Birds and Wildlife at Douglasdale Retirement Village

Bird Sightings at DRV

Bird Name (2010)	Previous Name	Scientific Name	Roberts Ref. No
African Black Duck	African Black Duck	Anas sparsa	105
African Hoopoe	Hoopoe	Upupa epops	451
African Olive Pigeon	Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix	350
African Sacred Ibis	African Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	91
African Wattled Lapwing	Wattled Plover	Vanellus senegallus	260
Blacksmith Lapwing	Blacksmith Plover	Vanellus armatus	258
Blue Waxbill	Blue waxbill	Uraeginthus angolensis	844
Black-collared barbet	Blackcollared barbet	Lybius torquatus	464
Bronze Mannikin	Bronze Mannikin	Lonchura cucullata	857
Brown-hooded kingfisher	Brown-hooded kingfisher	Halcyon albiventris	435
Cape Glossy starling	Cape Glossy starling	Lamprotornis nitens	764
Cape Robin_Chat	Cape Robin	Cossypha caffra	601
Cape Sparrow	Cape Sparrow	Passer melanurus	803
Cape turtle dove	Cape turtle dove	Streptopelia capicola	354
Cape Wagtail	Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis	713
Cattle Egret	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	71
Common Moorhen	Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	226
Crested Barbet	Crested Barbet	Trachyphonus vaillantii	473
Crowned Lapwing	Crowned Plover	Vanellus coronatus	255
Dark capped bulbul	Black-eyed bulbul	Pyconotus tricolor	568
Egyptian goose	Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	102
Greater Striped Swallow	Greater Striped Swallow	Cecropis cucullata	526
Go-away bird	Grey Lourie	Corythaixoides concolor	373
Green Wood Hoopoe	Redbilled woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus	452
Grey Heron	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	62
Grey Hornbill	Grey Hornbill	Tockus nasutus	457
Hadeda Ibis	Hadeda Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash	94
Hamerkop	Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	81
Helmeted guineafowl	Helmeted guineafowl	Numida meleagris	203
House Sparrow	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	801
Indian Mynah	Indian Mynah	Acridotheres tristis	758
Karoo Thrush	Olive Thrush	Turdus smithii	577
Laughing Dove	Laughing Dove	Spilopelia senegalensis	355
Little Egret	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	67
Malachite kingfisher	Malachite kingfisher	Alcedo cristata	431
Mallard	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Pied Crow	Pied Crow	Corvus albus	548
Pin-tailed whydah	Pin-tailed whydah	Vidua macroura	860
Purple Heron	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	65
Redheaded finch	Redheaded finch	Amadina erythrocephala	856
Red-chested Cuckoo	Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius	377
Reed Cormorant	Reed Cormorant	Microcarbo africanus	58
Rosy-faced Lovebird	Rosy-faced Lovebird	Agapornis roseicollis	367
Southern Masked Weaver	Spotted back Weaver	Ploceus velatus	814
Southern Red Bishop	Red Bishop	Euplectes orix	824
Speckled pigeon	Rock pigeon	Columba guinea	349
Spotted Thick-knee	Spotted Dikkop	Burhinus capensis	297
Striated Heron	Green backed Heron	Butorides striata	74
Tawny flanked prinia	Tawny flanked prinia	Prinia subflava	683
Thick-billed Weaver	Thick-billed Weaver	Amblyospiza albifrons	807
Yellow Billed Duck	Yellow Billed Duck	Anas undulata	104
Yellow-crowned Bishop	Yellow Bishop	Euplectes afer	826

: One of our Yellow Billed Ducks had 8 chicks. This created great excitement in the Village, Unfortunately our semi-resident Heron found them tasty and one by one they disappeared. Fortunately 2 survived and became too large to swallow.

: Our Heron with a frog.

: Our Egyptian Geese regularly produce offspring that seem to be less appealing to the Heron. Or is it that mother goose is a far more aggressive mother?