Birds around Cape Town
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Cape Town (-35° to -30° latitude, 15° to 20° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all birds records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
- Spotted Flycatcher around 12 October
- Malachite Sunbird around 5 October
- Southern Gray-headed Sparrow around 5 October
Expected in the next six weeks
- Black-crowned Night Heron around 17 November
- Green Woodhoopoe around 17 November
- Ring-necked Dove around 17 November
- Laughing Dove around 17 November
- Crested Barbet around 17 November
- Cape White-eye around 17 November (weak evidence)
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash | 32,133 | 271.9 |
| Cape White-eye Zosterops virens | 15,124 | 128.0 |
| Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra | 8,608 | 72.8 |
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus | 7,609 | 64.4 |
| Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris | 7,352 | 62.2 |
| Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola | 5,625 | 47.6 |
| Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis | 5,487 | 46.4 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | 4,805 | 40.7 |
| Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca | 3,745 | 31.7 |
| Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer | 3,046 | 25.8 |
| Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica | 2,945 | 24.9 |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus | 2,924 | 24.7 |
| Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata | 2,304 | 19.5 |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis | 2,044 | 17.3 |
| Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops | 1,638 | 13.9 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 12 of the last 12 weeks for birds (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 6 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.