Knysna Bird Watching at Pumula Lodge
The magnificent, indigenous garden at Pumula Lodge is the perfect setting for nature lovers and bird watchers alike. Pumula boasts an abundant bird life and more than 100 species have been identified to date. True birding enthusiasts can also visit the Woodbourne bird sanctuary, a mere 3 km from the lodge where the many visiting waders can be studied at leisure. Or, take a close drive to the surrounding Knysna forests and enjoy a pleasant walk on one of the many trails. You might just catch a glimpse of the shy and elusive Narina Trogon.
Below is a list of birds frequenting Knysna that have been identified at the lodge to date.
Status:
1=Very common
2=Fairly common
3=Scarce
S=by sound only
F=flown over only
Apalis Bar-throated (1)
Batis Cape (1)
Boubou Southern (1)
Bokmakierie (3/S)
Bulbul Cape (1)
Bulbul Sombre Greenbul (1)
Bulbul Terrestrial Brownbul (2)
Buzzard Forest(1)
Buzzard Jackal (3/F)
Canary Brimstone (Bully) (3)
Canary Cape (1)
Canary Forest (1)
Canary Streaky-headed (1)
Coucal Burchell’s (1)
Crow Pied (1)
Cuckoo Black (3)
Cuckoo African Emerald (1)
Cuckoo Diderick (1)
Cuckoo Klaas’s (1)
Cuckoo Red-chested (1)
Cuckooshrike Grey (3)
Cuckooshrike Black (1)
Dove Laughing (1)
Dove Red-eye (1)
Dove Rock (Feral Pigeon) (2)
Dove Cape Turtle (1)
Drongo Fork-tailed (1)
Duck Yellow-billed (2)
Eagle African Fish (2/F)
Egret Cattle (2/F)
Egret Little (2)
Falcon Peregrine (1)
Falcon Lanner (3)
Flufftail Buff-spotted (2/S)
Flycatcher Blue-mantled Crested (1)
Flycatcher African Dusky (1)
Flycatcher Fiscal (1)
Flycatcher African Paradise (1)
Flycatcher Spotted (3)
Goose Egyptian (1)
Goshawk African (2)
Guineafowl Helmeted (1)
Gull Kelp (1)
Harrier-Hawk African (Gymnogene) (2)
Hamerkop (3)
Harrier Black (3)
Heron Black-headed (1)
Heron Grey (1)
Honeyguide Lesser (3)
Hoopoe African (2)
Ibis Hadeda (1)
Ibis African Sacred (1/F)
Kingfisher Brown-hooded (1)
Kingfisher Giant (3/F)
Kite Black-shouldered (3/F)
Lapwing Blacksmith (Plover) (2/F)
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Martin Rock (2)
Mousebird Red-faced (1)
Mousebird Speckled (1)
Neddicky (2)
Nightjar Fiery-necked (3)
Oriole Black-headed (1)
Owl Barn (3/S)
Owl Spotted Eagle (2)
Owl Verreaux’s Eagle (Giant Eagle) (2)
Owl Wood (3/S)
Pigeon Olive (Rameron) (1)
Pigeon Speckled (Rock) (1)
Prinia Karoo (Spotted) (2)
Puffback Black-backed (1)
Rail African (3/S)
Raven White-necked (2)
Robin-Chat Cape (1)
Robin-Chat Chorister (2)
Shrike Olive Bush (2)
Shrike Common Fiscal (Fiscal) (2)
Sparrow Cape (3)
Sparrow Southern Grey-headed (1)
Sparrowhawk Black (2)
Sparrowhawk Little (2)
Sparrowhawk Rufous-chested (2)
Spurfowl Cape (Francolin) (3/S)
Starling Common (Eurasian) (1)
Starling Black-bellied (1)
Starling Red-winged (1)
Swallow Barn (European) (1)
Swallow Black Saw-wing (1)
Swallow Greater Striped (1)
Swallow White-throated (2)
Swift Alpine (2)
Swift Little (3)
Swift White-rumped (1)
Sunbird Amethyst (Black) (1)
Sunbird Greater Doublecollared (1)
Sunbird Southern Doublecollared (Lesser) (1)
Sunbird Malachite (3)
Sugarbird Cape (3)
Thick-knee Spotted (Dikkop) (2)
Thrush Olive (1)
Turaco Knysna (Lourie) (1)
Wagtail Cape (1)
Warbler Little Rush (African Sedge) (2/S)
Waxbill Common (1)
Waxbill Swee (1)
Weaver Cape (1)
White-eye Cape (1)
Whydah Pin-tailed (1)
Woodpecker Knysna (2)
Woodpecker Olive (2)
Wood-hoopoe Green ( Redbilled) (2)
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TOTAL = 110
Rare Sightings not included above
(ie. seen once or twice)
Bishop Yellow (Yellowrumped / Widow) (3)
Flamingo Greater/Lesser (3/F)
Harrier African Marsh (3/F)
Honeyguide Scaly-throated (3)
Hornbill Crowned (3/F)
Kingfisher Malachite (3/F)
Spoonbill African (3/F)
