Checklist of the Birds of Wami-Mbiki Wildlife Management Area, Tanzania

Jason Riggio Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology University of California Davis, CA 95616, USA

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This checklist notes 403 bird species likely to be recorded in Wami-Mbiki Wildlife Management Area (WMA). I personally observed 220 species in February, September and October 2014 and November 2015. These observations are noted by an asterisk (*) preceding the species common name. Most of the remaining 183 species are those noted in or around the WMA by observations compiled by the Tanzania Bird Atlas (tanzaniabirdatlas.com), with maps viewed on TanzaniaBirds.net. For species without a list of direct observations, I used range maps and descriptions published by BirdLife International (birdlife.org/datazone) and the first edition (2002) of Birds of East Africa by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe. I have followed the common names and taxonomy of BirdLife International’s Taxonomic Checklist version 7.0 (updated July 2014). As the most comprehensive field guide covering the region surrounding Wami-Mbiki is Birds of East Africa by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe, I have included any variations in common nomenclature in parentheses next to the BirdLife International names.

Conservation Importance

This checklist highlights Wami-Mbiki WMA’s conservation value as a potential “Important Bird Area” as it likely meets at least two of BirdLife International’s listing criteria: A1 (containing globally threatened species) and A3 (containing biome-restricted species). Parts of three biome- restricted species assemblages occur in Wami-Mbiki (species noted by an * are confirmed):

A08 – Somali-Masai Biome 1. *Von der Decken’s Hornbill Tockus deckeni 3. *Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi 2. *Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus 4. Rufous Chatterer Turdoides rubiginosa

A09 – East African Coast Biome 1. *Southern Banded Snake-Eagle 8. Kretschmer’s Longbill Circaetus fasciolatus Macrosphenus kretschmeri 2. *Brown-headed Parrot 9. *Pale Batis Batis soror Poicephalus cryptoxanthus 10. *(Little) Yellow Flycatcher 3. *Brown-breasted Barbet Erythrocercus holochlorus Pogonornis melanopterus 11. Zanzibar (Red) Bishop 4. Fischer’s Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri Euplectes nigroventris 5. Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis 12. *Black-bellied Glossy-Starling 6. Four-coloured Bush-Shrike Lamprotornis corruscus Telophorus quadricolor 13. Green-headed Oriole 7. *Chestnut-fronted Helmet-Shrike Oriolus chlorocephalus Prionops scopifrons

A10 – Zambezian Biome 1. *Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni 6. *Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus 2. *Böhm’s Bee-eater Merops boehmi 7. *Miombo Wren-Warbler 3. *Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus Camaroptera undosa 4. *Pale-billed Hornbill 8. *Rufous-bellied Tit Parus rufiventris Lophoceros pallidirostris 9. *Shelley’s Sunbird Nectarinia shelleyi 5. *White-headed Black Chat 10. Broad-tailed (Paradise) Whydah Myrmecocichla arnoti Vidua obtusa

According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the following 9 birds likely to be found in Wami-Mbiki are at risk of extinction (iucnredlist.org), with another 7 listed as “Near Threatened” (species noted by an * are confirmed).

Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus (CE) Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (NT) *(African) White-backed Vulture Great Snipe Gallinago media (NT) Gyps africanus (CE) *Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus (NT) Rüppell’s (Griffon) Vulture Gyps rueppelli (CE) *Southern Banded Snake-Eagle *White-headed Vulture Circaetus fasciolatus (NT) Trigonoceps occipitalis (CE) (African) Crowned Eagle Madagascar (Squacco) Pond-Heron Stephanoaetus coronatus (NT) Ardeola idae (EN) Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (NT) Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos (EN) Sooty Falcon Falco concolor (NT) Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (EN) *Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus (VU) *Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri (VU)

Order Galliformes Order Caprimulgiformes

GUINEAFOWL NIGHTJARS Family Numididae Family Caprimulgidae

*Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris European (Eurasian) Nightjar *Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani Caprimulgus europaeus *Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis FRANCOLIN & QUAIL *Mozambique (Square-tailed) Nightjar Family Phasianidae Caprimulgus fossii

*Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei SWIFTS & SPINETAILS *Red-necked Francolin (Spurfowl) Pternistis afer Family Apodidae *Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena *Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri Böhm’s Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi *African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus Order Anseriformes *White-rumped Swift Apus caffer *Little Swift Apus affinis DUCKS & GEESE *Common (Eurasian) Swift Apus apus Family Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata Order Cuculiformes White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca CUCKOOS & COUCALS Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis Family Cuculidae African Comb (Knob-billed) Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos *White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus *Whistling Yellowbill Ceuthmochares australis *Jacobin (Black-and-white) Cuckoo Order Podicipediformes Clamator jacobinus Levaillant’s Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii GREBES Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Family Podicipedidae *Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti *Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas *Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus *Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Order Columbiformes Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus *Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus PIGEONS & DOVES *African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis Family Columbidae (Asian) Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus

*Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata *Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola Order Gruiformes Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis *Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos FINFOOTS Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer Family Heliornithidae Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria *Namaqua Dove Oena capensis African Finfoot Podica senegalensis *African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus RAILS, CRAKES & GALLINULES Family Rallidae

African Crake Crex egregia Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea *Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Order Otidiformes Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Purple Heron Ardea purpurea BUSTARDS *Great White Egret Ardea alba Family Otididae *Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia Black Heron (Egret) Egretta ardesiaca *Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster *Little Egret Egretta garzetta

HAMERKOP Order Musophagiformes Family Scopidae

TURACOS *Hamerkop Scopus umbretta Family Musophagidae PELICANS Family Pelecanidae *Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor *Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

Order Ciconiiformes Order Suliformes STORKS Family Ciconiidae CORMORANTS Family Phalacrocoracidae *Marabou (Stork) Leptoptilos crumenifer Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis *Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus *African Openbill (Stork) Anastomus lamelligerus Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii African Woolyneck (Stork) Ciconia microscelis DARTERS *White Stork Ciconia ciconia Family Anhingidae

African Darter Anhinga rufa

Order Pelecaniformes

IBISES & SPOONBILLS Order Charadriiformes Family Threskiornithidae THICK-KNEES African Spoonbill Platalea alba Family Burhinidae African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus *Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash *Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus *Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis

HERONS, EGRETS & BITTERNS STILTS Family Ardeidae Family Recurvirostridae

Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii White-backed Night-Heron Calherodius leuconotus PLOVERS & LAPWINGS Family Charadriidae Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

*Green-backed (Striated) Heron Butorides striata *Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Madagascar (Squacco) Pond-Heron Kittlitz’s Plover Charadrius pecuarius Ardeola idae (EN) African Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus TYPICAL OWLS Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Family Strigidae *Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum *African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense PAINTED-SNIPES *African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis Family Rostratulidae Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis *Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus JACANAS Family Jacanidae Order Accipitriformes *African Jacana Actophilornis africanus OSPREY SANDPIPERS & ALLIES Family Pandionidae Family Scolopacidae Osprey Pandion haliaetus Ruff Calidris pugnax Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (NT) HAWKS, EAGLES, & VULTURES Little Stint Calidris minuta Family Accipitridae Great Snipe Gallinago media (NT) Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Black-winged (Black-shouldered) Kite *Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Elanus caeruleus *Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus *European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola *African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis *Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis *Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus (NT) BUTTONQUAILS *Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis Family Turnicidae Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus *Southern Banded Snake-Eagle *Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus Circaetus fasciolatus (NT) *White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis (CE) COURSERS & PRATINCOLES Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus (CE) Family Glareolidae *(African) White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus (CE) *Bronze-winged (Violet-tipped) Courser Rüppell’s (Griffon) Vulture Gyps rueppelli (CE) Rhinoptilus chalcopterus *Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos (EN) *Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola (African) Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus (NT) TERNS *Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus (VU) Family Laridae Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus *Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (EN) *African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster Order Strigiformes Wahlberg’s Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus BARN-OWLS Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii Family Tytonidae *Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus *Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates Common Barn Owl Tyto alba *Gaber Goshawk Micronisus gabar Western (Eurasian) Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus Order Coraciiformes Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (NT) *Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus BEE-EATERS *African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro Family Meropidae *Shikra Accipiter badius Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus *White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides Black (Great) Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus *White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis *African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus *Black Kite Milvus migrans Olive (Madagascar) Bee-eater Merops superciliosus Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis *Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus *Augur Buzzard Buteo augur *European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Eurasian (Common) Buzzard Buteo buteo *Böhm’s Bee-eater Merops boehmi *Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus *Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Order Coliiformes ROLLERS MOUSEBIRDS Family Coraciidae Family Coliidae Purple (Rufous-crowned) Roller Coracias naevius *Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus *Racquet-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus *Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus *Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus *European Roller Coracias garrulus *Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Order Trogoniformes KINGFISHERS TROGONS Family Alcedinidae Family Trogonidae African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus *Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima *Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

*Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Order Bucerotiformes *Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris

*Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti HORNBILLS Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis Family Bucerotidae

*Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri (VU) Order Piciformes *Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris *African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus AFRICAN BARBETS *Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus Family Lybiidae *Von der Decken’s Hornbill Tockus deckeni *Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator *Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis HOOPOES Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus Family Upupidae *Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus *Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa *Common (African) Hoopoe Upupa epops *Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus *Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus WOODHOOPOES Family Phoeniculidae HONEYGUIDES Family Indicatoridae *Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus *Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas *Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus *Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator WOODPECKERS Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata Family Picidae HELMET-SHRIKES, BUSH-SHRIKES & *Reichenow’s (Speckle-throated) Woodpecker ALLIES Campethera scriptoricauda Family Malaconotidae Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni *Little Spotted (Green-backed) Woodpecker *White (White-crested) Helmet-Shrike Campethera cailliautii Prionops plumatus *Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens *Retz’s Helmet-Shrike Prionops retzii *Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus *Chestnut-fronted Helmet-Shrike Prionops scopifrons *Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike Order Falconiformes Telophorus sulfureopectus *Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti FALCONS Four-coloured Bush-Shrike Telophorus quadricolor Family Falconidae Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minutus *Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus *Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus *Ethiopian (Tropical) Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus *Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni *Brubru Nilaus afer Red-necked Falcon Falco ruficollis Amur Falcon Falco amurensis CUCKOO-SHRIKES Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae Family Campephagidae Sooty Falcon Falco concolor (NT) *Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo *White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis African Hobby Falco cuvierii *Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus SHRIKES Family Laniidae

Order Psittaciformes White-rumped (Northern White-crowned) Shrike Eurocephalus rueppelli PARROTS *Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Family Psittacidae *Rufous-tailed (Isabelline) Shrike Lanius isabellinus Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus robustus *Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi *Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus Common Fiscal Lanius collaris

ORIOLES

Family Oriolidae Order Passeriformes

*Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus BROADBILLS *African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus Family Eurylaimidae Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus

*African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus African Broadbill Smithornis capensis

DRONGOS WATTLE-EYES & BATISES Family Dicruridae Family Platysteiridae

*Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii *Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus *Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Short-tailed (Forest) Batis Batis mixta

Chinspot Batis Batis molitor

*Pale Batis Batis soror

Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor

MONARCH FLYCATCHERS Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis Family Monarchidae *Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus *African (Blue-mantled) Crested-Flycatcher *Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Trochocercus cyanomelas Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus *African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis *Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida *(Little) Yellow Flycatcher Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala Erythrocercus holochlorus *Green-backed (Grey-backed) Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura CROWS & RAVENS *Miombo Wren-Warbler Camaroptera undosa Family Corvidae BULBULS *House Crow Corvus splendens Family Pycnonotidae *Pied Crow Corvus albus *White-necked (White-naped) Raven *Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Corvus albicollis Little Greenbul Andropadus virens *(Zanzibar) Sombre Greenbul TITS Andropadus importunus Family Paridae Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris Fischer’s Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri White-winged Tit Parus leucomelas *Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllasterphus terrestris *Rufous-bellied Tit Parus rufiventris *Northern Brownbul Phyllasterphus stepitans Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris PENDULINE-TITS Yellow-streaked Greenbul Family Remizidae Phyllastrephus flavostriatus Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis *African Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli *Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis

SWALLOWS & MARTINS OLD WORLD WABLERS Family Sylviidae Family Hirundinidae (African) Moustached Grass-Warbler Blue (Black) Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera Melocichla mentalis *Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus *Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus *Lesser Striped-Swallow Hirundo abyssinica Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris *Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina *Northern (Common) House-Martin Kretschmer’s Longbill Macrosphenus kretschmeri Delichon urbicum *Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus LARKS *Yellow-bellied Eremomela Family Alaudidae Eremomela icteropygialis *Greencap Eremomela Eremomela scotops Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana *Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii *Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Fisher’s Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia BABBLERS CISTICOLAS & ALLIES Family Timaliidae Family Cisticolidae Rufous Chatterer Turdoides rubiginosa Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops *Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii *Singing Cisticola Cisitcola cantans Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami *Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes WHITE-EYES *Amethyst Sunbird Nectarinia amethystina Family Zosteropidae *Scarlet-chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis Variable Sunbird Nectarinia venusta African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis *Shelley’s Sunbird Nectarinia shelleyi *Purple-banded Sunbird Nectarinia bifasciata STARLINGS Family Sturnidae SPARROWS & ALLIES Family Passeridae *Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis corruscus White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali *Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling *House Sparrow Passer domesticus Lamprotornis chalybaeus Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus *Southern Blue-eared Glossy-Starling *Yellow-throated Petronia Petronia superciliaris Lamprotornis elisabeth *Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus WEAVERS & ALLIES *Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Family Ploceidae *Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger THRUSHES Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons Family Turdidae *Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius *Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis Red-tailed Ant-Thursh Neocossyphus rufus *African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus *Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus Vitelline Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus *Village (Black-headed) Weaver Ploceus cucullatus CHATS & OLD WORLD FLYCATHCERS *Forest (Dark-backed) Weaver Ploceus bicolor Family Muscicapidae *Red-headed Weaver Anapllectes rubriceps Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia *Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea *White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus *Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis Zanzibar (Red) Bishop Euplectes nigroventris Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis *Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris *(Eastern) Bearded Scrub-Robin *White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus Erythropygia quadrivirgata *Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens *Red-backed (White-browed) Scrub-Robin Erythropygia leucophrys WAXBILLS & ALLIES Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Family Estrildidae Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris *White-headed Black Chat Myrmecocichla arnoti *Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra *Rufous-tailed (Common) Rock-Thrush *Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba Monticola saxatilis Cut-throat (Finch) Amadina fasciata *Southern Black Flycatcher Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula Melaenornis pammelaina Peters’s Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus *Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala *Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata *African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata *Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens *Jameson’s Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia Grey (Lead-coloured) Tit-Flycatcher *Blue-breasted (Southern) Cordon-bleu Myioparus plumbeus Uraeginthus angolensis *Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus SUNBIRDS Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga Family Nectariniidae *Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild *Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava *Western Violet-backed Sunbird Bronze Munia (Mannikin) Lonchura cucullata Anthreptes longuemarei *Black-and-white Munia (Mannikin) *Collared Sunbird Anthreptes collaris Lonchura bicolor *Olive Sunbird Nectarinia olivacea INDIGOBIRDS & ALLIES Family Viduidae

Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macrour *Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea Broad-tailed (Paradise) Whydah Vidua obtusa Cuckoo Finch (Parasitic Weaver) Anomalospiza imberbis

WAGTAILS & PIPITS Family Motacillidae

*African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava *Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris *Richard’s (Grassland) Pipit Anthus richardi *Bush Pipit Anthus caffer

FINCHES Family Fringillidae

Reichenow’s (Yellow-rumped) Seedeater Serinus reichenowi *Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus

BUNTINGS Family Emberizidae

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi *African Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris *Cabanis’s Bunting Emberiza cabanisi