Prospective bird list for the May/June 2008 tour
With Brian Finch as leader
1 = we should see or hear at least 95% of these species
2 = we should see or hear at least 75% of these species
3 = we should see or hear less than 10% of these species
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1 |
African Ostrich |
Struthio camelus
massaicus |
|
1 |
Eurasian Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis
capensis |
|
3 |
Great Crested Grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
|
2 |
Black-necked Grebe |
Podiceps nigricollis |
|
1 |
Eastern White Pelican |
Pelecanus onocrotalus |
|
1 |
Pink-backed Pelican |
Pelecanus rufescens |
|
1 |
Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo
lucidus |
|
1 |
Long-tailed Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax africanus
africanus |
|
2 |
African Darter |
Anhinga rufa |
|
1 |
Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea cinerea |
|
1 |
Black-headed Heron |
Ardea melanocephala |
|
1 |
Goliath Heron |
Ardea goliath |
|
1 |
Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea purpurea |
|
1 |
Great Egret |
Casmerodius albus
melanorhynchos |
|
2 |
Black Egret |
Egretta ardesiaca |
|
1 |
Yellow-billed Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia
branchyrhyncha |
|
1 |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta garzetta |
|
1 |
Dimorphic Egret |
Egretta (garzetta)
dimorpha |
|
3 |
Western Reef Egret |
Egretta gularis
schistacea |
|
1 |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis ibis |
|
1 |
Common Squacco Heron |
Ardeola ralloides |
|
2 |
|
Ardeola idae |
|
3 |
Rufous-bellied Heron |
Ardeola rufiventris |
|
1 |
Striated Heron |
Butorides striatus
atricapillus |
|
2 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax
nycticorax |
|
3 |
White-backed Night-Heron |
Gorsachius leuconatus |
|
3 |
Little Bittern |
Ixobrychus minutus payesi |
|
3 |
Dwarf Bittern |
Ixobrychus sturmii |
|
1 |
Hamerkop |
Scopus umbretta umbretta |
|
1 |
Yellow-billed Stork |
Mycteria ibis |
|
1 |
Open-billed Stork |
Anastomus lamelligerus
lamelligeru |
|
2 |
Abdim’s Stork |
Ciconia abdimii |
|
1 |
Woolly-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus
microscelis |
|
1 |
Saddle-billed Stork |
Ephippiorhynchus
senegalensis |
|
1 |
Marabou Stork |
Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
|
1 |
Sacred Ibis |
Threskiornis aethiopicus
aethiopicus |
|
3 |
Olive Ibis |
Bostrychia olivacea
akeleyorum |
|
1 |
Hadada Ibis |
Bostrychia hagedash
brevirostris |
|
1 |
Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus
falcinellus |
|
1 |
African Spoonbill |
Platalea alba |
|
1 |
Greater Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus (ruber)
roseus |
|
1 |
Lesser Flamingo |
Phoeniconaias minor |
|
2 |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna bicolor |
|
1 |
White-faced Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna viduata |
|
1 |
Egyptian Goose |
Alopochen aegyptiacus |
|
1 |
Spur-winged Goose |
Plectropterus gambensis
gambensis |
|
1 |
Knob-billed Duck |
Sarkidiornis melanotos
melanotos |
|
3 |
African Pygmy Goose |
Nettapus auritus |
|
3 |
African Black Duck |
Anas sparsa leucostigma |
|
1 |
|
Anas capensis |
|
1 |
Yellow-billed Duck |
Anas undulata undulata |
|
1 |
Hottentot Teal |
Anas hottentota |
|
3 |
Maccoa Duck |
Oxyura maccoa |
|
2 |
African Cuckoo-Hawk |
Aviceda cuculoides
verreauxii |
|
3 |
Bat Hawk |
Macheiramphus alcinus
anderssoni |
|
1 |
Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus caeruleus
caeruleus |
|
1 |
Yellow-billed Kite |
Milvus migrans parasitus |
|
1 |
African Fish-Eagle |
Haliaeetus vocifer |
|
1 |
Lappet-faced Vulture |
Torgos tracheliotus
tracheliotus |
|
1 |
White-headed Vulture |
Trigonoceps occipitalis |
|
1 |
Hooded Vulture |
Necrosyrtes monachus
pileatus |
|
1 |
Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture |
Gyps ruppellii ruppellii |
|
1 |
African White-backed Vulture |
Gyps africanus |
|
2 |
Egyptian Vulture |
Neophron percnopterus
percnopterus |
|
3 |
Lammergeier |
Gypaetus barbatus
meridionalis |
|
1 |
Palm-nut Vulture |
Gypohierax angolensis |
|
1 |
Black-chested Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus pectoralis |
|
1 |
Brown Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus cinereus |
|
2 |
Southern Banded Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus fasciolatus |
|
3 |
Western Banded Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus cinerascens |
|
1 |
Bateleur |
Torgos tracheliotus
tracheliotus |
|
1 |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk |
Melierax metabates
metabates |
|
1 |
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk |
Melierax poliopterus |
|
1 |
Gabar Goshawk |
Micronisus gabar aequatorius |
|
1 |
African Harrier-Hawk |
Polyboroides typus typus |
|
1 |
Lizard Buzzard |
Kaupifalco monogrammicus
monogrammicus |
|
2 |
African Marsh Harrier |
Circus ranivorus |
|
1 |
African Goshawk |
Accipiter tachiro
sparsimfasciatus |
|
1 |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius
sphenurus |
|
2 |
African Little Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter minullus
minullus |
|
3 |
Ovampo Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter ovampensis |
|
3 |
Rufous-bellied Sparrowhawk |
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