GUESTHOUSE - BED AND BREAKFAST - GUEST FARM - GUEST LODGE - WEDDING VENUE - STEYTLERVILLE - EASTERN CAPE - SOUTH AFRICA

 

NOORSPOORT GUEST LODGE and Game Farm, Steytlerville, malaria-free Eastern Cape

 

wild life
   
A Host of animals, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and insects are found on the 8 000 Hectare Farm.
Buck and Antelope
Greater Kudu   (Strepsiceros strepsiceros)
Gemsbuck or Cape Oryx   (Oryx gazella)
Blue Wildebeest   (Connochaetes taurinus)
Springbuck   (Antidorcas marsupialis)
Burchell's Zebra   (Equus burchelli)
Impala   (Aepyceros melampus)
Blesbuck   (Damaliscus albifrons)
Steenbuck   (Raphicerus campestris)
Grey Duiker   (Sylvicapra grimmia)
Cape Grysbuck   (Nototragus melanotis)
Klipspringer   (Oreotragus oreotragus)
 
 
Reptiles
Leguan or Monitor   
Giant Mountain Tortoise (see picture left)
Water Turtle
Koggelmander and various lizards
Various snakes
 
   
Other Mammals
Bushpig   (Potamochoerus porcus)
Meerkat  (Suricata suricatta)
Lynx  (Caracal caracal))
Chacma Baboon  (Papio ursinus)
Blue Vervet Monkey   (Ceropithecus aethiops)
Porcupine   (Hystrix africaeaustralis)
Aardvark   (Orycteropus afer)
Springhare   (Pedetes capensis)
Leopard   (Panthera pardus)
Muskuljaart kat or Civet  (Civettictis civetta)
Silver Jackal   (Vulpes chama)
Bat-eared Fox   (Otocyon megalotis)
Black-backed Jackal   (Thos mesomelas)
 
  Farm Animals
Angora Goats
Horses
Dorper Sheep
Geese
Cattle
Sheep Dogs
Chickens
Pigs
  Birds
  Over 200 species have been recorded in our area. Three plant biomes converge in the Steytlerville area which leads to rich plant, animal and bird life.Information curtesy of Denzil Ward.
Common = c, Migrant =m, Nomadic = n, Vagrant = v, Scarce = s, Occurs = o
 
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        Species

               Scientific Name Frequency
7 Blacknecked Grebe  Podiceps nigricollis s
8 Little Grebe  Tachybaptus ruficollis c
55 White Breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidis c
58 Reed Cormorant  Phalacrocorax africanus c
60 African Darter  Anhinga rufa c
62 Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea o
63 Black-headed Heron  Ardea melanocephala c
67 Little Egret  Egretta garzetta c
71 Cattle Egret  Bubulcus ibis c
76 Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax s
81 Hamerkop  Scopus umbretta c
83 White Stork  Ciconia ciconia c-m
84 Black Stork  Ciconia nigra s
90 Yellowbilled Stork  Mycteria ibis v
91 African Sacred Ibis  Threskiornis aethiopicus c
94 Hadeda Ibis  Bostrychia hagedash c
97 Lesser Flamingo  Phoenicopterus minor s-n
102 Egyption Goose  Alopochen aegyptiacus c
103 South African Shelduck  Tadorna cana c
104 Yellow -Billed Duck  Anas undulata c
105 African Black Duck  Anas sparsa c
106 Cape Teal  Anas capensis c
108 Red-Billed Teal  Anas erythrorhyncha c
112 Cape Shoveler   Anas smithii o
116 Spurwinged Goose  Plectropterus gambensis s-n
118 Secretarybird  Sagittarius serpentarius s
126 Black Kite Milvus migrans s
127 Black-shouldered Kite  Elanus caeruleus c
131 Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii c
136 Booted Eagle  Hieraaetus pennatus c-m
140 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus s
148 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer c
149 Steppe Buzzard  Buteo vulpinus c-m
152 Jackal Buzzard  Buteo rufofuscus c
158 Black Sparrowhaek Accipiter melanoleucus s
160 African Goshawk  Accipiter tachiro s
161 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar c
162 s. Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus c
168 Black Harrier  Circus maurus s
169 African Harrier-hawk Polyboroides typus s
171 Peregrine Falcon Falco perigrinus s
172 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus s
180 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis s
181 Rock Kestrel Falco [tinnunculus] rupicolis c
183 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni c-m
190 Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila africanus o
200 Common Quail coturnix coturnix o
203 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris c
208 Blue Crane Anthropoides paradisea n
209 Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum v
230 Kori Bustard  Ardeotis kori o
231 Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami s-n
232 Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii c
235 Karoo Korhaan Eupodotis vigorsii c

239a

  Southern Black Korhaan Eupodotis afra c
240 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus s
248 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecaurius s-n
249 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris c
255 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus c
258 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus c
264 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos m
266 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola s-m
270 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia c-m
272 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea m
274 Little Stint Calidris minuta m
284 Ruff Philomachus pugnax m
294 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta c-m
295 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus c-m
297 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis c
300 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii s-n
301 Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus c
315 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus v
339 White-winged Tem Chlidonias leucopterus m
344 Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua m
349 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea c
352 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata c
354 Cape Turtle-dove Streptopelia capicola c
355 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis c
356 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis n
370a Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix s
378 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus v
380 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius o-m
382 Jacobin Cuckoo Oxylophus jacobinus o-m
385 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas s
386 Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius c-m
391 Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchelli s
392 Barn Owl Tyto alba c
394 African Wood-owl Strix woodfordii s
396 African Scops-owl Otis sengalensis s
401 Spotted Eagle-owl Bubo africanus c
405 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis c
412 African Black Swift Apus barbatus s-m
415 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer c-m
416 Horus Swift Apus horus s-m
417 Little Swift Apus affinis c
418 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba c
421 African Palm-swift Cypsiurus parvus s
424 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus c
425 White-backed Mousebird Colius colius c
426 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus c
427 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina v
428 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis c
429 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima s
431 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata o
435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris c
438 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster s-m
446 European Roller Coracias garrulus s-m
451 African Hoopoe Upupa africana c
452 Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpereus o
460 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus s-n
464 Black-collared Barbet  Lybius torquatus s
465 Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas c
469 Red-fronted Tinker Bird Pogoniulus pusillus  s
474 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator c
476 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor c
486 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens c
480 Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus s
495 Cape Clapper Lark Mirafra apiata n
498 Sabota Lark Mirafra sabota c
500 Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris c
506 Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata c
507 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cineria o
516 Grey-backed Sparrowlark Eromopterix verticalis s-n
518 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica o-m
520 White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis c-m
523 Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata c-m
526 Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata c-m
527 Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica c-m
529 Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula c
530 Common House Martin Delichon urbica o-m
533 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola c
541 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis c
545 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus v
547 Cape Crow Corvus capensis c
548 Pied Crow Corvus albus    c
550 White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis    c
551  Grey Tit Parus afer o
557 Cape Penduline-tit Anthoscopus minutus o
566 Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis c
567  African Red-eyed Bulbul        Pycnonotus nigricans s
568 Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor o
572 Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus c
577 Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus c
581 Cape Rock-thrush Monticola rupestris o
586 Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticola c
587 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata s-n
589 Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris c
591 Sickle-winged Chat Cercomela sinuata c
593 Mocking Cliff-chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris o
595 Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora c
596 African Stonechat Saxicola torquata s
601 Cape Robin-chat Cossypha caffra c
614 Karoo Scrub-robin Cercotrichas coryphoeus c
621 Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler Parisoma subcaeruleum c
622 Layard's Tit-babbler Parisoma layardi s
631 African Reed-warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus c-m
635 Lesser Swamp-warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris c
638 Little Rush-warbler Bradypterus baboecala o
645 Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica c
651 Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens c
653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis c
654 Karoo Eremomela Eremomela gregalis s
661  Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer s
664 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis o
669 Greybacked Cisticola Cisticola subruficapillus c
681 Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapillus c
685 Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans s
686a Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa c
687 Namaqua Warbler Phragmacia substriata
688 Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis c
689 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata s-m
690  African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta s-m
697 Chat Flycatcher Bradornis infuscatus c
698 Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens c
700 Cape Batis Batis capensis s
703 Pririt Batis Batis pririt c
706 Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita c
710 African Paradise-flycatcher Terpisphone viridis c-m
713 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis c
716 African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus c
717 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis c
718 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys o
721 Yellow-tufted Pipit Anthus crenatus s
732 Common Fiscal  Lanius collaris c
733 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio s-m
736 Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus c
742 Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra c
746 Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus c
751 Grey-headed Bush-shrike Malaconotis blanchoti s-n
757 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris c
758 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis s
759 Pied Starling Spreo bicolor c
760 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea o
764 Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens o
769 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio c
770 Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup c
772 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus v
775 Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa c
783 Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybea c
785 Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afra c
788 Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fusca c
792 Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina s
796 Cape White-eye Zosterops virens c
801 House Sparrow Passer domesticus c
803 Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus c
804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus c
805 Yellow-throated Petronia Petronia superciliaris s
810 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis s
814 Southern Masked-weaver Ploceus velatus c
821 Red-billed Quelea Qelea quelea c
824 Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix c
840 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata o
842 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala o
846 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild c
850 Swee Waxbill Estrilda melanotis o
852 African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis s
856 Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala o
860 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura c
864 Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea o
869 Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus
870 Black-throated Canary Serinus atrogularis c
872 Cape Canary Serinus canicollis n
873 Forest Canary Serinus scotops s
876 Black-headed Canary Alario alario n
877 Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratis c
879 White-throated Canary Serinus albogularis c
881 Streaky-headed Seed-eater Serinus gularis c
884 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris o-n
885 Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis c
886 Cinnamin-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi s-n
887 Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani c
   
 
Noorspoort offers much more than accommodation.

  • Our Wedding venue offers a variety of four venues to choose from including
     Craven Haven which can accommodate 150 people.

  • The Conference Center is available for bosberaad, training, team-building
    or just a jol and can accommodate up to 40 delegates. Full computer hookup,
    overhead projector, big screen and sound system are available.

 

Come and enjoy the tranquility of 8000 hectares of Great Karoo and Baviaanskloof Hospitality !!