Roberts Number: 169

African hoopoe

Upupa africana

Roberts Number: 451

African paradise flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Roberts Number: 710

10.

African pipit

Anthus cinnamomeus

Roberts Number: 716

11.

African rail

Rallus caerulescens

Roberts Number: 210

12.

African red-eyed bulbul

Pycnonotus nigricans

Roberts Number: 567

13.

African reed warbler

Acrocephalus baeticatus

Roberts Number: 631

14.

African rock pipit

Anthus crenatus

Roberts Number: 721

15.

African sacred ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Roberts Number: 91

16.

African snipe

Gallinago nigripennis

Roberts Number: 286

17.

African spoonbill

Platalea alba

Roberts Number: 95

18.

African stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Roberts Number: 596

19.

Alpine swift

Tachymarptis melba

Roberts Number: 418

20.

Amur falcon

Falco amurensis

Roberts Number: 180

21.

Ant-eating chat

Myrmecocichla formicivora

Roberts Number: 595

22.

Banded martin

Riparia cincta

Roberts Number: 534

23.

Bar-throated apalis

Apalis thoracica

Roberts Number: 645

24.

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Roberts Number: 518

25.

Bateleur

Terathopius ecaudatus

Roberts Number: 146

26.

Black-chested snake eagle

Circaetus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 143

27.

Black crake

Zapornia flavirostra

Roberts Number: 213

28.

Black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Roberts Number: 76

29.

Black-eared sparrow-lark

Eremopterix australis

Roberts Number: 517

30.

Black harrier

Circus maurus

Roberts Number: 168

31.

Black-headed canary

Serinus alario

Roberts Number: 876

32.

Black-headed heron

Ardea melanocephala

Roberts Number: 63

33.

Black kite

Milvus migrans

Roberts Number: 126

34.

Black-necked grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

Roberts Number: 7

35.

Black sparrowhawk

Accipiter melanoleucus

Roberts Number: 158

36.

Black stork

Ciconia nigra

Roberts Number: 84

37.

Black-throated canary

Crithagra atrogularis

Roberts Number: 870

38.

Black-winged kite

Elanus caeruleus

Roberts Number: 127

39.

Black-winged stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Roberts Number: 295

40.

Blacksmith lapwing

Vanellus armatus

Roberts Number: 258

41.

Blue crane

Anthropoides paradiseus

Roberts Number: 208

42.

Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus

Roberts Number: 746

43.

Booted eagle

Aquila pennatus

Roberts Number: 136

44.

Brown-hooded kingfisher

Halcyon albiventris

Roberts Number: 435

45.

Brown-throated martin

Riparia paludicola

Roberts Number: 533

46.

Buffy pipit

Anthus vaalensis

Roberts Number: 719

47.

Burchell’s courser

Cursorius rufus

Roberts Number: 299

48.

Cape bunting

Emberiza capensis

Roberts Number: 885

49.

Cape canary

Serinus canicollis

Roberts Number: 872

50.

Cape clapper lark

Mirafra apiata

Roberts Number: 495

51.

Cape crow

Corvus capensis

Roberts Number: 547

52.

Cape eagle-owl

Bubo capensis

Roberts Number: 400

53.

Cape longclaw

Macronyx capensis

Roberts Number: 727

54.

Cape penduline tit

Anthoscopus minutus

Roberts Number: 557

55.

Cape robin-chat

Cossypha caffra

Roberts Number: 601

56.

Cape rock thrush

Monticola rupestris

Roberts Number: 581

57.

Cape shoveler

Anas smithii

Roberts Number: 112

58.

Cape sparrow

Passer melanurus

Roberts Number: 803

59.

Cape spurfowl

Pternistis capensis

Roberts Number: 195

60.

Cape teal

Anas capensis

Roberts Number: 106

61.

Cape vulture

Gyps coprotheres

Roberts Number: 122

62.

Cape wagtail

Motacilla capensis

Roberts Number: 713

63.

Cape weaver

Ploceus capensis

Roberts Number: 813

64.

Cape white-eye

Zosterops virens

Roberts Number: 796

65.

Capped wheatear

Oenanthe pileata

Roberts Number: 587

66.

Cardinal woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

Roberts Number: 486

67.

Cattle egret

Ardea ibis

Roberts Number: 71

68.

Chat flycatcher

Bradornis infuscatus

Roberts Number: 697

69.

Chestnut-vented warbler

Curruca subcoerulea

Roberts Number: 621

70.

Cinnamon-breasted bunting

Emberiza tahapisi

Roberts Number: 886

71.

Cinnamon-breasted warbler

Euryptila subcinnamomea

Roberts Number: 660

72.

Common greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Roberts Number: 270

73.

Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Roberts Number: 226

74.

Common ostrich

Struthio camelus

Roberts Number: 1

75.

Common quail

Coturnix coturnix

Roberts Number: 200

76.

Common ringed plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Roberts Number: 245

77.

Common sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Roberts Number: 264

78.

Common starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Roberts Number: 757

79.

Common swift

Apus apus

Roberts Number: 411

80.

Common waxbill

Estrilda astrild

Roberts Number: 846

81.

Crowned hornbill

Tockus alboterminatus

Roberts Number: 460

82.

Crowned lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

Roberts Number: 255

83.

Curlew sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Roberts Number: 272

84.

Denham’s bustard

Neotis denhami

Roberts Number: 231

85.

Desert cisticola

Cisticola aridulus

Roberts Number: 665

86.

Diederik cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Roberts Number: 386

87.

Double-banded courser

Rhinoptilus africanus

Roberts Number: 301

88.

Dusky sunbird

Cinnyris fuscus

Roberts Number: 788

89.

Eastern clapper lark

Mirafra fasciolata

Roberts Number: 495

90.

Egyptian goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Roberts Number: 102

91.

Eurasian golden oriole

Oriolus oriolus

Roberts Number: 543

92.

European bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Roberts Number: 438

93.

European nightjar

Caprimulgus europaeus

Roberts Number: 404

94.

European roller

Coracias caudatus

Roberts Number: 446

95.

Fairy flycatcher

Stenostira scita

Roberts Number: 706

96.

Familiar chat

Cercomela familiaris

Roberts Number: 589

97.

Fiery-necked nightjar

Caprimulgus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 405

98.

Fiscal flycatcher

Sigelus silens

Roberts Number: 698

99.

Fork-tailed drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Roberts Number: 541

100.

Freckled nightjar

Caprimulgus tristigma

Roberts Number: 408

101.

Gabar goshawk

Melierax gabar

Roberts Number: 161

102.

Giant kingfisher

Megaceryle maximus

Roberts Number: 429

103.

Glossy ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Roberts Number: 93

104.

Great crested grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Roberts Number: 6

105.

Greater flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Roberts Number: 96

106.

Greater honeyguide

Indicator indicator

Roberts Number: 474

107.

Greater kestrel

Falco rupicoloides

Roberts Number: 182

108.

Greater striped swallow

Hirundo cucullata

Roberts Number: 526

109.

Grey-backed cisticola

Cisticola subruficapilla

Roberts Number: 655

110.

Grey-backed sparrow-lark

Eremopterix verticalis

Roberts Number: 516

111.

Grey-headed gull

Larus cirrocephalus

Roberts Number: 315

112.

Grey heron

Ardea cinerea

Roberts Number: 62

113.

Grey tit

Parus afer

Roberts Number: 551

114.

Grey-winged francolin

Scleroptila africanus

Roberts Number: 190

115.

Ground woodpecker

Geocolaptes olivaceus

Roberts Number: 480

116.

Hadeda ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Roberts Number: 94

117.

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

Roberts Number: 81

118.

Helmeted guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Roberts Number: 203

119.

Horus swift

Apus horus

Roberts Number: 416

120.

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Roberts Number: 801

121.

Jackal buzzard

Buteo rufofuscus

Roberts Number: 152

122.

Jacobin cuckoo

Clamator jacobinus

Roberts Number: 382

123.

Karoo chat

Cercomela schlegelii

Roberts Number: 592

124.

Karoo eremomela

Eremomela gregalis

Roberts Number: 654

125.

Karoo korhaan

Eupodotis vigorsii

Roberts Number: 235

126.

Karoo lark

Calendulauda albescens

Roberts Number: 502

127.

Karoo long-billed lark

Certhilauda semitorquata

Roberts Number: 500

128.

Karoo prinia

Prinia maculosa

Roberts Number: 686

129.

Karoo scrub robin

Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Roberts Number: 614

130.

Karoo thrush

Turdus smithi

Roberts Number: 577

131.

Kittlitz’s plover

Charadrius pecuarius

Roberts Number: 248

132.

Kori bustard

Ardeotis kori

Roberts Number: 230

133.

Lanner falcon

Falco biarmicus

Roberts Number: 172

134.

Large-billed lark

Galerida magnirostris

Roberts Number: 512

135.

Lark-like bunting

Emberiza impetuani

Roberts Number: 887

136.

Laughing dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

Roberts Number: 355

137.

Layard’s tit-babbler

Parisoma layardi

Roberts Number: 622

138.

Lesser flamingo

Phoenicopterus minor

Roberts Number: 97

139.

Lesser grey shrike

Lanius minor

Roberts Number: 731

140.

Lesser honeyguide

Indicator minor

Roberts Number: 476

141.

Lesser kestrel

Falco naumanni

Roberts Number: 183

142.

Lesser swamp warbler

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Roberts Number: 635

143.

Levaillant’s cisticola

Cisticola tinniens

Roberts Number: 677

144.

Little bittern

Ixobrychus minutus

Roberts Number: 78

145.

Little egret

Egretta garzetta

Roberts Number: 67

146.

Little grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Roberts Number: 8

147.

Little rush warbler

Bradypterus baboecala

Roberts Number: 638

148.

Little stint

Calidris minuta

Roberts Number: 274

149.

Little swift

Apus affinis

Roberts Number: 417

150.

Long-billed crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

Roberts Number: 651

151.

Long-billed pipit

Anthus similis

Roberts Number: 717

152.

Ludwig’s bustard

Neotis ludwigii

Roberts Number: 232

153.

Maccoa duck

Oxyura maccoa

Roberts Number: 117

154.

Malachite kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

Roberts Number: 431

155.

Malachite sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

Roberts Number: 775

156.

Marsh sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Roberts Number: 269

157.

Martial eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

Roberts Number: 140

158.

Mountain wheatear

Oenanthe monticola

Roberts Number: 586

159.

Namaqua dove

Oena capensis

Roberts Number: 356

160.

Namaqua sandgrouse

Pterocles namaqua

Roberts Number: 344

161.

Namaqua warbler

Phragmacia substriata

Roberts Number: 687

162.

Orange-breasted sunbird

Anthobaphes violacea

Roberts Number: 777

163.

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Roberts Number: 170

164.

Pale chanting goshawk

Melierax canorus

Roberts Number: 162

165.

Pale-winged starling

Onychognathus nabouroup

Roberts Number: 770

166.

Pearl-breasted swallow

Hirundo dimidiata

Roberts Number: 523

167.

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Roberts Number: 171

168.

Pied avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

Roberts Number: 294

169.

Pied crow

Corvus albus

Roberts Number: 548

170.

Pied kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

Roberts Number: 428

171.

Pied starling

Spreo bicolor

Roberts Number: 759

172.

Pin-tailed whydah

Vidua macroura

Roberts Number: 860

173.

Plain-backed pipit

Anthus leucophrys

Roberts Number: 718

174.

Pririt batis

Batis pririt

Roberts Number: 703

175.

Purple heron

Ardea purpurea

Roberts Number: 65

176.

Red-backed shrike

Lanius collurio

Roberts Number: 733

177.

Red-billed firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

Roberts Number: 842

178.

Red-billed quelea

Quelea quelea

Roberts Number: 821

179.

Red-billed teal

Anas erythrorhyncha

Roberts Number: 108

180.

Red-capped lark

Calandrella cinerea

Roberts Number: 507

181.

Red-eyed dove

Streptopelia semitorquata

Roberts Number: 352

182.

Red-faced mousebird

Urocolius indicus

Roberts Number: 426

183.

Red-headed finch

Amadina erythrocephala

Roberts Number: 856

184.

Red-knobbed coot

Fulica cristata

Roberts Number: 228

185.

Red-winged starling

Onychognathus morio

Roberts Number: 769

186.

Reed cormorant

Phalacrocorax africanus

Roberts Number: 58

187.

Ring-necked dove

Streptopelia capicola

Roberts Number: 354

188.

Rock dove

Columba livia

Roberts Number: 348

189.

Rock kestrel

Falco rupicolus

Roberts Number: 181

190.

Rock martin

Hirundo fuligula

Roberts Number: 529

191.

Ruddy turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Roberts Number: 262

192.

Ruff

Philomachus pugnax

Roberts Number: 284

193.

Rufous-breasted sparrowhawk

Accipiter rufiventris

Roberts Number: 155

194.

Rufous-cheeked nightjar

Caprimulgus rufigena

Roberts Number: 406

195.

Rufous-eared warbler

Malcorus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 688

196.

Sabota lark

Calendulauda sabota

Roberts Number: 498

197.

Saddle-billed stork

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Roberts Number: 88

198.

Sand martin

Riparia riparia

Roberts Number: 532

199.

Scaly-feathered finch

Sporopipes squamifrons

Roberts Number: 806

200.

Sclater’s lark

Spizocorys sclateri

Roberts Number: 510

201.

Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentarius

Roberts Number: 118

202.

Sentinel rock thrush

Monticola explorator

Roberts Number: 582

203.

Short-toed rock thrush

Monticola brevipes

Roberts Number: 583

204.

Sickle-winged chat

Cercomela sinuata

Roberts Number: 591

205.

South African cliff swallow

Hirundo spilodera

Roberts Number: 528

206.

South African shelduck

Tadorna cana

Roberts Number: 103

207.

Southern boubou

Laniarius ferrugineus

Roberts Number: 736

208.

Southern double-collared sunbird

Cinnyris chalybeus

Roberts Number: 783

209.

Southern fiscal

Lanius collaris

Roberts Number: 732

210.

Southern grey-headed sparrow

Passer diffusus

Roberts Number: 804

211.

Southern masked weaver

Ploceus velatus

Roberts Number: 814

212.

Southern pochard

Netta erythrophthalma

Roberts Number: 113

213.

Southern red bishop

Euplectes orix

Roberts Number: 824

214.

Southern tchagra

Tchagra tchagra

Roberts Number: 742

215.

Speckled mousebird

Colius striatus

Roberts Number: 424

216.

Speckled pigeon

Columba guinea

Roberts Number: 349

217.

Spike-heeled lark

Chersomanes albofasciata

Roberts Number: 506

218.

Spotted eagle-owl

Bubo africanus

Roberts Number: 401

219.

Spotted flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Roberts Number: 689

220.

Spotted thick-knee

Burhinus capensis

Roberts Number: 297

221.

Spur-winged goose

Plectropterus gambensis

Roberts Number: 116

222.

Steppe buzzard

Buteo buteo vulpinus

Roberts Number: 149

223.

Streaky-headed seedeater

Crithagra gularis

Roberts Number: 881

224.

Swee waxbill

Coccopygia melanotis

Roberts Number: 850

225.

Three-banded plover

Charadrius tricollaris

Roberts Number: 249

226.

Tractrac chat

Cercomela tractrac

Roberts Number: 590

227.

Verreaux’s eagle

Aquila verreauxii

Roberts Number: 131

228.

Village indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

Roberts Number: 867

229.

Water thick-knee

Burhinus vermiculatus

Roberts Number: 298

230.

Wattled starling

Creatophora cinerea

Roberts Number: 760

231.

Western barn owl

Tyto alba

Roberts Number: 392

232.

Western house martin

Delichon urbicum

Roberts Number: 530

233.

Whiskered tern

Chlidonias hybrida

Roberts Number: 338

234.

White-backed mousebird

Colius colius

Roberts Number: 425

235.

White-breasted cormorant

Phalacrocorax lucidus

Roberts Number: 55

236.

White-necked raven

Corvus albicollis

Roberts Number: 550

237.

White-rumped swift

Apus caffer

Roberts Number: 415

238.

White stork

Ciconia ciconia

Roberts Number: 83

239.

White-throated canary

Crithagra albogularis

Roberts Number: 879

240.

White-throated swallow

Hirundo albigularis

Roberts Number: 520

241.

White-winged tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Roberts Number: 339

242.

Willow warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Roberts Number: 643

243.

Wood sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Roberts Number: 266

244.

Yellow-bellied eremomela

Eremomela icteropygialis

Roberts Number: 653

245.

Yellow-billed duck

Anas undulata

Roberts Number: 104

246.

Yellow-billed kite

Milvus aegyptius

Roberts Number: 126

247.

Yellow-billed stork

Mycteria ibis

Roberts Number: 90

248.

Yellow canary

Crithagra flaviventris

Roberts Number: 878

249.

Zitting cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Roberts Number: 664

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