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Which birds can be seen in the Botanical Garden?
 Brown Hooded Kingfisher |
Over a twelve month period during 2000 and 2001 a bird survey
was conducted on a monthly basis in the garden and during this
time approximately 60 different species were observed. Subsequently
the habitat in the garden has been transformed somewhat with
the planting of indigenous plants and this has resulted in attracting
other species, one example being the Cape Sugarbird, which are
now seen regularly among the Protea and might even have bred here this year.
Other species such as the Black Crake, Moorhen, Fiscal Shrike, Cape Weaver and Egyptian Geese have successfully raised chicks. A further comprehensive survey is being conducted by Peter Ginn who has several times in 2005 had ringing days in the Bot Garden with other enthusiasts and he is compiling an updated list with other interesting facts gleaned from his ringing. We will add this info as soon as it is available. |
 Cape Sugarbird |
 Paradise Flycatcher |
| Photos by Guy Gibbon | |
| Click here to go to the Roberts Multimedia Bird Page |
Below is a list of birds which have been recorded by Volunteers - There are many more that should be added - PLEASE help us by clicking here to go to our contact page and let us know about your sightings, with date if possible, and your contact details so we remain in contact with you.
Birds recorded as seen in the Botanical Garden |
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Roberts No |
Common Name |
8 |
Dabchick |
56 |
Reed Cormorant |
60 |
Darter |
62 |
Grey Heron |
63 |
Black headed Heron |
65 |
Purple Heron |
94 |
Hadeda Ibis |
100 |
White faced Duck |
102 |
Egyptian Goose |
104 |
Yellow Billed Duck |
150 |
Forest Buzzard |
169 |
Gymnogene |
172 |
Lanner falcon |
203 |
Helmeted Guineafowl |
206 |
Buffspotted Flufftail |
213 |
Black Crake |
226 |
Moorhen |
225 |
Crowned Plover |
345 |
Rock Pigeon |
354 |
Cape Turtle Dove |
355 |
Laughing Dove |
377 |
Red Chested Cuckoo |
378 |
Black Cuckoo |
385 |
Klaas’s Cuckoo |
386 |
Diederick Cuckoo |
391 |
Burchell’s Coucal |
412 |
Black Swift |
415 |
White rumped Swift |
424 |
Speckled Mousebird |
428 |
Pied kingfisher |
435 |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher |
488 |
Olive Woodpecker |
518 |
European Swallow |
526 |
Greater striped swallow |
529 |
Rock Martin |
536 |
Black Saw-wing swallow |
541 |
Fork tailed drongo |
545 |
Black headed Oriole |
548 |
Pied Crow |
566 |
Cape Bulbul |
572 |
Sombre Bulbul |
577 |
Olive Thrush |
601 |
Cape Robin |
625 |
Cape Reedwarbler |
638 |
African sedge Warbler |
645 |
Bar throated Apalis |
677 |
laVaillant’s Cisticola |
681 |
Neddicky |
686 |
Spotted Prinia |
710 |
Paradise Flycatcher |
713 |
Cape Wagtail |
732 |
Fiscal Shrike |
746 |
Bokmakierie |
757 |
European Starling |
769 |
Redwing Starling |
773 |
Cape Sugarbird |
783 |
Lesser double-collared Sunbird |
785 |
Greater double-collared Sunbird |
792 |
Black Sunbird |
796 |
Cape White-eye |
813 |
Cape Weaver |
827 |
Yellow rumped Widow |
846 |
Common Waxbill |
872 |
Cape Canary |
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