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South Africa Northern & Western Cape Province

16.10 – 09.11 2012

By Jens Hjerrild Hansen, Denmark

Itenerary

Location Dates Name SASOL

A 16,2,9 Cape Town Peninsula – Table Mountain NP, Simons Town, Kommetjie, Rondevlei, Strandfontein 3,4,6,7,8

B 17,18,19 West Coast NP, Cape Town to Velddrif via R45 and Bergrivier 19,22

C 20,21 Cape Town to Springbok via N7

D 21,22 Springbok to Aggeneys via N17, Koa Dunes, Namies, Pofadder, Onseepkans 53,54

E 23,24 Upington to Twee Rivieren via R360, Kalahari Gemsbok NP (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) 59,60

F 25 Orange River from Upington to Neilersdrif via R359 61

G 25,26 Central Bushmanland – Brandvlei Area and R27 from Kenhardt to Calvinia 50,51

H 26,27,28 Calvinia to Tanqua Karoo NP via P2267, Gannaga Pass and P2250, Skitterykloof 28,30,31

I 31,1,9 Betty´s Bay, Harald Porter Botanical Garden, Kleinmont, Sir. Lowry’s Pass 11,13

J 3 Pelagic Birding Tour with Cape Town Pelagics

K 4,5 Agulhas Plain’s – Swellendam to Malgas and Infanta, Grootvadersbosch NR 36,40,42

L 6,7,8 Overberg – Wilderness NP and Knysna Area 43,44

The SASOL numbers is referring to the site numbers in Southern African Birdfinder by Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode, Jonathan Rossouw

Birdlist

The total number of different birds seen on 23 days of birding in the two South African provinces ended up round 300 species

I guess a dozen or more species is missing do to lack of knowledge of their voices. Especially owls but also several forest birds like Yellow-

Throated Woodland Warbler or Fynbos specialist like Knysna Warbler and Victorin’s Warbler. With a little more effort and attention one the

northern migratory waders at Velddrif and West Coast National Park a couple more species such as Curlew, Bar-Tailed Godwit and different

sandpipers might have been on the birdlist as well

Most sought after species which was not seen include African Black Duck, Chestnut-Banded Plover, Ground Woodpecker, Pink-Billed Lark,

Sclater’s Lark and Karoo Eremomela. The most common and widespread species that surprisingly was not seen must be Cape Penduline-Tit

Notes - Selected species:

African Penguin The breeding colony at Stony Point in Betty´s Bay is much better than Boulders Beach, Simons Town

Yellow-Nosed Albatross sp. Only young non-separable birds were seen on the Pelagic Tour

Bank Cormorant 15-20 breeding pairs on a sea rock app. 5 km. south of Simon´s Town

Goliath Heron 1 adult bird seen at Rondevlei

Hamerkop 1 bird flying over at waterpond near the junction toward Malgas from Buffeljagrivier N2

Hottentot Teal 6 birds seen at the coastral estaury of Wilderness National Park

Verreaux's Eagle 1 imm. bird flying with prey over Sir. Lowry’s Pass

Black Harrier 1 adult bird seen flying low in West Coast NP. 1 adult bird mobbing a Jackal Buzzard near Swellendam

Common Ostrich Wild population scarce. Introduced birds common especially in Western Cape. Also farming bird

Blue Crane Common in the Swellendam Area. Several smaller groups with up to 42 birds. Day max app. 100 birds

Secretarybird 3 birds seen in Kalahari Gemsbok NP. 1 bird on nest in a flat Acacia near Tanqua River - P2250 km 45

Kori Bustard 2 birds seen in dune area with Acacia trees short after the short cut from Dikbaardskolk to Kamqua

Denham's Bustard 9 birds – 3x2 and 1x3 – seen in the most green fields south of Swellendam

Ludwig's Bustard 16 birds seen along N7 from Cape Town to Bitterfontein. Look fore the most green fields and pastures

Burchell's Courser A group of 4 adult birds and 2 pairs with both one big pull. seen along P2250 at km 7-9 and 56

Burchell's Sandgrouse More than 50 birds seen very well together with Namaqua Sandgrouse at waterponds in the morning

Knysna Turaco Common and easily seen in the Wilderness National Park

Knysna Woodpecker 1 bird seen early morning on both 7/11 and 8/11 in the Wilderness National Park

Karoo Lark Especially along P2267 in the Tanqua Karoo National Park

Red Lark 2 birds seen at Koa Dunes and several birds in the deserts around Brandvlei

Eastern Clapper Lark A few birds seen in high song flight along R360 from Upington to Twee Rivieren

Cape Clapper Lark Subspecies marjoriae seen and frequently heard in the Agulhas Plain’s above red stony fields

Subspecies apiata seen and frequently heard high in the sky along N7 north of Bitterfontein

Agulhas Long-Billed Lark 5 birds seen between Malgas and the T-junction to Witsand on the dirtroad from Buffelsjagrivier

Cape Rockjumper 1 pair seen at Gantouw’s Pass on 1/11. 2 males and 1 female present in the same area on 9/11

White-Starred Robin 1 bird came very close as reaction on “phissing” near the Waterfall on the Giant Kingfisher Trail

Cinnamon-Breasted Warbler 1 bird seen in a steep gorge in the mountain range near Gannaga Pass – P2250, Tanqua Karoo NP

Brown-Crowned Tchagra 1 bird came out of some scrub in a nice Acacia wooded area 30 km. past Molopo Kalahari Lodge

Numbers & Score

The number codes in the birdlist is the maximum of birds seen in one day on each location

1: I 1 4: IIII 10-20 7: IIIIIII 100-250 10: IIIIIIIIII 1000 +

2: II 2-5 5: IIIII 20-50 8: IIIIIIII 250-500

3: III 5-10 6: IIIIII 50-100 9: IIIIIIIII 500-1000

The total score in the birdlist is a multiply of the number of sites and the number of birds

Note that the number code “I” is counting 1½ !

Example 1: Species 144 – Burchell’s Coucal

• Seen on 3 different sites: Total score is calculated as: 3 x 1½ x 1½ x 1½ = 10

Example 2: Species 152 – White-Backed Mousebird

• Seen on 6 different sites. Total score is calculated as: 6 x 3 x 2 x 1½ x 3 x 2 x 4 = 1296

The colour scale is a result of the total score indicating how widespread and common the different species were on the birding tour

Colour Score

2

> 3

> 10

> 200

> 2.000

> 20.000

> 200.000

Nr. Species Score A B C D E F G H I J K L

1 African Penguin 112 lllllll llllllll

2 Shy Albatross 9 llllll

3 Black-Browed Albatross 8 lllll

4 Atlantic / Indian Yellow-Nosed Albatross 5 lll

5 Southern Giant Petrel 2 l

6 Northern Giant Petrel 3 ll

7 Cape Petrel 2 l

8 White-Chinned Petrel 36 ll lllllllll

9 Sooty Shearwater 6 llll

10 Great Shearwater 8 lllll

11 Manx Shearwater 2 l

12 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 8 lllll

13 European Storm-Petrel 9 llllll

14 Cape Gannet 40 lllll llll

15 Great White Pelican 40 lllll llll

16 Greater Flamingo 6400 llllllllll llllllllll llllllll ll

17 Lesser Flamingo 11 lllllll

18 White-Breasted Cormorant 2835 lllllll llllll l lll lll

19 Bank Cormorant 8 lllll

20 Cape Cormorant 4480 llllllll llllllllll lllllll ll

21 Crowned Cormorant 30 lll lllll

22 Reed Cormorant 54 lll lll ll

23 Afrikan Darter 48 ll ll ll l

24 African Spoonbill 36 lll ll ll

25 African Sacred Ibis 105840 lllllll llllll lll ll lllll llll lll

26 Hadeda Ibis 97200 lllll lll lll lllll l lll llll lll

27 Glossy Ibis 320 lllll llll ll ll

28 Goliath Heron 2 l

29 Purple Heron 2 l

30 Grey Heron 192 lll llll ll ll


31 Black-Headed Heron 1512 ll lll ll ll l lll ll

32 Little Egret 12 lll ll

33 Western Cattle Egret 320 ll ll Lllll llll

34 Black-Crowned Night Heron 3 ll

35 Little Bittern 2 l

36 White Stork 2 l

37 Hamerkop 2 l

38 Great Crested Grebe 6 llll

39 Black-Necked Grebe 630 lllll llllll lllllll

40 Little Grebe 96 ll lll ll ll

41 White-Faced Whistling Duck 90 lll lllll ll

42 Spur-Winged Goose 150 lllll ll lllll

43 Egyptian Goose 3429216 lllllll llllllll lll l lll lllllll lll llllll llll

44 South African Shelduck 240 ll l llll ll ll

45 Yellow-Billed Duck 5040 lllllll ll llllll ll llllll

46 Cape Shoveler 126 lllllll ll lll

47 Southern Pochard 40 lllll llll

48 Red-Billed Teal 216 llll llllll lll

49 Cape Teal 10080 llllllll llllll ll lllllll lll

50 Hottentot Teal 3 ll

51 Moccoa Duck 3 ll

52 White-Backed Vulture 5 lll

53 African Fish Eagle 6 l ll

54 Bateleur 48 ll ll ll l

55 Verreaux's Eagle 2 l

56 Martial Eagle 5 l l

57 Crowned Eagle 2 l

58 Tawny Eagle 3 ll

59 Booted Eagle 18 ll ll l

60 Black / Yellow-Billed Kite 180 ll lll ll l ll


61 Jackal Buzzard 68 ll l l ll l

62 Steppe Buzzard 54 l l ll lll

63 African Marsh Harrier 18 l ll ll

64 Black Harrier 5 l l

65 Black-Shouldered Kite 12 lll ll

66 Pale Chanting Goshawk 1152 ll ll llll ll llll l

67 Gabar Goshawk 2 l

68 African Harrier-Hawk 6 ll l

69 Peregrine Falcon 6 l ll

70 Lanner Falcon 5 l l

71 Rock Kestrel 135 ll l l lll ll

72 Greater Kestrel 68 ll l l l ll

73 Pygmy Falcon 18 ll ll l

74 Common Ostrich no value llll lll lllll ll X X

75 Helmeted Guineafowl 5760 ll llll ll lll lllll llll

76 Grey-Winged Francolin 5 lll

77 Cape Spurfowl 1440 ll llll lll lll llll

78 Common Quail 12 ll lll

79 Red-Knobbed Coot 15120 lllll llllll llll lllllll l ll

80 Common Moorhen 6 ll l

81 African Swamphen 5 lll

82 Black Crake 6 ll l

83 African Rail 2 l

84 Flufftail sp. 3 ll

85 Blue Crane 216 l ll llllll lll

86 Secretarybird 9 lll l

87 Kori Bustard 3 ll

88 Denham's Bustard 5 lll

89 Ludwig's Bustard 6 llll

90 Southern Black Korhaan 24 ll ll ll


91 Northern Black Korhaan 6 llll

92 Karoo Korhaan 18 l ll ll

93 Black-Winged Stilt 600 lllll lllll ll lll

94 Pied Avocet 1680 llllll lllllll lllll ll

95 African Black Oystercatcher 72 llll llll l

96 Spotted Thick-Knee 3 ll

97 Burchell's Courser 5 lll

98 Blacksmith Lapwing 10080 llllll lllll lll ll ll ll ll

99 Crowned Lapwing 36 ll lll ll

100 Grey Plover 6 llll

101 Kittlitz's Plover 45 lllll l ll

102 White-Fronted Plover 12 llll l

103 Common Ringed Plover 8 lllll

104 Three-Banded Plover 216 ll l ll l ll ll

105 African Snipe 2 l

106 Whimbrel 5 lll

107 Common Greenshank 96 ll llllllll ll

108 Common Redshank 3 ll

109 Common Sandpiper 14 l ll l

110 Ruddy Turnstone 3 ll

111 Red Knot 5 lll

112 Sanderling 6 llll

113 Curlew Sandpiper 9 llllll

114 Little Stint 12 llllllll

115 Subantarctic Skua 2 l

116 Arctic Skua 3 ll

117 Kelp Gull 14580 lllllllll llllll lll llllll lll

118 Sabine's Gull 8 lllll

119 Grey-Headed Gull 18 lll lll

120 Hartlaub's Gull 1323 lllllll lllllllll lllllll


121 Caspian Tern 12 ll lll

122 Swift Tern 3360 lllllll lllllll lllll llll

123 Sandwich Tern 1134 lllllllll llllll lllllll

124 Common / Arctic Tern 7000 lllll lllllll llllllllll lllll

125 Little / Damara Tern 2 l

126 Whiskered Tern 40 lllll llll

127 White-Winged Tern 2 l

128 Namaqua Sandgrouse 15750 lll lllll lllllll lllll llllll

129 Burchell's Sandgrouse 9 llllll

130 Speckled Pigeon 480 llll lll ll ll ll

131 African Olive Pigeon 16 llll ll

132 Lemon Dove 3 ll

133 Red-Eyed Dove 5 lll

134 Cape Turtle Dove 1555200 lllll llll ll l llllll llll lll lll llllll ll

135 Laughing Dove 524880 llllll lllll lll lll llllll lll ll ll lll

136 Namaqua Dove 324 lll l ll l ll ll

137 Rose-Ringed Parakeet 3 ll

138 Rosy-Faced Lovebird 5 lll

139 Knysna Turaco 6 llll

140 Jacobin Cuckoo 2 l

141 Dideric Cuckoo 3 ll

142 Klaas's Cuckoo 3 ll

143 African Emerald Cuckoo 3 ll

144 Burchell's Coucal 10 l l l

145 Fiery-Necked Nightjar 2 l

146 Rufous-Cheeked Nightjar 2 l

147 Alpine Swift 144 ll llll l lll

148 African Black Swift 6 llll

149 Little Swift 1920 lllll llllllll llll lll

150 White-Rumped Swift 36 lll ll ll


151 Speckled Mousebird 27 lll ll l

152 White-Backed Mousebird 1296 lll ll l lll ll llll

153 Narina Trogon 2 l

154 Pied Kingfisher 27 l lll ll

155 Half-Collared Kingfisher 2 l

156 Malachite Kingfisher 3 ll

157 Brown-Hooded Kingfisher 6 ll l

158 European Bee-Eater 54 lll ll lll

159 Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater 8 lllll

160 Lilac-Breasted Roller 3 ll

161 African Grey Hornbill 2 l

162 Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill 6 llll

163 Green Wood-Hoopoe 3 ll

164 Common Scimitarbill 3 ll

165 African Hoopoe 6 ll l

166 Acacia Pied Barbet 20 lll l l

167 Golden-Tailed Woodpecker 3 ll

168 Knysna Woodpecker 2 l

169 Olive Woodpecker 6 l ll

170 Red-Capped Lark 180 ll llllll lllll

171 Large-Billed Lark 240 l ll ll ll llll

172 Spike-Heeled Lark 144 lll ll lll ll

173 Sabota Lark 6 ll l

174 Fawn-Coloured Lark 24 lll llll

175 Karoo Lark 15 l lllll

176 Red Lark 12 ll lll

177 Eastern Clapper Lark 3 ll

178 Cape Clapper Lark 12 ll lll

179 Karoo Long-Billed Lark 12 lll ll

180 Agulhas Long-Billed Lark 3 ll


181 Stark's Lark 3 ll

182 Black-Eared Sparrow-Lark 5 lll

183 Grey-Backed Sparrow-Lark 120 ll lllll ll llll

184 Barn Swallow 24 llllll ll

185 White-Throated Swallow 180 l ll ll ll lll

186 Pearl-Breasted Swallow 9 l lll

187 Greater-Striped Swallow 972 l lll ll l lll llll

188 South African Cliff Swallow 48 llll ll ll

189 Black Swallow 54 ll lll lll

190 Banded Martin 9 lll l

191 Brown-Throated Martin 6 ll l

192 Rock Martin 4032 ll llll ll ll lll ll lll

193 Fork-Tailed Drongo 900 lllll ll ll lll lll

194 Grey Cuckooshrike 8 ll ll

195 Black-Headed Oriole 3 ll

196 White-Necked Raven 160 ll ll ll ll ll

197 Pied Crow 259200 ll llll llllll lllll ll lll lll ll ll l

198 Cape Crow 256 ll llll llll ll

199 Ashy Tit 6 ll l

200 Grey Tit 10 l l l

201 Southern Pied Babbler 3 ll

202 Terrestrial Brownbul 8 ll ll

203 Cape Bulbul 12096 lll llll lll ll llll lll ll

204 African Red-Eyed Bulbul 24 ll llllll

205 Sombre Greenbul 54 lll l llll

206 Olive Thrush 72 l ll lll ll

207 Karoo Thrush 5 lll

208 Groundscraper Thrush 3 ll

209 Cape Rock-Thrush 2 l

210 Short-Toed Rock-Thrush 3 ll


211 Cape Rockjumper 3 ll

212 Familiar Chat 1152 l ll ll ll ll ll ll l

213 Sickle-Winged Chat 6 llll

214 Karoo Chat 144 l lll ll llll

215 Tractrac Chat 6 l ll

216 Ant-Eating Chat 144 llll llll lll

217 Mountain Wheatear 108 lll llll l l

218 Capped Wheatear 480 llll ll l llll ll

219 African Stonechat 90 ll l l ll ll

220 Kalahari Scrub Robin 6 llll

221 Karoo Scrub Robin 15120 lllll ll lll ll lll llll lll

222 Chorister Robin-Chat 3 ll

223 Cape Robin-Chat 720 ll ll l lllll ll ll

224 White-Starred Robin 2 l

225 Cape Grassbird 72 ll lll l ll

226 Long-Billed Crombec 8 ll ll

227 Yellow-Bellied Eremomela 9 l lll

228 Chestnut-Vented Tit-Babbler 16 ll llll

229 Layard's Tit-Babbler 3 ll

230 Little Rush Warbler 12 llll l

231 Lesser Swamp Warbler 12 ll lll

232 African Reed Warbler 72 lll ll llll

233 Zitting Cisticola 9 l lll

234 Neddicky 12 lll ll

235 Levaillant's Cisticola 3584 ll llll ll ll ll ll llll

236 Grey-Backed Cisticola 48 ll l ll ll

237 Black-Chested Prinia 72 ll llll lll

238 Karoo Prinia 3584 ll llll ll llll ll ll ll

239 Rufous-Eared Prinia 108 lll ll l lll

240 Green-Backed Camaroptera 2 l


241 Cinnamon-Breasted Warbler 2 l

242 Bar-Throated Apalis 36 l ll l ll

243 Fiscal Flycatcher 20 l l lll

244 Chat Flycatcher 54 lll lll ll

245 Marico Flycatcher 5 lll

246 African Dusky Flycatcher 101 l l l lll ll

247 Blue-Mantled Crested Flycatcher 3 ll

248 African Paradise Flycatcher 36 lll ll ll

249 Fairy Flycatcher 3 ll

250 Cape Batis 192 l ll llll llll

251 Pririt Batis 36 ll ll lll

252 Cape White-Eye 18900 lll lll l ll lllll lllll llll

253 Orange River White-Eye 3 ll

254 Cape Wagtail 1701 lll lll ll l l ll lll

255 Cape Longclaw 5 l l

256 African Pipit 160 ll ll ll ll ll

257 Common Fiscal 76032 ll llll ll ll l ll ll lll ll llll l

258 Brubru 3 ll

259 Black-Backed Puffback 2 l

260 Southern Boubou 2 l

261 Crimson-Breasted Shrike 5 lll

262 Brown-Crowned Tchagra 2 l

263 Bokmakierie 3456 ll llll ll ll l ll l lll

264 Cape Glossy Starling 24 lll llll

265 Pied Starling 144 llll lll llll

266 Red-Winged Starling 360 lllll lll lll ll

267 Pale-Winged Starling 16 llll ll

268 Common Starling 9720 lll llll lll lll lllll lll

269 Wattled Starling 3 ll

270 Cape Sugarbird 12 lll ll


271 Malachite Sunbird 54 l lll ll l

272 Orange-Breasted Sunbird 16 ll llll

273 Amethyst Sunbird 3 ll

274 Greater Double-Collared Sunbird 16 llll ll

275 Southern Double-Collared Sunbird 2016 ll lll ll ll lll ll ll

276 Dusky Sunbird 144 llll l ll lll

277 Cape Sparrow 12672000 ll lllll lll llll llll llllll lllll llll ll lllll ll

278 House Sparrow 96 ll ll lll ll

279 Southern Grey-Headed Sparrow 24 ll ll ll

280 White-Browed Sparrow-Weaver 36 llllll lll

281 Sociable Weaver 98 lllllll lllllll

282 Cape Weaver 33600 llll lllllll ll llll lllll lllll

283 Southern Masked Weaver 39366 l lll ll l lll lll llll lll lll

284 Red-Billed Quelea 6 llll

285 Southern Red Bishop 24192 lll llllll ll llllllll ll lllllll

286 Yellow Bishop 504 l ll l ll ll ll ll

287 Pin-Tailed Whydah 9 l lll

288 Scaly-Feathered Finch 56 llll lllllll

289 Common Waxbill 540 lll ll lll ll lll

290 Black-Faced Waxbill 3 ll

291 Green-Winged Pytilia 2 l

292 Swee Waxbill 5 lll

293 White-Throated Canary 720 ll llll l lll llll

294 Yellow Canary 27648 ll lll llll lll llll l ll llll

295 Cape Canary 720 ll lll ll llll lll

296 Black-Headed Canary 5 lll

297 Damara Canary 2 l

298 Cape Siskin 5 lll

299 Lark-Like Bunting 338 ll lll l lllll l

300 Cape Bunting 1276 lll ll lll l lll l l

Sea rocks at Camps Bay – Cape Town

West Coast National Park

Koa Dunes, Aggeneys

Springbok – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Karoo near Calvinia

Mountain vegetation at Gannaga Pass – Tanqua Karoo National Park

Sunset at Kleinmont near Betty’s Bay

Cape of Good Hope

Blue Crane, Swellendam

Ebb & Flow Campsite, Wilderness National Park

Sir. Lowry´s Pass

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