Species list: Birds
The bird species list was compiled from data in the Southern African Bird Atlas Project. Over 340 species of birds have been recorded in the Greater Waterberg Landscape:
| Species | ||
| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| 7 | Blacknecked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| 8 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 49 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| 50 | Pinkbacked Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| 55 | Whitebreasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| 58 | Reed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
| 60 | African Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
| 62 | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 63 | Blackheaded Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 66 | Great Egret | Egretta alba |
| 67 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 68 | Yellowbilled Egret | Egretta intermedia |
| 71 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 72 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 74 | Greenbacked Heron | Butorides striatus |
| 75 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Butorides rufiventris |
| 76 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 78 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus |
| 79 | Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii |
| 81 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| 83 | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| 84 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
| 85 | Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
| 86 | Woollynecked Stork | Ciconia episcopus |
| 87 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 88 | Saddlebilled Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| 89 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
| 90 | Yellowbilled Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| 91 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 93 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 95 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| 96 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber |
| 99 | Whitefaced Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 101 | Whitebacked Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| 102 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
| 103 | South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana |
| 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 |
| 117 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa |
| 118 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| 122 | Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres |
| 123 | Whitebacked Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 124 | Lappetfaced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotus |
| 125 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 126 | Black Kite/Yellowbilled Kite | Milvus migrans/parasitus |
| 127 | Blackshouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 131 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| 132 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 133 | Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis |
| 134 | Lesser Spotted Eagle | Aquila pomarina |
| 135 | Wahlberg’s Eagle | Aquila wahlbergi |
| 136 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 137 | African Hawk Eagle | Hieraaetus spilogaster |
| 140 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 142 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 143 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 146 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 148 | African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| 149 | Steppe Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| 153 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| 154 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 156 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis |
| 157 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus |
| 159 | Shikra | Accipiter badius |
| 161 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 162 | Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk | Melierax canorus |
| 163 | Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 166 | Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus |
| 167 | Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus |
| 169 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 170 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| 171 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| 172 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 173 | Hobby Falcon | Falco subbuteo |
| 174 | African Hobby | Falco cuvierii |
| 178 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 179 | Red-footed Kestrel | Falco vespertinus |
| 181 | Rock Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| 182 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| 183 | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni |
| 186 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| 188 | Coqui Francolin | Francolinus coqui |
| 189 | Crested Francolin | Francolinus sephaena |
| 193 | Orange River Francolin | Francolinus levaillantoides |
| 194 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Francolinus adspersus |
| 197 | Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Francolinus hartlaubi |
| 199 | Swainson’s Spurfowl | Francolinus swainsonii |
| 200 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix |
| 201 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| 203 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 205 | Kurrichane Buttonquail | Turnix sylvatica |
| 213 | Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostris |
| 223 | African Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio |
| 226 | Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 227 | Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata |
| 228 | Redknobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 230 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| 237 | Redcrested Korhaan | Eupodotis ruficrista |
| 238 | Black-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis melanogastor |
| 239 | Northern Black Korhaan | Eupodotis afraoides |
| 240 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| 242 | Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| 245 | Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 246 | White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus |
| 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 |
| 260 | African Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| 262 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| 264 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 265 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| 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 |
| 281 | Sanderlink | Calidris alba |
| 284 | Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| 286 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| 289 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| 294 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| 295 | Blackwinged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| 297 | Spotted Dikkop | Burhinus capensis |
| 299 | Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus |
| 300 | Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii |
| 301 | Doublebanded Courser | Smutsornis africanus |
| 303 | Bronzewinged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus |
| 304 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| 305 | Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni |
| 338 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus |
| 339 | Whitewinged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 344 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua |
| 345 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli |
| 347 | Doublebanded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
| 348 | Rock Dove | Columba livia |
| 349 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 354 | Cape Turtle Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 355 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| 356 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 358 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 361 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calva |
| 364 | Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| 365 | Rüppell’s Parrot | Poicephalus rueppellii |
| 367 | Rosyfaced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis |
| 373 | Grey Go-away bird | Corythaixoides concolor |
| 374 | Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| 375 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| 377 | Redchested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 378 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| 380 | Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius |
| 381 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 382 | Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 385 | Klass’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 386 | Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| 390 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis |
| 392 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| 396 | African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 397 | Southern Whitefaced Owl | Otus leucotis |
| 398 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 399 | African Barred Owl | Glaucidium capense |
| 401 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 402 | Giant Eagle Owl | Bubo lacteus |
| 404 | European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus |
| 405 | Fierynecked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| 406 | Rufouscheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena |
| 408 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| 409 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
| 411 | Common Swift | Apus apus |
| 413 | Bradfield’s Swift | Apus bradfieldi |
| 415 | Whiterumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 416 | Horus Swift | Apus horus |
| 417 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 418 | Alpine Swift | Apus melba |
| 421 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| 425 | Whitebacked Mousebird | Colius colius |
| 426 | Redfaced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
| 428 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| 433 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 435 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| 436 | Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 437 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 438 | European Bee-Eater | Merops apiaster |
| 440 | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus |
| 441 | Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides |
| 445 | Swallowtailed Bee-Eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 446 | European Roller | Coracias garrulus |
| 447 | Lilacbreasted Roller | Coracias caudata |
| 449 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevia |
| 451 | African Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| 452 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 453 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis |
| 454 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
| 457 | African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
| 458 | Redbilled Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| 459 | Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas |
| 461 | Bradfield’s Hornbill | Tockus bradfieldi |
| 462 | Monteiro’s Hornbill | Tockus monteiri |
| 465 | Acacia Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas |
| 470 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| 474 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| 476 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 481 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii |
| 483 | Goldentailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
| 486 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 487 | Bearded Woodpecker | Thripias namaquus |
| 493 | Monotonous Lark | Certhilauda passerina |
| 494 | Rufousnaped Lark | Mirafra africana |
| 495 | Cape Clapper Lark | Certhilauda apiata |
| 497 | Fawncoloured Lark | Mirafra africanoides |
| 498 | Sabota Lark | Certhilauda sabota |
| 505 | Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans |
| 506 | Spikeheeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata |
| 507 | Redcapped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| 508 | Pinkbilled Lark | Spizocorys conirostris |
| 515 | Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark | Eremopterix leucotis |
| 516 | Grey-backed Sparrowlark | Eremopterix verticalis |
| 518 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 520 | Whitethroated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis |
| 523 | Pearlbreasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata |
| 524 | Redbreasted Swallow | Hirundo semirufa |
| 526 | Greater Striped Swallow | Hirundo cucullata |
| 527 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Hirundo abyssinica |
| 528 | South African Cliff-Swallow | Hirundo spilodera |
| 529 | Rock Martin | Hirundo fuligula |
| 530 | Common House-Martin | Delichon urbica |
| 532 | Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| 534 | Banded Martin | Riparia cincta |
| 538 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| 541 | Forktailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| 543 | Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
| 544 | African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| 547 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 548 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 552 | Ashy Tit | Parus cinerascens |
| 554 | Southern Black Tit | Parus niger |
| 555 | Carp’s Tit | Parus carpi |
| 557 | Cape Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus |
| 563 | Southern Pied Babbler | Turdoides bicolor |
| 564 | Bare-cheeked Babbler | Turdoides gymnogenys |
| 567 | African Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans |
| 580 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa |
| 583 | Shorttoed Rock Thrush | Monticola brevipes |
| 586 | Mountain Wheatear | Oenanthe monticola |
| 587 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| 589 | Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris |
| 595 | Anteating Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora |
| 613 | White-browed Scrub-Robin | Erythropygia leucophrys |
| 615 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Erythropygia paena |
| 619 | Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
| 621 | Chestnut-venter Tit-Babbler | Parisoma subcaeruleum |
| 625 | Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina |
| 628 | Great Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| 631 | African Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus |
| 634 | Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| 643 | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 651 | Longbilled Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
| 653 | Yellowbellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 656 | Burntnecked Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis |
| 657 | Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brevicaudata |
| 658 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus |
| 662 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius |
| 664 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 665 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridula |
| 669 | Greybacked Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla |
| 671 | Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilata |
| 672 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 685 | Blackchested Prinia | Prinia flavicans |
| 689 | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| 695 | Marico Flycatcher | Melaenornis mariquensis |
| 697 | Chat Flycatcher | Melaenornis infuscatus |
| 701 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| 703 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt |
| 710 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| 711 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 713 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 716 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 718 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 719 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis |
| 731 | Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor |
| 732 | Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
| 733 | Redbacked Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| 735 | Magpie Shrike | Corvinella melanoleuca |
| 739 | Crimson-breasted Shrike | Laniarius atrococcineus |
| 740 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 741 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 743 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 744 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegala |
| 753 | White-crested Helmet-Shrike | Prionops plumatus |
| 756 | Southern White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens |
| 760 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 761 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 762 | Burchell’s Starling | Lamprotornis australis |
| 764 | Cape Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis nitens |
| 770 | Palewinged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup |
| 779 | Marico Sunbird | Nectarinia mariquensis |
| 787 | White-bellied Sunbird | Nectarinia talatala |
| 788 | Dusky Sunbird | Nectarinia fusca |
| 791 | Scarletchested Sunbird | Nectarinia senegalensis |
| 792 | Amethyst Sunbird | Nectarinia amethystina |
| 796 | Cape White-Eye | Zosterops pallidus |
| 797 | African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| 798 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| 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 |
| 805 | Yellow-throated Petronia | Petronia superciliaris |
| 806 | Scalyfeathered Finch | Sporopipes squamifrons |
| 812 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| 814 | southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| 815 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 821 | Redbilled Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| 826 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| 834 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 844 | Blue Waxbill | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| 845 | Violeteared Waxbill | Uraeginthus granatinus |
| 846 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 847 | Black-faced Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos |
| 852 | African Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| 855 | Cut-throat Finch | Amadina fasciata |
| 856 | Redheaded Finch | Amadina erythrocephala |
| 860 | Pintailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 861 | Shafttailed Whydah | Vidua regia |
| 862 | Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 870 | Blackthroated Canary | Serinus atrogularis |
| 876 | Blackheaded Canary | Serinus alario |
| 878 | Yellow Canary | Serinus flaviventris |
| 879 | Whitethroated Canary | Serinus albogularis |
| 884 | Goldenbreasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| 885 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis |
| 886 | Cinnamon-breased Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 887 | Larklike Bunting | Emberiza impetuani |
