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South Africa Checklist 15Th to 27Th January 2006 [Bird List Follows That of the SLBR] South Africa Checklist 15th to 27th January 2006 [bird list follows that of the SLBR] Date Sites 15th January Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria / en route to Shiluvari Lakeside Lodge 16th January Shiluvari Lakeside Lodge / Albasini Dam / Muirhead Dam 17th January Kruger National Park: Punda Maria Gate to Shingwedzi Rest Camp + night game drive 18th January Kruger National Park: Shingwedzi Rest Camp via Mopani Rest Camp to Punda Maria Rest Camp + night game drive 19th January Kruger National Park: Punda Maria Rest Camp via Pafuri/Crooks Corner (out of KNP) to Mopane Bush Lodge 20th January Mapungubwe National Park / Den Staat Dam 21st January Mopane Bush Lodge to Makulu Makete via Ratho Bush Camp 22nd January Makulu Makete 23rd January Makulu Makete to Harnham House via Spies Dam/roads 24th January Roodewal Forset / Entabeni Forset / Muirhead Dam 25th January Hanglip Forest / Buzzard Mountain Retreat 26th January Harnham House to Nylsvley via Polokwane Game Reserve / Vogelsfontein 27th January Nylsvley Nature Reserve / Roodeplaat Dam column * = 1 = should be seen: 2 = may be seen: 3 = diffucult to see birds in bold = South African endemics/near-endemics English Name Latin Name * trip 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th Roberts 1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 3 1 1 1 6 8 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 1 1 1 8 49 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 3 49 50 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 3 50 55 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax [c.] lucidus 1 1 1 1 1 55 58 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 58 60 African Darter Anhinga rufa 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 60 62 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 62 63 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 1 1 1 1 1 1 63 64 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 1 1 1 1 1 64 65 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1 1 1 65 66 Great Egret Egretta alba 1 1 1 1 66 67 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 67 68 Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia 2 68 69 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca 3 69 71 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 71 72 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 1 1 1 1 1 72 74 Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus 1 1 1 1 1 74 75 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris 3 75 76 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1 76 77 White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus 2 77 78 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 1 78 79 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii 3 1 1 79 81 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 81 83 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 1 1 1 1 1 1 83 84 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 2 1 1 1 84 85 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 1 1 1 85 86 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 2 1 1 86 87 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus 1 1 1 87 88 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 1 88 89 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus 1 1 1 1 1 1 89 90 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 90 English Name Latin Name trip 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th English Name Latin Name trip 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 91 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 1 1 1 1 1 91 93 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 2 93 94 Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 94 95 African Spoonbill Platalea alba 1 1 1 1 1 1 95 96 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 3 96 97 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor 3 97 99 White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 99 100 Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 2 1 1 100 101 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus 3 101 102 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 102 104 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 1 1 1 1 104 105 African Black Duck Anas sparsa 1 1 1 1 1 1 105 106 Cape Teal Anas capensis 2 106 107 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota 2 1 1 107 108 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha 2 1 1 1 108 112 Cape Shoveler Anas smithii 3 112 113 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma 3 1 1 113 114 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus 2 114 115 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 115 116 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 116 118 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius 2 118 120 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 3 120 121 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 2 121 122 Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres 1 1 1 122 123 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 123 123.1 Ruppell's Vulture Gyps rueppellii 3 123.1 124 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus 1 124 125 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 2 1 1 1 125 126 Black Kite Milvus migrans 3 1 1 126 126.1 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus [m.] aegyptius 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 126.1 127 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 127 128 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides 2 128 129 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus 3 129 English Name Latin Name trip 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th English Name Latin Name trip 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 130 European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus 3 130 131 Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii 1 1 1 1 1 131 132 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 1 1 1 1 1 1 132 133 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 2 1 1 133 134 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina 2 1 1 134 135 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi 1 1 1 1 1 1 135 136 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 3 136 137 African Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster 2 1 1 137 138 Ayres' Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii 1 138 139 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 1 1 1 1 1 139 140 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 2 1 1 1 140 141 African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus 1 1 1 1 141 142 Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus 1 1 1 1 1 1 142 143 Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis 1 1 1 1 143 146 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 1 1 1 1 1 146 148 African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 148 149 Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 149 150 Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus 2 150 152 Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus 1 1 1 152 153 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 3 153 154 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 2 154 155 Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris 3 155 156 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis 2 1 1 156 157 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus 1 1 1 1 157 158 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 3 158 159 Shikra Accipiter badius 1 159 160 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro 1 160 161 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar 1 1 1 161 162 Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus 1 1 1 1 162 163 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates 1 1 1 163 164 Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus 3 164 165 African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus 3 165 166 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 2 166 English Name Latin Name trip 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th English Name Latin Name trip 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 167 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 2 167 169 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus 1 1 1 1 1 169 170 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2 1 1 170 171 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 2 1 1 171 172 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 2 1 1 1 172 173 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 3 1 1 173 174 African Hobby Falco cuvierii 3 174 179 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 3 179 180 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 180 181 Rock Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1 1 1 1 1 1 181 182 Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides 2 182 183 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 3 183 185 Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni 3 185 188 Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui 2 188 189 Crested Francolin Peliperdix sephaena 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 189 191 Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi 1 191 196 Natal Francolin Pternistes natalensis 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 196 199 Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistes swainsonii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 199 200 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 2 200 201 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei 2 1 1 201 203 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 203 204 Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani 1 204 205 Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica 2 205 206 Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nana 3 206 209 Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum 3 1 1 209 211 Corn Crake Crex crex 3 211 212 African Crake Crecopsis egregia 3 212 213 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 213 215 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 3 215 216 Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis 3 216 217 Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa 3 217 218 Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans 1 218 221 Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis 3 221 English Name Latin Name trip 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th English Name Latin Name trip 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 223 African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio [p.] madagascariensis 3 223 224 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrula alleni 2 224 226 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 1 1 1 226 227 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata 2 227 228 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 2 1 1 1 1 228 229 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis 2 229 230 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 1 230 237 Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 237 238 Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster 3 238 240 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 1 1 1 1 1 1 240 242 Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis 2 242 245 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 3 245 246 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus 3 246 248 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 1 1 1 248 249 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 249 252 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 3 1 1 252 255 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 255 256 Senegal
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