Bird List – South Africa

Attached a full list of species endemic to South Africa accurate as of July 2011.
For more information on each bird, click the appropriate link.

Mainland and its territorial waters

The South African list encompasses the combined areas of darker blue, presented here in separate lists for clarity

Struthionidae

Spheniscidae

Podicipedidae


Diomedeidae

Procellariidae

Hydrobatidae

Phaethontidae

Pelecanidae

Sulidae

Phalacrocoracidae

Anhingidae

Fregatidae

Ardeidae

Scopidae

Ciconiidae

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteridae

Anatidae

Pandionidae

Accipitridae

Sagittariidae

Falconidae

Phasianidae

Numididae

Turnicidae

Gruidae

Rallidae

Heliornithidae

Otididae

Jacanidae

Rostratulidae

Dromadidae

Haematopodidae

Recurvirostridae

Burhinidae

Glareolidae

Charadriidae

Scolopacidae

Chionididae

Stercorariidae

Laridae

Sternidae

Rynchopidae

Pteroclidae

Columbidae

Psittacidae

Musophagidae

Cuculidae

Tytonidae

Strigidae

Caprimulgidae

Apodidae

Coliidae

Trogonidae

Alcedinidae

Halcyonidae

Cerylidae

Meropidae

Coraciidae

Upupidae

Phoeniculidae

Bucerotidae

Capitonidae

Indicatoridae

Picidae

Eurylaimidae

Pittidae

Alaudidae

Hirundinidae

Motacillidae

Campephagidae

Pycnonotidae

Turdidae

Cisticolidae

Sylviidae

Muscicapidae

Platysteiridae

Monarchidae

Timaliidae

Chaetopidae

Paridae

Remizidae

Nectariniidae

Zosteropidae

Promeropidae

Oriolidae

Laniidae

Malaconotidae

Prionopidae

Dicruridae

Corvidae

Sturnidae

Ploceidae

Estrildidae

Viduidae

Emberizidae

Fringillidae

Passeridae

The Prince Edward Islands, c. 1,750 km (1,087 mi) offshore in the roaring forties, are near-pristine and deemed the second most important sub-Antarctic archipelago in terms of breeding birds

Note: All but the accidentals are breeders

Anatidae

Spheniscidae

Diomedeidae

Procellariidae

Hydrobatidae

Pelecanoididae

Phalacrocoracidae

Ardeidae

Rallidae

Chionididae

Stercorariidae

Laridae

Sternidae

Cuculidae

Hirundinidae

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