RankCommon
name
Afrikaans
name
Scientific
name
StatusTotal
cards
with
species
Total
cards
Reporting
rate
1Blacksmith LapwingBontkiewietVanellus armatus2.02.0100.0
2Black-headed HeronSwartkopreierArdea melanocephala2.02.0100.0
3Southern BoubouSuidelike WaterfiskaalLaniarius ferrugineus2.02.0100.0
4Southern Masked-WeaverSwartkeelgeelvinkPloceus velatus2.02.0100.0
5Common FiscalFiskaallaksmanLanius collaris2.02.0100.0
6Sombre GreenbulGewone WillieAndropadus importunus2.02.0100.0
7African PipitGewone KoesterAnthus cinnamomeus2.02.0100.0
8Red-eyed DoveGrootringduifStreptopelia semitorquata2.02.0100.0
9Cape SparrowGewone MossiePasser melanurus2.02.0100.0
10Cape WagtailGewone KwikkieMotacilla capensis2.02.0100.0
11Fiscal FlycatcherFiskaalvlieivangerSigelus silens2.02.0100.0
12Karoo PriniaKaroolangstertjiePrinia maculosa2.02.0100.0
13Kelp GullSwartugmeeuLarus dominicanus2.02.0100.0
14Black-winged StiltRooipootelsieHimantopus himantopus2.02.0100.0
15Cape TealTeeleendAnas capensis2.02.0100.0
16Neddicky NeddickyNeddikkieCisticola fulvicapilla2.02.0100.0
17Pied StarlingWitgatspreeuSpreo bicolor2.02.0100.0
18Yellow-fronted CanaryGeeloogkanarieCrithagra mozambicus2.02.0100.0
19Common StarlingEuropese SpreeuSturnus vulgaris2.02.0100.0
20Greater FlamingoGrootflaminkPhoenicopterus ruberNT2.02.0100.0
21Red-faced MousebirdRooiwangmuisvoelUrocolius indicus2.02.0100.0
22Southern TchagraGrysborstjagraTchagra tchagra1.02.050.0
23Cape Robin-ChatGewone JanfrederikCossypha caffra1.02.050.0
24Little SwiftKleinwindswaelApus affinis1.02.050.0
25Southern Red BishopRooivinkEuplectes orix1.02.050.0
26Three-banded PloverDriebandstrandkiewietCharadrius tricollaris1.02.050.0
27Familiar ChatGewone SpekvreterCercomela familiaris1.02.050.0
28White-breasted CormorantWitborsduikerPhalacrocorax carbo1.02.050.0
29White-rumped SwiftWitkruiswindswaelApus caffer1.02.050.0
30Kittlitz's PloverGeelborsstrandkiewietCharadrius pecuarius1.02.050.0
31Cape Turtle-DoveGewone TortelduifStreptopelia capicola1.02.050.0
32Cape WeaverKaapse WewerPloceus capensis1.02.050.0
33Chestnut-banded PloverRooibandstrandkiewietCharadrius pallidusNT1.02.050.0
34Cape BulbulKaapse TiptolPycnonotus capensis1.02.050.0
35Jackal BuzzardRooiborsjakkalsvoelButeo rufofuscus1.02.050.0
36Southern Grey-headed SparrowGryskopmossiePasser diffusus1.02.050.0
37Pied CrowWitborskraaiCorvus albus1.02.050.0
38Grey-headed GullGryskopmeeuLarus cirrocephalus1.02.050.0
39Southern Double-collared SunbirdKlein-rooibandsuikerbekkieCinnyris chalybeus1.02.050.0
40Black-shouldered KiteBlouvalkElanus caeruleus1.02.050.0
41Fork-tailed DrongoMikstertbyvangerDicrurus adsimilis1.02.050.0
42Greater Double-collared SunbirdGroot-rooibandsuikerbekkieCinnyris afer1.02.050.0
43Rock KestrelKransvalkFalco rupicolus1.02.050.0
44Chestnut-vented Tit-BabblerBosveldtjeriktikParisoma subcaeruleum1.02.050.0
45Burchell's CoucalGewone VleiloerieCentropus burchellii1.02.050.0
46Brown-throated MartinAfrikaanse OewerswaelRiparia paludicola1.02.050.0
47Malachite SunbirdJangroentjieNectarinia famosa1.02.050.0
48Streaky-headed SeedeaterStreepkopkanarieCrithagra gularis1.02.050.0
49Greater Striped SwallowGrootstreepswaelHirundo cucullata1.02.050.0
50Ruff RuffKemphaanPhilomachus pugnax1.02.050.0
51South African ShelduckKopereendTadorna cana1.02.050.0
52Bar-throated ApalisBandkeelkleinjantjieApalis thoracica1.02.050.0
53Lesser HoneyguideKleinheuningwyserIndicator minor1.02.050.0
54Little StintKleinstrandloperCalidris minuta1.02.050.0
55Lesser Swamp-WarblerKaapse RietsangerAcrocephalus gracilirostris1.02.050.0
56Common WaxbillRooibeksysieEstrilda astrild1.02.050.0
57Curlew SandpiperKrombekstrandloperCalidris ferruginea1.02.050.0
58Bokmakierie BokmakierieBokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus1.02.050.0
59Karoo Scrub-RobinSlangverklikkerCercotrichas coryphoeus1.02.050.0
60African Sacred IbisSkoorsteenveerThreskiornis aethiopicus1.02.050.0
61Speckled MousebirdGevlekte MuisvoelColius striatus1.02.050.0
62African FirefinchKaapse VuurvinkieLagonosticta rubricata1.02.050.0

These lists are compiled from the current SABAP2 database. This is a work in progress. Species with low reporting rates are mostly vagrants; although some will be skulking residents, rarely seen. The data is not yet fully vetted, so if you find a species that you believe is totally incorrect, please send an email to info@sabap2.org

These lists are based on the pentads which overlap with the specified locality, so they might well include species that technically only occur outside the locality.