Flora & Fauna species in springside nature reserve
Indiginous fauna and flora
List of Indigenous Flora and Fauna species recorded in Springside Nature Reserve. It is probable that these, as well as other indigenous species, can be found in the area encompassed by Hillcrest Conservancy.
FLORA AND FUNGI
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Adiantum capillusveneris | Maidenhair Fern |
| Blechnum punctulatum | |
| Cheilanthes viridis | Common Lip Fern |
| Cyathea dregei | Common Tree Fern |
| Dryopteris inequalis | Lobed Wood Fern |
| Dryopteris athamantica | |
| Gleichenia umbraculifera | |
| Nephrolepis biserrata | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken Fern |
| Pteris cretica varigata | |
| Todea barbara | |
| Blenchum tabulare | |
| Pleopetalus macrocarpa | |
| Sticherus umbraculiferus |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Amanita muscaria | Agaric, Fly |
| Auricularia auricula-judae | Judas’ Ear |
| Clitopilus prunulus | The Miller |
| Coprinus disseminatus | Fairies’ Bonnets |
| Coprinus micaceus | Glistening Ink Cap |
| Coriolus versicolor | Turkey tail |
| Dacromyces | Dacromyces |
| Lepiota cristata | Stinking Parasol |
| Pleurotus | Oyster Mushroom |
| Podaxis pistillaris | False Ink Cap |
| Pycnoporus sanguineus | Bracket, Tropical Cinnabar |
| Schizophyllum commune | Splitgill |
| Scleroderma citrinum | Common Earth-ball |
| Termitomyces umkowaanii | I’Kowe |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Allopteris semialata subsp. eckloiana | Black Seed Grass |
| Arastida junctiformis | Gongoni Three awn |
| Chloris gayana | Rhodes Grass |
| Ctenium concinnum | Sickle Grass |
| Cymbopogon excavatus | Broad Leaved Turpentine Grass |
| Cyperus involucratis | Umbrella sedge |
| Cyperus obtusifolia | White flowered sedge |
| Digitaria eriantha | Finger Grass |
| Eragrostis capensis | Heart-seed Love grass |
| Eragrostis curvulata | Weeping Love Grass |
| Erigrostis racemosa | Narrow Heart Love Grass |
| Harpochloa falx | Caterpillar Grass |
| Imperata cylindrica | Cottonwool Grass |
| Melinis repens | Natal Red Top |
| Monocymbium ceresiiforme | Boat Grass |
| Monocymbium ceresiiforme | Boat Grass |
| Panicum dregeanum | Plum Panicum |
| Panicum schinzii | Sweet Grass |
| Scleria natalensis | Sedge species |
| Setaria megaphylla | Broad-leaved Bristle Grass |
| Setaria sphacelata var.sericea | Golden Bristle Grass |
| Themeda triandra | Rooigras |
| Tristachya leucothrix | Hairy Trident Grass |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Hornwort | |
| Liverwort (Various different species) | |
| Moss (Various different species) | |
| Lycopodiella ceruna | |
| Selaginella kraussiana |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Alblzia adianthifolia | Flatcrown |
| Allophylus dregeanus | Forest False Currant |
| Aloe arborescens | Krantz Aloe |
| Aloe ferox A. Candelabrum | Candelbra Aloe |
| Aphloia theiformis | Mountain Peach |
| Apodytes dimidiata | White Pear |
| Bachmannia woodii | Four-Finger Bush |
| Bersama lucens | Glossy White Ash |
| Bridelia micrantha | Coastal Goldenleaf |
| Burchellia bubalina | Wild Pomegranate |
| Calodendrum capense | Cape Chestnut |
| Canthium inerma | Common Turkey-berry |
| Carissa bispinosa | Forest Num-num |
| Casearia gladiformis | Sword-Ieaf |
| Clerodendrum glabrum | Cats Whiskers |
| Cnestis polyphylla | ltch-Pod |
| Combretum kraussii | Forest Bushwillow |
| Crotalaria capensis | Cape Rattle-Pod |
| Croton sylvaticus | Forest Fever-berry |
| Cryptocarya woodii | Cape Quince |
| Cussonia nicholsonii | Natal Coast Cabbage Tree |
| Cussonia spicata | Common Cabbage Tree |
| Dais cotinifolia | Pompon Tree |
| Dalbergia armata | Monkey rope |
| Dalbergia obovata | Climbing Flat-bean |
| Dichrostachys cinerea | Sickle Bush |
| Diospyros Iycioides | Bluebush |
| Dracaena aletriformis | Large-leafed Dragon Tree |
| Ekebergia capensis | Essenhout (Cape Ash) |
| Embelia riminata | |
| Erythrina humeana | Dwarf Coral Tree |
| Erythrina lysistemon | Common Coral Tree |
| Eugenia natalitia | Common Forest Myrtle |
| Ficus Iutea | Giant-leaved Fig |
| Ficus natalensis | Natal Fig |
| Ficus sur | Broom Cluster Fig / Cape Fig |
| Gerrardina foliosa | Krantz Berry |
| Grewia lasiocarpa | Forest Raisin |
| Halleria lucida | Tree Fuchsia |
| Harpephyllum caffrum | Wild Plum |
| Keetia gueinzii | Climbing Turkey·berry |
| Macaranga capensis | Wild Poplar |
| Mackaya bella | River Bells |
| Maesa lanceolata | False Assegai |
| Maytenus mossambicensis | |
| Millettia grandis | Umzimbeet |
| Monanthotaxis caffra | Dwaba-berry |
| Myrica serrata | Lance-leaved Waxberry |
| Ochna natalitia | Mickey Mouse Bush |
| Ochna serrulata | Small-leaved Plane |
| Pavetta lanceolata | Weeping Bride’s Bush |
| Podocarpus latifolius | Real Yellowwood |
| Protea caffra | Natal Sugarbush |
| Protea welwitschii | Honey-scented Protea |
| Protorhus longifolia | Red Beech |
| Psoralea pinnata | Fountain Bush |
| Psychotria capensis | Black Bird-berry |
| Rapanea melanophloeos | Cape Beech |
| Rauvolfia caffra | Quinine Tree |
| Rhoicissus tridentata | Bushman’s Grape |
| Searsia dentata (Rhus dentata) | Nana-berry |
| Rothmannia globosa | September Bells |
| Schotia brachypetela | Boerbean |
| Shirakliopsis elliptica (Sapium ellipticum) | Jumping-seed Tree |
| Strelitzia nilcolai | Natal Wild Banana |
| Syzygium cordatum | Umdoni |
| Trema orientalis | Pigeonwood |
| Tricalysia capensis | Cape Coffee |
| Tricalysia Ianceolata | Jackal-coffee |
| Trichilia dregeana | Forest Mahogany |
| Trimeria grandifolia | Wild Mulberry |
| Xymalos monospora | Lemonwood |
| Erythrina caffra | Coat Coral Tree |
| Searsia chirindensis | Red Current |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Acalypha glandulifolia | Red Catkins |
| Acalypha peduncularis | Brooms & Brushes |
| Acalypha punctata | Sticky Brooms & Brushes |
| Achyrenthes sicula | Achyranthes |
| Aeollanthus parvifolius | Pink Spur Bush |
| Aeschynomene micrantha | |
| Albuca nelsonii | Candelabrum Lily |
| Albuca setosa | Small White Albuca |
| Alectra sessiliflora | Verfblommetjie |
| Alepidea Iongifolia | |
| Aloe cooperi | Cooper’s Aloe |
| Aloe kraussii | Broad-leaved Yellow Grass Aloe |
| Aneilema aquinoctiale | Clinging Aneilema |
| Anthericum cooperi | Cooper’s Anthericum |
| Aristea abyssinica | Blue-eyed Grass |
| Aristea ecklonii | Blue Stars |
| Aristea woodii | Woods‘Aristea |
| Asclepias albens | Cartwheels |
| Asparagus africanus | Bush Asparagus |
| Asparagus falcatus | YeIlowwood Asparagus |
| Aster bakerianus | |
| Asystasia gangetlca | |
| Athrixia phyllcoides | Bushman’s Tea |
| Barleria obtusa | Bush Violet |
| Basanthe polygaloides | Miniature granadilla |
| Becium obovatum | Cat’s whiskers |
| Begonia dregei | Dwarf Wild Begonia |
| Berkheya bipinnatifida | |
| Berkheya enchinacea | |
| Berkheya insignia | |
| Berkheya rhapontica | |
| Berkheya speciosa | |
| Berkheya umbellata | |
| Boophane disticha | Fan-leaved Boophane |
| Brachycorythis ovata | |
| Brachycorythis pubescens | |
| Callilepis Iaureola | Ox-eye Daisy |
| Chaetacanthus burchellii | Fairy Stars |
| Chamaecrista mimosoides | Fishbone Dwarf Cassia |
| Chamaecrista plumosa | |
| Chlorophytum krookianum | Giant Chlorophytum |
| Clerodendrum hirsutum | Wild Violet |
| Clivia gardenii | Major Garden’s Clivia |
| Clutia cordata | Grassland Clutia |
| Clutia hirsuta | Lightning Bush |
| Commelina africana | Yellow Commelina |
| Commelina erecta | Blue Commelina |
| Conostomium natalense | Wild Pentas |
| Convolvulus natalensis | Yellow Convolvulus |
| Corycium nigrescens | Black-faced Orchid |
| Crassocephalum crepidioides | |
| Crassula alba | |
| Crassula sarmentosa | |
| Crinum macowanii | River Lily |
| Crinum moorrei | Moore’s Crinum |
| Crocosmia aurea | Montbretia (falling stars) |
| Cryptolepis oblongifolia | Red-stemmed Cryptolepis |
| Cucumis zeyheri | Wild Cucumber |
| Cyanotis speciosa | Doll’s Powderpuff |
| Cycnium adonense | lnk Plant |
| Cyperus obtusiflorus | White-flowered Sedge |
| Cyrtanthus breviflorus | Fire Lily – Yellow |
| Cyrtanthus contractus | Fire Lily |
| Desmodium clregeanum | Marsh Desmodium |
| Desmodium setigerum | |
| Dianthus zeyheri | Wild Dianthus |
| Dierama argyreum | |
| Dierema igneum | Fairy Bell |
| Dietes butcheriana | Forest Iris |
| Dietes grandiflora | Large Wild Iris |
| Dietes iridioides | |
| Dioscorea sylvatica | Forest Elephant’s Foot |
| Dipcadi marlothi | Dronkui |
| Dipcadi viride | Dainty Green Bells |
| Disa crysostachya | Torch Orchid – Red or Yellow |
| Disa nervosa | |
| Disa woodii | |
| Disperis lindleyana | |
| Dissolis princeps | Purple Wild Tibouchina |
| Dissotis canescens | Pink Wild Tibouchina |
| Drimia elata | Satin Squill |
| Drosera natalensis | Sundew |
| Eriosema kraussianum | Pale Yellow Eriosema |
| Eriosema rossi | Eriosema |
| Eriosema salignum | Brown Bonnets Eriosema |
| Eriosema squarrosum | Apricot Eriosema |
| Eriospermum mackenii | Fluffy-seed Yellow |
| Eucomis autumnalis | Common Pineapple Flower |
| Eulophia calanthoides | |
| Eulophia ensata | |
| Eulophia hians (previously clavicornis) | |
| Eulophia parvilabris | |
| Eulophia streptopetala | Twisted Petal Eulophia |
| Euphorbia epicyparissias | Wild Spurge |
| Euphorbia ericoides | |
| Euphorbia striata | Milkweed |
| Felicia erigeroides | Wild Michaelmas Daisy |
| Geranium flanaganii | |
| Geranium ornithopodon | Crane’s Bill |
| Gerbera ambigua | Pink & White Gerbera |
| Gerbera piloselloides | Small yellow Gerbera |
| Gladiolus appendiculatus | |
| Gladiolus longicollis | |
| Gladiolus papilio | |
| Gladiolus wilsonii | |
| Gloriosa superba | Flame Lily |
| Gnidia calocephala | Shrubby White Pincushion |
| Gomphocarpus physocarpus | Milkweed |
| Gymnosporia heterophylla | Angular-stemmed Spike-thorn |
| Helichrysum acutatum | Sticky Everlasting |
| Helichrysum aureonitens | Golden Everlasting |
| Helichrysum aureum | Common Yellow Everlasting |
| Helichrysum cooperi | Yellow Everlasting |
| Helichrysum cymosum | |
| Helichrysum edenocarpum | Pink Everlasting |
| Helichrysum griseum | |
| Helichrysum kraussii | Straw Everlasting |
| Helichrysum nudifolium | Hottentot’s Tea |
| Helichrysum oreophilum | |
| Helichrysum pallidum | |
| Helichrysum panduratum | |
| Helichrysum pannosum | Helichrysum |
| Helichrysum ruderale | |
| Helichrysum umbraculigerum | |
| Hibiscus aethiopicus L. var. ovatus | Common Dwarf Wild Hibiscus |
| Hibiscus pedunculatus | Forest Pink Hibiscus |
| Hibiscus trionum | Bladder Hibiscus |
| Hybanthus enneaspermus | Lady’s slipper |
| Hypericum aethiopicum | |
| Hypoestes aristata | Ribbon Bush |
| Hypoxis angustifolia | |
| Hypoxis argentea | Small Yellow Star-flower |
| Hypoxis colchicifolia | Broad-leafed Hypoxis |
| Hypoxis costata | |
| Hypoxis hemerocallidea | Star-flower |
| Hypoxis multiceps | |
| Hypoxis rigidula | Silver-leafed Star-flower |
| Ipomoea ficifolia | Fig Leaved lpomoea |
| Ipomea simplex | |
| Jamesbrittenia kraussiana | Kerriebos |
| Kniphofia Iinearifolia | Common Marsh Poker |
| Kohautia amatymbica | Tremble Tops |
| Lagenaria sphaerica | Wild Melon |
| Ledebouria cooperi | |
| Leonotis intermedia | Broadleafed Leonotis |
| Leonotis leonurus | Wild Dagga |
| Lessertia stricta | |
| Littonia modesta | |
| lmpatiens hochstetteri | Common Wild |
| lndigofera hilaris | Red Indigo Bush |
| Lobelia anceps | Swamp Lobelia |
| Lobelia erinus | Edging Lobelia |
| Lobelia flaccida | Wild Lobelia |
| Lobelia pteropoda | |
| Lotus discolour | Coral Plant |
| lpomoea cairica | Common lpomoea |
| lpomoea pellita | Grassland lpomoea |
| lpomoea wightii | Small blue lpomoea |
| Ludwigia octovalvis | Shrubby Ludwigia |
| Microglossa mespilifolia | Trailing Daisy |
| Momordica balsemina | African Cucumber |
| Momordica foetida | |
| Monopsis decipiens | Butterfly Lobelia |
| Monopsis stellerioides | Sticky-leaved Monopsis |
| Moraea spathulata | Large yellow Moraea |
| Nerina appendiculata | Nerine |
| Oldenlandia herbacea | |
| Ophrestia oblongifolia | |
| Ornithogalum tenuifolium | |
| Oxalis semilova | Common Sorrel |
| Pachystigma venosum | Dwarf Medlar |
| Pavonia columella | Pink Pavonia |
| Pearsonia sessilfora ssp. marginata | |
| Pelargonium alchemilloides | |
| Pelargonium luridum: pale form | |
| Pelargonium schlecteri | |
| Pentanisia angustifolia | |
| Pentanisia prunelloides | Broad-leaved Pentanisia |
| Phymaspermum acerosum | |
| Plectranthus ciliatus | Speckled Spur-flower |
| Plectranthus ecklonii | Large Spur-flower Bush |
| Plectranthus hadiensis | Wild Purple Salvia |
| Plectranthus laxiflorus | Citronella Spur-flower |
| Polygala hottentotta | Small Purple Broom |
| Polygala rehmennii | |
| Polygala virgata | Purple Broom |
| Protea welwitschii | Dwarf Savanna Protea |
| Pseudarthria hookeri | Velvet Bean |
| Psoralea abbottii | |
| Pterygodium magnum | |
| Pycnostachys reticulata | Slender Pycnostachys |
| Pycnostachys urticifolia | Blue Boys Pycnostachys |
| Rabdosiella calycina | Upland Fly Bush |
| Raphionacme hirsuta | False Gentian |
| Rhyncosia woodii | |
| Rumex sagittatus | Climbing Rumex |
| Satyrium longicauda | BIushing Bride Satyrium |
| Scadoxus puniceus | Snake Lily |
| Schizoglossum bidens | Variable Split-tongue |
| Schizoglossum cordifolium | Common Split-tongue |
| Scilla natalensis | Large Blue Scilla |
| Sebaea grandis | Large-flowered Sebaea |
| Selago hyssopifolia | |
| Selago tarachodes | |
| Senecio deltoides | |
| Senecio latifolius | Molteno Disease Plant |
| Senecio madagasceriensis | |
| Senecio polyanthemoides | |
| Senecio speciosus | Beautiful Senecio |
| Senecio tamoides | Canary Creeper |
| Smilax anceps | Thorny Rope (Leg Ripper) |
| Solanum nodiflorum | Sobosobo |
| Stachys natalensis | White Stachys |
| Stoebe vulgaris | Bankrupt Bush |
| Streptocarpus molweniensis | Nodding Bells |
| Striga asiatica | Witchweed |
| Striga bilabiata | Small Witchweed |
| Striga elegans | Large Witchweed |
| Sutera floribunda | |
| Syncolostemon densiflorus | Pink Plume |
| Tephrosia glomeruliflora | |
| Tephrosia shiluwanensls | |
| Tetradenia riperia | Lboza / Misty Plume Bush |
| Tetraselago natalensis | Natal Blue Hazel |
| Thesium natalense | Natal Thesium |
| Thunbergia alata | Black-eyed Susan |
| Thunbergia atriplicifolia | Natal Primrose |
| Trachyandra saltii | |
| Tritonia disticha | Red Tritonia |
| Triumfetta annua | |
| Triumfetta pilosa | |
| Tulbaghia ludwigiana | Scented Wild Garlic |
| Typha capensis | Bulrush |
| Urginea capitata | |
| Vernonia angulifolia | Trailing Vernonia |
| Vernonia capensis | Cape Vernonia |
| Vernonia galpinii | |
| Vernonia hirsuta | Quilted-Ieafed Vernonia |
| Vernonia natalensis | Silver Vernonia |
| Vernonia oligocephala | BicoIoured leaved Vernonia |
| Vigna frutescens | Wild Sweetpea |
| Vigna vexillata | Narrow-leafed Wild Sweetpea |
| Watsonia densiflora | Natal Watsonia |
| Zantedeschia aethiopica | White Arum Lily |
| Zehneria scabra | |
| Zornia capensis | CaterpilIar-Bean |
| Zornia Iinearis | Narrow-leaved Caterpillar Bean |
INVERTEBRATES
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Ant, Cocktail | Crematogaster peringueyi |
| Ant, Drop-tall | Myrmicaria natalensis |
| Ant, Grass Nest | Polyrhachus |
| Ant, Pugnaceous | Anoplopelis |
| Bee, Carpenter | Xylocopa caffra |
| Bee, Giant Carpenter | Xylocopa flavorufa |
| Bee, Honey | Apis melifera |
| Bee, Membrane | Family: Colletidae |
| Beetle, Black Flea | Altica |
| Beetle, Hook-winged Net-winged | Lycus melanurus |
| Beetle, Peringueys Spiny Leaf | Oncocephala promontorii |
| Beetle, Tortoise | Aspidimorpha confinis |
| Beetle, Tortoise | Cassida guttipennis |
| Beetle, Tortoise | Cassida innotata |
| Beetle, Tortoise, Bat | Cassida vespertilio |
| Beetle, Tortoise, Circular | Aspidimorpha submutata |
| Beetle, Tortoise, Fools-gold | Aspidimorpha icterica |
| Beetle, Tortoise, Green-winged | Casslda viridipennis |
| Beetle, Tortoise, Irregular | Cassida irregularis |
| Beetle, Tortoise, Leaf-mining | Notosacantha badia |
| Beetle, Tortoise, Scarred | Laccoptera cicatricosa |
| Beetle, Tortoise, Twenty-spot | Aethiopocassis vigintimaculata |
| Beetle, Whirligig Lead | |
| Butterflies | See list below |
| Cicada, Giant Forest | Pycna seimiclara |
| Cicada, Orange-wing | Platypleura capensis |
| Cranefly, Common | Nephrotoma |
| Damselflies | See list below |
| Dragonflies | See list below |
| Fly, Flesh | Sarcophaga |
| Fly, Scuttle I Coffin | Megaselia scalaris |
| Fly, Zebra | Anthomya |
| Fruit Chafer, Common Dotted | Cyrtothyrea marginalis |
| Fruit Chafer, Garden | Pachnoda sinuata |
| Fruit Chafer, Marbled | Porphyronota |
| Fruit Chafer, Orange Spotted | Mecynorrhina passerinii |
| Fruit Chafer, Small | Leucocelis haemorrhoidalis (Coastal pattern) |
| Grasshopper, Common Stick | Acrida acuminata |
| Grasshopper, Elegant | Zonocerus elegans |
| Hangingfly | Bittacus |
| Ladybird, Humbug | Micraspis striata |
| Ladybird, Potato | Epilachna dregei |
| Ladybird, Red Herbivorous | Epilachna infirma |
| Leafhopper, Blue-striped | Poecilocarda cosmopolita |
| Locust, Garden | Acanthacris ruficornis |
| Locust, Red | Nomadacris septemfasciata |
| Monkeybeetles | Tribe: Hopliini |
| Mosquito, Bush | Aeide |
| Moths | See list below |
| Pond Skater, Chevron | Family: Gerridae |
| Pond Skater, Striped | Family: Gerridae |
| Robber Fly | Damalis |
| Scale, Wax | Ceroplastes |
| Shield Bug, Rainbow | |
| Stink bug | Dalsira costalis |
| Stink Bug, Grass | Veterna |
| Termite, Snouted harvester | Trinervitermes |
| Twig Wilter, Giant | Petascelis remipes |
| Wasp, Brachnoid | Apanteles |
| Wasp, Mud Dauber | Sceliphron spirifex |
| Wasp, Paper | Belonogaster |
| Wasp, Small Paper | Polistes |
| Whitefly | Family: Aleyrodidae |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Acraea, Blood-red | Acraea petraea |
| Acraea, Dusky | Telchinia esebria |
| Acraea, Garden | Acraea horta |
| Acraea, Natal | Acraea natalica |
| Acraea, White-barred | Telchinia encedon |
| Acraea, Yellow-banded | Telchinia cabira |
| Bar, Natal | Spindasis natalensis |
| Beauty, Bush | Paralethe dendrophilus |
| Blue, Common Fig Tree | Myrina silenis |
| Blue, Common Pea | Leptotes pirithous |
| Blue, Long tailed Pea | Lampides boeticus |
| Blue, Rayed | Actizera lucida |
| Blue, Sooty | Zizeeria knysna |
| Border, Common Dotted | Mylothris agathina |
| Bronze, Bush | Cacyreus lingeus |
| Bronze, Geranium | Cacyreus marshalli |
| Brown, Common Bush | Bicyclus safitza |
| Brown, Rainforest | Cassionymphya cassius |
| Charaxes, Green-veined | Charaxes candiope |
| Charaxes, Pearl | Charaxes varanes |
| Charaxes, Satyr | Charaxes ethalion |
| Charaxes, White-barred | Charaxes brutus |
| Commodore, Garden | Precis archesia |
| Commodore, Gaudy | Precis octavia |
| Diadem, Common | Hypolimnas misippus |
| Flat, Clouded | Tagiades flesus |
| Friar, Layman | Amauris albimaculata |
| Hairstreak, Purple-brown | Hypolycaena philippus |
| Hottentot, Common | Gegenes niso |
| Lady, Painted | Vanessa cardui |
| Leopard, African | Phalanta phalantha |
| Migrant, African | Catopsilia florella |
| Monarch, African | Danaus chrysippus |
| Mother-of-pearl, Forest | Protogoniomorpha parhassus |
| Orange Tip, Small | Colotis evagore |
| Pansy, Brown | Junonia natalica |
| Pansy, Blue | Junonia oenone |
| Pansy, Eyed | Junonia orithya |
| Pansy, Yellow | Junonia hierta |
| Pie, Black | Tuxentius melaena |
| Piper, Pied | Eurytela hiarbas |
| Pirate | Catacroptera cloanthe |
| Polka Dot | Pardopsis punctatissima |
| Sailor, Common Barred | Neptis laeta |
| Sailor, Spotted | Neptis saclava |
| Sandman, Common | Spialia diomus |
| Swallowtail, Citrus | Papilio demodocus |
| Swallowtail, Green-banded | Papilio nireus |
| Swallowtail, Mocker | Papilio dardanus |
| Swift, Lesser-horned | Borbo lugens |
| Swift, Olive-haired | Borbo borbonica |
| Swordtail, Small Striped | Graphium policenes |
| Swordtail, Veined | Graphium leonidas |
| Tree Nymph, Boisduval’s | Sallya boisduvali |
| Tree-nymph, Natal | Sevenia natalensis |
| Vagrant, Autumn Leaf | Eronia leda |
| Wanderer | Acraea aganice |
| Wanderer, False | Pseudacraea eurytus |
| White, African Common | Belenois creona |
| White, Ant-heap small | Dixeia pigea |
| White, Brown-veined | Belenois aurota |
| Yellow, Angled Grass | Eurema desjardinsii |
| Yellow, Broad-bordered Grass | Eurema brigitta |
| Zulu, Yellow | Alaena amazoula |
| Acraea, Small Orange | Acraea eponina |
| Acraea, Wandering Donkey | Acraea neobule neobule |
| Blue, White-tipped | Eicochrysops hippocrates |
| Diadem, Variable | Hypolimnas anthedon |
| Grass Yellow, Angled | Eurema desjardinsii |
| Grass Yellow, Broad-bordered | Eurema brigitta |
| Joker, Common | Byblia anvatara acheloia |
| Mother-of-pearl, Common | Protogoniomorpha parhassus |
| Pansy, Soldier | Junonia terea |
| Sandman, Mountain | Spialia spio |
| Skipper, Common Hottentot | Gegenes niso niso |
| Skipper, Dark Hottentot | Gegenes pumilio gambica |
| Skipper, Orange-spotted | Zenonia zeno |
| Swift, Twin | Borbo gemella |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Bear, White | Nyctemera leuconoe |
| Cheetah | Argina amanda |
| Clouded Orange | Petovia marginata |
| Dice | Rhanidophora |
| Euproctis, Fine Dotted | Euproctis punctifera |
| Flower Moth | Eretmocera syleuta |
| Hawk, Oriental Bee | Cephanodes hylax |
| Humming Bird, African | Macroglossum trochilus |
| King, Pearly | Sylepta ovialis |
| Magpie, Leopard | Zerenopsis leopardina |
| Orange Plume Moth | Crombrugghia wahlbergi |
| Pearl, Florid | Aethaloessa floridalis |
| Pearl, Grey | Pionea ablactilis |
| Pearl, Indian | Diaphania indica |
| Pearl, Window | Phyllodes productalis |
| Pyrale, Black Wedge | Diasemia monostigmata |
| Tiger, African False | Heraclia africana |
| Tiger, Superb False | Heraclia |
| Tiger, Tricoloured | Rhodogastria amasis |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Cruiser, Darting | Phyllomacromia picta |
| Dropwing, Red-veined | Trithemis arteriosa |
| Emperor, Blue | Anax imperator |
| Emperor, Orange | Anax speratus |
| Groundling, Banded | Brachythemis leucosticta |
| Pantala | Pantala flavescens |
| Skimmer, Black-tailed | Nesciothemis farinosa |
| Skimmer, Epaulet | Orthetrum chrysostigma |
| Skimmer, Hintz’s | Orthetrum hintzi |
| Skimmer, Julia | Orthetrum julia |
| Thorntail, Common | Ceratogomphys pictus |
| Widow, Lucia | Palpopleura lucida |
| Yellowjack | Notogomphys praetorius |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Demoiselle, Glistening | Phaon irridipennis |
| Goldtail | Allocnemis leucosticta |
| Spreadwing, Common | Lestes plagiatus |
| Sprite, Kersten’s | Pseudagrion kersteni |
| Sprite, Natal | Pseudagrion spernatum |
| Sprite, Salisbury | Pseudagrion salisburyense |
| Bluet, Swamp | Ceratogomphus pictus |
| Citril, Common | Ceriagrion glabrum |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Bark orb-web spider | Caerostris sexcuspidata |
| Daddy long legs spider | |
| Funnel web grass spider | Olorunia occelata |
| Long-jawed water orb-web spider | Tetragnatha boydi |
| Rain spider | Palystes |
| Roman spider | |
| Tick |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Ant Lion | |
| Centipede, Large | Scolopendra |
| Crab, Natal River | Potamonautes sidneyi |
| Millipede, Common | Doratogonus cristulata |
| Millipede, Pill | |
| Slug, African Banana | Elisolimax flavescens |
| Snail, Agate Granular | Cochlitoma granulosa |
| Snail, Krauss’s Hunter | Gulella kraussi |
| Snail, Pink-lipped Agate | Cochlitoma immaculata |
| Snail, White-spired TaiI-wagger | Sheldonia leucospira |
VERTEBRATES
Genus Name | Species Name | Scientific Name |
Apalis | Bar-throated | Apalis thoracica |
Barbet | Black-collared | Lybius torquatus |
Barbet | Crested | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
Barbet | White-eared | Stactolaema leucotis |
Batis | Cape | Batis capensis |
Batis | Chinspot | Batis molitor |
Bee-eater | Little | Merops pusillus |
Bishop | Southern Red | Euplectes orix |
Blackcap | Bush | Lioptilus nigricapillus |
Boubou | Southern | Laniarius ferrugineus |
Brownbul | Terrestrial | Phyllastrephus terrestris |
Brubru | — | Nilaus afer |
Bulbul | Dark-capped | Pycnonotus tricolor |
Bush-shrike | Gorgeous | Telophorus viridis |
Bush-shrike | Grey-headed | Malaconotus blanchoti |
Bush-shrike | Olive | Chlorophoneus olivaceus |
Bush-shrike | Orange-breasted | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
Buttonquail | Common (Kurrichane) | Turnix sylvaticus |
Buzzard | Common (Steppe) | Buteo buteo |
Buzzard | Jackal | Buteo rufofuscus |
Camaroptera | Green-backed | Camaroptera brachyura |
Canary | Brimstone | Crithagra sulphurata |
Canary | Cape | Serinus canicollis |
Canary | Forest | Crithagra scotops |
Canary | Yellow-fronted | Crithagra mozambica |
Chat | Familiar | Oenanthe familiaris |
Cisticola | Croaking | Cisticola natalensis |
Cisticola | Lazy | Cisticola aberrans |
Cisticola | Rattling | Cisticola chiniana |
Cisticola | Red-faced | Cisticola erythrops |
Cisticola | Zitting | Cisticola juncidis |
Coucal | Burchell’s | Centropus burchellii |
Crow | Cape | Corvus capensis |
Crow | Pied | Corvus albus |
Cuckoo | African Emerald | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
Cuckoo | Black | Cuculus clamosus |
Cuckoo | Diederik | Chrysococcyx caprius |
Cuckoo | Klaas’s | Chrysococcyx klaas |
Cuckoo | Red-chested | Cuculus solitarius |
Cuckooshrike | Black | Campephaga flava |
Cuckooshrike | Grey | Ceblepyris caesius |
Darter | African | Anhinga rufa |
Dove | Cape Turtle (Ring-necked) | Streptopelia capicola |
Dove | Emerald-spotted Wood | Turtur chalcospilos |
Dove | Laughing | Spilopelia senegalensis |
Dove | Lemon | Columba larvata |
Dove | Red-eyed | Streptopelia semitorquata |
Dove | Rock | Columba livia |
Dove | Tambourine | Turtur tympanistria |
Drongo | Common Square-tailed | Dicrurus ludwigii |
Drongo | Fork-tailed | Dicrurus adsimilis |
Duck | Yellow-billed | Anas undulate |
Eagle | African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer |
Eagle | Ayres’s Hawk | Hieraaetus ayresii |
Eagle | Booted | Hieraaetus pennatus |
Eagle | Crowned | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
Eagle | Long-crested | Lophaetus occipitalis |
Eagle | Verreaux’s | Aquila verreauxii |
Eagle | Wahlberg’s | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
Egret | Little | Egretta garzetta |
Egret | Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis |
Falcon | Lanner | Falco biarmicus |
Firefinch | African | Lagonosticta rubricate |
Fiscal | Southern (Common) | Lanius collaris |
Flufftail | Buff-spotted | Sarothrura elegans |
Flufftail | Red-chested | Sarothrura rufa |
Flycatcher | African Dusky | Muscicapa adusta |
Flycatcher | African Paradise | Terpsiphone viridis |
Flycatcher | Ashy | Muscicapa caerulescens |
Flycatcher | Blue-mantled Crested | Trochocercus cyanomelas |
Flycatcher | Fiscal | Melaenornis silens |
Flycatcher | Southern Black | Melaenornis pammelaina |
Flycatcher | Spotted | Muscicapa striata |
Goose | Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
Goose | Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis |
Goshawk | African | Accipiter tachiro |
Grassbird | Cape | Sphenoeacus afer |
Grassbird | Fan-tailed (Broad-tailed Warbler) | Catriscus brevirostris |
Greenbul | Sombre | Andropadus importunus |
Greenbul | Yellow-bellied | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
Guineafowl | Helmeted | Numida meleagris |
Hamerkop | — | Scopus umbretta |
Hawk | African Harrier- (Gymnogene) | Polyboroides typus |
Heron | Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala |
Heron | Grey | Ardea cinerea |
Heron | Purple | Ardea purpurea |
Honeybird | Brown-backed | Prodotiscus regulus |
Honeyguide | Greater | Indicator indicator |
Honeyguide | Lesser | Indicator minor |
Honeyguide | Scaly-throated | Indicator variegatus |
Hoopoe | African | Upupa Africana |
Hornbill | Trumpeter | Bycanistes bucinator |
Ibis | African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
Ibis | Hadeda (Hadada) | Bostrychia hagedash |
Indigobird | Dusky | Vidua funerea |
Kingfisher | Brown-hooded | Halcyon albiventris |
Kingfisher | Mangrove | Halcyon senegaloides |
Kite | Yellow-billed | Milvus aegyptius |
Lapwing | Black-winged | Vanellus melanopterus |
Longclaw | Yellow-throated | Macronyx croceus |
Malkoha | Green | Ceuthmochares australis |
Mannikin | Bronze | Lonchura cucullata |
Mannikin | Magpie | Lonchura fringilloides |
Mannikin | Red-backed | Lonchura nigriceps |
Martin | Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola |
Martin | Common House | Delichon urbicum |
Martin | Rock | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
Mousebird | Red-faced | Urocolius indicus |
Mousebird | Speckled | Colius striatus |
Myna | Common | Acridotheres tristis |
Neddicky | — | Cisticola fulvicapilla |
Nightjar | European | Caprimulgus europaeus |
Nightjar | Fiery-necked | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
Oriole | Black-headed | Oriolus larvatus |
Owl | African Wood | Strix woodfordii |
Owl | Spotted Eagle- | Bubo africanus |
Owl | Western Barn | Tyto alba |
Parakeet | Rose-ringed | Psittacula krameri |
Pelican | Great White | Psittacula onocrotalus |
Pelican | Pink-backed | Pelecanus rufescens |
Pigeon | African Olive | Columba arquatrix |
Pipit | African | Anthus cinnamomeus |
Pipit | Striped | Anthus lineiventris |
Prinia | Tawny-flanked | Prinia subflava |
Puffback | Black-backed | Dryoscopus cubla |
Quail | Common | Coturnix coturnix |
Raven | White-necked | Corvus albicollis |
Robin | White-Browed Scrub | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
Robin | White-starred | Pogonocichia stellate |
Robin-chat | Cape | Cossypha caffra |
Robin-chat | Chorister | Cossypha dichroa |
Robin-chat | Red-capped | Cossypha natalensis |
Saw-wing | Black | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
Seedeater | Streaky-headed | Crithagra gularis |
Shrike | Red-backed | Lanius collurio |
Sparrow | House | Passer domesticus |
Sparrow | Southern Grey-headed | Passer diffusus |
Sparrowhawk | Black | Accipiter melanoleucus |
Sparrowhawk | Little | Accipiter minullus |
Spurfowl | Natal | Pternistis natalensis |
Starling | Black-bellied | Notopholia corusca |
Starling | Cape Glossy (Cape) | Lamprotornis nitens |
Starling | Red-winged | Onychognathus morio |
Starling | Violet-backed | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
Stonechat | African | Saxicola torquatus |
Stork | Black | Ciconia nigra |
Stork | White | Ciconia ciconia |
Stork | Woolly-necked | Ciconia episcopus |
Sunbird | Amethyst | Chalcomitra amethystina |
Sunbird | Collared | Hedydipna collaris |
Sunbird | Greater Double-collared | Cinnyris afer |
Sunbird | Grey | Cyanomitra veroxii |
Sunbird | Olive | Cyanomitra olivacea |
Sunbird | Purple-banded | Cinnyris bifasciatus |
Sunbird | Southern Double-collared | Cinnyris chalybeus |
Sunbird | White-bellied | Cinnyris talatala |
Swallow | Barn | Hirundo rustica |
Swallow | Greater Striped | Ceropis cucullata |
Swallow | Lesser Striped | Ceropis abyssinica |
Swallow | White-throated | Hirundo albigularis |
Swift | African Black | Apus barbatus |
Swift | African Palm | Cypsiurus parvus |
Swift | Alpine | Tachymarptis melba |
Swift | Little | Apus affinis |
Swift | White-rumped | Apus caffer |
Tchagra | Black-crowned | Tchagra senegalus |
Tchagra | Southern | Tchagra tchagra |
Thrush | Cape Rock | Monticola rupestris |
Thrush | Kurrichane | Turdus libonyana |
Thrush | Olive | Turdus olivaceus |
Tinkerbird | Red-fronted | Pogoniulus pusillus |
Tinkerbird | Yellow-rumped | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
Tit | Southern Black | Melaniparus niger |
Trogon | Narina | Apaloderma narina |
Turaco | Knysna | Tauraco corythaix |
Turaco | Purple-crested | Tauraco porphyreolophus |
Twinspot | Green | Mandingoa nitdula |
Wagtail | African Pied | Motacilla aguimp |
Wagtail | Cape | Motacilla capensis |
Wagtail | Mountain | Motacilla clara |
Warbler | African Reed | Acrocephalus baeticatus |
Warbler | Barratt’s | Bradypterus barratti |
Warbler | Dark-capped (African) Yellow | Iduna natalensis |
Warbler | Lesser Swamp | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
Warbler | Garden | Sylvia borin |
Warbler | Little Rush | Bradypterus baboecala |
Warbler | Marsh | Acrocephalus palustris |
Warbler | Willow | Phylloscopus trochilus |
Warbler | Yellow-throated Woodland | Phylloscopus ruficapilla |
Waxbill | Common | Estrilda astrild |
Waxbill | Grey | Estrilda perreini |
Weaver | African (Holub’s) Golden | Ploceus xanthops |
Weaver | Cape | Ploceus capensis |
Weaver | Dark-backed | Ploceus bicolor |
Weaver | Southern Masked | Ploceus velatus |
Weaver | Spectacled | Ploceus ocularis |
Weaver | Thick-billed | Amblyospiza albifrons |
Weaver | Village | Ploceus cucullatus |
Weaver | Yellow (Eastern Golden) | Ploceus subaureus |
White-eye | Cape | Zosterops virens |
Whydah | Pin-tailed | Vidua macroura |
Widowbird | Fan-tailed | Euplectes axillaris |
Widowbird | Red-collared | Euplectes ardens |
Wood-hoopoe | Green | Phoeniculus purpureus |
Woodpecker | Cardinal | Dendropicos fuscescens |
Woodpecker | Golden-tailed | Campethera abingoni |
Woodpecker | Olive | Dendropicos griseocephalus |
Wryneck | Red-throated | Jynx fuficollis |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| River Frog, Common | Amietia angolensis |
| Reed Frog, Painted / Marbled Reed Frog | Hyperolius marmoratus |
| Caco, Common | Cacosternum boettgeri |
| Common Toad, African / Guttural Toad | Amietophrynus gutturalis |
| Tree Frog, Natal Forest | Leptopelis natalensis |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Bat, Yellow House | Scotophilus dinganii |
| Bushbuck | Tragelaphus scriptus |
| Bushpig | Potamochoerus porcus |
| Cane Rat, Greater | Thryonomys swinderianus |
| Duiker, Blue | Philantomba monticola |
| Duiker, Common | Sylvicapra grimmia |
| Genet, Large-spotted | Genetta tigrina |
| Mole, Hottentot Golden | Amblysomus hottentotus |
| Molerat, Common | Cryptomys hottentotus |
| Mongoose, Slender | Galarella sanguinea |
| Mongoose, Water | Atilaz paludinosus |
| Monkey, Vervet | Chlorocebus aethiops |
| Otter, Cape Clawless | Aonyx capensis |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
|---|---|
| Python, Natal Rock | Python sebae natalensis |
| Bush Snake, Spotted | Philothamnus semivariegatus |
| Black Snake, Natal | Macrelaps microlepidotus |
| Adder, Rhombic Night | Causus rhombeatus |
| Herald Snake | Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia |
| Chameleon, Flap-neck | Chameleo dilepsis dilepsis |
| Agama, Southern Tree | Acanthocercus atricollis |
| Gecko, Moreau’s Tropical House | Hemidactylus mabouia |
| Skink, Striped | Mabuya striata |