The 140 Bird Species Recorded in the Korsman Conservancy Roberts 6 Scientific Name Probability Residence Season Alphabetical Name Full Name 294 Avocet, Pied Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11% 1 All Year 464 Barbet, Black-collared Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus 56% 1 All Year 473 Barbet, Crested Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii 83% 1 All Year 824 Bishop, Southern Red Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix 73% 1 All Year 826 Bishop, Yellow-crowned Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer 14% 1 All Year 78 Bittern, Little Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 7% 3.1 Dec-March 568 Bulbul, Dark-capped Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor 86% 1 All Year 149 Buzzard, Common (Steppe ) Common (Steppe) Buzzard Buteo buteo 1% 3.1 Oct-Apr 130 Buzzard, European Honey European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 3.1 Nov-Apr 870 Canary, Black-throated Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis 11% 1 All Year 677 Cisticola, Levaillant’s Levaillant’s Cisticola Cisticola tinniens 36% 1 All Year 664 Cisticola, Zitting Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 13% 1 All Year 228 Coot, Red-knobbed Red-knobbed coot Fulica cristata 90% 1 All Year 58 Cormorant, Reed Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 77% 1 All Year 55 Cormorant, White-breasted White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus 62% 1 All Year 391 Coucal, Burchell’s Burchell’s Coucal Centropus burchellii 13% 1 All Year 213 Crake, Black Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 7% 1 All Year 548 Crow, Pied Pied crow Corvus albus 30% 1 All Year 386 Cuckoo, Diederik Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 15% 2.2 Oct-Apr 377 Cuckoo, Red-chested Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 1% 2.2 Oct-Apr 60 Darter, African African Darter Anhinga rufa 47% 1 All Year 354 Dove, Cape Turtle Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola 93% 1 All Year 355 Dove, Laughing Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 99% 1 All Year 352 Dove, Red-eyed Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 89% 1 All Year 348 Dove, Rock Rock Dove Columba livia 71% 1 All Year 100 Duck, Fulvous Whistling Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 7% 1 All Year 115 Duck, Knob-billed Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 1% 1 All Year 117 Duck, Maccoa Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa 45% 1 All Year 101 Duck, White-backed White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus 15% 1 All Year 99 Duck, White-faced Whistling White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata 43% 1 All Year 104 Duck, Yellow-billed Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 57% 1 All Year 139 Eagle, Long-crested Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 1% 1 All Year 67 Egret, Little Little Egret Egretta garzetta 19% 1 All Year 71 Egret, Western Cattle Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 45% 1 All Year 68 Egret, Yellow-billed (Intermediate) Yellow-billed (Intermediate) Egret Ardea intermedia 6% 1 All Year 856 Finch, Red-headed Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala 44% 1 All Year 732 Fiscal, Southern (Common) Southern (Common) Fiscal Lanius collaris 83% 1 All Year 96 Flamingo, Greater Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 50% 1 All Year 97 Flamingo, Lesser Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor 2% 1 All Year 710 Flycatcher, African Paradise African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 2% 2.2 Sep-Apr 698 Flycatcher, Fiscal Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens 3% 1 All Year 689 Flycatcher, Spotted Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1% 3.1 Oct-Mar 373 Go-away-bird, Grey Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor 76% 1 All Year 102 Goose, Egyptian Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 94% 1 All Year 116 Goose, Spur-winged Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 50% 1 All Year 7 Grebe, Black-necked Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 1% 1 All Year 6 Grebe, Great Crested Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 55% 1 All Year 8 Grebe, Little Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 84% 1 All Year 203 Guineafowl, Helmeted Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 69% 1 All Year 315 Gull, Grey-headed Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 96% 1 All Year 313 Gull, Lesser Black-backed Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 3% 3.1 Oct-Mar 81 Hamerkop Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 2% 1 All Year 169 Hawk, African Harrier- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus 3% 1 All Year 753 Helmet-shrike, White-crested White-crested Helmet-Shrike Prionops plumatus 1% 1 All Year 69 Heron, Black Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca 9% 1 All Year 76 Heron, Black-crowned Night Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 19% 1 All Year 63 Heron, Black-headed Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 57% 1 All Year 64 Heron, Goliath Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 3% 1 All Year 62 Heron, Grey Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 52% 1 All Year 65 Heron, Purple Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 10% 1 All Year 72 Heron, Squacco Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 44% 3.1 Oct - May 474 Honeyguide, Greater Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 4% 1 All Year 451 Hoopoe, African African Hoopoe Upupa africana 26% 1 All Year 91 Ibis, African Sacred African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 93% 1 All Year 93 Ibis, Glossy Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 69% 1 All Year 94 Ibis, Hadeda Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 98% 1 All Year 240 Jacana, African African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 6% 1 All Year 429 Kingfisher, Giant Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 1% 1 All Year 428 Kingfisher, Pied Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 14% 1 All Year 433 Kingfisher, Woodland Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 1% 2.2 Oct-Apr 127 Kite, Black-shouldered Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 29% 1 All Year 260 Lapwing, African Wattled African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 51% 1 All Year 258 Lapwing, Blacksmith Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus 93% 1 All Year 255 Lapwing, Crowned Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 52% 1 All Year 533 Martin, Brown-throated Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola 38% 1 All Year 226 Moorhen, Common Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 86% 1 All Year 426 Mousebird, Red-faced Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus 66% 1 All Year 424 Mousebird, Speckled Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus 68% 1 All Year 758 Myna, Common Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 98% 1 All Year 395 Owl, Marsh Marsh Owl Asio capensis 1% 1 All Year 401 Owl, Spotted Eagle- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus 1% 1 All Year 392 Owl, Western Barn Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 1% 1 All Year 49 Pelican, Great White Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 361 Pigeon, African Green African Green Pigeon Treron calvus 1% 1 All Year 350 Pigeon, African Olive African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix 44% 1 All Year 349 Pigeon, Speckled Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 68% 1 All Year 249 Plover, Three-banded Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 22% 1 All Year 113 Pochard, Southern Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma 44% 1 All Year 683 Prinia, Tawny-flanked Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 50% 1 All Year 740 Puffback, Black-backed Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla 1% 1 All Year 601 Robin-chat, Cape Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra 75% 1 All Year 284 Ruf Ruf Philomachus pugnax 8% 3.1 Aug-Apr 269 Sandpiper, Marsh Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 3% 3.1 Aug-Apr 266 Sandpiper, Wood Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 5% 3.1 Sep-Apr 103 Shelduck, South African South African Shelduck Tadorna cana 1% 1 All Year 159 Shikra Shikra Accipiter badius 1 All Year 112 Shoveler, Cape Cape Shoveler Anas smithii 68% 1 All Year 731 Shrike, Lesser Grey Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 1% 3.1 Oct-Apr 733 Shrike, Red-backed Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1% 3.1 Oct-Apr 803 Sparrow, Cape Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus 94% 1 All Year 801 Sparrow, House House Sparrow Passer domesticus 68% 1 All Year 804 Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus 7% 1 All Year 156 Sparrowhawk, Ovambo Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis 1 All Year 95 Spoonbill, African African Spoonbill Platalea alba 37% 1 All Year 199 Spurfowl, Swainson’s Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii 5% 1 All Year 764 Starling, Cape Glossy Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens 73% 1 All Year 769 Starling, Red-winged Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio 1% 1 All Year 760 Starling, Wattled Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea 19% 1 All Year 295 Stilt, Black-winged Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 20% 1 All Year 274 Stint, Little Little Stint Calidris minuta 11% 3.1 Sep-Apr 596 Stonechat, African African StoneChat Saxicola torquatus 18% 1 All Year 792 Sunbird, Amethyst Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina 6% 1 All Year 787 Sunbird, White-bellied White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala 21% 1 All Year 518 Swallow, Barn Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 25% 3.1 Sep-Apr 526 Swallow, Greater Striped Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata 35% 2.2 Aug-Apr 527 Swallow, Lesser Striped Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica 2% 2.2 Jul-Mar 520 Swallow, White-throated White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis 38% 2.2 Aug-Mar 223 Swamphen, African (Purple) African (Purple) Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis 61% 1 All Year 421 Swift, African Palm African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus 51% 1 All Year 417 Swift, Little Little Swift Apus affinis 19% 1 Aug-May 415 Swift, White-rumped White-rumped Swift Apus caffer 23% 2.2 Aug-Apr 107 Teal, Hottentot Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota 25% 1 All Year 108 Teal, Red-billed Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha 31% 1 All Year 338 Tern, Whiskered Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 23% 1 All Year 297 Thick-knee, Spotted Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis 41% 1 All Year 577.1 Thrush, Karoo Karoo Thrush Turdus smithi 81% ? 713 Wagtail, Cape Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis 75% 1 All Year 631 Warbler, African Reed African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 11% 2.2 Oct-Feb 628 Warbler,