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| 18 || Canary || Brimstone || Regular visitor || | 18 || Canary || Brimstone || Regular visitor ||
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| 19 || Example || Example || Example || Example | 19 || Canary || Yellow-fronted || Regularly present ||
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|20 Cisticola || Zitting || Rare visitor || April 2015; first sighting in recent years
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|21 Coucal || Burchell's || Occasional visitor || August 2015; winter of 2016
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|22 Crested-Flycatcher || Bluemantled || Rare visitor || Female present 2014-6
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |23 Crow || Pied || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |24 Cuckoo || Black || Occasional summer visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |25 Cuckoo || Diderik || Regular summer visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |26 Cuckoo || Emerald || Occasional summer visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |27 Cuckoo || Common || Rare visitor || Record from 1979
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |28 Cuckoo || Jacobin || Rare visitor || October 2016
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |29 Cuckoo || Klaas's || Breeding resident || Breeding 2014
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|30 Cuckoo || Redchested || Occasional summer visitor || Juvenile February 2015
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |31 Cuckooshrike || Black || Occasional visitor || Mainly winter
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |32 Cuckooshrike || Grey || Occasional visitor || Mainly winter
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |33 Dove || Redeyed || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |34 Dove || Laughing || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |35 Dove || Rock || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |36 Dove || Tambourine || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |37 Dove || Lemon || Rare visitor || Seen 2012
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |38 Drongo || Forktailed || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |39 Drongo || Squaretailed || Breeding resident ||
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|40 Eagle || African Crowned || Occasional visitor January 2014, 2016, 2017
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|41 Eagle-Owl || Spotted || Occasional visitor
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |42 Falcon || Lanner || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |43 Firefinch || African || Breeding resident ||
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|44 Firefinch || Red-billed || Breeding resident || First sighting January 2015; now established
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |45 Flufftail || Buffspotted || Breeding resident || Seen regularly
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |46 Flycatcher || Ashy || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |47 Flycatcher || Dusky || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |48 Flycatcher || Fiscal || Regular winter visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |49 Flycatcher || Spotted || Uncommon summer visitor || Present late 2014
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |50 Flycatcher || Southern Black || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |51 Goshawk || African || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |52 Greenbul || Sombre || Breeding resident ||
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|53 Greenbul || Yellowbellied || Occasional visitor || Often present in winter and spring
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|54 Ground-Thrush || Spotted || Regular migrant || April to September; November 2014; January 2016
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |55 Hamerkop || || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |56 Harrierhawk || African || Regular visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |57 Hawk || African Cuckoo || Rare visitor || Present June 2014
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |58 Heron || Black-headed || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |59 Hobby || Eurasian || Rare visitor || March 2015
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|60 Honeybird || Brownbacked Occasional visitor ||
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|61 Honey-Buzzard || European || Rare visitor || First sighting January 2015
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|62 Honeyguide || Greater Rare visitor || Not seen in recent years
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|63 Honeyguide || Lesser Usually present ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |64 Honeyguide || Scalythroated || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |65 Hoopoe || African || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |66 Hornbill || Crowned || Rare visitor || 2015
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |67 Hornbill || Trumpeter || Rare visitor || 2011
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |68 Ibis || Hadeda || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |69 Kingfisher || Brownhooded || Breeding resident ||
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|70 Kingfisher || Mangrove || Rare visitor || 2011, March 2016, 8 October 2017
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |71 Kingfisher || Pygmy || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |72 Kite || Yellowbilled || Breeding migrant ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |73 Malkoha || Green || Rare visitor || 2010
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |74 Mannikin || Bronze || Breeding resident
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |75 Mannikin || Redbacked || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |76 Martin || Rock || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |77 Mousebird || Speckled || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |78 Myna || Common || Frequent visitor ||
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|79 Nightjar || European|| Rare visitor ||2013; 2014 18 December 2014
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |80 Nightjar || Fierynecked || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |81 Oriole || Blackheaded || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |82 Owl || Barn || Record from 1979 ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |83 Palm-Swift || African || Regularly present ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |84 Paradise-Flycatcher || African || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |85 Parakeet || Rose-ringed || Regular visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |86 Pigeon || Green || Record from 1979 ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |87 Prinia || Tawnyflanked || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |88 Puffback|| Blackbacked || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |89 Pygmy-Kingfisher || African || Occasional visitor ||
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|90 Robin || White-Starred || Rare visitor || Not seen in recent years
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |91 Robin-Chat || Redcapped || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |92 Robin-Chat || Cape || Occasional visitor || Mainly winter
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |93 Robin-Chat || Chorister || Occasional visitor || Mainly winter
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |94 Saw-wing || Black|| Regular visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |95 Scimitarbill || Common || Rare visitor || 11 November 2016
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |96 Scrub-Robin || White-browed || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |98 Shrike || Fiscal || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |99 Shrike || Red-backed || Infrequent summer visitor || Present Nov 2015
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|100 Sparrow || Southern Greyheaded || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |101 Sparrow || House || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |102 Sparrowhawk || Little || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |103 Sparrowhawk || Black|| Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |104 Spurfowl || Natal || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |105 Starling || Blackbellied || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |106 Starling || Violetbacked || Occasional summer visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |107 Starling || Redwinged || Regularly present ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |108 Starling || Glossy || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |109 Stonechat || Rare visitor || Not seen in recent years
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |110 Stork || Woollynecked || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |111 Sunbird || Grey || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |112 Sunbird || Amethyst|| Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |113 Sunbird || Olive || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |114 Sunbird || Purplebanded || Regular visitor ||Winter
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |115 Sunbird || Collared || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |116 Sunbird || Whitebellied || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |117 Swallow || Barn || Regular visitor ||Summer
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |118 Swallow || Lesser-striped || Regular visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |119 Swallow || Whitethroated || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |120 Swift || Black || Rare visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |121 Swift || Whiterumped || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |122 Swift || Little || Regularly present ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |123 Swift || Palm || Regularly present ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |124 Swift || Alpine || Rare visitor || Not seen in recent years
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |125 Tchagra || Southern || Rare visitor || 2017
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |127 Thrush|| Olive || Winter visitor || Present March 2014
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |128 Tinkerbird || Redfronted || Occasional visitor || October 2017
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |129 Tinkerbird || Yellow-rumped || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |130 Tit || Southern Black || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |131 Trogon || Narina || Occasional visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |132 Turaco || Knysna || Rare visitor || September 1991; 1 October 2017
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|133 Turaco || Purple-crested ||Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |134 Twinspot || Green || Regular visitor || Breeding record 2014
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |135 Vulture || Palm-nut || Rare visitor || 22 October 2017
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |136 Wagtail || Cape || Occasional visitor ||
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|137 Wagtail || Mountain || Rare visitor || Seen once in 1990s, again in 2013
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |138 Warbler || Barratt's || Infrequent winter visitor || June 2014, 2017
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |139 Warbler || Garden || Rare visitor || Present winter 2015
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |140 Warbler || Marsh || Rare visitor || Not seen in recent years
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |141 Warbler || Willow || Rare summer visitor|| December 2014
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|142 Warbler|| Knysna || Rare visitor || Seen and recorded 20th August 2017
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |143 Wattle-eye || Black-throated || Rare visitor || 2013; present in 2015
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |144 Waxbill || Common || Regular visitor ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |145 Waxbill || Grey || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |146 Weaver || Yellow || Rare visitor || Winter 2015
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |147 Weaver || Darkbacked || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |148 Weaver || Village || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |149 Weaver || Thickbilled || Regularly present ||
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|150 Weaver || Spectacled Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |151 White-eye || Cape || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |152 Wood-Hoopoe || Green || Regular visitor ||
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|153 Woodland-Warbler || Yellowthroated || Rare visitor, winter || 13 August 2016
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|154 Woodpecker|| Goldentailed|| Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |155 Woodpecker || Cardinal || Breeding resident ||
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| Example || Example || Example || Example || Example |156 Woodpecker || Olive || Rare visitor || 2009, 2017
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|157 Wydah Pin-tailed || Irregular visitor || 2015, 2017
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Revision as of 13:07, 22 October 2017

Hikers in Pigeon Valley

Pigeon Valley is a Natural Heritage Park and formally declared municipal nature reserve in Durban, South Africa. It is an unusual example of an urban reserve with very high levels of biodiversity. It was established to provide protection for the Natal Elm (Celtis mildbraedii) and other forest giants of the coastal climax forest. Another rare tree that occurs here is Natal Forest Loquat (Oxyanthus pyriformis) which is endemic to the Durban area and to oNgoye Forest. Pigeon Valley is about 11ha in extent, and is situated on the Berea, overlooking Durban Bay. Its unusual north-south orientation may contribute to the biodiversity, with the south-facing slope covered in canopy forest, while the north-facing slope has thorny thickets. An adjoining reservoir, previously part of the reserve, provides a patch of coastal grassland.

Animals

Red duiker at Pigeon Valley
Male buff-spotted flufftail in Pigeon Valley, January 2014

The park is home to red duiker and blue duiker. There is a troop of banded mongooses as well as slender and water mongooses. Blue vervet monkeys are constantly present.

Various species of forest birds are found here including; green twinspot, Cape White-Eye, Southern Boubou, Spotted Ground-Thrush, Purple-crested Turaco and African Paradise-Flycatcher. The Black Sparrowhawk breeds here annually. Another bird that is seldom seen but that is generally present is Buff-spotted Flufftail. Unusual sightings of note in recent years include European Nightjar, Knysna Warbler, Lemon Dove, Mountain Wagtail, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Common Scimitarbill, Palm-nut Vulture and Knysna Turaco. The current bird list for Pigeon Valley includes 158 species.

The Spotted Ground-Thrush is of particular note, as Pigeon Valley is one of the places where this endangered bird can be most reliably found in winter. It arrives typically in late March or early April, and is present until August or September; in 2015 it was present until 5 October. Summer migrants include, occasionally, Black Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo and Red-backed Shrike.


Bird list for Pigeon Valley
Number Family Species Status Notes
1 Apalis Barthroated Breeding resident
2 Apalis Yellow-breasted Breeding resident
3 Barbet Black-collared Breeding resident Recent decline in numbers
4 Barbet White-eared Breeding resident Increasing in number
5 Barbet Crested Occasional visitor
6 Batis Cape Breeding resident
7 Batis Chinspot Breeding resident
8 Bee-eater Little Occasional visitor
9 Boubou Southern Breeding resident
10 Brownbul Terrestrial Breeding resident
11 Bulbul Dark-capped Breeding resident
12 Bunting Goldenbreasted Occasional visitor April 1992, 30 March 2013
13 Bush-Shrike Gorgeous Rare visitor Recorded 2007
14 Bush-Shrike Greyheaded Occasional visitor 2012; winter 2014
15 Bush-Shrike Olive Occasional visitor Spring 2014, Winter 2017
16 Bush-Shrike Orange-breasted Occasional visitor Not seen 2012-2017
17 Camaroptera Green-backed Breeding resident
18 Canary Brimstone Regular visitor
19 Canary Yellow-fronted Regularly present
20 Cisticola Zitting Rare visitor April 2015; first sighting in recent years
21 Coucal Burchell's Occasional visitor August 2015; winter of 2016
22 Crested-Flycatcher Bluemantled Rare visitor Female present 2014-6
23 Crow Pied Occasional visitor
24 Cuckoo Black Occasional summer visitor
25 Cuckoo Diderik Regular summer visitor
26 Cuckoo Emerald Occasional summer visitor
27 Cuckoo Common Rare visitor Record from 1979
28 Cuckoo Jacobin Rare visitor October 2016
29 Cuckoo Klaas's Breeding resident Breeding 2014
30 Cuckoo Redchested Occasional summer visitor Juvenile February 2015
31 Cuckooshrike Black Occasional visitor Mainly winter
32 Cuckooshrike Grey Occasional visitor Mainly winter
33 Dove Redeyed Breeding resident
34 Dove Laughing Breeding resident
35 Dove Rock Occasional visitor
36 Dove Tambourine Breeding resident
37 Dove Lemon Rare visitor Seen 2012
38 Drongo Forktailed Breeding resident
39 Drongo Squaretailed Breeding resident
40 Eagle African Crowned Occasional visitor January 2014, 2016, 2017
41 Eagle-Owl Spotted Occasional visitor
42 Falcon Lanner Occasional visitor
43 Firefinch African Breeding resident
44 Firefinch Red-billed Breeding resident First sighting January 2015; now established
45 Flufftail Buffspotted Breeding resident Seen regularly
46 Flycatcher Ashy Breeding resident
47 Flycatcher Dusky Breeding resident
48 Flycatcher Fiscal Regular winter visitor
49 Flycatcher Spotted Uncommon summer visitor Present late 2014
50 Flycatcher Southern Black Breeding resident
51 Goshawk African Breeding resident
52 Greenbul Sombre Breeding resident
53 Greenbul Yellowbellied Occasional visitor Often present in winter and spring
54 Ground-Thrush Spotted Regular migrant April to September; November 2014; January 2016
55 Hamerkop Occasional visitor
56 Harrierhawk African Regular visitor
57 Hawk African Cuckoo Rare visitor Present June 2014
58 Heron Black-headed Occasional visitor
59 Hobby Eurasian Rare visitor March 2015
60 Honeybird Brownbacked Occasional visitor
61 Honey-Buzzard European Rare visitor First sighting January 2015
62 Honeyguide Greater Rare visitor Not seen in recent years
63 Honeyguide Lesser Usually present
64 Honeyguide Scalythroated Occasional visitor
65 Hoopoe African Occasional visitor
66 Hornbill Crowned Rare visitor 2015
67 Hornbill Trumpeter Rare visitor 2011
68 Ibis Hadeda Breeding resident
69 Kingfisher Brownhooded Breeding resident
70 Kingfisher Mangrove Rare visitor 2011, March 2016, 8 October 2017
71 Kingfisher Pygmy Occasional visitor
72 Kite Yellowbilled Breeding migrant
73 Malkoha Green Rare visitor 2010
74 Mannikin Bronze Breeding resident
75 Mannikin Redbacked Breeding resident
76 Martin Rock Occasional visitor
77 Mousebird Speckled Breeding resident
78 Myna Common Frequent visitor
79 Nightjar European Rare visitor 2013; 2014 18 December 2014
80 Nightjar Fierynecked Occasional visitor
81 Oriole Blackheaded Breeding resident
82 Owl Barn Record from 1979
83 Palm-Swift African Regularly present
84 Paradise-Flycatcher African Breeding resident
85 Parakeet Rose-ringed Regular visitor
86 Pigeon Green Record from 1979
87 Prinia Tawnyflanked Breeding resident
88 Puffback Blackbacked Breeding resident
89 Pygmy-Kingfisher African Occasional visitor
90 Robin White-Starred Rare visitor Not seen in recent years
91 Robin-Chat Redcapped Breeding resident
92 Robin-Chat Cape Occasional visitor Mainly winter
93 Robin-Chat Chorister Occasional visitor Mainly winter
94 Saw-wing Black Regular visitor
95 Scimitarbill Common Rare visitor 11 November 2016
96 Scrub-Robin White-browed Breeding resident
98 Shrike Fiscal Occasional visitor
99 Shrike Red-backed Infrequent summer visitor Present Nov 2015
100 Sparrow Southern Greyheaded Occasional visitor
101 Sparrow House Occasional visitor
102 Sparrowhawk Little Occasional visitor
103 Sparrowhawk Black Breeding resident
104 Spurfowl Natal Occasional visitor
105 Starling Blackbellied Breeding resident
106 Starling Violetbacked Occasional summer visitor
107 Starling Redwinged Regularly present
108 Starling Glossy Breeding resident
109 Stonechat Rare visitor Not seen in recent years
110 Stork Woollynecked Occasional visitor
111 Sunbird Grey Breeding resident
112 Sunbird Amethyst Breeding resident
113 Sunbird Olive Breeding resident
114 Sunbird Purplebanded Regular visitor Winter
115 Sunbird Collared Breeding resident
116 Sunbird Whitebellied Breeding resident
117 Swallow Barn Regular visitor Summer
118 Swallow Lesser-striped Regular visitor
119 Swallow Whitethroated Occasional visitor
120 Swift Black Rare visitor
121 Swift Whiterumped Occasional visitor
122 Swift Little Regularly present
123 Swift Palm Regularly present
124 Swift Alpine Rare visitor Not seen in recent years
125 Tchagra Southern Rare visitor 2017
127 Thrush Olive Winter visitor Present March 2014
128 Tinkerbird Redfronted Occasional visitor October 2017
129 Tinkerbird Yellow-rumped Breeding resident
130 Tit Southern Black Breeding resident
131 Trogon Narina Occasional visitor
132 Turaco Knysna Rare visitor September 1991; 1 October 2017
133 Turaco Purple-crested Breeding resident 134 Twinspot Green Regular visitor Breeding record 2014
135 Vulture Palm-nut Rare visitor 22 October 2017
136 Wagtail Cape Occasional visitor
137 Wagtail Mountain Rare visitor Seen once in 1990s, again in 2013
138 Warbler Barratt's Infrequent winter visitor June 2014, 2017
139 Warbler Garden Rare visitor Present winter 2015
140 Warbler Marsh Rare visitor Not seen in recent years
141 Warbler Willow Rare summer visitor December 2014
142 Warbler Knysna Rare visitor Seen and recorded 20th August 2017
143 Wattle-eye Black-throated Rare visitor 2013; present in 2015
144 Waxbill Common Regular visitor
145 Waxbill Grey Breeding resident
146 Weaver Yellow Rare visitor Winter 2015
147 Weaver Darkbacked Breeding resident
148 Weaver Village Breeding resident
149 Weaver Thickbilled Regularly present
150 Weaver Spectacled Breeding resident
151 White-eye Cape Breeding resident
152 Wood-Hoopoe Green Regular visitor
153 Woodland-Warbler Yellowthroated Rare visitor, winter 13 August 2016
154 Woodpecker Goldentailed Breeding resident
155 Woodpecker Cardinal Breeding resident
156 Woodpecker Olive Rare visitor 2009, 2017
157 Wydah Pin-tailed Irregular visitor 2015, 2017

Plants

A Natal elm, showing its extensive buttressing, Pigeon Valley, May 2013

There are over 110 species of trees occurring in Pigeon Valley, almost all of which are locally indigenous. Pigeon Valley is also notable for large stands of Buckweed (Isoglossa woodii) which grow in more open areas under the forest canopy and in forest glades. In recent years there have been a few discoveries of plants not previously identified.

Pigeon Valley is unique in having large numbers of the rare Natal Elm, and of Natal Forest Loquat. A Cryptocarya specimen found adjacent to the main track has so far not been definitively identified; it may be a species seldom found in the area or alternatively a hybrid.

A Spotted Ground-Thrush, a migrant to the urban reserve, Pigeon Valley, Durban
Indigenous trees of Pigeon Valley
(*) probably introduced
Scientific name Common name
Acacia robusta Narrow-pod robust thorn
Acacia kraussiana Coast climbing thorn
Acalypha glabrata Forest false-nettle
Acokanthera oblongifolia* Dune poison-bush
Acridocarpus natalitius Moth-fruit
Adenia gummifera Green-stem
Adenopodia spicata Spiny splinterbean
Albizia adianthifolia Flatcrown
Allophylus africanus African false-currant
Anastrabe integerrima Pambati-tree
Antidesma venosum Tassel-berry
Apodytes dimidiata White-pear
Baphia racemosa Forest camwood
Bauhinia galpinii* Pride of De Kaap bauhinia
Bersama lucens Glossy white-ash
Brachylaena discolor Coast silver-oak
Bridelia micrantha Mitzeeri sweetberry
Calodendrum capense Cape-chestnut
Calpurnia aurea* Showy calpurnia
Canthium inerme Turkey-berry
Canthium spinosum* Coast turkey-berry
Capparis fascicularis subsp. zeyheri Coast zigzag caper-bush
Capparis sepiaria var. citrifolia Woolly caper-bush
Carissa bispinosa Num-num
Catunaregam obovatum Coast bone-apple
Celtis africana White-stinkwood
Celtis mildbraedii Natal elm
Chaetachme aristata Thorny-elm
Chrysanthemoides monilifera Bush tick-berry
Chrysophyllum viridifolium Fluted-milkwood
Clerodendron glabrum Tinderwood
Cnestis polyphylla Itch-pod
Combretum kraussii Forest bushwillow
Commiphora harveyi* Copper-stem corkwood
Commiphora woodii* Forest corkwood
Cordia caffra Septee tree
Crotalaria capensis Cape rattle-pod
Croton sylvaticus Forest fever-berry
Cryptocarya latifolia Broad-leaf wild-quince
Cryptocarya sp. Unknown species
Cryptocarya woodii Cape wild-quince
Cussonia nicholsonii South coast cabbage-tree
Cussonia sphaerocephala Forest cabbage-tree
Cussonia spicata Cabbage-tree
Dalbergia armata Thorny-rope flat-bean
Dalbergia obovata Climbing flat-bean
Deinbollia oblongifolia Dune soap-berry
Diospyros natalensis* Acorn jackal-berry
Diospyros villosa Hairy star-apple
Dombeya tiliacea Forest dombeya
Erythrina caffra* Coast coral-tree
Euclea natalensis Hairy guarri
Ficus burkei Common wild fig
Ficus lutea* Giant-leaf fig
Ficus natalensis Coast strangler fig
Ficus polita Heart-leaf fig
Ficus sur* Broom-cluster fig
Grewia occidentalis Cross-berry raisin
Gymnosporia nemorosa White-spot forest spikethorn
Halleria lucida* Tree-fuchsia
Harpephyllum caffrum* Wild-plum
Hyperacanthus amoenensis Spiny-gardenia
Kiggelaria africana* Wild-peach
Lagynias lasiantha Smooth pendent-medlar
Maerua racemulosa Forest bush-cherry
Magaritaria discoidea Peacock-berry
Maytenus peduncularis Cape-blackwood
Millettia grandis Umzimbeet
Mimusops obovata Forest red-milkwood
Mitriostigma axillare Dwarf-loquat
Monanthotaxis caffra Dwaba-berry
Ochna natalitia Natal plane
Oxyanthus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis Natal loquat
Pachystigma bowkeri Forest crowned-medlar
Pavetta inandensis Forest brides-bush
Pavetta lanceolata Weeping brides-bush
Podocarpus latifolius* Real yellowwood
Protorhus longifolia Red beech
Psychotria capensis Black bird-berry
Psydrax obovatum Quar
Putterlickia verrucosa Forest false-spikethorn
Rapanea melanophloeos* Cape-beech
Rawsonia lucida Forest-peach
Rhoicissus rhomboidea Glossy forest grape
Rhoicissus tomentosa Common forest grape
Rothmannia globosa September bells
Scolopia zeyheri Thorn-pear
Searsia chirindensis Red currant
Strelitzia nicolai Coast strelitzia
Strychnos decussata Cape-teak bitterberry
Strychnos gerrardii Coast monkey-orange
Syzygium cordatum* Umdoni
Tecomaria capensis Cape honeysuckle
Trema orientalis Pigeonwood
Tricalysia lanceolata Jackal-coffee
Trichilia dregeana Forest natal mahogany
Trimeria grandifolia Wild-mulberry
Turraea floribunda Honeysuckle-tree
Uvaria caffra Small-fruit cluster-pear
Vangueria randii subsp. chartacea Coast wild-medlar
Vepris lanceolata White-ironwood

Public access

The reserve is open from 07:30 to 16:00 daily throughout the year. The entrance is in Princess Alice Avenue, Glenwood, opposite Rhodes Avenue.

Community

An active grouping, Friends of Pigeon Valley, undertakes clearing of invasive alien plants, ensuring that the park is unusually free of alien species. There is a Facebook page with that name at https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfPigeonValley/

See also

References

  1. Bodenstein, J. (2009)
  2. Birds in Reserves, ADU
  3. http://birp.adu.org.za/site_summary.php?site=29523059
  4. Hemson, C. (2014)

Bibliography

  • Pooley, T. and Player, I. (1995). KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife Destinations. ISBN 1-86812-487-8.
Nature Reserves in eThekwini
eThekwini Municipality D'MOSS
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife
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