BIRD LIST

Posted by eBird.org on Fri August 11, 2023.

MARLOTH BIRD LIST
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Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Common Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
Shorebirds
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Blacksmith Lapwing
White-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Ruff
Little Stint
Common Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Bronze-winged Courser
Collared Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Whiskered Tern
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great White Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Black Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-backed Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Gabar Goshawk
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Owls
African Scops Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Grey Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Honeyguides
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Rock Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Brown-headed Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Cape Batis
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Southern Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Olive Bushshrike
Four-coloured Bushshrike
Grey-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Common Square-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Crested-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Magpie Shrike
Southern Fiscal
White-crowned Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Southern Black-Tit
Penduline Tits and Verdin
African Penduline Tit
Larks
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Sabota Lark
Flappet Lark
Monotonous Lark
Nicators
Eastern Nicator
African Warblers
Cape Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Stierling's Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-chested Prinia
Red-faced Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Rufous-winged Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
African Yellow-Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Plain Martin
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
South African Swallow
Common House Martin
Grey-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Lesser Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Cape White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Common Myna
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Burchell's Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Grey Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-throated Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
African Stonechat
Capped Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Long-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Common Waxbill
Cut-throat
Violet-eared Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Pink-throated Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Variable Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
whydah sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Cape Sparrow
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer sp.
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Yellow-tufted Pipit
Yellow-breasted Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Further Reading

How to get to Croc's Nest

There are 3 ways of getting to the lodge..... 1. Fly from either Johannesburg (45 mins) or from Cape Town Airport (2 hours) to either Nelspruit Airport (KMIA) or to Skukuza Airport (inside Kruger). Then be transferred, or pick up a hire car, to Croc's Nest (+/- 2 hours drive from either arrival airport) 2. Public coach (JSL Transport) directly from Johannesburg Airport (O R Tambo).to Croc's Nest (this is the cheapest...

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