BIRDS OF THE WANDERERS GOLF CLUB

Compiled by Alison Chesters

Below is a list birds sighted on the Wanderers Golf Course since 1989. Due to ongoing changes to the course, some of the birds may or may not be found on the course currently. Comments or additional sightings should be sent via email to webmaster@wanderersgolfclub.com.

Resident Breeding

Little Grebe

008

Hadeda Ibis

094

Egyptian Goose

102

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

156

Little Sparrowhawk

157

Common Moorhen

226

Redknobbed Coot

228

Crowned Plover

255

Blacksmith Plover

258

Spotted Thick-knee

297

Feral Pigeon

348

Speckled Pigeon

349

African Olive Pigeon

350

Red-Eyed Dove

352

Cape Turtle Dove

354

Laughing Dove

355

Grey Go-away bird

373

Redfaced Mousebird

422

Speckled Mousebird

424

African Hoopoe

451

Green Woodhoopoe

452

Black Collared Barbet

464

Crested Barbet

473

Lesser Honeyguide

476

Goldentailed Woodpecker

483

Rufous Breasted Wryneck

489

Pied Crow

548

Blackeyed Bulbul

568

Olive Thrush

577

Cape Robin-Chat

601

Common Fiscal

732

Indian Myna

758

Cape White-eye

796

House Sparrow

801

Cape Sparrow

803

Southern Greyheaded Sparrow

804

Southern Masked Weaver

814

 

Regular Visitor

Reed Cormorant

058

Grey Heron

062

Little Egret

067

Cattle Egret

071

African Sacred Ibis

091

African Black Duck

105

Red Chested Cuckoo

377

Diederik’s Cuckoo

386

Spotted Eagle Owl

401

White-rumped Swift

415

Little Swift

417

African Palm Swift

421

Pied Kingfisher

428

Cardinal Woodpecker

486

Barn Swallow

518

Whitethroated Swallow

520

Greater Striped Swallow

526

Rock Martin

529

Willow Warbler

643

African Paradise Flycatcher

710

Cape Glossy Starling

764

Redwinged Starling

769

Blackthroated Canary

870

Streaky-Headed Seed-Eater

881

 

Occasional Visitor

Blackheaded Heron

063

Purple Heron

065

Squacco Heron

072

Greenbacked Heron

074

Hamerkop

081

Glossy Ibis

093

Yellowbilled Duck

104

Yellowbilled Kite

126

Steppe Buzzard

149

African Harrier Hawk

169

Helmeted Guineafowl

203

African Wattled Plover

260

RoseRinged Parakeet

366

Klaas’s Cuckoo

385

Burchell’s Coucal

391

Giant Kingfisher

429

Woodland Kingfisher

433

Brownhooded Kingfisher

435

European Bee-eater

438

Greater Honeyguide

474

Common House Martin

530

Banded Martin

534

Blackheaded Oriole

545

Bar-throated Apalis

645

Tawney-Flanked Prinia

683

Fiscal Flycatcher

698

Cape Wagtail

713

Southern Bou Bou

736

Blacbacked Puffback

740

Bokmakierie

746

African Pied Starling

759

Whitebellied Sunbird

787

Amethyst Sunbird

792

Southern Red Bishop

824

Pintailed Whydah

860

 

Vagrant

South African Shelduck

103

Spurwinged Goose

116

Blackshouldered Kit

127

Black Sparrowhawk

158

Gabar Goshawk

161

Lanner Falcon

172

Greyheaded Gull

315

Namaqua Dove

356

European Cuckoo (Red Phase)

374

Purple Roller

449

Lesser Striped Swallow

527

White Helmet Shrike

753

Mallard

891

 

Escapees

Ring-Necked Pheasant

Cockatiel

Budgerigar

 

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