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Rietvlei NR

Located in the South Africa area, Rietvlei NR is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Common Ostrich, Egyptian Goose, Yellow-billed Duck in the area.

375
All-Time Species
142
Sightings (14 days)
Gauteng
Region
South Africa
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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Oct 25, 2026
8
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Oct 25, 2026
6
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Oct 25, 2026
2
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Oct 25, 2026
2
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Oct 25, 2026
1
White-quilled BustardAfrotis afraoides
Oct 25, 2026
6
Dideric CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Oct 25, 2026
2
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Oct 25, 2026
8
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Oct 25, 2026
1
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Oct 25, 2026
1
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
Oct 25, 2026
2
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Oct 25, 2026
7
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Oct 25, 2026
3
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Oct 25, 2026
3
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Oct 25, 2026
3
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Oct 25, 2026
11
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Oct 25, 2026
7
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Oct 25, 2026
4
Oct 25, 2026
5
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Oct 25, 2026
1
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Oct 25, 2026
1
Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
Oct 25, 2026
3
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Oct 25, 2026
3
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
Oct 25, 2026
2
Crimson-breasted GonolekLaniarius atrococcineus
Oct 25, 2026
1
BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
Oct 25, 2026
1
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Southern FiscalLanius collaris
Oct 25, 2026
2
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Oct 25, 2026
1
Cape GrassbirdSphenoeacus afer
Oct 25, 2026
1
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Oct 25, 2026
1
Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniens
Oct 25, 2026
1
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Cloud CisticolaCisticola textrix
Oct 25, 2026
2
Wing-snapping CisticolaCisticola ayresii
Oct 25, 2026
4
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Oct 25, 2026
5
Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
Oct 25, 2026
2
Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
Oct 25, 2026
1
Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
Oct 25, 2026
2
White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
Oct 25, 2026
5
Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
Oct 25, 2026
5
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Oct 25, 2026
15
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Oct 25, 2026
2
Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
Oct 25, 2026
6
Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
Oct 25, 2026
5
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Oct 25, 2026
2
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
Oct 25, 2026
1
Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi
Oct 25, 2026
3
Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
Oct 25, 2026
1
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Oct 25, 2026
3
Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
Oct 25, 2026
2
Southern Masked-WeaverPloceus velatus
Oct 25, 2026
5
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
Oct 25, 2026
12
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Oct 25, 2026
1
Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
Oct 25, 2026
2
Zebra WaxbillAmandava subflava
Oct 25, 2026
3
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Oct 25, 2026
1
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Oct 25, 2026
1
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Oct 25, 2026
2
Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Orange-throated LongclawMacronyx capensis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Oct 25, 2026
3
Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
Oct 25, 2026
4
Swainson's SpurfowlPternistis swainsonii
Oct 25, 2026
1
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Oct 25, 2026
4
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Oct 25, 2026
5
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Oct 25, 2026
20
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Oct 25, 2026
1
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Oct 25, 2026
1
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Oct 25, 2026
1
Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
Oct 25, 2026
1
Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
Oct 25, 2026
1
Rufous-naped LarkCorypha africana
Oct 25, 2026
5
Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
Oct 25, 2026
3
Piping CisticolaCisticola fulvicapilla
Oct 25, 2026
1
African Yellow-WarblerIduna natalensis
Oct 25, 2026
2
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Oct 25, 2026
6
African Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor
Oct 25, 2026
2
Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens
Oct 25, 2026
2
Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
Oct 25, 2026
1
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
Oct 25, 2026
3
Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
Oct 25, 2026
1
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Oct 25, 2026
6
Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
Oct 25, 2026
2
Oct 25, 2026
1
Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis
Oct 25, 2026
1
Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Oct 24, 2026
2
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Oct 24, 2026
1
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
Oct 24, 2026
1
Oct 24, 2026
2
Red-billed DuckAnas erythrorhyncha
Oct 24, 2026
2
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Oct 24, 2026
1
Little SwiftApus affinis
Oct 24, 2026
14
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Oct 24, 2026
29
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Oct 24, 2026
1
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Oct 24, 2026
2
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Oct 24, 2026
5
Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Oct 24, 2026
4
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Oct 24, 2026
2
Oct 24, 2026
1
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
Oct 24, 2026
1
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Oct 22, 2026
1
Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
Oct 21, 2026
1
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Oct 21, 2026
1
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Oct 21, 2026
1
African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Oct 21, 2026
1
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Oct 21, 2026
1
Black-chested Snake-EagleCircaetus pectoralis
Oct 21, 2026
1
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Oct 21, 2026
1
Parasitic WeaverAnomalospiza imberbis
Oct 21, 2026
1
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Oct 21, 2026
11
Plain MartinRiparia paludicola
Oct 21, 2026
1
Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii
Oct 21, 2026
1
African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
Oct 21, 2026
1
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Oct 21, 2026
1
Black GoshawkAstur melanoleucus
Oct 21, 2026
1
White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Oct 17, 2026
6
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Oct 17, 2026
2
Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
Oct 17, 2026
1
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Oct 17, 2026
1
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Oct 17, 2026
4
Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
Oct 17, 2026
1
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Oct 17, 2026
1
Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris
Oct 17, 2026
1
Gray Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor
Oct 16, 2026
1
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Oct 16, 2026
1
African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Oct 16, 2026
1
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Oct 16, 2026
1
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Oct 16, 2026
1
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Oct 16, 2026
1
Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
Oct 16, 2026
1
Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
Oct 16, 2026
2
White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala
Oct 16, 2026
2
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Oct 16, 2026
2
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Oct 16, 2026
1
Chestnut-vented WarblerCurruca subcoerulea
Oct 16, 2026
1
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Oct 11, 2026
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