This page provides the official BirdLife South Africa checklists in both English and Afrikaans and other checklists of relevance to birding in South Africa.

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• Official BirdLife South Africa checklist of birds in South Africa (MS Excel)

Click on the images below to download the pdf versions of the checklists.

Other checklists

• South African Endemics
• South African Red Data Bird Species

Area checklists

Visit the Southern African Bird Atlas 2 (SABAP2) website to download other checklists.

Die Afrikaanse Voelnaamgroep (AVNG or Afrikaans Bird Name Group)

• History of the AVNG
• Geskiedenis van die AVNG