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Updated: May 2020 Total count:
Roberts Bird reference with updated names 186
To update contact: Dave van der Merwe 082 804 3827

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8 Little Grebe (rare) 315 Grey-headed Gull 483 Golden-tailed Woodpecker 732 Southern Fiscal

55 White-breasted Cormorant 349 Speckled Pigeon 486 Cardinal Woodpecker 736 Southern Boubou

58 Reed Cormorant 350 African Olive Pigeon 487 Bearded Woodpecker (rare) 739 Crimson-breasted Shrike (uncommon)
60 African Darter 352 Red-eyed Dove 489 Red-throated Wryneck 740 Black-backed Puffback
62 Grey Heron (uncommon) 354 Ring-necked Dove 494 Rufous-naped Lark 743 Brown-crowned Tchagra
63 Black-headed Heron 355 Laughing Dove 498 Sabota Lark (rare) 744 Black-crowned Tchagra
67 Little Egret (uncommon) 356 Namaqua Dove (rare) 518 Barn Swallow 746 Bokmakierie
71 Western Cattle Egret 361 African Green Pigeon 520 White-throated Swallow 748 Orange-breasted Bush-shrike (rare)
72 Squacco Heron (rare) 366 Rose-ringed Parakeet 526 Greater Striped Swallow 751 Grey-headed Bush-shrike
74 Green-backed Heron (rare) 373 Grey Go-away-bird 527 Lesser Striped Swallow 758 Common Myna
76 Black-crowned Night-heron (uncommon) 377 Red-chested Cuckoo 529 Rock Martin 759 Pied Starling (rare)
81 Hamerkop 378 Black Cuckoo 530 Common House Martin 761 Violet-backed Starling (uncommon)
83 White Stork 380 Great Spotted Cuckoo (uncommon) 533 Brown-throated Martin 764 Cape Starling
85 Abdim’s Stork (uncommon) 381 Levaillant’s Cuckoo 541 Fork-tailed Drongo 769 Red-winged Starling
87 African Openbill (rare) 382 Jacobin Cuckoo (rare) 545 Black-headed Oriole 787 White-bellied Sunbird
91 African Sacred Ibis 385 Klaas’s Cuckoo (rare) 548 Pied Crow 792 Amethyst Sunbird
93 Glossy Ibis 386 Diederik Cuckoo 560 Arrow-marked Babbler 796 Cape White-eye
94 Hadeda Ibis 391 Burchell’s Coucal 568 Dark-capped Bulbul 801 House Sparrow (uncommon)
99 White-faced Whistling Duck 392 Western Barn Owl 576 Kurrichane Thrush 803 Cape Sparrow
102 Egyptian Goose 401 Spotted Eagle Owl 577 Karoo Thrush 804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
104 Yellow-billed Duck 405 Fiery-necked Nightjar 580 Groundscraper Thrush 807 Thick-billed Weaver
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105 African Black Duck 411 Common Swift (rare) 586 Mountain Wheatear 811 Village
116 Spur-winged Goose (uncommon) 412 African Black Swift (rare) 587 Capped Wheatear 813 Cape Weaver
126 Yellow-billed Kite (uncommon) 415 White-rumped Swift 589 Familiar Chat 814 Southern Masked Weaver
127 Black-shouldered Kite 416 Horus Swift (uncommon) 593 Mocking Cliff Chat (rare) 821 Red-billed Quelia
130 European Honey-buzzard 417 Little Swift 596 African Stonechat 824 Southern Red Bishop
131 Verreaux’s Eagle (rare) 418 Alpine Swift 601 Cape Robin-Chat 829 White-winged Widowbird
139 Long-crested Eagle 421 African Palm Swift 619 Garden Warbler 831 Red-collared Widowbird
140 Martial Eagle (rare) 424 Speckled Mousebird 621 Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler 832 Long-tailed Widowbird (rare)
143 Black-chested Snake-eagle (uncommon) 426 Red-faced Mousebird 635 Lesser Swamp Warbler (uncommon) 834 Green-winged Pytillia (rare)
148 African Fish Eagle 428 Pied Kingfisher (uncommon) 643 Willow Warbler 840 African Firefinch (rare)
149 Common Buzzard 429 Giant Kingfisher 661 Cape Grassbird (uncommon) 841 Jameson’s Firefinch
156 Ovambo Sparrowhawk 430 Half-collared Kingfisher (uncommon) 664 Zitting Cisticola 844 Blue Waxbill
157 Little Sparrowhawk 433 Woodland Kingfisher (uncommon) 665 Desert Cisticola 846 Common Waxbill
158 Black Sparrowhawk 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher 670 Wailing Cisticola (rare) 852 African Quailfinch
169 African Harrier-hawk 438 European Bee-eater 677 Levaillant’s Cisticola 855 Cut-throat Finch (uncommon)
171 Peregrine Falcon (uncommon) 443 White-fronted Bee-eater 681 Neddicky 856 Red-headed Finch
193 Orange River Francolin (uncommon) 445 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (uncommon) 683 Tawny-flanked Prinia 857 Bronze Mannkin
199 Swainson’s Spurfowl 451 African Hoopoe 685 Black-chested Prinia 860 Pin-tailed Whydah
203 Helmeted Guineafowl 452 Green Woodhoopoe 689 Spotted Flycatcher (uncommon) 865 Purple Indigobird
208 Blue Crane (uncommon) 457 African Grey Hornbill 698 Fiscal Flycatcher 867 Village Indigobird (rare)
228 Red-knobbed Coot 464 Black-collared Barbet 701 Chinspot Batis (rare) 869 Yellow-fronted Canary
229 African Finfoot (rare) 473 Crested Barbet 706 Fairy Flycatcher (uncommon) 870 Black-throated Canary
255 Crowned Lapwing 474 Greater Honeyguide 710 African Paradise Flycatcher 881 Streaky-headed Seedeater
258 Blacksmith Lapwing 476 Lesser Honeyguide 713 Cape Wagtail 886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
260 African Wattled Lapwing 478 Brown-backed Honeybird 716 African Pipit 941 Northern Black Korhaan (uncommon)
297 Spotted Thick-knee 727 Cape Longclaw (uncommon)

Cornwall Sighting boundaries: Nelmapius Drive, Irene Middle School, the Sesmyl Spruit and the R21 Highway.

Thanks to those who contributed: Dave and Calvin van der Merwe, Greg Averinos, Jason Boyce.

Status: Uncommon represents birds that occasionally visit or fly over the estate and only have a few records.

Rare represents birds that have very few records or were historically present in the estate

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