Checklists

checklists

This page will try and cover checklists of many groups of the Southern African wildlife. If there are lists that you would like to see here, please let us know.

A comprehensive list of all Southern Africa's bird species.

The team of ornithologists at the Percy Fitzpatrick Institue of African Ornitology at the University of Cape Town that have just finished the editing of the seventh edition of Robert's Birds of Southern Africa (Prof. Phil Hockey, Dr. Peter Ryan and Dr. Richard Dean) have edited the following list of birds currently considered to be the most comprehensive list available of birds recorded in Southern Africa. The Southern African subregion is taken to be that portion of land south of the Cunene and Zambezi Rivers as well as the territorial waters up to 200 nautical miles offshore.

.....Click here to download the list. (143kB zipped MS Excel file)

A comprehensive list of all Southern Africa's mammal species.

For all those interested in the "big and hairys"....

.....Click here to download the list. (12kB zipped MS Excel file)

A comrehensive list of all Southern Africa's reptile species.

For those with a broader interest in the local fauna.

.....Click here to download the list. (16kB zipped MS Excel file)

A comprehensive list of all South Africa's frog species.

Something to keep you busy at night when the birding quietens down slightly.

.....Click here to download the list. (6kB zipped MS Excel file)