281 | BIRDING REPORT 1.6.-13.6.2014

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Art. # 281

BIRDING REPORT

(01.06.’14 – 13.06.’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.

All countries that BirdsConTour is involved with are mentioned in these Birding Reports, such as Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WORK GETS DISTRIBUTED INTERNATIONALLY

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

Amadeus Garden Guesthouse, Zimbabwe

Böker Brigitte

Bwabwata NP., Namibia

Chamäleon Reisen

Chobe NP., Botswana

Chobe Safari Lodge, Botswana

East Gate Rest Camp, Namibia

Fronhoff Katrin

Goetz Dagmar & Wolfgang

Gondwana Collection (Namushasha Lodge), Namibia

Koch Olivia

Madikubu Houseboat, Botswana

Mahangu NP., Namibia

Moremi NP, Botswana

Namushasha Lodge (Gondwana Collection), Namibia

Nunda River Lodge, Namibia

Okavango Delta, Botswana

Okavango Delta Panhandle, Botswana

Okavango River, Namibia

Popa Falls, Namibia

Saalbach Gabriele & Kurt

Thamalakane River Lodge, Botswana

Tsodillo Hills, Botswana

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls NP., Zimbabwe

Windhoek, Namibia

Winkelmeyer Sybille

Xaro Lodge, Botswana

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)

01.06: (A) Amadeus Garden Guesthouse and Victoria Falls (29 species)

02.06: (A) Amadeus Garden Guesthouse and Victoria Falls (3 species, additional to

           yesterday), (B) Victoria Falls NP. (14 species), (C) Road from Victoria Falls to

           Chobe Safari Lodge (11 species), (D) Chobe Safari Lodge (25 species)

03.06: (A) Chobe NP. (68 species), (B) Chobe Safari Lodge (14 species, additional)

04.06: (A) Chobe Safari Lodge (3 species, additional) (B) Road from Chobe Safari Lodge

           to Namushasha Lodge (20 species), (C) Namushasha Lodge and Bwabwata NP.

           (43 species)

05.06: (A) Namushasha Lodge and Bwabwata NP (34 species, additional to yesterday)

06.06: (A) Namushasha Lodge (1 species, additional to yesterday), (B) Road from

           Namushasha Lodge, Gondwana Collection, to Nunda River Lodge (16  

           species), (C) Nunda River Lodge and Popa Falls (45 species)

07.06: (A) Nunda River Lodge and Okavango River (2 species, additional to yesterday),

           (B) Road from Nunda River Lodge to Xaro Lodge (16 species) (C) Mahangu NP.

           (Bwabwata NP) (35 species), (D) Xaro Lodge and Okavango Delta Panhandle (39

           species)

08.06: (A) Xaro Lodge and Okavango Delta Panhandle (2 species, additional to

           yesterday), (B) Road from Xaro Lodge to Madikubu Houseboat (21 species), (C)

           Tsodillo Hills (12 species), (D) Madikubu Houseboat and Okavango Delta (29

           species)

09.06: (A) Madikubu Houseboat and Okavango Delta (45 species, additional to

           yesterday)

10.06: (A) Madikubu Houseboat (1 species), (B) Road from Madikubu Houseboat to

           Thamalakane River Lodge (30 species), (C) Thamalakane River Lodge (19

           species)

11.06: (A) Thamalakane River Lodge (3 species, additional to previous day), (B) Road

           from Thamalakane River Lodge to Moremi NP. and back (13 species) (C) Moremi

           NP. (54 species)

12.06: (A) Thamalakane River Lodge (4 species, additional to yesterday), (B) Road

           from Thamalakane River Lodge to East Gate Rest Camp (36 species), (C) East

           Gate Rest Camp (1 species)

13.06: (A) East Gate Rest Camp (1 species, additional to yesterday), (B) Road from East

           Gate Rest Camp to Windhoek (38 species)

Total Distance traveled:

2 157 km

Personal Highlights:

AFRICAN BROADBILL

AFRICAN DUSKY FLYCATCHER

PEL’S FISHING OWL

01.06.’14  Amadeus Gardens, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe  African Broadbill (1) This unobtrusive, easily overlooked species, is not globally threatened, but forest loss has an impact on the population.

02.06.'14  Victoria Falls NP., Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe  Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike (4) Although known to be shy birds, hiding in the tree canopy, early in the morning a pair was seen feeding two juvenile birds about 2 meters above the ground in a bush. Usually they are more often heard than seen.

03.06.'14  Chobe Safari Lodge, Kasane, Botswana  Levaillant’s Cuckoo (1) The Golden Orb Web spider is not the largest spider, but makes the largest and strongest web. Sometimes birds get trapped in it. A Levaillant’s Cuckoo was observed using its weight to plunge from a branch above into the web, catching the Golden Orb Web spider and with its prey dropping onto the ground beneath, killing its prey and then swallowing it head first. According to the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, V11th edition, the foraging behavior of this species is undescribed, therefore this observation is quite interesting.

04.06.’14 Namushasha River Lodge, Namibia  Hartlaub’s Babbler (4) Not much is known bout their diet. A juvenile Levaillant’s Cuckoo is been fed by a group of Hartlaub’s Babbler in the garden of the Namushasha Lodge. As more wetland establishes during more wet seasons in northeast Namibia, they expand their range.

05.06.’14 Namushasha River Lodge, Namibia  Plain-backed Pipit (10) Burnt or overgrazed areas are in favor of these birds. They even visit burnt areas in otherwise unsuitable habitat.

06.06.'14  BirdsConTOUR  Birds in Words  Today the ‘Triggering Travelling’ space is added to the Birds in Words editions, electronic and paper. Up till this stage BirdsConTour has grown so well that people are longing to read about fascinating aspects that one can encounter while travelling. The wonderful thing about this column is that BirdsConTour will be writing about a broad spectrum of subjects, some you might have come across while travelling, sending you down memory lane, or some subjects that might trigger your interest in wanting to pack your travel suitcase and head off to new experiences.

07.06.'14  Xaro Lodge, Okavango Delta Panhandle, Botswana  Pel’s Fishing-Owl (2) Often these birds share the roosting riverine roosting and nesting trees with the Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl and therefore occasionally fights to the death occur between these two species. In the 1.5 million ha area of the Okavango Delta live only estimated 100 pairs of the Pel’s Fishing-Owl.

08.06.'14  Madikubu Houseboat, Okavango Delta, Botswana  Bat Hawk (1) Its prey are bats, caught in flight. The prey is caught in the feet, transferred to bill, and then swallowed whole in flight, average 5-6 bats per feeding session. Its entire daily food requirement is caught within 20-30 minutes, mainly at dusk.

09.06.'14  Okavango Delta, Botswana  African Golden Oriole (1) The movements of this shy and unobtrusive intra-African breeding migrant species is not well understood.

10.06.’14  Road from Ghanzi to Maun, Botswana  BirdsConTour for a cleaner Bird Habitat  Whilst having a lunch picnic under a large camelthorn tree alongside the road from Ghanzi to Maun the area around the picnic site was cleaned by BirdsConTour and members of the Moremi Tour organized by Chamäleon Reisen and Pack Safari, led by BirdsConTour.

Read more in the electronic newsletter Birds in Words (www.birdscontour.blogspot.com) article 273.

11.06.’14  Moremi NP, Botswana  Red-footed Falcon (1) The entire world population, more than 150 000 pairs, migrates to southern Africa, arriving in southern Africa in October till November and departing April till May.

11.06.’14  Thamalakane River Lodge, Botswana BirdsConTOUR for conservation  By traveling directly with BirdsConTour or making use of a guide from BirdsConTour you support bird conservation and create an economic platform for local livelihoods. Sometimes travelers also participate in another BirdsConTour project. To say THANK YOU, every tour participant receives a Bird & Birder Friendly Award at the end of the tour.

Today eight German-speaking guests were rewarded with one penguin-rated Bird & Birder Friendly Awards.

Read more in the electronic newsletter Birds in Words (www.birdscontour.blogspot.com) article 274 and find more awardees in article 71.

12.06.’14  Cooka Boo, D’Kar, Ghanzi district, Botswana Aiding Wings BirdsConTour initiative Aiding Wings supports tuberculosis (TB) and HIV management by having delivered First Aid products, generously sponsored by Mrs. Olivia Koch, Mrs. Dagmar Goetz and Mrs. Brigitte Böker, to Cooka Boo, a TB and HIV management station in D’Kar, situated within the remote Ghanzi district of Botswana.

Read more in the electronic newsletter Birds in Words (www.birdscontour.blogspot.com) article 276.

13.06.’14  Gobabis, Namibia Kori Bustard (2) On the Common Ostrich as the bird of the year 2013, for the first time introduced in Namibia, follows this year the much smaller Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori kori). And in contrast to the frequent Ostrich, a few thousand, the existence of the Kori Bustard in Namibia looks quite a bit different. Although Namibia and Botswana in southern Africa are still considered as strongholds of this species, you will encounter them mainly in protected areas.

Read more in the electronic newsletter Birds in Words (www.birdscontour.blogspot.com) article 184.

Index to bird species observed in this period:

(English names and date when seen)

(*  - See text about species on according date above)

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

-*African Broadbill   01.6.*(A) /

-African Cuckoo Hawk   07.6.(C) /

-African Darter   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(C)(D) / 08.6.(D) / 11.6.(C) / 13.6.(B) /

-African Dusky Flycatcher   01.6.(A) /

-African Fish-Eagle   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(B)(C)(D) / 08.6.(D) /

-*African Golden Oriole   06.6.(C) / 07.6.(B)(D) / 09.6.*(A) /

-African Green-Pigeon   04.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 10.6.(A) /

-African Grey Hornbill   03.6.(A)(B) / 04.6.(B)(C) / 06.6.(B)(C) / 07.6.(B) / 08.6.(C)(D) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(A) / 13.6.(B) /

-African Harrier-Hawk   03.6.(B) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) /

-African Hawk-Eagle   11.6.(C) /

-African Hoopoe    01.6.(A) / 09.6.(A) / 13.6.(B) /

-African Jacana   03.6.(B) / 07.6.(C) / 08.6.(D) / 10.6.(C) / 11.6.(C) /

-African Marsh-Harrier   07.6.(D) /

-African Mourning Dove   04.6.(C) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(C) /

-African Openbill   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(B) / 06.6.(C) / 10.6.(B)(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-African Palm-Swift   03.6.(A) / 10.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-African Paradise-Flycatcher   02.6.(A) / 04.6.(C) /

-African Pied Wagtail   03.6.(B) / 06.6.(C) / 08.6.(D) /

-African Pipit   05.6.(A) /

-African Pygmy Goose   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 09.6.(A) /

-African Quailfinch   07.6.(D) /

-African Sacred Ibis   02.6.(A) / 03.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) /

-African Scops-Owl   11.6.(A) /

-African Spoonbill   03.6.(B) / 07.6.(C) / 11.6.(C) /

-African Stonechat   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 08.6.(D) /

-African Wattled Lapwing   04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(C) /

-African Wood-Owl   05.6.(A) /

-African Yellow White-eye   03.6.(A) / 09.6.(A) /

-Allen’s Gallinule   09.6.(A) /

-Ant-eating Chat   13.6.(B) /

-Arrow-marked Babbler   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(C)(D) / 03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 10.6.(C) /

-Ashy Flycatcher   06.6.(C) /

-Banded Martin   04.6.(C) / 07.6.(C) / 09.6.(A) /

-Barn Owl   04.6.(A) / 07.6.(A) / 08.3.(A) / 11.6.(A) /

-*Bat Hawk   08.6.*(D) /

-Bateleur   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(B) / 04.6.(B) / 06.6.(B)(C) / 07.6.(C)(D) / 08.6.(B) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) /

-Black-backed Puffback   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(C)(D) / 05.6.(A) /

-Black-chested Prinia   08.6.(C) / 11.6.(C) / 13.6.(B) /

-Black-collared Barbet   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(C)(D) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 08.6.(D) / 10.6.(B) /

-Black Crake   04.6.(C) / 08.6.(D) /

-Black Cuckooshrike   08.6.(B) /

-Black-faced Waxbill   13.6.(B) /

-Black Heron   09.6.(A) /

-Black-headed Oriole   10.6.(C) /

-Black-shouldered Kite   13.6.(B) /

-Black-winged Stilt   03.6.(B) /

-Blacksmith Lapwing   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(C)(D) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(B)(C) / 11.6.(C) /

-Blue Waxbill   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(B)(D) / 03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 06.6.(B) / 07.6.(C) / 08.6.(C) /

-Bradfield’s Hornbill   09.6.(A) /

-Bronze Mannikin   01.6.(A) /

-Brown Firefinch   08.6.(D) /

-Brown-headed Kingfisher   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) /

-Brown-throated Martin   04.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 08.6.(D) /

-Brubru   09.6.(A) /

-Burchell’s Sandgrouse   03.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) /

-Burchell’s Starling   02.6.(B) / 04.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 06.6.(B) / 07.6.(C) / 08.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(B)(C) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Cape Crow   10.6.(B) / 12.6.(A)(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Cape Glossy Starling   12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Cape Teal   05.6.(A) /

-Cape Turtle-Dove   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(B) / 03.6.(A)(B) / 04.6.(B)(C) / 06.6.(B)(C) / 07.6.(B)(C)(D) / 08.6.(B)(C)(D) / 10.6.(B)(C) / 11.6.(B)(C) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Cape Wagtail   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 09.6.(A) /

-Capped Wheatear   03.6.(B) /

-Cardinal Woodpecker   01.6.(A) / 05.6.(A) / 07.6.(D) /

-Cattle Egret   05.6.(A) / 07.6.(C) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler   12.6.(B) /

-Chinspot Batis   04.6.(C) /

-Chirping Cisticola   05.6.(A) /

-Collared Pratincole   03.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) /

-Collared Sunbird   05.6.(A) /

-Comb Duck   03.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) /

-Common Fiscal   13.6.(B) /

-Common Ostrich   11.6.(C) / 13.6.(B) /

-Common Scimitarbill   12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Coppery-tailed Coucal   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 10.6.(C) /

-Coqui Francolin   01.6.(A) /

-Crested Barbet   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 09.6.(A) /

-Crested Francolin   08.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(B) /

-Crimson-breasted Shrike   04.6.(B) / 07.6.(C) / 11.6.(C) /

-Crowned Hornbill   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(B) /

-Crowned Lapwing   03.6.(B) / 07.6.(C) / 08.6.(C) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-Dark-capped Bulbul   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(C)(D) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 10.6.(C) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(C) /

-Dark Chanting Goshawk   04.6.(B) /

-Double-banded Sandgrouse   04.6.(C) / 11.6.(C) /

-Egyptian Goose   03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 07.6.(A)(C) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove   02.6.(C) 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 07.6.(B) / 08.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(B)(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-Fork-tailed Drongo   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(B)(C) / 06.6.(B)(C) / 07.6.(C) / 08.6.(B)(C)(D) / 10.6.(B)(C) / 11.6.(B)(C) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Freckled Nightjar   04.6.(A) /

-Gabar Goshawk   03.6.(A)(B) /

-Giant Kingfisher   04.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(C) /

-Glossy Ibis   03.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) /

-Golden-tailed Woodpecker   07.6.(D) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(A) /

-Golden Weaver   02.6.(C) / 04.6.(C) /

-Great Egret   02.6.(A) / 03.6.(B) /

-Great White Pelican   10.6.(B) / 12.6.(B) /

-Greater Blue-eared Starling   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(B) / 06.6.(B)(C) / 07.6.(B)(D) / 08.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) /

-Green-backed Heron   03.6.(A) / 06.6.(C) / 08.6.(D) /

-Green-winged Pytilia   08.6.(C) /

-Green Wood-Hoopoe   02.6.(B) / 03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 07.6.(B)(C) / 11.6.(C) /

-Grey-backed Camaroptera   02.6.(C)(D) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(C) /

-Grey Go-away-bird   03.6.(A)(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(B)(C) / 07.6.(B)(D) / 08.6.(C)(D) / 10.6.(B)(C) / 11.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Grey-headed Bush-Shrike   01.6.(A) /

-Grey-headed Gull   03.6.(B) /

-Grey Heron   03.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) / 13.6.(B) /

-Groundscraper Thrush   06.6.(A) / 13.6.(B) /

-Hadeda Ibis   02.6.(C) / 04.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 09.6.(A) /

-Harlequin Quail   05.6.(A) / 08.6.(C) /

-*Hartlaub’s Babbler   04.6.*(C) / 06.6.(C) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(B)(C) /

-Hamerkop   05.6.(A) / 07.6.(C)(D) /

-Helmeted Guineafowl   02.6.(C) / 03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) / 13.6.(B) /

-House Sparrow   10.6.(B) / 12.6.(B) /

-*Kori Bustard   04.6.(B) / 13.6.*(B) /

-Lanner Falcon   11.6.(C) /

-Lappet-faced Vulture   09.6.(A) / 12.6.(B) /

-Laughing Dove   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 05.6.(A) / 06.6.(B)(C) / 07.6.(B)(C) / 08.6.(B)(C) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(B) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Lesser Striped Swallow   04.6.(A)(B)(C) / 06.6.(B) / 07.6.(B)(D) / 08.6.(D) /

-*Levaillant’s Cuckoo   03.6.(A) / 04.6.*(C) / 09.6.(A) /

-Lilac-breasted Roller   03.6.(A)(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(B) / 07.6.(B)(C) / 08.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Little Bee-eater   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(C) / 08.6.(B)(D) / 11.6.(C) /

-Little Egret   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 08.6.(D) /

-Little Rush-Warbler   08.6.(D) /

-Little Sparrowhawk   08.6.(B) / 12.6.(B) /

-Long-billed Crombec   01.6.(A) /

-Long-toed Lapwing   03.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) /

-Luapula Cisticola   05.6.(A) /

-Magpie Shrike   04.6.(B) / 06.6.(B) / 08.6.(B)(D) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-Malachite Kingfisher   04.6.(C) /

-Marabou Stork   03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 12.6.(B) /

-Marico Flycatcher   07.6.(C) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Marico Sunbird   05.6.(A) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 09.6.(A) / 12.6.(B) /

-Martial Eagle   10.6.(B) / 12.6.(B) /

-Meves’s Starling   07.6.(C)(D) / 08.6.(B) / 10.6.(B)(C) / 11.6.(C) /

-Meyer’s Parrot   05.6.(A) / 06.6.(C) / 08.6.(C) / 11.6.(C) /

-Mosque Swallow   07.6.(B) /

-Namaqua Dove   05.6.(A) / 09.6.(A) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Namaqua Sandgrouse   08.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Natal Spurfowl   01.6.(A) /

-Northern Black Korhaan   12.6.(B) /

-Northern Grey-headed Sparrow   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) /

-*Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike   02.6.*(C) /

-Osprey   06.6.(C) /

-Pale Flycatcher   04.6.(C) /

-Pearl-spotted Owlet   03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 11.6.(A) /

-*Pel’s Fishing-Owl   07.6.*(D) /

-Pied Crow   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(B)(D) / 04.6.(B) / 10.6.(B) / 12.6.(B) /

-Pied Kingfisher   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(C)(D) / 08.6.(D) / 12.6.(A) /

-*Plain-backed Pipit   05.6.*(A) /

-Purple-banded Sunbird   06.6.(C) /

-Purple Roller   06.6.(B) / 10.6.(B) /

-Racket-tailed Roller   07.6.(B) /

-Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver   04.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) /

-Red-billed Firefinch   02.6.(C) / 05.6.(A) / 06.6.(C) /

-Red-billed Hornbill   02.6.(B) / 03.6.(A)(B) / 05.6.(A) / 06.6.(B) / 08.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(B)(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-Red-billed Oxpecker   03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 07.6.(C) / 11.6.(B)(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-Red-billed Quelea   13.6.(B) /

-Red-billed Spurfowl   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(B)(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(C)(D) / 08.6.(C) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(C) / 11.6.(B)(C) / 13.6.(A) /

-Red-billed Teal   05.6.(A) / 13.6.(B) /

-Red-eyed Dove   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 08.6.(D) / 10.6.(B)(C) / 11.6.(B) /

-Red-faced Crombec   01.6.(A) /

-Red-faced Mousebird   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(D) / 05.6.(A) / 06.6.(B)(C) / 07.6.(D) / 09.6.(A) /

-*Red-footed Falcon   11.6.*(C) /

-Red-winged Starling   01.6.(A) /

-Reed Cormorant   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(B) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(C)(D) / 08.6.(D) / 13.6.(B) /

-Retz’s Helmet-Shrike   07.6.(D) /

-Rock Martin   13.6.(B) /

-Sabota Lark   13.6.(B) /

-Scaly-feathered Finch   11.6.(C) /

-Senegal Coucal   11.6.(C) /

-Sharp-tailed Starling   06.6.(B) / 07.6.(B) /

-Slaty Egret   11.6.(C) /

-Southern Brown-throated Weaver   09.6.(A) /

-Southern Grey-headed Sparrow   07.6.(C) /

-Southern Ground-Hornbill   02.06. / 04.6.(B) /

-Southern Masked-Weaver   06.6.(C) / 09.6.(A) /

-Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk   13.6.(B) /

-Southern Pied Babbler   13.6.(B) /

-Southern White-crowned Shrike   08.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill   03.6.(B) / 08.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Spotted Thick-knee   12.6.(C) /

-Spur-winged Goose   03.6.(B) / 07.6.(C) / 08.6.(D) /

-Squacco Heron   03.6.(A)(B) /

-Striped Kingfisher   09.6.(A) /

-Swainson’s Spurfowl   03.6.(B) / 11.6.(B) /

-Swallow-tailed Bee-eater   08.6.(B) / 12.6.(B) /

-Swamp Boubou   02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 08.6.(D) / 10.6.(C) /

-Tawny Eagle   03.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Terrestrial Brownbul   03.6.(A)(B) / 06.6.(C) /

-Tinkling Cisticola   11.6.(C) /

-Tropical Boubou   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(C) / 03.6.(A)(B) / 04.6.(C) /

-Trumpeter Hornbill   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(C) /

-Village Indigobird   01.6.(A) /

-Village Weaver   02.6.(D) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 08.6.(D) /

-Violet-backed Starling   05.6.(A) /

-Violet-eared Waxbill   08.6.(B) /

-Wahlberg’s Eagle   11.6.(C) /

-Water Thick-knee   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 08.6.(A) /

-Wattled Starling   07.6.(B) / 12.6.(B) /

-Whiskered Tern   02.6.(D) /

-White-backed Vulture   02.6.(B) / 03.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) /

-White-bellied Sunbird   03.6.(A) /

-White-browed Coucal   03.6.(B) / 06.6.(C) /

-White-browed Robin-Chat   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 08.6.(D) /

-White-browed Sparrow-Weaver   02.6.(B) / 07.6.(C) / 10.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-White-crested Helmet-Shrike   11.6.(B) /

-White-crowned Lapwing   03.6.(B) /

-White-faced Duck   03.6.(B) / 05.6.(A) / 07.6.(C) / 08.6.(D) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(A) /

-White-fronted Bee-eater   03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) /

-White-winged Widowbird   07.6.(D) /

-Wire-tailed Swallow   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(D) / 03.6.(B) / 04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(C)(D) / 08.6.(D) /

-Woodland Kingfisher   04.6.(C) / 10.6.(C) /

-Yellow-bellied Greenbul   01.6.(A) / 02.6.(C)(D) / 03.6.(B) / 06.6.(C) /

-Yellow-billed Egret   04.6.(C) / 06.6.(C) / 07.6.(D) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) / 12.6.(B) / 13.6.(B) /

-Yellow-billed Oxpecker   05.6.(A) / 07.6.(B)(C) / 08.6.(B) / 09.6.(A) / 11.6.(C) /

-Yellow-billed Stork   03.6.(B) / 11.6.(C) /

-Yellow Canary   13.6.(B) /

Total number of species identified:

214

Enjoy Birding, 

Stefan Rust

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

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