This trip report covers five days of birding around the Western Cape. The arrangements were perfect and we had no problems, even when the pelagic got canceled due to high winds our guide managed to get us into a place near Swellendam to do some birding in the Overberg on the fly.
The area itself is loaded with southern African endemics and there is such a variety of habitat it seemed logical to explore the area. The road system is good and well marked and even the dirt roads seem smooth in comparison to other places we have been. The food was fantastic, especially the seafood near the coast and all the places we stayed were great. English is spoken as one of the official languages and there is great wine everywhere.
Day 1: Cape Town to Veldriff
Our Guide collected us from our hotel in front of Table Mountain and we began our drive up the coast to Langebaan and West Coast National Park. In Cape Town Hartlaub’s Gull’s, Cape Gull’s and White-rumped Swifts circled overhead.
Once out of town we followed the coast road north. Dune scrub and tall grasses lined the road to our left and the first Fynbos, indigenous brush, sprawled away on our right. We pulled in at Diep River Estuary where we could overlook a sand bar where White Pelican, Swift and common Tern, African Black Oystercatcher, White-throated Cormorant and an Intermediate Egret were resting. In the grasses by the road verge a Cape Wagtail was probing the grass for insects.
We headed north from here again folling the river for a while and found a Water Dikkop roosting under a large bush on near the golf coarse. Several Blacksmith Plovers paraded by on the manicured grass and in the rough we found Cape Francolin weeding out their breakfast.
At a traffic light the call of a Levaillant’s Cisticola got our attention and we got nice close views from the van as we were stopped. The green light put an end to our watching as we drove on to Blouberg Strand spotting a pair of Cape Bulbul’s. Along the way we pulled in near a house to check for the calls of a Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler as it sang right in front of us. We didn’t get good views till it flew over to the next bush and out in the open. The raucous calls of a pair of Bokmakiere’s drew our attention as they flew into the yard. Thier bright yellow and olive green colors make them a very attractive Bush-shrike. On the other side of the road several White-backed Mousebirds flew into a high bush to feed along with some Cape Weavers, though not in breeding plumage they are still a good looking weaver.
We moved further up to the town and pulled in along the coast to a rocky section of the beach where out on the rocks Cape and Crowned Cormorants sat waiting for the morning mist to blow off. A White-fronted Plover sat concealed in the broken shell’s littering the beach and behind us a Common Fiscal alighted the fence we were standing in front of. We scanned the beach and found a Ruddy Turnstone in fall plumage but that was all so we loaded up and continued north.
Our next stop was a series of ponds near an apartment complex. At the first pond we found White-throated Swallows, Banded Martin and Greater-striped Swallow, Cape Shoveler, Yellow-billed Teal, African Spoonbill, Little Grebe, Blacksmith Plover and Little Egret’s milling about. At the next intersection we pulled up overlooking the other small pond and found White-backed Ducks, Common Moorhen, Red-knobbed Coot, Purple Swamphen, African Sedge Warbler, Lesser Swamp Warbler and several Hartlaub’s Gulls. As we drove up towards the beach we spooked up a Burchell’s Coucal being mobbed by several Cape Sparrows.
We passed many runners and cyclists as we drove through town but with the fog still close to the shore we didn’t stop to scan the beaches. We did find our first of many Cape Robin-chat’s singing from the top of a bush.
On the way farther north the coastal scrub got thicker and we pulled in at a small park where we found a pair of noisy Karoo Prinea’s announcing their presence. In a line of brush on the way out we found several Red-faced Mousebird’s eating plants and hanging upside down to face the morning sun.
Outside of the park we pulled over to see a juvenile Jackal Buzzard stooping on something that was missed. Across the road several African Pied Starlings alighted the phone wires next to us. Several more Jackal Buzzards and a few Black-shouldered Kites were seen along the road north.
We stopped at Koberg Nature Park to do some birding and found several Tortoise next to the roads along with Lesser Double-collared Sunbirds, Yellow Canary, Cape Fancolin, Cape Canary, Pearl-breasted Swallow, and Southern Red Bishop’s, one lone male still showing some bright orange/red coloration, Horus, White-rumped and Little Swifts circled overhead and near the back of the park we found an Acacai Pied Barbet, Egyptian Goose and spooked up the resident Barn Owl which we got fantastic looks at.
From Koberg we drove inland along a barren stretch of grasslands and came across several Blue Crane’s. We stopped to get some great looks and had Cape Longclaw and Red-capped Lark’s in the fields and in the distance some Pied Crow’s. We continued along to some taller grasses and climbed a stile fence into Tiene Versveld Nature Reserve and hit the boardwalks. We soon spooked up our target, Cloud Cisticola. Though elusive we got some brief looks at one bird before it flew across the road.
Next we checked along a stretch of road near a neighborhood where we found a pair of Pin-tailed Whyda, the male dancing about trying to entice the female. At the gates to the neighborhood we found several White-throated Canaries and a lone Karoo Scrub-Robin checking the bushes for insects.
What is normally an hour drive from Cape Town to Langebaan took us three thanks to all the fine birds but we arrived and headed straight for the bird hide. We passed several Ostrich and an African Marsh Harrier glided past us.
From the very windy hide we saw some great waders really close, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, Eurasian Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, White-fronted Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Common Ringed Plover, Grey Plover and Cape Gull.
We left the hide and toured the park where we were passed by a beautiful Black Harrier and shortly after by a Lanner Falcon. As we drove up higher we could overlook the park and in the dusty scrub on the way down found our first Southern Black Korhaan with Grey-winged Francolin’s. When we approached for a better look the Francolins scattered but we did see another Korhaan flying and calling as it settled back towards the earth.
We drove down to try and intercept the Francolins and had good luck and fantastic views plus a bonus Bokmakierie and Cape Penduline Tit.
From here we headed in land towards Veldriff and it’s estuary stopping along the way at the local quarry for Verreaux's Eagle, Black Swift, Spotted Dikkop and Southern Grey Tit. Along the dusty roads to Veldriff we found Cape Long-billed and Large-billed Lark along a stretch of road where we stopped to admire Helmeted Guineafowl and Southern Black Korhaan. As we crossed the bridge into Veldriff we saw a raft of Black-necked Grebes along with many gulls and terns.
Day 2: Veldriff to Ceres
We had a beautiful sunrise this morning as we looked over the estuary. Hartlaub’s and Cape Gull’s, Sandwich and Swift Tern’s, Pied Kingfisher’s all drifted by as the sun rose.
Before breakfast we drove inland a bit and found a long, straight dirt road that cut in between acres of Karoo Scrub. Halfway down we pulled up and piled out. We could hear Bokmakierie and Karoo Prinia and in the distance Karoo Lark. We scoped the brush and eventually two birds popped up on the fence wire along with a Cape Bunting.
We continued following the road till the end stopping at a water trough for Namaqua Dove then turning right back towards the coast. At a small watering hole we found several Cape Shovelers, Pied Avocet, African Shelduck and African Spoonbills and several, too distant, waders.
Close to town we pulled up to inspect the dry flats for birds and found Cape Clapper Lark, Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark, Familiar Chat, Southern Ant-eating Chat, Sickle-winged Chat and four Spotted Eagle-Owl’s at a day roost.
After Breakfast we crossed the bridge over to the Veldriff Salt Works and no sooner had we rounded the corner and looked in the first salt pan a Chestnut-banded Plover scurried forth and stopped giving us fantastic views. The searing light and heat had begun as we continued west. Steppe and Jackal Buzzards and Rock Kestrel’s lined the power poles and kites circled the fields.
We pulled in at Tulbagh for lunch then continued on through the mountains to Ceres. The heat was up as we pulled in to our hotel so we waited till the late afternoon to head out birding.
A pair of Cape White-eyes kept me company outside the room as we waited for the heat to dissipate before checking a local park for birds but only finding a Lesser Grey Mongoose.
We drove up into the hills surrounding the town and pulled up to check for birds finding a Karoo Prinea but not much else. As we moved farther out into the grain fields we found several Lesser Kestrel hawking for food which spooked up a large flock of feeding Cape Canaries. We pulled up to check the flock for anything else and attracted the attention of two Grey-backed Cisticola’s which came very close to inspect the Phishing we were doing. From here we drove up to a spring at a pull out on the side of the mountain road that crosses over the mountains and waited for Protea Seed-eater and Streaky-headed Seedeater to come and get water. Several Cape Canaries flocked past while we waited. From here we drove back to Ceres for the night.
Day 3: Ceres to Tankwa Karoo and Swellendam
We drove from Ceres north into the Karoo proper. We were heading for the Tankwa area today but our first stop was at Karoopoort where along the road in the dense scrub we found Yellow-bellied Eremomela, Black-headed Canary, Namaqua Warbler, Rufous-eared Warbler and Long-billed Crombec. At the farm we stopped for Cape Rock Thrush, Fairy Flycatcher, Karoo Thrush, Pale-winged Starling, Southern Masked Weaver, Cape Turtle Dove and Alpine Swift.
From here on the terrain changed to sporadic low scrub, bare rock faces and intense heat. We pulled in along the road several times to inspect the surroundings and found Levaillant’s Tit-babbler, Namaqua Sandgrouse, Pale Chanting Goshawk and Booted Eagle before we got to Skitterykloof to take a break.
In the bushes at the rest stop we found Pririt Batis, Familiar Chat, Southern Masked Weaver, Pied Starling’s and Lesser Double-collard Sunbird’s. We hiked along the gulley looking for Cinnamon-breasted Warbler but only found Mountian Wheatear, which was nice. We hiked back to the van as the heat started to build up.
Further along the road we pulled up towards a lone peak and inspected the succulent’s that grow in the area but were looking for and found our target, Karoo Eremomela. Several birds called and moved through the ankle high scrub and landed on the fence which gave us great looks.
We hit the road again driving north stopping for nice views of Karoo Chat, Chat Flycatcher and Tractrac Chat. At the sign for the Tankwa National Park we took a right and crept along this road looking for Courser’s but found none. We did come across Karoo and Spike-heeled Lark. At a small farm we stopped to get pictures of bird’s at the water trough and found really close Large-billed and Red-capped Lark and Grey-backed Sparrow-lark. We dipped on Courser’s so headed back along the road to Ceres to stop for gas where our guide called the pelagic operator to find out about the trip. The pelagic was cancelled as there was a 45 kph gale's blowing at the time.
We had rooms in Simonstown so began to head south but we figured there was no need to go there and spend two days doing nothing so we came up with a plan to get us to the Overberg. He called his usual lodge but they were booked up with a wedding so they recommended the next place over. They had two cottages so we booked them and headed south.
We didn’t arrive till after night fall but enjoyed the scenery on the way in till it got dark.
Day 4: Swellendam, Overberg De Hoop to Simonstown
I woke early and went out before first light and watched the sun rise over the distant peaks. What a difference. Lush green rolling hills and thick woods and cattle. Greater-striped Swallows, Barn Swallows, Hadada Ibis, Blue Cranes, Zitting Cisticola, African Goshawk, Malachite Sunbird and Orange-throated Longclaws were all seen while I watched the sunrise from this majestic peak overlooking the valley. If you get a chance you must stay at this place it's fantastic and close to Grootvaderbosch National Park. www.valleysend.co.za Our hosts, Peter and Di, were fantastic and even put out some breakfast for us and had the place ready for us on short notice. Wished we could have stayed longer.
After some breakfast we drove to the Grootvaderbosch forest spotting a Forest Buzzard alight on a near by pole. We walked the trails at the park where we found Sombre Greenbul, Fiscal Flycatcher, Greater Double-Collard Sunbird, Bar-throated Apalis, Terrestrial Bulbul, Cape Batis, Rameron Pigeon, Dusky Flycatcher, Black Saw-wing, Gymnogene and heard Knysna Warbler and Woodpecker and Southern Boubou.
We came back later and took a different trail where we found Olive Woodpecker. We tried for Trogon but never heard anything though we did find African Paradise Flycatcher. On the way out along the road we found Neddiky and Swee Waxbill’s in the ferns and broken cover.
From the farm we drove south through the rolling hill country to De Hoop and found loads of White Storks and Blue Cranes patrolling the fields. We stopped along the Malagas Road and found Aghulas Long-billed Lark, Plain-backed and Long-billed Pipit and a pair of Karoo Korhaan. We did hear several Common Quail but never spooked them.
We took the ferry across to De Hoop at Overberg and scanned the park finding Secretarybird but not our target. Disappointed we continued west to Simonstown when we spotted a European Roller as it flew out of the field and landed on a near by tree. We got great views of this bird which was nice. As we drove on we ended up with a flat on one of the dirt roads and while it got changed I scanned the fields and listened to all the larks and African Pipit’s calling and flying by. Once the tire was fixed we moved on and after a while our guide came up short and pulled bins to face. “Now your cooking”. He found our target. Out in the fields at some distance were three Denham’s Bustards. We got good scope views and watched as swallows circled the birds as the spooked up insects. Further on down the road we did find another lone bird close to the road where we could get some great views.
We drove along the coast to Simonstown and spent the night there.
Day 5: Strandfontein, Betty's Bay Rooi Els, Harlod Porter Botanical Garden, Stoneypoint
We woke in Simonstown where the wind was still blowing but the sunrise was nice. We made a stop at Strandfontein Sewerage works and drove along the ponds and found, Maccoa Duck, Hottentot Teal, White Pelican, Three-banded Plover, Red-billed Teal, Yellow-billed Duck, Southern Pochard, Cape Teal, Pied Avocet, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling and Cape Wagtail.
From here we took the coast road winding our way to Betty’s Bay and Rooi Els. We pulled in along a hiking path and walked along a cliff face looking for Cape Rockjumper but only heard them way up near the top and didn’t see one at all. We did have fantastic views of Orange-breasted Sunbird collecting nectar from the scattered flowers along the rocky coast. Another guide said they’d seen some Rockjumper’s high up but very distant. We did come across a nice Sentinel Rock Thrush sitting out in the open for a second and had some nice scope views.
We moved on to Harold Porter Botanical Garden’s and walked the grounds where we found Cape Sugarbird and Cape Rock-Thrush. We continued back to the end of the gardens where we heard many call’s. A Victorin’s Warlber called close by and I managed to tape the call well. We stayed in the area and waited as two began to call close by. I did a little playback of the call and one began to move closer. It continued climbing through the brush till it was at our feet and popped up in the middle of a small shrub where we got crippling views of this little stunner that was almost underfoot. At one time I felt sure I was stepping on the bird it was so close in the ferns. A real treat to see this skulker so well.
After lunch we moved across the road to Stoney Point where we got great views of African Penguin, Cape, Crested and Bank Cormorant, Cape Gull, Hartlaub’s Gull and distant Cape Gannet’s and White-chinned Petrel’s, (not really close enough to count). We enjoyed the penguins before heading back along the coast to our first stop. We hiked in a ways along the gravel path and after about twenty minutes, four Cape Rockjumpers came scampering through the rocks. I walked in amongst the huge boulders and one popped up right in front of me. I could hear our guide in the back ground laughing at me as I didn’t have the camera with me and the bird was only five feet away, perched! Oh well, you couldn’t ask for a better look.
We drove back to Cape Town and our hotel, sad to say goodbye. We had seen some fantastic birds and had a wonderful time. I can’t recommend the cape highly enough.
You can see photos from this tour in my South Africa 2008 flickr album
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
Great-crested Grebe Posiceps cristatus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Little Grebe Tachybatus ruficollis
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Cape Gannet Morus capensis
Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus
Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
African Darter Anhinga rufa
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melnaocephalus
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Hammerkop Scopus umbretta
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor
White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
Cape Shoveler Anas smithii
Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
Secretarybird Sagitarius serpentarius
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verrauxii
Booted Eagle Hieraetus pennatus
African Fish Eagle Haliaeeuts voicifer
Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus
Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk - Melierax canorus
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
African Marsh-harrier Circus ranivorus
Black Harrier Circus maurus
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmacus
Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila africanus
Cape Francolin Pternistes capensis
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradisea
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
Karoo Korhaan Eupodotis vigorsii
Southern Black Korhaan Eupodotis afra
African Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus moquini
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius palladus
Kitlitz Plover Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
Grey Plover Pluvialus squatarola
Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
Cape Gull Larus capensis
Hartlaub’s Gull Larus hartlaubii
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
Swift Tern Sterna bergii
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Namaqua Sangrouse Pterocles namaqua
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
African Olive Pigeon (Rameron) - Columba arquatrix
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Burchell’s Coucal Centropus burchelli
Barn Owl Tyto Alba
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
African Black Swift Apus barbatus
Little Swift Apus affinis
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
Horus Swift Apus horus
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
Olive Woodpecker Mesopicos griseocephalus
Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris
Aghulas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostiris
Cape Clapper Lark Mirafra apiata
Karoo Lark - 2 forms Certhilauda albescens
Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
Large-billed (Thick-billed) Lark Galerida magnirostris
Grey-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix verticalis
White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata
Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
Banded Martin Riparia cincta
Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomelas
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilus
Cape Crow Corvus capensis
Pied Crow Corvus albus
White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
Southern Grey Tit Parus afer
Cape Penduline-tit Anthoscopus minutus
Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis
Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator
Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticola
Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
Karoo Chat Cercomela schlegelii
Tractrac Chat Cercomela tractrac
Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
Sickle-winged Chat Cercomela sinuata
Southern Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
Cape Rock-jumper Chaetops frenatus
Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra
Karoo Scrub-robin Cercotrichas coryphaeus
Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler - Parisoma subcaeruleum
Layard’s Tit-babbler - Parisoma layardi
African (Marsh) Reed-warbler - Acrocephalus baeticatus
Little Rush (African Sedge) Warbler - Bradypterus baboecala
Cape Reed (Lesser-swamp)-warbler - Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Victorin’s Warbler Bradypterus victorini
Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
Karoo Eremolea Eremomela gregalis
Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapillus
Levaillant’s Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
Karoo Prinea Prinia maculosa
Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis
Namaqua Warbler Phragmacia substriata
African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
Cape Batis Batis capensis
Pririt Batis Batis pririt
Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
Cape (Orange-throated)Longclaw - Macronyx capensis
Bokmakiere Telophorus zeylonus
Pied Starling Spreo bicolor
Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer
Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea
Southern Double-Collared Sunbird - Cinnyris chalybea
Greater Double-Collared Sunbird - Cinnyris afrea
Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
Southern Masked-weaver Ploceus velatus
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Yellow Bishop Euplectus capensis
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Swee Waxbill Estrilda melanotis
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
Forest Canary Serinus scotops
Black-headed Canary Serinus alario
Brimstone (Bully) Canary- Crithagra sulphuratus
Yellow Canary Serinus flaviventris
White-throated Canary Serinus albogularis
Protea Seed-eater Serinus leucopterus
Streaky-headed Seed-eater Serinus gularus
Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
Lark-like Bunting - Emberiza impetuani