Birds of the Overberg

Species checklist

Click the link to open the checklist for bird species of the Overberg. If you want to print the list, save it to your computer and print from there.

Overberg species checklist

Bird images

Cape Rock-thrush

Kaapse Suikervoël Promerops cafer R773 courtesy Matt McCluskey New York

Cape Sugarbird

Oranjeborssuikerbekkie Anthobaphes violacea R777 courtesy Matt McCluskey New York

Orange-breasted Sunbird

Gewone Dikkop Burhinus capensis R297 courtesy Matt McCluskey New York

Spotted Thick-knee

Cape Rock-thrush Cape Sugarbird Orange-breasted Sunbird Spotted Thick-knee African Penguin African Penguin African Penguin Great White Pelican Cape Gannet Cape Gannet White-Breasted Cormorant White-Breasted Cormorant Reed Cormorant Reed Cormorant Crowned Cormorant African Darter African Darter African Darter Grey Heron Grey Heron Grey Heron Black-headed Heron Black-headed Heron Black-headed Heron Purple Heron Purple Heron Purple Heron Purple Heron Little Egret Little Egret Little Egret Yellow-Billed Egret Cattle Egret Cattle Egret Squacco Heron Black-Crowned Night-Heron Black-Crowned Night-Heron Hamerkop Hamerkop Hamerkop White Stork White Stork Black Stork Black Stork Black Stork African Sacred Ibis African Sacred Ibis Hadeda Ibis Hadeda Ibis Hadeda Ibis African Spoonbill African Spoonbill African Spoonbill Greater Flamingo Greater Flamingo juvenile Lesser Flamingo Lesser Flamingo Lesser Flamingo White-Faced Duck White-Backed Duck Egyptian Goose Egyptian Goose Egyptian Goose Egyptian Goose South African Shelduck Yellow-Billed Duck Yellow-Billed Duck Yellow-Billed Duck African Black Duck Cape Teal Cape Teal Cape Teal Hottentot Teal Cape Shoveler Spur-Winged Goose Spur-Winged Goose Secretarybird Secretarybird Cape Vulture Yellow-Billed Kite Yellow-Billed Kite Yellow-Billed Kite Black-shouldered Kite Black-shouldered Kite Verreaux’s Eagle – juvenile Martial Eagle Martial Eagle African Fish-Eagle African Fish-Eagle African Fish-Eagle Steppe Buzzard Forest Buzzard juvenile Jackal Buzzard Jackal Buzzard Jackal Buzzard juvenile Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk African Harrier-Hawk African Harrier-Hawk African Harrier-Hawk juvenile Peregrine Falcon Peregrine Falcon Peregrine Falcon Lanner Falcon Rock Kestrel – juvenile Rock Kestrel Rock Kestrel juveniles Cape Spurfowl and chicks Cape Spurfowl Cape Spurfowl Helmeted Guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl Blue Crane and chick Blue Crane Blue Crane Black Crake Black Crake African Purple Swamphen African Purple Swamphen with chick Common Moorhen Red-Knobbed Coot Red-Knobbed Coot African Jacana African Jacana African Jacana African Jacana African Black Oystercatcher African Black Oystercatcher Common Ringed Plover White-Fronted Plover Kittlitz’s Plover Three-Banded Plover Three-Banded Plover Crowned Lapwing Crowned Lapwing Crowned Lapwing Blacksmith Lapwing Blacksmith Lapwing Blacksmith Lapwing Ruddy Turnstone Common Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Marsh Sandpiper Common Greenshank Curlew Sandpiper Sanderling Ruff (female Reeve) Bar-Tailed Godwit Pied Avocet Pied Avocet Black-winged Stilt Black-winged Stilt Spotted Thick-Knee Spotted Thick-Knee Spotted Thick-Knee Water Thick-Knee Water Thick-knee Water Thick-knee Kelp Gull Kelp Gull Kelp Gull Kelp Gull Grey-Headed Gull – breeding Grey-Headed Gull – non-breeding Hartlaub’s Gull Hartlaub’s Gull Hartlaub’s Gull Caspian Tern Swift Tern with Common Terns Common Terns & Hartlaub’s Gulls Speckled Pigeon Speckled Pigeon Red-Eyed Dove Cape Turtle-Dove Laughing Dove Namaqua Dove Male Namaqua Dove Namaqua Dove Red-Chested Cuckoo Klaas’ Cuckoo Klaas’ Cuckoo Diederick Cuckoo Burchell’s Coucal Burchell’s Coucal Barn Owl Cape Eagle-Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Speckled Mousebird Speckled Mousebird Speckled Mousebird Red-faced Mousebird Red-faced Mousebird Red-faced Mousebird Pied Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher male Malachite Kingfisher Brown-Hooded Kingfisher Brown-Hooded Kingfisher European Bee-Eater European Roller European Roller African Hoopoe Ground Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Large-billed Lark Large-billed Lark Large-Billed Lark White-Throated Swallow Brown-Throated Martin Fork-tailed Drongo Pied Crow Cape Bulbul Sombre Greenbul Olive Trush Olive Trush Olive Trush Cape Rock-Thrush – female Cape Rock-Thrush – male Capped Wheatear African Stonechat African Stonechat African Stonechat Cape Robin-Chat Cape Robin-Chat Cape Robin-Chat Cape Rock-Jumper Bar-Throated Apalis Cape Grassbird Grey-backed Cisticola Karoo Prinia African Dusky Flycatcher Fiscal Flycatcher African Paradise-Flycatcher Cape Wagtail African Pipit Cape Longclaw Cape Longclaw Common Fiscal Southern Boubou Southern Boubou Southern Tchagra Bokmakierie Bokmakierie Pied Starling Pied Starling Red-winged Starling Cape Sugarbird Cape Sugarbird Cape Sugarbird Malachite Sunbird Malachite Sunbird Malachite Sunbird female Orange-Breasted Sunbird Southern Double-Collared Sunbird Cape White-Eye Cape Sparrow Cape Weaver Red-Billed Quelea Common Waxbill Swee Waxbill Pin-Tailed Whydah Cape Canary Brimstone Canary Brimstone Canary Brimstone Canary Yellow Canary Cape Bunting Cape Bunting African Openbill African Openbill Marabou Stork

2 comments on “Birds of the Overberg”

Barbara Palmer

September 10, 2012 @ 13:21

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Thanks to Gerhard Vosloo, John Bowman, Ronnie Hazell, Mike MacNaught, Auriel Miller, Clive Murrell, Graham & Barbara Palmer, Carl Pohl, Gavin & Cynthia Turner, Christine Wakfer & David Watson for allowing us to use their photos on this site. Please respcect the copyright of the photographers and contact us should you wish to use any of the images.

Ernst

May 8, 2022 @ 12:53

We saw a purple bodied and red capped bird flying low over the rocks at Onrus this morning … any ideas?
Kind regards