BOTSWANA EXPEDITION SIGHTINGS - 2007 DAILY OBSERVATIONS FAMILIES AND SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE 3/31 4/01 4/02 4/03 4/04 4/05 4/06 4/07 4/08 4/09 4/10 OSTRICH : Struthionidae Common Ostrich Struthio camelus 287 4 2 5/4 6 5/0 GREBES : Podicipedidae Little Grebe (Dabchick) Tachybaptus ruficollis 37 2 PELICANS : Pelicanidae Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 59 2 2 CORMORANTS : Phalacrocoracidae White-breasted (Great) Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidas 45 0/6 Reed (Long-tailed) Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 45 3 C C 1/0 2 1/15 3 1 DARTER : Anhingidae Africa Darter Anhinga rufa 45 4 C C 3 5 15/3 2 HERONS, EGRETS and BITTERNS : Ardeidae Gray Heron Ardea cinerea 47 9 2 3 0/2 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 47 1 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 47 1 1 1 1 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 47 1 3 Great White Egret Ardea alba 49 2 1 1/0 Black Heron (Egret) Egretta ardesiaca 51 1 6 23 42/0 Yellow-billed (Intermediate) Egret Egretta intermedia 49 1/0 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 49 5 1/0 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 51 1 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris 51 1 2 3 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 49 30 12 10 15 0/12 10 15/C 50 Green-backed (Striated) Heron Butorides striata 51 1 1 0/1 2 1 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 53 1 HAMERKOP : Scopidae Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 47 2 20 4 1/0 2 1 1/0 6 3/2 2 1 STORKS : Ciconidae African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus 61 5 8 1 1/2 4 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 61 8 80 0/3 8/0 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 59 2 3 10 0/2 2 2 2 2/0 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus 59 3 3 3/0 10 20 IBISES and SPOONBILLS : Threskiornithidae African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 55 30 C C 5 3 2/0 Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 57 24 C C 4 0/2 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 57 3 6 8 4/0 BOTSWANA EXPEDITION SIGHTINGS - 2007 DAILY OBSERVATIONS FAMILIES AND SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE 3/31 4/01 4/02 4/03 4/04 4/05 4/06 4/07 4/08 4/09 4/10 DUCKS and GEESE : Anatidae White-faced (Whistling-) Duck Dendrocygna viduata 63 70 70 0/5 20 30/0 22 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus 63 4 3 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus 65 4 4 15 10 2/0 12 6/10 8 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 65 2 4 0/1 6 1 6 2/0 Knob-billed (Comb) Duck Sarkidiornis melanotis 65 1 5 3/0 (African) Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus 63 8 15 30 5/0 7 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 67 1 4 0/2 10 4 2/0 3 2/0 Red-billed Teal (Duck) Anas erythrorhyncha 69 2 0/4 14 4 2/0 12 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota 69 2 4 OSPREY : Pandionidae Osprey Pandion haliaetus 75 1 1/0 HAWKS, EAGLES and KITES : Accipitridae Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 73 2 4 2 2 1/2 2 1/0 1 African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 75 C 12 15 1/0 2 6 2/0 8 3/0 1 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 77 2 0/2 4 4 2/0 3 2 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 79 6 1 6 0/2 1 2 5/0 5 4/2 8 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 77 0/1 2 2 2/2 1 Black-breasted (-chested) Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis 81 1 1 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus 81 1 1 1 1/0 1 Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens 83 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 83 3 2 2 2/2 3 6 5/2 5 5/2 2 African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus 85 2 1 1 2 1/0 African Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene) Polyboroides typus 87 1 1 1 2 1/0 1 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates 89 1 1 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar 89 1 1 Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) Accipiter badius 93 2 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus 95 1 0/1 2 1 Common Steppe (Eurasian) Buzzard Buteo buteo 97 1 1 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 101 1 2 0/2 2 2/0 African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster 105 1 1/0 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 107 2 1/0 1 2 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 107 1 1 SECRETARY BIRD : Sagittariidae Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius 287 1/4 BOTSWANA EXPEDITION SIGHTINGS - 2007 DAILY OBSERVATIONS FAMILIES AND SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE 3/31 4/01 4/02 4/03 4/04 4/05 4/06 4/07 4/08 4/09 4/10 FALCONS and KESTRELS : Falconidae Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni 113 2 2 2/1 2 2 1/0 1 1/0 1 Red-necked Falcon Falco chiquera 111 1 2 3 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 117 1 1/0 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 117 1 PHEASANTS and QUAILS : Phasianidae Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena 125 0/3 2 Red-billed Spurfowl (Francolin) Pternistes adspersus 127 4 16 16 C/C C C C/C C C/0 Swainson's Spurfowl (Francolin) Pternistes swainsonii 129 2 1 2/8 20 20 10/10 C C/0 GUINEAFOWLS : Numididae Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 119 0/17 27 17 0/4 7 6/0 4 4 BUTTONQUAILS : Turnicidae Kurrichane (Small) Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica 133 1 2 CRANES : Gruidae Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus 145 2 6 2 3 1/0 RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS and ALLIES : Rallidae African Crake Crex (Crecopsis) egregia 141 0/1 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris 141 20 3 3 0/1 1 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 141 1 Allen's (Lesser) Gallinule Porphyrula alleni 143 1 BUSTARDS and KORHAANS : Otididae Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 147 2 0/4 3 4/0 Black-bellied Korhaan (Bustard) Eupodotis melanogaster 149 2 1 1 JACANAS : Jacanidae Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis 153 12 8 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 153 10 C C 2/0 C C/0 AVOCETS and STILTS : Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 173 4 0/2 2 2 2 1/0 THICK-KNEES : Burhinidae Water Thick-knee (Dikkop) Burhinus vermiculatus 155 0/2 3 2 0/2 3 0/4 COURSERS and PRATINCOLES : Glareolidae Collared (Red-winged) Pratincole Glareola pratincola 157 4 200 200/0 PLOVERS and LAPWINGS : Charadriidae Long-toed Lapwing (Plover) Vanellus crassirostris 167 10 6 3 2 4 3/0 Blacksmith Lapwing (Plover) Vanellus armatus 167 C C C C/C C C 10/5 C C/8 3 2 White-crowned (White-headed) Lapwing Vanellus albiceps 167 4/4 0/14 Crowned Lapwing (Plover) Vanellus coronatus 169 2/5 6 10 4 4/0 BOTSWANA EXPEDITION SIGHTINGS - 2007 DAILY OBSERVATIONS FAMILIES AND SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE 3/31 4/01 4/02 4/03 4/04 4/05 4/06 4/07 4/08 4/09 4/10 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 163 1 3 1 3 SANDPIPERS and ALLIES : Scolopacidae African (Ethiopian) Snipe Gallinago nigripennis 171 1/0 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 175 1 0/1 3 2 4 1 1 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 177 2 0/4 7 1 1/0 2 1/0 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 177 1 2 1/0 1 1 Little Stint Calidris minuta 179 1 Ruff (Reeve) Philomachus pugnax 175 14 0/1 1 1 10 3/0 SKIMMERS : Rynchopidae African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris 189 3 SANDGROUSE : Pteroclidae Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus 201 4 3 0/14 6 12 4/2 2 PIGEONS and DOVES : Columbidae Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 207 C C C C/C C C C/6 C C/3 6 Cape Turtle (Ring-necked) Dove Streptopelia capicola 207 2 6/C C C C/C C C/5 6 5 Laughing (Palm) Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 207 C 2 2 10 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos 211 2 1 2/0 3 1 1/0 2 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 211 0/1 5 2 4/0 3 3 African Green Pigeon Treron calva 209 C C C C/0 6 2 6/0 PARROTS and ALLIES : Psittacidae Meyer's (Brown) Parrot Poicephalus meyeri 215 10 14 C 4/8 10 10 4/0 4 5/0 TURACOS : Musophagidae Grey Go-away-bird (Lourie) Corythaixoides concolor 225 10 C C C/C C C 10/10 10 2/0 1 CUCKOOS and COUCALS : Cuculidae Jacobin (Pied) Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 227 1 Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus 235 2 8 10 3/0 5 3 12 3/0 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 233 0/1 1 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus 233 2 5 1 1/0 3 Black Coucal Centropus grillii 233 1 1 BARN OWLS : Tytonidae Barn Owl Tyto alba 237 0/1 TYPICAL OWLS : Strigidae African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis 243 1 Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Ptilopsis granti 245 1 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus 241 1 Verreaux's (Giant) Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus 239 2 0/1 0/3 3 Pel's Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli 239 1 BOTSWANA EXPEDITION SIGHTINGS - 2007 DAILY OBSERVATIONS FAMILIES AND SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE 3/31 4/01 4/02 4/03 4/04 4/05 4/06 4/07 4/08 4/09 4/10 African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii 237 2 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum 245 0/1 1 2 1/0 1 (African) Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense 245 2 0/1 1 NIGHTJARS : Caprimulgidae Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis 247 2 SWIFTS : Apodidae African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus 259 C 20 10 15/5 12 10 10/0 2 3/0 6 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 261 3 African (Black) Swift Apus barbatus 263 40 Little Swift Apus affinis 259 10 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer 259 10 5/0 MOUSEBIRDS : Coliidae Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus 265 2 KINGFISHERS : Alcedinidae Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata 273 6 12 4 1/0 2 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 275 2 1/0 1 2 0/1 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris 275 3 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 275 2 1 1 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 277 12 C C 3/0 2 5 2/0 8 2/0 BEE-EATERS : Meropidae White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides 285 1 1 6 0/5 15 10 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 283 2 C C 4/4 6 6 4/4 C C/3 5 6 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 283 2 2 6 6 4/4 C C/0 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 285 4 25 15 40/5 4 2 0/2 6 5/0 1 Eurasian (European) Bee-eater Merops apiaster 285 0/1 5 2 2/0 ROLLERS : Coraciidae Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus 279 6 6 4 1/5 C C C/7 10 C/5 6 2 Purple (Rufous-crowned) Roller Coracias naeviusa 279 1 2 1 HOOPOES : Upupidae African Hoopoe Upupa africana 267 1 1 2 WOODHOOPOES + SCIMITARBILLS : Phoeniculidae Green (Red-billed) Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 269 10 12 8/0 9 7 5/0 10 3/0 5 Common (Greater) Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 271 1 0/1 2 1 2/0 2 HORNBILLS : Bucerotidae Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris 291 2 1 0/30 C C C/15 C C/0 20 5 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas 289 0/2 3 5 0/5 6 C/0