Bird Photographs

Southern African photographic yearlist for 2007 - birds

Current total - 539

Struthionidae - Ostriches


Southern Ostrich

Numididae - Guineafowl


Helmeted Guineafowl	Crested Guineafowl

Phasianidae - Pheasants and Allies


Grey-winged Francolin	Crested Francolin	Natal Spurfowl	Cape Spurfowl


Red-billed Spurfowl	Swainson's Spurfowl	Red-necked Spurfowl	Common Quail

Anatidae - Ducks


Fulvous Duck	White-faced Duck	White-backed Duck	Spur-winged Goose


Comb Duck	Egyptian Goose	South African Shelduck	African Pygmy Goose


Cape Teal	African Black Duck	Yellow-billed Duck	Cape Shovellor


Red-billed Teal	Hottentot Teal	Southern Pochard	Maccoa Duck


Mallard

Spheniscidae - Penguins


African Penguin

Diomedeidae - Albatrosses


Northern Royal Albatross	Wandering Albatross	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross


Black-browed Albatross	Shy Albatross

Procellariidae - Petrels and Shearwaters


Southern Giant Petrel	Northern Giant Petrel	Southern Fulmar	Pintado Petrel


Antarctic Prion	Slender-billed Prion	Great-winged Petrel	Soft-plumaged Petrel


White-chinned Petrel	Spectacled Petrel	Cory's Shearwater	Wedge-tailed Shearwater


Manx Shearwater	Sooty Shearwater	Great Shearwater

Hydrobatidae - Storm Petrels


Wilson's Storm Petrel	European Storm Petrel

Podicipedidae - Grebes


Little Grebe	Great Crested Grebe	Black-necked Grebe

Phoenicopteridae - Flamingos


Greater Flamingo	Lesser Flamingo

Ciconiidae - Storks


African Openbill	Woolly-necked Stork	White Stork	Saddle-billed Stork


Marabou Stork

Threskiornithidae - Ibises and Spoonbills


Sacred Ibis	Hadeda Ibis	Glossy Ibis	African Spoonbill

Ardeidae - Herons and Egrets


Little Bittern	Black-crowned Night Heron	Striated Heron	Squacco Heron


Rufous-bellied Heron	Cattle Egret	Grey Heron	Black-headed Heron


Goliath Heron	Purple Heron	Great Egret	Intermediate Egret


Black Heron	Slaty Egret	Little Egret

Phaethontidae - Tropicbirds


Fregatidae - Frigatebirds


Scopidae - Hamerkop


Hamerkop

Pelecanidae - Pelicans


Great White Pelican	Pink-backed Pelican

Sulidae - Gannets and Boobies


Cape Gannet

Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants


Reed Cormorant	Crowned Cormorant	Bank Cormorant	White-breasted Cormorant


Cape Cormorant

Anhingidae - Darters


African Darter

Falconidae - Falcons and Allies


African Pygmy Falcon	Rock Kestrel	Greater Kestrel	Lanner Falcon


Peregrine Falcon

Acciptridae - Hawks, Eagles and Kites


European Honey Buzzard	Black-shouldered Kite	Black (Yellow-billed) Kite	African Fish Eagle


Palmnut Vulture	Hooded Vulture	White-backed Vulture	Cape Vulture


White-headed Vulture	Lappet-faced Vulture	Black-chested Snake Eagle	Brown Snake Eagle


Southern Banded Snake Eagle	Bateleur	African Marsh Harrier	Black Harrier


Pallid Harrier	Montagu's Harrier	African Harrier Hawk	Dark Chanting Goshawk


Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk	African Goshawk	Shikra	Ovambo Sparrowhawk


Black Sparrowhawk	Lizard Buzzard	Steppe Buzzard	Forest Buzzard


Jackal Buzzard	Lesser Spotted Eagle	Tawny Eagle	Verreaux's Eagle


Wahlberg's Eagle	African Hawk Eagle	Ayre's Hawk Eagle	Booted Eagle


Martial Eagle	African Crowned Eagle	Osprey

Otididae - Bustards


Kori Bustard	Ludwig's Bustard	Denham's Bustard	Karoo Korhaan


Red-crested Korhaan	Southern Black Korhaan	Northern Black Korhaan	Black-bellied Korhaan

Rallidae - Rails and Allies


Red-chested Flufftail	African Rail	Black Crake	African Purple Swamphen


Allen's Gallinule	Common Moorhen	Lesser Moorhen	Red-knobbed Coot

Heliornithidae - Finfoots


African Finfoot

Gruidae - Cranes


Blue Crane	Wattled Crane

Turnicidae - Buttonquails


Burhinidae - Thick-knees


Water Thick-knee	Spotted Thick-knee

Chionididae - Sheathbills and Allies


Haemotopodidae - Oystercatchers


African Black Oystercatcher

Dromadidae - Crab Plover


Recurvirostridae - Stilts and Avocets


Black-winged Stilt	Pied Avocet

Charadriidae - Plovers and Allies


Long-toed Lapwing	Blacksmith Lapwing	White-crowned Lapwing	Senegal Lapwing


Black-winged Lapwing	Crowned Lapwing	African Wattled Lapwing	Grey Plover


Common Ringed Plover	Kittlitz's Plover	Three-banded Plover	White-fronted Plover


Chestnut-banded Plover

Rostratulidae - Painted Snipes


Greater Painted Snipe

Jacanidae - Jacanas


Lesser Jacana	African Jacana

Scolopacidae - Sandpipers and Allies


African Snipe	Bar-tailed Godwit	Common Whimbrel	Eurasian Curlew


Common Redshank	Marsh Sandpiper	Common Greenshank	Wood Sandpiper


Terek Sandpiper	Common Sandpiper	Ruddy Turnstone	Red Knot


Sanderling	Little Stint	Curlew Sandpiper	Ruff


Wilson's Phalarope	Red-necked Phalarope	Red Phalarope

Glareolidae - Coursers and Pratincoles


Temminck's Courser	Double-banded Courser	Three-banded Courser	Collared Pratincole


Rock Pratincole

Laridae - Gulls, Terns and Allies


Kelp Gull	Grey-headed Gull	Hartlaub's Gull	Franklin's Gull


Sabine's Gull	Caspian Tern	Sandwich Tern	Swift Tern


Common Tern	Arctic Tern	Antarctic Tern	Little Tern


White-winged Tern

Stercorariidae - Skuas


Subantarctic Skua	Pomarine Skua	Arctic Skua	Long-tailed Skua

Pteroclidae - Sandgrouse


Namaqua Sandgrouse	Double-banded Sandgrouse	Burchell's Sandgrouse

Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves


Rock Dove	Speckled Pigeon	African Olive Pigeon	Red-eyed Dove


Cape Turtle Dove	Laughing Dove	Tambourine Dove	Namaqua Dove

Psittacidae - Parrots


Rosy-faced Lovebird	Meyer's Parrot	Ruppell's Parrot	Brown-headed Parrot

Musophagidae - Turacos


Knysna Turaco	Purple-crested Turaco	Grey Go-away-bird

Cuculidae - Cuckoos


Jacobin Cuckoo	Red-chested Cuckoo	African Cuckoo	Klaas's Cuckoo


Diderick Cuckoo	Coppery-tailed Coucal	Senegal Coucal	White-browed Coucal

Tytonidae - Barn Owls


Barn Owl

Strigidae - Owls


Spotted Eagle Owl	Verreaux's Eagle Owl	Pel's Fishing Owl	Pearl-spotted Owlet

Caprimulgidae - Nightjars


Rufous-cheeked Nightjar	Fiery-necked Nightjar	Square-tailed Nightjar

Apodidae - Swifts


Mottled Spinetail	Bohm's Spinetail	African Palm Swift	Alpine Swift


Common Swift	African Black Swift	Bradfield's Swift	Little Swift


White-rumped Swift

Coliidae - Mousebirds


Speckled Mousebird	White-backed Mousebird	Red-faced Mousebird

Trogonidae - Trogons


Coraciidae - Rollers


Racket-tailed Roller	Lilac-breasted Roller	Purple Roller	Broad-billed Roller

Alcedinidae - Kingfishers


Brown-hooded Kingfisher	Woodland Kingfisher	Malachite Kingfisher	Half-collared Kingfisher


Giant Kingfisher	Pied Kingfisher

Meropidae - Bee-eaters


Swallow-tailed Bee-eater	Little Bee-eater	White-fronted Bee-eater	Blue-cheeked Bee-eater


European Bee-eater	Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Upupidae - Hoopoes


African Hoopoe

Phoeniculidae - Woodhoopoes


Green Woodhoopoe	Violet Woodhoopoe	Common Scimitarbill

Bucerotidae - Hornbills


Crowned Hornbill	African Grey Hornbill	Monteiro's Hornbill	Red-billed Hornbill


Damara Hornbill	Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill	Trumpeter Hornbill

Bucorvidae - Ground Hornbills


Southern Ground Hornbill

Rhamphastidae - Toucans and Barbets


White-eared Barbet	Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Acacia Pied Barbet	Black-collared Barbet


Crested Barbet

Indicatoridae - Honeyguides


Lesser Honeyguide	Greater Honeyguide

Picidae - Woodpeckers


Golden-tailed Woodpecker	Knysna Woodpecker	Ground Woodpecker	Cardinal Woodpecker


Bearded Woodpecker	Olive Woodpecker

Eurylaimidae - Broadbills


Pittidae - Pittas


Platysteiridae - Shrike-Flycatchers, Wattle-eyes and Batises


Cape Batis	Pririt Batis	Black-throated Wattle-eye

Malaconotidae - Helmet-Shrikes, Bush Shrikes and Puffbacks


White-crested Helmet-shrike	Orange-breasted Bush-shrike	Bokmakierie	Brown-crowned Tchagra


Southern Tchagra	Black-backed Puffback	Tropical Boubou	Southern Boubou


Swamp Boubou	Crimson-breasted Shrike	Brubru

Campephagidae - Cuckoo-shrikes


Grey Cuckoo-shrike	White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike	Black Cuckoo-shrike

Laniidae - Shrikes


Magpie Shrike	Southern White-crowned Shrike	Souza's Shrike	Red-backed Shrike


Lesser Grey Shrike	Common Fiscal

Oriolidae - Orioles and Figbirds


African Golden Oriole	Black-headed Oriole

Dicruridae - Drongos


Square-tailed Drongo	Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarchidae - Monarchs


African Paradise Flycatcher

Corvidae - Crows, Jays and Allies


House Crow	Cape Crow	Pied Crow	White-necked Raven

Paridae - Tits


Rufous-bellied Tit	Grey Tit	Ashy Tit

Remizidae - Penduline Tits


Cape Penduline Tit

Hirundinidae - Swallows and Martins


Black Sawwing	Grey-rumped Swallow	Brown-throated Martin	Sand Martin


Banded Martin	Barn Swallow	White-throated Swallow	Pearl-breasted Swallow


Rock Martin	Greater Striped Swallow	Lesser Striped Swallow	Red-breasted Swallow


Mosque Swallow

Alaudidae - Larks


Monotonous Lark	Rufous-naped Lark	Sabota Lark	Cape Long-billed Lark


Agulhas Long-billed Lark	Short-clawed Lark	Fawn-coloured Lark	Karoo Lark


Spike-heeled Lark	Red-capped Lark	Stark's Lark	Large-billed Lark


Grey-backed Sparrowlark

Cisticolidae - Cisticolas and Allies


Lazy Cisticola	Rattling Cisticola	Tinkling Cisticola	Grey-backed Cisticola


Le Vaillant's Cisticola	Neddicky	Zitting Cisticola	Desert Cisticola


Cloud Cisticola	Pale-crowned Cisticola	Rufous-eared Warbler	Black-chested Prinia


Karoo Prinia	Namaqua Warbler	Bar-throated Apalis	Yellow-breasted Apalis


Green-backed Camaroptera	Grey-backed Camaroptera	Cinnamon-breasted Warbler

Pycnonotidae - Bulbuls


African Red-eyed Bulbul	Cape Bulbul	Dark-capped Bulbul	Sombre Greenbul


Yellow-bellied Greenbul	Terrestrial Brownbul	Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Sylviidae - Old World Warblers


Little Rush Warbler	Victorin's Warbler	Cape Grassbird	Rockrunner


Lesser Swamp Warbler	Sedge Warbler	African Reed Warbler	Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler


Yellow-bellied Eremomela	Karoo Eremomela	Burnt-necked Eremomela	Long-billed Crombec


Chestnut-vented Titbabbler	Layard's Titbabbler

Timaliidae - Babblers and Parrotbills


Black-faced Babbler	Arrow-marked Babbler	Hartlaub's Babbler	Southern Pied Babbler

Chaetopidae - Rockjumpers


Cape Rockjumper

Zosteropidae - White-eyes


Cape White-eye	African Yellow White-eye

Sturnidae - Starlings and Allies


Common Myna	Common Starling	Wattled Starling	Cape Glossy Starling


Greater Blue-eared Starling	Meves's Starling	Burchell's Starling	Black-bellied Starling


African Pied Starling	Red-winged Starling	Pale-winged Starling	Red-billed Oxpecker


Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Turdidae - Thrushes


Groundscraper Thrush	Kurrichane Thrush	Olive Thrush	Karoo Thrush

Muscicapidae - Old World Flycatchers and Allies


White-starred Robin	Cape Robin-chat	White-throated Robin-chat	White-browed Robin-chat


Chorister Robin-chat	Chorister Robin-chat	Bearded Scrub-robin	White-browed Scrub-robin


Kalahari Scrub-robin	Karoo Scrub-robin	African Stonechat	Capped Wheatear


Mountain Wheatear	Sickle-winged Chat	Karoo Chat	Tractrac Chat


Familiar Chat	Southern Ant-eating Chat	Arnott's Chat	Mocking Cliff-chat


Cape Rock Thrush	Sentinel Rock Thrush	Short-toed Rock Thrush	Southern Black Flycatcher


Pale Flycatcher	Chat Flycatcher	Marico Flycatcher	Fiscal Flycatcher


Spotted Flycatcher	Ashy Flycatcher	African Dusky Flycatcher	Grey Tit-flycatcher


Fairy Flycatcher

Nectariniidae - Sunbirds


Collared Sunbird	Orange-breasted Sunbird	Olive Sunbird	Amethyst Sunbird


Scarlet-chested Sunbird	Malachite Sunbird	Southern Double-collared Sunbird	Greater Double-collared Sunbird


Marico Sunbird	White-bellied Sunbird	Dusky Sunbird

Promeropidae - Sugarbirds


Cape Sugarbird

Passeridae - Old World Sparrows and Allies


White-browed Sparrow-weaver	Sociable Weaver	House Sparrow	Great Sparrow


Cape Sparrow	Southern Grey-headed Sparrow	Yellow-throated Petronia

Ploceidae - Weavers


Red-billed Buffalo-weaver	Scaly-feathered Finch	Spectacled Weaver	Cape Weaver


Yellow Weaver	Golden Weaver	Lesser Masked Weaver	Southern Masked Weaver


Dark-backed Weaver	Chestnut Weaver	Red-billed Quelea	Yellow-crowned Bishop


Southern Red Bishop	Yellow Bishop	Fan-tailed Widowbird	White-winged Widowbird


Thick-billed Weaver

Estrildidae - Waxbills and Allies


Cut-throat Finch	Red-billed Firefinch	Jameson's Firefinch	Blue Waxbill


Violet-eared Waxbill	Grey Waxbill	Swee Waxbill	Common Waxbill


African Quailfinch	Bronze Mannikin	Green-winged Pytilia

Viduidae - Indigobirds and Allies


Village Indigobird	Pin-tailed Whydah	Shaft-tailed Whydah	Long-tailed Paradise Whydah

Motacillidae - Wagtails and Pipits


Cape Wagtail	African Pied Wagtail	Cape Longclaw	Yellow-throated Longclaw


Rosy-throated Longclaw	African Pipit	Wood Pipit

Fringillidae - Finches and Allies


Chaffinch	Cape Canary	Forest Canary	Yellow-fronted Canary


Yellow Canary	Brimstone Canary	White-throated Canary	Streaky-headed Canary


Protea Canary	Cape Siskin	Black-headed Canary

Emberizidae - Bunting, Sparrow and Allies


Larklike Bunting	Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Cape Bunting	Golden-breasted Bunting