Words of Feather: February 2014

Thursday, 13 February 2014

211 | BIRDS IN WORDS EDITORIAL (29.01.-14.02.'14)

211

Art. # 211

Birds in Words – Editorial (19.01. – 14.02.2014)

The cover page shows a male Kori Bustard (Bird of the Year 2014).

Cover page layout: beeline

Cover page photo: Birgit Leicher

Editor: Stefan Rust

Dear reader,

some more detailed reports on birds, bird matters and fascinating bird conservation and tourism activities are published in articles

203 Cleaning the routes traveled,

204 Kleinster Weber mir großer Totem Bedeutung,

205 BirdsConTour supports citizens and garden birds,

206 Southern Ground-Hornbill – opportunistic Hamerkop nest tenant,

207 BirdsConTour on stickers,

208 Car Mirror Bird Guard,

209 The official checklist of birds in KAZA TFCA,

210 BirdsConTour Report (NEW! List of birds seen during this time included) and

211 Birds in Words Editorial

available under the blogspot "Birds in Words" www.birdscontour.blogspot.com

It is all about birds!

*Please note that articles are, or may be, included that don't directly deal with birds. These are, however, issues that contribute directly or indirectly to the protection of birds.

Kind regards

Stefan Rust

Cell: +264 (0) 81 129 8415

E-mail: birdscontour@iway.na

www.birdscontour.blogspot.com

P.O.Box 5182, Windhoek, Namibia

210 | BIRDSCONTOUR REPORT (29.01.-14.02.'14)

210

Art. # 210

BIRDSCONTOUR REPORT

(29.01.’14 – 14.02.’14)

Text and photos from Stefan Rust

2014

(In terms of the Geneva Convention the copyright of these texts belong to Stefan Rust)

Dear birding friends,

as birdwatching is a relatively new and one of the fastest growing and a most popular pursuit, it attracts people of all ages around the world. There can hardly be a better place than southern Africa (Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, Lesotho, South Africa) to nurture an interest in birds as it supports almost 1000 bird species, which is about 10 per cent of the world's entire bird. Taking birding to new heights, Hobby-Ornithologist Stefan Rust together with BirdsConTour represents some of the ontour bird sightings and several other interesting birding aspects to showcase the fun of birding, promote citizen science, highlight conservation, indicate where to view what birds and raise awareness of southern Africa's (sometimes international) birds and their habitats.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WORK GETS DISTRIBUTED INTERNATIONALLY

Sites and countries visited during this period incl. amount of species per site:

(0-0 - Haven’t been there myself)

(single letter – indicates several sites per day)

01.02: (A) Garden Olympia, Windhoek (8 species)

02.02: (A) Road from Windhoek (8 species) – (B) Farm Sonnleiten, 45 km east of

Windhoek (41 species) – (C) Farm Voigtland (49 species)

05.02: (0-0) Chobe N.P., Botswana

08.02: (A) Kempinski Estate, Windhoek (26 species)

09.02: (A) Garden Olympia, Windhoek (12 species)

Total Distance traveled:

210 km

Have a quick look if your name is included in this scientific informational work (alphabetically arranged):

Allgemeine Zeitung (Namibia)

Giel Andrea (Namibia)

Plastic Packaging (Namibia)

Rust Heidi (Namibia)

Sign Shop (Namibia)

Voigts Gaby & Stephan (Namibia)

Von Ludwiger Ute (Namibia)

Personal Highlights:

FARM VOIGTLAND

CAR MIRROR BIRD GUARD

SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL

Index to bird species observed in this period:

(English names and date when seen)

(* - See text about species on according date beneath species list)

(A or B – Appears when species is recorded at different sites on same day, specifying where on according date beneath species list)

-Acacia Pied Barbet 02.2.(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-African Hawk-Eagle 02.2.(C) /

-African Palm-Swift 08.2.(A) /

-African Red-eyed Bulbul 02.2.(B)(C) / 09.2.(A) /

-Barn Swallow 02.2.(C) /

-Barred Wren-Warbler 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Black-chested Prinia 02.2.(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Black-faced Waxbill 02.2.(B) / 08.2.(A) /

-Black-throated Canary 01.2.(A) / 08.2.(A) / 09.2.(A) /

-Black-winged Stilt 02.2.(C) /

-Black Cuckoo 02.2.(B) / 08.2.(A) /

-Black Kite 02.1.(A) /

-Blacksmith Lapwing 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Blue Waxbill 01.2.(A) / 09.2.(A) /

-Brown-crowned Tchagra 02.2.(B) /

-Brubru 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Cape Glossy Starling 02.2.(A)(C) /

-Cape Teal 02.2.(C) /

-Cape Turtle-Dove 02.2.(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Cape Wagtail 01.2.(A) / 09.2.(A) /

-Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 08.2.(A) /

-Common Moorhen 02.2.(C) /

-Crimson-breasted Shrike 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Diderick Cuckoo 02.2.(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Egyptian Goose 02.2.(C) /

-European Bee-eater 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Familiar Chat 02.2.(B) /

-Fork-tailed Drongo 02.2.(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Golden-breasted Bunting 02.2.(B) /

-Great Sparrow 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Great Spotted Cuckoo 02.2.(B) /

-Greater Striped Swallow 02.2.(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Grey Go-away-bird 02.2.(B) / 08.2.(A) /

-Groundscraper Thrush 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Helmeted Guineafowl 02.2.(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-House Sparrow 01.2.(A) /

-Kalahari Scrub-Robin 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Klaas’s Cuckoo 02.2.(B) /

-*Lappet-faced Vulture 02.2.*(C) /

-Laughing Dove 01.2.(A) / 02.2.(A)(C) / 08.2.(A) / 09.2.(A) /

-Lesser Masked-Weaver 02.2.(C) /

-Little Grebe 02.2.(C) /

-Little Swift 02.2.(A) /

-Marico Flycatcher 02.2.(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Marico Sunbird 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Monteiro Hornbill 02.2.(B) /

-Mountain Wheatear 08.2.(A) /

-Pearl-breasted Swallow 02.2.(C) /

-Pied Crow 09.2.(A) /

-Pririt Batis 02.2.(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Rattling Cisticola 08.2.(A) /

-Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 02.2.(B)(C) /

-Red-billed Spurfowl 02.2.(B) / 08.2.(A) /

-Red-billed Teal 02.2.(C) /

-Red-crested Korhaan 02.2.(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Red-knobbed Coot 02.2.(C) /

-Red-headed Finch 09.2.(A) /

-Rock Martin 02.2.(A)(B)(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Rockrunner 08.2.(A) /

-Rosy-faced Lovebird 02.2.(B) / 08.2.(A) /

-Rufous-naped Lark 02.2.(C) /

-Sabota Lark 02.2.(B)(C) /

-*Scaly-feathered Finch 01.2.(A) / 02.2.(B)(C) / 09.2.(A) /

-Scarlet-chested Sunbird 08.2.(A) /

-Shaft-tailed Whydah 02.2.(B) / 08.2(A) /

-Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 02.2.(B)(C) /

-*Southern Ground-Hornbill *05.02. /

-Southern Masked-Weaver 01.2.(A) / 02.2.(C) / 09.2.(A) /

-Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk 02.2.(B) /

-Southern Red Bishop 09.2.(A) /

-Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 02.2.(B) /

-Speckled Pigeon 02.2.(B) /

-Swallow-tailed Bee-eater 02.2.(C) / 08.2.(A) /

-Tawny Eagle 02.2.(C) /

-Three-banded Plover 02.2.(C) /

-Violet-backed Starling 02.2.(C) /

-Wattled Starling 02.2.(A) /

-White-backed Mousebird 01.2.(A) / 02.2.(C) / 09.2.(A) /

-White-backed Vulture 02.2.(C) /

-White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 02.2.(A)(B)(C) / 09.2.(A) /

Total number of species identified:

02.02.'14 Farm Voigtland, Namibia Lappet-faced Vulture (3) According to the tracks a cheetah caught a hartebeest calf. 3 Lappet-faced Vultures and about 20 White-backed Vultures cleaned the leftovers. Once again these avian scavengers proved their important ecological role in cleaning the veld of carcasses. Therefore the spread of diseases, for e.g. blowfly, is prevented.

02.02.'14 Picnic Area on B6 and crossing B6/M0033, Namibia BirdsConTour for a cleaner Bird Habitat Today BirdsConTour again cleaned the two picnic areas on the B6 between Windhoek and the Hosea Kutako International Airport and the crossing B6/M0033. Read more in Birds in Words www.birdscontour.blogspot.com article # 203.

02.02.’14 Farm Voigtland, 35 km east of Windhoek, Namibia Bird & Birder Friendly Habitat Farm Voigtland improved its wild bird support station by adding one more seed feeder and one more fruit feeder. As Mr. Stephan Voigts says, their guests enjoy having breakfast while viewing the wild birds at the feeding station in the garden.

04.02.'14 Allgemeine Zeitung, Namibia Scaly-feathered Finch Today an article was published in the Allgemeine Zeitung about the Scaly-feathered Finch. The same article is published in article nr. 204 in Birds in Words www.birdscontour.blogspot.com.

05.02.'14 Allgemeine Zeitung, Namibia Letter to the editor In this the issue of adventure tourism in Namibia is discussed. The trigger was a video that appeared in the “New York Times”. This same letter to the editor is published in article 190 in Birds in Words www.birdscontour.blogspot.com.

05.02.'14 Chobe N.P., Botswana Southern Ground-Hornbill (2) Today Mrs. Ute Von Ludwiger had an interesting observation with two of these birds in the Chobe NP. A full description hereof is in article 206 in Birds in Words.

07.02.'14 Birds in Words BirdsConTour Stickers Promotion stickers with the BirdsConTour logo enables BirdsConTour to label its various promotional items and the bird products to be ever-present. The stickers can be viewed in article 207.

09.02.'14 Architecture for a better Bird Life Car Mirror Bird Guard How can one stop a bird attacking the side mirror of a car? BirdsConTour has the answer in article 208.

Enjoy Birding,

Stefan Rust

Please note: Most scientific information has been taken from Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, V11th edition!

(For further reading see www.birdscontour.blogspot.com)

(For more information contact Stefan Rust on +264 (0)81 129 8415 or birdscontour@iway.na)

209 | (A) THE OFFICIAL CHECKLIST OF BIRDS IN KAZA TFCA

209 (A)

Art. # 209

The Official Checklist of

BIRDS

in KAZA TFCA

(Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area)

Photos and text by Stefan Rust

2013

(In terms of the Geneva Convention the copyright of these texts belong to Stefan Rust)

Spanning over 444 000 square kilometer, KAZA is the world’s largest protected conservation and tourism area (over half the size of France). It includes about 40 formally proclaimed national parks, game reserves, community conservancies and game management areas in Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.

A key objective of the KAZA TFCA is to join fragmented wildlife habitats into an interconnected assortment of protected areas and trans-boundary wildlife corridors, which will facilitate and enhance the free movement of animals across international boundaries.

This transfrontier nature park is jointly supported by Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands together with SADC.

The geographical area for the checklist

The Official Checklist of BIRDS in KAZA TFCA will provide a handy record of birds you can expect to see, where in the region and it provides space for personal record of those birds you have seen.

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I wish to dedicate this work to my daughter

LENI

who is such a brave and lovely child.

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. Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica 4

. Brown-headed Apalis apalis alticola 4

. Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida 4 4 4 4 4

. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 4 4 4 4 4

. Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-faced Babbler Turdoidws melanops 4 4

. Hartlaub’s Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii 4 4 4 4 4

. Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor 4 4 4

. Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor 4

. Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Chaplin’s Barbet Lybius chaplini 4

. Crested Barbet Trochyphonus vaillantii 4 4 4 4 4

. Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata 4 4

. Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Chinspot Batis Batis molitor 4 4 4 4 4

. Margaret’s Batis batis margaritae 4

. Pririt Batis Batis pririt 4

. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 4 4 4 4 4

. European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 4 4 4 4 4

. Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 4 4 4 4 4

. Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus 4

. Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides 4 4 4 4 4

. Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 4 4 4 4 4

. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides 4 4 4 4 4

. Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix 4 4 4 4 4

. Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis 4 4 4

. Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer 4 4 4 4 4

. Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii 4 4 4 4 4

. Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 4 4 4 4

. Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 4 4 4 4

. Swamp Boubou laniarius bicolor 4 4 4 4

. Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus 4 4 4

. African Broadbill Smithornis capensis 4 4 4 4

. Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris 4 4 4 4 4

. Brubru Nilaus afer 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger 4 4 4 4 4

. African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans 4 4 4 4

. Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor 4 4 4 4 4

. Cabanis’s Bunting Emberiza cabanisi 4 4 4

. Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi 4 4 4 4 4

. Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris 4 4 4 4 4

. Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani 4 4

. Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti 4 4 4 4

. Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike Telophorus sulfureopectus

4 4 4 4 4

. Perrin’s Bush-Shrike Telophorus viridis 4

. Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster 4 4 4 4 4

. Denham’s Bustard Neotis denhami 4 4 4

. White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis 4 4

. Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 4 4 4

. Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus 4 4

. Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus 4 4 4 4 4

. Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 4

. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 4 4 4 4 4

. Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 4 4 4 4 4

. Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 4

. Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus 4 4 4 4 4

. Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata

4 4 4 4 4

. Black-throated Canary Serinus atrogularis 4 4 4 4 4

. Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratus 4 4 4

. Yellow Canary Serinus flaviventris 4 4 4

. Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus 4 4 4 4 4

. Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora 4 4

. Arnott’s Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti 4 4 4 4 4

. Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris 4 4 4 4 4

. Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra 4 4

. Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens 4 4 4

. Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis 4 4

. Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus 4 4 4 4 4

. Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans 4 4

. Levaillant’s Cisticola Cisticola tinniens 4 4

. Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda 4

. Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula 4 4 4 4 4

. Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus 4 4

. Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops 4 4 4 4

. Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus 4 4

. Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami 4

. Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii 4

. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 4 4 4 4 4

. Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris 4 4

. South African Cliff-Swallow Hirundo spilodera 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus 4

. Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 4 4 4 4 4

. White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus 4 4 4 4 4

. Black Coucal Centropus grillii 4 4 4 4 4

. Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus 4 4 4 4 4

. Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 4 4 4 4 4

. White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus 4 4 4

. Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus 4 4 4 4 4

. Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus 4 4

. Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii 4 4 4 4 4

. Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus 4 4

. African Crake Crecopsis egregia 4 4 4 4 4

. Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla 4 4 4 4 4

. Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris 4 4 4 4 4

. Corn Crake Crex crex 4 4

. Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 4 4 4 4 4

. Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis 4 4 4

. Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus 4 4 4

. Grey-crowned Crane Balearica regulorum 4 4 4 4 4

. Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus 4 4

. Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla 4

. Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii 4

. Cape Crow Corvus capensis 4 4 4 4

. Pied Crow Corvus albus 4 4 4 4 4

. African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis 4 4 4 4 4

. Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus 4 4 4 4 4

. Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 4 4 4 4 4

. Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 4 4 4 4 4

. Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti 4 4

. Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava 4 4 4 4 4

. White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis 4 4 4 4 4

. African Darter Anhinga rufa 4 4 4 4 4

. African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens 4 4 4 4 4

. Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 4 4 4 4 4

. Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 4 4 4 4 4

. African Black Duck Anas sparsa 4 4 4 4

. Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 4 4 4 4 4

. Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 4 4 4 4 4

. Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa 4 4

. White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus 4 4 4 4 4

. White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata 4 4 4 4 4

. Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 4 4 4 4 4

. African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus 4 4

. Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina 4 4 4 4 4

. Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 4 4 4 4 4

. Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 4 4 4 4 4

. Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 4 4 4 4 4

. Verreaux’s Eagle Aquila verreauxii 4 4

. Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi 4 4 4 4 4

. Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus 4 4 4 4 4

. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Bubeo lacteus 4 4 4 4 4

. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 4 4 4 4 4

. Great White Egret Egretta alba 4 4 4 4 4

. Little Egret Egretta garzetta 4 4 4 4 4

. Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula 4 4 4 4 4

. Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis 4

. Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis 4 4 4 4 4

. Green-capped eremomela Eremomela scotops 4 4 4 4 4

. Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis

4 4 4 4 4

. Amur Falcon Falco amurensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae 4

. Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 4 4 4 4 4

. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera 4 4 4 4 4

. Cuckoo Finch Anomalospiza imberbis 4 4 4 4 4

. Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala 4 4 4 4

. Scaly-feathered Finch Sporopipes squamifrons 4 4 4 4

. Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha 4

. African Finfoot Podica senegalensis 4 4 4 4

. African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata 4

. Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala 4 4 4 4 4

. Jameson’s Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia 4 4 4 4 4

. Common Fiscal Lanius collaris 4 4 4 4 4

. African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 4 4 4 4 4

. Pel’s Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli 4 4 4

. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus rubber 4 4 4 4 4

. Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor 4 4 4 4 4

. Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans 4 4

. Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa 4 4 4 4 4

. Streaky-breasted Flufftail Sarothrura boehmi 4

. African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta 4

. Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens 4 4 4 4 4

. Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas 4

. Boehm’s Flycatcher Muscicapa boehmi 4

. Chat Flycatcher Bradornis infuscatus 4 4

. Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 4 4 4

. Livingstone’s Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei 4 4

. Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis 4 4 4 4

. Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus 4 4 4 4 4

. Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina 4 4 4 4 4

. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 4 4 4 4 4

. Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica 4

. White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda 4

. Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui 4 4 4 4 4

. Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena 4 4 4 4 4

. Orange River Francolin Scleroptila levaillantoides 4 4

. Shelley’s Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi 4 4

. Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrula alleni 4 4 4 4 4

. Grey Go-away-Bird Corythaixoides concolor 4 4 4 4 4

. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 4 4 4

. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 4 4 4 4 4

. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 4 4 4 4 4

. African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro 4 4 4 4 4

. Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates 4 4 4 4 4

. Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar 4 4 4 4 4

. Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus 4 4 4

. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 4 4 4 4 4

. African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis 4

. Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis 4

. Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 4

. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 4 4 4 4 4

. Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris 4

. Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris 4 4 4 4

. African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus 4 4 4 4 4

. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 4 4 4 4 4

. Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri 4 4 4 4 4

. Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani 4 4 4

. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 4 4 4 4 4

. Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 4 4

. Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus 4 4 4 4 4

. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 4 4 4

. Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 4 4 4 4 4

. Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus 4 4 4 4 4

. Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 4 4 4 4 4

. African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus 4 4 4 4 4

. African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides 4 4 4 4 4

. Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus 4 4 4 4 4

. African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster 4 4 4 4 4

. Ayres’ Hawk-Eagle Aquila ayresii 4 4 4

. Retz’s Helmet-Shrike Prionops retzii 4 4 4 4 4

. White Helmet-Shrike Prionops plumatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 4 4 4 4 4

. Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 4 4 4 4 4

. Green-backed Heron Butorides striata 4 4 4 4 4

. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 4 4 4 4 4

. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 4 4 4 4 4

. Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris 4 4 4 4 4

. Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 4 4 4 4 4

. African Hobby Falco cuvierii 4 4 4 4 4

. Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 4 4 4 4 4

. Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus 4 4 4 4 4

. Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae 4 4 4 4 4

. European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus 4 4 4

. Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 4 4 4 4 4

. Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 4 4 4 4 4

. Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegates 4

. African Hoopoe Upupa africana 4 4 4 4 4

. African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus 4 4 4 4 4

. Bradfield’s Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi 4 4 4 4

. Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus 4 4

. Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis 4 4

. Pale-billed Hornbill Tockus pallidirostris 4

. Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris 4 4 4 4 4

. Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator 4 4 4

. Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum 4 4 4 4 4

. Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis 4 4 4

. Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster 4

. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 4 4 4 4 4

. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 4 4 4 4 4

. Hadeda ibis Bostrychia hagedash 4 4 4 4 4

. Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens 4 4 4 4 4

. Variable Indigobird Vidua funerea 4

. Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata 4 4 4 4 4

. African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 4 4 4 4 4

. Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni 4 4 4 4 4

. Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides 4 4 4 4 4

. Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus 4

. Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 4 4 4 4 4

. Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus 4 4 4 4 4

. Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris 4 4 4 4

. Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maximus 4 4 4 4 4

. Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 4 4 4 4 4

. Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata 4 4 4 4 4

. Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata 4 4 4 4 4

. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 4 4 4 4 4

. Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 4 4 4 4 4

. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Black Kite Milvus migrans 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 4 4 4 4 4

. Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius 4 4 4 4 4

. Northern Black Korhaan Eupodotisafraoides 4 4 4

. Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista 4 4 4 4 4

. African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 4 4 4 4 4

. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris 4 4 4 4

. Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris 4

. Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 4 4

. White-headed Lapwing Vanellus albiceps 4 4

. Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans 4 4 4 4 4

. Eastern Clapper Lark Mirafra fasciolata 4 4 4

. Fawn-coloured Lark Calendulauda africanoides 4 4 4 4 4

. Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea 4 4 4 4 4

. Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina 4 4 4 4 4

. Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris 4 4 4 4

. Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea 4 4 4 4 4

. Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana 4 4 4 4 4

. Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota 4 4 4

. Yellow-throated Leaf-love Chlorocichla flavicollis 4 4

. Fuelleborn’s Longclaw Macronyx fuellebornii 4 4

. Grimwood’s Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi 4

. Rosy-breasted Longclaw Macronyx ameliae 4 4 4 4

. Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis 4

. Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata 4 4 4 4

. Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides 4 4

. African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus 4 4 4 4 4

. Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus 4 4 4 4

. Banded Martin Riparia cincta 4 4 4 4 4

. Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola 4 4 4 4 4

. Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula 4 4 4 4 4

. Sand Martin Riparia riparia 4 4 4 4 4

. Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius 4 4 4 4 4

. Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 4 4 4 4 4

. Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus 4 4 4 4 4

. Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla 4 4 4 4 4

. Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis 4

. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 4 4 4 4 4

. White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus 4 4 4 4 4

. Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 4 4 4 4 4

. Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 4 4 4 4 4

. Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis 4 4 4 4 4

. Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma 4 4 4

. Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius 4 4 4 4

. Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena 4 4 4 4 4

. Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii 4 4 4 4 4

. Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis 4

. African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus 4 4 4 4 4

. African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 4 4 4 4 4

. Osprey Pandion haliaetus 4 4 4 4 4

. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus 4 4 4 4

. Barn Owl Tyto alba 4 4 4 4 4

. Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense 4 4 4 4 4

. Marsh Owl Asio capensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus 4 4 4 4 4

. Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus 4 4 4 4 4

. Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis 4 4 4 4 4

. African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus 4 4 4 4 4

. Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata 4

. African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 4 4 4 4 4

. Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua obtusa 4 4 4 4 4

. Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea 4 4 4 4 4

. Grey-headed Parrot Poicephalus suahelicus 4 4 4

. Meyer’s Parrot Poicephalus meyeri 4 4 4 4 4

. Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 4 4 4 4 4

. Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 4 4 4 4

. Cape Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus minutus 4 4 4

. Grey Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli 4 4 4 4 4

. Yellow-throated Petronia Petronia superciliaris 4 4 4 4 4

. African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus 4 4 4 4 4

. Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer 4

. Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus 4

. Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys 4 4 4 4 4

. Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus 4 4

. Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 4 4 4 4 4

. Woodland Pipit Anthus nyassae 4 4 4 4

. Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 4 4 4 4 4

. Common ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 4 4 4 4 4

. Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 4

. Kittlitz’s Plover Charadrius pecuarius 4 4 4 4 4

. Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 4 4 4 4 4

. White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus 4 4

. Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni 4 4 4 4 4

. Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 4 4 4 4 4

. Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis 4 4 4

. Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla 4 4 4 4 4

. African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus 4 4 4 4 4

. African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta 4 4 4 4 4

. Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba 4 4 4 4 4

. Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra 4 4 4 4

. Blue Quail Coturnix adansonii 4 4 4 4 4

. Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 4 4 4 4 4

. Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei 4 4 4 4 4

. African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-chinned Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis 4 4

. Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis 4 4

. Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops 4

. African Rail Rallus caerulescens 4 4 4 4 4

. White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis 4 4

. Common Redshank Tringa tetanus 4

. Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 4 4

. African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 4 4 4 4

. Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis 4 4

. White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini 4 4 4 4 4

. White-throated Robin-Chat Cossypha humeralis 4

. Miombo Rock-Thrush Monticola angolensis 4 4

. Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 4 4 4 4 4

. European Roller Coracias garrulous 4 4 4 4 4

. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Purple Roller Coracias naevius 4 4 4 4 4

. Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus 4 4 4 4 4

. Ruff Philomachus pugnax 4 4 4 4 4

. Little Rush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala 4 4 4 4 4

. Sanderling Calidris alba 4

. Burchell’s Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli 4 4 4 4

. Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus 4 4 4 4 4

. Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua 4 4

. Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis 4 4 4 4

. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 4 4 4 4 4

. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 4 4 4 4 4

. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 4 4 4 4 4

. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 4 4 4 4 4

. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 4 4 4 4 4

. Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera 4

. Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus 4

. Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 4 4 4 4 4

. African Scops-Owl Otussenegalensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Ptilopsus granti 4 4 4 4 4

. Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata 4 4

. Kalahari Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas paena 4 4 4 4

. Miombo Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas barbata 4 4

. White-browed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys

4 4 4 4 4

. Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-eared Seed-eater Serinus mennelli 4 4 4

. Reichard’s Seed-eater Serinus reichardi 4 4

. Streaky-headed Seed-eater Serinus gularis 4 4 4

. Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus 4

. Shikra Accipiter badius 4 4 4 4 4

. Cape Shoveler Anas smithii 4 4 4 4 4

. Crimson-brested Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus 4 4 4 4 4

. Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 4 4 4 4 4

. Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 4 4 4 4 4

. Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens

4 4 4 4

. Souza’s Shrike Lanius souzae 4 4 4

. African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis 4 4 4 4 4

. Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus 4 4 4 4 4

. Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens 4 4 4 4 4

. African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis 4 4 4 4 4

. Great Snipe Gallinago media 4 4 4 4 4

. Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus 4

. Great Sparrow Passer motitensis 4 4 4 4

. House Sparrow Passer domesticus 4 4 4 4 4

. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus 4 4

. Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffuses 4 4 4 4 4

. Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 4 4

. Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus 4 4 4 4 4

. Owambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix leucotis 4 4 4 4 4

. Grey-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix verticalis 4 4 4 4 4

. Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser rufoscapulatus

4 4

. White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali 4 4 4 4 4

. Boehm’s Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi 4 4

. Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri 4

. African Spoonbill Platalea alba 4 4 4 4 4

. Natal Spurfowl Pternistes natalensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Red-billed Spurfowl Pternistes adspersus 4 4 4 4

. Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistes afer 4 4

. Swainson’s Spurfowl Pternistes swainsonii 4 4 4 4 4

. Burchell’s Starling Lamprotornis australis 4 4 4 4 4

. Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens 4 4 4 4

. Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus

4 4 4 4 4

. Meves’s Starling Lamprotornis mevesii 4 4 4 4

. Miombo Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis Elisabeth 4 4 4

. Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio 4 4

. Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus 4 4 4

. Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 4 4 4 4 4

. Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea 4 4 4 4 4

. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 4 4 4 4

. Little Stint Calidris minuta 4 4 4 4 4

. Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii 4

. Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata 4 4 4 4 4

. Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii 4 4 4 4 4

. Black Stork Ciconia nigra 4 4 4 4 4

. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus 4 4 4 4 4

. Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 4 4 4 4 4

. White Stork Ciconia ciconia 4 4 4 4 4

. Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 4 4 4 4 4

. Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 4 4 4 4 4

. Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystine 4 4 4 4 4

. Anchieta’s Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae 4

. Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris 4 4 4 4

. Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus 4 4 4

. Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis 4 4 4 4 4

. Miombo Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis 4 4

. Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus 4 4 4 4 4

(continued in article 209 B)