17/02/2017
The Birds of the Fourways Gardens Guest Estate
F = seen flying over only
C = commonly recorded in the area
N = nests in the gardens or nearby
U = uncommon, only seen on one or two occasions
W = winter visitor (May – Sept)
S = summer visitor (Oct – April)
1/ Reed Cormorant F
2/ Grey Heron F
3/ Black-headed Heron F
4/ Little Egret F C
5/ Cattle Egret F C
6/ Hadeda Ibis C N
7/ Sacred Ibis F
8/ Yellow-billed Duck F C
9/ Egyptian Goose F C
10/ Helmeted Guineafowl C N?
11/ Crowned Plover C N
12/ Wattled Plover C N
13/ Blacksmith Plover U – kept out by other plovers
14. Spotted Dikkop C N
15/ Greyheaded Gull –F, mostly W
16/ Feral Pigeon – C
17/ Rock Pigeon – C
18/ Red-eyed Dove – C N
19/ Cape Turtle Dove – C
20/ Laughing Dove – C N
21/ Grey Lourie – C N
22/ Redchested Cuckoo – C S
23/ Diederik Cuckoo – U S
24/ Klaas’ Cuckoo – U S
25/ Spotted Eagle Owl – U (heard only)
26/ Eurasian Swift – F C S
27/ White-rumped Swift – F C
28/ Little Swift – F C
29/ Palm Swift – F C
30/ Black Swift – F U
31/ Speckled Mousebird – C N?
32/ Redfaced Mousebird - C N
33/ African Hoopoe – C N
34/ Redbilled Woodhoopoe – C N
35/ Blackcollared Barbet – C N
36/ Crested Barbet – C N
37/ Eurasian Swallow – F C S
38/ Lesser Striped Swallow –F C S
39/ Rock Martin – F C
40/ Pied Crow - F C
41/ Black-eyed Bulbul - C N
42/ Cape Robin - C N
43/ Kurrichane Thrush - C N
44. Cape Wagtail - C mostly W
45/ Fiscal Shrike – C N
46/ Fiscal Flycatcher – C N
47/ Indian Mynah – C N
48/ Glossy Starling – C N
49/ Black Sunbird – W
50/ White-bellied Sunbird – U
51/ Cape Whiteye – C N
52/ Cape Sparrow – C N
53/ Lesser Masked Weaver – C N
54/ Yellow-eyed Canary – F U
55/ Chinspot Batis – U
56/ Brown-hooded Kingfisher – F U
57/ Bokmakerie – C N
58/ African Paradise Flycatcher – U S
59/ Yellow-billed Kite – F C S
60/ Steppe Buzzard – F U S
61/ Rock Kestrel – F U S
62/ Rose-ringed Parakeet – U S
63/ Grey-headed Parrot - U S
64/ Red-throated Wryneck – U S
65/ European Bee-eater – F U S
66/ Red Bishop – C N only seen near reeds
Seen nearby, but not yet from the garden
