Kloppersbos is situated approximately 40km north-east of Pretoria. Ben Fouche, Rihann Geyser, Tiaan Muller and Theuns Botha visited Klopperbos on Saturday 11 June 2016 to gather data for the Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2 (SABAP2) sabap2.adu.org.za. The trip covered the pentad 2525_2800 and included nocturnal observation.
We thank the Kloppersbos community/farm owners for their hospitality.
Roadside birding at the large dam on the Kloppersbos/Pyramid road produced a Gauteng rarity of not less than 33 Marabou Storks. (Also mentioned in Trevor Hardaker’s rarity report)
No Nightjars were seen or heard but at least two Spotted Eagle Owls and several Southern White-faced Scops-owl were seen and photographed.
Below is a list of the species recorded for the day (15h00 – 20h00)
| Sequence | Common name | Scientific name |
| 1 | Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus |
| 2 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| 3 | Bulbul Dark-capped | Pycnonotus tricolor |
| 4 | Sunbird White-bellied | Cinnyris talatala |
| 5 | Sparrow Cape | Passer melanurus |
| 6 | Dove Laughing | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| 7 | Guineafowl Helmeted | Numida meleagris |
| 8 | White-eye Cape | Zosterops virens |
| 9 | Honeyguide Lesser | Indicator minor |
| 10 | Puffback Black-backed | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 11 | Thrush Karoo | Turdus smithi |
| 12 | Pytilia Green-winged | Pytilia melba |
| 13 | Tinkerbird Yellow-fronted | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| 14 | Crow Pied | Corvus albus |
| 15 | Drongo Fork-tailed | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| 16 | Batis Chinspot | Batis molitor |
| 17 | Owlet Pearl-spotted | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 18 | Firefinch Red-billed | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 19 | Oriole Black-headed | Oriolus larvatus |
| 20 | Barbet Black-collared | Lybius torquatus |
| 21 | Tit Southern Black | Parus niger |
| 22 | Crombec Long-billed | Sylvietta rufescens |
| 23 | Waxbill Blue | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| 24 | Bush-shrike Orange-breasted | Telophorus sulfureopectus |
| 25 | Robin-chat White-throated | Cossypha humeralis |
| 26 | Scrub-robin White-browed | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 27 | Tchagra Brown-crowned | Tchagra australis |
| 28 | Robin-chat Cape | Cossypha caffra |
| 29 | Wood-hoopoe Green | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 30 | Babbler Arrow-marked | Turdoides jardineii |
| 31 | Hornbill African Grey | Tockus nasutus |
| 32 | Sparrow Southern Grey-headed | Passer diffusus |
| 33 | Quailfinch African | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| 34 | Cisticola Rattling | Cisticola chiniana |
| 35 | Go-away-bird Grey | Corythaixoides concolor |
| 36 | Dove Red-eyed | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 37 | Prinia Tawny-flanked | Prinia subflava |
| 38 | Shrike Magpie | Corvinella melanoleuca |
| 39 | Starling Cape Glossy | Lamprotornis nitens |
| 40 | Neddicky Neddicky | Cisticola fulvicapilla |
| 41 | Hornbill Red-billed | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| 42 | Buzzard Lizard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 43 | Duck White-faced | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 44 | Moorhen Common | Gallinula chloropus |
| 45 | Plover Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris |
| 46 | Ibis Hadeda | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 47 | Lapwing Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus |
| 48 | Crake Black | Amaurornis flavirostris |
| 49 | Roller Lilac-breasted | Coracias caudatus |
| 50 | Spurfowl Swainson’s | Pternistis swainsonii |
| 51 | Masked-weaver Southern | Ploceus velatus |
| 52 | Ostrich Common | Struthio camelus |
| 53 | Stork Marabou | Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
| 54 | Chat Anteating | Myrmecocichla formicivora |
| 55 | Teal Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| 56 | Kite Black-shouldered | Elanus caeruleus |
| 57 | Longclaw Cape | Macronyx capensis |
| 58 | Lapwing Crowned | Vanellus coronatus |
| 59 | Korhaan Northern Black | Afrotis afraoides |
| 60 | Eagle-owl Spotted | Bubo africanus |
| 61 | Thick-knee Spotted | Burhinus capensis |
| 62 | Hornbill Southern Yellow-billed | Tockus leucomelas |
| 63 | Scops-owl Southern White-faced | Ptilopsus granti |
