Southern Africa

The birds and mammals of Lesotho

Birds 364

• Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
• Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
• African Black Duck Anas sparsa
• African Black Swift Apus barbatus
• African Crake Crecopsis egregia
• African Darter Anhinga rufa
• African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
• African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
• African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
• African Grass Owl Tyto capensis
• African Harrier-hawk Polyboroides typus
• African Hawk Eagle Aquila spilogaster
• African Hoopoe Upupa africana
• African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
• African Marsh-harrier Circus ranivorus
• African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
• African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
• African Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
• African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
• African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
• African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
• African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
• African Quailfinch Ortygospiza fuscocrissa
• African Rail Rallus caerulescens
• African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
• African Reed-warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
• African Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus
• African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
• African Scops-owl Otus senegalensis
• African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
• African Spoonbill Platalea alba
• African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
• African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
• Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
• Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
• Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
• Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
• Anteating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
• Ashy Tit Parus cinerascens
• Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
• Banded Martin Riparia cincta
• Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
• Barn Owl Tyto alba
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti
• Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Endangered
• Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus Near Threatened
• Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
• Black Harrier Circus maurus Endangered
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
• Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus
• Black Stork Ciconia nigra
• Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
• Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
• Black-chested Snake-eagle Circaetus pectoralis
• Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
• Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Black-headed Canary Serinus alario
• Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
• Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
• Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
• Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Near Threatened
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
• Blue Crane Grus paradiseus Vulnerable
• Blue Korhaan Eupodotis caerulescens Near Threatened
• Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea Vulnerable
• Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
• Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
• Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
• Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
• Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
• Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus
• Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
• Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
• Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
• Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus Near Threatened
• Cape Batis Batis capensis
• Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
• Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
• Cape Clapper Lark Corypha apiata
• Cape Crow Corvus capensis
• Cape Eagle-owl Bubo capensis
• Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens
• Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
• Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
• Cape Robin-chat Cossypha caffra
• Cape Rock-thrush Monticola rupestris
• Cape Shoveler Anas smithii
• Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
• Cape Teal Anas capensis
• Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola
• Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres Vulnerable
• Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
• Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
• Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
• Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
• Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
• Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix leucotis
• Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler Sylvia subcaerulea
• Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
• Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
• Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
• Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
• Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
• Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
• Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
• Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Common House-martin Delichon urbicum
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
• Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Common Swift Apus apus
• Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
• Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
• Corn Crake Crex crex
• Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
• Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
• Cuckoo Finch Anomalospiza imberbis
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Near Threatened
• Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor
• Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
• Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami Near Threatened
• Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
• Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
• Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus
• Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha
• Drakensberg Rockjumper Chaetops aurantius
• Drakensberg Siskin Crithagra symonsi
• Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
• Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
• Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Endangered
• Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Near Threatened
• Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
• Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
• Eurasian Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
• European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
• European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
• European Roller Coracias garrulus
• Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
• Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
• Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
• Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
• Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
• Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
• Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
• Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
• Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
• Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
• Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
• Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
• Great Egret Egretta alba
• Great Reed-warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
• Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
• Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
• Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
• Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
• Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
• Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
• Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
• Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
• Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
• Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum Endangered
• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
• Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Grey Tit Melaniparus afer
• Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata
• Grey-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix verticalis
• Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra
• Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus
• Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi
• Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
• Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
• Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
• Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
• Horus Swift Apus horus
• Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
• Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
• Karoo Korhaan Heterotetrax vigorsii
• Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa
• Karoo Scrub-robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
• Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
• Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
• Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori Near Threatened
• Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus
• Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
• Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris
• Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
• Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
• Layard's Warbler Curruca layardi
• Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
• Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor Near Threatened
• Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
• Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
• Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
• Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
• Lesser Swamp-warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
• Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
• Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
• Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
• Little Rush-warbler Bradypterus baboecala
• Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
• Little Stint Calidris minuta
• Little Swift Apus affinis
• Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
• Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
• Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
• Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
• Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii Endangered
• Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa Endangered
• Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristata
• Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
• Marsh Owl Asio capensis
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Mocking Cliff-chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
• Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
• Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi
• Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
• Mountain Wheatear Myrmecocichla monticola
• Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
• Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
• Namaqua Warbler Phragmacia substriata
• Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
• Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
• Northern Black Korhaan Afrotis afraoides
• Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
• Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
• Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus
• Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
• Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Near Threatened
• Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
• Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
• Pied Crow Corvus albus
• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
• Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
• Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
• Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
• Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
• Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
• Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
• Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
• Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
• Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
• Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
• Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
• Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
• Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Vulnerable
• Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
• Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
• Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
• Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
• Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
• Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
• Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
• Rock Dove Columba livia
• Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
• Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
• Rudd's Lark Heteromirafra ruddi Vulnerable
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Ruff Philomachus pugnax
• Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
• Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
• Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
• Sand Martin Riparia riparia
• Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Endangered
• Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Sentinel Rock-thrush Monticola explorator
• Shikra Accipiter badius
• Sickle-winged Chat Emarginata sinuata
• South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera
• South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
• Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus Vulnerable
• Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
• Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
• Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
• Southern Masked-weaver Ploceus velatus
• Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
• Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
• Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
• Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
• Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
• Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
• Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata
• Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
• Spotted Eagle-owl Bubo africanus
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
• Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
• Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
• Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
• Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo
• Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
• Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis
• Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
• Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
• Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Vulnerable
• Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
• Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
• Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
• Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
• Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
• Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
• Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
• Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus Vulnerable
• Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
• Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
• White Stork Ciconia ciconia
• White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
• White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
• White-bellied Korhaan Eupodotis senegalensis
• White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala
• White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus
• White-browed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser mahali
• White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
• White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
• White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
• White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
• White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
• White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
• White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
• Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
• Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
• Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
• Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
• Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia
• Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegypticus
• Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
• Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
• Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris Vulnerable
• Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
• Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
• Yellow-throated Petronia Gymnoris superciliaris
• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

Mammals 51

• Aardvark Orycteropus afer
• Aardwolf Proteles cristatus
• African Savanna Hare Lepus microtis
• African Striped Weasel Poecilogale albinucha
• African Wildcat Felis lybica
• Bicolored African White-toothed Shrew Crocidura fuscomurina
• Black Wildebeest Connochaetes gnou
• Black-backed Jackal Lupulella mesomelas
• Black-footed Cat Felis nigripes Vulnerable
• Bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus
• Cape Clawless Otter Lutra capensis Near Threatened
• Cape Fox Vulpes chama
• Cape Genet Genetta tigrina
• Cape Grey Mongoose Herpestes pulverulentus
• Cape Hare Lepus capensis
• Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis
• Caracal Caracal caracal
• Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus
• Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia
• Common Eland Tragelaphus oryx
• Eastern Rock Sengi Elephantulus myurus
• Feline Genet Genetta felina
• Greater Red White-toothed Shrew Crocidura flavescens
• Ground Squirrel Xerus inauris
• Hewitt's Red Rock Hare Pronolagus saundersiae
• Honey Badger Mellivora capensis
• Hottentot Golden Mole Amblysomus hottentotus
• Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus
• Leopard Panthera pardus Vulnerable
• Lesser Dwarf Shrew Suncus varilla
• Mountain Reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula Endangered
• Natal Red Rock Hare Pronolagus crassicaudatus
• Oribi Ourebia ourebi
• Reddish-grey White-toothed Shrew Crocidura cyanea
• Rhebok Pelea capreolus Near Threatened
• Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis
• Sclater's Golden Mole Chlorotalpa sclateri
• Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis
• Serval Leptailurus serval
• South African Mouse Shrew Myosorex varius
• Southern African Hedgehog Atelerix frontalis
• Southern Reedbuck Redunca arundinum
• Spotted-necked Otter Hydrictis maculicollis Near Threatened
• Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis
• Springhare Pedetes capensis
• Striped Polecat Ictonyx striatus
• Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus
• Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
• Water Mongoose Atilax paludinosus
• White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda
• Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata