26 Wooly-necked stork C. episcopus 54 Augur buzzard Buteo augur Quails and Quail Plover 27 Saddle-billed stork 55 Common buzzard B. buteo 81 Black-rumped button quail Turnix Ephippiorhynchus senegaiensis 56 African hawk eagle Hieraaetus hottentota List 28 Marabou stork Leptoptios africanw 82 Button quail T. sylvatica crumeniferus 57 Lizard buzzard Kaupifaico 29 Yellow-billed stork Mycteria ibis monogrammicus Red Number = Sighted at 58 Long-crested eagle Lophaetus Cranes Mihingo Ibises and Spoonbills occipitalis 83 Crowned crane Balearica pavonina 30 Hadada Bostrychia hagedash 59 Gabar goshawk Melierax gabar Grebes 31 Sacred ibis Threskiornis 60 Dark chanting goshawk M. Rails and Crakes 1 Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficoliis aethiopica metabates 84 Common moorhen Gallinula 61 Martial eagle Polemaetus angulata Pelicans Ducks and Geese bellicosus 85 Black crake Lim n ocorax flavi 2 White pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 32 Egyptian goose Alopochen 62 Fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer rostra 3 Pink-backed pelican P. rufescens aegyptiacys 63 Black kite Milvus migrans 86 African water rail Rallus 33 Yellow-billed duck Anas undulata 64 Honey buzzard Pernis apivorus caerulescens Cormorants 34 Spur-winged goose Plectopterus 65 Black-shouldered kite Elanus 87 Burr-spotted pygmy crake 4 Long-tailed cormorant Phalacrocorax gambensis caeruleus Sarothrura elegans africanus 35 Knob-billed duck Sarkidiornis 66 Bat hawk Macheramphus alcinus 5 Greater cormorant P. carbo melanotos 67 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Finfoots 68 Little Sparrowhawk 88 African finfoot Podica senealensis Darters of Prey Accipiter minullus 6 African darter Anhinga rufa 36 African white-backed vulture Bustards Gyps africanus Falcons 89 Black-bellied bustard Eupodotis Herons, Bitterns and Egrets 37 Ruppel’s vulture G. rueppellii 69 Grey kestrel Faico melanogaster 7 Little bittern Ixobrychus minutus 38 Hooded vulture Neophron ardosiaceus 8 Dwarf bittern I. sturmii monachu 70 Peregrine falcon F. Jacanas 9 Grey heron Ardea cinerea 39 Lappet-faced vulture Torgos pereginus 90 Jacana Actophilornis africanus 10 Goliath heron A. goliath tracheliotus 71 Hobby F. sub buteo 11 Black-headed heron A. melanocephala 40 Palm-nut vulture Gypohierax 72 Kestrel F. tinnunculus 91 Painted snipe Rostratula 12 Purple heron A. purpurea angolensis benghalensis 13 Squacco heron Ardeola ralloides 41 White-headed vulture Quails and Francolins 14 Rufous- bellied heron A. rufiventris Trigonoceps occipitalis 73 Harlequin quail Coturnix Plovers 15 Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis 42 Eurasian marsh harrier Circus chinensis 92 Three-banded plover Chamdrius 16 Striated heron Butorides striatus aeruginosus 74 Red-necked spurfowl Francolinus tricoliaris 17 Great white egret Egretta alba 43 African marsh harrier C. afer 93 Crowned plover Vanellus coranatus 18 Little egret E.garzetta ranivorus 75 Coqui francolin F. coqui 94 Long-toed plover V. crassirostris 19 Yellow-billed egret E. intermedia 44 Harrier hawk Polyboroides 76 Red-winged francolin F. levaillantii 95 Senegal plover V. lugubris 20 Black- crowned night heron Nycticorax radiatus 77 Crested francolin F.sephaena 96 Wattled plover V. senegallus nycticorax 45 Banded snake eagle Circaetus 78 Ring-necked francolin F. 97 Brown-chested plover V. 21 White- backed night heron Gorsachius dnerascens strephtophorus superciliosus leuconotos 46 Brown snake eagle C. cinereus 79 Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothruru 47 Shore-toed snake eagle C. elegans Sandpipers and Snipes 22 Shoebill Balaeniceps rex gallicus 98 Common sandpiper Actitus 48 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus hypoleucos 23 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 49 Shikra Accipiter badius Guineafowls 99 Spotted redshank Tringa 50 African Goshawk A. tachiro 80Helmeted guineafowl Numida erythropus Storks 51 Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis meleagris 100 Wood sandpiper T. glareola 24 Open-billed stork Anastomus lamelligerus 52 Tawny eagle A.clanga 101Greenshank T. nebttlaria 25 Abdim’s stork Ciconia abdimii 53 Wahlberg’s eagle A.wahlbergi 102 Green sandpiper T. ochropus i 103 Common snipe Gallinago gallmago 125 Eurasian cuckoo Cuculus 146 Palm swift Cypsiurus 164 Scimitarbill Phoeniculus 104 Great snipe G. media canorus parvus castaneiceps 126 Black cuckoo C. 165 Green wood hoepoe P. Stilts clamosus Mousebirds purpureus 105 Black-winged stilt Himantopus 127 African cuckoo C. gularis 147 Speckled mousebird himantopits 128 Red-chested cuckoo C. Colius striatus Hornbills solitarius 148 Blue-naped moosebird 166 Crowned hornbill Tockus Courses and Thick-knees 129 Yellow bill Urocolius macrourus alboterminatus 106 Temminck’s courser Cursorius Ceuthmochares aereus 167 Grey hornbill T. nasutus temminckii 130 Blue-headed coucal Trogons 168 Abyssinian ground 107 Water Thick-knee Burhinus Centropw monachus 149 Narina’s Trogon hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus vermiculatus 131 White browed coucal C. Apaloderma narina superciliosw - Barbets and Tinker birds 132 Thick Billed Cuckoo 169 Double-toothed barbet Gulls and Terns Pachyoccyx audeberti Lybius bidentatus 108 White-winged black tern Kingfishers 170 Spotted-flanked barbet L. Chlidoias leucoptrerus 150 Pied kingfisher Ceryle lacrymosus Owls rudis 171 White-headed barbet L. Pigeons and Doves 133 Verreaux’s eagle owl 151 Malachite kingfisher leucocephalus 109 Ring-necked dove Streptopelia Bubo lacteus Alcedo cristata 172 Black-throated barbet L. capicola 134 Scops owl Otus 152 Striped kingfisher melanocephalus 110 Red-eyed dove S. semitorquata senegalisis Halcyon cheiicuti 173 Red-faced barbet L. 111 Laughing dove S.senegalensis 135 African Pearl spotted 153 Chestnut-bellied kingfiser H. rubrifacies 112 Emerald-spotted wood dove owlet glandicium perlatom leucocephala 174 Yellow-rumped tinkerbird Turtur chalcospilos 136 Spotted eagle owl bubo 154 Woodland kingfisher H. Pogoniulus atroflavus 113 Tambourine dove T. africanus senegalensis 175 Yellow-fronted tinkerbird tympanistria  137 African wood owl Strix 155 Pygmy kingfisher Ispidina P. chrysoconus 114 Green pigeon Treron awtralts woodfordii lecontei  176 Black-backed barbet Lybius minor Parrots and Love birds Nightjars Bee-eaters 115 Red-headed lovebird Agapornis 138 African white-tailed 156 White-throated bee-eater Honeyguides pullaria nightjar Caprimulugus Merops albicollis 177 Black-throated 116 Brown parrot Poicephalus natalensis 157 Eurasian bee-eater M. honeyguide Indicator indicator meyeri 139 Black-shouldered nightjar apiaster 178 Lesser honeyguide I. C. nigriscapularis 158 Blue-cheeked bee-eater minor Turacos 140 Freckled nightjar M. persicus 117 Bare-faced go-away bird C.tristigma 159 Little bee-eater M. Woodpeckers Corythaixoides personata 141 Square-tailed nightjar C. pusillus 179 Little spotted woodpecker 118 Eastern grey plantain eater fossii 160 Madagascar bee-eater Campethera cailliautii Crinifer zonurus 142 Pennant-winged nightjar M. supercilliosus 180 Buff-spotted woodpecker 119 Ross’ turaco Musophaga rossae Macrodipteryx vexillarius C. nivosa Rollers 181 Nubian woodpecker C. Cuckoos and Coucals 161 Lilac-breasted roller nubica 120 Didric cuckoo Cercoccyx Coracias caudate 182 Cardinal woodpecker caprius Swifts and Spinetails 162 Broad-billed roller Dendropicos fuscescens 121 Emerald cuckoo C. cupreus 143 Little swift Apus affinis Eurystomus glaucurus 183 Bearded woodpecker 122 Klaas’ cuckoo C. klaas 144 Eurasian swift A. apus Thripias namaquus 123 Black and white cuckoo 145 White-rumped swift A. Hoopoes Clamator jacobinus coffer 163 African Hoopoe Upupa 124 Levaillants cuckoo C. levaillantii epops ii Larks Cuckoo shrikes 230 Grey-backed 254 Dusky flycatcher 184 Red-capped lark 205 Black cuckoo shrike camaroptera Camaroptera Muscicapa adusta Calandrella cinerea Campephaga flava brachyuran 255 Swamp flycatcher M. 185 Rufous-naped lark Mirafra 206 Red-shouldered cuckoo 231 Olive-green camaroptera aguatica Africana shrike C. phoenicea C. chloronota 256 Ashy flycatcher M. 186 Flappet lark M. 232 Papyrus yellow warbler caerulescens rufrcinnamomea Bulbuls Chloropeta gracilirostris 257 Spotted flycatcher 207 Slender-billed greenbul 233 Siffling cisticola Cisticola Muscicapa striata Swallows, Martins and Rough- Andropadus gracilirostris brachyptera 258 Lead-coloured flycatcher wings 210 Little greenbul A. virens 234 Carruthers’ cisticola C. Myioparus plumbeus 187 Striped swallow Hirundo 211 Yellow-throated Greenbull carruthersi 259 Chin-spot batis Batis abyssinica Chlorocichla flavicollis 235 Red-faced cisticola C. molitor 188 Angola swallow H. 212 Common bulbul erythrops 260 Wattle-eye Platysteira atrocaerulea Pycnonotus barbatus 236 Tabora cisticola C. cyanea 189 African rock martin H. fulricapilla 261 Paradise flycatcher fitligula Thrushes, Robins etc. 237 Winding cisticola Terpsiphone viridis 190 Eurasian swallow H. rustica 213 Red-tailed chat Cercomela Cisticola galactotes 191 Rufous-chested swallow H. familiaris 238 Zitting cisticola C. Wagtails, Pipits and semirufa 214 Brown-backed scrub robin juncidis Longclaws 192 Mosque swallow H. Cercotrichas Hartlaubi 239 Croaking cisticola C. 262 Plain-backed pipit Anthus senegaiensis 215 White-browed scrub robin natalensis leucophrys 193 Red-rumped swallow H. C. leucophrys 240 Stout cisticola C. robusta 263 Richard’s pipit A. daurica 216 Robin chat Cossypha caffra 241 Trilling cisticola C. novaeseelandiae 194 White-headed rough-wing 217 White-browed robin chat C. woosnami 264 Grassland pipit A. Psalidoprocne albiceps heuglini 242 Grey-capped warbler cinnamomeus 195 Banded martin Riparia 218 Red-capped robin chat Eminia lepidia 265 Yellow-throated longclaw cincta Cossypha natalensis 243 Green-capped Macronyx croceus 196 Sand martin R. riparia 219 Snowy-headed robin chat eremomela Eremomela 266 African pied wagtail C. niveicapilla scotops Motacilla aguimp 197 Drongo Dicrurits adsimilis 220 Sooty chat Myrmecocichla 244 Green hylia Hylia prasina 267 Yellow wagtail M. flava nigra 245 Buff-belled warbler 198 Black-headed oriole 221 Northern wheatear Phyllolais pulchella Bush Shrikes Oriolui larvatus Oenanthe oenanthe 246 Willow warbler 268 Northern puffback 222 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Pylloscopus trochilus Dryoscopus angolensis 199 Pied crow Corvus albus 223 African thrush Turdud 247 White-chinned prinia 269 Black-headed gonolek pelios Prinia leucopogon Laniarius barbarus 200 White-winged tit Parus 248 Tawny-flanked prinia P. 270 Tropical boubou L. leucomelus Warblers subflava ferrugineus 224 Lesser swamp warbler 249 Moustached warbler 271 Papyrus gonolek L. 201 African Penduline tit Acrocephalus gracilirostris Sphenoeacus mentalis mufumbiri Remiz caroli 225 Greater swamp warbler A. 250 Garden warbler Sylvia 272 Sulphur-breasted bush rufescens borin shrike Malaconotus Babblers 226 Sedge warbler A. 251 Red-faced crombec sulfureopectus 202 Arrow-marked babbler schoenobaenus Sylvietta whytii 273 Brubru Nilaus afer Turdoides jardineii 227 Yellow-breasted apalis 274 Brown-headed tchagra 203 Black-lored babbler T. Apalis flavida Flycatchers Tchagra australis melanops 228 Buff-throated apalis A. 252 Pale flycatcher Bradornis 275 Black-headed tchagra T. 204 Brown babbler T. plebejus rufogularis pallidus senegala 229 White-winged warbler 253 Black flycatcher Bradypterus carpalis Malaenornis edolioides iii Shrikes 289 Red-chested sunbird N. 304Black-headed weaver P. 319 Fawn-breasted waxbill E. 276 Fiscal Lanius collaris erythroceria cucullatus paludicola 277 Red-backed shrike L. collurio 290 Mariqua sunbird N. 305 Masked weaver P. 320 African firefinch 278 Grey-backed fiscal L. miriquensis intermedius Lagonostica rubricata excubitorius 291 Olive sunbird N. olivacea 306 Golden-backed weaver 321 Red-billed firefinch L. 292 Scarlet-chested sunbird N. P. jacksoni senegala Helmet Shrikes stuhlmanni 307 P. luteolus 322 Grey-headed negrofinch 279 Helmet shrike Prionops 293 Variable sunbird N. venusta 308 Yellow-backed weaver P. Nesocharis canicapilla plumata 294 Green-headed sunbird N. melanocephalus 323 Red-cheeked cordon- verticalis 309 Black-necked weaver P. bleu Uraeginthus bengalus Starlings and oxpeckers nigricollis 324 Bronze mannikin 280 Violet-backed starling White-eyes 310 P. Lonchura cucullata Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 295 Yellow white-eye Zosterops ocularis 281 Wattled starling Creatophora senegalensis. 311 Slender-billed weaver P. Buntings, Canaries and cinerea pelzelni Seed-eaters 282 Blue-eared glossy starling Weavers, etc. 312 Holub’s golden weaver P. 325 Golden-breasted bunting Lamprotornis chalybaeus 296 Grosbeak weaver xanthops Emberiza flaviventris 283 Ruppell’s long-tailed glossy Arnblyospiza albifrons 313 Cardinal Quelea 326 Cinnamon-breasted rock starling L. purpuropterus 297 Red-headed weaver cardinalis bunting Emberiza tahapisi 284 Splendid glossy starling L. Anaplectes rubriceps 314 Red-billed quelea Q. 327 Yellow-rumped seed- splendidus 298 White-winged widowbird quelea eater Serinus atrogularis 285 Yellow-billed oxpecker albonotatus 315 Grey-headed sparrow 328 African citril S. Buphagus africanus 299 Red-naped widowbird E. Passer griseus dorsostriatus albonotatus 316 Red-billed firefinch 329 Yellow-fronted canary S. Sunbirds 300 Fan-tailed windowbird E. indigobird Hypochera mozambicus 286 Collared sunbird Anthreptes axillaries chalybeate 330 Brimstone canary S. collaris 301 E. orix 317 Pin-tailed whydah Vidua sulphuratus 287 Olive-bellied sunbird 302 macroura Nectarinia chlropygia baglafecht 288 Copper sunbird N. cuprea 303 Northern brown-throated Waxbills, etc. weaver P. castanops 318 Waxbill Estrilda astrild

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