Birders love to find rare birds; few things match the excitement
of coming across something completely unexpected.
But the obsession with rarities can result in population
changes in more common birds being overlooked. Breeding
bird surveys in Europe, Asia and North America show
that many bird populations are in flux, but what do we
know about the status of common birds in South Africa?
Lace up your boots, we’re going birding on Moegoebaskloof’s Louis Chaguion trail
A comparison of bird communities in
and around four South African cities
bishop|brood parasite|Cape Sparrow|Cape Wagtail|Chrysococcyx caprius|Derek Keats|dimorphism|Klaase’s Cuckoo|Lesser Masked Weaver|migrants|nest|Ploceidae|Sharon Lemos|widowbird
“Aepyornis maximus”|A. titan|African Penguin|Albert Froneman|Andrew McKechnie|Atlantic Petrel|Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross|avian systematics|Birdlife International|Birds of East Africa|Black Sparrowhawk|book review|Boulders beach|Cape Wagtail|climate change|COVID-19|Dassen Island|DNA|Dromornis stirtoni|Duncan Butchart|eDNA|elephant bird|endangered|environmental DNA|extinct|field guide|Fiscal Flycatcher|Gough Island.|Gouldian Finch|infestation|Jessica Law|John Fanshawe|Katta Ludynia|Liz Hardman|Lockdown|Madacascar|Marine Protection Zone|mice|mirihungs|mites|Nicola van Wilgen|noise pollution|Northern Rockhopper Penguin|overfishing|Peregrine Falcon|Peter Ryan|population decline|Red-headed Finch|Rock Dove|RSPB|SANCCOB|SANParks|seabirds|Spectacled Petrel|Terry Stevenson|Tristan Albatross|Tristan da Cunha|Vorombe|vulnerable|Wendy Foden|White-crowned Sparrow|WWF
“African Oystercatcher”|”Black-headed herons”|”Blacksmith Lapwing”|”Common Starlings”|”Grey-headed Gulls”|”Peregrine Falcons”|”Speckled Pigeons”|”White-fronted Plover”|African Penguin|Barn Swallow|Black-crowned Night Heron|Brown Skua|Cape Gannets|Cape Robin-chat|Cape Wagtail|Cape Weaver|Common Greenshank|Cormorants|Duncan Butchart|Egyptian Goose|Elegant Tern|George Branch|Giant Kingfishers|Greater Striped Swallows|Hadeda|Hartlaub’s Gull|Kelp Gull|Little Egret|Living shores|Malachite Kingfisher|Numenius|Parasitic Jaeger|Pied Kingfisher|Red-winged Starlings|Rock Martins|Sacred Ibis|Sandwich terns|Spotted Eagle-Owl|Swift Tern|Whimbrels|White-breasted Cormorant|Yellow-billed Ducks