Bird AlbumBirds of Lesotho
207 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Sickle-winged ChatEmarginata sinuata
Sentinel Rock ThrushMonticola explorator
Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
Mountain PipitAnthus hoeschi
Drakensberg SiskinCrithagra symonsi
Large-billed LarkGalerida magnirostris
Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
Grey TitMelaniparus afer
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Drakensberg RockjumperChaetops aurantius
Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusMost recorded
Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus
Ground WoodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceus
Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Mountain ChatMyrmecocichla monticola
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Layard's WarblerCurruca layardi
Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa
Fairy FlycatcherStenostira scita
Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
African Rock PipitAnthus crenatus
Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
Rock KestrelFalco rupicolusHotspots with the most records
- Sani Pass (LS) to Black MountainsThaba-Tseka District118 species
- Sani PassThaba-Tseka District136 species
- Black Mountains – WestMokhotlong District65 species
- Black Mountains – EastMokhotlong District82 species
- Katse Dam – Ha LejoneLeribe District157 species
- Ts'ehlanyane NPLeribe District69 species
- Malealea LodgeMafeteng District64 species
- Mafika Lisiu PassLeribe District54 species
- Afriski Mountain ResortButha-Buthe District77 species
- Semonkong LodgeMaseru District58 species
All species recorded · 207
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Blue Korhaan Eupodotis caerulescens
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
- Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Black Harrier Circus maurus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Drakensberg Rockjumper Chaetops aurantius
- Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita
- Grey Tit Melaniparus afer
- Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Large-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Barratt's Warbler Bradypterus barratti
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa
- Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha
- Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus
- Layard's Warbler Curruca layardi
- Orange River White-eye Zosterops pallidus
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Gurney's Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens
- Pied Starling Lamprotornis bicolor
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi
- Karoo Scrub Robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator
- Cape Rock Thrush Monticola rupestris
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus
- Sickle-winged Chat Emarginata sinuata
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Mountain Chat Myrmecocichla monticola
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi
- Nicholson's Pipit Anthus nicholsoni
- Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
- African Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Drakensberg Siskin Crithagra symonsi
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Black-headed Canary Serinus alario
- Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris