What Are LBJ'S (Little Brown Jobs)? Here Are The LBJ Species Of South Africa

 

LBJ's or Little Brown Jobs refer to the common brown birds of South Africa. These birds are called LBJ's or Little Brown Jobs because there are some many types of these common birds and they can all be mistaken for one another as these South African birds look very similar and they can present a few problems when you try to identify them. The LBJ's of South Africa include: Warblers, Sparrows, Cisticolas, and Grassbirds. Here they are...

  1. Yellow-Throated Woodland-Warbler
  2. Willow Warbler
  3. Icterine warbler
  4. Olive Tree-Warbler
  5. Garden Warbler
  6. Common White-Throat
  7. Knysna Warbler
  8. Barrat's Warbler
  9. Victorin's Warbler
  10. Broad-Tailed Warbler
  11. (African Sedge) Little Rush-Warbler
  12. (Cape Reed) Lesser Swamp-Warbler
  13. River Warbler
  14. African (Marsh) Reed-Warbler
  15. Eurasian (European) Reed-Warbler
  16. (European) Marsh-Warbler
  17. Great Reed-Warbler
  18. Dark-Capped (African) Yellow Warbler
  19. (European) Sedge Warbler
  20. Cape Grassbird
  21. Cinnamon-Breasted Warbler
  22. Stierling's (Barred) Wren-Warbler
  23. (African) Barred Wren-Warbler
  24. Green-Backed Camaroptera (Bleating Warbler)
  25. Grey-Backed Camaroptera (Bleating Warbler)
  26. Zitting (Fan-Tailed) Cisticola
  27. Desert Cisticola
  28. Cloud Cisticola
  29. Wing-Snapping (Ayer's) Cisticola
  30. Pale-Crowned Cisticola
  31. Neddicky
  32. Grey-Backed Cisticola
  33. Wailing Cisticola
  34. Tinkling Cisticola
  35. Croaking Cisticola
  36. Rattling Cisticola
  37. Lazy Cisticola
  38. Rufous-Winged (Black-Backed) Cisticola
  39. Levaillant's Cisticola
  40. Red-Faced Cisticola
  41. Great Sparrow
  42. House Sparrow
  43. Cape Sparrow
  44. (African) Yellow-Throated Petronia (Sparrow)
  45. Southern Grey-Headed Sparrow