Fauna of Lesotho

A birders dream, the unique alpine birdlife of the Maluti Mountains can all be spotted in and around the lodge. Some of these include Bearded vulture, bald ibis, Jackal buzzard, Black Eagle, and ground woodpecker just to name a few. Below is a more detailed list of other birds that can be spotted in the Semonkong area.

Grasslands/Cultivated Lands/Wetlands Bishop, Golden Bishop, Red Canary, Blackheaded Canary, Blackthroated Canary, Cape Carnary, Yellow Crane, Blue Egret, Cattle Finch, Quail Lark, Thickbilled Longclaw, Orangethroated Secretary Bird Starling, Pied Stork, Black Stork, White Widow, Longtailed Widow, Yellowrumped Wydah, Pintailed   Riverines/Inland Waters Bokmakierie Bulbul, Redeyed Bunting, Cape Cistcola, Fantailed Coot, Redknobbed Dove, Cape Turtle Duck, African Black Duck, Yellowbilled Hamerkop Heron, Blackheaded Heron, Grey Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Pied Laughing Dove Martin, Brownthroated Plover, Threebanded Sparrow, Cape Sparrow, House Wagtail, Cape Warbler, African Marsh Warbler, Willow Waxbill, Swee Weaver, Cape Weaver, Lesser Masked Weaver, Masked White-eye, Cape Widow, Redcollared       Top of page

Mountainous/Alpine Buzzard, Jackal Chat, Sicklewinged Cisticola, Ayresii Eagle, Black Francolin, Greywinged Kite, Blackshouldered Pipit, Grassveld Pipit, Longbilled Pipit, Mountain Pipit, Rock Quail, Common Rockthrush, Cape Rockthrush, Sentinel Siskin, Drakensberg Stonechat Sunbird, Malachite Vulture, Bearded Vulture, Cape Woodpecker, Ground   Rocky Outcrops/Cliffs/Gorges Bunting, Rock Chat, Familiar Chat, Mocking Chat, Mountain Gymnogene Ibis, Bald Ibis, Hadeda Kestrel, Rock Martin, House Martin, Rock Owl, Barn Owl, Giant Eagle Peregrin Falcon Pigoen, Rock Rockjumper, Orangebreasted Starling, Redwinged Swallow, European Swallow, Greater Striped Swallow, Whitethroated Swift, Alpine Swift, Black Swift, Whiterumped