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Bird Checklist photos and data South Africa Number of species: 851
Number of endemics: 32
Number of globally threatened species: 27
Number of introduced species: 9
Date last reviewed: 2006-09-11
STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae
Ostrich
SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae
King Penguin	Rare/Accidental
Gentoo Penguin	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Rockhopper Penguin	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Macaroni Penguin	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Jackass Penguin	Vulnerable
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae
Wandering Albatross
Royal Albatross	Rare/Accidental
Grey-headed Albatross	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Black-browed Albatross
Buller's Albatross	Rare/Accidental
Shy Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Sooty Albatross	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Light-mantled Albatross	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Antarctic Giant-Petrel	Vulnerable
Hall's Giant-Petrel	Near-threatened
Southern Fulmar
Antarctic Petrel	Rare/Accidental
Cape Petrel
Snow Petrel	Rare/Accidental
Great-winged Petrel
White-headed Petrel	Rare/Accidental
Atlantic Petrel	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Blue Petrel	Rare/Accidental
Broad-billed Prion	Rare/Accidental
Salvin's Prion	Rare/Accidental
Antarctic Prion
Slender-billed Prion	Rare/Accidental
Fairy Prion	Rare/Accidental
Jouanin's Petrel	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Grey Petrel	Near-threatened
White-chinned Petrel
Kerguelen Petrel	Rare/Accidental
Streaked Shearwater	Rare/Accidental
Cory's Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater	Near-threatened
Manx Shearwater	Rare/Accidental
Balearic Shearwater	Rare/Accidental Critically endangered
Little Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater	Rare/Accidental
Mascarene Shearwater	Rare/Accidental
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel	Rare/Accidental
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Rare/Accidental
White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Rare/Accidental
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Pelecanoididae
Common Diving-Petrel
PELECANIFORMES: Phaethontidae
Red-billed Tropicbird	Rare/Accidental
Red-tailed Tropicbird	Rare/Accidental
White-tailed Tropicbird	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae
Cape Gannet	Vulnerable
Australian Gannet	Rare/Accidental
Red-footed Booby	Rare/Accidental
Brown Booby	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant
Cape Cormorant	Endemic Near-threatened
Bank Cormorant	Endangered
Long-tailed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant	Near-threatened
PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae
Darter
PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae
Great Frigatebird	Rare/Accidental
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Slaty Egret	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Black Heron
Intermediate Egret
Little Blue Heron	Rare/Accidental
Snowy Egret	Rare/Accidental
Little Egret
Western Reef-Egret	Rare/Accidental
Squacco Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-backed Night-Heron
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Great Bittern
CICONIIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Yellow-billed Stork
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Sacred Ibis
Bald Ibis	Endemic Vulnerable
Hadada Ibis
Glossy Ibis
African Spoonbill
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo	Near-threatened
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-faced Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Mute Swan	Introduced species
Egyptian Goose
South African Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Comb Duck
African Pygmy-goose
American Black Duck
Cape Teal
Mallard	Introduced species
Yellow-billed Duck
Northern Shoveler	Rare/Accidental
Red-billed Duck
Hottentot Teal
Garganey	Rare/Accidental
Cape Shoveler
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
African Cuckoo-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Bat Hawk
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Palm-nut Vulture
Hooded Vulture
Lammergeier
Egyptian Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell's Griffon	Rare/Accidental
Cape Griffon	Vulnerable
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-headed Vulture
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Fasciated Snake-Eagle	Near-threatened
Bateleur
Western Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Black Harrier	Vulnerable
Pallid Harrier	Near-threatened
Montagu's Harrier
African Harrier-Hawk
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Pale Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovampo Sparrowhawk
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Eurasian Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard	Rare/Accidental
Augur Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres' Hawk-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Crowned Hawk-Eagle
FALCONIFORMES: Sagittariidae
Secretary-bird
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel	Vulnerable
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon	Near-threatened
Amur Falcon
Eleonora's Falcon	Rare/Accidental
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby	Rare/Accidental
Lanner Falcon
Taita Falcon	Near-threatened
Peregrine Falcon
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Chukar	Introduced species
Coqui Francolin
Crested Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Grey-winged Francolin	Endemic
Shelley's Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Red-billed Francolin
Cape Francolin	Endemic
Natal Francolin
Red-necked Francolin
Swainson's Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Blue Quail
Indian Peafowl	Introduced species
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
GRUIFORMES: Turnicidae
Small Buttonquail
Hottentot Buttonquail
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Grey Crowned-Crane
Blue Crane	Vulnerable
Wattled Crane	Vulnerable
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
Chestnut-headed Flufftail
Streaky-breasted Flufftail	Rare/Accidental
Striped Flufftail
White-winged Flufftail	Rare/Accidental Endangered
African Rail
African Crake
Corn Crake	Near-threatened
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
Spotted Crake
Striped Crake
Purple Swamphen
Allen's Gallinule
Purple Gallinule	Rare/Accidental
Common Moorhen
Lesser Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae
African Finfoot
GRUIFORMES: Otididae
Kori Bustard
Ludwig's Bustard
Stanley Bustard	Near-threatened
White-bellied Bustard
Blue Bustard	Endemic Near-threatened
Karoo Bustard
Rueppell's Bustard	Rare/Accidental
Red-crested Bustard
Black Bustard	Endemic
White-quilled Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae
Crab Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae
African Oystercatcher
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Burchell's Courser
Temminck's Courser
Double-banded Courser
Three-banded Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole	Near-threatened
Rock Pratincole	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing	Rare/Accidental
White-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Pacific Golden-Plover	Rare/Accidental
American Golden-Plover	Rare/Accidental
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Three-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Snowy Plover	Rare/Accidental
Lesser SandPlover
Greater Sand Plover
Caspian Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
African Snipe
Great Snipe	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Asian Dowitcher	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-tailed Godwit	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Hudsonian Godwit	Rare/Accidental
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank	Rare/Accidental
Common Greenshank
Lesser Yellowlegs	Rare/Accidental
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot	Rare/Accidental
Red Knot
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint	Rare/Accidental