Fauna & Flora

Fauna: Game

• Blesbok
• Blue Wildebeest
• Bushbuck
• Duiker
• Eland
• Giraffe
• Impala
• Kudu
• Nyala
• Oryx
• Red Hartebees
• Reedbuck
• Steenbok
• Warthog
• Waterbuck
• Zebra

Flora: Trees & Shrubs

• Acacia caffra
• Hook-Thorn / Gewone Haakdoring

• A. karroo
• Sweet thorn / Soetdoring

• A. robusta
• Belly thorn / Brakdoring

• A.tortillissubsp. heteracantha
• Umbrella thorn / Haak-en-steek

• Berchemia zeyheri
• Red ivory / Rooi-ivoor

• Brachylaena rotundata
• Mountain silver oak / Bergvaalboom

• Burkea africana
• Wild seringa / Wildesering

• Clerodendrum glabrum
• Cat’s whiskers / Harpuisblaar

• Combretum apiculatum
• Red bushwillow / Rooibos

• C. hereroense
• Russet bushwillow / Kierieklapper

• C. molle
• Velvet bushwillow / Fluweelboswilg

• C. zeyheri
• Large-fruited bushwillow / Raasblaar

• Croton gratissimus
• Lavender croton / Laventelkoorsbessie

• Cussonia spicata
• Common cabbage tree / Kiepersol

• Dichrostachys cinerea
• Sicklebush / Sekelbos

• Diplorhynchus condylocarpon
• Horn-pod tree / Bokhoringpeultjie

• Dodonea viscosa
• Sand olive / Sandolien

• Dombeya rotundifolia
• Common wild pear / Drolpeer

• Ehretia rigida
• Puzzle bush / Deurmekaarbos

• Elephantorrhiza burkei
• Sumach bean / Basboontjie

• Erythrina lysistemon
• Coral tree / Koraalboom

• Euclea crispa
• Blue guarri / Blougwarrie

• Euclea divinorum
• Magic guarri / Towergwarrie

• Euphorbia ingens
• Tree euphorbia / Naboom

• Faurea saligna
• Beechwood / Boekènhout

• Gardenia volkensii
• Savanna gardenia / Bosveldkatjiepiering

• Grewia flavescens
• Sandpaper raisin / Skurweblaarrosyntjie

• G. monticola
• Silver raisin / Vaalrosyntjie

• Gymnosporia heterophylla
• Common spike-thorn / Gewone pendoring

• Gymnosporia tenuispina
• Spike thorn / Pendoring

• Heteropyxis natalensis
• Lavender tree / Laventelboom

• Hexalobus monopetalus
• Shakama plum / Shakamapruim

• Kirkia wilmsii
• Mountain seringa / Bergsering

• Lannea discolor
• Live-long / Dikbas

• Mundulea sericea
• Cork bush / Kurkbos

• Obetia tenax
• Mountain nettle / Bergbrandnetel

• Ochna pulchra
• Peeling plane / Lekkerbreek

• Olea europaea subsp. africana
• Wild olive / Olienhout

• Ozoroa paniculosa
• Resin tree / Gewone harpuis

• Pappea capensis
• Jacket-plum / Doppruim

• Peltophorum africanum
• Weeping wattle / Huilboom

• Pouzolzia mixta
• Soap-nettle / Seepbos

• Protea caffra
• Sugar bush / Suikerbos

• Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
• Kudu-berry / Koedoebessie

• Rhus lancea
• Common karee / Gewone karee

• Rhus pyroides
• Common wild currant / Taaibos

• Rhus leptodictya
• Mountain karee / Bergkaree

• Sclerocarya birrea
• Marula / Maroela

• Spirostachys africana
• Jumping bean tree / Tambotie

• Strychnos pungens
• Spine-leavedmonkey orange / Stekelblaarklapper

• Terminalia brachystemma
• Green cluster-leaf / Groenvaalboom

• Terminalia sericea
• Silver cluster-leaf / Vaalboom

• Vangueria infausta
• Common medlar / Gewone mispel

• Vangueria parvifolium
• Mountain medlar / Bergmispel

• Vitex mombassae
• Poora-berry / Poerabessie

• Vitex rehmanii
• Pipe-stem tree / Pypsteel

• Ximenia caffra
• Large sour-plum / Grootsuurpruim

• Zanthoxylum capense
• Small knobwood / Kleinperdepram

• Ziziphus mucronata
• Buffalo thorn / Blinkblaar-wag-‘n-bietjie

Fauna: Birds

• Apalis
• Bar-throated / Bandkeelkleinjantjie (645)

• Babbler
• Arrow-marked / Pylvlekkatlagter (560)
• Pied (Southern) / Witkatlagter (563)

• Barbet
• Black-collared / Rooikophoutkapper (464)
• Crested / Kuifkophoutkapper (473)
• Pied (Acacia) / Bonthoutkapper (465)
• Yellowfronted Tinker / Geelblestinker (470)

• Batis
• Chinspot / Witliesbosbontrokkie(701)

• Bee-Eater
• European / Europese Byvreter (438)
• White-fronted / Rooikeelbyvreter (440)
• Little / Kleinbyvreter (444)

• Boubou
• See Shrikes…

• Brubru
• See Shrikes…

• Bulbul
• Blackeyed (Dark-capped) / Swartoogtiptol (568)

• Bunting
• Golden-breasted / Rooirugstreepkoppie (884)
• Rock / Klipstreepkoppie (886)

• Bush-Shrike
• See Shrikes…

• Button Quail
• See Quails…

• Buzzard
• Lizzard / Akkadisvalk (154)
• Steppe / Bruinjakkalsvoël (149)

• Canary
• Black-throated / Bergkanarie (870)
• Streaky-headed (Seed-eater) / Streepkopkanarie (881)
• Yelloweyed (Yellow-fronted) / Geeloogkanarie (869)
• Yellow (878) Geelkanarie

• Chat
• Familiar / Gewone Spekvreter (589)
• Mocking Cliff-chat / Dassievoël (593)

• Cisticola
• Desert / Woestynklopkloppie (665)
• Fantailed (Zitting) / Landeryklopkloppie (664)
• Rattling / Bosveldtinktinkie (672)

• Coucal
• Burchell’s / Gewone Vleiloerie (391)

• Courser
• Bronze-winged / Bronsvlerkdrawwertjie (303)

• Crombec
• Long-billed / Bosveldstompstert (651)

• Crow
• Pied / Witborskraai (548)

• Cuckooshrike
• Black / Swartkatakoeroe (538)

• Cuckoo
• African / Afrikaanse Koekoek (375)
• Black / Swartkoekoek (378)
• Diederik / Diederikkie (386)
• Jacobin / Bontnuwejaarsvoël (382)
• Klaas’s / Meitjie (358)
• Red-chested / Piet-my-vrou (377)
• Striped (Levaillant’s) / Gestreepte Nuwejaarsvoël (381)

• Dikkop
• Spotted (Thick-knee) / Gewone Dikkop (297)

• Dove
• Cape Turtle / Gewone Tortelduif (354)
• Emerald-spotted wood (Greenspotted) / Groenvlekduifie (358)
• Laughing / Rooiborsduifie (355)
• Namaqua / Namakwaduifie (356)
• Red-eyed / Rooioogtortelduif (352)

• Drongo
• Forktailed / Mikstertbyvanger (541)

• Eagle
• Black-breasted Snake (Black-chested) / Swartborsslangarend (143)
• Brown Snake / Bruinslangarend (142)
• Hawk (African) / Afrikaanse Jagarend (137)
• Martial / Breëkoparend (140)
• Wahlberg’s / Bruinarend (135)

• Egret
• Cattle / Bosluisvoël (71)

• Eremomela
• Burned-necked / Bruinkeelbossanger (656)
• Green-capped / Donkerwangbossanger (655)
• Yellow-bellied / Geelpensbossanger (653)

• Finch
• Cut-throat / Bandkeelvink (855)
• Melba (Green-winged Pytilia) / Gewone Melba (834)
• Quail (African) / Gewone Kwartelvinkie (852)
• Red-headed / Rooikopvink (856)
• Scaly-feathered / Baardmannetjie (806)

• Firefinch
• Jameson’s / Jamesonse Vuurvinkie (841)
• Red-billed / Rooibekvuurvinkie (842)

• Flycatcher
• Black (Southern) / Swartvlieëvanger (694)
• Fairy / Feevlieëvanger (706)
• Fiscal / Fiskaalvlieëvanger (698)
• Marico / Maricovlieëvanger (695)
• Mousecoloured (Pale) / Muiskleurvlieëvanger (696)
• Paradise (African) / Paradysvlieëvanger (710)
• Spotted / Europese Vlieëvanger (689)

• Francolin
• Coqui / Swempie (188)
• Crested / Bospatrys (189)
• Natal / Natalse Fisant (196)
• Shelley’s / Laeveldpatrys (191)
• Swainson’s (S. Spurfowl) / Bosveldfisant (199)

Goose

Egyptian / Kolgans (102)

• Goshawk
• Banded (Shikra) / Gebande Sperwer (159)
• Gabar / Kleinsingvalk (161)

• Grebe
• Little (Dabchick) / Kleindobbertjie (8)

• Guinefowl
• Helmeted / Gewone Tarentaal (203)

• Gymnogene
• Gymnogene (African Harrier-Hawk) / Kaalwangvalk (169)

• Hamerkop
• Hamerkop / Hamerkop (81)

• Helmet-Shrike
• See Shrike…

• Heron
• Black-headed / Swartkopreier (63)

• Honeyguide
• Greater / Grootheuningwyser (474)
• Lesser / Kleinheuningwyser (476)

• Hoopoe
• Hoopoe (African) / Hoephoep (451)

• Hornbill
• Grey (African) / Grysbekneushoringvoël (457)
• Red-billed / Rooibekneushoringvoël (458)
• Yellow-billed / Geelbekneushoringvoël (Southern) (459)

• Ibis
• Hadeda / Hadeda (94)

• Indigobird
• See Widdowfinch…

• Kestrel
• Greater / Grootrooivalk (182)
• Lesser / Kleinrooivalk (183)
• Western Red-footed / Westelike Rooipootvalk (179)

• Kingfisher
• Brown-hooded / Bruinkopvisvanger (435)
• Pied / Bontvisvanger (428)
• Pygmy (African) / Dwergvisvanger (432)
• Stripped / Gestreepte Visvanger (432)
• Woodlands / Bosveldvisvanger (433)

• Kite
• Black-shouldered / Blouvalk (127)
• Yellow-billed / Geelbekwou (126)

• Korhaan
• Red-chrested / Boskorhaan (237)

• Lark
• Fawn-coloured / Vaalbruinlewerik (497)
• Flapped / Laeveldklappertjie (496)
• Red-capped / Rooikoplewerik (507)
• Rufous-naped / Rooineklewerik (494)
• Sabota / Sabotalewerik (498)

• Lourie
• Grey (Go-away-bird) / Kwevoël (373)

• Mannikin
• Bronze / Gewone Fret (857)

• Martin
• Banded / Gebande Oewerswael (534)
• House (Common) / Huisswael (530)

• Mousebird
• Red-faced / Rooiwangmuisvoë (426)
• Speckled / Gevlekte Muisvoël (424)

• Neddicky
• Neddicky / Neddikkie (681)

• Nightjar
• Fiery-necked / Afrikaanse Naguil (405)
• Freckled / Donkerwangnaguil (408)
• Rufous-cheeked / Rooiwangnaguil (406)

• Oriole
• Black-headed / Swartkopwielewaal (545)

• Owl
• Barn / Nonnetjie-uil (392)
• Pearl-spotted Owlet / Witkoluil (398)
• Scops (African) / Skopsuil (396)
• Spotted eagle / Gevlekte Ooruil (401)
• White-faced (Southern white-faced scops-owl) / Witwanguil

• Oxpecker
• Red-billed / Rooibekrenostervoël (772)

• Parrot
• Meyer’s / Bosveldpapegaai (364)

• Penduline-Tit
• See Tits…

• Pigeon
• Rock (Speckled) / Kransduif (349)

• Pipit
• Buffy / Vaalkoester (719)
• Bushveld / Bosveldkoester (723)
• Grassveld (African) / Gewone Koester (716)
• Plain-backed / Donkerkoester (718)

• Plover
• Blacksmith (Lapwing) / Bontkiewiet (258)
• Crowned / Kroonkiewiet (255)
• Three-banded / Driebandstrandkiewiet (249)
• Wattled (Lapwing) / Lelkiewiet (260)

• Prinia
• Black-chested / Swartbandlangstertjie (685)
• Tawny-flanked / Bruinsylangstertjie (683)

• Quail
• Common / Afrikaanse Kwartel (200)
• Kurrichane Button / Bosveldkwarteltjie (205)

• Quelea
• Red-billedn / Rooibekkwelea (821)

• Robin
• Cape (C. Robin-chat) / Gewone Janfrederik (601)
• White-browed (Scrub-robin) / Gestreepte Wipstert (613)
• White-throated (Robin-chat) / Witkeeljanfredrik (602)

• Roller
• European / Europese Troupant (446)
• Lilac-breasted / Gewone Troupant (447)
• Purple / Groottroupant (449)

• Sandgrouse
• Double-banded / Dubbelbandsandpatrys (347)

• Sandpiper
• Common / Gewone Ruiter (264)
• Wood / Bosruiter (266)

• Scimitarbills
• See Wood-hoopoes…

• Seed-Eaters
• See Canaries…

• Shrike
• Brubru / Bontroklaksman (741)
• Crimson-breasted / Rooiborslaksman (739)
• Fiscal / Fiskaallaksman (732)
• Grey-headed Bush / Spookvoël (751)
• Long-tailed (Magpie) / Langstertlaksman (735)
• Orange-breasted Bush / Oranjeborslaksman (748)
• Red-backed / Rooiruglaksman (733)
• White-chrested / Helmet-Shrike / Withelmlaksman (753)

• Snake-Eagle
• See Eagle…

• Sparrowhawk
• Little (157) Gebande Sperwer

• Sparrow
• Cape / Gewone Mossie (803)
• Grey-headed (Southern) / Gryskopmossie (804)
• House / Huismossie (801)
• Yellow-throated (Yellow-throated Petronia) Geelvlekmossie

• Sparrow-Weaver
• White-browed / Koringvoël (799)

• Spurfowl
• See Francolins…

• Starling
• Burchell’s / Grootglansspreeu (762)
• Glossy (Cape) / Kleinglansspreeu (764)
• Plum-coloured (Violet-backed) / Witborsspreeu (761)
• Red-winged / Rooivlerkspreeu (769)
• Wattled / Lelspreeu (760)

• Sunbird
• Black (Amethyst) / Swartsuikerbekkie (792)
• Marico / Maricosuikerbekkie (779)
• White-bellied / Witpenssuikerbekkie (787)

• Swallow
• European (Barn) / Europese Swael (518)
• Lesser stripped / Kleinstreepswael (527)
• Red-breasted / Rooiborsswael (524)

• Swift
• European (Common) / Europese Windswael (411)
• Horus / Horuswindswael (416)
• Little / Kleinwindswael (417)
• Palm (African) / Palmwindswael (421)
• White-rumped / Witkruiswindswael (415)

• Tchagra
• Black-crowned / Swartkroomtjagra (744)
• Three-streaked (Brown-crowned) / Rooivlerktjagra (743)

• Thrush
• Groundscraper / Gevlekte Lyster (580)
• Kurrichane / Rooibeklyster (576)
• Karoo / Bruinlyster (?)

• TIT-Babbler
• Chestnut-vented / Bosveldtjeriktik (621)

• Tit
• Cape Penduline / Kaapse Kapokvoël (557)
• Southern black / Gewone Swartmees (554)

• Vulture
• Cape / Kransaasvoël (122)

• Wagtail
• Cape / Gewone Kwikkie (713)

• Warbler
• Barred (African Wren-warbler) / Gebande Sanger (658)
• Bleating (657)(Grey-backed Camaroptera)
• GrysrugkwekwevoëlGarden / Tuinsanger (619)
• Icterine / Spotsanger (625)
• Willow / Hofsanger (643)

• Waxbill
• Black-cheeked(Black-faced) / Swartwangsysie (847)
• Blue (844)Gewone BlousysieCommon / Rooibeksysie (846)
• Violet-eared / Koningblousysie (845)

• Weaver
• Masked / Swartkeelgeelvink (814)
• Red-headed / Rooikopwewer (819)
• Spotted-backed / Bontrugwewer (811)

• White-Eye
• Cape / Kaapse Glasogie (796)

• Whydah
• Pin-tailed / Koningrooibekkie (860)
• Shaft-tailed / Pylstertrooibekkie (861)

• Widdow
• White-winged (Widowbird) / Witvlerkflap (829)

• Widdowfinch
• Black (Dusky Indigobird) / Gewone Blouvinkie (864)
• Purple (Indigobird) / Witpootblouvinkie (865)
• Steel-blue (Village Indigobird) / Staalblouvinkie (867)

• Wood-Hoopoe
• Redbilled / Rooibekkakelaar (452)
• Scimitarbill / Swartbekkakelaar (454)

• Woodpecker
• Bearded / Baardspeg (487)
• Cardinal / Kardinaalspeg (486)
• Golden-tailed / Goudstertspeg (483)