SANBI Biodiversity Series 8 (2008)

National Botanical Garden

New common Old common Scientific
Roberts No.

Movements

RDB Status
Endemism
name name name
(Roberts VII) (Roberts VI) FS H HP KD K KZN L P WS

149 Steppe Buzzard Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus M       

150 Forest Buzzard Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus E R 
152 Jackal Buzzard Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus E R,N      
154 Lizard Buzzard Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco
monogrammicus
R 
155 Rufous-chested Redbreasted Accipiter
Sparrowhawk Sparrowhawk rufiventris
R   
156 Ovambo Ovambo Accipiter
Sparrowhawk Sparrowhawk ovampensis
R  
157 Little SparrowhawkLittle Accipiter minullus
Sparrowhawk
R    
158 Black Sparrowhawk Black Accipiter
Sparrowhawk melanoleucus
R     
159 Shikra Little Banded Accipiter badius
Goshawk
R,M  
160 African Goshawk African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro R    
161 Gabar Goshawk Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar R  
162 Southern Pale Pale Chanting Melierax canorus
Chanting Goshawk Goshawk
NE R,N  
168 Black Harrier Black Harrier Circus maurus E R,N NT  
169 African Harrier- Gymnogene Polyboroides typus
Hawk
R,N      
170 Osprey Osprey Pandion haliaetus M 
171 Peregrine Falcon Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus R,M NT    
172 Lanner Falcon Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus R,M NT      
180 Amur Falcon Eastern Falco amurensis
Redfooted Kestrel
M   
181 Rock Kestrel Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
(Common R      
Kestrel)
182 Greater Kestrel Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides R  
183 Lesser Kestrel Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni M VU    
188 Coqui Francolin Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui R  
189 Crested Francolin Crested Francolin Dendroperdix
sephaena
R 
190 Grey-winged Greywing Scleroptila
Francolin Francolin africanus
E R    
191 Shelley’s Francolin Shelley’s Scleroptila shelleyi
Francolin
R 
192 Red-winged Redwing Scleroptila
Francolin Francolin levaillantii
R 
193 Orange River Orange River Scleroptila
Francolin Francolin levaillantoides
NE R 
195 Cape Spurfowl Cape Francolin Pternistis capensis E R    
196 Natal Spurfowl Natal Francolin Pternistis
natalensis
NE R   
199 Swainson’s Swainson’s Pternistis
Spurfowl Francolin swainsonii
NE R   
200 Common Quail Common Quail Coturnix coturnix N,M   
201 Harlequin Quail Harlequin Quail Coturnix
delegorguei
N,M 
203 Helmeted Helmeted Numida meleagris
Guineafowl Guineafowl
R         

E – Endemic, NE – Near-endemic, BE – Breeding endemic; M – Migrant, N – Nomad, R – Resident; NT – Near-threatened, VU – Vulnerable. 

 Photographs: Mark D. Anderson, www.andersonafrica.co.za

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SANBI Biodiversity Series 8 (2008)
 SANBI Biodiversity Series 8 (2008)

National Botanical Garden

New common Old common Scientific
Roberts No.

Movements

RDB Status
Endemism
name name name
(Roberts VII) (Roberts VI) FS H HP KD K KZN L P WS

205 Kurrichane Kurrichane Turnix sylvaticus

Buttonquail Buttonquail
N,R  
208 Blue Crane Blue Crane Anthropoides
paradiseus
E R,M VU 
213 Black Crake Black Crake Amaurornis
flavirostris
R    
215 Baillon’s Crake Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla R 
217 Red-chested Redchested Sarothrura rufa
Flufftail Flufftail
R  
218 Buff-spotted Buffspotted Sarothrura elegans
Flufftail Flufftail
R   
221 Striped Flufftail Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis R VU 
226 Common Moorhen Common Gallinula
Moorhen chloropus
R     
228 Red-knobbed Coot Redknobbed Fulica cristata
Coot
R,N     
229 African Finfoot African Finfoot Podica
senegalensis
R VU 
232 Ludwig’s Bustard Ludwig’s Bustard Neotis ludwigii NE N,M VU 
239 Southern Black Black Korhaan Afrotis afra
Korhaan
E R 
248 Kittlitz’s Plover Kittlitz’s Plover
Charadrius
pecuarius
R,N,M 
249 Three-banded Threebanded Charadrius
Plover Plover tricollaris
R,M    
255 Crowned Lapwing Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus R       
258 Blacksmith Lapwing Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus R,N     
260 African Wattled Wattled Plover Vanellus
Lapwing senegallus
R,M,N   
264 Common Common Actitis hypoleucos
Sandpiper Sandpiper
M   
265 Green Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus M 
266 Wood Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola M    
270 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Greenshank
M  
274 Little Stint Little Stint Calidris minuta M  
284 Ruff Ruff (male), Philomachus
Reeve (female) pugnax
M  
294 Pied Avocet Avocet Recurvirostra
avosetta
R,M,N 
295 Black-winged Stilt Blackwinged Stilt Himantopus
himantopus
R,M,N  
297 Spotted Thick-knee Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis R,N       
298 Water Thick-knee Water Dikkop Burhinus
vermiculatus
R,N 
299 Burchell’s Courser Burchell’s Cursorius rufus
Courser
NE N,M 
301 Double-banded Doublebanded Rhinoptilus
Courser Courser africanus
R,N 
303 Bronze-winged Bronzewinged Rhinoptilus
Courser Courser chalcopterus
R,M 
312 Kelp Gull Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus R,N 
315 Grey-headed Gull Greyheaded Gull Larus
cirrocephalus
R 
316 Hartlaub’s Gull Hartlaub’s Gull Larus hartlaubii E R 

E – Endemic, NE – Near-endemic, BE – Breeding endemic; M – Migrant, N – Nomad, R – Resident; NT – Near-threatened, VU – Vulnerable. 11