Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Bird List

001 008 050 055 058 062 063 065 066 067 068 071 072 078 079 081 083 084 085 086 088 089 090 091 093 095 097 099 102 103 104 106 108 112 113 115 116 118 121 122 123 124 125 126 126b 127 132 133 135 136

140 142 143

Common Ostrich Little Grebe (Dabchick) Pink-backed Pelican White-breasted Cormorant Reed Cormorant Grey Heron Black-headed Heron Purple Heron Great Egret (Great White Egret) Little Egret Yellow-billed Egret Cattle Egret Squacco Heron Little Bittern Dwarf Bittern Hamerkop White Stork Black Stork Abdims Stork Woolly-necked Stork Saddle-billed Stork Marabou Stork Yellow-billed Stork African Sacred Ibis Glossy Ibis African Spoonbill Lesser Flamingo White-faced Duck Egyptian Goose South African Shelduck Yellow-billed Duck Cape Teal Red-billed Teal Cape Shoveller Southern Pochard Comb Duck (Knob-billed Duck) Spur-winged Goose Secretarybird Hooded Vulture Cape Vulture White-backed Vulture Lappet-faced Vulture White-headed Vulture Black Kite Yellow-billed Kite Black-shouldered Kite Tawny Eagle Steppe Eagle Wahlberg's Eagle Booted Eagle

Struthio camelus Tachybaptus ruficollis Pelecanus rufescens Phalacrocorax lucidus Microcarbo africanus Ardea cinerea Ardea melanocephala Ardea purpurea Ardea alba Egretta garzetta Egretta intermedia Bubulcus ibis Ardeola ralloides Ixobrychus minutus Ixobrychus sturmii Scopus umbretta Ciconia ciconia Ciconia nigra Ciconia abdimii Ciconia episcopus Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Leptoptilos crumeniferus Mycteria ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Plegadis falcinellus Platalea alba Phoenicopterus minor Dendrocygna viduata Alopochen aegyptiaca Tadorna cana Anas undulata Anas capensis Anas erythrorhyncha Anas smithii Netta erythrophthalma Sarkidiornis melanotos Plectropterus gambensis Sagittarius serpentarius Necrosyrtes monachus Gyps coprotheres Gyps africanus Aegypius tracheliotus Trigonoceps occipitalis Milvus migrans Milvus aegyptius Elanus caeruleus Aquila rapax Aquila nipalensis Aquila wahlbergi Aquila pennata

146 147 148 149 152 154 156 157 159 160 161 166 167 168

Martial Eagle Brown Snake-Eagle Black-chested Snake-Eagle (Black-breasted Snake-Eagle) Bateleur Palmnut Vulture African Fish-Eagle Steppe Buzzard Jackal Buzzard Lizard Buzzard Ovambo Sparrowhawk Little Sparrowhawk Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) African Goshawk Gabar Goshawk Montagu's Harrier Pallid Harrier Black Harrier
(Pale Chanting Goshawk)

Polemaetus bellicosus Circaetus cinereus Circaetus pectoralis Terathopius ecaudatus Gypohierax angolensis Haliaeetus vocifer Buteo vulpinus Buteo rufofuscus Kaupifalco monogrammicus Accipiter ovampensis Accipiter minullus Accipiter badius Accipiter tachiro Melierax gabar Circus pygargus Circus macrourus Circus maurus

162 Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus 169 171 172 173 178 179 180 181 182 183 186 194 200 201 203 205 212 216 218 223 227 228 230 232 237 239a 240

African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) Peregrine Falcon Lanner Falcon Eurasian Hobby (Hobby Falcon) Red-necked Falcon Red-footed Falcon (Western Red-footed Kestrel) Amur Falcon (Eastern Red-footed Kestrel) Rock Kestrel Greater Kestrel Lesser Kestrel Pygmy Falcon Red-billed Spurfowl (Red-billed Francolin) Common Quail Harlequin Quail Helmeted Guineafowl Kurrichane Buttonquail African Crake Striped Crake Buff-spotted Flufftail African Purple Swamphen (Purple Gallinule) Lesser Moorhen Red-knobbed Coot Kori Bustard Ludwig's Bustard Red-crested Korhaan Northern Black Korhaan (White-quilled Korhaan) African Jacana

Poliboroides typus Falco peregrinus Falco biarmicus Falco subbuteo Falco chicquera Falco vespertinus Falco amurensis Falco rupicolus Falco rupicoloides Falco naumanni Polihierax semitorquatus Pternistis adspersus Coturnix coturnix Coturnix delegorguei Numida meleagris Turnix sylvaticus Crex egregia Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Sarothrura elegans Porphyrio madagascariensis Gallinula angulata Fulica cristata Ardeotis kori Neotis ludwigii Lophotis ruficrista Afrotis afraoides Actophilornis africana

242 246 249 254 255 257 264 266 269 270 272 284 289 290 294 295 297 299 300 301 303 305 308 339 344 345 348 349 354 354b 355 356 367 373 374 375 380 382 386 391 392 395 396 397 398 401 402 404

Greater Painted Snipe (Old World Painted Snipe) White-fronted Plover Three-banded Plover Grey Plover Crowned Lapwing (Crowned Plover) Black-winged Lapwing (Black-winged Plover) Common Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Marsh Sandpiper Greenshank Curlew Sandpiper Ruff Eurasian Curlew Common Whimbrel Pied Avocet Black-winged Stilt Spotted Thick-knee (Spotted Dikkop) Burchell's Courser Temminck's Courser Double-banded Courser Bronze-winged Courser Black-winged Pratincole Long-tailed Jaeger (Long-tailed Skua) White-winged Tern Namaqua Sandgrouse Burchell's Sandgrouse Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Speckled Pigeon (Rock Pigeon) Cape Turtle-Dove European Turtle-Dove Laughing Dove Namaqua Dove Rosy-faced Lovebird Grey Go-away-bird (Grey Lourie) Common Cuckoo (European Cuckoo) African Cuckoo Great Spotted Cuckoo Jacobin Cuckoo Diderick Cuckoo Burchell's Coucal Barn Owl Marsh Owl African Scops-Owl White-faced Scops-Owl Pearl-spotted Owlet Spotted Eagle-Owl Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Giant Eagle Owl) European Nightjar

Rostratula benghalensis Charadrius marginatus Charadrius tricollaris Pluvialis squatarola Vanellus coronatus Vanellus melanopterus Actitis hypoleucos Tringa glareola Tringa stagnatilis Tringa nebularia Calidris ferruginea Philomachus pugnax Numenius arquata Numenius phaeopus Recurvirostra avosetta Himantopus himantopus Burhinus capensis Cursorius rufus Cursorius temminckii Rhinoptilus africanus Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Glareola nordmanni Stercorarius longicaudus Chlidonias leucopterus Pterocles namaqua Pterocles burchelli Columba livia Columba guinea Streptopelia capicola Streptopelia turtur Streptopelia senegalensis Oena capensis Agapornis roseicollis Corythaixoides concolor Cuculus canorus Cuculus gularis Clamator glandarius Clamator jacobinus Chrysococcyx caprius Centropus burchelli Tyto alba Asio capensis Otus senegalensis Ptilopsis granti Glaucidium perlatum Bubo africanus Bubo lacteus Caprimulgus europaeus

406 411 413 415 417 418 425 426 436 437 438 445 445b 446 447 449 451 452 454 455

Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Common Swift (Eurasian Swift) Bradfield's Swift White-rumped Swift Little Swift Alpine Swift White-backed Mousebird Red-faced Mousebird Grey-headed Kingfisher Striped Kingfisher European Bee-eater Swallow-tailed Bee-eater White-throated Bee-eater European Roller Lilac-breasted Roller Purple Roller African Hoopoe Green Wood-Hoopoe (Red-billed Wood-Hoopoe) Common Scimitarbill
(Scimitar-billed Wood-Hoopoe)

Caprimulgus rufigena Apus apus Apus bradfieldi Apus caffer Apus affinis Tachymarptis melba Colius colius Urocolius indicus Halcyon leucocephala Halcyon chelicuti Merops apiaster Merops hirundineus Merops albicollis Coracias garrulous Coracias caudatus Coracias naevius Upupa africana Phoeniculus purpureus Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Bycanistes bucinator Tockus nasutus Tockus leucomelas Tricholaema leucomelas Campethera bennettii Campethera abingoni Dendropicos fuscescens Dendropicos namaquus Mirafra passerina Mirafra apiata Mirafra africanoides Calendulauda sabota Pinarocorys nigricans Chersomanes albofasciata Calandrella cinerea Spizocorys conirostris Spizocorys sclateri Eremalauda starki Eremopterix leucotis Eremopterix verticalis Eremopterix australis Hirundo rustica Hirundo albigularis Hirundo dimidiata Hirundo cucullata Cecropis abyssinica Petrochelidon spilodera Hirundo fuligula Delichon urbicum Riparia paludicola Dicrurus adsimilis

Trumpeter Hornbill 457 African Grey Hornbill

459 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 465 Acacia Pied Barbet 481 483 486 487 493 495 497 498 505 506 507 508 510 511 515 516 517 518 520 523 526 527 528 529 530 533 541

(Pied Barbet) Bennett's Woodpecker Golden-tailed Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker Monotonous Lark Cape Clapper Lark Fawn-coloured Lark Sabota Lark Dusky Lark Spike-heeled Lark Red-capped Lark Pink-billed Lark Sclater's Lark Stark's Lark Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark (Chestnut-backed Finchlark) Grey-backed Sparrowlark (Grey-backed Finchlark) Black-eared Sparrowlark Barn Swallow (European Swallow) White-throated Swallow Pearl-breasted Swallow Greater Striped Swallow Lesser Striped Swallow South African Cliff-Swallow Rock Martin Common House-Martin Brown-throated Martin Fork-tailed Drongo

543 547 548 552 557 563 567 577b 580 583 584b 586 587 589 590 592 595 596 615 621 625 631 634 643 651 653 664 665 681 685 686 688 689 695 697 698 703 706 710 713 715 716 717 719 731 732 733 739

Eurasian Golden Oriole Cape Crow (Black Crow) Pied Crow Ashy Tit Cape Penduline-Tit Southern Pied Babbler African Red-eyed Bulbul Karoo Thrush (Olive Thrush) Groundscraper Thrush Short-toed Rock-Thrush Common Redstart (Eurasian Redstart) Mountain Wheatear (Mountain Chat) Capped Wheatear Familiar Chat Tractrac Chat Karoo Chat Ant-eating Chat African Stonechat Kalahari Scrub-Robin (Kalahari Robin) Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler (Tit-Babbler) Icterine Warbler African Reed-Warbler (African Marsh Warbler) Europian Sedge Warbler Willow Warbler Long-billed Crombec Yellow-bellied Eremomela Zitting Cisticola (Fan-tailed Cisticola) Desert Cisticola Neddicky Black-chested Prinia Karoo Prinia (Spotted Prinia) Rufous-eared Warbler Spotted Flycatcher Marico Flycatcher Chat Flycatcher Fiscal Flycatcher Pririt Batis Fairy Flycatcher African Paradise-Flycatcher Cape Wagtail Grey Wagtail African Pipit (Grassveld Pipit) Long-billed Pipit Buffy Pipit Lesser Grey Shrike Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike) Red-backed Shrike Crimson-breasted Shrike (Crimson-breasted Boubou)

Oriolus oriolus Corvus capensis Corvus albus Parus cinerascens Anthoscopus minutus Turdoides bicolor Pycnonotus nigricans Turdus smithi Psophocichla litsitsirupa Monticola brevipes Phoenicurus phoenicurus Oenanthe monticola Oenanthe pileata Cercomela familiaris Cercomela tractrac Cercomela schlegelii Myrmecocichla formicivora Saxicola torquatus Erythropygia paena Parisoma subcaeruleum

741 744

Brubru Black-crowned Tchagra 746 Bokmakierie

756 Southern White-crowned Shrike 757 Common Starling 760 762 764 779 788 796 798

Nilaus afer Tchagra senegalus Telophorus zeylonus Eurocephalus anguitimens Sturnus vulgaris Creatophora cinerea Lamprotornis australis Lamprotornis nitens Cinnyris mariquensis Cinnyris fuscus Zosterops virens Bubalornis niger Plocepasser mahali Philetairus socius Passer domesticus Passer motitensis Passer melanurus Passer diffusus Sporopipes squamifrons Ploceus velatus Quelea quelea Euplectes orix Euplectes afer Euplectes ardens Pytilia melba Lagonosticta senegala Uraeginthus granatinus Estrilda astrild Estrilda erythronotos Ortygospiza atricollis Amadina erythrocephala Vidua regia Serinus atrogularis Serinus alario Serinus flaviventris Emberiza flaviventris Emberiza impetuani Emberiza tahapisi

(Eurasian Starling) Wattled Starling Burchell's Starling Cape Glossy Starling (Glossy Starling) Marico Sunbird Dusky Sunbird Cape White-eye Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

799 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 800 Sociable Weaver 801 802 803 804 806 814 821

Hippolais icterina Acrocephalus baeticatus Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Phylloscopus trochilus Sylvietta rufescens Eremomela icteropygialis Cisticola juncidis Cisticola aridulus Cisticola fulvicapilla Prinia flavicans Prinia maculosa Malcorus pectoralis Muscicapa striata Bradornis mariquensis Bradornis infuscatus Sigelus silens Batis pririt Stenostira scita Terpsiphone viridis Motacilla capensis Motacilla cinerea Anthus cinnamomeus Anthus similis Anthus vaalensis Lanius minor Lanius collaris Lanius collurio Laniarius atrococcineus

824 826 831 834 842 845 846 847 852 856 861 870 876 878 884 887 886

House Sparrow Great Sparrow Cape Sparrow Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Grey-headed Sparrow) Scaly-feathered Finch Southern Masked-Weaver (Masked Weaver) Red-billed Quelea Southern Red Bishop Yellow-crowned Bishop (Golden Bishop) Red-collared Widowbird Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch) Red-billed Firefinch Violet-eared Waxbill Common Waxbill Black-faced Waxbill (Black-cheeked Waxbill) African Quailfinch Red-headed Finch Shaft-tailed Whydah Black-throated Canary Black-headed Canary Yellow Canary Golden-breasted Bunting Lark-like Bunting Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Rock Bunting)

Some species have very few records and are either vagrant or reliant on abnormal weather conditions.

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