Eagle-Eye Tours www.eagle-eye.com [email protected] 1-800-373-5678 Namibia, Botswana & Victoria Falls September 2008 with Duan Biggs and Paul Prior BIRD SPECIES No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus s 2 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus s 3 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis s 4 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis s 5 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus s 6 Cape Gannet Morus capensis s 7 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus s 8 Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis s 9 Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus s 10 Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus s 11 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus s 12 African Darter Anhinga rufa s 13 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea s 14 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala s 15 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath s 16 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea s 17 Great Egret Egretta alba s 18 Little Egret Egretta garzetta s 19 Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia s 20 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca s 21 Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula s 22 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis s 23 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides s 24 Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus s 25 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris s 26 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax s 27 White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus s 28 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus s 29 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta s 30 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus s 31 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus s 32 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis s 33 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus s 34 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus s 35 African Spoonbill Platalea alba s 36 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber s 37 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor s Page 1 of 11 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 38 White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata s 39 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus s 40 South African Shelduck Tadorna cana s 41 Cape Teal Anas capensis s 42 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota s 43 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha s 44 African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus s 45 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos s 46 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis s 47 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius s 48 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus s 49 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus s 50 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis s 51 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius s 52 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus s 53 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides s 54 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus s 55 Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii s 56 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax s 57 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi s 58 African Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster s 59 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus s 60 Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus s 61 Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis s 62 Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens s 63 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus s 64 African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer s 65 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur s 66 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus s 67 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus s 68 Shikra Accipiter badius s 69 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro s 70 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar s 71 Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus s 72 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates s 73 African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus s 74 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus s 75 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus s 76 African Hobby Falco cuvierii s 77 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera s 78 Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolis s 79 Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides s 80 Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni s 81 Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus s 82 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena s 83 Red-billed Francolin Pternistis adspersus s Page 2 of 11 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 84 Hartlaub's Francolin Pternistis hartlaubi s 85 Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer s 86 Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii s 87 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris s 88 Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus s 89 Blue Crane Anthropoides paradisea s 90 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris s 91 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla s 92 African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis s 93 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus s 94 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata s 95 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata s 96 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori s 97 Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii s 98 Ruppell's Korhaan Eupodotis rueppellii s 99 Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista s 100 Northern Black Korhaan Eupodotis afraoides s 101 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus s 102 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis s 103 African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini s 104 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula s 105 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus s 106 Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus s 107 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius s 108 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris s 109 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola s 110 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus s 111 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus s 112 White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps s 113 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus s 114 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris s 115 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres s 116 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos s 117 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola s 118 Common Redshank Tringa totanus s 119 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis s 120 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia s 121 Red Knot Calidris canutus s 122 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea s 123 Little Stint Calidris minuta s 124 Sanderling Calidris alba s 125 Ruff Philomachus pugnax s 126 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica s 127 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata s 128 Common Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus s 129 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus s Page 3 of 11 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 130 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta s 131 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus s 132 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis s 133 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus s 134 Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus s 135 Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus s 136 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola s 137 Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis s 138 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus s 139 Cape Gull Larus vetula s 140 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus s 141 Hartlaub's Gull Larus hartlaubii s 142 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia s 143 Swift Tern Sterna bergii s 144 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis s 145 Common Tern Sterna hirundo s 146 Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum s 147 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus s 148 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris s 149 Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua s 150 Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli s 151 Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus s 152 Rock Dove Columba livia s 153 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea s 154 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata s 155 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens s 156 Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola s 157 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis s 158 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis s 159 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos s 160 African Green-Pigeon Treron calva s 161 Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri s 162 Ruppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii s 163 Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis s 164 Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi s 165 Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor s 166 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis s 167 Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus s 168 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus s 169 African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii s 170 Marsh Owl Asio capensis s 171 African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis s 172 Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Ptilopsus granti s 173 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum s 174 African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense s 175 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus s Page 4 of 11 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 176 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis s 177 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena s 178 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma s 179 Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi s 180 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer s 181 Horus Swift Apus horus s 182 Little Swift Apus affinis s 183 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba s 184 African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus s 185 White-backed Mousebird Colius colius s 186 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus s 187 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis s 188 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima s 189 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata s 190 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris s 191 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti s 192 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster s 193 Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides s 194 White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides s 195 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus s 196 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus s 197 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata s 198 Purple Roller Coracias naevia s 199 African Hoopoe Upupa africana s 200 Green Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus s 201 Violet Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis s 202 Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas s 203 Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator s 204 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus s 205 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus s 206 Damara Hornbill Tockus damarensis s 207 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas s 208 Bradfield's Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi s 209 Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri s 210 Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri s 211 Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus s 212 Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas s 213 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus s 214 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii s 215 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator s 216 Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii s 217 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni s 218 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens