The Zaagkuilsdrift Challenge 2026
From 1 Jan 2026 (00:00) to 31 Dec 2026 (23:59)
Latest unique species
| Species | Date |
|---|---|
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | 15 Feb 2026 |
| Bronze Mannikin | 14 Feb 2026 |
| Long-crested Eagle | 14 Feb 2026 |
| White-backed Vulture | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Eurasian Hobby | 12 Feb 2026 |
| African Finfoot | 8 Feb 2026 |
| Dusky Lark | 7 Feb 2026 |
| Rock Dove | 7 Feb 2026 |
| Yellow-billed Kite | 7 Feb 2026 |
| Lanner Falcon | 7 Feb 2026 |
| Black-collared Barbet | 7 Feb 2026 |
| Water Thick-knee | 7 Feb 2026 |
| Booted Eagle | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Black Stork | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Red-footed Falcon | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Yellow Canary | 5 Feb 2026 |
| African Green Pigeon | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Baillon's Crake | 5 Feb 2026 |
| African Paradise Flycatcher | 5 Feb 2026 |
| White Stork | 4 Feb 2026 |
| Grey Penduline Tit | 4 Feb 2026 |
| Marabou Stork | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Garden Warbler | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Olive-tree Warbler | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Common Whitethroat | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Meyer's Parrot | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Square-tailed Nightjar | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Bronze-winged Courser | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Groundscraper Thrush | 1 Feb 2026 |
| Striped Crake | 1 Feb 2026 |
| Flappet Lark | 31 Jan 2026 |
| Nicholson's Pipit | 31 Jan 2026 |
| African Hawk-Eagle | 31 Jan 2026 |
| Buffy Pipit | 31 Jan 2026 |
| Western Osprey | 31 Jan 2026 |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | 31 Jan 2026 |
| Dusky Indigobird | 31 Jan 2026 |
| Common Ringed Plover | 31 Jan 2026 |
| African Barred Owlet | 29 Jan 2026 |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | 29 Jan 2026 |
| Cape Crow | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Little Bittern | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Fiscal | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Levaillant's Cisticola | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Marsh Sandpiper | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Sombre Greenbul | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Pale Flycatcher | 27 Jan 2026 |
| Common Sandpiper | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Giant Kingfisher | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Little Grebe | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Thrush Nightingale | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Goliath Heron | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Wattled Starling | 24 Jan 2026 |
| African Firefinch | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Cape White-eye | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Great Sparrow | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Allen's Gallinule | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Black Crake | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Lesser Masked Weaver | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Black-backed Puffback | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Little Bee-eater | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Long-tailed Paradise Whydah | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Kalahari Scrub Robin | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Great Reed Warbler | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Violet-eared Waxbill | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Common Reed Warbler | 11 Jan 2026 |
| African Swamphen | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Thick-billed Weaver | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Icterine Warbler | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Knob-billed Duck | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Lesser Honeyguide | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Little Stint | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Brown-throated Martin | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Acacia Pied Barbet | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Cape Penduline Tit | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Bearded Woodpecker | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Bennett's Woodpecker | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Quailfinch | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Common Greenshank | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Blue-billed Teal | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Cape Sparrow | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Western Barn Owl | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Spotted Thick-knee | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | 10 Jan 2026 |
| European Nightjar | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Marsh Owl | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Southern White-faced Owl | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Double-banded Sandgrouse | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Black-winged Stilt | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Greater Honeyguide | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Indian Peafowl | 10 Jan 2026 |
| African Marsh Harrier | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Rock Kestrel | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Marsh Warbler | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Black-faced Waxbill | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Desert Cisticola | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Red-eyed Dove | 10 Jan 2026 |
| House Sparrow | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | 8 Jan 2026 |
| White-backed Mousebird | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Amethyst Sunbird | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Common Ostrich | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Black Flycatcher | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Black-headed Oriole | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Bokmakierie | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Speckled Mousebird | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Southern White-crowned Shrike | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Rufous-naped Lark | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Shaft-tailed Whydah | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Black-throated Canary | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Yellow-billed Egret | 4 Jan 2026 |
| African Rail | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Red-breasted Swallow | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Red-capped Lark | 4 Jan 2026 |
| African Snipe | 4 Jan 2026 |
| White-rumped Swift | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | 4 Jan 2026 |
| African Crake | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Wood Sandpiper | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Three-banded Plover | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Ruff | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Pale Chanting Goshawk | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | 4 Jan 2026 |
| African Cuckoo | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Lesser Flamingo | 4 Jan 2026 |
| Common Myna | 3 Jan 2026 |
| Greater Kestrel | 3 Jan 2026 |
| Pied Crow | 2 Jan 2026 |
| Glossy Ibis | 2 Jan 2026 |
| Brubru | 2 Jan 2026 |
| Barred Wren-Warbler | 2 Jan 2026 |
| Black Sparrowhawk | 2 Jan 2026 |
| Dwarf Bittern | 2 Jan 2026 |
| Sedge Warbler | 2 Jan 2026 |
| Greater Painted-snipe | 2 Jan 2026 |
| African Black Duck | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Greater Striped Swallow | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Lazy Cisticola | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Red-faced Mousebird | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Black Cuckoo | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Red-billed Buffalo Weaver | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | 1 Jan 2026 |
| White-breasted Cormorant | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Hamerkop | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Crested Barbet | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Emerald-spotted Wood Dove | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Malachite Kingfisher | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Hoopoe | 1 Jan 2026 |
| South African Shelduck | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Cape Teal | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Brown Snake Eagle | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Marico Sunbird | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Egyptian Goose | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Red-billed Hornbill | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Scaly-feathered Weaver | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Barn Swallow | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Cape Wagtail | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Red-knobbed Coot | 1 Jan 2026 |
| White-winged Tern | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Red-billed Firefinch | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Whiskered Tern | 1 Jan 2026 |
| White-throated Swallow | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Spotted Flycatcher | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Purple Indigobird | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Black-winged Pratincole | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Purple Heron | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Pied Kingfisher | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Pipit | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Great Egret | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Kittlitz's Plover | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Spoonbill | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Sacred Ibis | 1 Jan 2026 |
| European Roller | 1 Jan 2026 |
| European Honey Buzzard | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Yellow-billed Stork | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Orange-breasted Bushshrike | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | 1 Jan 2026 |
| European Bee-eater | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Laughing Dove | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Village Weaver | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Neddicky | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Striated Heron | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Lesser Kestrel | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Black Heron | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Jacana | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Pochard | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Reed Cormorant | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Lesser Moorhen | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Common Moorhen | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Namaqua Dove | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Yellow-billed Duck | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | 1 Jan 2026 |
| White-faced Whistling Duck | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Grey Heron | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Fish Eagle | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Black-chested Snake Eagle | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Black-chested Prinia | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Green-winged Pytilia | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Karoo Thrush | 1 Jan 2026 |
| White-throated Robin-Chat | 1 Jan 2026 |
| White-bellied Sunbird | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Village Indigobird | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Sabota Lark | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Cape Starling | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Little Egret | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Grey Hornbill | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Amur Falcon | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Crowned Lapwing | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Woodland Kingfisher | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Natal Spurfowl | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Willow Warbler | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Wattled Lapwing | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Gabar Goshawk | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Diederik Cuckoo | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Long-billed Crombec | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Burnt-necked Eremomela | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Pied Babbler | 1 Jan 2026 |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Burchell's Starling | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Crimson-breasted Shrike | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Marico Flycatcher | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Red-billed Teal | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Green Wood Hoopoe | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Hadada Ibis | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Jameson's Firefinch | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Grey Go-away-bird | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Magpie Shrike | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Crested Francolin | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Masked Weaver | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Boubou | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Squacco Heron | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Darter | 1 Jan 2026 |
| White-browed Scrub Robin | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Chinspot Batis | 1 Jan 2026 |
| African Palm Swift | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Chestnut-vented Warbler | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Red-backed Shrike | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Burchell's Coucal | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Red-billed Quelea | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Common Waxbill | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Spur-winged Goose | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Dark-capped Bulbul | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Swainson's Spurfowl | 1 Jan 2026 |
| White-winged Widowbird | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Black-winged Kite | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Little Rush Warbler | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Southern Red Bishop | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Western Cattle Egret | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Ring-necked Dove | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Rattling Cisticola | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Blue Waxbill | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Zitting Cisticola | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Black-headed Heron | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Speckled Pigeon | 1 Jan 2026 |
| Little Swift | 1 Jan 2026 |