Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013 ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS SLNP NLNP Luambe XP Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis PP 1 1 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo PP 1 1 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus PP 1 1 African Darter Anhinga rufa PP 1 1 1 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus PP 1 1 1 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens PP 1 1 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus P-min PP-pa 1 1 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii A 1 1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax PP 1 1 White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus R 1 1 1 Common Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides PP 1 1 1 Madagascar Squacco Heron Ardeola idae A-RR-CC 1 1 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris PP 1 1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis A 1 1 1 Green-backed Heron Butorides striata R 1 1 1 Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca PP 1 1 1 Little Egret Egretta garzetta PP 1 1 1 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis PP-RR 1 Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia PP 1 1 Great White Egret Egretta alba PP 1 1 1 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea R 1 1 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea PP 1 1 1 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala PP 1 1 1 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath R-cc 1 1 1 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta R 1 1 1 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis PP 1 1 1 Openbill Stork Anastomus lamelligerus PP 1 1 1 Black Stork Ciconia nigra PP 1 1 Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii A 1 1 1 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus PP 1 1 1 White Stork Ciconia ciconia P 1 1 1 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis R-cc 1 1 1 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus PP 1 1 1 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus PP 1 1 1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus PP 1 1 1 Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash R 1 1 1 African Spoonbill Platalea alba PP 1 1 1 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber PP-RR 1 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor PP-RR-CC 1 1 Fulvous Tree Duck Dendrocygna bicolor PP 1 1 1 White-faced Tree Duck Dendrocygna viduata PP 1 1 1 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus PP 1 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca PP 1 1 1 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis PP 1 1 1 Knob-billed (Comb) Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos PP 1 1 1 Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus PP 1 1 1 African Black Duck Anas sparsa R 1 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha PP 1 1 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota PP 1 1 Garganey Anas querquedula P-RR 1 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma PP 1 1 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides PP 1 1 1 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus P 1 1 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus R 1 1 1 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus PP 1 1 1 (Eurasian) Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans P Yellow-billed Kite Milvus migrans parasitus A 1 1 1 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer R 1 1 1 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis R 1 1 Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013 ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS SLNP NLNP Luambe XP Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus R 1 1 1 African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus R 1 1 1 Ruppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli PP-RR 1 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus R-CC 1 1 1 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis R 1 1 1 Black-breasted Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis PP 1 1 1 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus PP 1 1 1 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens R 1 1 1 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus PP-cc 1 1 1 Gymnogene (African Harrier-Hawk) Polyboroides typus R 1 1 1 Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus P-RR 1 African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus R-cc 1 1 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus P-CC 1 1 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus P 1 1 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates R 1 1 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar R 1 1 1 Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus R 1 1 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis R 1 1 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus R 1 1 1 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro R 1 1 Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) Accipiter badius R 1 1 1 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus R 1 1 1 Common (Steppe) Buzzard Buteo buteo P 1 1 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur R 1 Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi A 1 1 1 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina P 1 1 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax R 1 1 1 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis P 1 1 1 Black (Verreaux's) Eagle Aquila verreauxii R-RR 1 African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster R 1 1 1 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus P (+A) 1 1 Ayres’s Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii PP 1 1 1 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis R 1 1 1 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus R 1 1 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus R 1 1 1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus P 1 1 1 Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius PP 1 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni P-CC 1 1 Rock (Common) Kestrel Falco tinninculus P / PP 1 Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni PP 1 1 1 Eastern Red-footed (Amur) Falcon Falco amurensis P 1 1 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera R 1 1 1 European Hobby Falco subbuteo P 1 1 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus PP 1 1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus P-cal PP-min 1 1 Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui R 1 Shelley’s Francolin Francolinus shelleyi R 1 1 Natal Francolin Francolinus natalensis R 1 Hildebrandt’s Francolin Francolinus hildebrandti R-RR 1 Swainson’s Francolin Francolinus swainsonii R 1 1 1 Red-necked Francolin Francolinus afer R 1 1 1 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei A 1 1 1 Blue Quail Coturnix chinensis A 1 Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani R 1 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris R 1 1 1 Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus R 1 1 1 Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa R 1 1 Streaky-breasted Flufftail Sarothrura boehmi A 1 African Water Rail Rallus caerulescens R 1 Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013 ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS SLNP NLNP Luambe XP Corn Crake Crex crex P-CC 1 African Crake Crex egregia A 1 1 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris R 1 1 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana P-RR 1 Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis A-RR 1 1 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio R 1 Lesser (Allen's) Gallinule Porphyrula alleni A 1 1 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus R 1 1 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata A 1 1 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata PP 1 1 Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus PP-CC 1 Southern (Grey) Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum R-cc 1 1 1 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis R 1 1 Denham’s Bustard Neotis denhami PP-CC 1 1 Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster R 1 1 1 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus PP 1 1 1 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis PP 1 Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis PP 1 1 1 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus PP 1 1 1 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta PP 1 Water Dikkop Burhinus vermiculatus R 1 1 1 Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis PP 1 1 1 Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus R 1 1 1 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus A 1 1 1 Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii A 1 1 1 Common (Red-winged) Pratincole Glareola pratincola PP 1 1 Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis A 1 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula P 1 1 Kittlitz’s Plover Charadrius pecuarius PP 1 1 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris PP 1 1 1 White-fronted Sand Plover Charadrius marginatus PP 1 1 1 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii P-RR 1 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus P 1 1 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola P 1 1 Senegal Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus PP 1 1 White-crowned Plover Vanellus albiceps R 1 1 1 Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus PP 1 1 1 Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus PP-RR 1 Lesser Black-winged Plover Vanellus lugubris PP-RR 1 1 Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus A 1 1 1 Long-toed Plover Vanellus crassirostris R 1 Ethiopian Snipe Gallinago nigripennis PP 1 Great Snipe Gallinago media P-CC 1 1 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa P-RR 1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica P-RR 1 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus P-RR 1 1 Curlew Numenius arquata P-RR 1 1 Common Redshank Tringa totanus P-RR 1 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis P 1 1 1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia P 1 1 1 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus P 1 1 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola P 1 1 1 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus P-RR 1 1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos P 1 1 1 Turnstone Arenaria interpres P 1 Sanderling Calidris alba P 1 1 Little Stint Calidris minuta P 1 1 1 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea P 1 1 1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax P 1 1 1 Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013 ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS SLNP NLNP Luambe XP Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus P-RR 1 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus PP 1 1 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus PP 1 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus P 1 1 1 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris PP-CC 1 1 1 Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus R 1 1 1 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis A 1 1 1 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens R 1 1 1 Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola R 1 1 1 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata R 1 1 1 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos R 1 1 1 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria R 1 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis A 1 1 1 African Green Pigeon Treron calvus R 1 1 1 Brown-necked (Cape) Parrot Poicephalus robustus PP 1 1 1 Meyer’s Parrot Poicephalus meyeri R 1 1 1 Lilian’s Lovebird Agapornis lilianae R 1 1 1 Schalow’s Turaco Tauraco schalowi R 1 1 Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus R 1 1 1 Lady Ross’s Turaco Musophaga rossae R 1 1 Grey Lourie Corythaixoides concolor R 1 1 1 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius A (+P?) 1 1 1 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus A 1 1 Striped Crested (Levaillant's) Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii A 1 1 1 Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti PP 1 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius A 1 1 1 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus A 1 1 Eurasian Grey Cuckoo Cuculus canorus P 1 1 African Grey Cuckoo Cuculus gularis A 1 1 Asian Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus P-RR 1 Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo