Mountain Zebra 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 crowned eagle

Stephanoaetus coronatus

Roberts Number: 141

African darter

Anhinga rufa

Roberts Number: 60

African dusky flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta

Roberts Number: 690

African firefinch

Lagonosticta rubricata

Roberts Number: 840

African fish eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

Roberts Number: 148

African goshawk

Accipiter tachiro

Roberts Number: 160

10.

African harrier-hawk

Polyboroides typus

Roberts Number: 169

11.

African hoopoe

Upupa africana

Roberts Number: 451

12.

African olive pigeon

Columba arquatrix

Roberts Number: 350

13.

African paradise flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Roberts Number: 710

14.

African pipit

Anthus cinnamomeus

Roberts Number: 716

15.

African quailfinch

Ortygospiza atricollis

Roberts Number: 852

16.

African red-eyed bulbul

Pycnonotus nigricans

Roberts Number: 567

17.

African reed warbler

Acrocephalus baeticatus

Roberts Number: 631

18.

African rock pipit

Anthus crenatus

Roberts Number: 721

19.

African sacred ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Roberts Number: 91

20.

African spoonbill

Platalea alba

Roberts Number: 95

21.

African stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Roberts Number: 596

22.

Alpine swift

Tachymarptis melba

Roberts Number: 418

23.

Amethyst sunbird

Chalcomitra amethystina

Roberts Number: 792

24.

Amur falcon

Falco amurensis

Roberts Number: 180

25.

Ant-eating chat

Myrmecocichla formicivora

Roberts Number: 595

26.

Bar-throated apalis

Apalis thoracica

Roberts Number: 645

27.

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Roberts Number: 518

28.

Black-chested prinia

Prinia flavicans

Roberts Number: 685

29.

Black-collared barbet

Lybius torquatus

Roberts Number: 464

30.

Black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Roberts Number: 76

31.

Black cuckoo

Cuculus clamosus

Roberts Number: 378

32.

Black cuckooshrike

Campephaga flava

Roberts Number: 538

33.

Black harrier

Circus maurus

Roberts Number: 168

34.

Black-headed canary

Serinus alario

Roberts Number: 876

35.

Black-headed heron

Ardea melanocephala

Roberts Number: 63

36.

Black-headed oriole

Oriolus larvatus

Roberts Number: 545

37.

Black stork

Ciconia nigra

Roberts Number: 84

38.

Black-throated canary

Crithagra atrogularis

Roberts Number: 870

39.

Black-winged kite

Elanus caeruleus

Roberts Number: 127

40.

Black-winged stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Roberts Number: 295

41.

Blacksmith lapwing

Vanellus armatus

Roberts Number: 258

42.

Blue crane

Anthropoides paradiseus

Roberts Number: 208

43.

Blue korhaan

Eupodotis caerulescens

Roberts Number: 234

44.

Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus

Roberts Number: 746

45.

Booted eagle

Aquila pennatus

Roberts Number: 136

46.

Brimstone canary

Serinus sulphuratus

Roberts Number: 877

47.

Bronze-winged courser

Rhinoptilus chalcopterus

Roberts Number: 303

48.

Brown-hooded kingfisher

Halcyon albiventris

Roberts Number: 435

49.

Brown snake eagle

Circaetus cinereus

Roberts Number: 142

50.

Brown-throated martin

Riparia paludicola

Roberts Number: 533

51.

Buff-streaked chat

Campicoloides bifasciatus

Roberts Number: 588

52.

Buffy pipit

Anthus vaalensis

Roberts Number: 719

53.

Burchell’s coucal

Centropus burchellii

Roberts Number: 391

54.

Cape batis

Batis capensis

Roberts Number: 700

55.

Cape bunting

Emberiza capensis

Roberts Number: 885

56.

Cape canary

Serinus canicollis

Roberts Number: 872

57.

Cape crow

Corvus capensis

Roberts Number: 547

58.

Cape eagle-owl

Bubo capensis

Roberts Number: 400

59.

Cape glossy starling

Lamprotornis nitens

Roberts Number: 764

60.

Cape longclaw

Macronyx capensis

Roberts Number: 727

61.

Cape penduline tit

Anthoscopus minutus

Roberts Number: 557

62.

Cape robin-chat

Cossypha caffra

Roberts Number: 601

63.

Cape rock thrush

Monticola rupestris

Roberts Number: 581

64.

Cape shoveler

Anas smithii

Roberts Number: 112

65.

Cape sparrow

Passer melanurus

Roberts Number: 803

66.

Cape teal

Anas capensis

Roberts Number: 106

67.

Cape vulture

Gyps coprotheres

Roberts Number: 122

68.

Cape wagtail

Motacilla capensis

Roberts Number: 713

69.

Cape weaver

Ploceus capensis

Roberts Number: 813

70.

Cape white-eye

Zosterops virens

Roberts Number: 796

71.

Capped wheatear

Oenanthe pileata

Roberts Number: 587

72.

Cardinal woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

Roberts Number: 486

73.

Cattle egret

Ardea ibis

Roberts Number: 71

74.

Chat flycatcher

Bradornis infuscatus

Roberts Number: 697

75.

Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark

Eremopterix leucotis

Roberts Number: 515

76.

Chestnut-vented warbler

Curruca subcoerulea

Roberts Number: 621

77.

Chinspot batis

Batis molitor

Roberts Number: 701

78.

Cinnamon-breasted bunting

Emberiza tahapisi

Roberts Number: 886

79.

Cloud cisticola

Cisticola textrix

Roberts Number: 666

80.

Common greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Roberts Number: 270

81.

Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Roberts Number: 226

82.

Common ostrich

Struthio camelus

Roberts Number: 1

83.

Common quail

Coturnix coturnix

Roberts Number: 200

84.

Common sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Roberts Number: 264

85.

Common scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

Roberts Number: 454

86.

Common starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Roberts Number: 757

87.

Common swift

Apus apus

Roberts Number: 411

88.

Common waxbill

Estrilda astrild

Roberts Number: 846

89.

Crested barbet

Trachyphonus vaillantii

Roberts Number: 473

90.

Crowned hornbill

Tockus alboterminatus

Roberts Number: 460

91.

Crowned lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

Roberts Number: 255

92.

Denham’s bustard

Neotis denhami

Roberts Number: 231

93.

Desert cisticola

Cisticola aridulus

Roberts Number: 665

94.

Diederik cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Roberts Number: 386

95.

Double-banded courser

Rhinoptilus africanus

Roberts Number: 301

96.

Drakensberg rockjumper

Chaetops aurantius

Roberts Number: 612

97.

Dusky indigobird

Vidua funerea

Roberts Number: 864

98.

Dusky sunbird

Cinnyris fuscus

Roberts Number: 788

99.

Eastern clapper lark

Mirafra fasciolata

Roberts Number: 495

100.

Eastern long-billed lark

Certhilauda semitorquata

Roberts Number: 500

101.

Egyptian goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Roberts Number: 102

102.

Eurasian hobby

Falco subbuteo

Roberts Number: 173

103.

European bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Roberts Number: 438

104.

European roller

Coracias caudatus

Roberts Number: 446

105.

Fairy flycatcher

Stenostira scita

Roberts Number: 706

106.

Familiar chat

Cercomela familiaris

Roberts Number: 589

107.

Fiery-necked nightjar

Caprimulgus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 405

108.

Fiscal flycatcher

Sigelus silens

Roberts Number: 698

109.

Fork-tailed drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Roberts Number: 541

110.

Gabar goshawk

Melierax gabar

Roberts Number: 161

111.

Garden warbler

Sylvia borin

Roberts Number: 619

112.

Giant kingfisher

Megaceryle maximus

Roberts Number: 429

113.

Golden-breasted bunting

Emberiza flaviventris

Roberts Number: 884

114.

Goliath heron

Ardea goliath

Roberts Number: 64

115.

Great spotted cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

Roberts Number: 380

116.

Greater double-collared sunbird

Cinnyris afer

Roberts Number: 785

117.

Greater flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Roberts Number: 96

118.

Greater honeyguide

Indicator indicator

Roberts Number: 474

119.

Greater kestrel

Falco rupicoloides

Roberts Number: 182

120.

Greater striped swallow

Hirundo cucullata

Roberts Number: 526

121.

Green-backed heron

Butorides striata

Roberts Number: 74

122.

Green wood hoopoe

Phoeniculus purpureus

Roberts Number: 452

123.

Grey-backed cisticola

Cisticola subruficapilla

Roberts Number: 655

124.

Grey-backed sparrow-lark

Eremopterix verticalis

Roberts Number: 516

125.

Grey heron

Ardea cinerea

Roberts Number: 62

126.

Grey tit

Parus afer

Roberts Number: 551

127.

Grey-winged francolin

Scleroptila africanus

Roberts Number: 190

128.

Ground woodpecker

Geocolaptes olivaceus

Roberts Number: 480

129.

Hadeda ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Roberts Number: 94

130.

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

Roberts Number: 81

131.

Helmeted guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Roberts Number: 203

132.

Horus swift

Apus horus

Roberts Number: 416

133.

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Roberts Number: 801

134.

Jackal buzzard

Buteo rufofuscus

Roberts Number: 152

135.

Jacobin cuckoo

Clamator jacobinus

Roberts Number: 382

136.

Karoo chat

Cercomela schlegelii

Roberts Number: 592

137.

Karoo korhaan

Eupodotis vigorsii

Roberts Number: 235

138.

Karoo lark

Calendulauda albescens

Roberts Number: 502

139.

Karoo long-billed lark

Certhilauda semitorquata

Roberts Number: 500

140.

Karoo prinia

Prinia maculosa

Roberts Number: 686

141.

Karoo scrub robin

Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Roberts Number: 614

142.

Karoo thrush

Turdus smithi

Roberts Number: 577

143.

Klaas’s cuckoo

Chrysococcyx klaas

Roberts Number: 385

144.

Knysna woodpecker

Campethera notata

Roberts Number: 484

145.

Kurrichane buttonquail

Turnix sylvaticus

Roberts Number: 205

146.

Lanner falcon

Falco biarmicus

Roberts Number: 172

147.

Large-billed lark

Galerida magnirostris

Roberts Number: 512

148.

Lark-like bunting

Emberiza impetuani

Roberts Number: 887

149.

Laughing dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

Roberts Number: 355

150.

Layard’s tit-babbler

Parisoma layardi

Roberts Number: 622

151.

Lesser honeyguide

Indicator minor

Roberts Number: 476

152.

Lesser kestrel

Falco naumanni

Roberts Number: 183

153.

Lesser striped swallow

Hirundo abyssinica

Roberts Number: 527

154.

Levaillant’s cisticola

Cisticola tinniens

Roberts Number: 677

155.

Little grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Roberts Number: 8

156.

Little sparrowhawk

Accipiter minullus

Roberts Number: 157

157.

Little stint

Calidris minuta

Roberts Number: 274

158.

Little swift

Apus affinis

Roberts Number: 417

159.

Long-billed crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

Roberts Number: 651

160.

Long-billed pipit

Anthus similis

Roberts Number: 717

161.

Ludwig’s bustard

Neotis ludwigii

Roberts Number: 232

162.

Malachite kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

Roberts Number: 431

163.

Malachite sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

Roberts Number: 775

164.

Martial eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

Roberts Number: 140

165.

Melodious lark

Mirafra cheniana

Roberts Number: 492

166.

Mocking cliff chat

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventri

Roberts Number: 593

167.

Mountain chat

Myrmecocichla monticola

Roberts Number: 586

168.

Namaqua dove

Oena capensis

Roberts Number: 356

169.

Namaqua sandgrouse

Pterocles namaqua

Roberts Number: 344

170.

Namaqua warbler

Phragmacia substriata

Roberts Number: 687

171.

Neddicky

Cisticola fulvicapilla

Roberts Number: 681

172.

Northern black korhaan

Afrotis afraoides

Roberts Number: 260

173.

Olive bushshrike

Telophorus olivaceus

Roberts Number: 750

174.

Pale chanting goshawk

Melierax canorus

Roberts Number: 162

175.

Pale-winged starling

Onychognathus nabouroup

Roberts Number: 770

176.

Pearl-breasted swallow

Hirundo dimidiata

Roberts Number: 523

177.

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Roberts Number: 171

178.

Pied avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

Roberts Number: 294

179.

Pied crow

Corvus albus

Roberts Number: 548

180.

Pied kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

Roberts Number: 428

181.

Pied starling

Spreo bicolor

Roberts Number: 759

182.

Pin-tailed whydah

Vidua macroura

Roberts Number: 860

183.

Plain-backed pipit

Anthus leucophrys

Roberts Number: 718

184.

Pririt batis

Batis pririt

Roberts Number: 703

185.

Red-backed shrike

Lanius collurio

Roberts Number: 733

186.

Red-billed firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

Roberts Number: 842

187.

Red-billed oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Roberts Number: 772

188.

Red-billed quelea

Quelea quelea

Roberts Number: 821

189.

Red-billed teal

Anas erythrorhyncha

Roberts Number: 108

190.

Red-capped lark

Calandrella cinerea

Roberts Number: 507

191.

Red-chested cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

Roberts Number: 377

192.

Red-collared widowbird

Euplectes ardens

Roberts Number: 831

193.

Red-eyed dove

Streptopelia semitorquata

Roberts Number: 352

194.

Red-faced mousebird

Urocolius indicus

Roberts Number: 426

195.

Red-footed falcon

Falco vespertinus

Roberts Number: 179

196.

Red-fronted tinkerbird

Pogoniulus pusillus

Roberts Number: 469

197.

Red-headed finch

Amadina erythrocephala

Roberts Number: 856

198.

Red-knobbed coot

Fulica cristata

Roberts Number: 228

199.

Red-throated wryneck

Jynx ruficollis

Roberts Number: 489

200.

Red-winged francolin

Francolinus levaillantii

Roberts Number: 192

201.

Red-winged starling

Onychognathus morio

Roberts Number: 769

202.

Reed cormorant

Phalacrocorax africanus

Roberts Number: 58

203.

Ring-necked dove

Streptopelia capicola

Roberts Number: 354

204.

Rock kestrel

Falco rupicolus

Roberts Number: 181

205.

Rock martin

Hirundo fuligula

Roberts Number: 529

206.

Rufous-breasted sparrowhawk

Accipiter rufiventris

Roberts Number: 155

207.

Rufous-cheeked nightjar

Caprimulgus rufigena

Roberts Number: 406

208.

Rufous-eared warbler

Malcorus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 688

209.

Rufous-naped lark

Mirafra africana

Roberts Number: 494

210.

Sabota lark

Calendulauda sabota

Roberts Number: 498

211.

Scaly-feathered finch

Sporopipes squamifrons

Roberts Number: 806

212.

Scaly-throated honeyguide

Indicator variegatus

Roberts Number: 475

213.

Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentarius

Roberts Number: 118

214.

Sentinel rock thrush

Monticola explorator

Roberts Number: 582

215.

Short-toed rock thrush

Monticola brevipes

Roberts Number: 583

216.

Sickle-winged chat

Cercomela sinuata

Roberts Number: 591

217.

Sombre greenbul

Andropadus importunus

Roberts Number: 572

218.

South African shelduck

Tadorna cana

Roberts Number: 103

219.

Southern black tit

Parus niger

Roberts Number: 554

220.

Southern boubou

Laniarius ferrugineus

Roberts Number: 736

221.

Southern double-collared sunbird

Cinnyris chalybeus

Roberts Number: 783

222.

Southern fiscal

Lanius collaris

Roberts Number: 732

223.

Southern masked weaver

Ploceus velatus

Roberts Number: 814

224.

Southern pochard

Netta erythrophthalma

Roberts Number: 113

225.

Southern red bishop

Euplectes orix

Roberts Number: 824

226.

Southern tchagra

Tchagra tchagra

Roberts Number: 742

227.

Speckled mousebird

Colius striatus

Roberts Number: 424

228.

Speckled pigeon

Columba guinea

Roberts Number: 349

229.

Spectacled weaver

Ploceus ocularis

Roberts Number: 810

230.

Spike-heeled lark

Chersomanes albofasciata

Roberts Number: 506

231.

Spotted eagle-owl

Bubo africanus

Roberts Number: 401

232.

Spotted flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Roberts Number: 689

233.

Spotted thick-knee

Burhinus capensis

Roberts Number: 297

234.

Spur-winged goose

Plectropterus gambensis

Roberts Number: 116

235.

Steppe buzzard

Buteo buteo vulpinus

Roberts Number: 149

236.

Streaky-headed seedeater

Crithagra gularis

Roberts Number: 881

237.

Swee waxbill

Coccopygia melanotis

Roberts Number: 850

238.

Tambourine dove

Turtur tympanistria

Roberts Number: 359

239.

Tawny eagle

Aquila rapax

Roberts Number: 132

240.

Tawny-flanked prinia

Prinia subflava

Roberts Number: 683

241.

Temminck’s courser

Cursorius temminckii

Roberts Number: 300

242.

Three-banded plover

Charadrius tricollaris

Roberts Number: 249

243.

Tractrac chat

Cercomela tractrac

Roberts Number: 590

244.

Verreaux’s eagle

Aquila verreauxii

Roberts Number: 131

245.

Village indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

Roberts Number: 867

246.

Wailing cisticola

Cisticola lais

Roberts Number: 670

247.

Wattled starling

Creatophora cinerea

Roberts Number: 760

248.

Western barn owl

Tyto alba

Roberts Number: 392

249.

Western house martin

Delichon urbicum

Roberts Number: 530

250.

White-backed duck

Thalassornis leuconotus

Roberts Number: 101

251.

White-backed mousebird

Colius colius

Roberts Number: 425

252.

White-breasted cormorant

Phalacrocorax lucidus

Roberts Number: 55

253.

White-browed scrub robin

Cercotrichas leucophrys

Roberts Number: 613

254.

White-browed sparrow-weaver

Plocepasser mahali

Roberts Number: 799

255.

White-faced whistling duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Roberts Number: 99

256.

White-necked raven

Corvus albicollis

Roberts Number: 550

257.

White-rumped swift

Apus caffer

Roberts Number: 415

258.

White stork

Ciconia ciconia

Roberts Number: 83

259.

White-throated canary

Crithagra albogularis

Roberts Number: 879

260.

White-throated swallow

Hirundo albigularis

Roberts Number: 520

261.

White-winged tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Roberts Number: 339

262.

Willow warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Roberts Number: 643

263.

Wood sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Roberts Number: 266

264.

Yellow-bellied eremomela

Eremomela icteropygialis

Roberts Number: 653

265.

Yellow-billed duck

Anas undulata

Roberts Number: 104

266.

Yellow-billed kite

Milvus aegyptius

Roberts Number: 126

267.

Yellow bishop

Euplectes capensis

Roberts Number: 827

268.

Yellow canary

Crithagra flaviventris

Roberts Number: 878

269.

Yellow-crowned bishop

Euplectes afer

Roberts Number: 826

270.

Yellow-fronted canary

Crithagra mozambicus

Roberts Number: 869

271.

Yellow-throated petronia

Petronia superciliaris

Roberts Number: 805

272.

Zitting cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Roberts Number: 664

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