Bird Species
This list of the birds found on Schalkenbosch was put together by Pav Johnsson, a reknowned Swedish ornithologist duing one of his many visits to the farm.
| Name: RobertsVII | Scientific Name: |
| African Black Swift | Apus barbatus |
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| African Hoopoe | Upupa africana |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus |
| Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus |
| Cape Batis | Batis capensis |
| Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis |
| Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis |
| Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis |
| Cape Clapper Lark | Mirafra apiata |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra |
| Cape Shoveler | Anas smithii |
| Cape Siskin | Crithagra totta |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus |
| Cape Spurfowl | Pternistis capensis |
| Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer |
| Cape Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis |
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Hirundo cucullata |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Grey-backed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla |
| Hadeda Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus |
| Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa |
| Karoo Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas coryphoeus |
| Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| Levaillant’s Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| Protea Seedeater | Crithagra leucopterus |
| Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| Reed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
| Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus |
| Rock Martin | Hirundo fuligula |
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| Streaky-headed Seedeater | Crithagra gularis |
| Verreauxs’ Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
“Schalkenbosch is committed to the conservation and preservation of indigenous fauna and flora and is a member of the biodiversity and wine initiative.”
