The Cape Bird Club

Birdlist for Strandfontein (Cape Flats Waste Water Works)

This is a working partnership with the City of Cape Town and the Cape Bird Club.


photograph by Ann Koeslag

Whitefaced Duck

Various CBC members have recorded most of the species within recent years. The key indicates the possibility of seeing the particular species. There are seasonal and other fluctuating influences that may effect this.

KEY
Common       C
Uncommon   UC
Visitor           V
Resident        R
The Red Data Species are highlighted in red.

No. Common Name Scientific Name Key
1 Grebe - Great Crested Podiceps cristatus CR
2 Grebe - Blacknecked Podiceps nigricollis UCR
3 Dabchick Tachybaptus ruficollis CR
4 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrottalus CV
5 Cormorant - Cape Phalacrocorax apensis CV
6 Cormorant - Whitebreasted Phalacrocorax lucidus CR
7 Cormorant - Reed Phalacrocorax fricanus UCR
8 Darter Anhinga rufa CR
9 Heron - Grey Ardea cinerea CR
10 Heron - Blackheaded Ardea melanocephala CR
11 Heron - Purple Ardea purpurea CR
12 Heron - Night Nycticorax nycticorax UCR
13 Egret - Little Egretta garzetta CR
14 Egret - Yellowbilled Egretta intermedia UCR
15 Egret - Cattle Bubulcus ibis CR
16 Ibis - Sacred Threskiornis ethiopicus CR
17 Ibis - Glossy Plegadis falcinellus UCR
18 Ibis - Hadeda Bostrychia hagedash CR
19 Spoonbill Platalea alba CR
20 Flamingo - Greater Phoenicopterus ruber CV
21 Goose - Spurwing Plectropterus mbensis UCV
22 Goose - Egyptian Alopochen aegyptiacus CR
23 Duck - Whitefaced Dendrocygna viduata UC
24 Duck - Fulvous Dendrocygna bicolor UCV
25 Duck - African Black Anas sparsa UCV
26 Duck - Whitebacked Thalassornis uconotus UCV
27 Duck - African Shelduck Tadorna cana UCV
28 Duck - Yellowbilled Anas undulata CR
29 Duck - Maccoa Oxyura maccoa UCV
30 Teal - Redbilled Anas erythrorhyncha UCV
31 Teal - Hottentot Anas hottentota UCV
32 Teal - Cape Anas capensis CR
33 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma UCR
34 Cape Shoveller Anas smithii CR
35 Blackshouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus UCR
36 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer UCR
37 Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus UCV
38 Redbreasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris UCV
39 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus UCV
40 African Marsh Harrier Circus ravivorus UCR
41 Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus UCR
42 Cape Francolin  Pternistis capensis CR
43 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris CR
44 Black Crake Amaurornis Flavirostris UCR
45 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio gascariensis CR
46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus CR
47 Redknobbed Coot Fulica cristata CR
48 African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini UV
49 Plover - Whitefronted Charadrius marginatus UCV
50 Plover - Ringed  Charadrius hiaticula UCV
51 Plover - Kittlitz Charadrius pecuarius CV
52 Plover - Threebanded Charadrius tricollaris CR
53 Plover - Blacksmith Vanellus armatus CR
54 Sandpiper - Curlew  Calidris ferruginea UCV
55 Sandpiper - Common Actitis hypoleucos UCV
56 Sandpiper  - Marsh Tringa stagnatilis UCV
57 Sandpiper - Wood Tringa glareola UCV
58 Little Stint Calidris minuta UCV
59 Ruff Philomachus pugnax UCV
60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia UCV
61 Turnstone Arenaria interpres UCV
62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta CR
63 Blackwinged Stilt Himantopus imantopus CR
64 Dikkop - Water Burhinus vermiculatus UCR
65 Dikkop - Spotted Burhinus capensis UCR
66 Gull - Kelp Larus dominicanus CR
67 Gull - Greyheaded Larus cirrocephalus UC
68 Gull - Hartlaubs Larus hartlaubii CR
69 Tern - Caspian Sterna caspia UCR
70 Tern - Common Sterna hirundo CR
71 Tern - Sandwich Sterna sandvicensis CV
72 Tern - Swift Sterna bergii UCV
73 Tern - Whitewinged Chlidonias leucopterus UC
74 Pigeon - Feral Columba livia CV
75 Pigeon - Rock Columba guinea CR
76 Dove - Cape Turtle Streptopelia capicola CR
77 Dove - Laughing Streptopelia negalensis CR
78 Dove - Redeyed Streptopelia mitorquata CR
79 Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii UCR
80 Pied Crow Corvus albus CR
81 Whitenecked Raven Corvus albicollis UCV
82 Mousebird - Speckled Colius striatus UCV
83 Mousebird - Whitebacked Colius colius UCV
84 Mousebird - Redfaced Urocolius indicus UCV
85 Redcapped Lark Calandrella cinerea CR
86 Kingfisher - Pied Ceryle rudis CR
87 Swift - Black Apus barbatus CV
88 Swift  - Whiterumped Apus caffer UCV
89 Swift - Little Apus affinis CV
90 Swallow - European Hirundo rustica CV
91 Swallow - Whitethroated Hirundo albigularis CV
92 Swallow - Greater Striped Hirundo cucullata CV
93 Martin - Rock Hirundo fuligula CR
94 Martin - Brownthroated Riparia paludicola CV
95 Robin - Cape Cossypha caffra CR
96 Robin - Karoo Cercotrichas ryphoeus CR
97 Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis CR
98 Warbler - Cape Reed Acrocephalus gracilirostris CR
99 Warbler - African Sedge Bradypterus baboecala CR
100 Barthroated Apalis Apalis thoracica UCR
101 Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer UCR
102 Cisticola - Fantailed Cisticola juncidis UC
103 Cisticola - Cloud Cisticola textrix UC
104 Cisticola - Greybacked Cisticola subruficapillus UC
105 Cisticola - Levaillants Cisticola tinniens CR
106 Spotted Prinia Prinia hypoxantha CR
107 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis CR
108 Grassveld Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus CR
109 Orangethroated Longclaw Macronyx capensis CR
110 Shrike - Fiscal Lanius collaris CR
111 Shrike - Southern Bou Bou Laniarius ferrugineus UCR
112 Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus UCR
113 Starling - European Sturnus vulgaris CR
114 Starling - Redwinged Onychognathus morio CR
115 Sunbird - Malachite Nectarinia famosa CV
116 Sunbird - Lesser Doublecollared Cinnyris chalybea CV
117 Cape White Eye Zosterops virens CR
118 Sparrow - Cape Passer melanurus CR
119 Sparrow - House Passer domesticus CR
120 Weaver - Cape Ploceus capensis UCR
121 Weaver - Masked Ploceus velatus UCR
122 Red Bishop Euplectes orix UC
123 Yellow Rumped Widow Euplectes capensis UCR
124 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild CR
125 Canary - Cape Serinus canicollis UCR
126 Canary - Bully Serinus sulphuratus UCR
127 Canary - Yellow Serinus flaviventris UCR
128 Canary - Whitethroated Serinus albogularis UCV
Additions added in November 2004
129 Ostrich Struthio camelus UCV
130 Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus UCV
131 Great White Egret Egretta alba UCV
132 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides UCV
133 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus UCR
134 Hamerkop (1991) Scopus umbretta UCV
135 White Stork Ciconia ciconia UCV
136 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor UCV
137 Garganey (1991) Anas querquedula UCV
138 Knobbilled Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos UCV
139 Black Eagle Aquilia verreauxii UCV
140 Jackal Buzzard (1988) Buteo rufofuscus UCV
141 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus CV
142 African Goshawk (1995) Accipiter tachiro UCV
143 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus CV
144 Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolis CV
145 Greywing Francolin Scleroptila africanus UCR
146 African Rail (1988) Rallus caerulescens UCR
147 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus UCV
148 Chestnut banded Plover (1983) Charadrius pallidus UCV
149 Crowned Plover (1997) Vanellus coronatus UCV
150 Terek Sandpiper  Xenus cinereus UCV
151 Common Knot Calidris canutus UCV
152 Sanderling (1997) Calidris alba UCV
153 Ethiopian Snipe (1999) Gallinago nigripennis UCV
154 Blacktailed Godwit (1992) Limosa limosa UCV
155 Bartailed Godwit Limosa lapponica UCV
156 Curlew (1999) Numenius arquata UCV
157 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus UCV
158 Rednecked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus UCV
159 Arctic Skua (1990) Stercorarius arasiticus UCV
160 Franklins Gull Larus pipixcan UCV
161 Blackheaded Gull Larus ridibundus UCV
162 Whiskered Tern (1996) Chlidonias hybridus UCV
163 Rameron Pigeon (1992) Columba arquatrix UCV
164 Namaqua Dove (1991) Oena capensis UCV
165 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas UCV
166 Diederick's Cuckoo (1997) Chrysococcyx caprius UCV
167 Fierynecked Nightjar (1998) Caprimulgus pectoralis UCV
168 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima  UCV
169 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata UCR
170 Hoopoe (1998) Upupa africana UCV
171 Pied Barbet Tricholaema ucomelas UCV
172 House Martin Delichon urbica UCV
173 Banded Martin Riparia cincta UCV
174 Black Sawwing Swallow Psalidoprocne melaena UCV
175 House Crow Corvus splendens UCV
176 Sombre Bulbul (1995) Andropadus importunus UCV
177 Olive Thrush (1987) Turdus olivaceus UCR
178 Stonechat (1991) Saxicola torquata UCV
179 African Marsh Warbler (1989) Acrocephalus aeticatus UCR
180 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus UCV
181 Longbilled Crombec Sylvietta rufescens UCR
182 Nedicky (1987) Cisticola fulvicapillus UCV
183 Dusky Flycatcher Musciicapa adusta UCV
184 Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens CR
185 Paradise Flycatcher (1997) Terpsiphone viridis UCV
186 Yellow Wagtail (1999) Motacilla flava UCV
187 Plainbacked Pipit (1989) Anthus leucophrys CR
188 Pied Starling (1999) Spreo bicolor UCV
189 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea UCV
190 Orangebreasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea CV
191 Pintailed Whydah Vidua macroura CV
192 White throated Canary Serinus albogularis UCV
193 Cape Bunting (1991) Emberiza capensis UCV
194  Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola UCV
195 Bluecheeked Bee - Eater  Merops persicus UCV
196 European Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus baenus UCV
197 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba UCV
198 American Purple Gallinule  Porphyrio martinicus UCV
199 Elegant Tern Sterna elegans UCV
200 Black Tern Chlidonias niger UCV
201 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath UCV
202 Forktailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis UCV


photograph by Ann Koeslag

Goliath Heron

 

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