Bird Atlas of Natal

Authors: Digby Cyrus and Nigel Robson

Number of pages: 320

Year published: 1980

Edition: 1st

Published by: University of Natal Press

Hardcover

ISBN: 0 86980 215 1

Website: UKZN Press

The Wildebeest's Review of Bird Atlas of Natal

This great book was one of the first books I bought when I was a new birder wanting to see as many species as possible from my base in Durban. I made extensive use of this Bird Atlas for many years.

The Bird Atlas of Natal was a remarkable achievement by the authors, and it is still a very useful guide as to where and when birds can be seen. The province was divided into quarter-degree squares and records were collected for each month. These records were shown as a filled in segment for the months when the bird can be found in that square. The maps are accompanied by short write-ups and a line drawing, done by Tony Clarkson, of the bird.

If you come across a copy of this book, I would definitely recommend that you add it to your library and use it on your next birding trip to KZN.

Some of the subjects in this publication

Little Grebe - Page: 29
African Penguin - Page: 29
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross - Page: 30
Wandering Albatross - Page: 30
Southern Giant-Petrel - Page: 31
Shy Albatross - Page: 31
Pintado Petrel - Page: 32
Great-winged Petrel - Page: 32
White-chinned Petrel - Page: 33
Antarctic Prion - Page: 33
Pink-backed Pelican - Page: 34
Great White Pelican - Page: 34
Cape Gannet - Page: 35
White-breasted Cormorant - Page: 35
Cape Cormorant - Page: 36
Reed Cormorant - Page: 36
Greater Frigatebird - Page: 37
African Darter - Page: 37
Black-headed Heron - Page: 38
Grey Heron - Page: 38
Goliath Heron - Page: 39
Purple Heron - Page: 39
Great Egret - Page: 40
Little Egret - Page: 40
Yellow-billed Egret - Page: 41
Cattle Egret - Page: 41
Green-backed Heron - Page: 42
Squacco Heron - Page: 42
Black Heron - Page: 43
Rufous-bellied Heron - Page: 43
Little Bittern - Page: 44
Dwarf Bittern - Page: 44
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Page: 45
White-backed Night-Heron - Page: 45
Marabou Stork - Page: 46
Hamerkop - Page: 46
African Openbill - Page: 47
Saddle-billed Stork - Page: 47
Yellow-billed Stork - Page: 48
Woolly-necked Stork - Page: 48
Black Stork - Page: 49
Abdim s Stork - Page: 49
White Stork - Page: 50
African Sacred Ibis - Page: 50
Southern Bald Ibis - Page: 51
Glossy Ibis - Page: 51
Hadeda Ibis - Page: 52
African Spoonbill - Page: 52
Greater Flamingo - Page: 53
Lesser Flamingo - Page: 53
Egyptian Goose - Page: 54
Spur-winged Goose - Page: 54
Comb Duck - Page: 55
South African Shelduck - Page: 55
African Pygmy-Goose - Page: 56
Cape Shoveler - Page: 56
African Black Duck - Page: 57
Yellow-billed Duck - Page: 57
Cape Teal - Page: 58
Red-billed Teal - Page: 58
White-faced Duck - Page: 59
Hottentot Teal - Page: 59
Southern Pochard - Page: 60
Fulvous Duck - Page: 60
White-backed Duck - Page: 61
Maccoa Duck - Page: 61
Secretarybird - Page: 62
Cape Vulture - Page: 62
White-backed Vulture - Page: 63
Lappet-faced Vulture - Page: 63
White-headed Vulture - Page: 64
Egyptian Vulture - Page: 64
Palm-nut Vulture - Page: 65
Peregrine Falcon - Page: 65
Eurasian Hobby - Page: 66
Lanner Falcon - Page: 66
Sooty Falcon - Page: 67
Amur Falcon - Page: 67
Rock Kestrel - Page: 68
Greater Kestrel - Page: 68
Lesser Kestrel - Page: 69
African Cuckoo Hawk - Page: 69
Black Kite - Page: 70
Yellow-billed Kite - Page: 70
Bat Hawk - Page: 71
Black-shouldered Kite - Page: 71
European Honey-Buzzard - Page: 72
Verreaux s Eagle - Page: 72
Lesser Spotted Eagle - Page: 73
Tawny Eagle - Page: 73
Wahlberg s Eagle - Page: 74
Long-crested Eagle - Page: 74
Booted Eagle - Page: 75
Ayres s Hawk-Eagle - Page: 75
African Hawk-Eagle - Page: 76
Martial Eagle - Page: 76
Lizard Buzzard - Page: 77
African Crowned Eagle - Page: 77
Brown Snake-Eagle - Page: 78
Black-chested Snake-Eagle - Page: 78
Southern Banded Snake-Eagle - Page: 79
African Fish-Eagle - Page: 79
Bateleur - Page: 80
Bearded Vulture - Page: 80
Jackal Buzzard - Page: 81
Steppe Buzzard - Page: 81
Forest Buzzard - Page: 82
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk - Page: 82
Little Sparrowhawk - Page: 83
Black Sparrowhawk - Page: 83
African Goshawk - Page: 84
Shikra - Page: 84
Gabar Goshawk - Page: 85
Dark Chanting Goshawk - Page: 85
African Marsh-Harrier - Page: 86
Black Harrier - Page: 86
African Harrier-Hawk - Page: 87
Montagu s Harrier - Page: 87
Osprey - Page: 88
Coqui Francolin - Page: 88
Crested Francolin - Page: 89
Grey-winged Francolin - Page: 89
Red-winged Francolin - Page: 90
Shelley s Francolin - Page: 90
Swainson s Spurfowl - Page: 91
Natal Spurfowl - Page: 91
Common Quail - Page: 92
Red-necked Spurfowl - Page: 92
Helmeted Guineafowl - Page: 93
Harlequin Quail - Page: 93
Black-rumped Buttonquail - Page: 94
Crested Guineafowl - Page: 94
African Rail - Page: 95
Kurrichane Buttonquail - Page: 95
African Crake - Page: 96
Corn Crake - Page: 96
Baillon s Crake - Page: 97
Black Crake - Page: 97
Red-chested Flufftail - Page: 98
Buff-spotted Flufftail - Page: 98
Common Moorhen - Page: 99
African Purple Swamphen - Page: 99
Lesser Moorhen - Page: 100
Red-knobbed Coot - Page: 100
African Finfoot - Page: 101
Grey Crowned Crane - Page: 101
Wattled Crane - Page: 102
Blue Crane - Page: 102
White-bellied Korhaan - Page: 103
Denham s Bustard - Page: 103
Red-crested Korhaan - Page: 104
Blue Korhaan - Page: 104
African Jacana - Page: 105
Black-bellied Bustard - Page: 105
Greater Painted-snipe - Page: 106
Lesser Jacana - Page: 106
Ruddy Turnstone - Page: 107
Common Ringed Plover - Page: 107
Kittlitz s Plover - Page: 108
White-fronted Plover - Page: 108
Lesser Sand Plover - Page: 109
Three-banded Plover - Page: 109
Grey Plover - Page: 110
Caspian Plover - Page: 110
Crowned Lapwing - Page: 111
Black-winged Lapwing - Page: 111
Senegal Lapwing - Page: 112
Blacksmith Lapwing - Page: 112
Long-toed Lapwing - Page: 113
African Wattled Lapwing - Page: 113
Curlew Sandpiper - Page: 114
African Snipe - Page: 114
Red Knot - Page: 115
Little Stint - Page: 115
Sanderling - Page: 116
Ruff - Page: 116
Common Sandpiper - Page: 117
Terek Sandpiper - Page: 117
Common Greenshank - Page: 118
Marsh Sandpiper - Page: 118
Wood Sandpiper - Page: 119
Bar-tailed Godwit - Page: 119
Common Whimbrel - Page: 120
Eurasian Curlew - Page: 120
Black-winged Stilt - Page: 121
Pied Avocet - Page: 121
Water Thick-knee - Page: 122
Spotted Thick-knee - Page: 122
Bronze-winged Courser - Page: 123
Temminck s Courser - Page: 123
Collared Pratincole - Page: 124
Grey-headed Gull - Page: 125
Kelp Gull - Page: 125
Caspian Tern - Page: 126
Common Tern - Page: 126
Arctic Tern - Page: 127
Hudsonian Godwit - Page: 127
Sandwich Tern - Page: 128
Lesser Crested Tern - Page: 128
Little Tern - Page: 129
Swift Tern - Page: 129
Whiskered Tern - Page: 130
White-winged Tern - Page: 130
Speckled Pigeon - Page: 131
Black Tern - Page: 131
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon - Page: 132
African Olive-Pigeon - Page: 132
Red-eyed Dove - Page: 133
Cape Turtle-Dove - Page: 133
Laughing Dove - Page: 134
Namaqua Dove - Page: 134
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove - Page: 135
Tambourine Dove - Page: 135
African Green-Pigeon - Page: 136
Lemon Dove - Page: 136
Brown-headed Parrot - Page: 137
Cape Parrot - Page: 137
Knysna Turaco - Page: 138
Rose-ringed Parakeet - Page: 138
Grey Go-away-bird - Page: 139
Purple-crested Turaco - Page: 139
Common Cuckoo - Page: 140
Red-chested Cuckoo - Page: 140
Great Spotted Cuckoo - Page: 141
Black Cuckoo - Page: 141
Levaillant s Cuckoo - Page: 142
Jacobin Cuckoo - Page: 142
African Emerald Cuckoo - Page: 143
Klaas s Cuckoo - Page: 143
Diderick Cuckoo - Page: 144
Burchell s Coucal - Page: 144
Barn Owl - Page: 145
Green Malkoha - Page: 145
African Grass-Owl - Page: 146
Marsh Owl - Page: 146
African Scops-Owl - Page: 147
African Wood-Owl - Page: 147
Southern White-faced Scops-Owl - Page: 148
Pearl-spotted Owlet - Page: 148
Cape Eagle-Owl - Page: 149
Spotted Eagle-Owl - Page: 149
Verreaux s Eagle-Owl - Page: 150
Pel s Fishing-Owl - Page: 150
European Nightjar - Page: 151
Fiery-necked Nightjar - Page: 151
Freckled Nightjar - Page: 152
Swamp Nightjar - Page: 152
Common Swift - Page: 153
Square-tailed Nightjar - Page: 153
African Black Swift - Page: 154
White-rumped Swift - Page: 154
Little Swift - Page: 155
Horus Swift - Page: 155
Alpine Swift - Page: 156
African Palm-Swift - Page: 156
Speckled Mousebird - Page: 157
Red-faced Mousebird - Page: 157
Narina Trogon - Page: 158
Pied Kingfisher - Page: 158
Half-collared Kingfisher - Page: 159
Giant Kingfisher - Page: 159
African Pygmy-Kingfisher - Page: 160
Malachite Kingfisher - Page: 160
Mangrove Kingfisher - Page: 161
Woodland Kingfisher - Page: 161
Brown-hooded Kingfisher - Page: 162
Striped Kingfisher - Page: 162
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - Page: 163
European Bee-eater - Page: 163
Little Bee-eater - Page: 164
White-fronted Bee-eater - Page: 164
Lilac-breasted Roller - Page: 165
European Roller - Page: 165
Broad-billed Roller - Page: 166
Purple Roller - Page: 166
Green Wood-Hoopoe - Page: 167
African Hoopoe - Page: 167
Trumpeter Hornbill - Page: 168
Common Scimitarbill - Page: 168
Red-billed Hornbill - Page: 169
African Grey Hornbill - Page: 169
Crowned Hornbill - Page: 170
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill - Page: 170
Southern Ground-Hornbill - Page: 171
Black-collared Barbet - Page: 171
White-eared Barbet - Page: 172
Acacia Pied Barbet - Page: 172
Green Tinkerbird - Page: 173
Red-fronted Tinkerbird - Page: 173
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird - Page: 174
Crested Barbet - Page: 174
Scaly-throated Honeyguide - Page: 175
Greater Honeyguide - Page: 175
Lesser Honeyguide - Page: 176
Brown-backed Honeybird - Page: 176
Golden-tailed Woodpecker - Page: 177
Ground Woodpecker - Page: 177
Cardinal Woodpecker - Page: 178
Bearded Woodpecker - Page: 178
Olive Woodpecker - Page: 179
Red-throated Wryneck - Page: 179
African Broadbill - Page: 180
Melodious Lark - Page: 180
Sabota Lark - Page: 181
Rufous-naped Lark - Page: 181
Spike-heeled Lark - Page: 182
Flappet Lark - Page: 182
Cape Long-billed Lark - Page: 183
Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark - Page: 183
Red-capped Lark - Page: 184
Pink-billed Lark - Page: 184
Barn Swallow - Page: 185
White-throated Swallow - Page: 185
Blue Swallow - Page: 186
Wire-tailed Swallow - Page: 186
Grey-rumped Swallow - Page: 187
Red-breasted Swallow - Page: 187
Greater Striped Swallow - Page: 188
Lesser Striped Swallow - Page: 188
South African Cliff-Swallow - Page: 189
Rock Martin - Page: 189
Sand Martin - Page: 190
Common House-Martin - Page: 190
Banded Martin - Page: 191
Brown-throated Martin - Page: 191
Black Saw-wing - Page: 192
Black Cuckooshrike - Page: 192
Grey Cuckooshrike - Page: 193
Fork-tailed Drongo - Page: 193
Square-tailed Drongo - Page: 194
Eurasian Golden Oriole - Page: 194
Black-headed Oriole - Page: 195
Pied Crow - Page: 195
White-necked Raven - Page: 196
Cape Crow - Page: 196
Southern Black Tit - Page: 197
Grey Penduline-Tit - Page: 197
Drakensberg Rock-jumper - Page: 198
Arrow-marked Babbler - Page: 198
Bush Blackcap - Page: 199
Dark-capped Bulbul - Page: 199
Terrestrial Brownbul - Page: 200
Yellow-streaked Greenbul - Page: 200
Sombre Greenbul - Page: 201
Yellow-bellied Greenbul - Page: 201
Olive Thrush - Page: 202
Kurrichane Thrush - Page: 202
Orange Ground-Thrush - Page: 203
Groundscraper Thrush - Page: 203
Spotted Ground-Thrush - Page: 204
Cape Rock-Thrush - Page: 204
Mountain Wheatear - Page: 205
Sentinel Rock-Thrush - Page: 205
Buff-streaked Chat - Page: 206
Familiar Chat - Page: 206
Ant-eating Chat - Page: 207
Mocking Cliff-Chat - Page: 207
African Stonechat - Page: 208
Chorister Robin-Chat - Page: 208
Red-capped Robin-Chat - Page: 209
White-browed Robin-Chat - Page: 209
Cape Robin-Chat - Page: 210
White-throated Robin-Chat - Page: 210
Brown Scrub-Robin - Page: 211
Bearded Scrub-Robin - Page: 211
White-starred Robin - Page: 212
White-browed Scrub-Robin - Page: 212
Garden Warbler - Page: 213
Icterine Warbler - Page: 213
Yellow-bellied Eremomela - Page: 214
Willow Warbler - Page: 214
Green-capped Eremomela - Page: 215
Burnt-necked Eremomela - Page: 215
Great Reed-Warbler - Page: 216
Lesser Swamp-Warbler - Page: 216
African Reed-Warbler - Page: 217
Marsh Warbler - Page: 217
Little Rush-Warbler - Page: 218
Sedge Warbler - Page: 218
Barratt s Warbler - Page: 219
Stierling s Wren-Warbler - Page: 219
Cape Grassbird - Page: 220
Broad-tailed Warbler - Page: 220
Long-billed Crombec - Page: 221
Bar-throated Apalis - Page: 221
Yellow-breasted Apalis - Page: 222
Rudd s Apalis - Page: 222
Green-backed Camaroptera - Page: 223
Zitting Cisticola - Page: 223
Desert Cisticola - Page: 224
Cloud Cisticola - Page: 224
Pale-crowned Cisticola - Page: 225
Wing-snapping Cisticola - Page: 225
Neddicky - Page: 226
Wailing Cisticola - Page: 226
Red-faced Cisticola - Page: 227
Rattling Cisticola - Page: 227
Levaillant s Cisticola - Page: 228
Rufous-winged Cisticola - Page: 228
Croaking Cisticola - Page: 229
Lazy Cisticola - Page: 229
Tawny-flanked Prinia - Page: 230
Karoo Prinia - Page: 230
Spotted Flycatcher - Page: 231
African Dusky Flycatcher - Page: 231
Grey Tit-Flycatcher - Page: 232
Ashy Flycatcher - Page: 232
Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler - Page: 233
Pale Flycatcher - Page: 233
Fiscal Flycatcher - Page: 234
Southern Black Flycatcher - Page: 234
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler - Page: 235
Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler - Page: 235
Chinspot Batis - Page: 236
Cape Batis - Page: 236
Black-throated Wattle-eye - Page: 237
Woodwards Batis - Page: 237
Livingstone s Flycatcher - Page: 238
Fairy Flycatcher - Page: 238
African Pied Wagtail - Page: 239
African Paradise-Flycatcher - Page: 239
Mountain Wagtail - Page: 240
Cape Wagtail - Page: 240
Yellow Wagtail - Page: 241
African Pipit - Page: 241
Plain-backed Pipit - Page: 242
Long-billed Pipit - Page: 242
Striped Pipit - Page: 243
Buffy Pipit - Page: 243
Bushveld Pipit - Page: 244
Yellow-breasted Pipit - Page: 244
Yellow-throated Longclaw - Page: 245
Cape Longclaw - Page: 245
Rosy-throated Longclaw - Page: 246
Lesser Grey Shrike - Page: 246
Red-backed Shrike - Page: 247
Common Fiscal - Page: 247
Black-backed Puffback - Page: 248
Southern Boubou - Page: 248
Southern Tchagra - Page: 249
Brown-crowned Tchagra - Page: 249
Black-crowned Tchagra - Page: 250
Olive Bush-Shrike - Page: 250
Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike - Page: 251
Gorgeous Bush-Shrike - Page: 251
Bokmakierie - Page: 252
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike - Page: 252
Magpie Shrike - Page: 253
Eastern Nicator - Page: 253
White-crested Helmet-Shrike - Page: 254
Retz s Helmet-Shrike - Page: 254
Brubru - Page: 255
Common Myna - Page: 255
Violet-backed Starling - Page: 256
Wattled Starling - Page: 256
Black-bellied Starling - Page: 257
Cape Glossy Starling - Page: 257
Pied Starling - Page: 258
Red-winged Starling - Page: 258
Gurney s Sugarbird - Page: 259
Red-billed Oxpecker - Page: 259
Marico Sunbird - Page: 260
Malachite Sunbird - Page: 260
Purple-banded Sunbird - Page: 261
Greater Double-collared Sunbird - Page: 261
Neergaard s Sunbird - Page: 262
Southern Double-collared Sunbird - Page: 262
White-bellied Sunbird - Page: 263
Grey Sunbird - Page: 263
Collared Sunbird - Page: 264
Olive Sunbird - Page: 264
Scarlet-chested Sunbird - Page: 265
Amethyst Sunbird - Page: 265
Cape White-eye - Page: 266
African Yellow White-eye - Page: 266
Cape Sparrow - Page: 267
House Sparrow - Page: 267
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow - Page: 268
Yellow-throated Petronia - Page: 268
Spectacled Weaver - Page: 269
Dark-backed Weaver - Page: 269
Red-headed Weaver - Page: 270
Lesser Masked-Weaver - Page: 270
Cape Weaver - Page: 271
Village Weaver - Page: 271
Yellow Weaver - Page: 272
Golden Weaver - Page: 272
Southern Brown-throated Weaver - Page: 273
Southern Masked-Weaver - Page: 273
Thick-billed Weaver - Page: 274
Red-billed Quelea - Page: 274
Red-headed Quelea - Page: 275
Southern Red Bishop - Page: 275
Yellow Bishop - Page: 276
Yellow-crowned Bishop - Page: 276
Red-collared Widowbird - Page: 277
White-winged Widowbird - Page: 277
Long-tailed Widowbird - Page: 278
Fan-tailed Widowbird - Page: 278
Red-headed Finch - Page: 279
Magpie Mannikin - Page: 279
Red-backed Mannikin - Page: 280
Bronze Mannikin - Page: 280
Swee Waxbill - Page: 281
Green Twinspot - Page: 281
Pink-throated Twinspot - Page: 282
Green-winged Pytilia - Page: 282
African Firefinch - Page: 283
Red-billed Firefinch - Page: 283
Blue Waxbill - Page: 284
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Page: 284
Common Waxbill - Page: 285
Grey Waxbill - Page: 285
African Quailfinch - Page: 286
Pin-tailed Whydah - Page: 286
Village Indigobird - Page: 287
Dusky Indigobird - Page: 287
Cuckoo Finch - Page: 288
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah - Page: 288
Cape Canary - Page: 289
Drakensberg Siskin - Page: 289
Yellow-fronted Canary - Page: 290
Forest Canary - Page: 290
Black-throated Canary - Page: 291
Brimstone Canary - Page: 291
Streaky-headed Seedeater - Page: 292
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting - Page: 292
Cape Bunting - Page: 293
Golden-breasted Bunting - Page: 293

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