111 | THE OFFICIAL CHECKLIST OF BIRDS IN KAZA TFCA

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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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                                      Ang   Zam     Zim         Bots   Nam     Own record

A

   . 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

B

   . 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

C

   . 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

D

   . 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

E

   . 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

F

   . 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

G

   . 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

 H

   . 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

I

   . 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

J

   . African Jacana Actophilornis africanus                     4         4          4            4          4

   . Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis                           4         4          4            4          4

K

   . 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

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   . 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

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   . Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata               

080 | markin' africa

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VON MARKIN’ AFRICA SAFARIS & TOURS

Orni-Inforeise

• Vogelwelt Namibia und Botswana•

Namibia • Botswana • Simbabwe

Caprivi Streifen » Mahangu Wildpark » Bwabwata Park » Chobe National Park » Victoria Wasserfälle

 2013

“Drei-Länder-Reise”

Es erwartet Sie eine hochwertige Safari für Tier- und

Naturliebhaber, Landschaftsgenießer und welche,

die den Kontakt zu fremden Kulturen schätzen. Hier

können sie die Natur noch in ihrer Ursprünglichkeit

erleben und Tage und Nächte in der Wildnis

verbringen, um die größten und schönsten Tiere

der Erde zu beobachten, ohne auf die Segnungen

der Zivilisation ganz verzichten zu müssen. Das

nordöstliche Randtropengebiet, Namibias, der

Caprivi Zipfel, ist für viele schon wegen der

ursprünglich lebenden Völker sehr interessant. Für

spektakuläre Tierbeobachtungen in wasserreichen

Trockenwäldern und Watgebieten, ist der Chobe

Nationalpark in Botswana weltbekannt. Der Park

bietet abwechslungsreiche Tierbeobachtungen

und eine reiche Vogelwelt. Botswana ist das

einzige Land, in dem bereits mehr als 40 Prozent

der landesfläche unter Naturschutz gestellt

wurden. Dieses Land bietet Ihnen unvergessliche Erlebnisse und pure Wildnis.

Mit dem Besuch der Victoria Wasserfälle endet eine abwechslungsreiche Safari der Extraklasse. Das

südliche Afrika ist Unberührtheit, herbe Schönheit, unendliche Weite, wilde Tierwelt, herzhafte

Farmküche, Gastfreundschaft, Geschichte und Kultur, Sternenhimmel, Ruhe, Abenteuer und

hervorragende Gastronomie und Hotellerie!

Kurzer Reiseverlauf

Reise: Geführte Ornithologische Inforeise

Reisezeit: Juni 2013

Reisedauer: 8 Nächte / 11 Reisetage (bedingt durch Nachtflüge)

Teilnehmerzahl: 12 bis 22 Personen

Visum: Nur für Simbabwe

Impfungen: Nicht vorgeschrieben

Fahrzeug: 24 Sitzer landestypischer & klimatisierter Reisebus

Routenverlauf: Deutschland » Frankfurt » Namibia » Windhoek » Okapuka » Okahandja » Otjiwarongo »

Otavi » Grootfontein » Rundu » Divundu » Mahango Wildpark » Kongola » Katima Mulilo » Botswana »

Ngoma Grenzposten » Kasane » Chobe National Park » Kazangula » Simbabwe » Vic Falls »

Deutschland

• 8 Übernachtungen / 11 Tage in den folgenden, schönen Unterkünften:

Tag 1 • Flughafen Frankfurt – Hosea Kutako Flughafen

Abflug von Deutschland

Tag 2 • Hosea Kutako Flughafen – Windhoek – Okapuka     (80km)

Ankunft am Hosae Kutako Flughafen und willkommen in Namibia

Stadtrundfahrt durch die namibische Hauptstadt Windhoek

Farmrundfahrt auf Okapuka am Nachmittag

Abendessen, Übernachtung und Frühstück: Okapuka Ranch

   

Tag 3 • Okapuka – Okahandja – Otjiwarongo – Grootfontein – Rundu   (600km)

Bootsfahrt an der Grenze zu Angola zum Sonnenuntergang

Abendessen, Übernachtung und Frühstück: Kaisosi River Lodge

Tag 4 • Rundu – Mahango Wildpark        (200km)

Bootsfahrt auf dem Okavango Fluss zum Sonnenuntergang

Abendessen, Übernachtung und Frühstück: Mahangu Safari Lodge

Tag 5 • Mahango Wildpark – Kongola 

Vogel- & Wildbeobachtungsfahrt vom Reisebus im Mahango Wildpark am Vormittag

Abendessen, Übernachtung und Frühstück: Mazambala Island Lodge   (200km)

Tag 6 • Kongola

Geführte Inselwanderung am Vormittag

Vogel- & Wildbeobachtungsfahrt mit offenen Geländewagen im Bwabwata National Park

Abendessen, Übernachtung und Frühstück: Mazambala Island Lodge

Tag 7 • Kongola – Katima Mulilo – Ngoma Grenzposten – Kasane – Chobe 

Abendessen, Übernachtung und Frühstück: Chobe Safari Lodge

Tag 8 • Chobe National Park         (260km)

Bootsfahrten im Chobe National Park am Vormittag und Nachmittag  

Abendessen, Übernachtung und Frühstück: Chobe Safari Lodge

Tag 9 • Chobe National Park – Kazangula Grenzposten – Vic Falls    (80km)

Ausflug an die Victoria Wasserfälle

Abendessen, Übernachtung und Frühstück: Vic Falls Safari Lodge

Tag 10 • Vic Falls Flughafen – Frankfurt

Abflug von Simbabwe

Tag 11 • Flughafen Frankfurt

Ankunft in Deutschland

Im Preis enthaltene Leistungen:

08 x Übernachtung und Frühstück

08 x Abendessen (davon 1 x  Boma Dinner bei Vic Falls Safari Lodge)  

Fahrten im 24 Sitzer Bus inklusive Benzinkosten

Örtliche Reiseleitung / Fahrer

Eintrittsgebühren von erwähnten Parks, Mueseen usw.

01 x Stadtrundfahrt durch die namibische Hauptstadt Windhoek an Tag 2

01 x Farmrundfahrt auf Okapuka am Nachmittag an Tag 2

01 x Bootsfahrt an der Grenze zu Angola zum Sonnenuntergang an Tag 3

01 x Bootsfahrt auf dem Okavango Fluss am Nachmittag an Tag 4

01 x Eintrittsgebühren und Wildbeobachtungsfahrt im Mahangu Park vom Reisebus an Tag 6

01 x Geführte Inselwanderung am Vormittag an Tag 7

01 x Eintrittsgebühren und Wildbeobachtungsfahrt im Bwabwata Park an Tag 7

02 x Eintrittsgebühren und Bootsfahrten im Chobe National Park an Tag 9

01 x Eintrittsgebühr zu den Victoria Fällen (US$ 30.00) an Tag 12

Gepäckträgergebühren während der gesamten Reise

Transfers von / zum Flughafen 

Örtliche Steuern

Nicht enthaltene Leistungen:

Flüge ab / bis Europa / Windhoek

Ausgaben persönlicher Art wie Telefonate, Souvenire etc

Fakultative Aktivitäten

Nicht genannte Mahlzeiten und alle Getränke

Visagebühren für Zimbabwe 

Wasser an Bord des Fahrzeuges 

Trinkgelder 

Zusätzliche Kosten welche vor Ort gezahlt werden müssen:

US$ 50.00 Visa für Zimbabwe

Änderungen vorbehalten!

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475 | Sustainable Grassland Management

CONSERVATION

A quarter of earth was once covered by grasslands, but much of these are now faced with continuing habitat loss, fragmentation and desertification. Only 5 percent of the original prairie (grassland) in the United States remains.

Grasslands also contain river valleys and wetlands

Grassland, also containing river valleys and wetlands, is considered as the world's most endangered ecosystem, not only resulting in a widespread loss of wildlife habitat but having a wider-reaching impact on the ecosystem as a whole, also impacting the survival of human kind that relies on healthy grasslands as part of the whole ecosystem.

Blue Cranes in their natural grassland habitat

BirdsConTour's Sustainable Grassland Management project showcases how people and nature can coexist. Many of the world's grasslands have a long history of sustainable livestock grazing. This grazing has supported generations of grassland ranchers and the Sustainable Grassland Management project helps to restore and maintain grassland health and it benefits many grassland bird life and a correspondingly large number of other wildlife.

With this project BirdsConTour shows its passion and ability to conserve and restore the world's grassland heritage.

As part of our efforts in conserving biodiversity is the protection and sustainable management of certain places, as a result helping to ensure the survival of not only a correspondingly large number of wildlife (animal and plant species) but also humankind.

Grassland health also benefits human in a wider-reaching sense.

For further reading page to article 218 and 416.

474/ BirdsConTour Scientist - birding with a reason

CONSERVATION AND TOURISM

Spur-winged Goose in its natural wetland habitat.

Water Monitor in its natural wetland habitat

Conservation of biodiversity, the total variety of life on earth, is one of the major concerns of BirdsConTour, particularly as warnings of imminent mass extinctions of species become recognized as based on solid information.

Currently extinction rates of birds and mammals are estimated to be +-500 times what they would be under natural conditions and BirdsConTour base future extinction rates on projected rates of habitat loss.

Blue Cranes in their natural grassland habitat

In a wider-reaching sense also human depend on healthy grassland habitat

As an example, a quarter of earth was once covered by grasslands, but much of these are now faced with continuing habitat loss, fragmentation and desertification. Only 5 percent of the original prairie (grassland) in the United States remains. Grassland, also containing river valleys and wetlands, is considered as the world's most endangered ecosystem, not only resulting in a widespread loss of wildlife habitat but having a wider-reaching impact on the ecosystem as a whole, also impacting the survival of human kind that relies on healthy grasslands as part of the whole ecosystem.

BirdsConTour's Sustainable Grassland Management project showcases how people and nature can coexist. Many of the world's grasslands have a long history of sustainable livestock grazing. This grazing has supported generations of grassland ranchers and the Sustainable Grassland Management project helps to restore and maintain grassland health and it benefits many grassland bird life and a correspondingly large number of other wildlife.

With this project BirdsConTour shows its passion and ability to conserve and restore the world's grassland heritage.

As part of our efforts in conserving biodiversity is the protection and sustainable management of certain places, as a result helping to ensure the survival of not only a correspondingly large number of wildlife (animal and plant species) but also humankind.

In order to determine priorities for biodiversity conservation, BirdsConTour initiated the BirdsConTour Scientist - birding with a reason project. Because birds are the only major group among plants and animals to have dispersed to and diversified in all the regions of the world and virtually all habitat types and altitudinal zones, they are the most effective indicators of wider biodiversity. Birds are BirdsConTour's ambassadors of change! With the BirdsConTour Scientist project BirdsConTour together with our appreciated bird watching guests, not only enjoy watching birds for their intrinsic value during our our worldwide offered bird watching tours but - as BirdsConTour scientists - also to contribute to gathering data about species identified and similar that will be analysed and then contribute to the preservation of nature in a sustainable way.

In order to become a certified BirdsConTour Scientist, you are welcome to join one of our interesting tours.