Thursday, December 8, 2011

Birds

This is a list of birds that can be viewed on the mountain

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Verreaux’s eagle (black eagle) (Aquila verreauxii)
Jackal buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus)
Steppe buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus)
Rock kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Grey-backed cisticola (Cisticola subruficapilla)
Lesser double-collared sunbird (Nectarina chalybea)
Cape siskin (Pseudochloroptila totta)
Karoo prinia (Prinia maculosa)
Cape rock thrush (Monticola rupestris)
Cape sugarbird (Pomerops cafer)
Orange-breasted sunbird (Nectarina violacea)
Malachite sunbird (Nectarina famosa)
Ground woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus)
Somber bulbul (Andropadus importanus)
Olive thrush (Turdis olivaceus)
Cape batis (Batis capensis)
Dusky flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
Paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
Cinnamon dove (Aplopelia larvata)
African wood owl (Strix woodfordii)
Rufous-breasted sparrowhawk (Accipter rufiventris)
African goshawk (Accipiter tachiro)
Knysna warbler (Bradypterus slyvaticus)

there are so many that a review on each one is too much.


http://tablemountain.net/visitor_info/activities/nature_lovers/

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