POTENTIAL BIRD LIST
Key:
1
=
usually seen
2
=
often but not always seen
3
=
possible, but unlikely
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1 |
Long-tailed Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax africanus |
|
1 |
Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
|
2 |
Black-headed Heron |
Ardea melanocephala |
|
1 |
Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
|
1 |
Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
|
1 |
Black Heron |
Egretta ardesiaca |
|
1 |
Intermediate Egret |
Egretta intermedia |
|
1 |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
|
1 |
Western Reef-Heron |
Egretta gularis |
|
1 |
Squacco Heron |
Ardeola ralloides |
|
1 |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
|
1 |
Green-backed Heron |
Butorides striata |
|
1 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
|
1 |
Hamerkop |
Scopus umbretta |
|
1 |
Woolly-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus |
|
1 |
Saddle-billed Stork |
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
|
1 |
Hadada Ibis |
Bostrychia hagedash |
|
2 |
African Spoonbill |
Platalea alba |
|
1 |
White-faced Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna viduata |
|
1 |
Spur-winged Goose |
Plectropterus gambensis |
|
3 |
African Cuckoo-Hawk |
Aviceda cuculoides |
|
1 |
Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus caeruleus |
|
1 |
Black Kite |
Milvus migrans |
|
1 |
Palm-nut Vulture |
Gypohierax angolensis |
|
1 |
Hooded Vulture |
Necrosyrtes monachus |
|
1 |
White-backed Vulture |
Gyps africanus |
|
3 |
White-headed Vulture |
Trigonoceps occipitalis |
|
3 |
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus beaudouini |
|
3 |
Western Banded Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus cinerascens |
|
1 |
Bateleur |
Terathopius ecaudatus |
|
3 |
|
Dryotriorchis spectabilis |
|
2 |
Western Marsh-Harrier |
Circus aeruginosus |
|
1 |
African Harrier-Hawk |
Polyboroides typus |
|
1 |
Lizard Buzzard |
Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
|
1 |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk |
Melierax metabates |
|
1 |
Gabar Goshawk |
Micronisus gabar |
|
1 |
Shikra |
Accipiter badius |
|
2 |
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter erythropus |
|
2 |
Long-tailed Hawk |
Urotriorchis macrourus |
|
1 |
Grasshopper Buzzard |
Butastur rufipennis |
|
1 |
Red-necked Buzzard |
Buteo auguralis |
|
3 |
Tawny Eagle |
|
|
2 |
Wahlberg's Eagle |
|
|
2 |
Ayres' Hawk-Eagle |
|
|
2 |
Martial Eagle |
Polemaetus bellicosus |
|
1 |
Long-crested Eagle |
Lophaetus occipitalis |
|
2 |
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle |
Spizaetus africanus |
|
1 |
Grey Kestrel |
Falco ardosiaceus |
|
1 |
Red-necked Falcon |
Falco chicquera |
|
2 |
African Hobby |
Falco cuvierii |
|
2 |
Lanner Falcon |
Falco biarmicus |
|
1 |
Double-spurred Francolin |
Francolinus bicalcaratus |
|
1 |
Stone Partridge |
Ptilopachus petrosus |
|
1 |
Helmeted Guineafowl |
Numida meleagris |
|
1 |
White-spotted Flufftail |
Sarothrura pulchra |
|
1 |
Black Crake |
Amaurornis flavirostra |
|
1 |
Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
|
3 |
African Finfoot |
Podica senegalensis |
|
1 |
African Jacana |
Actophilornis africanus |
|
1 |
Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
|
1 |
|
Burhinus senegalensis |
|
1 |
Collared Pratincole |
Glareola pratincola |
|
1 |
Spur-winged Lapwing |
Vanellus spinosus |
|
1 |
African Wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus senegallus |
|
1 |
Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
|
1 |
Common Ringed Plover |
Charadrius hiaticula |
|
1 |
Kittlitz's Plover |
Charadrius pecuarius |
|
3 |
White-fronted Plover |
Charadrius marginatus |
|
3 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa limosa |
|
1 |
Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
|
2 |
Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
|
1 |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
|
1 |
Spotted Redshank |
Tringa erythropus |
|
1 |
Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
|
1 |
Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa stagnatilis |
|
1 |
Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
|
1 |
Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
|
1 |
Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
|
1 |
Red Knot |
Calidris canutus |
|
1 |
Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
|
1 |
Little Stint |
Calidris minuta |
|
1 |
Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris ferruginea |
|
1 |
Ruff |
Philomachus pugnax |
|
1 |
Little Tern |
Sternula albifrons |
|
1 |
Black Tern |
Chlidonias |
|
1 |
Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias hybrida |
|
1 |
Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
|
1 |
Royal Tern |
Thalasseus maximus |
|
1 |
|
Thalasseus sandvicensis |
|
3 |
Four-banded Sandgrouse |
Pterocles quadricinctus |
|
1 |
Rock/Feral Pigeon |
Columba livia |
|
1 |
Red-eyed Dove |
Streptopelia semitorquata |
|
1 |
Vinaceous Dove |
Streptopelia vinacea |
|
1 |
Laughing Dove |
Streptopelia senegalensis |
|
1 |
Black-billed Wood-Dove |
Turtur abyssinicus |
|
1 |
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove |
Turtur afer |
|
1 |
Tambourine Dove |
Turtur tympanistria |
|
3 |
Blue-headed Wood-Dove |
Turtur brehmeri |
|
3 |
Namaqua Dove |
Oena capensis |
|
1 |
Bruce's Green-Pigeon |
Treron waalia |
|
1 |
African Green-Pigeon |
Treron calvus |
|
1 |
Rose-ringed Parakeet |
Psittacula krameri |
|
3 |
Red-headed Lovebird |
Agapornis pullarius |
|
2 |
Grey Parrot |
Psittacus erithacus |
|
1 |
Red-fronted Parrot |
Poicephalus gulielmi |
|
1 |
|
Poicephalus senegalus |
|
2 |
Great Blue Turaco |
Corythaeola cristata |
|
2 |
Green Turaco |
Tauraco persa |
|
1 |
Yellow-billed Turaco |
Tauraco macrorhynchus |
|
1 |
Violet Turaco |
Musophaga violacea |
|
1 |
Western Grey Plantain-eater |
Crinifer piscator |
|
2 |
Levaillant's Cuckoo |
Clamator levaillantii |
|
2 |
Red-chested Cuckoo |
Cuculus solitarius |
|
2 |
Black Cuckoo |
Cuculus clamosus |
|
2 |
African Cuckoo |
Cuculus gularis |
|
1 |
Klaas's Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx klaas |
|
1 |
African Emerald Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx cupreus |
|
2 |
Dideric Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx caprius |
|
1 |
Yellowbill |
Ceuthmochares aereus |
|
2 |
Black-throated Coucal |
Centropus leucogaster |
|
1 |
|
Centropus senegalensis |
|
1 |
Northern White-faced Owl |
Ptilopsis leucotis |
|
2 |
Greyish Eagle-Owl |
Bubo cinerascens |
|
2 |
Pel's Fishing-Owl |
Scotopelia peli |
|
2 |
Pearl-spotted Owlet |
Glaucidium perlatum |
|
2 |
Plain Nightjar |
Caprimulgus inornatus |
|
2 |
Freckled Nightjar |
Caprimulgus tristigma |
|
2 |
Long-tailed Nightjar |
Caprimulgus climacurus |
|
2 |
Standard-winged Nightjar |
Macrodipteryx longipennis |
|
2 |
Mottled Spinetail |
Telacanthura ussheri |
|
1 |
Sabine's Spinetail |
Rhaphidura sabini |
|
1 |
Cassin's Spinetail |
Neafrapus cassini |
|
1 |
African Palm-Swift |
Cypsiurus parvus |
|
1 |
Pallid Swift |
Apus pallidus |
|
1 |
Little Swift |
Apus affinis |
|
2 |
Narina’s Trogon |
Apaloderma narina |
|
1 |
Malachite Kingfisher |
Alcedo cristata |
|
3 |
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher |
Halcyon badia |
|
1 |
Grey-headed Kingfisher |
Halcyon leucocephala |
|
1 |
Woodland Kingfisher |
Halcyon senegalensis |
|
1 |
Blue-breasted Kingfisher |
Halcyon malimbica |
|
1 |
Striped Kingfisher |
Halcyon chelicuti |
|
2 |
Giant Kingfisher |
Megaceryle maximus |
|
1 |
Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis |
|
2 |
Black Bee-eater |
Merops gularis |
|
2 |
Blue-headed Bee-eater |
Merops muelleri |
|
1 |
Red-throated Bee-eater |
Merops bulocki |
|
1 |
Little Bee-eater |
Merops pusillus |
|
2 |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater |
Merops hirundineus |
|
1 |
White-throated Bee-eater |
Merops albicollis |
|
3 |
European Bee-eater |
Merops apiaster |