The Bird Species of Djuma Game Reserve

A complete Bird Species List for Djuma Game Reserve
with photographs and information on the 106 most common birds

R. No. refers to the Robert's Number, or National Number.


All photographs and text by Graham Cooke
(all photographs are available for sale, contact Graham at )
 
Click on the underlined names for more information as well as photographs of the bird.
Common Name R.No.
Ostrich 001
Dabchick 008
Reed Cormorant 058
Darter 060
Grey Heron 062
Black-headed Heron 063
Great White Egret 066
Little Egret 067
Cattle Egret 071
Squacco Heron 072
Green-backed Heron 074
Black-crowned Night Heron 076
Dwarf Bittern 079
Hamerkop 081
White Stork 083
Wooly-necked Stork 086
Saddlebill Stork 088
Marabou Stork 089
Yellow-billed Stork 090
Hadeda Ibis 094
Spoonbill 095
White-faced Duck 099
Egyptian Goose 102
Red-billed Teal 108
Pygmy Goose 114
Knob-billed Duck 115
Spur-winged Goose 116
Secretary Bird 118
Hooded Vulture 121
Cape Vulture 122
White-backed Vulture 123
Lappet-faceVulture 124
White-headed Vulture 125
Yellow-billed Kite 126a
Black Kite 126b
Cuckoo Hawk 128
Common Name R.No.
Black-shouldered Kite 127
Tawny Eagle 132
Steppe Eagle 133
Lesser Spotted Eagle 134
Wahlberg's Eagle 135
Booted Eagle 136
African Hawk Eagle 137
Martial Eagle 140
Brown Snake Eagle 142
Black-breasted Snake Eagle 143
Bateleur 146
African Fish Eagle 148
Steppe Buzzard 149
Lizard Buzzard 154
Little Sparrowhawk 157
Little Banded Goshawk 159
African Goshawk 160
Gabar Goshawk 161
Dark Chanting Goshawk 163
Gymnogene 169
Lanner Falcon 172
Eastern Redfooted Kestrel 180
Rock Kestrel 181
Greater Kestrel 182
Lesser Kestrel 183
Coqui Francolin 188
Crested Francolin 189
Shelly's Francolin 191
Natal Francolin 196
Swainson's francolin 199
Harlequin Quail 201
Helmeted Guineafowl 203
Kurrichane Buttonquail 205
African Crake 212
Black Crake 213
Spotted Crake 214
Common Name R.No.
Red-knobbed Coot 228
Kori Bustard 230
Red-crested Korhaan 237
Black-bellied Korhaan 238
African Jacana 240
Painted Snipe 242
Three-banded Plover 249
Crowned Plover 255
Lesser Black-winged Plover 256
Blacksmith Plover 258
White-crowned Plover 259
Wattled Plover 260
Common Sandpiper 264
Green Sandpiper 265
Wood Sandpiper 266
Marsh Sandpiper 269
Greenshank 270
Spotted Dikkop 297
Water Dikkop 298
Temminck's Courser 300
Bronze-winged Courser 303
Double-banded Sandgrouse 347
Feral Pigeon 348
Rock Pigeon 349
Red-eyed Dove 352
Cape Turtle Dove 354
Laughing Dove 355
Namaqua Dove 356
Green Spotted Dove 358
Green Pigeon 361
Brown-headed Parrot 363
Grey Lourie 373
European Cuckoo 374
Red-chested Cuckoo 377
Black Cuckoo 378
Common Name R.No.
Great Spotted Cuckoo 380
Striped Cuckoo 381
Jacobin Cuckoo 382
Klaas's Cuckoo 385
Diederik Cuckoo 386
Burchell's Coucal 391
Barn Owl 392
Grass Owl 393
Marsh Owl 395
Scops Owl 396
Whitefaced Owl 397
Pearl Spotted Owl 398
Barred Owl 399
Spotted Eagle Owl 401
Giant Eagle Owl 402
European Nightjar 404
Fiery-necked Nightjar 405
Rufous-cheecked Nightjar 406
Freckled Nightjar 408
Mozambique Nightjar 409
Pennant-winged Nightjar 410
Black Swift 412
White-rumped Swift 415
Little Swift 417
Alpine Swift 418
Palm Swift 421
Speckled Mousebird 424
Red-faced Mousebird 426
Pied Kingfisher 428
Giant Kingfisher 429
Malachite Kingfisher 431
Common Name R.No.
Pygmy Kingfisher 432
Woodland Kingfisher 433
Brown-hooded Kingfisher 435
Grey-hooded Kingfisher 436
Striped Kingfisher 437
European Bee-eater 438
Carmine Bee-eater 441
White-fronted Bee-eater 443
Little Bee-eater 444
European Roller 446
Lilac-breasted Roller 447
Purple Roller 449
Hoopoe 451
Red-billed Woodhoopoe 452
Scimitar-billed Woodhoopoe 454
Trumpeter Hornbill 455
Grey Hornbill 457
Red-billed Hornbill 458
Yellow-billed Hornbill 459
Crowned Hornbill 460
Ground Hornbill 463
Black-collared Barbet 464
Pied Barbet 465
Crested Barbet 473
Greater Honeyguide 474
Scaly-throated Honeyguide 475
Lesser Honeyguide 476
Sharp-billed Honeyguide 478
Bennet's Woodpecker 481
Golden-tailed Woodpecker 483
Cardinal Woodpecker 486
Common Name R.No.
Bearded Woodpecker 487
Monotonous Lark 493
Rufous-naped Lark 494
Clapper Lark 495
Flappet Lark 496
Sabota Lark 498
Dusky Lark 505
Chestnut-backed Finchlark 515
European Swallow 518
Wire-tailed Swallow 522
Red-breasted Swallow 524
Mosque Swallow 525
Lesser Striped Swallow 527
Black Cuckooshrike 538
Grey Cuckooshrike 540
Fork-tailed Drongo 541
European Golden Oriole 543
African Golden Oriole 544
Black-headed Oriole 545
Pied Crow 548
Southern Black Tit 554
Cape Penduline Tit 557
Arrow-marked Babbler 560
Black-eyed Bulbul 568
Kurrichane Thrush 576
Ground-scraper Thrush 580
Stone Chat 596
Heuglin's Robin 599
Natal Robin 600
White-throated Robin 602
White-browed Robin 613
Common Name R.No.
Bearded Robin 617
Titbabbler 621
Bleating Warbler 627
African Marsh Warbler 631
Cape Reed Warbler 635
African Sedge Warbler 638
Willow Warbler 643
Yellow-breasted Apalis 648
Long-billed Crombec 651
Yellow-bellied Eremomela 653
Stierling's Barred Warbler 659
Fan-tailed Cisticola 664
Rattling Cisticola 672
Red-faced Cisticola 674
Neddicky 681
Tawny-flanked Prinia 683
Spotted Flycatcher 689
Dusky Flycatcher 690
Blue-grey Flycatcher 691
Fan-tailed Flycatcher 693
Black Flycatcher 694
Pallid Flycatcher 696
Chinspot Batis 701
Paradise Flycatcher 710
African Pied Wagtail 711
Grassveld Pipit 716
Yellow-throated Longclaw 728
Lesser Grey Shrike 731
Red-backed Shrike 733
Common Name R.No.
Long-tailed Shrike 735
Southern Boubou 736
Puffback Shrike 740
Brubru 741
Three-streaked Tchagra 743
Black-crowned Tchagra 744
Gorgeous Bush Shrike 747
Orange-breasted Bush Shrike 748
Greyheaded Bush Shrike 751
White Helmetshrike 753
Redbilled Helmetshrike 754
White-crowned Shrike 756
Wattled Starling 760
Plumb-coloured Starling 761
Burchell's Starling 762
Glossy Starling 764
Greater Blue-eared Starling 765
Red-billed Oxpecker 772
Marico Sunbird 779
Purrple-banded Sunbird 780
Collared Sunbird 786
Whitebellied Sunbird 787
Scarlet-chested Sunbird 791
Black Sunbird 792
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver 798
House Sparrow 801
Spotted-backed Weaver 811
Yellow-eyed Canary 869

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