Agulhas Voëls / Birds

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You want to go birding? Look out for these! / Wil jy voëls kyk? Wees op die uitkyk vir hierdie verevolkies!

African Black Oystercatcher / Swarttobie (Haematopus moquini)

Bloukraanvoël / Blue Crane

Lesers se foto's: 'n begin / Readers' photo's: a beginning

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Die sekretarisvoël - nou bedreigde spesie / The Secretary bird - now listed as endangered

Conserving South Africa's Secretary birds - Birdlife SA

Landbouweekblad: Dis hoekom sekretarisvoëls bewaar moet word

Seen a Secretary bird nest?

Birders / Voëlkykers: Agulhas Plain Birding Project

Agulhas National Park & Agulhas Plain Birds

You want to go birding? Look out for these! / Wil jy voëls kyk? Wees op die uitkyk vir hierdie verevolkies!

Key to subscripts: Afrikaans name / English name / Species / Time of year when around

Volstruis

Common Ostrich

Struthio camelus

All year round

Bloukraanvoël

Blue Crane

Anthropoides pardiseus

All year round

Groot Flamink

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus

After rains

Skoorsteenveër

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

All year round

Hadeda

Hadeda Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

All year round

Veldpou

Denham’s Bustard

Neotis denhami

Sep-Des

Wildemakou

Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambesis

After rains

Kolgans

Egyption Goose

Alopochen aegyptica

All year round

Jangroentjie

Malachite Sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

All year round

Klein-rooibandsuikerbekkie Southern Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris chalybeus

All year round

Kaapse suikervoël

Cape Sugarbird

Promerops cafer

All year round

Oranjeborssuikerbekkie

Orange-breasted Sunbird

Anthobaphes violacea

All year round

Veereier

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

All year round

Bloureier Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

All year round

Swartkopreier

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephla

All year round

Reusesterretjie

Caspian Tern

Sterna caspia

All year round

Kelpmeeu

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus

All year round

Rooibandstrandkiewiet Chestnut-banded Plover

Charadrius pallidus

All year round

Vaalstrandkiewiet

White-fronted Plover

Charadrius marginatus

All year round

Witpelikaan

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

All year round

Lepelaar

African Spoonbill

Platalea alba

Mch-Sept

Bleshoender

Red-knobbed Coot

Fulica cristata

All year round

Rooivink

Southern Red Bishop

Euplectes orix

All year round

Kaapse Wewer

Cape Weaver

Ploceus capensis

All year round

Kaapse tiptol

Cape Bulbul

Pycnonotus capensis

All year round

Gewone Janfrederik

Cape Robin-chat

Cossypha caffra

All year round

Bokmakierie

Telophorus zeylonus

All year round

Overberglangbek-lewerik

Agulhas Long-billed Lark

Certhilauda brevirostris

All year round

Bandkeelkleinjantjie

Bar-throated Apalis

Apalis thoracica

Jul-Mar

Afrikaanse vleivalk

African Marsh Harrier

Circus ranivorus

Jul-Dec

Witkruisvleivalk

Black Harrier

Circus maurus

All year round

Rooiborsjakkalsvoël

Jackal Buzzard

Buteo rufofuscus

All year round

Bruinjakkalsvoël

Steppe Buzzard

Buteo vulpinus

Sept-Feb

Visarend

African Fish-Eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

All year round

Geelbekwou

Yellow-billed Kite

Milvus aegyptius

Sept-Feb

Blouvalk

Black-shouldered Kite

Elanus caeruleus

All year round

Kransvalk

Rock Kestrel

Falco rupicolus

All year round

Fiskaallaksman

Common Fiscal

Lanius collarus

All year round

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Fiskaalvlieëvanger

Fiscal Flycatcher

Sigelus silens

Jul-Mar

Lelspreeu

Wattled Starling

Creatophora cinerea

Sept-Mar

Europese spreeu

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Sept-Dec

Witgatspreeu

Pied Starling

Spreo bicolor

All year round

Witborskraai

Pied Crow

Corvus albus

Jul-Jan

Swartkraai

Cape Crow

Corvus capensis

Jul-Jan

Slanghalsvoël

African Darter

Anhinga rufa

All year round

Kaapse fisant

Cape Spurfowl

Pternistis capensis

All year round

Gewone tarentaal H

elmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

All year round

Kroonkiewiet

Crowned Lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

All year round

Kransduif

Speckled Pigeon

Columba guinea

All year round

Gewone Tortelduif

Cape Turtle-dove

Streptopelia capicola

All year round

Rooiborsduifie

Laughing Dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

All year round

Mikstertbyvanger

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Aug-Jan

Europese swael

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Oct-Apr

Kaapse bosbontrokkie

Cape Batis

Batis capensis

Aug - Feb

Hoephoep

African Hoopoe

Upupa africana

Aug-Feb

Karoolangstertjie

Karoo Prinia

Prinia maculosa

Jul-Mar

Kaapse glasogie

Cape White-eye

Zosterops pallidus

All year round

Huismossie

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

All year round

Gewone mossie

Cape Sparrow

Passer melanurus

All year round

Gevlekte muisvoël

Speckled Mousebird

Colius colius

All year round

Witborsduiker

White-breasted Cormorant

Phalacrocorax lucidus

All year round

Bontvisvanger

Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

All year round

Gewone dikkop

Spotted Thick-knee

Burhinus capensis

All year round

Gevlekte ooruil

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Bubo capensis

All year round

Kaapse kanarie

Cape Canary

Serinus canicollis

Aug-May

Geelkanarie

Yellow Canary

Crithagra flaviventris

All year round

Swartvlerkkorhaan

Southern Black Korhaan

Afrotis afra

Aug-Jan

Oranjekeelkalkoentjie

Cape Longclaw

Macronyx capensis

Jul-Apr

African Black Oystercatcher / Swarttobie (Haematopus moquini)

The African Black Oystercatcher is a very colourful bird with its jet-black body, pink legs and bright orange-red bill and eyes. It is endemic to the coast and offshore islands of southern Africa south of the Sahara. It is usually found in pairs, but also roosts in flocks of 20 to 100 birds. It occurs on rocky and sandy shores and estuaries. It feeds largely on mussels and limpets, but also on worms and whelks. The bird has an important effect on the ecology of rocky shores by substantially reducing the densities of limpets so that algal beds can develop. It lays its eggs in scraped hollows on the shore and breeds from October to March, peaking early January. The eggs and chicks are extremely well camouflaged which increases the chance to be damaged by vehicles on beaches. They are endangered and are being protected by law.

(SOURCE: BRANCH, G.M., et al. 2005. Two oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa; MACLEAN, G.L. 1993. Roberts’ Birds of Southern Africa.)

Bloukraanvoël / Blue Crane

Anthropoides paradiseus

About the Blue Crane

The Blue Crane, Bloukraanvoël, Anthropoides paradiseus is the national bird of South Africa. Most of the birds live within the Overberg’s borders.

Conservation status

Although plentiful in the Overberg region, Blue Cranes remain under threat, with only some 25 000 birds left in South Africa. The Blue Crane is listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. The Western Cape agricultural areas is the only portion of its range where the population is increasing, though they still face threats such as poisoning in the region.

Habitat and Food

Blue cranes are birds of the dry grassy uplands, usually the pastured grasses of hills, valleys, and plains with a few scattered trees. Look out for them on the agricultural fields of the Strandveld and Rûens. They are omnivorous, feeding on insects, grasses, sedges and small vertebrates.

Breeding

Blue Cranes are monogamous. Despite being social birds, they are territorial while breeding. They have a beautiful courtship dance: two individuals dancing and jumping up and down with wings extended. They normally raise two chicks.

Cultural connection

The plumage of the Blue Crane, or Indwa, features in both Xhosa and Zulu culture. Warriors of the Xhosa people used to wear feathers of the Blue Crane into battle. King Shaka and the regimental soldiers, especially notable warriors, of the Zulu nation wore the plumage as head-feathers. (www.natalia.org.za). The Blue Crane also featured on the five cent coin.

Visit the Overberg Crane Group's website: www.bluecrane.org.za for more information

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Die sekretarisvoël - nou bedreigde spesie / The Secretary bird - now listed as endangered

Conserving South Africa's Secretary birds - Birdlife SA

Landbouweekblad: Dis hoekom sekretarisvoëls bewaar moet word

Seen a Secretary bird nest?

Report to Birdlife SA: https://www.birdlife.org.za/what-we-do/landscape-conservation/what-we-do/wetlands-grasslands/secretarybird/

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