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The 140 Bird Species Recorded in the Korsman Conservancy Roberts 6 Scientific Name Probability Residence Season Alphabetical Name Full Name 294 Avocet, Pied Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11% 1 All Year 464 Barbet, Black-collared Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus 56% 1 All Year 473 Barbet, Crested Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii 83% 1 All Year 824 Bishop, Southern Red Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix 73% 1 All Year 826 Bishop, Yellow-crowned Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer 14% 1 All Year 78 Bittern, Little Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 7% 3.1 Dec-March 568 Bulbul, Dark-capped Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor 86% 1 All Year 149 Buzzard, Common (Steppe ) Common (Steppe) Buzzard Buteo buteo 1% 3.1 Oct-Apr 130 Buzzard, European Honey European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 3.1 Nov-Apr 870 Canary, Black-throated Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis 11% 1 All Year 677 Cisticola, Levaillant’s Levaillant’s Cisticola Cisticola tinniens 36% 1 All Year 664 Cisticola, Zitting Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 13% 1 All Year 228 Coot, Red-knobbed Red-knobbed coot Fulica cristata 90% 1 All Year 58 Cormorant, Reed Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 77% 1 All Year 55 Cormorant, White-breasted White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus 62% 1 All Year 391 Coucal, Burchell’s Burchell’s Coucal Centropus burchellii 13% 1 All Year 213 Crake, Black Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 7% 1 All Year 548 Crow, Pied Pied crow Corvus albus 30% 1 All Year 386 Cuckoo, Diederik Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 15% 2.2 Oct-Apr 377 Cuckoo, Red-chested Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 1% 2.2 Oct-Apr 60 Darter, African African Darter Anhinga rufa 47% 1 All Year 354 Dove, Cape Turtle Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola 93% 1 All Year 355 Dove, Laughing Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 99% 1 All Year 352 Dove, Red-eyed Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 89% 1 All Year 348 Dove, Rock Rock Dove Columba livia 71% 1 All Year 100 Duck, Fulvous Whistling Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 7% 1 All Year 115 Duck, Knob-billed Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 1% 1 All Year 117 Duck, Maccoa Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa 45% 1 All Year 101 Duck, White-backed White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus 15% 1 All Year 99 Duck, White-faced Whistling White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata 43% 1 All Year 104 Duck, Yellow-billed Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 57% 1 All Year 139 Eagle, Long-crested Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 1% 1 All Year 67 Egret, Little Little Egret Egretta garzetta 19% 1 All Year 71 Egret, Western Cattle Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 45% 1 All Year 68 Egret, Yellow-billed (Intermediate) Yellow-billed (Intermediate) Egret Ardea intermedia 6% 1 All Year 856 Finch, Red-headed Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala 44% 1 All Year 732 Fiscal, Southern (Common) Southern (Common) Fiscal Lanius collaris 83% 1 All Year 96 Flamingo, Greater Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 50% 1 All Year 97 Flamingo, Lesser Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor 2% 1 All Year 710 Flycatcher, African Paradise African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 2% 2.2 Sep-Apr 698 Flycatcher, Fiscal Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens 3% 1 All Year 689 Flycatcher, Spotted Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1% 3.1 Oct-Mar 373 Go-away-bird, Grey Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor 76% 1 All Year 102 Goose, Egyptian Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 94% 1 All Year 116 Goose, Spur-winged Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 50% 1 All Year 7 Grebe, Black-necked Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 1% 1 All Year 6 Grebe, Great Crested Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 55% 1 All Year 8 Grebe, Little Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 84% 1 All Year 203 Guineafowl, Helmeted Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 69% 1 All Year 315 Gull, Grey-headed Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 96% 1 All Year 313 Gull, Lesser Black-backed Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 3% 3.1 Oct-Mar 81 Hamerkop Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 2% 1 All Year 169 Hawk, African Harrier- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus 3% 1 All Year 753 Helmet-shrike, White-crested White-crested Helmet-Shrike Prionops plumatus 1% 1 All Year 69 Heron, Black Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca 9% 1 All Year 76 Heron, Black-crowned Night Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 19% 1 All Year 63 Heron, Black-headed Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 57% 1 All Year 64 Heron, Goliath Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 3% 1 All Year 62 Heron, Grey Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 52% 1 All Year 65 Heron, Purple Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 10% 1 All Year 72 Heron, Squacco Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 44% 3.1 Oct - 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    HWANGE NATIONAL PARK CHECKLIST as at June 2013 R=rare, V=vagrant, ?=confirmation required Common Ostrich Egyptian Vulture V Crested Francolin Black-necked Grebe V Hooded Vulture Shelley's Francolin Little Grebe Cape Vulture Red-billed Spurfowl Great White Pelican White-backed Vulture Natal Spurfowl Pink-backed Pelican Lappet-faced Vulture Swainson's Spurfowl Reed Cormorant White-headed Vulture Harlequin Quail African Darter Black Kite Helmeted Guineafowl Grey Heron Black-shouldered Kite Crested Guineafowl Black-headed Heron V African Cuckoo Hawk Kurrichane Buttonquail Goliath Heron Bat Hawk Wattled Crane Purple Heron V European Honey-buzzard Grey Crowned Crane Great Egret Verreaux's Eagle Corn Crake Little Egret Tawny Eagle African Crake Yellow-billed Egret Steppe Eagle Black Crake Black Heron V Lesser Spotted Eagle Spotted Crake Slaty Egret V Wahlberg's Eagle Baillon's Crake Cattle Egret African Hawk-eagle Striped Crake Squacco Heron V Ayres's Hawk-eagle African Purple Swamphen Green-backed Heron Martial Eagle Allen's Gallinule Rufous-bellied Heron V African Crowned Eagle Common Moorhen Black-crowned Night-heron Brown Snake-eagle Lesser Moorhen White-backed Night-heron Black-chested Snake-eagle Red-knobbed Coot Little Bittern Western Banded Snake-eagle African Finfoot Dwarf Bittern Bateleur Kori Bustard Hamerkop Palm-nut Vulture R Denham's Bustard White Stork African Fish-eagle Red-crested Korhaan Black Stork Steppe Buzzard Black-bellied Bustard Abdim's Stork Lizard Buzzard African Jacana Woolly-necked Stork Ovambo Sparrowhawk Lesser