Amphibians

Common name Scientific name
Cape Terrapin Pelomadusa subrufa
Common Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis
Natal Ghost Frog Heleophryne natalensis
Red Toad Bufo carens
Gutteral Toad Bufo gutturalis
Ranger’s Toad Bufo rangeri
Bushveld Rain Frog Breviceps adspersus
Angola River Frog Rana angolensis
Kloof Frog Natalobatrachus bonebergii
Wahlberg’s Bush Squeaker Arthroleptis wahlbergii
Forest Tree Frog Leptopelis natalensis
Marbled Reed Frog Hyperolius marmoratus


Birds (Visit our Gallery for pictures and information of the below birds)

Number

Species

Status

 

Key:

 

8

Little Grebe

.

  Alt.V Altitudinal winter visitor

63

Black-headed Heron

UV

  Alt.M Altitudinal winter migrant
81 Hamerkop BR   R Rare

86

Woolly-necked Stork

RVag

  Res Resident

94

Hadeda

BRes

  U Uncommon

102

Egyptian Goose

V

  V Visitor

105

Black Duck

Res

  Vag Vagrant

104

Yellow-billed Duck

UV

  W Winter

888

Yellow-billed Kite

BSM

  B Breeds

128

Cuckoo Hawk

RV

  S Summer

131

Black Eagle

RV

  M Migrant

135

Wahlberg’s Eagle

BSM

  OvW Some over winter

139

Long-crested Eagle

UV

     

140

Martial Eagle

.

     

141

Crowned Eagle

BRes

     

148

Fish Eagle

RV

     

149

Steppe Buzzard

SM

     

157

Little Sparrowhawk

.

     

158

Black Sparrowhawk

.

     

160

African Goshawk

Res

     

169

Gymnogene

B

     

171

Peregrine Falcon

.

     

172

Lanner Falcon

Res

     

181

Rock Kestrel

.

     

191

Shelley’s Francolin

V

     

196

Natal Francolin

Res

     

200

Common Quail

SM, OvW

     

218

Buff-spotted Flufftail

.

     

349

Rock Pigeon

Res

     

350

Rameron Pigeon

.

     

352

Red-eyed Dove

Res

     

355

Laughing Dove

R

     

358

Emerald-spotted Dove

Res

     

359

Tambourine Dove

Res

     

360

Cinnamon Dove

BRes

     

370

Knysna Turaco (Loerie)

Res

     

371

Purple-crested Turaco (Loerie)

Res

     

377

Red-chested Cuckoo

SM

     

378

Black Cuckoo

SM

     

384

Emerald Cuckoo

SM, OvW

     

385

Klaas’ Cuckoo

SM, OvW

     

386

Diederik Cuckoo

SM

     

387

Green Coucal

R

     

391

Burchell’s Coucal

Res

     

394

Wood Owl

Res

     

401

Spotted Eagle Owl

.

     

405

Fiery-necked Nightjar

.

     

412

Black Swift

SM

     

415

White-rumped Swift

SM

     

418

Alpine Swift

.

     

421

Palm Swift

.

     

424

Speckled Mousebird

Res

     

427

Narina Trogon

Res

     

429

Giant Kingfisher

Res

     

432

Pygmy Kingfisher

SM

     

435

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Res

     

444

Little Bee-eater

V

     

452

Red-billed Hoopoe

Res

     

455

Trumpeter Hornbill

BRes

     

460

Crowned Hornbill

Res

     

464

Black-collared Barbet

BRes

     

469

Red-fronted Tinker Barbet

Res

     

471

Golden-rumped Tinker Barbet

Res

     

473

Crested Barbet

.

     

474

Greater Honeyguide

.

     

475

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Res

     

476

Lesser Honeyguide

.

     

478

Sharp-billed Honeyguide

.

     

483

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Res

     

486

Cardinal Woodpecker

Res

     

488

Olive Woodpecker

Res

     

489

Red-throated Wryneck

.

     

490

Broadbill

R

     

494

Rufous-naped Lark

Res

     

518

European Swallow

SM

     

527

Lesser-striped Swallow

SM

     

529

Rock Martin

Res

     

536

Black Saw-wing Swallow

.

     

538

Black Cuckooshrike

.

     

540

Grey Cuckooshrike

Res

     

541

Fork-tailed Drongo

Res

     

542

Square-tailed Drongo

Res

     

545

Black-headed Oriole

.

     

548

Pied Crow

.

     

550

White-necked Raven

B

     

554

Southern Black Tit

Res

     

565

Bush Blackcap

RAlt.V

     

568

Black-eyed Bulbul

Res

     

569

Terrestrial Bulbul

Res

     

572

Sombre Bulbul

Res

     

574

Yellow-bellied Bulbul

RWV

     

576

Kurrichane Thrush

.

     

577

Olive Thrush

Res

     

578

Spotted Thrush

WM

     

581

Cape Rock Thrush

BRes

     

582

Sentinel Rock Thrush

RAlt.V

     

589

Familiar Chat

R

     

593

Mocking Chat

Res

     

596

Stonechat Alt.

V

     

598

Chorister Robin

Alt.M

     

600

Natal Robin

Res

     

601

Cape Robin

Alt.M

     

606

Starred Robin

Alt.M

     

613

White-browed Scrub Robin

Res

     

616

Brown Robin

Res

     

633

European Marsh Warbler

SM

     

639

Barratt’s Scrub Warbler

RAlt.V

     

642

Broad-tailed Warbler

Res

     

643

Willow Warbler

SM

     

644

Yellow-throated Warbler

Res & Alt.M

     

645

Bar-throated Apalis

Res

     

648

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Res

     

657

Bleating Warbler

Res

     

661

Grassbird

.

     

664

Fan-tailed Cisticola

.

     

672

Rattling Cisticola

.

     

678

Croaking Cisticola

Res

     

679

Lazy Cisticola

Res

     

681

Neddicky Res

.

     

683

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Res

     

690

Dusky Flycatcher

Res

     

691

Blue-grey Flycatcher

Res

     

694

Black Flycatcher

.

     

698

Fiscal Flycatcher

Alt.V

     

700

Cape Batis

Res

     

701

Chin Spot Batis

Res

     

710

Paradise Flycatcher

Res & SM

     

708

Blue-mantled Flycatcher

Res

     

712

Long-tailed Wagtail

BRes

     

718

Plain-backed Pipit

.

     

720

Striped Pipit

Res

     

728

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Res

     

732

Fiscal Shrike

.

     

733

Red-backed Shrike

RSM

     

736

Boubou Shrike

Res

     

740

Puffback Shrike

Res

     

742

Southern Tchagra

Res

     

744

Black-crowned Tchagra

V

     

746

Bokmakierie R

.

     

748

Orange-breasted Bush Shrike

.

     

750

Olive Bush Shrike

Alt.V

     

751

Grey-headed Bush Shrike

Res

     

758

Indian Myna

R

     

761

Plum-coloured Starling

SM

     

768

Black-bellied Glossy Starling

.

     

769

Red-winged Starling

BRes

     

775

Malachite Sunbird

RAlt.V

     

785

Greater Double-collared Sunbird

R

     

787

White-bellied Sunbird

Res

     

789

Grey Sunbird

BRes

     

790

Olive Sunbird

BRes

     

792

Black Sunbird

Res

     

793

Collared Sunbird

BRes

     

796

Cape White-eye

Res

     

805

Yellow-throated Sparrow

Res

     

807

Thick-billed Weaver

B

     

808

Forest Weaver

BRes

     

810

Spectacled Weaver

BRes

     

811

Spotted-backed Weaver

B

     

828

Red-shouldered Widow

.

     

831

Red-collared Widow

BRes

     

835

Green Twinspot

BRes

     

840

Blue-billed Firefinch

Res

     

846

Common Waxbill

.

     

848

Grey Waxbill

.

     

850

Swee Waxbill

B

     

857

Bronze Mannikin

BRes

     

858

Red-backed Mannikin

BRes

     

860

Pintailed Whydah

.

     

864

Black Widowfinch

.

     

869

Yellow-eye Canary

Res

     

872

Cape Canary

Alt.V

     

873

Forest Canary

Res

     

877

Bully Canary

Res

     

881

Streaky-headed Canary

Res

     

884

Golden-breasted Bunting

.

     

886

Rock Bunting

R

   


Mammals

Common name Scientific name
Forest Shrew Mysorexvarius
Reddish-grey Musk Shrew Crocidura cyanea
Greater Musk Shrew Crocidura flavescens
Hottentot Golden Mole Amblysomus hottentotus
Wahlberg’s Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus Wahlbergii
Sundevall’s Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros caffer
Kuhl’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii
Anchieta’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus anchietai
Banana Bat Pipistrellus nanus
Long-tailed Serotine Bat Eptesicus hottentotus
Yellow House Bat Scotophilus dinganii
Thick-tailed Bushbaby Otolemur crassicaudatus
Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus aethiops
Rock Dassie Procavia capensis
Tree Dassie Dendrohyrax arboreus
Porcupine Hystrix africaneaustralis
Grey Climbing Mouse Dendromus melanotis
Single-striped Mouse Leminiscomys rosalia
Pygmy Mouse Mus minutoides
Natal Multimammate Mouse Mastomys natalensis
Multimammate Mouse Mastomys coucha
Red Veld Rat Aethomys chrysophilus
Red Veld Rat Aethomys ineptus
Natal Red Hare Pronolagus crassicaudatus
Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina
Serval Felis serval
Clawless Otter Aonyx capensis
Striped Weasel Poecilogale albinucha
Slender Mongoose Galarella sanguinea
Water Mongoose Atilaz paludinosus
Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo
Bushpig Potamochoerus porcus
Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola
Red Duiker Cephalophus natalensis
Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia
Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus
Burchell’s Zebra Equus burchelli


Reptiles

Common name Scientific name
Tree Agama Agama atricollis
Flap-neck Chameleon Chameleo dilepsis dilepsis
Variable Skink Mabuya varia
Water Monitor Varanus niloticus
Bibron’s Blind Snake Typhlops bibronii
Peter’s Thread Snake Leptotyphlops scutifrons
Forest Thread Snake Leptotyphlops sylvicolus
Natal Rock Python Python sebae natalensis
Brown Water Snake Lycodonomorphus rufulus
Brown House Snake Lamprophis fuliginosus
Spotted House Snake Lamprophis guttatus
Olive House Snake Lamprophis inornatus
Cape Wolf Snake Lycophidion capense
Black File Snake Mehelya nyassae
Southern Slug-eater Duberria lutrix
Olive Grass Snake Psammophis phillipsi (R)
Short Snouted Grass Snake Psammophis sibilans brevirostris
Centipede-eater Aparallactus capensis
Natal Black Snake Macrelaps microlepidotus
Natal Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodispas concolor
Spotted Harlequin Snake Homoroselaps lacteus (R)
Bibron’s Burrowing Asp Attractaspsi bibronii
Green Water Snake Philothamnus hoplogaster
Spotted Bush Snake Philothamnus semivariegatus
Herald Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
Boomslang Dispholidus typus
Southern Twig Snake Thelotornis capensis
Brown Egg-eater Dasypeltis inornata
Rhombic Egg-eater Dasypeltis scabra
Sundevall’s Garter Snake Elapsoidea sundevallii (R)
Rinkals Hemachatus Haemachatus
Mozambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica
Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis
Rhombic Night Adder Causus rhombeatus
Puff Adder Bitis arientans

   

Trees

Number Species
1 Cyathea dregei
10 Encephalartos natalensis
  E. villosus
18 Podocarpus latifolius
22 Phoenix reclinata
28.1 Aloe arborescens
28.5 A. candelabrum
30.9 Dracaena aletriformis
34 Strelitzia nicolai
37 Myrica pilulifera
38 M. serrata
39 Celtis africana
40 C. gomphophylla
42 Trema orientalis
43 Chaetachme aristata
48 Ficus thonningii
49 F. burtt-davyi
50 F. sur
52 F. craterostoma
55 F. ingens
57 F. natalensis
59 F. polita
60 F. salicifolia
61 F. lutea
64 F. glumosa
70 Obetia tenax
71.1 Urera trinervis
74 Faurea macnaughtonii
75 F. saligna
87 Protea caffra
96 P. roupelliae
98.2 P. welwitschii
103.1 Ximenia caffra
104 Portulacaria afra
  Phytolacca dodecandra
107.1 Monanthotaxis caffra
108.1 Uvaria caffra
111 Xymalos monospora
113 Cryptocarya latifolia
117 C. woodii
117.1 Dahlgrenodendron natalense
121 Bachmannia woodii
130.1 Capparis tomentosa
  C. fascicularis
133 Maerua cafra
134 M. racemulosa
139 Pittosporum viridiflorum
144 Trichocladus grandiflorus
147.1 Cnestis polyphylla
148 Albizia adianthifolia
160 Acacia ataxacantha
162 A. caffra
172 A. karroo
179 A. nilotica
183.1 A. robusta
187 A. sieberiana
190 Dichrostachys cinerea
  Adenopodia spicata
202 Schotia brachypetala
219 Calpurnia aurea
224 Baphia racemosa
224.1 Crotalaria capensis
225.4 Indigofera jucunda
225.6 I. natalensis
  I. micrantha
225.10 Psoralea pinnata
231 Dalbergia armata
235 D. obovata
243.1 Erythrina humeana
245 E. lysistemon
249 Erythroxylum emarginatum
250 E. pictum
253 Zanthoxylum capense
254 Z. davyi
256 Calodendrum capense
257 Oricia bachmanii
261 Vepris lanceolata
263 Teclea gerrardii
265 Clausena anisata
277 Commiphora harveyi
291 Commiphora woodii
292 Ptaeroxylon obliquum
296 Turrea floribunda
  T. obtusifolia
298 Ekebergia capensis
299 E. pterophylla
300 Trichilia dregeana
  Acridocarpus natalitius
310.1 Margaritaria discoidea
313 Drypetes arguta
314 D. gerrardii
318 Antidesma venosum
330 Croton sylvaticus
  Erythrococca natalensis
335 Macaranga capensis
335.2 Acalypha sonderiana
335.3 A. glabrata var. pilosior
336.1 Clutia pulchella
338 Suregada africana
341 Spirostachys africana
342 Sapium ellipticum
343 S. integerrimum
348 Euphorbia evansii
351 Euphorbia ingens
355 E. tirucalli
356 E. triangularis
359 Buxus natalensis
360 Sclerocarya birrea
361 Harpephyllum caffrum
364 Protorhus longifolia
365 Loxostylis alata
375 Ozoroa paniculosa
380 Rhus chirendensis
381 R. dentata
384 R. gueinzii
388.1 R. lucida
391 R. pentheri
392 R. pyroides
393.3 R. rehmanniana
398 Maytenus acuminata
398.4 M. filiformis
398.3 M. cordata
401 M. peduncularis
403 M. undata
  Gymnosporia heterophylla
403.7 G. mossambicensis
403.9 G. nemorosa
403.10 G. buxifolia
403.12 G. glaucophylla
403.11 G. grandifolia
403.2 Putterlickia verrucosa
410 Mystroxylon aethiopicum (= Cassine aethiopica)
411.1 Lauridia tetragona (= Cassine tetragona)
413.1 Elaeodendron croceum (=Cassine papillosa)
416.1 Allocassine laurifolia
  Salacia gerrardii
422 Apodytes dimidiata
424 Allophylus dregeanus
425 A. africanus
430 Deinbollia oblongifolia
438 Hippobromus pauciflorus
439 Bersama lucens
443 B. tysoniana
447 Ziziphus mucronata
450 Berchemia zeyheri
451 Scutia myrtina
453.4 Phylica villosa (= P. paniculata)
455 Heteropyxis natalensis
456.2 Rhoicissus digitata
456.4 R. rhomboidea
456.5 R. tomentosa
456.7 R. tridentata
461 Grewia lasiocarpa
463 G. occidentalis
471 Dombeya rotundifolia
472 D. tiliacea
478 Cola natalensis
479 Ochna arborea
479.1 O. serrulata
481 O. natalitia
485 Garcinia gerrardii
489 Rinorea angustifolia
491 Rawsonia lucida
493 Xylotheca kraussiana
494 Kiggelaria africana
498 Scolopia zeyheri
500 Gerrardina foliosa
502 Homalium rufescens
503 Trimeria grandifolia
505 Aphloia theiformis
509 Dovyalis rhamnoides
512 Casearia gladiiformis
  Adenia gummifera
  Englerodaphne ovalifolia
517 Peddia africana
529 Cassipourea gerrardii
530 C. gummiflua
534.2 Combretum edwardsii
537 C. molle
540 C. kraussii
547.2 Quisqalis parviflora
553.2 Eugenia natalitia
  E. sp. nov. A
555 Syzygium cordatum
556 S. gerrardii
560 Memecylon natalense
560 M. bachmannii
564 Cussonia spicata
564.2 C. sphaerocephala
565.1 C. nicholsonii
566 Schefflera umbellifera
572 Erica caffra
  E. natalitia
577 Maesa lanceolata
  M. alnifolia
  Embelia ruminata
577.1 Myrsine africana
578 Rapanea melanophloeos
579 Sideroxylon inerme
580 Chrysophyllum viridifolium
582 Englerophytum natalense
584 Mimusops obovata
588 Manilkara discolor
590 Vitellariopsis marginata
594 Euclea crispa
597 E. natalensis
605 Diospyros lycioides
607 D. natalensis
609 D. simii
610 D. villosa
608.1 D. scabrida
612 Schrebera alata
615 Chionanthus foveolatus
618.1 Olea capensis subsp. enervis
618.2 O.capensis subsp. macrocarpa
622.1 Azima tetracantha
624 Strychnos decussata
625 S. henningsii
626.1 S. gerrardii
629 S. spinosa
631 S. usambarensis
633 Nuxia congesta
634 N. floribunda
636 Buddleja saligna
636.3 B. dysophylla
636.4 B. pulchella
639 Acokanthera oppositifolia
640.1 Carissa bispinosa
645 Tabernaemontana ventricosa
647 Rauvolfia caffra
647.1 Oncinotis tenuiloba
650 Wrightia natalensis
652 Cordia caffra
657 Ehretia rigida
667 Clerodendrum glabrum
667.1 C. myricoides
  Tetradenia riparia
669.4 Solanum giganteum
670 Halleria lucida
671 Anastrabe integerrima
673.1 Tecomaria capensis
681 Duvernoia adhatodoides
681.1 Mackaya bella
686 Tarenna pavettoides
686.1 T. supra-axillaris
688 Burchellia bubalina
689 Catunaregam spinosa
689.1 Coddia rudis
690 Hyperacanthus amoenus
693 Rothmania capensis
695 R. globosa
696 Oxyanthus speciosus
698 Tricalysia capensis
699 T. lanceolata
701 Alberta magna
702.2 Vangueria randii
702 V. infausta
705 Lagynias lasiantha
707 Canthium spinosum
708 C. inerme
709 C. ciliatum
711 Psydrax obovata
712 P. locuples
714 Keetia guenzii
714.1 Pachystigma macrocalyx
719.1 Pavetta bowkeri
  P. gracilifolia
718 P. inandensis
718.1 P. lanceolata
723 Psychotria capensis
732 Brachylaena uniflora
733 Tarchonanthus camphoratus
736 T. trilobus
  Chrysanthemoides monilefera


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