Site Report: Port St. Johns - Wild Coast

Wild Coast, South Africa

Cows On The Beach, South Africa

Small town with a sandy beach, rocky coast, and a forest preserve. It is the gateway to the Wild Coast Walk.

2003-02-01: Estimate on the date, we stayed a couple of nights here before embarking on a 5 day hike.

Kingdom: Animals (15 records)

Phylum: Chordates (15 records)

Class: Birds (15 records)

Order: Bucerotiformes (2 records)
- Family: Hornbills
- Crowned Hornbill (Lophoceros alboterminatus)
- Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (3 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
- Mangrove Kingfisher (Halcyon senegaloides)
- Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

Order: Perching Birds (8 records)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
- Family: Swallows
- Lesser Striped-Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
- Black Sawwing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera )
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- Family: Weavers
- Fan-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes axillaris)
- Red-collared Widowbird (Euplectes ardens)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: African Barbets
- Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)