Birds of Mkomazi National Park
Ostrich (Struthionidae) Common Ostrich
Grebes (Podicipedidae) Little Grebe
Pelicans (Pelicanidae) Great White Pelican Pink-backed Pelican
Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) Great Cormorant
Herons (Ardeidae) Black-crowned Night Heron Cattle Egret Squacco Heron Green-backed Heron Yellow-billed egret Great Egret Grey Heron Purple Heron Black-headed Heron
Hamerkops (Scopidae) Hamerkop
Storks (Ciconiidae) White Stork Black Stork Abdim’s Stork Wooly-necked Stork Saddle-billed Stork Marabou Stork African Open-billed Stork Yellow-billed Stork
Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae) Sacred Ibis Hadada Ibis Glossy Ibis African Spoonbill
Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) Lesser Flamingo
Ducks (Anatidae) White-faced Whistling Duck Spur-winged goose Egyptian Goose Knob-billed Duck Cape Teal Garganey Red-billed Teal Hottentot Teal
Secretary Bird (Sagittariidae) Secretary Bird
Hawks and allies (Accipitridae) Black-shouldered kite Black Kite Lammergeier Egyptian Vulture Hooded Vulture African White-backed Vulture Ruppell’s Vulture Lape-faced Vulture White-headed Vulture Black-chested Snake Eagle Brown Snake Eagle Bateleur Harrier Hawk Palid Harrier Montagues Harrier African Marsh Harrier Eurasian Marsh Harrier Gabar Goshawk Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk African Goshawk Shikra Little Sparrowhawk Grasshopper Buzzard Little Buzzard Steppe Buzzard Augur Buzzard Fish Eagle Palm-nut Vulture Lesser Spotted Eagle Tawny Eagle Steppe Eagle Wahlberg's Eagle Verreaux's Eagle African Hawk Eagle Booted Eagle Long-crested Eagle Martial Eagle
Falcons (Falconidae) Pygmy Falcon Lanner Falcon Peregrine Falcon Eurasian Hobby African Hobby Amur Falcon Eleonora’s Falcon Sooty Falcon Lesser Kestrel Common Kestrel
Quail and Francolins (Phasianidae) Blue Quail Harlequin Quail Shelley’s Francolin Crested Francolin Hildebrandt's Francolin Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Guineafowl (Numididae) Crested Guineafowl Vulturine Guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl
Buttonquails (Turnicidae) Common Button-quail
Crakes and allies (Rallidae) Buff-spotted Flufftail African Crake Corncrake Black Crake Red-knobbed Coot
Finfoot (Heliornithidae) African Finfoot
Bustards (Otididae) Kori Bustard Crested Bustard White-bellied Bustard Black-bellied Bustard Hartlaub's Bustard
Jacanas (Jacanidae) African Jacana
Painted-snipes (Rostratulidae) Greater Painted-snipe
Avocets and Stilts (Recurvirostridae) Pied Avocet Black-winged stilts
Thick-knees (Burhinidae) Spotted thick-knee
Coursers and Pratincoles (……. Two-banded Courser Heuglin’s Courser Temminck’s Courser
Plovers (Charadiidae) Blacksmith Plover Senegal Plover Crowned Plover Kittlitz’s Plover Three-banded Plover
Sandpipers and allies (Scolopacidae) Little Stint Curlew Sandpiper Ruff Marsh Sandpiper Greenshank Green Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Common Sandpiper
Gills and Terns (Laridae) Gull-billed Tern Whiskered Tern
Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae) Black-faced Sandgrouse
Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae) African Green Pigeon Tambourine Dove Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Namaqua Dove Red-eyed Dove Ring-necked Dove Laughing Dove
Parrots (Psittacidae) African Orange-bellied Parrot
Turacos (Musophagidae) White-bellied Go-away Bird
Cuckoos and Coucals (Cuculidae) Black and White Cuckoo Great Spotted Cuckoo Black Cuckoo Red-chested Cuckoo Eurasian Cuckoo African Cuckoo Asian Lesser Cuckoo African Emerald Cuckoo Klaas' Cuckoo Diederick Cuckoo Yellowbill White-browed Coucal Black Coucal
Typical Owls (Strigidae) African Scops Owl White-faced Scops Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Pearl-spotted Owlet African Wood Owl
Nightjars (Caprimulgidae) Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar Freckled Nightjar Plain Nighjar European Nightjar Gabon Nightjar Slender-tailed Nightjar
Swifts (Apodidae) Scarce Swift African Palm Swift Common Swift Nyanza Swift Mottled Swift White-rumped Swift Little Swift Alpine Swift
Mousebirds (Colidae) Speckled Mousebird White-headed Mousebird Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons (Trogonidae) Narina Trogon
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) Grey-headed Kingfisher Brown-hooded Kingfisher Striped Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters (Meropidae) Eurasian Bee-eater Madagascar Bee-eater Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Northern Carmine Bee-eater White-throated Bee-eater Little Bee-eater
Rollers (Coraciidae) Eurasian Roller Lilac-breasted Roller Rufous-crowned Roller Broad-billed Roller
Hoopoe (Upupidae) Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes (Phoeniculidae) Green Wood Hoopoe Violet Wood Hoopoe Common Scimitarbill Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills (Bucerotidae) Southern Ground Hornbill Red-billed Hornbill Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Von der Decken's Hornbill Crowned Hornbill African Grey Hornbill Trumpeter Hornbill
Barbets (Lybiidae) Red-fronted tinkerbird Red-fronted barbet Spot-flanked Barbet Black-throated Barbet White-headed Barbet Brown-breasted Barbet Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Red & Yellow Barbet d'Arnaud's Barbet
Honeyguides (Indicatoridae) Greater Honeyguide Lesser Honeyguide
Woodpeckers (Picidae) Nubian Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker
Larks (Alaudidae) Singing Bush Lark Friedmann’s Lark Red-winged Bush Lark Flappet Lark Fawn-coloured Lark Pink-breasted Lark Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Pipits, Wagtails and Longclaws (Motacillidae) African Pied Wagtail Yellow Wagtail Grassland (Richard’s) Pipit Tree Pipit Golden Pipit Pangani Longclaw
Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae) Banded Martin Sand Martin Wire-tailed Swallow Barn Swallow Red-rumped Swallow Mosque Swallow Lesser Striped Swallow African Rock Martin Common House Martin Black Rough-wing Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul Northern Brownbul Yellow-bellied Greenbul Common Bulbul Eastern Nicator
Babblers and Chatterers (Timaliidae) Rufous Chatterer Scaly Chatterer
Thrushes and Chats (Turdidae) Red-capped Robin-Chat White-browed Robin-Chat Spotted Morning Thrush Sprosser White-browed (White-winged) Scrub Robin Rufous Bush Chat Irania Whinchat Northern Wheatear Pied Wheatear Isabeline Wheatear Capped Wheatear Red-tailed Chat Common Rock Thrush Bare-eyed Thrush
Flycatchers (Muscicapidae) Spotted Flycatcher Ashy Flycatcher Southern Black Flycatcher African Grey Flycatcher Pale Flycatcher
Warblers (Sylviidae) Great Reed Warbler Marsh Warbler Olivaceous Warbler Upcher’s Warbler Olive-Tree Warbler Barred Warbler Common Whitethroat Garden Warbler Blackcap Willow Warbler Broad-tailed Warbler Red-faced Cisticola Rock Cisticola Tiny Cisticola Winding Cisticola Croaking Cisticola Rattling Cisticola Ashy Cisticola Siffling Cisticola Zitting Cisticola Desert Cisticola Tawny-flanked Prinia Grey Wren-Warbler Grey-backed Camaroptera Yellow-breasted Apalis Red-fronted Warbler Northern Crombec Red-faced Crombec Somali Long-billed Crombec Yellow-bellied Eremomela Yellow-vented Eremomela
White-eyes (Zosteropidae) Abyssinian White-eye
Tits (Paridae) Northern Grey Tit White-bellied Tit
Penduline Tits (Remizidae) Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit
Monarch Flycatchers (Monarchidae) Afican Paradise Flycatcher
Batises (Platysteiridae) Chin-spot Batis Black-headed Batis Pygmy Batis
Helmet-shrikes (Prionopidae) White-crested Helmet-Shrike Retz’s Helmet Shrike Northern White-crowned Shrike ?????????
Shrikes (Laniidae) Red-backed Shrike Red-tailed Shrike Lesser Grey Shrike Long-tailed Fiscal Taita Fiscal
Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae) Brubru Black-crowned Tchagra Brown-crowned Tchagra Three-streaked Tchagra Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike Four-coloured Bush-shrike Grey-headed Bush Shrike Rosy-patch Bush Shrike Tropical Boubou Slate-coloured Boubou Black-backed Puffback Pringle’s Puffback
Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae) Black Cuckoo Shrike
Drongos (Dicruridae) Drongo
Orioles (Oriolidae) Black-headed Oriole African Golden Oriole Eurasian Golden Oriole
Crows and Ravens (Corvidae) Pied Crow White-naped Raven
Starlings and Oxpeckers (Sturnidae) Red-winged Starling Blue-eared Starling Hildebrant’s Starling Shelley’s Starling Superb Starling Golden-breasted Starling Violet-backed Starling Fischer's Starling Wattled Starling Red-billed Oxpecker Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Sunbirds (Nectariniidae) Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Collared Sunbird Amethyst Sunbird Hunter's Sunbird Variable Sunbird Marico Sunbird Purple-banded Sunbird Black-bellied Sunbird Beautiful Sunbird
Sparrows (Passeridae) Grey-headed Sparrow Parrot-billed Sparrow House Sparrow Chestnut Sparrow Yellow-spotted Petronia
Weavers (Ploceidae) White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Red-billed Buffalo Weaver White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Grosbeak Weaver Black-necked Weaver African Golden Weaver Vitelline Masked Weaver Masked Weaver Black-headed Weaver Chestnut Weaver Red-headed Weaver Red-billed Quelea Cardinal Quelea Fire-fronted Bishop Black-winged Red Bishop Zanzibar Red Bishop Yellow Bishop White-winged Widowbird
Waxbills and Whydahs (Estrildidae) Green-winged Pytilia Peter’s Twinspot Red-billed Firefinch Jameson’s Firefinch Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Blue-capped Cordonbleu Purple Grenadier Crimson-rumped Waxbill Waxbill Black-faced Waxbill Quail-Finch African Silverbill Grey-headed Silverbill Bronze Mannikin Rufous-backed Mannikan Cut-throat Finch Indigobird Pin-tailed Whydah Straw-tailed Whydah Paradise Whydah
Seedeaters and Canaries (Fringillidae) Yellow-rumped Seedeater Yellow-fronted Canary
Buntings (Emberizidae) Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting Somali Golden-breasted Bunting