193 | BIRD LIST - A SHOWCASE

193

Art. # 193

A SHOWCASE OF BIRDS SEEN ON A 9-DAY BIRDING TOUR

Bird List (25.6.-3.7.’13)

Text and photo by Stefan Rust

2014

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

This list is a celebration of the birds seen during a 9-day tour from Windhoek, Namibia, via the Caprivi Strip to the Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The intention of this list is to give an idea of the variety of avian delights that can be seen as it was during this tour from the 25^th of June till the 3^rd of July 2013. This time of the year the migrating birds didn’t arrive yet.

                        Feeding time at the Vulture Restaurant at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

25.6: (A) Windhoek, Namibia – (B) Hosea Kutako Airport – (C) Okapuka Ranch

26.6: (A) Okapuka Ranch – (B) Okahandja – (C) Waterberg Wilderness Lodge

27.6: (A) Waterberg Wilderness Lodge – (B) Rundu – (C) Mahango Safari Lodge

28.6: (A) Mahango Safari Lodge – (B) Mahango N.P. – (C) Mazambala Island Lodge

29.6:        Mazambala Island Lodge

30.6: (A) Mazambala Island Lodge – (B) Chobe Safari Lodge, Botswana

01.7: (A) Chobe Safari Lodge – (B) Chobe N.P.

02.7: (A) Chobe Safari Lodge – (B) Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Zimbabwe

03.7: (A) Victoria Falls Safari Lodge – (B) Victoria Falls N.P. – (C) Chobe N.P,         

                Botswana – (D) Caprivi Strip, Namibia

Acacia Pied Barbet   25.6. (C) /

African Crake   27.6. (C) /

African Darter   27.6. (C) / 30.6. (B) /

African Fish-Eagle   26.6. (A) / 27.6. (C) / 30.6. (B) / 02.7. (B) /

African Green-Pigeon   28.6. (A) / 29.6. /

African Grey Hornbill   25.6. (C) / 26.6. (A)(B) / 27.6. (A) / 29.6. / 01.7. (A) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (A) /

African Harrier-Hawk   28.6. (B) /

African Hoopoe   25.6. (C) / 27.6. (A) /

African Jacana   28.6. (A)(C) / 03.7. (D) /

African Marsh-Harrier   28.6. (C) / 01.7. (A)

African Mourning Dove   27.6. (C) / 03.7. (D) /

African Openbill   28.6. (B) / 30.6. (A) /

African Palm-Swift   26.6. (A) / 02.7. (B) /

African Paradise-Flycatcher   30.6. (B) /

African Pied Wagtail   28.6. (A)(B) / 30.6. (B) /

African Pipit   01.7. (B) /

African Purple Swamphen   28.6. (C) /

African Pygmy Goose   28.6. (C) /

African Reed-Warbler   28.6. (C) / 30.6. (B) /

African Red-eyed Bulbul 25.6. (B) / 26.6. (A)(C) / 27.6. (C) / 28.6. (C) /

African Sacred Ibis   28.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) /

African Skimmer   28.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) /

African Spoonbill   28.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) /

African Stonechat   28.6. (C) /

African Wattled Lapwing   28.6. (B)(C) /

African Wood-Owl   29.6. /

African Yellow White-eye   01.7. (A) /

Arrow-marked Babbler   27.6. (B) / 29.6. / 30.6. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Ashy Flycatcher   30.6. (B) /

Barn Owl   03.7. (A) /

Bateleur   27.6. (B) / 28.6. (B) / 30.6. (A) / 03.7. (D) /

Blacksmith Lapwing   25.6. (C) / 28.6. (A)(C) / 30.6. (A) / 02.7. (B) /

Black-backed Puffback   30.6. (B) / 02.7. (B) /

Black-collared Barbet   28.6. (A)(B) / 30.6. (B) /

Black-crowned Night-Heron   30.6. (B) /

Black-headed Heron   25.6. (C) /

Black-shouldered Kite   25.6. (A) / 28.6. (B) /

Black-throated Canary   25.6. (B) /

Black-winged Stilt   28.6. (B) / 01.7. (B) /

Black Crake   28.6. (A)(C) / 01.7. (B) /

Black Heron   28.6. (C) /

Blue Waxbill   28.6. (B) / 02.7. (B) /

Bradfield Hornbill   28.6. (A) / 01.7. (A)(B) / 03.7. (D) /

Brown-crowned Tchagra   28.6. (B) /

Brown-hooded Kingfisher   01.7. (B) /

Brown-throated Martin   28.6. (A) / 29.6. /

Brown Firefinch   29.6. / 01.7. (A) /

Burchell’s Sandgrouse   28.6. (B) /

Burchell’s Starling   25.6. (C) / 27.6. (B) / 28.6. (B)(C) / 03.7. (C) /

Cape Crow   25.6. (B) /

Cape Glossy Starling   25.6. (A)(C) / 27.6. (A) / 30.6. (B) /

Cape Turtle-Dove   25.6. (C) / 26.6. (C) / 27.6. (A) / 28.6. (C) / 01.7. (B) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Cape Wagtail   25.6. (B)(C) /

Cardinal Woodpecker   25.6. (C) /

Cattle Egret   28.6. (B)(C) / 01.7. (B) /

Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler   26.6. (C) /

Collared Palm-Thrush   01.7. (A) /

Collared Pratincole   01.7. (B) /

Comb Duck   01.7. (B) /

Common Ostrich   26.6. (A) / 28.6. (B) /

Common Scimitarbill   26.6. (A)(C) / 28.6. (C) /

Coppery-tailed Coucal   28.6. (A)(C) / 01.7. (B) / 02.7. (B) /

Crested Francolin   01.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Crimson-breasted Shrike   26.6. (A)(C) / 28.6. (B) / 29.6. /

Crowned Lapwing   25.6. (C) / 30.6. (A) /

Dark-capped Bulbul   02.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Double-banded Sandgrouse   29.6. /

Egyptian Goose   28.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) /

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove   28.6. (B) / 01.7. (A) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Fiery-necked Nightjar   01.7. (A) /

Fork-tailed Drongo   25.6. (C) / 26.6. (C) / 28.6. (C) / 30.6. (B) / 01.7. (B) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (A) /

Gabar Goshawk   26.6. (A) / 27.6. (B) / 29.6. /

Glossy Ibis   01.7. (B) /

Golden-tailed Woodpecker   28.6. (B) / 29.6. / 01.7. (B) /

Goliath Heron   28.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) /

Great Egret   28.6. (A) / 30.6. (A) / 30.6. (B) /

Great Sparrow   25.6. (C) / 28.6. (B) /

Greater Blue-eared Starling   28.6. (B)(C) / 30.6. (B) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Green-backed Heron   28.6. (A) / 30.6. (B) / 01.7. (B) /

Green Wood-Hoopoe   28.6. (C) / 30.6. (A) / 03.7. (D) /

Grey-backed Camaroptera   26.6. (C) / 28.6. (A) / 30.6. (B) / 02.7. (B) /

Grey-headed Bush-Shrike   29.6. /

Grey-headed Bush-Shrike   01.7. (A) /

Grey-headed Gull   30.6. (B) /

Grey Go-away-bird   25.6. (B)(C) / 26.6. (C / 27.6. (C) / 28.6. (C) / 30.6. (B) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Grey Heron   25.6. (C) / 01.7. (B) / 02.7. (B) /

Groundscraper Thrush   25.6. (C) /

Hadedas Ibis   28.6. (C) / 03.7. (B) /

Hamerkop   28.6. (C) / 30.6. (A) / 03.7. (B) /

Hartlaub’s Babbler   28.6. (A) /

Helmeted Guineafowl   25.6. (C) / 28.6. (C) / 29.6. / 30.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Hooded Vulture   02.7. (B) /

House Sparrow   25.6. (A)(B) /

Jameson’s Firefinch   02.7. (B) /

Kalahari Scrub-Robin   26.6. (B) /

Kittlitz’s Plover   01.7. (B) /

Kori Bustard   26.6. (A) /

Lappet-faced Vulture   25.6. (A) / 26.6. (A)(B) / 27.6. (B) / 28.6. (B) / 29.6. /

Laughing Dove   01.7. (A) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Lesser Honeyguide   26.6. (C) / 03.7. (A) /

Lesser Masked-Weaver   30.6. (B) /

Lesser Striped Swallow   28.6. (A)(C) / 03.7. (B)(D) /

Lilac-breasted Roller   25.6. (C) / 28.6. (B) / 01.7. (B) / 03.7. (C) /

Little Bee-eater   28.6. (A)(C) / 02.7. (B) /

Little Egret   28.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Little Grebe   26.6. (A) /

Little Rush-Warbler   01.7. (A) /

Little Sparrowhawk   02.7. (B) /

Long-billed Crombec   29.6. / 30.6. (B) /

Long-toed Lapwing   28.6. (C) / 01.7. (B) /

Luapula Cisticola   29.6. / 01.7. (B) /

Magpie Shrike   28.6. (A) / 29.6. / 30.6. (A) / 03.7. (D) /

Malachite Kingfisher   01.7. (B) /

Marabou Stork   28.6. (B) / 01.7. (B) / 02.7. (A) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (C) /

Marico Flycatcher   25.6. (C) /

Marico Sunbird   29.6. /

Meves’s Starling   28.6. (A) /

Meyer’s Parrot   28.6. (A)(C) / 03.7. (B) /

Miombo Double-collared Sunbird   29.6. /

Monteiro Hornbill   26.6. (B) / 27.6. (A) /

Namaqua Dove   27.6. (B) /

Orange-breasted Waxbill   30.6. (B) /

Owambo Sparrowhawk   03.7. (B)(D) /

Pale-winged Starling   26.6. (B)(C) /

Pearl-spotted Owlet   25.6. (C) / 26.6. (C) / 28.6. (A) /

Pied Babbler   27.6. (A) /

Pied Crow   30.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) / 02.7. (B) /

Pied Kingfisher   27.6. (C) / 28.6. (C) / 30.6. (B) / 03.7. (A) /

Pririt Batis   25.6. (C) / 26.6. (C) /

Purple-banded Sunbird   29.6. / 30.6. (B) /

Purple Heron   28.6. (B)(C) /

Purple Roller   26.6. (C) /

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 26.6 (A) / 30.6. (A) /

Red-billed Firefinch   01.7. (A) /

Red-billed Hornbill   26.6. (A)(B)(C) / 27.6. (A) / 29.6. / 01.7. (B) / 03.7. (C) /

Red-billed Oxpecker   28.6. (C) / 29.6. / 01.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Red-billed Spurfowl   25.6. (C) / 26.6. (B) / 27.6. (C) / 28.6. (C) / 01.7. (B) /

Red-billed Teal   01.7. (B) /

Red-crested Korhaan   26.6. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Red-eyed Dove   27.6. (C) / 30.6. (B) / 03.7. (B) /

Red-faced Crombec   30.6. (B) /

Red-faced Mousebird   28.6. (B) / 30.6. (B) /

Red-headed Weaver   02.7. (B) /

Red-winged Starling   02.7. (B) /

Reed Cormorant   28.6. (A) / 30.6. (B) /

Rock Kestrel   26.6. (B) /

Rock Martin   25.6. (C) / 26.6. (C) / 02.7. (B) /

Rosy-faced Lovebird   25.6. (C) /

Rüppell’s Parrot   26.6. (C) / 27.6. (A) /

Senegal Coucal   29.6. /

Shaft-tailed Whydah   02.7. (B) /

Slaty Egret   29.6. /

Southern Black Tit   28.6. (C) / 29.6. / 02.7. (B) /

Southern Carmine Bee-eater   29.6. /

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow   25.6. (C) / 28.6. (B) / 30.6. (B) /

Southern Ground-Hornbill   01.7. (B) / 03.7. (C) /

Southern Masked-Weaver   25.6. (C) / 28.6. (C) /

Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk   26.6. (B) /

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill   25.6. (C) / 26.6. (B)(C) / 27.6. (A) / 28.6. (A) / 03.7. (D) /

Speckled Pigeon   25.6. (C) / 27.6. (B) /

Spectacled Weaver   30.6. (B) /

Spur-winged Goose   28.6. (A) / 30.6. (B) /

Squacco Heron   30.6. (B) /

Striped Kingfisher   01.7. (A) /

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater   26.6. (C) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (D) /

Swamp Boubou   28.6. (A) / 30.6. (B) /

Tawny Eagle   26.6. (B) / 27.6. (A) / 29.6. /

Tawny-flanked Prinia   28.6. (A) / 01.7. (A) /

Terrestrial Brownbul   01.7. (A) /

Three-banded Plover   26.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) /

Tropical Boubou   29.6. / 30.6. (B) /

Trumpeter Hornbill   01.7. (B) /

Verreaux’s Eagle   26.6. (C) /

Village Weaver   29.6. /

Wahlberg’s Eagle   28.6. (B) /

Water Thick-knee   28.6. (A) / 01.7. (B) /

Wattled Starling   28.6. (A) / 30.6. (B) /

White-backed Mousebird   25.6. (A) /

White-backed Night-Heron   28.6. (A) /

White-backed Vulture   26.6. (A)(B) / 27.6. (B) / 28.6. (B)(C) / 29.6. / 01.7. (A) / 02.7. (B) / 03.7. (C) /

White-bellied Sunbird   29.6. /

White-breasted Cormorant   26.6. (A) /

White-browed Coucal   28.6. (A) /

White-browed Robin-Chat   28.6. (A) / 30.6. (B) /

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver   25.6. (A)(C) / 26.6. (B) / 02.7. (A)(B) /

White-crested Helmet-Shrike   27.6. (B) / 29.6. / 03.7. (C) /

White-crowned Lapwing   28.6. (C) / 01.7. (B) /

White-fronted Bee-eater   27.6. (C) / 01.7. (B) /

White-fronted Plover   28.6. (A) /

White-headed Vulture   28.6. (B) /

Wire-tailed Swallow   28.6. (A)(C) / 30.6. (B) /

Woolly-necked Stork   01.7. (B) /

Yellow-bellied Eremomela   26.6. (C) / 02.7. (B) /

Yellow-bellied Greenbul   28.6. (B) / 30.6. (B) / 02.7. (B) /

Yellow-billed Egret   01.7. (B) /

Yellow-billed Oxpecker   28.6. (B) / 01.7. (B) /

Yellow-billed Stork   01.7. (B) / 02.7. (B) /

Yellow-breasted Apalis   30.6. (B) /

Total number of species identified: 198