Bird Species at Bluff Eco Park
Grey heron – Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron – Ardea melanocephala
Yellow-billed Kite – Milvus parasitus
Little Bee-eater – Merops pusillus
African Hoopoe – Upupa africana
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow –
Passer diffusus Klaas’s Cuckoo – Chrysococcyx klaas
Diederick Cuckoo – Chrysococcyx caprius
Cape Glossy Starling – Onychognathus morio
Red-winged Starling – Lamprotornis nitens
Tawny-flanked Prinia – Prinia subflava
Spectacled Weaver – Ploceus ocularis
Yellow Weaver – Ploceus subaureus
Southern Masked Weaver – Ploceus velatus
Village Weaver – Ploceus cucullatus
Thick-billed Weaver – Amblyospiza albifrons
Bronze Mannikin – Lonchura cucullata
Black-collared Barbet – Lybius torquatus
Crested Barbet – Trachyphonus vailantii
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird – Pogoniulus bilineatus
Barn Swallow – Hirundo rustica
Lesser-striped Swallow – Cecropis abyssinica
White-rumped Swift – Apus caffer
Streaky-headed Seedeater – Crithagra gularis
Southern Black Tit – Parus niger
Black-headed Heron – Ardea melanocephala
Yellow-billed Kite – Milvus parasitus
Little Bee-eater – Merops pusillus
African Hoopoe – Upupa africana
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow –
Passer diffusus Klaas’s Cuckoo – Chrysococcyx klaas
Diederick Cuckoo – Chrysococcyx caprius
Cape Glossy Starling – Onychognathus morio
Red-winged Starling – Lamprotornis nitens
Tawny-flanked Prinia – Prinia subflava
Spectacled Weaver – Ploceus ocularis
Yellow Weaver – Ploceus subaureus
Southern Masked Weaver – Ploceus velatus
Village Weaver – Ploceus cucullatus
Thick-billed Weaver – Amblyospiza albifrons
Bronze Mannikin – Lonchura cucullata
Black-collared Barbet – Lybius torquatus
Crested Barbet – Trachyphonus vailantii
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird – Pogoniulus bilineatus
Barn Swallow – Hirundo rustica
Lesser-striped Swallow – Cecropis abyssinica
White-rumped Swift – Apus caffer
Streaky-headed Seedeater – Crithagra gularis
Southern Black Tit – Parus niger
Little Swift – Apus affinis
African Palm Swift – Cypsiurus parvus
Red-eyed Dove – Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove – Spilopelia senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove – Turtur chalcospilos
Tambourine Dove – Turtur tympanistria
Dark-capped Bulbul – Pycnonotus tricolor
Sombre Greenbul – Andropadus importunus
Terrestrial Brownbul – -Phyllastrephus terrestris
African Dusky Flycatcher – Muscicapa adusta
Ashy Flycatcher – Muscicapa caerulescens
African Paradise Flycatcher – Terpsiphone viridis
Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher – Trochocerus cyanomelas
Southern Black Flycatcher – Meleanornis pammelaina
Spotted Ground Thrush – Zoothera guttata
Common Myna – Acridotheres tristis
House Sparrow – Passer domesticus
Familiar Chat – Cercomela familiaris
Pied Crow – Corvus albus
Green-backed Camaroptera – Camaroptera brachyura
Cape White-eye – Zosterops capensis
Speckled Mousebird – Colius striatus
Hadeda Ibis- Bostrychia hagedash
Sacred Ibis – Threskiornis aethiopicus
Egyptian Goose – Alopochen eagyptiaca
Crowned Eagle – Stephanoaetus coronatus
Yellow-fronted Canary – Crithagra mozambica
African Palm Swift – Cypsiurus parvus
Red-eyed Dove – Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove – Spilopelia senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove – Turtur chalcospilos
Tambourine Dove – Turtur tympanistria
Dark-capped Bulbul – Pycnonotus tricolor
Sombre Greenbul – Andropadus importunus
Terrestrial Brownbul – -Phyllastrephus terrestris
African Dusky Flycatcher – Muscicapa adusta
Ashy Flycatcher – Muscicapa caerulescens
African Paradise Flycatcher – Terpsiphone viridis
Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher – Trochocerus cyanomelas
Southern Black Flycatcher – Meleanornis pammelaina
Spotted Ground Thrush – Zoothera guttata
Common Myna – Acridotheres tristis
House Sparrow – Passer domesticus
Familiar Chat – Cercomela familiaris
Pied Crow – Corvus albus
Green-backed Camaroptera – Camaroptera brachyura
Cape White-eye – Zosterops capensis
Speckled Mousebird – Colius striatus
Hadeda Ibis- Bostrychia hagedash
Sacred Ibis – Threskiornis aethiopicus
Egyptian Goose – Alopochen eagyptiaca
Crowned Eagle – Stephanoaetus coronatus
Yellow-fronted Canary – Crithagra mozambica
Spur-winged Goose – Plectropterus gambensis
Wool-necked Stork – Ciconia episcopus
Steppe Buzzard – Buteo buteo
Black Sparrowhawk – Accipiter melanoleucus
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk – Accipiter rufiventris
Purple-crested Turaco – Tauraco porphyeolophus
Green Malkoha – Ceuthmochares australis
Burchell’s Coucal – Centropus burchellii
Fork-tailed Drongo – Dicrurus adsimilis
Square-tailed Drongo – Dicrurus ludwigii
Common Fiscal – Lanius collaris
Olive Sunbird – Cyanomitra olivacea
Grey Sunbird – Cyanomitra veroxii
Collared Sunbird – Hedydipna collaris
White-bellied Sunbird – Cynnyris talatala
Brown-hooded Kingfisher – Halcyon albiventris
Malachite Kingfisher – Alcedo cristata
Giant Kingfisher – Megaceryle maxima
Western Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis
Cape Wagtail – Motacilla capensis
African Pied Wagtail – Cossypha natalensis
Cape Robin-Chat – Cossypha caffra
African Fish Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer
Wool-necked Stork – Ciconia episcopus
Steppe Buzzard – Buteo buteo
Black Sparrowhawk – Accipiter melanoleucus
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk – Accipiter rufiventris
Purple-crested Turaco – Tauraco porphyeolophus
Green Malkoha – Ceuthmochares australis
Burchell’s Coucal – Centropus burchellii
Fork-tailed Drongo – Dicrurus adsimilis
Square-tailed Drongo – Dicrurus ludwigii
Common Fiscal – Lanius collaris
Olive Sunbird – Cyanomitra olivacea
Grey Sunbird – Cyanomitra veroxii
Collared Sunbird – Hedydipna collaris
White-bellied Sunbird – Cynnyris talatala
Brown-hooded Kingfisher – Halcyon albiventris
Malachite Kingfisher – Alcedo cristata
Giant Kingfisher – Megaceryle maxima
Western Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis
Cape Wagtail – Motacilla capensis
African Pied Wagtail – Cossypha natalensis
Cape Robin-Chat – Cossypha caffra
African Fish Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer