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Kruger National Park Bird List Kruger National Park Bird List Start of Kruger National Park Safari: _______________________________ End of Kruger National Park Safari: ________________________________ Bird Family Common Name Latin Name Bird Sighted Apalises Bar-Throated Apalis Apalis thoracica Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi Yellow-Breasted Apalis Apalis flavida Avocets Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Babblers Arrow-Marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor Barbets Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas Black-Collared Barbet Lybius torquatus Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii Bat Hawks Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus Batises Cape Batis Batis capensis Chinspot Batis Batis molitor Bee-Eaters Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater Merops persicus European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster Little Bee-Eater Merops pusillus Southern Carmine Bee-Eater Merops nubicoides Swallow-Tailed Bee-Eater Merops hirundineus White-Fronted Bee-Eater Merops bullockoides Bishops Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix Yellow Bishop (Yellow-Rumped Widow) Euplectes capensis Yellow-Crowned (Golden) Bishop Euplectes afer Bitterns Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Boubous Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus Bulbuls Dark-Capped (Black-Eyed) Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor Terrestrial Brownbul (Bulbul) Phyllastrephus terrestris Buntings Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis Cinnamon-Breasted (Rock) Bunting Emberiza tahapisi Golden-Breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris Bustards Black-Bellied Bustard (Korhaan) Eupodotis melanogaster Denham's (Stanley's) Bustard Neotis denhami Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori Buttonquails Small (Kurrichane) Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus Buzzards Augur Buzzard Buteo augur European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus Copyright 2010 Kruger-National-Park-Guide.com Page 1 of 11 Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus Canaries Brimstone (Bully) Canary Serinus sulphuratus Cape Canary Serinus canicollis Forest Canary Serinus scotops Lemon-Breasted Canary Serinus citrinipectus Yellow-Fronted (Yellow-Eyed) Canary Serinus mozambicus Chanting Goshawks Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates Chats African (Common) Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Arnott's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti Buff-Streaked Chat Oenanthe bifasciata Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Cisticolas Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana Red-Faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops Rufous-Winged (Black-Backed) Cisticola Cisticola galactotes Short-Winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais Zitting (Fantailed) Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Cliff-Chats Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Coots Red-Knobbed Coot Fulica cristata Cormorants Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus White-Breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus Coucals Black Coucal Centropus grillii Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchelli Coursers Bronze-Winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii Crakes African Crake Crecopsis egregia Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris Corn Crake Crex rex Cranes Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus Grey (Southern) Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum Crombecs Long-Billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens Crows Cape (Black) Crow Corvus capensis Pied Crow Corvus albus Cuckoo Finches Cuckoo Finch Anomalospiza imberbis Cuckoo Hawks African Cuckoo Hawks Aviceda cuculoides Cuckoos African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus Common (European) Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Diderick (Diederik) Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Copyright 2010 Kruger-National-Park-Guide.com Page 2 of 11 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Jacobin Cuckoo Oxylophus jacobinus Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas Levaillant's (Striped) Cuckoo Oxylophus levaillantii Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii Red-Chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Thick-Billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti Cuckooshrikes Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava Grey Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia White-Breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis Darters African Darter Anhinga rufa Doves African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola Emerald-Spotted (Green-Spotted) Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Lemon (Cinnamon) Dove Aplopedia larvata Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Red-Eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria Drongos Fork-Tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Sqaure-Tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii Ducks African Black Duck Anas sparsa Cape Teal Anas capensis Comb (Knob-Billed) Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota Red-Billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha White-Backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus White-Faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata Yellow-Billed Duck Anas undulata Eagles African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer African Hawk-Eagle Aquila fasciatus Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Aquila ayresii Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina Long-Crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi Egrets Black Heron (Egret) Egretta ardesiaca Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Great (White) Egret Egretta alba Little Egret Egretta garzetta Yellow-Billed Egret Egretta intermedia Eremomelas Burnt-Necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis Copyright 2010 Kruger-National-Park-Guide.com Page 3 of 11 Green-Capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops Yellow-Bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis Falcons (Western) Red-Footed Falcon Falco vespertinus African Hobby Falco cuvierii Amur (Eastern Red-Footed) Falcon Falco amurensis Eurasian (European) Hobby Falco subbuteo Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Red-Necked Falcon Falco chicquera Sooty Falcon Falco concolor Finches Cut-Throat Finch Amadina fasciata Scaly-Feathered Finch Sporopipes squamifrons Finfoots African Finfoot Podica senegalensis Firefinches African (Blue-Billed) Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia Red-Billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Flamingos Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor Flufftails Buff-Spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans Red-Chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa White-Winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi Flycatchers African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta Ashy (Blue-Grey) Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens Black-And-White (Vanga) Flycatcher Bias musicus Blue-Mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis Pale (Mouse-Coloured) Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Francolins Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui Crested Francolin Peliperdix sephaena Grey-Winged Francolin Scleroptila africanus Natal Francolin Pternistes natalensis Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi Gallinules African Purple Swamphen (Purple Gallinule) Porphyrio madagascariensis Allen's (Lesser) Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Geese Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Spur-Winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis Goshawks African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) Accipiter badius Grebes Little Grebe (Dabchick) Tachybaptus ruficollis Greenbuls (African) Yellow-Billed Greenbul (Bulbul) Chlorocichla flaviventris Sombre Greenbul (Bulbul) Andropadus importunus Guineafowls Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Gulls Grey-Headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus Copyright 2010 Kruger-National-Park-Guide.com Page 4 of 11 Hamerkops Hamerkop Scopus umbretta Harrier-Hawks African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) Polyboroides typus Harriers Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Helmet-Shrikes Retz's (Red-Billed) Helmet-Shrike Prionops retzil White-Crested (White) Helmet-Shrike Prionops plumatus Herons (Common) Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Black-Headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Green-Backed Heron Butorides striata Grey Heron Ardea cinera Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Rufous-Bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris White-Backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus Honeybirds Brown-Backed Honeybird (Sharp-Billed Honeyguide) Prodotiscus regulus Honeyguides Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor Scaly-Throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus Hoopoes African Hoopoe Upupa africana Hornbills African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus Red-Billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator House-Martins Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum Hyliotas Southern (Mashona) Hyliota Hyliota australis Ibises African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus Indigobirds Dusky Indigobird (Black Widowfinch) Vidua
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