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Number of species: 1078 Number of endemics: 1 Number of globally threatened species: 35 Number of introduced species: 1 Number of rare/hard see, species: 71 Last modified: December 21, 2018 STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae, (OSTRICHES) Common Ostrich ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae, (DUCKS) White-faced Whistling-Duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck White-backed Duck Comb Duck Hartlaub’s Duck Egyptian Goose Spur-winged Goose African Pygmy-Goose Garganey | www.widewildsafaris.com Hottentot Teal Northern Shoveler Eurasian Wigeon Rare African Black Duck Yellow-billed Duck Red-billed Duck Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Southern Pochard Common Pochard Vulnerable Ferruginous Duck Rare and Near-threatened Tufted Duck Maccoa Duck Rare GALLIFORMES: Numididae, (GUINEAFOWLS) Helmeted Guineafowl Crested Guineafowl GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae, (PARTRIAGE,FRANCOLINS) Stone Partridge Nahan’s Francolin Vulnerable | www.widewildsafaris.com GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae, (QUAILS, FRANCOLINS) Blue Quail Common Quail Harlequin Quail Handsome Francolin Heuglin’s Francolin Scaly Francolin Hildebrandt’s Francolin Jackson’s Francolin Clapperton’s Francolin Yellow-necked Francolin Red-necked Francolin Crested Francolin Coqui Francolin Latham’s Francolin Red-winged Francolin Ring-necked Francolin Near-threatened Orange River Francolin Moorland Francolin | www.widewildsafaris.com Shelley’s Francolin PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae, (GREBES) Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Eared Grebe Rare PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae, (FLAMINGOS) Greater Flamingo Lesser Flamingo Near-threatened PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae, (PETRELS) Southern Giant-Petrel Rare CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae, (STORKS) African Openbill Black Stork Abdim’s Stork Woolly-necked Stork White Stork Saddle-billed Stork | www.widewildsafaris.com Marabou Stork Yellow-billed Stork SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae, (CORMORANTS) Long-tailed Cormorant Great Cormorant SULIFORMES: Anhingidae, (DARTERS) African Darter PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae, (PELICANS) Great White Pelican Pink-backed Pelican PELECANIFORMES: Balaenicipitidae, (SHOEBILL) Shoebill Vulnerable PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae, (HAMERHEAD) Hamerkop PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae, (BETERNS, HERONS, EGRETS) | www.widewildsafaris.com Great Bittern Rare Little Bittern Dwarf Bittern White-crested Bittern Rare Gray Heron Black-headed Heron Goliath Heron Purple Heron Great Egret Intermediate Egret Little Egret Western Reef-Heron Rare Black Heron Cattle Egret Squacco Heron Madagascar Pond-Heron Rare and Endangered Rufous-bellied Heron Striated Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron White-backed Night-Heron | www.widewildsafaris.com PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae, (IBISES, SPOONBILLS) Glossy Ibis Sacred Ibis Olive Ibis Spot-breasted Ibis Hadada Ibis Eurasian Spoonbill African Spoonbill ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae, (SECRETARYBIRD, “RAPTOR”) Secretarybird Vulnerable ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae, (OSPREY, “RAPTOR”) Osprey ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae, (RAPTORS) Black-shouldered Kite Scissor-tailed Kite African Harrier-Hawk Palm-nut Vulture | www.widewildsafaris.com Bearded Vulture Near-threatened Egyptian Vulture Endangered European Honey-buzzard African Cuckoo-Hawk White-headed Vulture Critically endangered Lappet-faced Vulture Endangered Hooded Vulture Critically endangered White-backed Vulture Critically endangered Rüppell’s Griffon Critically endangered Bateleur Near-threatened Congo Serpent-Eagle Short-toed Snake-Eagle Rare Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle Vulnerable Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Brown Snake-Eagle Banded Snake-Eagle Bat Hawk Crowned Eagle Near-threatened Martial Eagle Vulnerable Long-crested Eagle | www.widewildsafaris.com Lesser Spotted Eagle Greater Spotted Eagle Vulnerable Wahlberg’s Eagle Booted Eagle Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle Tawny Eagle Steppe Eagle Endangered Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle Verreaux’s Eagle African Hawk-Eagle Lizard Buzzard Dark Chanting-Goshawk Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Gabar Goshawk Grasshopper Buzzard Eurasian Marsh-Harrier African Marsh-Harrier Pallid Harrier Near-threatened Montagu’s Harrier Red-chested Goshawk | www.widewildsafaris.com African Goshawk Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Shikra Levant Sparrowhawk Rare Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Little Sparrowhawk Ovambo Sparrowhawk Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Black Goshawk Long-tailed Hawk Black Kite African Fish-Eagle Common Buzzard Mountain Buzzard Near-threatened Long-legged Buzzard Red-necked Buzzard Augur Buzzard OTIDIFORMES: Otididae, (BUSTARDS) Kori Bustard Near-threatened | www.widewildsafaris.com Denham’s Bustard Near-threatened White-bellied Bustard Buff-crested Bustard Black-bellied Bustard Hartlaub’s Bustard GRUIFORMES: Rallidae, (HENS, CRAKES) Nkulengu Rail Corn Crake African Rail African Crake Striped Crake Rare Spotted Crake Rare Black Crake Little Crake Rare Baillon’s Crake Rare Allen’s Gallinule African Swamphen Eurasian Moorhen Lesser Moorhen | www.widewildsafaris.com Red-knobbed Coot GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae, (FLUFFTAILS) Gray-throated Rail White-spotted Flufftail 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    South-central African and Miombo woodland endemics List of birds most easily seen in southern Africa but NOT South Africa (primarily Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, etc.) Primarily in Miombo Woodland unless other habitat stated in "Notes" column "Good places to see it" column - Many of these birds also occur in DRC, Angola and Zimbabwe Page Common Name # Good places to see it Notes Zambia Malawi Lilian's Lovebird 216 Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Mopane woodland 1 1 Black-cheeked Lovebird 216 Zambian endemic Mopane woodland 1 Racket-tailed Roller 278 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Pale-billed Hornbill 294 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Anchieta's Barbet 298 Zambia 1 Whyte's Barbet 298 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Chaplin's Barbet 302 Zambian endemic fig savannah 1 Miombo Pied Barbet 304 Malawi, Zambia 1 1 Pallid Honeyguide 312 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Black-and-rufous Swallow 358 Zambia grassland 1 Angolan Cliff Swallow 362 Zambia rivers 1 Fülleborn's Longclaw 366 Zambia moist grassy areas 1 Rosy-throated Longclaw 368 Mozambique, Zambia, South Africa moist grassy areas 1 Grimwood's Longclaw 368 Zambia moist grassy areas 1 Woodland Pipit 372 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Short-tailed Pipit 374 Zambia 1 Miombo Tit 392 Malawi, Zambia 1 1 non-miombo populations in West Spotted Creeper 396 Malawi, Zambia Africa 1 1 Boulder Chat 398 Botswana wooded rocky hillsides 1 Cabanis's Greenbul 414 Zambia forest 1 Grey-olive Greenbul 416 Malawi, Zambia forest 1 1 Black-collared Bulbul 426 Zambia forest 1 1 Miombo Rock Thrush 434 Malawi, Zambia 1 1 Miombo
  • Ethiopian Endemics I 11Th to 29Th January 2014 & Lalibela Historical Extension 29Th January to 1St February 2014

    Ethiopian Endemics I 11Th to 29Th January 2014 & Lalibela Historical Extension 29Th January to 1St February 2014

    Ethiopian Endemics I 11th to 29th January 2014 & Lalibela Historical Extension th st 29 January to 1 February 2014 Trip report Abyssinian Roller by Markus Lilje Tour leaders: Wayne Jones & Andrew Stainthorpe. Trip report compiled by Wayne Jones RBT Ethiopian Endemics I Trip Report 2014 2 Top 10 birds as voted by participants: 1. Ruspoli’s Turaco 2. Abyssinian Roller 3. Half-collared Kingfisher 4. Fox Kestrel 5. Abyssinian Ground Thrush 6. Nile Valley Sunbird 7. Hartlaub’s Bustard 8. Quailfinch 9. Abyssinian Catbird 10. Abyssinian Woodpecker Tour Summary Our tour kicked off in the grounds of our hotel in Addis Ababa on what was, essentially, an arrival day. Despite its location in the middle of the bustling and chaotic capital city, the gardens yielded a good selection of birds including Wattled Ibis, African Harrier-Hawk, White-collared Pigeon, African Paradise Flycatcher, Brown Parisoma, Dusky Turtle Dove, Abyssinian Thrush, Montane White-eye, Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher, Brown-rumped Seedeater and Ruppell’s Robin-Chat. Common Cranes by Adam Riley We set out early the following morning so as to arrive at Lake Chelekcheka just after dawn, when the hundreds of Common Cranes that roost there start becoming active amid a cacophony of guttural bugling. With waves of cranes passing over us on their way to forage in the fields, we found plenty of other waterbirds including Northern Shoveler, Spur-winged Goose, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Teal, Greater and Lesser Flamingos, Spur-winged Lapwing, Three-banded Plover, Black-tailed Godwit and Temminck’s Stint. Yellow Wagtails abounded and one of the area’s specials, the tiny and gorgeous Quailfinch, gave excellent views.