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PHIRIMA AVION CHECKLIST COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DATE SPOTTED Ostrich Struthio camelus Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus South African Shelduck Tadorna cana Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Lappetfaced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Black-chested (breasted) Snake-eagle Circaetus pectoralis Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Brown Snake-eagle Circaetus cinereus Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila walbergi Little Banded Goshawk (Shikra) Accipiter badius Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus Lanner Falcon Falco biamircus Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera Western Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Rock Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus Red-billed Francolin Pternistes adspersus Orange River Francolin Francolinus levaillantoides Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori Ludwig’s Bustard Ardeotis ludwigii Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista Northern Black Korhaan Eupodotis afraoides Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus Spotted Thick-knee (Dikkop) Burhinus capensis Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus Speckled (Rock) Pigeon Columba guinea Cape Turtle-dove Streptopelia capicola Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Namaqua Dove Oena capensis African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DATE SPOTTED Barn Owl Tyto alba African Scops-owl Otus senegalensis Southern White-faced Scops-owl Otus leucotis Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum Spotted Eagle-owl Bubo africanus Verreaux’s (Giant) Eagle Ow Bubo lacteus European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma Common (European) Swift Apus apus White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Little Swift Apus affinis White-backed Mousebird Colius colius Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata Purple Roller Coracias naevia African Hoopoe Upupa africana Green (Redbilled) Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus Common (Greater) Scimitarbill Phoeniculus cyanomelas African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni Bennett’s Woodpecker Campethera bennettii Bearded Woodpecker Thripias namaquus Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana Eastern Clapper Lark Mirafra fasciolata Fawn-coloured Lark Mirafra africanoides Sabota Lark Mirafra sabota Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki Southern Thick-billed Lark Galerida magnirostris Grey-backed Sparrowlark (Finchlark) Eremopterix verticalis Barn (European) Swallow Hirundo rustica White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata Common House-martin Delichon urbica Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Cape (Black) Crow Corvus capensis Pied Crow Corvus albus Ashy Tit Parus cinerascens Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides 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Finch) Pytilia melba Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatinus Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Black-faced (cheeked) Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DATE SPOTTED Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia Blackthroated Canary Serinus atrogularis Yellow Canary Serinus flaviventris Golden-breasted bunting Emberiza flaviventris Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani .
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