List of Birds observed in Bonga and the surrounding area

FAMILY / ORDER LATIN NAME VERNACULAR NAME ORDER PELECANIFORMES Phalacrocorax 1. Phalacrocoracidae africanus Long-tailed Cormorant 2. Anhingidae Anhinga rufa Darter ORDER CICONIIFORMES 3. Ardeidae Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret Ardea cinerea Grey Heron Ardea melanocephala Black-headed Heron 4. Scopidae Scopus umbretta Hamerkop 5. Ciconiidae Ciconia abdimii Abdim’s Stork Ciconia episcopus Wooly -necked stork Ciconia ciconia White Stork Mycteria ibis Yellow -billed stork Bostrychia 6. Threskiornithidae hagedash Hadada Ibis Bostrychia carunculata Wattled Ibis ORDER ANSERIFORMES Alopochen 7. Anatidae aegyptiacus Egyptian Goose Anas sparsa African Black Duck ORDER FALCONIFORMES 8. Accipitridae Milvus aegypticus Yellow -billed Kite Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Gyps africanus White -backed Vulture Gyps ruppellii Ruppell’s Vulture Circaetus gallicus Short -toed Snake -eagle Terathopius ecaudatus Bateleur Polyboroides typus African Harrier Hawk Accipiter Red -breasted/Rufous -chested Sparrow rufiventris hawk Accipiter minullus Little Sparrowhawk Buteo augur Augur Buzzard Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle Lophoaetus occipitalis Long-crested Eagle ORDER GALLIFORMES Francolinus 10. Phasianidae squamatus Scaly Francolin FAMILY / ORDER LATIN NAME VERNACULAR NAME Francolinus castaneicollis Chestnut-napped Francolin ORDER GRUIFORMES Balearica 11. Gruidae pavonina Black Crowned Crane Bugeranus carunculatus Wattled crane Ruogetius 12. Rallidae rougetii Rouget’s Rail Podica 13. Heliornithidae senegalensis African Finfoot ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES 14. Scolopacidae Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper Tringa hypolucos Common Sandpiper ORDER COLUMBIFORMES 15. Columbidae Columba guinea Speckled Pigeon Columba arquatrix African Olive Pigeon (Rameron Pigeon) Streptopelia lugens Dusky (Pink-breasted) Turtle Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Red-eyed Dove Turtur chalcospilos Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur tympanistria Tambourine Dove ORDER CUCULIFORMES 17. Musophagidae Tauraco leucotis White -cheeked Turaco Centropus 18. Cuculidae monachus Blue-headed Coucal ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES Caprimulgus 20. Caprimulgidae poliocephalus Abyssinian/Montane Nihgtjar ORDER COLIIFORMES 20. Coliidae Colius striatus Speckled Mouse Bird ORDER TROGONIFORMES Apaloderma 21. Trogonidae narina Narina Trogon ORDER CORACIIFORMES Alcedo 22. Alcedinidae semitorquata Half-collared Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti Striped Kingfisher FAMILY / ORDER LATIN NAME VERNACULAR NAME 23. Meropidae Merops pusillus Little Bee -eater Merops variegatus Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops albicollis White -throated Bee -eater Merops apaister European Bee -eater Eurystomus 24. Coraciidae glaucurus Broad-billed Roller Tockus 25. Bucerotidae alboterminatus Crowned Hornbill Bycanistes brevis Silvery -cheeked Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus Abyssinian Ground Hornbill ORDER PICIFORMES 26. Capitonidae Lybius undatus Banded Barbet Dendropicos 28. Picidae spodocephalus Grey-headed Woodpecker ORDER PASSERIFORMES Psalidoprocne Hirundinidae prestoptera Black Saw-wing Riparia paludicola African Sand Martin Hirundo abyssinica Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow Hirundo aethiopica Ethiopian Swallow Motacillidae - Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail Motacilla aguimp African Pied Wagtail Anthus cinnamomeus African Grassland/ Richard’s Pipit Macronyx flavicollis Abyssinian Longclaw 31. Campephagidae Coracina caesia Grey Cuckoo -shrike Pycnonotus 32. Pycnonotidae barbatus Common Bulbul Turdus 33. Turdidae abyssinicus Mountain/Olive Thrush Psophocichla litsipsirupa Ground-scraper Thrush Saxicola rubetra Whinchat Oenanthe oenanthe Northern Wheatear 35. Muscicapidae Muscicapa adusta Dusky Flycatcher 36. Platysteiridae Batis orientalis Grey -headed Batis Terpsiphone 37. Monarchidae viridis Paradise Flycatcher FAMILY / ORDER LATIN NAME VERNACULAR NAME Turdoides 38. Timaliidae leucopygius White-rumped Babbler Nectarinia 41. Nectariniidae senegalensis Scarlet-chested Sunbird Nectarinia venusta Variable Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze Tacazze Sunbird Zosterops 42. Zosteropidae poligastrus Montane White-eye 43. Oriolidae Oriolus monacha Abyssinian Black -headed Oriole 44. Laniidae Lanius collaris Fiscal Shrike Laniarius aethiopicus Tropical Boubou 45. Corvidae Corvus capensis Black Crow Corvus crassirostris Thick-billed Raven Onychognathus 46. Sturnidae tenuirostris Slender-billed Starling Lamprotornis chaylbaeus Greater Blue-eared Starling Buphagus erythrohynchus Red-billed Oxpecker 47. Passeridae Passer swainsonii Swainson’s Sparrow Ploceus 48. Ploceidae baglafecht Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Village Weaver Lagonosticta 49. Estrildidae senegala Red-billed Firefinch 50. Viduidae Vidua chalybeata Village Indigobird Vidua macroura Pintailed Whydah Serinus 51. Fringillidae citrinelloides African Citril Serinus striolatus Streaky Seed -eater