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cORnWall HIll cOunTRy EsTaTE - bIRd lIsT Photography by Calvin v d Merwe

Left: A pair of Laughing Doves showing
some love during the lockdown period,
they are clearly not following the
guidelines for social distancing.
Roberts Bird List Roberts Bird List Below: A female White-bellied
Sunbird getting some nectar from an
315 Grey-headed Gull 732 Souther n Fiscal overhanging flower in the morning light
349 Speckled Pigeon 736 Southern Boubou during one of the morning walks around

350 African Olive Pigeon 739 Crimson-breasted Shrike (uncommon) Cornwall Hill.
352 Red-eyed Dove 740 Black-backed Puffback
354 Ring-necked Dove 743 Brown-crowned Tchagra
355 Laughing Dove 744 Black-crowned Tchagra
356 Namaqua Dove (rare) 746 Bokmakierie
361 African Green Pigeon 748 Orange-breasted Bush-shrike (rare)
366 Rose-ringed Parakeet 751 Grey-headed Bush-shrike
373 Grey Go-away-bird 758 Common Myna
377 Red-chested Cuckoo 759 Pied Starling (rare)
378 Black Cuckoo 761 Violet-backed Starling (uncommon)
380 Great Spotted Cuckoo (uncommon) 764 Cape Starling
381 Levaillant’s Cuckoo 769 Red-winged Starling
382 Jacobin Cuckoo (rare) 787 White-bellied Sunbird
385 Klaas’s Cuckoo (rare) 792 Amethyst Sunbird
386 Diederik Cuckoo 796 Cape White-eye
391 Burchell’s Coucal 801 House Sparrow (uncommon)
392 Western Barn Owl 803 Cape Sparrow
401 Spotted Eagle Owl 804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
405 Fiery-necked Nightjar 807 Thick-billed Weaver Left: A Grey Go-away-bird
OF REd 813 Cape Weaver just before diving into the
411 Common Swift (rare)
FORTy sHadEsWeaver
811 Village
412 African Black Swift (rare)
bird bath, showing off its
814 Southern Masked Weaver
415 White-rumped Swift
monochrome colouration
416 Horus Swift (uncommon)
824 Southern Red Bishop
417 Little Swift 821 Red-billed Quelia in a dark green tree.
418 Alpine Swift 829 White-winged Widowbird
Below left: The African Green Pigeons were a great find during the lockdown
421 African Palm Swift 831 Red-collared Widowbird on Aloe Koppie at the cul-de-sac of Boohay Lane, a first for the estate and a
424 Speckled Mousebird 832 Long-tailed Widowbird (rare) great species for the area.
426 Red-faced Mousebird 834 Green-winged Pytillia (rare)
428 Pied Kingfisher (uncommon) 840 African Firefinch (rare) Below: The Cape Starling in an Orange Berry Tree flourishing on the abundance of
food that this invasive tree species provides.
429 Giant Kingfisher 841 Jameson’s Firefinch
430 Half-collared Kingfisher (uncommon) 844 Blue Waxbill
433 Woodland Kingfisher (uncommon) 846 Common Waxbill
435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher 852 African Quailfinch
438 European Bee-eater 855 Cut-throat Finch (uncommon)
443 White-fronted Bee-eater 856 Red-headed Finch
445 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (uncommon) 857 Bronze Mannkin
451 African Hoopoe 860 Pin-tailed Whydah
452 Green Woodhoopoe 865 Purple Indigobird
457 African Grey Hornbill 867 Village Indigobird (rare)
464 Black-collared Barbet 869 Yellow-fronted Canary
473 Crested Barbet 870 Black-throated Canary
474 Greater Honeyguide 881 Streaky-headed Seedeater
476 Lesser Honeyguide 886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
478 Brown-backed Honeybird 941 Northern Black Korhaan (uncommon)

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