Useful Info
How do I tell how old a tree is?
You count the rings.
Birds
Birding is a major pastime of tourists throughout the Western and Eastern Cape. Cape Pine’s forests contain a multitude of avian life making them a must see for twitchers, but even if you’re not an enthusiast there’s still much pleasure to be had in finding a kingfisher hovering over a stream or watching a flock of guinea fowl cluck across the trail.
Our forests include the following species:
Birds of the Outeniqua,
Knsyna and Nature’s
Valley, Western Cape
Cape Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Common Quail
Helmeted Guineafowl
Egyptian Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Teal
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Brown-backed Honeybird
Knysna Woodpecker
Knysna Lourie
Cardinal Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Crowned Hornbill
African Hoopoe
Green Wood-Hoopoe
Narina Trogon
European Roller
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Speckled Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo
Burchell’s Coucal
Alpine Swift
African Black Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Knysna Turaco
Barn Owl
Cape Eagle Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl
African Wood Owl
Fiery-necked Nightjar
European Nightjar
Rock Dove
Speckled Pigeon
African Olive Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Laughing Dove
Cape Turtle Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-dove
Tambourine Dove
Denham’s Bustard
African Finfoot
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Striped Flufftail
Common Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Common Whimbrel
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Ruff
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
African Black Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Grey Plover
White-fronted Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Arctic Skua
Kelp Gull
Grey-headed Gull
Caspian Tern
Swift Tern
Sandwich Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Osprey
African Cuckoo Hawk
Black-shouldered Kite
African Fish Eagle
Palmnut Vulture
African Marsh Harrier
Black Harrier
African Harrier-hawk
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Black Sparrowhawk
Steppe Buzzard
Forest Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Black Eagle
Booted Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
African Crowned Eagle
Rock Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Little Grebe
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Cape Gannet
African Darter
Reed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
White-breasted Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Purple Heron
Cattle Egret
Green-backed Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
White-backed Night Heron
Dwarf Bittern
Hamerkop
Lesser Flamingo
Hadeda Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Great Frigatebird
African Penguin
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Southern Giant Petrel
Pintado Petrel
Blue Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Black-headed Oriole
Fork-tailed Drongo
Blue-mantled Crested-flycatcher
African Paradise-flycatcher
Black-backed Puffback
Southern Tchagra
Southern Boubou
Olive Bushshrike
Cape Batis
Black Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Common Fiscal
Grey Cuckoo-shrike
Black Cuckoo-shrike
Brown-throated Martin
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Greater Striped Swallow
Rock Martin
House Martin
Black Saw-wing
Cape Bulbul
Sombre Bulbul
Terrestrial Bulbul
Cape Grassbird
Victorin’s Warbler
Long-billed Crombec
Little Rush-warbler
Knysna Warbler
Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler
Willow Warbler
Cape White-eye
Grey-backed Cisticola
Levaillant’s Cisticola
Neddicky
Karoo Prinia
Bar-throated Apalis
Bleating Warbler
Cape Rock-thrush
Olive Thrush
Southern Black Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Dusky Flycatcher
White-starred Robin
Cape Robin-chat
Chorister Robin-chat
White-browed Scrub-robin
African Stonechat
Red-winged Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Wattled Starling
Common Starling
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Grey Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Cape Sugarbird
Cape Weaver
Yellow Bishop
African Quailfinch
Swee Waxbill
Common Waxbill
African Firefinch
Pin-tailed Whydah
House Sparrow
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Cape Wagtail
Cape Canary
Brimstone Canary
White-throated Canary
Protea Seedeater
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Cape Siskin
Golden-breasted Bunting
Birds of the Tsitsikamma,
Western and Eastern
Cape
Cape Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Common Quail
Helmeted Guineafowl
Egyptian Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Teal
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Brown-backed Honeybird
Knysna Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Crowned Hornbill
African Hoopoe
Green Wood-Hoopoe
Narina Trogon
European Roller
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Speckled Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo
Burchell’s Coucal
Alpine Swift
African Black Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Knysna Turaco
Barn Owl
Cape Eagle Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl
African Wood Owl
Fiery-necked Nightjar
European Nightjar
Rock Dove
Speckled Pigeon
African Olive Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Laughing Dove
Cape Turtle Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-dove
Tambourine Dove
Denham’s Bustard
African Finfoot
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Striped Flufftail
Common Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Common Whimbrel
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Ruff
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
African Black Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Grey Plover
White-fronted Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Arctic Skua
Kelp Gull
Grey-headed Gull
Caspian Tern
Swift Tern
Sandwich Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Osprey
African Cuckoo Hawk
Black-shouldered Kite
African Fish Eagle
Palmnut Vulture
African Marsh Harrier
Black Harrier
African Harrier-hawk
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Black Sparrowhawk
Steppe Buzzard
Forest Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Black Eagle
Booted Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
African Crowned Eagle
Rock Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Little Grebe
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Cape Gannet
African Darter
Reed Cormorant
Crowned Cormorant
White-breasted Cormorant
Cape Cormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Purple Heron
Cattle Egret
Green-backed Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
White-backed Night Heron
Dwarf Bittern
Hamerkop
Lesser Flamingo
Hadeda Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Great Frigatebird
African Penguin
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Southern Giant Petrel
Pintado Petrel
Blue Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Black-headed Oriole
Fork-tailed Drongo
Blue-mantled Crested-flycatcher
African Paradise-flycatcher
Black-backed Puffback
Southern Tchagra
Southern Boubou
Olive Bushshrike
Cape Batis
Black Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Common Fiscal
Grey Cuckoo-shrike
Black Cuckoo-shrike
Brown-throated Martin
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Greater Striped Swallow
Rock Martin
House Martin
Black Saw-wing
Cape Bulbul
Sombre Bulbul
Terrestrial Bulbul
Cape Grassbird
Victorin’s Warbler
Long-billed Crombec
Little Rush-warbler
Knysna Warbler
Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler
Willow Warbler
Cape White-eye
Grey-backed Cisticola
Levaillant’s Cisticola
Neddicky
Karoo Prinia
Bar-throated Apalis
Bleating Warbler
Cape Rock-thrush
Olive Thrush
Southern Black Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Dusky Flycatcher
White-starred Robin
Cape Robin-chat
Chorister Robin-chat
White-browed Scrub-robin
African Stonechat
Red-winged Starling
Black-bellied Starling
Wattled Starling
Common Starling
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Grey Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Cape Sugarbird
Cape Weaver
Yellow Bishop
African Quailfinch
Swee Waxbill
Common Waxbill
African Firefinch
Pin-tailed Whydah
House Sparrow
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Cape Wagtail
Cape Canary
Brimstone Canary
White-throated Canary
Protea Seedeater
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Cape Siskin
Golden-breasted Bunting
Birds of Boland and
Tokai, Western Cape
Common Ostrich
Cape Spurfowl
Guineafowl
Cape Teal
Woodpecker
Barbet
Kingfishers
Awie’s Kingfishers
Hornbill
Lilac-breasted Roller
Cuckoo
Mouse Birds
Turaco
Burchell’s Coucal
Eagle-Owl
Barn Owl
Doves
Pigeons
Korhaan and Bustard
Northern Black Korhaan
Red-knobbed Coot
Sandgrouse
Thick-knee
Stilt and Avocet
Small Waders
Lapwing
Gulls and Terns
Black-Shouldered Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk
Tawny Eagle
Martial Eagle
Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Jackal Buzzard
Gannets
Penguins
Great White Pelican
Drongo
Bokmakierie
Bulbul
Darter and Cormorants
Oystercatchers
Heron
Egret
Bittern and Hamerkop Flamingo
Ibis and Spoonbill
Cape White-eye Neddicky Prinia
Apalis
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Sugarbird
Cape Wagtail
Cape Canary
Cape Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Southern Red Bishop
Common Waxbill
Cape Sparrow
Bunting