Kumbya is home to a vast array of birds that can be easily observed in their natural habitats, from a variety of locations on the peninsula. Here is a bird list that is often used by people visiting Kumbya.
Bird List for Kumbya
Prepared by Gary and Andrew Scheer
|
Bird Name |
Summer or Winter |
| Comorant, Long Tailed | |
| Cormorant, Great (White-necked) | |
| Heron, Black-Crowned Night | |
| Heron, White Backed NightLives in thick bushes by water on steep W side of Kumbya, nocturnal, difficult to see | |
| Heron, Striated (Green-backed) | |
| Egret, Cattle | |
| Egret, Little | |
| Egret, Intermediate (Yellow Billed) | |
| Heron, Black Headed | |
| Heron, Purple | |
| Hamerkop | |
| Stork, Yellow-billed | |
| Ibis, Hadada | |
| Ibis, Sacred | |
| Goose, Egyptian | |
| Duck, Knob-billed | |
| Duck, Yellow-billed | |
| Kite, Black | |
| Eagle-African Fish | |
| Osprey | |
| Vulture, Palm-nut | |
| Buzzard, Lizard | |
| Goshawk, African | |
| Sparrowhawk, Great (Black) | |
| Hawk, Harrier | |
| Buzzard, Augur | |
| Buzzard, Common | |
| Hawk-Eagle, Ayres’s | |
| Eagle, Long-crested | |
| Kestrel, Common | |
| Hobby, EurasianEuropean migrant | |
| Spurfowl, Red-necked | |
| Crane, Grey Crowned (Golden Crested) | |
| Thick-knee, Water (Dikkop, Water)Calls at night, if lucky may see it on ground at night | |
| Sand Piper, Common | |
| Gull, Common Black Headed | S |
| Tern, ?European migrant | S |
| Pigeon, Green | |
| Dove, Blue-spotted Wood | |
| Dove, Tamborine | |
| Dove, Red-eyedBest distinguished from Ring-Necked Dove by call | |
| Dove, Ring Necked | |
| Turaco, Ross’s | |
| Cuckoo, Levaillant’s (Striped) | S |
| Cuckoo, Red-chested | S |
| Cuckoo, Klaas | |
| Coucal, Blue-headed | |
| Coucal, White-browed | |
| Owl, Barn | |
| Owl, Spotted EagleRoosts in large trees on NW slope of Kumbya, in evenings may be in trees at top of hill | S |
| Swift, White-rumped | |
| Mousebird, Speckled | |
| Trogon, Narina | |
| Kingfisher, Pied | |
| Kingfisher, Woodland | W |
| Kingfisher, MalachiteTiny flash of blue streaking by about 2’ over water near shore, or sitting on lake-grass | |
| Bee-eater, Cinnamon Chested More common that Little Bee Eater. Seen up in trees, whereas the Little Bee Eater takes off from bushes and long grass stems. | |
| Bee-eater, Little | S |
| Bee Eater, Blue Cheeked European migrant. | S |
| Bee-eater, EuropeanSeen in chirping flocks flying about overhead; European migrant | S |
| Hoopoe | |
| Barbet, Double-toothed | |
| Honeybird, Lesser | W |
| Woodpecker, Cardinal | |
| Woodpecker, Grey | |
| Woodpecker, Olive | S |
| Pitta, African | |
| Swallow, Mosque | |
| Swallow, Red Rumped | |
| Swallow, Lesser Striped | |
| Swallow, Barn | S |
| Swallow, Wire-tailed | S |
| Wagtail, African Pied | |
| Cuckoo-shrike, Black | |
| Bulbul, Common (Yellow-vented) | |
| Greenbul, Yellow-throated (Leaflove, Yellow-throated) | |
| Chat, White-browed Robin | |
| Chat, Red-capped Robin | W |
| Thrush, Olive | |
| Warbler, Reed or Marsh | |
| Warbler, WillowEuropean migrant | S |
| Cisticola, Chubbs | S |
| Prinia, Tawny-flanked | W |
| Prinia, White-chinned | |
| Warbler, Grey CappedStays hidden in bushes, but has loud bright varied song | |
| Cameroptera, Grey-backed | |
| Flycatcher, White-eyed Slaty (Slaty) | |
| Flycatcher, Southern Black | \W |
| Flycatcher, African Dusky | |
| Batis, Chin-spot | |
| Wattle-eye, Brown-throated (Common) | |
| Flycatcher, African Paradise | |
| Flycatcher, White-tailed Blue | |
| White-eye, Yellow | |
| Sunbird, Bronze | |
| Sunbird, Green-headed | |
| Sunbird, Olive Bellied | |
| Sunbird, Red-chested | |
| Sunbird, Scarlet-chested | |
| Sunbird, Variable | |
| Sunbird, Collared | |
| Shrike, Lesser Grey | |
| Boubou, Tropical | |
| Crow, Pied | |
| Oriole, Montane | |
| Oriole, African Golden | |
| Oriole, Eurasian GoldenEuropean migrant | W |
| Starling, Violet-backed | W |
| Sparrow, Grey-headed | |
| Weaver, Spectactled | |
| Weaver, Black Necked | |
| Weaver, Baglaflecht | |
| Weaver, Holubs Golden | |
| Weaver, Dark-backed | |
| Bishop, Black Winged RedIn non-breeding times its plumage changes from bright red and black to drab browns. | S |
| Firefinch, Red-billed | |
| Waxbill, Common | S |
| Waxbill, Black-headed | W |
| Manniken, Black and White | |
| Mannikin, Bronze These are quite common and usually in groups of 5 or more. The Black and White are not often seen and usually are found in pairs. | |
| Whydah, Pin-tailedThe females are brown, as is the male in non-breeding times, losing its black and white plumage and long tail feathers. | |
| Canary, Yellow-fronted | |
| Seed-eater, Thick-billed | S |
| Canary, Brimstone | |
| Canary, Yellow-crowned | |
| Citril, African | |
| Seedeater, Streaky | |
| Bunting, African Golden-breasted | S |
Updated August 2011 W = winter (October – April) S = summer (May – September) Blank = all times
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