Life recorded in South Africa

Every species with an occurrence record in South Africa, most-recorded first: 49,036,959 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

1. 1Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash · Threskiornithidae · 532,315 records
2. 2Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis · Columbidae · 498,270 records
3. 3Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola · Columbidae · 497,454 records
4. 4Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca · Anatidae · 480,004 records
5. 5Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis · Motacillidae · 477,471 records
6. 6Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus · Ploceidae · 449,350 records
7. 7Southern FiscalLanius collaris · Laniidae · 439,092 records
8. 8Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata · Columbidae · 428,963 records
9. 9Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus · Charadriidae · 411,431 records
10. 10Cape SparrowPasser melanurus · Passeridae · 379,507 records
11. 11Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix · Ploceidae · 359,433 records
12. 12Barn SwallowHirundo rustica · Hirundinidae · 359,170 records
13. 13Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris · Numididae · 357,307 records
14. 14Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea · Ploceidae · 331,051 records
15. 15Speckled PigeonColumba guinea · Columbidae · 319,359 records
16. 16Pied CrowCorvus albus · Corvidae · 315,311 records
17. 17Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis · Dicruridae · 305,764 records
18. 18Cape White-eyeZosterops virens · Zosteropidae · 301,043 records
19. 19Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis · Ardeidae · 293,264 records
20. 20Speckled MousebirdColius striatus · Coliidae · 289,534 records
21. 21Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata · Anatidae · 282,614 records
22. 22Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens · Sturnidae · 280,537 records
23. 23Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor · Pycnonotidae · 276,954 records
24. 24Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus · Phalacrocoracidae · 266,975 records
25. 25Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus · Threskiornithidae · 266,114 records
26. 26House SparrowPasser domesticus · Passeridae · 263,173 records
27. 27Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus · Passeridae · 259,564 records
28. 28Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra · Muscicapidae · 252,830 records
29. 29Cape WeaverPloceus capensis · Ploceidae · 250,978 records
30. 30Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus · Charadriidae · 248,817 records
31. 31Black-Headed HeronArdea melanocephala · Ardeidae · 243,751 records
32. 32Red-Knobbed CootFulica cristata · Rallidae · 237,762 records
33. 33Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio · Sturnidae · 236,634 records
34. 34Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola · Hirundinidae · 234,647 records
35. 35Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus · Lybiidae · 231,917 records
36. 36Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus · Malaconotidae · 231,237 records
37. 37Grey HeronArdea cinerea · Ardeidae · 226,988 records
38. 38African StonechatSaxicola torquatus · Muscicapidae · 225,606 records
39. 39Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus · Accipitridae · 217,348 records
40. 40Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii · Lybiidae · 216,087 records
41. 41Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata · Hirundinidae · 212,810 records
42. 42Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus · Coliidae · 211,774 records
43. 43Common MynaAcridotheres tristis · Sturnidae · 208,759 records
44. 44Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild · Estrildidae · 196,676 records
45. 45Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava · Cisticolidae · 196,664 records
46. 46BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus · Malaconotidae · 190,982 records
47. 47Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens · Muscicapidae · 190,713 records
48. 48Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris · Alcedinidae · 188,756 records
49. 49Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis · Podicipedidae · 185,995 records
50. 50Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor · Musophagidae · 185,682 records
51. 51Little SwiftApus affinis · Apodidae · 183,564 records
52. 52African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus · Motacillidae · 178,349 records
53. 53Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens · Cisticolidae · 177,414 records
54. 54NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla · Cisticolidae · 176,722 records
55. 55Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus · Rallidae · 176,446 records
56. 56Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus · Pycnonotidae · 173,068 records
57. 57Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura · Viduidae · 169,546 records
58. 58White-rumped SwiftApus caffer · Apodidae · 167,249 records
59. 59White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala · Nectariniidae · 165,150 records
60. 60African HoopoeUpupa africana · Upupidae · 165,145 records