Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

BIRD LIST

UPDATED MARCH 2017

This list does not represent the totality of species found however only those positively identified by means of visual photographic material

** AM - African Migrant

** PM - Palearctic Migrant

NR COMMON NAME ALTERNATIVE NAME / INFO
1 ABDIM’S STORK Ciconia abdimii AM
2 ABYSSINIAN GROUND-HORNBILL Bucorvus abyssinicus
3 ABYSSINIAN ROLLER Coracias abyssinicus
4 AFRICAN MOURNING DOVE Streptopelia decipiens
5 AFRICAN PIPIT Anthus cinnamomeus Also known as Grassland Pipit, sometimes as a race of Richards Pipit
6 AFRICAN BLUE-FLYCATCHER Elminia longicauda
7 AFRICAN CUCKOO Cuculus gularis AM
8 AFRICAN DARTER Anhinga rufa
9 AFRICAN DUSKY FLYCATCHER Muscicapa adusta
10 AFRICAN EMERALD CUCKOO Chrysococcyx cupreus
11 AFRICAN FIREFINCH Lagonosticta rubricata Blue-billed Firefinch
12 AFRICAN FISH EAGLE Haliaeetus vocifer
13 AFRICAN GOLDEN ORIOLE Oriolus auratus AM
14 AFRICAN GOSHAWK Accipiter tachiro
15 AFRICAN GREEN-PIGEON Treron calvus
16 AFRICAN GREY HORNBILL Tockus nasutus
17 AFRICAN HARRIER HAWK Polyboroides typus Gymnogene
18 AFRICAN HAWK EAGLE hieraatus spilogaster
19 AFRICAN HAWK-EAGLE Hieraaetus spilogaster
20 AFRICAN HOBBY Falco cuvieri
21 AFRICAN JACANA Actophilornis africana
22 AFRICAN MARSH HARRIER Circus ranivorus
23 AFRICAN MARSH HARRIER circus ranivorus
24 AFRICAN MOUSTACHED WARBLERM melocichla mentalis
25 AFRICAN OPENBILL STORK Anastomus lamelligerus African Openbill
26 AFRICAN PALM SWIFT Cypsiurus parvus
27 AFRICAN PARADISE-FLYCATCHER Terpsiphone viridis
28 AFRICAN PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla aguimp
29 AFRICAN PYGMY KINGFISHER Ceyx pictus
30 AFRICAN SCOPS OWL Otus senegalensis
31 AFRICAN THRUSH Turdus pelios
32 AFRICAN WATTLED LAPWING Vanellus senegallus Formally Plover
33 AFRICAN WOOD OWL strix woodfordii
34 AFRICAN YELLOW WARBLER Chloropeta natalensis Dark-capped or Yellow Warbler
35 AFRICAN YELLOW WHITE-EYE Zosterops senegalensis
36 ALPINE SWIFT Apus melba
37 ANGOLA SWALLOW Hirundo angolensis
38 ARROW-MARKED BABBLER Turdoides jardineii
39 AUGUR BUZZARD Buteo augur
40 BANGLAFETCHT WEAVER ploceus baglafetcht
41 BARE-FACED GO-AWAY BIRD Corythaixoides personatus
42 BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica Formally called Eurasian Swallow - PM
43 BARRED WARBLER Sylvia nisoria PM
44 BAT HAWK Macheiramphus alcinus
45 BATELEUR Terathopius ecaudatus Near threatened
46 BEAUTIFUL SUNBIRD Cinnyris pulchellus
47 BLACK CRAKE Amaurornis flavirostris
48 BLACK CUCKOO Cuculus clamosus
49 BLACK CUCKOO-SHRIKE Campephaga flava
50 BLACK KITE Milvus migrans Yellow-billed Kite
51 BLACK LORED BABLER turdoides sharpei
52 BLACK SPARROWHAWK Accipiter melanoleucus Great Sparrowhawk
53 BLACK-AND-WHITE CASQUED HORNBILL Bycanistes subcylindricus
54 BLACK-AND-WHITE FLYCATCHER Bias musicus Vanga Flycatcher
55 BLACK-AND-WHITE MANNIKIN Lonchura bicolor Red-backed Mannikin
56 BLACK-BELLIED BUSTARD Lissotis melanogaster
57 BLACK-BELLIED FIREFINCH Lagonosticta rara
58 BLACK-BILLED BARBET Lybius guifsobalito
59 BLACK-BILLED WOOD DOVE Turtur abyssinicus
60 BLACK-CHESTED SNAKE EAGLE Circaetus pectoralis Split from Short Toed Eagle
61 BLACK-COLLARED BARBET Lybius torquatus Atlas states no dated records
62 BLACK-CROWNED TCHAGRA Tchagra senegalus
63 BLACK-CROWNED WAXBILL Estrilda nonnula
64 BLACK-HEADED BATIS Batis minor
65 BLACK-HEADED GONOLEK Laniarius erythrogaster
66 BLACK-HEADED HERON Ardea melanocephala
67 BLACK-HEADED WEAVER Ploceus melanocephalus
68 BLACK-LORED BABBLER Turdoides sharpei Sharpe,s Pied Babbler
69 BLACK-NECKED WEAVER Ploceus nigricollis
70 BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE Elanus caeruleus
71 BLACK-SHOULDERED NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus nigriscapularis Possibly a race of Fiery-Necked Nightjar, Cpectoralis
72 BLACK-WINGED BISHOP Euplectes hordeaceus Fire-crowned Bishop
73 BLACK-WINGED STILT Himantopus himantopus
74 BLACK-WINGED STILT himantopus himantopus
75 BLUE HEADED CCOUCAL centropus monachus
76 BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER Merops persicus PM
77 BLUE-NAPED MOUSEBIRD Urocolius macrourus
78 BLUE-SPOTTED WOOD DOVE Turtur afer
79 BOOTED EAGLE Hieraaetus pennatus PM
80 BPURPLE SWAMPHEN porphyrio porphyrio
81 BROAD-BILLED ROLLER Eurystomus glaucurus
82 BROAD-TAILED WARBLER schoenicola brevirostris
83 BRONZE MANNIKIN Lonchura cucullata
84 BRONZE-WINGED COURSER Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Violet-tipped Courser
85 BROWN BABBLER Turdoides plebejus
86 BROWN PARROT Poicephalus meyeri Meyer,s Parrot
87 BROWN SNAKE EAGLE Circaetus cinereus
88 BROWN TWIN SPOT clytospiza monteiri
89 BROWN-BACKED SCRUB-ROBIN Cercotrichas hartlaubi
90 BROWN-BACKED WOODPECKER Picoides obsoletus
91 BROWN-CROWNED TCHAGRA Tchagra australis Formally called Brown-headed Tchagra
92 BROWN-THROATED WATTLE-EYE Platysteira cyanea Common Wattle-eye
93 BRUBRU Nilaus afer
94 BRUCE’S GREEN-PIGEON Treron waalia
95 BUFF-BELLIED WARBLER Phyllolais pulchella
96 BUFF-SPOTTED FLUFFTAIL Sarothrura elegans Formally called Buff-spotted Pygmy-crake
97 CARDINAL WOODPECKER Dendropicos fuscescens
98 CASSIN`S HAWK EAGLE spizaetus africanus
99 CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis
100 CHIN-SPOT BATIS Batis molitor
101 COLLARED SUNBIRD Hedydipna collaris
102 COMMON SWIFT Apus apus PM
103 COMMON BULBUL Pycnonotus barbatus Yellow-vented Bulbul
104 COMMON BUTTON-QUIL turnix sylvatica
105 COMMON BUZZARD Buteo buteo Race Vulpinus occurs, Steppe Buzzard - PM
106 COMMON FISCAL Lanius collaris
107 COMMON GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia PM
108 COMMON HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbicum PM
109 COMMON KESTREL Falco tinnunculus Rock Kestrel
110 COMMON RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula PM
111 COMMON SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia Formally called Bank Swallow - PM
112 COMMON SCIMITARBILL Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
113 COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago PM
114 COMMON STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
115 COMMON WAXBILL Estrilda astrild
116 COPPER SUNBIRD Cinnyris cupreus
117 CRESTED FRANCOLIN Francolinus sephaena
118 CROAKING CISTICOLA Cisticola natalensis
119 CROWNED EAGLE Stephanoaetus coronatus
120 CROWNED HORNBILL Tockus alboterminatus
121 CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea PM
122 DARK CHANTING-GOSHAWK Melierax metabates
123 DIDRERIC CUCKOO Chrysococcyx caprius Formally called Diederik Cuckoo, alt. spelling Didric
124 DOUBLE-TOOTHED BARBET Lybius bidentatus
125 EASTERN BLACK-HEADED ORIOLE Oriolus larvatus
126 EASTERN GREY PLANTAIN-EATER Crinifer zonurus
127 EASTERN OLIVACEOUS WARBLER Hippolais pallida Previously called Olivaceous Warbler
128 EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiaca
129 EURASIAN GOLDEN ORIOLE Oriolus oriolus PM
130 EURASIAN HOBBY Falco subbuteo PM
131 EURASIAN HOOPOE Upupa epops PM - Includes African Hoopoe
132 EUROPEAN BEE-EATER Merops apiaster PM
133 EUROPEAN HONEY BUZZARD Pernis apivorus PM
134 EUROPEAN ROLLER Coracias garrulus
135 EUROPEAN WHITE STORK Ciconia ciconia PM
136 FAN-TAILED WIDOWBIRD Euplectes axillaris Red-shouldered Widow
137 FERAL PIGEON Columba livia
138 FLAPPET LARK Mirafra rufocinnamomea
139 FORK-TAILED DRONGO Dicrurus adsimilis Common Drongo
140 FULVOURS WHISTLING DOUCK detrocygna bicoior
141 GABAR GOSHAWK Micronisus gabar
142 GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin PM
143 GIANT KINGFISHER Megaceryle maxima
144 GOLDEN BACKED WEAVER ploceus jacksoni
145 GOLDEN-BREASTED BUNTING Emberiza flaviventris African Golden-breasted Bunting
146 GOLIATH HERON Ardea goliath
147 GRASSHOPPER BUZZARD Butastur rufipennis AM
148 GREAT BLUE TURACO Corythaeola cristata
149 GREAT REED WARBLER Acrocephalus arundinaceus PM
150 GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO Clamator glandarius
151 GREAT WHITE EGRET Egretta alba Formally called Great Egret
152 GREATER BLUE-EARED STARLING Lamprotornis chalybaeus
153 GREATER HONEYGUIDE Indicator indicator Formally called Black-throated Honeyguide
154 GREEN CROMBEC Sylvietta virens
155 GREEN WOOD-HOOPOE Phoeniculus purpureus Red-billed Wood-hoopoe
156 GREEN-BACKED EREMOMELA Eremomela pusilla
157 GREEN-WINGED PYTILIA Pytilia melba Melba Finch
158 GREY CROWNED CRANE Balearica regulorum Vulnerable
159 GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
160 GREY KESTREL Falco ardosiaceus
161 GREY TIT- FLYCATCHER Myioparus plumbeus Lead-coloured Flycatcher
162 GREY WOODPECKER Dendropicos goertae
163 GREY-BACKED CAMAROPTERA Camaroptera brachyura
164 GREY-BACKED FISCAL Lanius excubitoroides
165 GREY-CAPPED WARBLER Eminia lepida
166 GREY-HEADED KINGFISHER Halcyon leucocephala Formally called, Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher
167 GREY-HEADED BUSH-SHRIKE Malaconotus blanchoti
168 GREYISH EAGLE OWL Bubo cinerascens Recently split from Southern race, B Africanus
169 GROSBEAK WEAVER amblyospiza albifrons
170 HADADA IBIS Bostrychia hagedash
171 HAMERKOP Scopus umbretta
172 HELMETED GUINEAFOWL Numida meleagris
173 HEUGLIN’S FRANCOLIN Francolinus icterorhynchus
174 HEUQULIN'S FRANCOLINE francolinus icterorhynchus
175 INTERMEDIATE EGRET Mesophoyx intermedia Formally called Yellow-billed Egret
176 ISABELLINE SHRIKE Lanius isabellinus Formally called Red-tailed Shrike- PM
177 JACANA Actophilornis africana
178 JACOBIN CUCKOO Clamator jacobinus Black-and-white Cuckoo
179 KLAAS’ CUCKOO Chrysococcyx klaas
180 KNOB-BILLED DUCK Sarkidiornis melanotos Comb Duck
181 LAUGHING DOVE Streptopelia senegalensis
182 LEAD-COLOURED FLYCATCHER myioparus plumbeus
183 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus PM -Races, L barabensis and L heuglini both occur
184 LESSER BLUE-EARED STARLING Lamprotornis chloropterus Formally refered to as Glossy Starling
185 LESSER GRAY SHRIKE lanius minor
186 LESSER HONEYGUIDE Indicator minor Race I conirostris, formally considered a species now lumped with I minor
187 LESSER MASKED WEAVER Ploceus intermedius
188 LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE Aquila pomarina PM
189 LESSER STRIPED SWALLOW Hirundo abyssinica
190 LEVAILLANT’S CUCKOO Clamator levaillantii Striped Cuckoo
191 LILAC-BREASTED ROLLER Coracias caudata
192 LITTLE BITTERN Ixobrychus minutus
193 LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta
194 LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis Dabchick
195 LITTLE GREENBUL Andropadus virens
196 LITTLE SPARROWHAWK Accipiter minullus
197 LITTLE SWIFT Apus affinis
198 LITTLE WEAVER Ploceus luteolus
199 LIZARD BUZZARD Kaupifalco monogrammicus
200 LONG-CRESTED EAGLE Lophaetus occipitalis
201 LONG-TAILED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax africanus Reed Cormorant
202 LONG-TOED LAPWING Vanellus crassirostris Formally Plover
203 MADAGASCAR BEE-EATER Merops superciliosus AM
204 MALACHITE KINGFISHER Alcedo cristata
205 MARABOU STORK Leptoptilos crumeniferus
206 MARICO SUNBIRD Cinnyris mariquensis Formally called Mariqua Sunbird
207 MARTIAL EAGLE Polemaetus bellicosus Near threatened
208 MOSQUE SWALLOW Hirundo senegalensis
209 MOUSTACHED GRASS WARBLER Melocichla mentalis African Moustavhed Warbler
210 NARINA,S TROGON Apaloderma narina
211 NORTHERN WHITE-FACED OWL Ptilopsis leucotis Recently split from Southern race, P granti
212 NORTHERN BLACK FLYCATCHER Melaenornis edoliodides
213 NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER Merops nubicus AM
214 NORTHERN CROMBEC Sylvietta brachyura
215 NORTHERN GREY-HEADED SPARROW Passer griseus
216 NORTHERN PUFFBACK Dryoscopus gambensis
217 NORTHERN WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe PM
218 NUBIAN WOODPECKER Campethera nubica
219 ORANGE-BREASTED BUSH-SHRIKE Telophorus sulfureopectus Formally called Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike
220 PALE FLYCATCHER Melaenornis pallidus Mouse-coloured Flycatcher
221 PALLID HARRIER Circus macrourus Near threatened - PM
222 PEARL-SPOTTED OWLET Glaucidium perlatum
223 PENNANT-WINGED NIGHTJAR Macrodipteryx vexillarius AM
224 PIAPIAC Ptilostomus afer
225 PIED CROW Corvus albus
226 PIED KINGFISHER Ceryle rudis
227 PIN-TAILED WHYDAH Vidua macroura
228 PLAIN MARTIN Riparia paludicola Formally called Brown-throated Sand Martin
229 PLAIN NIGHTJAR caprimulgus inornatus
230 PURPLE STARLING Lamprotornis purpureus Formally refered to as Glossy Starling
231 PURPLE HERON Ardea purpurea
232 PURPLE-BANDED SUNBIRD Cinnyris bifasciatus
233 RATTLING CISTICOLA cisticola chiniana
234 RED FACED LOVEBIRD agapornis pullarius
235 RED SHOULDERED CUCKOO SHRIKE campephaga phoenicea
236 RED-BILLED FIREFINCH Lagonosticta senegala
237 RED-CHEEKED CORDON-BLEU Uraeginthus bengalus
238 RED-CHESTED CUCKOO Cuculus solitarius
239 RED-EYED DOVE Streptopelia semitorquata
240 RED-FACED CISTICOLA Cisticola erythrops
241 RED-FACED CROMBEC Sylvietta whytii
242 RED-FRONTED BARBET Tricholaema diademata
243 RED-HEADED BLUEBILL Spermophaga ruficapilla
244 RED-HEADED WEAVER Anaplectes rubriceps
245 RED-NECKED FALCON Falco chicquera Vulnerable
246 RED-NECKED SPURFOWL Francolinus afer
247 RED-RUMPED SWALLOW Hirundo daurica
248 RED-SHOULDERED CUCKOO-SHRIKE Campephaga phoenicea
249 RED-THROATED WRYNECK Jynx ruficollis
250 RING-NECKED DOVE Streptopelia capicola Cape Turtle Dove
251 RUFF Philomachus pugnax PM
252 RUFFOUS CHTTERER turdoides rubiginosus
253 RUPPELL,S STARLING Lamprotornis purpuropterus Ruppell,s Long-tailed Starling
254 SACRED IBIS Threskiornis aethiopicus
255 SADDLE-BILLED STORK Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
256 SCALY FRANCOLIN Francolinus squamatus
257 SCALY-THROATED HONEYGUIDE Indicator variegatus
258 SCARLET-CHESTED SUNBIRD Chalcomitra senegalensis
259 SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus PM
260 SEMI-COLLARED FLYCATCHER Ficedula semitorquata Near threatened - PM
261 SENEGAL COUCAL Centropus senegalensis
262 SENEGAL LAPWING Vanellus lugubris Formally Plover
263 SHIKRA Accipiter badius Little Banded Goshawk
264 SHOEBILL Balaeniceps rex Vulnerable
265 SHORT-WINGED CISTICOLA Cisticola brachypterus Siffling Cisticola
266 SINGING CISTICOLA Cisticola cantans
267 SLENDER-BILLED WEAVER Ploceus pelzelni
268 SLENDER-TAILED NIGHTJAR caprimulgus fossii
269 SNOWY-CROWNED ROBIN-CHAT Cossypha niveicapilla
270 SOOTY CHAT Myrmecocichla nigra
271 SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD Colius striatus
272 SPECKLED PIGEON Columba guinea
273 SPECTACLED WEAVER Ploceus ocularis
274 SPOT-FLANKED BARBET Tricholaema lachrymose
275 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata PM
276 SPUR-WINGED GOOSE Plectopterus gambensis
277 SPUR-WINGED LAPWING Vanellus spinosus Formally Plover
278 SQUARE- TAILED NIGHTJAR caprimulgus clarus
279 STANDARD-WINGED NIGHTJAR Macrodipteryx longipennis AM
280 STEPPE EAGLE Aquila nipalensis PM
281 STRIATED HERON Butorides striatus Formally called Green-backed Heron
282 STRIPED KINGFISHER Halcyon chelicuti
283 SUPERB SUNBIRD Cinnyris superba
284 SWALLOW-TAILED BEE-EATER Merops hirundineus Near Threatened
285 SWALLOW-TAILED BEE-EATER meropshirundineus
286 SWAMP NIGHTJAR caprimulgus natalensis
287 TAMBOURINE DOVE turur tympanistria
288 TAWNY EAGLE Aquila rapax
289 TAWNY-FLANKED PRINIA Prinia subflava
290 TEMMINCK’S COURSER Cursorius temminckii
291 TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis PM
292 TRILLING CISTICOLA Cisticola woosnami
293 TROPICAL BOUBOU Laniarius aethiopicus
294 VARIABLE SUNBIRD Cinnyris venusta
295 VERREAUX’S EAGLE OWL Bubo lacteus
296 VILLAGE WEAVER Ploceus cucullatus Black-headed Weaver
297 VILLAGE INDIGOBIRD Vidua chalybeata Formally called Red-billed Firefinch Indigobird
298 VINACEOUS DOVE Streptopelia vinacea
299 VIOLET-BACKED STARLING Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Plum-coloured Starling - AM
300 WAHLBERG,S EAGLE Aquila wahlbergi
301 WESTERN BANDED SNAKE EAGLE Circaetus cinerascens
302 WESTERN CITRIL Serinus frontalis Formally a race of African Citril, S citrinelloides
303 WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra PM
304 WHISKERED TERN chlidonias hybridus
305 WHISTLING CISTICOLA Cisticola lateralis
306 WHITE HELMET-SHRIKE Prionops plumatus White-crested Helmet-shrike
307 WHITE-BACKED VULTURE Gyps africanus Near threatened
308 WHITE-BREASTED CUCKOO-SHRIKE Coracina pectoralis
309 WHITE-BROWED COUCAL Centropus superciliosus
310 WHITE-BROWED ROBIN-CHAT Cossypha heuglini
311 WHITE-BROWED SCRUB-ROBIN Cercotrichas leucophrys
312 WHITE-CHINNED PRINIA Prinia leucopogon
313 WHITE-CRESTED TURACO Tauraco leucolophus
314 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK Dendrocygna viduata White-faced Duck
315 WHITE-HEADED BARBET Lybius leucocephalus
316 WHITE-HEADED SAW-WING Psalidoprocne albiceps Formally called White-headed Rough-wing
317 WHITE-RUMPED SWIFT Apus caffer
318 WHITE-THIGHED HORNBILL bycanistescylindricus
319 WHITE-THROATED BEE-EATER Merops albicollis AM
320 WHITE-WINGED TERN Chlidonias leucopterus Formally White-winged Black Tern- PM
321 WHITE-WINGED BLACK TIT Parus leucomelas Alternative name, Black Tit The race guineensis, often considered a separate species White-shouldered Tit
322 WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus PM
323 WINDING CISTICOLA Cisticola galactotes
324 WOODCHAT SHRIKE lanius senator
325 WOODLAND KINGFISHER Halcyon senegalensis
326 WOOLLY-NECKED STORK Ciconia episcopus Near threatened
327 YELLOW MANTLED WIDOW BIRD euplectes macrourus
328 YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava PM
329 YELLOW-BELLIED HYLIOTA Hyliota flavigaster Yellow-breasted Hyliota
330 YELLOWBILL ceuthmochares aereus Green coucal
331 YELLOW-BILLED SHRIKE Corvinella corvina
332 YELLOW-BREASTED APALIS Apalis flavida
333 YELLOW-CROWNED BISHOP Euplectes afer
334 YELLOW-FRONTED CANARY Serinus mozambicus
335 YELLOW-FRONTED TINKERBIRD Pogoniulus chrysoconus
336 YELLOW-RUMPED TINKERBIRD Pogoniulus bilineatus
337 YELLOW-THROATED GREENBUL Chlorocichla flavicollis Formally called Yellow-throated Leaflove
338 YELLOW-THROATED LONGCLAW Macronyx croceus
339 ZEBRA WAXBILL amadava subflava
340 ZITTING CISTICOLA Cisticola juncidis Fan-tailed Cisticola

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