Mokala National Park

Birds Checklist

Track the wildlife you see at Mokala National Park! There are 154 birds to find in the park.

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Acacia pied barbet

Tricholaema leucomelas

Roberts Number: 465

African fish eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

Roberts Number: 148

African hoopoe

Upupa africana

Roberts Number: 451

African pipit

Anthus cinnamomeus

Roberts Number: 716

African red-eyed bulbul

Pycnonotus nigricans

Roberts Number: 567

African sacred ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Roberts Number: 91

African spoonbill

Platalea alba

Roberts Number: 95

Ant-eating chat

Myrmecocichla formicivora

Roberts Number: 595

Ashy tit

Parus cinerascens

Roberts Number: 552

10.

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Roberts Number: 518

11.

Bearded woodpecker

Dendropicos namaquus

Roberts Number: 487

12.

Black-chested prinia

Prinia flavicans

Roberts Number: 685

13.

Black cuckoo

Cuculus clamosus

Roberts Number: 378

14.

Black-faced waxbill

Estrilda erythronotos

Roberts Number: 847

15.

Black stork

Ciconia nigra

Roberts Number: 84

16.

Black-throated canary

Crithagra atrogularis

Roberts Number: 870

17.

Black-winged kite

Elanus caeruleus

Roberts Number: 127

18.

Black-winged stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Roberts Number: 295

19.

Blacksmith lapwing

Vanellus armatus

Roberts Number: 258

20.

Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus

Roberts Number: 746

21.

Bronze-winged courser

Rhinoptilus chalcopterus

Roberts Number: 303

22.

Brown-crowned tchagra

Tchagra australis

Roberts Number: 743

23.

Brubru

Nilaus afer

Roberts Number: 741

24.

Buffy pipit

Anthus vaalensis

Roberts Number: 719

25.

Cape batis

Batis capensis

Roberts Number: 700

26.

Cape bunting

Emberiza capensis

Roberts Number: 885

27.

Cape eagle-owl

Bubo capensis

Roberts Number: 400

28.

Cape glossy starling

Lamprotornis nitens

Roberts Number: 764

29.

Cape penduline tit

Anthoscopus minutus

Roberts Number: 557

30.

Cape robin-chat

Cossypha caffra

Roberts Number: 601

31.

Cape sparrow

Passer melanurus

Roberts Number: 803

32.

Cape vulture

Gyps coprotheres

Roberts Number: 122

33.

Cape wagtail

Motacilla capensis

Roberts Number: 713

34.

Capped wheatear

Oenanthe pileata

Roberts Number: 587

35.

Cardinal woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

Roberts Number: 486

36.

Chat flycatcher

Bradornis infuscatus

Roberts Number: 697

37.

Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark

Eremopterix leucotis

Roberts Number: 515

38.

Chestnut-vented warbler

Curruca subcoerulea

Roberts Number: 621

39.

Cinnamon-breasted bunting

Emberiza tahapisi

Roberts Number: 886

40.

Common greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Roberts Number: 270

41.

Common ostrich

Struthio camelus

Roberts Number: 1

42.

Common sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Roberts Number: 264

43.

Common scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

Roberts Number: 454

44.

Crested barbet

Trachyphonus vaillantii

Roberts Number: 473

45.

Crimson-breasted shrike

Laniarius atrococcineus

Roberts Number: 739

46.

Crowned lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

Roberts Number: 255

47.

Desert cisticola

Cisticola aridulus

Roberts Number: 665

48.

Diederik cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Roberts Number: 386

49.

Double-banded courser

Rhinoptilus africanus

Roberts Number: 301

50.

Eastern clapper lark

Mirafra fasciolata

Roberts Number: 495

51.

Egyptian goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Roberts Number: 102

52.

Emerald-spotted wood dove

Turtur chalcospilos

Roberts Number: 358

53.

European bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Roberts Number: 438

54.

European roller

Coracias caudatus

Roberts Number: 446

55.

Fairy flycatcher

Stenostira scita

Roberts Number: 706

56.

Familiar chat

Cercomela familiaris

Roberts Number: 589

57.

Fawn-coloured lark

Calendulauda africanoides

Roberts Number: 497

58.

Fiscal flycatcher

Sigelus silens

Roberts Number: 698

59.

Fork-tailed drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Roberts Number: 541

60.

Gabar goshawk

Melierax gabar

Roberts Number: 161

61.

Golden-breasted bunting

Emberiza flaviventris

Roberts Number: 884

62.

Golden-tailed woodpecker

Campethera abingoni

Roberts Number: 483

63.

Greater honeyguide

Indicator indicator

Roberts Number: 474

64.

Greater striped swallow

Hirundo cucullata

Roberts Number: 526

65.

Green-winged pytilia

Pytilia melba

Roberts Number: 834

66.

Grey-backed cisticola

Cisticola subruficapilla

Roberts Number: 655

67.

Grey heron

Ardea cinerea

Roberts Number: 62

68.

Hadeda ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Roberts Number: 94

69.

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

Roberts Number: 81

70.

Helmeted guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Roberts Number: 203

71.

Jackal buzzard

Buteo rufofuscus

Roberts Number: 152

72.

Jacobin cuckoo

Clamator jacobinus

Roberts Number: 382

73.

Kalahari scrub robin

Cercotrichas paena

Roberts Number: 615

74.

Karoo chat

Cercomela schlegelii

Roberts Number: 592

75.

Karoo scrub robin

Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Roberts Number: 614

76.

Klaas’s cuckoo

Chrysococcyx klaas

Roberts Number: 385

77.

Kori bustard

Ardeotis kori

Roberts Number: 230

78.

Lappet-faced vulture

Aegypius tracheliotus

Roberts Number: 124

79.

Lark-like bunting

Emberiza impetuani

Roberts Number: 887

80.

Laughing dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

Roberts Number: 355

81.

Layard’s tit-babbler

Parisoma layardi

Roberts Number: 622

82.

Lesser grey shrike

Lanius minor

Roberts Number: 731

83.

Levaillant’s cisticola

Cisticola tinniens

Roberts Number: 677

84.

Little swift

Apus affinis

Roberts Number: 417

85.

Long-billed crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

Roberts Number: 651

86.

Long-billed pipit

Anthus similis

Roberts Number: 717

87.

Malachite kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

Roberts Number: 431

88.

Marabou stork

Leptoptilos crumeniferus

Roberts Number: 89

89.

Marico flycatcher

Bradornis mariquensis

Roberts Number: 695

90.

Marsh sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Roberts Number: 269

91.

Martial eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

Roberts Number: 140

92.

Mountain wheatear

Oenanthe monticola

Roberts Number: 586

93.

Namaqua dove

Oena capensis

Roberts Number: 356

94.

Namaqua sandgrouse

Pterocles namaqua

Roberts Number: 344

95.

Namaqua warbler

Phragmacia substriata

Roberts Number: 687

96.

Neddicky

Cisticola fulvicapilla

Roberts Number: 681

97.

Northern black korhaan

Afrotis afraoides

Roberts Number: 260

98.

Orange River francolin

Scleroptila levaillantoides

Roberts Number: 193

99.

Pale chanting goshawk

Melierax canorus

Roberts Number: 162

100.

Pale-winged starling

Onychognathus nabouroup

Roberts Number: 770

101.

Pearl-breasted swallow

Hirundo dimidiata

Roberts Number: 523

102.

Pearl-spotted owlet

Glaucidium perlatum

Roberts Number: 398

103.

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Roberts Number: 171

104.

Pied crow

Corvus albus

Roberts Number: 548

105.

Plain-backed pipit

Anthus leucophrys

Roberts Number: 718

106.

Pririt batis

Batis pririt

Roberts Number: 703

107.

Purple roller

Coracias naevius

Roberts Number: 449

108.

Pygmy falcon

Polihierax semitorquatus

Roberts Number: 186

109.

Red-backed shrike

Lanius collurio

Roberts Number: 733

110.

Red-billed quelea

Quelea quelea

Roberts Number: 821

111.

Red-crested korhaan

Lophotis ruficrista

Roberts Number: 237

112.

Red-faced mousebird

Urocolius indicus

Roberts Number: 426

113.

Red-headed finch

Amadina erythrocephala

Roberts Number: 856

114.

Richard’s pipit

Anthus richardi

Roberts Number: 716

115.

Ring-necked dove

Streptopelia capicola

Roberts Number: 354

116.

Rock kestrel

Falco rupicolus

Roberts Number: 181

117.

Rufous-cheeked nightjar

Caprimulgus rufigena

Roberts Number: 406

118.

Rufous-eared warbler

Malcorus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 688

119.

Rufous-naped lark

Mirafra africana

Roberts Number: 494

120.

Sabota lark

Calendulauda sabota

Roberts Number: 498

121.

Scaly-feathered finch

Sporopipes squamifrons

Roberts Number: 806

122.

Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentarius

Roberts Number: 118

123.

Shaft-tailed whydah

Vidua regia

Roberts Number: 861

124.

Short-toed rock thrush

Monticola brevipes

Roberts Number: 583

125.

Sociable weaver

Philetairus socius

Roberts Number: 800

126.

South African shelduck

Tadorna cana

Roberts Number: 103

127.

Southern fiscal

Lanius collaris

Roberts Number: 732

128.

Southern grey-headed sparrow

Passer diffusus

Roberts Number: 804

129.

Southern masked weaver

Ploceus velatus

Roberts Number: 814

130.

Southern white-crowned shrike

Eurocephalus anguitimens

Roberts Number: 756

131.

Southern yellow-billed hornbill

Tockus leucomelas

Roberts Number: 459

132.

Speckled pigeon

Columba guinea

Roberts Number: 349

133.

Spike-heeled lark

Chersomanes albofasciata

Roberts Number: 506

134.

Spotted eagle-owl

Bubo africanus

Roberts Number: 401

135.

Spotted flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Roberts Number: 689

136.

Spotted thick-knee

Burhinus capensis

Roberts Number: 297

137.

Stark’s lark

Spizocorys starki

Roberts Number: 511

138.

Swallow-tailed bee-eater

Merops hirundineus

Roberts Number: 445

139.

Tawny eagle

Aquila rapax

Roberts Number: 132

140.

Three-banded plover

Charadrius tricollaris

Roberts Number: 249

141.

Verreaux’s eagle-owl

Bubo lacteus

Roberts Number: 402

142.

Violet-eared waxbill

Granatina granatina

Roberts Number: 845

143.

Wattled starling

Creatophora cinerea

Roberts Number: 760

144.

Western barn owl

Tyto alba

Roberts Number: 392

145.

White-backed mousebird

Colius colius

Roberts Number: 425

146.

White-backed vulture

Gyps africanus

Roberts Number: 123

147.

White-browed sparrow-weaver

Plocepasser mahali

Roberts Number: 799

148.

White-faced owl

Ptilopsis granti

Roberts Number: 397

149.

White-rumped swift

Apus caffer

Roberts Number: 415

150.

White-throated canary

Crithagra albogularis

Roberts Number: 879

151.

Willow warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Roberts Number: 643

152.

Yellow-bellied eremomela

Eremomela icteropygialis

Roberts Number: 653

153.

Yellow canary

Crithagra flaviventris

Roberts Number: 878

154.

Yellow-fronted canary

Crithagra mozambicus

Roberts Number: 869

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