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Roberts 6 No.   Name   Status (Red Data, Endemism)

7   Black-necked Grebe        
69   Black Heron        
70   Slaty Egret       NE
75   Rufous-bellied Heron        
77   White-backed Night-Heron   VU    
78   Little Bittern        
79   Dwarf Bittern        
83   White Stork        
84   Black Stork   NT    
85   Abdim's Stork        
89   Marabou Stork   NT    
90   Yellow-billed Stork   NT    
92   Southern Bald Ibis   VU   E
93   Glossy Ibis        
96   Greater Flamingo   NT    
97   Lesser Flamingo   NT    
103   South African Shelduck       E
104.1   Mallard        
105   African Black Duck        
112   Cape Shoveler       NE
114   African Pygmy-Goose   NT    
116   Spur-winged Goose        
118   Secretarybird   NT    
122   Cape Vulture   VU   E
123   White-backed Vulture   VU    
124   Lappet-faced Vulture   VU    
126   Black Kite        
126.1   Yellow-billed Kite        
128   African Cuckoo Hawk        
130   European Honey-Buzzard        
131   Verreaux's (Black) Eagle        
132   Tawny Eagle   VU    
133   Steppe Eagle        
134   Lesser Spotted Eagle        
135   Wahlberg's Eagle        
136   Booted Eagle        
137   African Hawk-Eagle        
138   Ayres's Hawk-Eagle   NT    
139   Long-crested Eagle        
140   Martial Eagle   VU    
148   African Fish-Eagle        
152   Jackal Buzzard       E
154   Lizard Buzzard        
156   Ovambo Sparrowhawk       Etienne Marais
157   Little Sparrowhawk        
158   Black Sparrowhawk        
159   Little Banded Goshawk (Shikra)        
160   African Goshawk         Roger Fieldwick
161   Gabar Goshawk        
162   Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk       NE
164   Western Marsh-Harrier        
165   African Marsh-Harrier   VU    
167   Pallid Harrier   NT    
168   Black Harrier   NT   E
169   African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene)        
170   Osprey        
171   Peregrine Falcon   NT    
179   Red-footed Falcon        
180   Amur (Eastern Red-footed) Falcon        
182   Greater Kestrel        
183   Lesser Kestrel   VU    
190   Grey-winged Francolin       E
191   Shelley's Francolin        
192   Red-winged Francolin        
193   Orange River Francolin       NE Pat Tattersall
196   Natal Francolin       NE
199   Swainson's Spurfowl       NE
200   Common Quail        
201   Harlequin Quail        
205   Small (Kurrichane) Buttonquail        
208   Blue Crane   VU   E Johnny Wilson
214   Spotted Crake        
215   Baillon's Crake        
216   Striped Crake        
217   Red-chested Flufftail        Faansie Peacock
218   Buff-spotted Flufftail         Faansie Peacock
224   Allen's (Lesser) Gallinule        
227   Lesser Moorhen        
229   African Finfoot   VU    
231   Denham's (Stanley's) Bustard   VU    
233   (Southern White-bellied) Barrow's Korhaan   VU   E
234   Blue Korhaan   NT   E
237   Red-crested Korhaan       NE
239.1   Northern Black Korhaan       E
242   Greater Painted-snipe   NT    
245   Common Ringed Plover        
247   Chestnut-banded Plover   NT    
248   Kittlitz's Plover        
252   Caspian Plover        
266   Wood Sandpiper        
286   African Snipe        
294   Pied Avocet        
298   Water Thick-knee (Dikkop)        
300   Temminck's Courser         Faansie Peacock
303   Bronze-winged Courser         Faansie Peacock
304   Collared (Redwinged) Pratincole   NT    
305   Black-winged Pratincole   NT    
313   Lesser Black-backed Gull        
315   Grey-headed Gull        
322   Caspian Tern   NT     Faansie Peacock
338   Whiskered Tern        
339   White-winged Tern        
346   Yellow-throated Sandgrouse   NT    
347   Double-banded Sandgrouse       NE
350   African Olive-Pigeon (Rameron)        
361   African Green-Pigeon        
364   Meyer's Parrot        
366   Rose-ringed Parakeet        
373   Grey Go-away-bird        Bryan Groom
374   Common (European) Cuckoo        
375   African Cuckoo        
377   Red-chested Cuckoo        
382   Jacobin Cuckoo        
391   Burchell's Coucal       NE
393   African Grass-Owl   VU    Faansie Peacock
395   Marsh Owl        
396   African Scops-Owl        
397   Southern White-faced Scops-Owl        
398   Pearl-spotted Owlet        
400   Cape Eagle-Owl        
402   Verreaux's (Giant) Eagle-Owl        
404   European Nightjar        
406   Rufous-cheeked Nightjar        
408   Freckled Nightjar        
409   Square-tailed (Mozambique) Nightjar        
410   Pennant-winged Nightjar        
411   Common (European) Swift        
412   African Black Swift        
415   White-rumped Swift        
416   Horus Swift        
417   Little Swift        
418   Alpine Swift        
421   African Palm-Swift         Stephan Swanepoel
424   Speckled Mousebird        
425   White-backed Mousebird       E
429   Giant Kingfisher        
430   Half-collared Kingfisher   NT    
432   African Pygmy-Kingfisher        
433   Woodland Kingfisher        
436   Grey-headed Kingfisher        
437   Striped Kingfisher        
438   European Bee-eater        
440   Blue-cheeked Bee-eater        
441   Southern Carmine Bee-eater        
443   White-fronted Bee-eater        
444   Little Bee-eater        
445   Swallow-tailed Bee-eater        
446   European Roller        
449   Purple Roller        
454   Common Scimitarbill        
457   African Grey Hornbill         Lester Niss
458   Southern Red-billed Hornbill       NE
459   Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill       NE
465   Acacia Pied Barbet       NE
470   Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird        
474   Greater Honeyguide        
476   Lesser Honeyguide        
478   Brown-backed (Sharp-billed) Honeybird        
480   Ground Woodpecker       E
481   Bennett's Woodpecker        
492   Melodious Lark   NT   E Faansie Peacock Etienne Marais
493   Monotonous Lark       NE
495   Eastern Clapper Lark       NE
497   Fawn-coloured Lark       NE
498   Sabota Lark       NE
500.2   Eastern Long-billed Lark       E
505   Dusky Lark        
506   Spike-heeled Lark       NE
508   Pink-billed Lark       NE
516   Grey-backed Sparrowlark       NE
520   White-throated Swallow        
523   Pearl-breasted Swallow        
526   Greater Striped Swallow       NE Br
527   Lesser Striped Swallow        
528   South African Cliff-Swallow       E Br
533   Brown-throated Martin        
545   Eastern Black-headed Oriole         Stephan Swanepoel
547   Cape Crow        
552   Ashy Tit       NE
554   Southern Black Tit       NE
557   Cape Penduline-Tit       NE
558   Grey Penduline-Tit        
563   Southern Pied Babbler       E Dewald Swanepoel
567   African Red-eyed Bulbul       NE
574   Yellow-bellied Greenbul        
577   Karoo Thrush (Olive split)       E
577.1   Olive Thrush       E
581   Cape Rock-Thrush       E
582   Sentinel Rock-Thrush       E
583   Short-toed Rock-Thrush       NE
586   Mountain Wheatear (Chat)       NE
587   Capped Wheatear        
588   Buff-streaked Chat       E
595   Anteating Chat       E
601   Cape Robin-Chat       Bryan Groom
602   White-throated Robin-Chat       E
615   Kalahari Scrub-Robin       NE
619   Garden Warbler         Faansie Peacock
620   Common Whitethroat         Faansie Peacock
621   Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler       NE
625   Icterine Warbler        
626   Olive-tree Warbler        
627   River Warbler         Faansie Peacock
628   Great Reed-Warbler        
631   African Reed-Warbler         Faansie Peacock
633   (European) Marsh Warbler         Faansie Peacock
634   (European) Sedge Warbler        
637   Dark-capped Yellow Warbler         Faansie Peacock
638   (African Sedge) Little Rush-Warbler        
645   Bar-throated Apalis        
655   Green-capped Eremomela        
656   Burnt-necked Eremomela       NE
658   Barred Wren-Warbler       NE
661   Cape Grassbird       E
664   Zitting (Fan-tailed) Cisticola        
665   Desert Cisticola        
666   Cloud Cisticola       NE
668   Pale-crowned Cisticola         Faansie Peacock
671  Tinkling Cisticola - Etienne Marais         Pete Irons
685   Black-chested Prinia       NE
686   Spotted Prinia       E
693   Grey Tit-Flycatcher        
695   Marico Flycatcher       NE
696   Pale Flycatcher        
698   Fiscal Flycatcher       E
706   Fairy Flycatcher       E
718   Plain-backed Pipit        
719   Buffy Pipit        
720   Striped Pipit        
721   African Rock Pipit       E
723   Bushveld Pipit         Faansie Peacock
724   Short-tailed Pipit   VU     Faansie Peacock
725   Yellow-breasted Pipit   VU   E Faansie Peacock
727   Cape (Orange-throated) Longclaw       E
736   Southern Boubou       E
739   Crimson-breasted Shrike       NE
746   Bokmakierie       NE
756   Southern White-crowned Shrike       NE
758   Common Mynah       Faansie Peacock
759   Pied Starling       E
761   Violet-backed (Plum-coloured) Starling   Gisela Ortner      
762   Burchell's Starling       NE
764   Cape Glossy Starling       NE
772   Red-billed Oxpecker   NT    
775   Malachite Sunbird        
785   Greater Double-collared Sunbird       E
792   Amethyst (Black) Sunbird        
796   Cape White-eye       E
798   Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver        
802   Great Sparrow       NE
803   Cape Sparrow       NE Anthony Cooper
804   Southern Grey-headed Sparrow       NE
805   Yellow-throated Petronia        
806   Scaly-feathered Finch       NE
807   Thick-billed Weaver        
810   Spectacled Weaver        
811   Village (Spotted-backed) Weaver        
813   Cape Weaver       E
815   Lesser Masked-Weaver        
819   Red-headed Weaver        
820   Cuckoo Finch         Rihann Geyser
821   Red-billed Quelea        
827   Yellow Bishop (Yellow-rumped Widow)        
828   Fan-tailed Widowbird        
840   African (Blue-billed) Firefinch        
845   Violet-eared Waxbill       NE
847   Black-faced Waxbill         Dewald Swanepoel
850   Swee Waxbill       NE
855   Cut-throat Finch        
856   Red-headed Finch       NE
861   Shaft-tailed Whydah       NE
862   Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah        
864   Dusky Indigobird (Widow-finch)        
865   Purple Indigobird (Widow-finch)        
867   Village Indigobird (Widow-finch)        
872   Cape Canary        
877   Brimstone (Bully) Canary        
878   Yellow Canary       NE
887   Lark-like Bunting       NE


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