Tembe Elephant Park is a bird watcher’s paradise. Its diverse scrub, thornveld and sand
forest habitat is home to more than 340 bird species, many endemic to South Africa or
tropical species at the southern limit of their range. Look carefully and you may just
spot the rare Plain-backed Sunbird, African Broadbill, Rudd's Apalis, Rufous-bellied Heron, Natal Nightjar –
or even the glorious Steppe Eagle, a long-distance traveller that migrates all the way from
Eastern Europe.
| 008 Dabchick |
449 Purple Roller |
| 049 White Pelican |
450 Broadbilled Roller |
| 055 Whitebreasted Cormorant |
451 African Hoopoe |
| 058 Reed Cormorant |
452 Redbilled Woodhoopoe |
| 060 Darter |
454 Scimitarbilled Woodhoopoe |
| 062 Grey Heron |
455 Trumpeter Hornbill |
| 063 Blackheaded Heron |
457 Grey Hornbill |
| 064 Goliath Heron |
458 Redbilled Hornbill |
| 065 Purple Heron |
460 Crowned Hornbill |
| 066 Great White Egret |
464 Blackcollared Barbet |
| 067 Little Egret |
465 Pied Barbet |
| 068 Yellowbilled Egret |
466 White-eared Barbet |
| 071 Cattle Egret |
469 Redfronted Tinker Barbet |
| 072 Squacco Heron |
471 Goldenrumped Tinker Barbet |
| 074 Greenbacked Heron |
474 Greater Honeyguide |
| 075 Rufous-bellied Heron |
475 Scalythroated Honeyguide |
| 076 Blackcrowned Night Heron |
476 Lesser Honeyguide |
| 078 Little Bittern |
478 Sharpbilled Honeyguide |
| 081 Hamerkop |
483 Goldentailed Woodpecker |
| 083 White Stork |
486 Cardinal Woodpecker |
| 086 Woollynecked Stork |
487 Bearded Woodpecker |
| 088 Saddlebilled Stork |
490 African Broadbill |
| 090 Yellowbilled Stork |
494 Rufousnaped Lark |
| 091 Sacred Ibis |
496 Flappet Lark |
| 093 Glossy Ibis |
498 Sabota Lark |
| 094 Hadeda Ibis |
500 Longbilled Lark |
| 095 African Spoonbill |
518 European Swallow |
| 099 Whitefaced Duck |
522 Wiretailed Swallow |
| 101 Whitebacked Duck |
527 Lesser Striped Swallow |
| 102 Egyptian Goose |
530 House Martin |
| 104 Yellowbilled Duck |
531 Greyrumped Swallow |
| 107 Hottentot Teal |
533 Brownthroated Martin |
| 108 Redbilled Teal |
536 Black Sawwing Swallow |
| 114 Pygmy Goose |
538 Black Cuckooshrike |
| 115 Knobbilled Duck |
540 Grey Cuckooshrike |
| 116 Spurwinged Goose |
541 Forktailed Drongo |
| 118 Secretarybid |
542 Squaretailed Drongo |
| 123 Whitebacked Vulture |
545 Blackheaded Oriole |
| 126a Yellowbilled Kite |
548 Pied Crow |
| 126b Black Kite |
554 Southern Black Tit |
| 127 Blackshouldered Kite |
568 Blackeyed Bulbul |
| 128 Cuckoo Hawk |
569 Terrestrial Bulbul |
| 129 Bat Hawk |
570 Yellowstreaked Bulbul |
| 130 Honey Buzzard |
572 Sombre Bulbul |
| 132 Tawny Eagle |
574 Yellowbellied Bulbul |
| 133 Steppe Eagle |
575 Yellowspotted Nicator |
| 135 Wahlberg's Eagle |
576 Kurrichane Thrush |
| 137 African Hawk Eagle |
596 Stonechat |
| 139 Longcrested Eagle |
599 Heuglin's Robin |
| 140 Martial Eagle |
600 Natal Robin |
| 141 Crowned Eagle |
602 Whitethroated Robin |
| 142 Brown Snake Eagle |
606 Starred Robin |
| 143 Blackbreasted Snake Eagle |
613 Whitebrowed Robin |
| 144 Sthn Banded Snake Eagle |
616 Brown Robin |
| 146 Bataleur |
617 Bearded Robin |
| 147 Palmnut Vulture |
631 African Marsh Warbler |
| 148 African Fish Eagle |
634 European Sedge Warbler |
| 149 Steppe Buzzard |
637 Yellow Warbler |
| 150 Forest Buzzard |
638 African Sedge Warbler |
| 152 Jackal Buzzard |
643 Willow Warbler |
| 154 Lizard Buzzard |
648 Yellowbreasted Apalis |
| 157 Little Sparrowhawk |
649 Rudd's Apalis |
| 158 Black Sparrowhawk |
651 Longbilled Crombec |
| 159 Litte Banded Goshawk |
653 Yellowbellied Eremomela |
| 160 African Goshawk |
657 G/backedBleating Warbler |
| 161 Gabar Goshawk |
664 Fantailed Cisticola |
| 165 African Marsh Harrier |
668 Palecrowned Cisticola |
| 169 Gymnogene |
672 Rattling Cisticola |
| 170 Osprey |
674 Redfaced Cisticola |
| 172 Lanner Falcon |
675 Blackbacked Cisticola |
| 180 Eastern Redfooted Kestrel |
678 Croaking Cisticola |
| 188 Coqui Francolin |
681 Neddicky |
| 189 Crested Francolin |
683 Tawnyflanked Prinia |
| 191 Shelley's Francolin |
689 Spotted Flycatcher |
| 196 Natal Francolin |
690 Dusky Flycatcher |
| 200 Common Quail |
691 Bluegrey Flycatcher |
| 203 Helmeted Guineafowl |
693 Fantailed Flycatcher |
| 204 Crested Guineafowl |
694 Black Flycatcher |
| 205 Kurrichane Buttonquail |
696 Pallid Flycatcher |
| 211 Corncrake |
698 Fiscal Flycatcher |
| 212 African Crake |
700 Cape Batis |
| 213 Black Crake |
701 Chinspot Batis |
| 215 Baillon's Crake |
704 Woodward's Batis |
| 218 Buffspotted Flufftail |
708 Bluemantled Flycatcher |
| 223 Purple Gallinule |
710 Paradise Flycatcher |
| 226 Moorhen |
711 African Pied Wagtail |
| 231 Stanley's Bustard |
713 Cape Wagtail |
| 237 Redcrested Korhaan |
716 Grassveld Pipit |
| 238 Blackbellied Korhaan |
727 Orangethroated Longclaw |
| 240 African Jacana |
728 Yellowthroated Longclaw |
| 241 Lesser Jacana |
730 Pinkthroated Longclaw |
| 242 Painted Snipe |
732 Fiscal Shrike |
| 248 Kittlitz's Plover |
733 Redbacked Shrike |
| 249 Threebanded Plover |
735 Longtailed Shrike |
| 255 Crowned Plover |
736 Southern Boubou |
| 256 Lesser Blackwinged Plover |
740 Puffback |
| 258 Blacksmith Plover |
741 Brubru |
| 260 Wattled Plover |
743 Threestreaked Tchagra |
| 264 Common Sandpiper |
744 Blackcrowned Tchagra |
| 266 Wood Sandpiper |
747 Gorgeous Bush Shrike |
| 269 Marsh Sandpiper |
748 Orangebreasted Bush Shrike |
| 270 Greenshank |
751 Greyheaded Bush Shrike |
| 272 Curlew Sandpiper |
753 White Hemetshrike |
| 286 Ethiopian Snipe |
754 Redbilled Helmetshrike |
| 295 Blackwinged Stilt |
761 Plumcoloured Starling |
| 297 Spotted Dikkop |
764 Glossy Starling |
| 298 Water Dikkop |
768 Blackbellied Starling |
| 304 Redwinged Pratincole |
772 Redbilled Oxpecker |
| 338 Whiskered Tern |
779 Marico Sunbird |
| 350 Rameron Pigeon |
780 Purplebanded Sunbird |
| 352 Redeyed Dove |
782 Neergaard's Sunbird |
| 354 Cape Turtle Dove |
787 Whitebellied Sunbird |
| 355 Laughing Dove |
789 Grey Sunbird |
| 356 Namaqua Dove |
790 Olive Sunbird |
| 358 Greenspotted Dove |
791 Scarletchested Sunbird |
| 359 Tamborine Dove |
792 Black Sunbird |
| 361 Green Pigeon |
793 Collared Sunbird |
| 363 Brownheaded Parrot |
794 Plain-backed Sunbird (Blue-throated Sunbird) |
| 370 Knysna Lourie |
796 Cape White-eye |
| 371 Purplecrested Lourie |
797 Yellow White-eye |
| 374 European Cuckoo |
801 House Sparrow |
| 377 Redchested Cuckoo |
804 Sthn Greyheaded Sparrow |
| 378 Black Cuckoo |
805 Yellowthroated Sparrow |
| 380 Great Spotted Cuckoo |
807 Thickbilled Weaver |
| 382 Jacobin Cuckoo |
808 Forest Weaver |
| 384 Emerald Cuckoo |
810 Spectacled Weaver |
| 385 Klaas' Cuckoo |
811 Spottedbacked Weaver |
| 386 Diederik Cuckoo |
814 Masked Weaver |
| 391 Burchell's Coucal |
815 Lesser Masked Weaver |
| 392 Barn Owl |
817 Yellow Weaver |
| 393 Grass Owl |
818 Brownthroated Weaver |
| 394 Wood Owl |
821 Redbilled Quelea |
| 395 Marsh Owl |
822 Redheaded Quelea |
| 397 Whitefaced Owl |
824 Red Bishop |
| 399 Barred Owl |
828 Redshouldered Widow |
| 401 Spotted Eagle Owl |
829 Whitewinged Widow |
| 405 Fierynecked Nightjar |
831 Redcollared Widow |
| 407 Natal Nightjar |
834 Melba Finch |
| 408 Freckled Nightjar |
835 Green Twinspot |
| 409 Mozambique Nightjar |
838 Pinkthroated Twinspot |
| 412 Black Swift |
841 Jameson's Firefinch |
| 417 Little Swift |
842 Redbilled Firefinch |
| 421 Palm Swift |
844 Blue Waxbill |
| 424 Speckled Mousebird |
846 Common Waxbill |
| 426 Redfaced Mousebird |
848 Grey Waxbill |
| 427 Narina Trogon |
852 Quail Finch |
| 428 Pied Kingfisher |
854 Orangebreasted Waxbill |
| 429 Giant Kingfisher |
857 Bronze Mannikin |
| 431 Malachite Kingfisher |
858 Redbacked Mannikin |
| 432 Pygmy Kingfisher |
860 Pintailed Whydah |
| 435 Brownhooded Kingfisher |
862 Paradise Whydah |
| 437 Striped Kingfisher |
864 Black Widowfinch |
| 438 European Bee-eater |
869 Yelloweyed Canary |
| 440 Bluecheeked Bee-eater |
871 Lemonbreasted Canary |
| 443 Whitefronted Bee-eater |
877 Bully Canary |
| 444 Little Bee-eater |
884 Goldenbreasted Bunting |
| 446 European Roller |
886 Rock Bunting |
| 447 Lilacbreasted Roller |
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