Tankwa Karoo National Park

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Acacia pied barbet

Tricholaema leucomelas

Roberts Number: 465

African black swift

Apus barbatus

Roberts Number: 412

African darter

Anhinga rufa

Roberts Number: 60

African fish eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

Roberts Number: 148

African harrier-hawk

Polyboroides typus

Roberts Number: 169

African hoopoe

Upupa africana

Roberts Number: 451

African pipit

Anthus cinnamomeus

Roberts Number: 716

African red-eyed bulbul

Pycnonotus nigricans

Roberts Number: 567

African reed warbler

Acrocephalus baeticatus

Roberts Number: 631

10.

African sacred ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Roberts Number: 91

11.

African snipe

Gallinago nigripennis

Roberts Number: 286

12.

African spoonbill

Platalea alba

Roberts Number: 95

13.

African stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Roberts Number: 596

14.

Alpine swift

Tachymarptis melba

Roberts Number: 418

15.

Ant-eating chat

Myrmecocichla formicivora

Roberts Number: 595

16.

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Roberts Number: 518

17.

Black-chested snake eagle

Circaetus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 143

18.

Black-crowned night heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Roberts Number: 76

19.

Black-eared sparrow-lark

Eremopterix australis

Roberts Number: 517

20.

Black harrier

Circus maurus

Roberts Number: 168

21.

Black-headed canary

Serinus alario

Roberts Number: 876

22.

Black-headed heron

Ardea melanocephala

Roberts Number: 63

23.

Black stork

Ciconia nigra

Roberts Number: 84

24.

Black-winged kite

Elanus caeruleus

Roberts Number: 127

25.

Black-winged stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Roberts Number: 295

26.

Blacksmith lapwing

Vanellus armatus

Roberts Number: 258

27.

Blue crane

Anthropoides paradiseus

Roberts Number: 208

28.

Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus

Roberts Number: 746

29.

Booted eagle

Aquila pennatus

Roberts Number: 136

30.

Brown-throated martin

Riparia paludicola

Roberts Number: 533

31.

Burchell’s courser

Cursorius rufus

Roberts Number: 299

32.

Cape bulbul

Pycnonotus capensis

Roberts Number: 566

33.

Cape bunting

Emberiza capensis

Roberts Number: 885

34.

Cape canary

Serinus canicollis

Roberts Number: 872

35.

Cape clapper lark

Mirafra apiata

Roberts Number: 495

36.

Cape crow

Corvus capensis

Roberts Number: 547

37.

Cape eagle-owl

Bubo capensis

Roberts Number: 400

38.

Cape penduline tit

Anthoscopus minutus

Roberts Number: 557

39.

Cape robin-chat

Cossypha caffra

Roberts Number: 601

40.

Cape shoveler

Anas smithii

Roberts Number: 112

41.

Cape siskin

Serinus totta

Roberts Number: 874

42.

Cape sparrow

Passer melanurus

Roberts Number: 803

43.

Cape spurfowl

Pternistis capensis

Roberts Number: 195

44.

Cape teal

Anas capensis

Roberts Number: 106

45.

Cape wagtail

Motacilla capensis

Roberts Number: 713

46.

Cape weaver

Ploceus capensis

Roberts Number: 813

47.

Cape white-eye

Zosterops virens

Roberts Number: 796

48.

Capped wheatear

Oenanthe pileata

Roberts Number: 587

49.

Cardinal woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

Roberts Number: 486

50.

Cattle egret

Ardea ibis

Roberts Number: 71

51.

Chestnut-vented warbler

Curruca subcoerulea

Roberts Number: 621

52.

Common greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Roberts Number: 270

53.

Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Roberts Number: 226

54.

Common quail

Coturnix coturnix

Roberts Number: 200

55.

Common starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Roberts Number: 757

56.

Common swift

Apus apus

Roberts Number: 411

57.

Common waxbill

Estrilda astrild

Roberts Number: 846

58.

Crowned lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

Roberts Number: 255

59.

Curlew sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Roberts Number: 272

60.

Damara canary

Serinus alario

Roberts Number: 876

61.

Diederik cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Roberts Number: 386

62.

Double-banded courser

Rhinoptilus africanus

Roberts Number: 301

63.

Dusky sunbird

Cinnyris fuscus

Roberts Number: 788

64.

Egyptian goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Roberts Number: 102

65.

European bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Roberts Number: 438

66.

Fairy flycatcher

Stenostira scita

Roberts Number: 706

67.

Familiar chat

Cercomela familiaris

Roberts Number: 589

68.

Fiscal flycatcher

Sigelus silens

Roberts Number: 698

69.

Gabar goshawk

Melierax gabar

Roberts Number: 161

70.

Glossy ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Roberts Number: 93

71.

Great white pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Roberts Number: 49

72.

Greater flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Roberts Number: 96

73.

Greater honeyguide

Indicator indicator

Roberts Number: 474

74.

Greater kestrel

Falco rupicoloides

Roberts Number: 182

75.

Greater striped swallow

Hirundo cucullata

Roberts Number: 526

76.

Grey-backed cisticola

Cisticola subruficapilla

Roberts Number: 655

77.

Grey-backed sparrow-lark

Eremopterix verticalis

Roberts Number: 516

78.

Grey-headed gull

Larus cirrocephalus

Roberts Number: 315

79.

Grey heron

Ardea cinerea

Roberts Number: 62

80.

Grey tit

Parus afer

Roberts Number: 551

81.

Grey-winged francolin

Scleroptila africanus

Roberts Number: 190

82.

Ground woodpecker

Geocolaptes olivaceus

Roberts Number: 480

83.

Hadeda ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Roberts Number: 94

84.

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

Roberts Number: 81

85.

Helmeted guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Roberts Number: 203

86.

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Roberts Number: 801

87.

Jackal buzzard

Buteo rufofuscus

Roberts Number: 152

88.

Karoo chat

Cercomela schlegelii

Roberts Number: 592

89.

Karoo eremomela

Eremomela gregalis

Roberts Number: 654

90.

Karoo korhaan

Eupodotis vigorsii

Roberts Number: 235

91.

Karoo lark

Calendulauda albescens

Roberts Number: 502

92.

Karoo long-billed lark

Certhilauda semitorquata

Roberts Number: 500

93.

Karoo prinia

Prinia maculosa

Roberts Number: 686

94.

Karoo scrub robin

Cercotrichas coryphoeus

Roberts Number: 614

95.

Karoo thrush

Turdus smithi

Roberts Number: 577

96.

Kittlitz’s plover

Charadrius pecuarius

Roberts Number: 248

97.

Klaas’s cuckoo

Chrysococcyx klaas

Roberts Number: 385

98.

Kori bustard

Ardeotis kori

Roberts Number: 230

99.

Lanner falcon

Falco biarmicus

Roberts Number: 172

100.

Large-billed lark

Galerida magnirostris

Roberts Number: 512

101.

Lark-like bunting

Emberiza impetuani

Roberts Number: 887

102.

Laughing dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

Roberts Number: 355

103.

Layard’s tit-babbler

Parisoma layardi

Roberts Number: 622

104.

Lesser honeyguide

Indicator minor

Roberts Number: 476

105.

Lesser kestrel

Falco naumanni

Roberts Number: 183

106.

Lesser swamp warbler

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Roberts Number: 635

107.

Levaillant’s cisticola

Cisticola tinniens

Roberts Number: 677

108.

Little egret

Egretta garzetta

Roberts Number: 67

109.

Little grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Roberts Number: 8

110.

Little stint

Calidris minuta

Roberts Number: 274

111.

Little swift

Apus affinis

Roberts Number: 417

112.

Long-billed crombec

Sylvietta rufescens

Roberts Number: 651

113.

Long-billed pipit

Anthus similis

Roberts Number: 717

114.

Ludwig’s bustard

Neotis ludwigii

Roberts Number: 232

115.

Maccoa duck

Oxyura maccoa

Roberts Number: 117

116.

Malachite kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

Roberts Number: 431

117.

Malachite sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

Roberts Number: 775

118.

Marsh sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Roberts Number: 269

119.

Martial eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

Roberts Number: 140

120.

Mountain wheatear

Oenanthe monticola

Roberts Number: 586

121.

Namaqua dove

Oena capensis

Roberts Number: 356

122.

Namaqua sandgrouse

Pterocles namaqua

Roberts Number: 344

123.

Namaqua warbler

Phragmacia substriata

Roberts Number: 687

124.

Pale chanting goshawk

Melierax canorus

Roberts Number: 162

125.

Pale-winged starling

Onychognathus nabouroup

Roberts Number: 770

126.

Pearl-breasted swallow

Hirundo dimidiata

Roberts Number: 523

127.

Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

Roberts Number: 171

128.

Pied avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

Roberts Number: 294

129.

Pied crow

Corvus albus

Roberts Number: 548

130.

Pied kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

Roberts Number: 428

131.

Pied starling

Spreo bicolor

Roberts Number: 759

132.

Pin-tailed whydah

Vidua macroura

Roberts Number: 860

133.

Pririt batis

Batis pririt

Roberts Number: 703

134.

Red-billed quelea

Quelea quelea

Roberts Number: 821

135.

Red-billed teal

Anas erythrorhyncha

Roberts Number: 108

136.

Red-capped lark

Calandrella cinerea

Roberts Number: 507

137.

Red-faced mousebird

Urocolius indicus

Roberts Number: 426

138.

Red-knobbed coot

Fulica cristata

Roberts Number: 228

139.

Red-winged starling

Onychognathus morio

Roberts Number: 769

140.

Reed cormorant

Phalacrocorax africanus

Roberts Number: 58

141.

Ring-necked dove

Streptopelia capicola

Roberts Number: 354

142.

Rock kestrel

Falco rupicolus

Roberts Number: 181

143.

Rock martin

Hirundo fuligula

Roberts Number: 529

144.

Ruff

Philomachus pugnax

Roberts Number: 284

145.

Rufous-cheeked nightjar

Caprimulgus rufigena

Roberts Number: 406

146.

Rufous-eared warbler

Malcorus pectoralis

Roberts Number: 688

147.

Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentarius

Roberts Number: 118

148.

Sickle-winged chat

Cercomela sinuata

Roberts Number: 591

149.

South African shelduck

Tadorna cana

Roberts Number: 103

150.

Southern double-collared sunbird

Cinnyris chalybeus

Roberts Number: 783

151.

Southern fiscal

Lanius collaris

Roberts Number: 732

152.

Southern grey-headed sparrow

Passer diffusus

Roberts Number: 804

153.

Southern masked weaver

Ploceus velatus

Roberts Number: 814

154.

Southern pochard

Netta erythrophthalma

Roberts Number: 113

155.

Southern red bishop

Euplectes orix

Roberts Number: 824

156.

Speckled pigeon

Columba guinea

Roberts Number: 349

157.

Spike-heeled lark

Chersomanes albofasciata

Roberts Number: 506

158.

Spotted eagle-owl

Bubo africanus

Roberts Number: 401

159.

Spotted flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Roberts Number: 689

160.

Spotted thick-knee

Burhinus capensis

Roberts Number: 297

161.

Spur-winged goose

Plectropterus gambensis

Roberts Number: 116

162.

Steppe buzzard

Buteo buteo vulpinus

Roberts Number: 149

163.

Three-banded plover

Charadrius tricollaris

Roberts Number: 249

164.

Tractrac chat

Cercomela tractrac

Roberts Number: 590

165.

Verreaux’s eagle

Aquila verreauxii

Roberts Number: 131

166.

Wattled starling

Creatophora cinerea

Roberts Number: 760

167.

Western barn owl

Tyto alba

Roberts Number: 392

168.

Western house martin

Delichon urbicum

Roberts Number: 530

169.

White-backed duck

Thalassornis leuconotus

Roberts Number: 101

170.

White-backed mousebird

Colius colius

Roberts Number: 425

171.

White-breasted cormorant

Phalacrocorax lucidus

Roberts Number: 55

172.

White-necked raven

Corvus albicollis

Roberts Number: 550

173.

White-rumped swift

Apus caffer

Roberts Number: 415

174.

White-throated canary

Crithagra albogularis

Roberts Number: 879

175.

White-throated swallow

Hirundo albigularis

Roberts Number: 520

176.

White-winged tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Roberts Number: 339

177.

Willow warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Roberts Number: 643

178.

Wood sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Roberts Number: 266

179.

Yellow-bellied eremomela

Eremomela icteropygialis

Roberts Number: 653

180.

Yellow-billed duck

Anas undulata

Roberts Number: 104

181.

Yellow-billed kite

Milvus aegyptius

Roberts Number: 126

182.

Yellow canary

Crithagra flaviventris

Roberts Number: 878

183.

Zitting cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Roberts Number: 664

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