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Mozambique: Species List Birds Specie Seen Location Common Quail Harlequin Quail Blue Quail Helmeted Guineafowl Crested Guineafowl Fulvous Whistling-Duck White-faced Whistling-Duck White-backed Duck Egyptian Goose Spur-winged Goose Comb Duck African Pygmy-Goose Cape Teal African Black Duck Yellow-billed Duck Cape Shoveler Red-billed Duck Northern Pintail Hottentot Teal Southern Pochard Small Buttonquail Black-rumped Buttonquail Scaly-throated Honeyguide Greater Honeyguide Lesser Honeyguide Pallid Honeyguide Green-backed Honeyguide Wahlberg's Honeyguide Rufous-necked Wryneck Bennett's Woodpecker Reichenow's Woodpecker Golden-tailed Woodpecker Green-backed Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Stierling's Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker Olive Woodpecker White-eared Barbet Whyte's Barbet Green Barbet Green Tinkerbird Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pied Barbet Black-collared Barbet Brown-breasted Barbet Crested Barbet Red-billed Hornbill Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Crowned Hornbill African Grey Hornbill Pale-billed Hornbill Trumpeter Hornbill Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Southern Ground-Hornbill Eurasian Hoopoe African Hoopoe Green Woodhoopoe Violet Woodhoopoe Common Scimitar-bill Narina Trogon Bar-tailed Trogon European Roller Lilac-breasted Roller Racket-tailed Roller Rufous-crowned Roller Broad-billed Roller Half-collared Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher African Pygmy-Kingfisher Grey-headed Kingfisher Woodland Kingfisher Mangrove Kingfisher Brown-hooded Kingfisher Striped Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher White-fronted Bee-eater Little Bee-eater Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Boehm's Bee-eater Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Madagascar Bee-eater European Bee-eater Southern Carmine Bee-eater Speckled Mousebird Red-faced Mousebird Great Spotted Cuckoo Thick-billed Cuckoo Red-chested Cuckoo Black Cuckoo Common Cuckoo African Cuckoo Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo African Emerald Cuckoo Dideric Cuckoo Yellowbill Black Coucal Senegal Coucal White-browed Coucal Burchell's Coucal Brown-necked Parrot Meyer's Parrot Brown-headed Parrot Lilian's Lovebird Scarce Swift Mottled Spinetail Bat-like Spinetail African Palm-Swift Alpine Swift Mottled Swift Common Swift African Swift Little Swift Horus Swift White-rumped Swift Schalow's Turaco Livingstone's Turaco Knysna Turaco Purple-crested Turaco Grey Go-away-bird Barn Owl African Grass-Owl White-faced Scops-Owl Cape Eagle-Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Pel's Fishing-Owl Vermiculated Fishing-Owl African Wood-Owl Pearl-spotted Owlet African Barred Owlet Marsh Owl Eurasian Nightjar Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Fiery-necked Nightjar Swamp Nightjar Freckled Nightjar Square-tailed Nightjar Pennant-winged Nightjar Speckled Pigeon African Olive-Pigeon Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Laughing Dove Mourning Collared-Dove Ring-necked Dove Red-eyed Dove Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Tambourine Dove Namaqua Dove African Green-Pigeon Stanley Bustard Ludwig's Bustard Kori Bustard Red-crested Bustard White-quilled Bustard Black-bellied Bustard Grey Crowned-Crane Wattled Crane African Finfoot Buff-spotted Flufftail Red-chested Flufftail Streaky-breasted Flufftail Striped Flufftail Kaffir Rail African Crake Corn Crake Black Crake Baillon's Crake Spotted Crake Purple Swamphen Allen's Gallinule Purple Gallinule Common Moorhen Lesser Moorhen Red-knobbed Coot Double-bandedF Sandgrouse Great Snipe African Snipe Black-tailed Godwit Whimbrel Eurasian Curlew Spotted Redshank Common Redshank Marsh Sandpiper Common Greenshank Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Terek Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Little Stint Red-necked Stint Long-toed Stint White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper Broad-billed Sandpiper Ruff Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Greater Painted-snipe African Jacana Lesser Jacana Water Thick-knee Spotted Thick-knee Eurasian Oystercatcher Black-winged Stilt Pied Avocet Grey Plover Common Ringed Plover Kittlitz's Plover Three-banded Plover Chestnut-banded Plover White-fronted Plover Mongolian Plover Greater Sand Plover Caspian Plover Long-toed Lapwing Blacksmith Lapwing White-headed Lapwing Wattled Lapwing Senegal Lapwing Black-winged Lapwing Crowned Lapwing Crab Plover Bronze-winged Courser Three-banded Courser Temminck's Courser Collared Pratincole Madagascar Pratincole Rock Pratincole Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger African Skimmer White-eyed Gull Kelp Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Grey-headed Gull Black-headed Gull Franklin's Gull Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Lesser Crested-Tern Great Crested-Tern Sandwich Tern Roseate Tern Black-naped Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Antarctic Tern Little Tern Bridled Tern Sooty Tern Whiskered Tern White-winged Tern Osprey African Baza European Honey-buzzard Bat Hawk Black-winged Kite Black Kite African Fish-Eagle Palm-nut Vulture Lammergeier Egyptian Vulture Hooded Vulture White-backed Vulture Cape Griffon Cinereous Vulture Lappet-faced Vulture White-headed Vulture Short-toed Snake-Eagle Black-chested Snake-Eagle Brown Snake-Eagle Fasciated Snake-Eagle Bateleur Western Marsh-Harrier African Marsh-Harrier Pallid Harrier Montagu's Harrier African Harrier-Hawk Lizard Buzzard Dark Chanting-Goshawk African Goshawk Shikra Little Sparrowhawk Ovambo Sparrowhawk Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Black Goshawk Common Buzzard Augur Buzzard Lesser Spotted Eagle Greater Spotted Eagle Tawny Eagle Steppe Eagle Verreaux's Eagle Wahlberg's Eagle African Hawk-Eagle Booted Eagle Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Martial Eagle Long-crested Eagle Crowned Hawk-Eagle Secretarybird Pygmy Falcon White-rumped Falcon Brown Falcon Lesser Kestrel Common Kestrel Greater Kestrel Dickinson's Kestrel Red-necked Falcon Red-footed Falcon Amur Falcon Sooty Falcon Eurasian Hobby African Hobby Lanner Falcon Peregrine Falcon Taita Falcon Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Red-tailed Tropicbird Cape Gannet Red-footed Booby Brown Booby African Darter Oriental Darter Long-tailed Cormorant Great Cormorant Cape Cormorant Black Heron Little Egret Dimorphic Egret Grey Heron Black-headed Heron Goliath Heron Purple Heron Cattle Egret Squacco Heron Madagascar Pond-Heron Rufous-bellied Heron Striated Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron White-backed Night-Heron Little Bittern Cinnamon Bittern Dwarf Bittern Great Bittern Hamerkop Greater Flamingo Lesser Flamingo Glossy Ibis Hadada Ibis Sacred Ibis African Spoonbill Great White Pelican Pink-backed Pelican Yellow-billed Stork African Openbill Black Stork Abdim's Stork Woolly-necked Stork White Stork Saddle-billed Stork Marabou Stork Great Frigatebird Jackass Penguin Antarctic Giant-Petrel Cape Petrel Great-winged Petrel Soft-plumaged Petrel Broad-billed Prion Antarctic Prion White-chinned Petrel Grey Petrel Wedge-tailed Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Wandering Albatross Sooty Albatross Wilson's Storm-Petrel White-faced Storm-Petrel White-bellied Storm-Petrel European Storm-Petrel African Pitta African Broadbill Red-backed Shrike Sousa's Shrike Lesser Grey Shrike Common Fiscal Langstertlaksman White-crowned Shrike House Crow Cape Crow Pied Crow White-necked Raven Eurasian Golden-Oriole African Golden-Oriole Green-headed Oriole African Black-headed Oriole White-breasted Cuckooshrike Grey Cuckooshrike Black Cuckooshrike Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Square-tailed Drongo Fork-tailed Drongo Livingstone's Flycatcher White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher African Crested-Flycatcher African Paradise-Flycatcher Brubru Black-backed Puffback Marsh Tchagra Black-crowned Tchagra Brown-crowned Tchagra Southern Tchagra Tropical Boubou Gabon Boubou Southern Boubou Bokmakierie Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Olive Bushshrike Black-fronted Bushshrike Perrin's Bushshrike Grey-headed Bushshrike White Helmetshrike Retz's Helmetshrike Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike African Shrike-flycatcher Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Cape Batis Woodward's Batis Chinspot Batis Pale Batis Pririt Batis Black-throated Wattle-eye Sentinel Rock-Thrush Miombo Rock-Thrush Orange Ground-Thrush Groundscraper Thrush Kurrichane Thrush Olive Thrush White-chested Alethe Cholo Alethe Pale Flycatcher Southern Black-Flycatcher Fiscal Flycatcher Spotted Flycatcher African Dusky Flycatcher Ashy Flycatcher Grey Tit-Flycatcher White-starred Robin Swynnerton's Robin East Coast Akalat Thrush Nightingale Olive-flanked Robin-Chat Cape Robin-Chat White-throated Robin-Chat White-browed Robin-Chat Red-capped Robin-Chat Collared Palm-Thrush Bearded Scrub-Robin Miombo Scrub-Robin Brown Scrub-Robin Red-backed Scrub-Robin Whinchat Common Stonechat Capped Wheatear Familiar Chat White-headed Black-Chat Mocking Cliff-Chat Boulder Chat Red-winged Starling Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Red-shouldered Glossy-Starling Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Splendid Glossy-Starling Burchell's Glossy-Starling Meves's Glossy-Starling Violet-backed Starling Wattled Starling Yellow-billed Oxpecker Red-billed Oxpecker Spotted Creeper African Penduline-Tit Southern Penduline-Tit White-winged Tit Black Tit Rufous-bellied Tit Miombo Tit Ashy Tit Sand Martin Plain Martin Banded Martin Mascarene Martin Rock Martin Barn Swallow White-throated Swallow Wire-tailed Swallow Blue Swallow Pearl-breasted Swallow Greater Striped-Swallow Lesser Striped-Swallow Rufous-chested Swallow Mosque Swallow Northern House-Martin Blue Sawwing Black Sawwing Garden Bulbul Black-fronted Bulbul Little Greenbul Sombre Greenbul Mountain Greenbul Stripe-cheeked Greenbul Yellow-bellied Greenbul Cabanis's Greenbul Fischer's Greenbul Terrestrial Brownbul
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    1 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR EXPANSION OF ELECTRICITY GRID INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA 1 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE EXPANSION OF 2 ELECTRICITY GRID INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA 3 4 Draft v3 Specialist Assessment Report for Stakeholder Review 5 6 BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY 7 TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AND SPECIES 8 Contributing Authors Albert Froneman8 & Chris van Rooyen8 Avifauna Kate McEwan9, 10 Bats Lizande Kellerman2 & Simon Todd3 Desert, Nama Karoo & Succulent Karoo Dr. Lara van Niekerk7, Carla-Louise Ramjukadh7 Estuaries Steven Weerts7 & Dr. Susan Taljaard7 Gary de Winnaar6 & Dr. Vere Ross-Gillespie6 Freshwater ecosystems Dr. David le Maitre1 Fynbos Dr. Graham von Maltitz5 Grassland & Savanna Simon Bundy4 & Alex Whitehead4 Indian Ocean Coastal Belt Integrating Authors Luanita Snyman-van der Walt2 9 10 11 1 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment, Biodiversity 12 and Ecosystem Services Research Group. 13 2 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Environmental Management Services. 14 3 Three Foxes Consulting. 15 4 SDP Ecological and Environmental Services. 16 5 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and Environment, Global Change 17 and Ecosystems Dynamics. 18 6 GroundTruth 19 7 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment Coastal 20 Systems Research Group. 21 8 Chris van Rooyen Consulting 22 9 Inkululeko Wildlife Services (Pty) Ltd. 23 10 South African Bat Assessment Association