Species list: Birds
The bird species list was compiled from data in the Southern African Bird Atlas Project and from more recent records within the landscape. Over 240 species of birds have been recorded from the Greater Fish River Canyon Landscape.
| Species | ||
| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| 8 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 49 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| 50 | Pinkbacked Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| 55 | Whitebreasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus |
| 57 | Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus |
| 58 | Reed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
| 60 | African Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
| 62 | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 63 | Blackheaded Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 64 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
| 65 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 66 | Great Egret | Egretta alba |
| 67 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 71 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 72 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 74 | Greenbacked Heron | Butorides striata |
| 76 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 78 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus |
| 81 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| 83 | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| 84 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
| 85 | Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
| 89 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
| 90 | Yellowbilled Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| 91 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 95 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| 96 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
| 97 | Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor |
| 99 | Whitefaced Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 101 | Whitebacked Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| 102 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| 103 | South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana |
| 104 | Yellowbilled Duck | Anas undulata |
| 105 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa |
| 106 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis |
| 108 | Redbilled Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| 112 | Cape Shoveler | Anas smithii |
| 113 | Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma |
| 115 | Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| 116 | Spurwinged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| 118 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| 122 | Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres |
| 124 | Lappetfaced Vulture | Aegypius tracheliotus |
| 126 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 127 | Blackshouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 131 | Verreaux'sEagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| 132 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 136 | Booted Eagle | Aquila pennatus |
| 140 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 142 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 143 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 148 | African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| 149 | Steppe Buzzard | Buteo vulpinus |
| 152 | Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus |
| 153 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| 161 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 162 | Southern Pale Chanting | Melierax canorus |
| 168 | Black Harrier | Circus maurus |
| 170 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| 171 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| 172 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 178 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 179 | Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus |
| 181 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus |
| 182 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| 183 | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni |
| 186 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| 194 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus |
| 195 | Cape Spurfowl | Pternistis capensis |
| 200 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix |
| 203 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 213 | Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostris |
| 215 | Baillon’s Crake | Porzana pusilla |
| 223 | African Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
| 226 | Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 228 | Redknobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 230 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| 232 | Ludwig’s Bustard | Neotis ludwigii |
| 235 | Karoo Korhaan | Eupodotis vigorsii |
| 239 | Northern Black Korhaan | Afrotis afraoides |
| 240 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| 242 | Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| 245 | Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 246 | Whitefronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus |
| 247 | Chestnutbanded Plover | Charadrius pallidus |
| 248 | Kittlitz’s Plover | Charadrius pecuarius |
| 249 | Threebanded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
| 252 | Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus |
| 254 | Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 255 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| 258 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 264 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 266 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 269 | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 270 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 272 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| 274 | Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| 284 | Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| 294 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| 295 | Blackwinged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| 297 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| 299 | Burchell’s Courser | Cursorius rufus |
| 301 | Doublebanded Courser | Rhinoptilus africanus |
| 338 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus |
| 339 | Whitewinged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 344 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua |
| 347 | Doublebanded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
| 348 | Rock Dove | Columba livia |
| 349 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 352 | Redeyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 354 | Cape Turtle Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 355 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| 356 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 367 | Rosyfaced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis |
| 373 | Grey Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor |
| 375 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| 386 | Diderik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| 392 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| 395 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
| 400 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis |
| 401 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 405 | Fierynecked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| 406 | Rufouscheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena |
| 408 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| 411 | Common Swift | Apus apus |
| 413 | Bradfield’s Swift | Apus bradfieldi |
| 415 | Whiterumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 417 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 418 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 421 | African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| 425 | Whitebacked Mousebird | Colius colius |
| 426 | Redfaced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
| 428 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| 429 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 431 | Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata |
| 438 | European Bee-Eater | Merops apiaster |
| 445 | Swallowtailed Bee-Eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 447 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 451 | African Hoopoe | Upupa africana |
| 454 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
| 465 | Acacia Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas |
| 473 | Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
| 486 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 495 | Cape Clapper Lark | Mirafra apiata |
| 497 | Fawncoloured Lark | Calendulauda africanoides |
| 498 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota |
| 500 | Cape Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda curvirostris |
| 502 | Karoo Lark | Calendulauda albescens |
| 506 | Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata |
| 507 | Redcapped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| 510 | Sclater’s Lark | Spizocorys sclateri |
| 511 | Stark’s Lark | Spizocorys starki |
| 516 | Grey-backed Sparrowlark | Eremopterix verticalis |
| 517 | Black-eared Sparrowlark | Eremopterix australis |
| 518 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 520 | Whitethroated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis |
| 523 | Pearlbreasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata |
| 526 | Greater Striped Swallow | Hirundo cucullata |
| 529 | Rock Martin | Hirundo fuligula |
| 530 | Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum |
| 532 | Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| 533 | Brownthroated Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 541 | Forktailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| 543 | Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
| 547 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 548 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 551 | Grey Tit | Parus afer |
| 552 | Ashy Tit | Parus cinerascens |
| 557 | Cape Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus |
| 567 | African Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans |
| 577 | Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus |
| 583 | Shorttoed Rock Thrush | Monticola brevipes |
| 586 | Mountain Wheatear | Oenanthe monticola |
| 587 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| 589 | Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris |
| 590 | Tractrac Chat | Cercomela tractrac |
| 591 | Sicklewinged Chat | Cercomela sinuata |
| 592 | Karoo Chat | Cercomela schlegelii |
| 595 | Anteating Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora |
| 596 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
| 601 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra |
| 614 | Karoo Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas coryphaeus |
| 615 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena |
| 619 | Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
| 621 | Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler | Parisoma subcaeruleum |
| 622 | Layard’s Titbabbler | Parisoma layardi |
| 628 | Great Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| 631 | African Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus |
| 635 | Lesser Swamp-Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| 643 | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 651 | Longbilled Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
| 653 | Yellowbellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 654 | Karoo Eremomela | Eremomela gregalis |
| 660 | Cinnamonbreasted Warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea |
| 664 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 665 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus |
| 669 | Greybacked Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla |
| 685 | Blackchested Prinia | Prinia flavicans |
| 686 | Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa |
| 687 | Namaqua Warbler | Phragmacia substriata |
| 688 | Rufouseared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis |
| 689 | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| 695 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis |
| 697 | Chat Flycatcher | Bradornis infuscatus |
| 703 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt |
| 706 | Fairy Flycatcher | Stenostira scita |
| 711 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 713 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 714 | Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| 716 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 717 | Longbilled Pipit | Anthus similis |
| 732 | Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
| 733 | Redbacked Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| 739 | Crimson-breasted Shrike | Laniarius atrococcineus |
| 741 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 746 | Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus |
| 757 | Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| 760 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 764 | Cape Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis nitens |
| 770 | Palewinged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup |
| 775 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
| 783 | Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus |
| 788 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus |
| 796 | Cape White-Eye | Zosterops pallidus |
| Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | |
| 799 | Whitebrowed Sparrowweaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 800 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius |
| 801 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 802 | Great Sparrow | Passer motitensis |
| 803 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus |
| 804 | Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
| 806 | Scalyfeathered Finch | Sporopipes squamifrons |
| 813 | Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis |
| 814 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| 821 | Redbilled Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| 824 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 834 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 842 | Redbilled Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 845 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina |
| 846 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 847 | Black-faced Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos |
| 856 | Redheaded Finch | Amadina erythrocephala |
| 860 | Pintailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 861 | Shafttailed Whydah | Vidua regia |
| 870 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis |
| 876 | Blackheaded Canary | Serinus alario |
| 878 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris |
| 879 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis |
| 885 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis |
| 886 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 887 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani |
