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Birds & Animals

As we explore the reserve, we will add to this list the birds and animals that we have seen. If we see interesting animals and manage to get a photograph, we will add a separate post or put it on our social media pages. The links will point to them from here, so that you can browse pictures taken at the reserve:

Birds

Pelecanidae (pelicans)

  • White Pelican

Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)

  • Reed Cormorant

Ardeidae (herons & egrets)

  • Black-headed Heron
  • Cattle Egret

Scopidae (Hamerkop)

  • Hamerkop

Ciconiidae (storks)

Threskiornithidae (ibises)

  • Hadeda Ibis
  • African Sacred Ibis
  • African Spoonbill

Anatidae (ducks & geese)

  • Egyptian Goose
  • Spur-winged Goose
  • Yellow-billed Duck
  • African Black Duck

Sagittariidae (secratarybird)

  • Secretarybird

Accipitridae (birds of prey)

  • Verreaux’s Eagle (Black Eagle)
  • Booted Eagle
  • African Fish Eagle
  • Brown Snake Eagle
  • Martial Eagle
  • Black Harrier
  • African Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene)
  • Jackal Buzzard
  • Steppe Buzzard
  • Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
  • Black-shouldered Kite
  • Yellow-billed Kite
  • Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk
  • African Goshawk
  • Rock Kestrel

Pandionidae (osprey)

Phasianidae (francolins & quail)

  • Cape Spurfowl (Cape Francolin)
  • Common Quail

Numididae (guineafowl)

  • Helmeted Guineafowl

Turnicidae (buttonquails)

Gruidae (cranes)

  • Blue Crane

Burhinidae (dikkops)

  • Spotted Dikkop

Columbidae (pigeons & doves)

  • Cape Turtle Dove
  • Speckled Pigeon (Rock pigeon)
  • Rameron Pigeon
  • Tambourine Dove
  • Namaqua Dove

Cuculidae (cuckoos)

  • Black Cuckoo
  • Klaas’s Cuckoo
  • Red-chested Cuckoo
  • Burchell’s Coucal

Strigidae (owls)

  • African Wood Owl
  • Cape Eagle Owl
  • Spotted Eagle Owl

Tytonidae (barn owls)

Caprimulgidae (nightjars)

  • Fiery-necked Nightjar

Apodidae (swifts)

  • Alpine Swift
  • Black Swift
  • Little Swift
  • Horus Swift
  • White-rumped Swift

Alcedinidae (kingfishers)

  • Giant Kingfisher
  • Brown-hooded Kingfisher
  • Malachite Kingfisher

Coliidae (mousebirds)

  • Red-faced Mousebird
  • Speckled Mousebird

Upupidae (hoopoe)

  • African Hoopoe

Indicatoridae (honeyguides)

  • Lesser Honeyguide

Picidae (woodpeckers)

  • Cardinal Woodpecker
  • Ground Woodpecker
  • Olive Woodpecker

Alaudidae (larks)

  • Cape Clapper Lark

Hirundinidae (swallows & martins)

  • Black Saw-wing Swallow
  • European Swallow (Barn swallow)
  • Greater-striped Swallow
  • Pearl-breasted Swallow
  • White-throated Swallow
  • Rock Martin

Dicruridae (drongos)

Corvidae (crows)

  • Pied Crow
  • White-necked Raven

Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)

  • Cape Bulbul

Turdidae (thrushes, chats & robins)

  • Olive Thrush
  • Cape Rock Thrush
  • Cape Rockjumper
  • Cape Robin-chat
  • Familiar Chat
  • Stonechat

Sylviidae (warblers)

Muscicapidae (flycatchers)

  • Cape Batis
  • African Dusky Flycatcher
  • Fiscal Flycatcher
  • Paradise Flycatcher

Motacillidae (wagtails & pipits)

Laniidae (shrikes)

  • Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike)

Malaconotidae (bush shrikes)

  • Bokmakierie
  • Southern Boubou
  • Southern Tchagra

Sturnidae (starlings)

  • Common Starling (European Starling)
  • Red-winged Starling

Promeropidae (sugarbirds)

  • Cape sugarbird

Nectariniidae (sunbirds)

  • Amethyst Sunbird (Black Sunbird)
  • Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Lesser Double-collared Sunbird)
  • Malachite Sunbird
  • Orange-breasted Sunbird

Zosteropidae (white-eyes)

  • Cape White-eye

Ploceidae (sparrows, weavers & widowbirds)

  • House Sparrow
  • Cape Weaver
  • Red Bishop
  • Yellow Bishop (Yellow-rumped Widow)

Estrildidae (firefinches & waxbills)

  • Common Waxbill
  • Swee Waxbill

Viduidae (whydahs and widowfinches)

  • Pin-tailed Whydah

Fringillidae (finches)

  • Brimstone Canary (Bully canary)
  • Cape Canary
  • Cape Bunting
  • Cape Siskin

Mammals

Reptiles

Amphibians

Invertebrates

Apidae (bees)

  • Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa caffra)

Arachnida (spiders & scorpions)

Blattodea

  • Blackmound Termite (Amitermes hastatus)
  • Fynbos Cockroach (Aptera fusca)
  • Cape Zebra Cockroach (Temnopteryx phalerata)

Coleoptera (beetles)

Decapoda (crabs)

  • Agulhas River Crab (Potamonautes tuerkayi)

Diptera (flies)

Formicidae (ants)

Hemiptera (bugs)

  • Southern Dewstick Mirid (Pameridea roridulae)

Lepidoptera (butterflies & moths)

  • Garden Acraea (Acraea horta)
  • Mountain Pride (Aeropetes tulbaghia)
  • Dull Copper (Aloeides pierus)
  • Giant Copper (Aloeides pallida subsp. littoralis)
  • Common Red Copper (Aloeides thyra subsp. thyra)
  • Brown-vein White (Belenois aurota subsp. aurota)
  • Common Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)
  • Water Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus fracta subsp. fracta)
  • Fynbos Protea Scarlet (Capys alphaeus subsp. alphaeus)
  • Rainforest Brown (Cassionympha cassius)
  • African Migrant (Catopsilia florella)
  • Burnished Opal (Chrysoritis chrysaor)
  • Western Water Opal (Chrysoritis palmus subsp. palmus)
  • Southern African Clouded Yellow (Colias electo subsp. electo)
  • African Monarch (Danaus chrysippus)
  • Cape Autumn Widow Butterfly (Dira clytus)
  • Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus)
  • Monkey Blue (Lepidochrysops methymna subsp. methymna)
  • Boland Brown (Melampias huebneri)
  • Citrus Swallowtail (Papilio demodocus)
  • Meadow White (Pontia helice)
  • Western Hillside Brown (Stygionympha vigilans)
  • Fynbos Blue (Tarucus thespis)
  • Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
  • African Grass Blue (Zizeeria knysna subsp. knysna)
  • Death’s Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos)
  • Diamond Studs Streak (Argyrophora trofonia)
  • Cerocala vermiculosa
  • Longhorn Fairy Moth (Ceromitia)
  • Essex Y (Cornutiplusia circumflexa)
  • Drepanogynis agrypna
  • Barred Lappet (Eutricha bifascia)
  • Cape Lappet Moth (Eutricha capensis)
  • Haplolabida inaequata
  • African Bollworm Moth (Helicoverpa armigera)
  • Suring Moth (Klugeana philoxalis)
  • Brown-tipped Pearl (Leucinodes laisalis)
  • Mountain White-spot Moth (Mesocelis monticolia)
  • Pine Emperor Moth (Nudaurelia cytherea)
  • Jasmine Moth (Palpita vitrealis)
  • Zebra Ermine (Paralacydes vocula)
  • Philobota erastis
  • Clay Monkey (Phyllalia patens)
  • Phyllalia thunbergii
  • Prosomphax callista
  • Tricoloured Tiger Moth (Rhodogastria amasis)
  • Crested Nadiasa (Streblote cristata)
  • Cream-striped Hawk-moth (Theretra cajus)
  • Equine Maiden (Thyretes hippotes)
  • Rusty Dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis)
  • Crimson-speckled Footman (Utetheisa pulchella)

Mantodea (praying mantis)

Myriapoda (centipedes and millipedes)

  • Redleg Centipede (Cormocephalus nitidus)

Neuroptera (antlions and lacewings)

  • Spotted Antlion (Palpares speciosus)

Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)

Orthoptera (grasshoppers & crickets)

Phasmatodea (stick-insects)

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