THOMAS RIVER CONSERVANCY

We are attempting to re-introduce all the fauna which used to roam the Bontebok Flats with the exception of lion. (Our sheep would not approve!!)

Controlled culling of excess animals takes place to finance the introduction of more species, which include the threatened oribi.

Our area has a diversity of habitat and practically every group has seen a "lifer". To counter poisoning and to attract hungry vultures away from livestock, a vulture restaurant is maintained.

HAVE A LOOK AT OUR BIRDLIST! ROBERTS BIRDS OF S.A. NUMBERS 8 DABCHICK 58 REED CORMORANT 60 DARTER 62 Grey Heron 63 BLACKHEADED HERON 67 LITTLE EGRET 71 CATTLE EGRET 81 HAMMERKOP 83 WHITE STORK 91 SACRED IBIS 94 HADEDAH 95 AFRICAN SPOONBILL 99 WHITEFACED DUCK 102 EGYPTIAN GOOSE 103 SOUTH AFRICAN SHELLDUCK 104 YELLOW BILLED DUCK 105 AFRICAN BLACK DUCK 108 REDBILLED TEAL 116 SPURWING GOOSE 118 SECRETARY BIRD 119 EASTERN RED-FOOTED KESTREL 122 CAPE VULTURE 126 Yellow Bill Kite 127 BLACK SHOULDERED KITE 131 BLACK EAGLE 139 Long Crested Eagle 140 MARTIAL EAGLE 148 AFRICAN FISH EAGLE 152 JACKALL BUZZARD 155 REDBREASTED SPARROWHAWK 158 Black Sparro w Hawk 168 BLACK HARRIER 169 GYMNOGENE 181 ROCK KESTREL 190 GREY WING FRANCOLIN 192 REDWING FRANCOLIN 198 REDNECKED FRANCOLIN 200 COMMON QUAIL 203 HELMETED GUINEAFOWL 208 BLUE CRANE 209 CROWNED CRANE 226 MOORHEN 228 REDKNOBBED COOT 229 FINFOOT 230 KORI BUSTARD 234 BLUEKORHAAN 249 THREEBANDED PLOVER 255 CROWNED PLOVER 256 Red Billed Woodhoopoe 258 BLACKSMITH PLOVER 297 Spotted Dikkop 349 ROCK PIGEON 350 Rameron Pigeon 352 RED EYED DOVE 354 CAPE TURTLE DOVE 355 LAUGHING DOVE 377 REDCHESTED CUCKOO 385 Klaas's Cuckoo 401 Spotted Eagle Owl 405 FIERYNECKED NIGHTJAR 412 BLACK SWIFT 415 WHITERUMPED SWIFT 417 Little Swift 424 SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD 426 REDFACED MOUSEBIRD 429 GIANT KINGFISHER 431 MALACHITE KINGFISHER 435 BROWN HOODED KINGFISHER 435 Brown Hooded Kingfisher 451 HOEPOE 460 Crowned Hornbill 464 BLACK COLLARED BARBIT 465 Acacia (Pied )Barbit 474 GREATER HONEY GUIDE 474 GREATER HONEYGUIDE 478 Sharp Billed Honey Guide 478 SHARP BILLED HONEY GUIDE 480 Ground woodpecker 484 KNYSNA WOODPECKER 486 CARDINAL WOODPECKER 487 BEARDED WOODPECKER 489 REDTHROATED WRYNECK 495 CLAPPER LARK 507 REDCAPPED LARK 518 EUROPEAN SWALLOW 520 WHITETHOATED SWALLOW 524 WHITE NECKED RAVEN 526 GREATER STRIPED SWALLOW 527 LESSER STRIPED SWALLOW 529 ROCK MARTIN 533 BROWNTHROATED MARTIN 536 BLACK SAW-WING SWALLOW 541 FORKTAILED DRONGO 545 BLACKHEADED ORIOLE 547 BLACK CROW 548 PIED CROW 554 SOUTHERN BLACK TIT 554 SOUTHERN BLACK TIT 568 BLACKEYED BULBUL 572 SOMBRE BULBUL 577 OLIVE THRUSH 581 CAPE ROCK THRUSH 586 MOUNTAIN CHAT 588 BUFF STREAKED CHAT 589 FAMILIAR CHAT 593 MOCKING CHAT 595 ANT EATING CHAT 596 STONE CHAT 601 CAPE ROBIN 613 White Browed Robin 643 WILLOW WARBLER 645 BAR THROATED APALIS 661 GRASSBIRD 670 WAILING CISTICOLA 677 LEVAILLANT'S CISTICOLA 681 NEDDICKY 683 TAWNEYFLANKED PRINIA 686 SPOTTED PRINIA 686B DRAKENSBERG PRINIA 689 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER 690 DUSKY FLYCATCHER 698 FISCAL FLYCATCHER 700 CAPE BATIS 701 CHINSPOT BATIS 710 PARADISE FLYCATCHER 712 LONGTAILED WAGTAIL 713 CAPE WAGTAIL 716 GRASSVELD PIPPIT 717 LONGBILLED PIPPIT 718 PLAINBACKED PIPIT 727 ORANGE THROATED LONGCLAW 732 FISCAL SHRIKE 736 SOUTHERN BOUBOU 744 BLACK CROWNED TCHAGRA 746 BOKMAKIERIE 751 GREY HEADED BUSH SHRIKE 757 EUROPEAN STARLING 759 PIED STARLING 764 CAPE GLOSSY STARLING 769 REDWINGED STARLING 775 MALACHITE SUNBIRD 783 LESSER DOUBLECOLLARED SUNBIRD 792 BLACK SUNBIRD 793 COLLARED SUNBIRD 796 CAPE WHITE EYE 799 WHITE BROWEDSPARROW WEAVER 801 HOUSE SPARROW 803 CAPE SPARROW 804 GREYHEADED SPARROW 805 YELLOWTHROATED SPARROW 807 THICKBILLED WEAVER 813 CAPE WEAVER 821 RED BILLED QUELEA 824 RED BISHOP 826 GOLDEN BISHOP 827 YELLOWRUMPED WIDOW 828 REDSHOULDERED WIDOW 832 LONGTAILED WIDOW 840 BLUE BILLED FIREFINCH 846 COMMON WAXBILL 852 QUAILFINCH 860 PINTAILED WHYDAH 869 YELLOW EYED CANARY 872 CAPE CANARY 877 BULLY CANARY 881 STREAKY HEADED CANARY 884 GOLDENBREASTED BUNTING 886 ROCK BUNTING

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Contact: john@thomasriver.com  Last updated 12/08/2011