Afrotropic – Bird Families of the World

milestone 35 | Tanzania 2021 | family 234/250

Posted on June, 2021January, 2024

Cleanup Afrotropic at East Usambara Mountains

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 234/250

94%

My main reason of joining the first legs of “Tanzanian Endemics Cleanup” expedition, which includes my friends Noam Shany, Dubi Shapiro and Philip Johnson, was one bird. Dapple-throat and Allies (Modulatricidae) is the most elusive and desired bird family endemic to Afrotropic, and out of its three cryptic members, Spot-throat is the easiest. While birding on West Usambara forest trails in Magamba, the bird calls can be heard in a few places, but seeing it, nevertheless taking a photo, requires efforts and some luck. So, on the first day the status was “heard only”, on the second day we succeed to have a rapid look on it silhouette while it was flying shortly between two close bushes. Luckily, on the third day, we were able to get this photo. More endemics from Magamba like Usambara Weaver mentioned on the trip list.

234. Family #221: Dapple-throat and Allies (Modulatricidae) | Spot-throat

Other East Arc Mountain forests places visited: South Pare Mountain for South Pare White-eye and East Usambara (Amani) for birds like Usambara Eagle Owl, Usambara Hyliota, Green-headed Oriole and few others.

Back to Arusha area, I visited Lark Planes with Beesley’s Lark as key species, Mererani road and Kiligolf.

trip's bird list & some PHOTOS' link

White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata	Lushoto -> Maheze
African Black Duck	Anas sparsa	Lushoto
Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha	Lushoto -> Maheze
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	KiliGolf
Crested Francolin	Francolinus sephaena	Merarani road
African Openbill	Anastomus lamelligerus	Same -> Lushoto
Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus	Same -> Lushoto
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	KiliGolf
Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	Same -> Lushoto
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Same -> Lushoto
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	KiliGolf
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Lushoto -> Maheze
Striated Heron	Butorides striata	KiliGolf
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Lushoto -> Maheze
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Lushoto -> Maheze
Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash	Same -> Lushoto
African Spoonbill	Platalea alba	KiliGolf
African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus	Mambo View Point
Palm-nut Vulture	Gypohierax angolensis	Amani – Derem Trail
White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus	Lark Plains
Brown Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinereus	Merarani road
Banded Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinerascens	Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) Southerm B.S.E
Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Maheze -> Amani
Long-crested Eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Lizard Buzzard	Kaupifalco monogrammicus	Lushoto -> Maheze
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax poliopterus	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Gabar Goshawk	Micronisus gabar	KiliGolf
African Goshawk	Accipiter tachiro	KiliGolf
Little Sparrowhawk	Accipiter minullus	Amani – Gumbo Trail
Black Goshawk	Accipiter melanoleucus	Magamba
African Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	KiliGolf
Mountain Buzzard	Buteo oreophilus	Lushoto -> Magamba ssp. debilis
Augur Buzzard	Buteo augur	KIA -> Same
Buff-crested Bustard	Eupodotis gindiana	Merarani road
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Lushoto -> Maheze
Blacksmith Plover	Vanellus armatus	Same -> Lushoto
Spur-winged Plover	Vanellus spinosus	Same -> Lushoto
Crowned Lapwing	Vanellus coronatus	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Three-banded Courser	Rhinoptilus cinctus	Merarani road. aka Heuglin’s Courser
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse	Pterocles exustus	Lark Plains
Black-faced Sandgrouse	Pterocles decoratus	/p Merarani road
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Delegorgue’s Pigeon	Columba delegorguei	Amani – Gumbo Trail
Mourning Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decipiens	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Ring-necked Dove	Streptopelia capicola	Merarani road
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur chalcospilos	Merarani road
Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria	Magamba (West Uluguru)
Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis	Anthony’s Spot
African Green-Pigeon	Treron calvus	Same -> Lushoto
Fischer’s Turaco	Tauraco fischeri	Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara)
Hartlaub’s Turaco	Tauraco hartlaubi	Lushoto -> Magamba
White-bellied Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides leucogaster	Merarani road
Klaas’s Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas	Merarani road
White-browed Coucal	Centropus superciliosus	Amani Reserve (East Usambara)
Usambara Eagle-Owl	Bubo vosseleri	Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara)
African Wood-Owl	Strix woodfordii	Magamba
African Swift	Apus barbatus	Mambo View Point
Little Swift	Apus affinis	Same -> Lushoto
White-rumped Swift	Apus caffer	KiliGolf
African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus	KIA -> Same
White-headed Mousebird	Colius leucocephalus	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Blue-naped Mousebird	Urocolius macrourus	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	Same -> Lushoto
Gray-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala	Amani – lowlands
Brown-hooded Kingfisher	Halcyon albiventris	KIA -> Same
Giant Kingfisher	Megaceryle maximus	KiliGolf
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	KiliGolf
White-fronted Bee-eater	Merops bullockoides	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater	Merops oreobates	Magamba (West Uluguru)
Lilac-breasted Roller	Coracias caudatus	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Lark Plains * africana (African)
Abyssinian Scimitar-bill	Rhinopomastus minor	Merarani road
Northern Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus erythrorhynchus	Lark Plains
Von der Decken’s Hornbill	Tockus deckeni	Merarani road
Crowned Hornbill	Tockus alboterminatus	Same -> South Pare Mountains
African Gray Hornbill	Tockus nasutus	KiliGolf
Trumpeter Hornbill	Ceratogymna bucinator	Amani Reserve (East Usambara)
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill	Ceratogymna brevis	Same -> Lushoto
Red-and-yellow Barbet	Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	Lark Plains
D’Arnaud’s Barbet	Trachyphonus darnaudii	Anthony’s Spot
White-eared Barbet	Stactolaema leucotis	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Green Barbet	Stactolaema olivacea	Kimbo Trail (East Usambara)
Moustached Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus leucomystax	Amani Reserve (East Usambara). aka Green-backed Honeybird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus pusillus	Merarani road
Red-fronted Barbet	Tricholaema diademata	/p Lark Plains
Spot-flanked Barbet	Tricholaema lacrymosa	KiliGolf
Black-throated Barbet	Tricholaema melanocephala	Merarani road
Brown-breasted Barbet	Lybius melanopterus	KiliGolf
Green-backed Honeyguide	Prodotiscus zambesiae	Amani Reserve (East Usambara). aka Green-backed Honeybird
Lesser Honeyguide	Indicator minor	Lushoto -> Magamba
Greater Honeyguide	Indicator indicator	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Nubian Woodpecker	Campethera nubica	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Mombasa Woodpecker	Campethera mombassica	Kimbo Trail (East Usambara)
Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens	Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara)
Olive Woodpecker	Dendropicos griseocephalus	Lushoto -> Magamba
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	@OLDONYOSAMBU * rupicolus (Rock)
Greater Kestrel	Falco rupicoloides	Lark Plains
Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Taita Falcon	Falco fasciinucha	Mambo View Point
Fischer’s Lovebird	Agapornis fischeri	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Yellow-collared Lovebird	Agapornis personatus	KiliGolf
Red-bellied Parrot	Poicephalus rufiventris	Merarani road
African Broadbill	Smithornis capensis	Amani – Mbopole Trail
Short-tailed Batis	Batis mixta	Lushoto -> Magamba
Chinspot Batis	Batis molitor	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Pale Batis	Batis soror	Kimbo Trail (East Usambara)
Pygmy Batis	Batis perkeo	Merarani road
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike	Prionops scopifrons	Kimbo Trail (East Usambara)
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher	Bias musicus	Amani – Derem Trail
Brubru	Nilaus afer	Lark Plains
Pringle’s Puffback	Dryoscopus pringlii	Merarani road
Brown-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra australis	Amani – Site 17
Tropical Boubou	Laniarius aethiopicus	KiliGolf
Zanzibar Boubou	Laniarius sublacteus	Amani – Derem Trail. aka East Coast Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou	Laniarius funebris	Anthony’s Spot
Fuelleborn’s Boubou	Laniarius fuelleborni	Magamba
Rosy-patched Bushshrike	Rhodophoneus cruentus	Merarani road
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus	KiliGolf
Black-fronted Bushshrike	Telophorus nigrifrons	/p Lushoto -> Magamba
Gray Cuckooshrike	Coracina caesia	Kimbo Trail (East Usambara)
Black Cuckooshrike	Campephaga flava	Amani – Derem Trail
Long-tailed Fiscal	Lanius cabanisi	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Taita Fiscal	Lanius dorsalis	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Southern Fiscal	Lanius collaris	Lushoto -> Magamba ssp. debilis
Magpie Shrike	Corvinella melanoleuca	near Kilimanjaro Airport
White-rumped Shrike	Eurocephalus rueppelli	Merarani road.aka Northern white-crowned shrike
African Golden Oriole	Oriolus auratus	/p Maheze -> Amani
Green-headed Oriole	Oriolus chlorocephalus	/p Kimbo Trail (East Usambara)
African Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus larvatus	Same -> Lushoto
Square-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus ludwigii	Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara)
Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis	KiliGolf
African Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis	Same -> Lushoto
Pied Crow	Corvus albus	near Kilimanjaro Airport
White-necked Raven	Corvus albicollis	Lushoto -> Magamba ssp. debilis
Rufous-naped Lark	Mirafra africana	Lark Plains
Pink-breasted Lark	Calendulauda poecilosterna	Merarani road
Foxy Lark	Calendulauda alopex	Lark Plains
Beesley’s Lark	Chersomanes beesleyi	/p Lark Plains
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucopareia	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Red-capped Lark	Calandrella cinerea	Lark Plains
Somali Short-toed Lark	Calandrella somalica	Lark Plains. aka Athi Lark
Short-tailed Lark	Pseudalaemon fremantlii	Lark Plains
Brown-throated Martin	Riparia paludicola	Merarani road. aka Plain Martin
Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii	KiliGolf
Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	Merarani road
Lesser Striped-Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Black Sawwing	Psalidoprocne pristoptera	Same -> South Pare Mountains
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher	Elminia albonotata	Lushoto -> Magamba
Red-throated Tit	Melaniparus fringillinus	Lark Plains
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus musculus	/p Lark Plains
Shelley’s Greenbul	Arizelocichla masukuensis	Amani – Gumbo Trail
Little Greenbul	Eurillas virens	Magamba (West Uluguru)
Northern Brownbul	Phyllastrephus strepitans	KiliGolf
Yellow-streaked Greenbul	Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	Lushoto -> Magamba
Tiny Greenbul	Phyllastrephus debilis	Lushoto -> Magamba ssp. debilis (Montane)
Dark-capped Bulbul	Pycnonotus tricolor	KIA -> Same
Northern Crombec	Sylvietta brachyura	Lark Plains
Red-faced Crombec	Sylvietta whytii	Lark Plains
Kretschmer’s Longbill	Macrosphenus kretschmeri	Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara)
Yellow Flycatcher	Erythrocercus holochlorus	Maheze -> Amani
Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler	Phylloscopus ruficapilla	Lushoto -> Magamba
African Yellow-Warbler	Iduna natalensis	KiliGolf. aka Dark-capped Yellow Warbler
African Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus baeticatus	Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara)
Evergreen-forest Warbler	Bradypterus lopezi	Magamba (West Uluguru)
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler	Bradypterus cinnamomeus	Magamba (West Uluguru)
Bar-throated Apalis	Apalis thoracica	Lushoto -> Magamba
Yellow-breasted Apalis	Apalis flavida	Merarani road
Black-headed Apalis	Apalis melanocephala	Amani – Mbopole Trail
Red-fronted Warbler	Urorhipis rufifrons	Anthony’s Spot. Aka Red-fronted Prinia
Gray Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes simplex	Anthony’s Spot
African Tailorbird	Artisornis metopias	Lushoto -> Magamba. aka Red-capped Forest-Warbler
Long-billed Tailorbird	Artisornis moreaui	Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara)
Rattling Cisticola	Cisticola chiniana	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Ashy Cisticola	Cisticola cinereolus	Lark Plains
Wailing Cisticola	Cisticola lais	@OLDONYOSAMBU * distinctus (Lyne’s)
Coastal Cisticola	Cisticola haematocephalus	Maheze -> Amani
Winding Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes	Same -> Lushoto
Desert Cisticola	Cisticola aridulus	Lark Plains
Buff-bellied Warbler	Phyllolais pulchella	Merarani road
Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava	Mambo View Point
Yellow-bellied Eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis	Mirerani road
Banded Warbler	Sylvia boehmi	Merarani road. aka Banded Parisoma
Pale White-eye	Zosterops flavilateralis	Mambo View Point
South Pare White-eye	Zosterops winifredae	/p Same -> South Pare Mountains
Spot-throat	Modulatrix stictigula	Magamba
Usambara Hyliota	Hyliota usambarae	Kimbo Trail (East Usambara)
Grayish Flycatcher	Bradornis microrhynchus	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Southern Black-Flycatcher	Melaenornis pammelaina	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Ashy Flycatcher	Muscicapa caerulescens	Amani – Gumbo Trail
Red-backed Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas leucophrys	KiliGolf. aka White-browed SR
Cape Robin-Chat	Cossypha caffra	Mambo View Point
White-browed Robin-Chat	Cossypha heuglini	Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara)
Spotted Morning-Thrush	Cichladusa guttata	KiliGolf
White-chested Alethe	Pseudalethe fuelleborni	Magamba
Sharpe’s Akalat	Sheppardia sharpei	Amani – Mbopole Trail
Usambara Akalat	Sheppardia montana	Lushoto -> Magamba
African Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	Mambo View Point
Schalow’s Wheatear	Oenanthe lugubris	@OLDONYOSAMBU. aka Abyssinian Wheatear
Capped Wheatear	Oenanthe pileata	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush	Neocossyphus rufus	Kimbo Trail (East Usambara)
Usambara Thrush	Turdus roehli	Lushoto -> Magamba
African Bare-eyed Thrush	Turdus tephronotus	Lark Plains
Wattled Starling	Creatophora cinerea	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Black-bellied Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis corruscus	Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara)
Superb Starling	Lamprotornis superbus	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Hildebrandt’s Starling	Lamprotornis hildebrandti	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Violet-backed Starling	Cinnyricinclus leucogaster	KiliGolf
Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio	KiliGolf
Waller’s Starling	Onychognathus walleri	Magamba
Kenrick’s Starling	Poeoptera kenricki	Amani Reserve (East Usambara)
Red-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus erythrorhynchus	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes orientalis	Merarani road
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes neglectus	Amani – lowlands
Banded Sunbird	Anthreptes rubritorques	Amani – Mbopole Trail. aka Banded Green Sunbird
Amani Sunbird	Hedydipna pallidigaster	Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara)
Eastern Olive Sunbird	Cyanomitra olivacea	Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara)
Scarlet-chested Sunbird	Chalcomitra senegalensis	KiliGolf
Hunter’s Sunbird	Chalcomitra hunteri	Merarani road
Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa	Mambo View Point
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris usambaricus	Lushoto -> Magamba
Beautiful Sunbird	Cinnyris pulchellus	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Purple-banded Sunbird	Cinnyris bifasciatus	Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) Southerm B.S.B
Tsavo Sunbird	Cinnyris tsavoensis	Merarani road
Variable Sunbird	Cinnyris venustus	Mambo View Point
Mountain Wagtail	Motacilla clara	Amani – Gumbo Trail
African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp	near Kilimanjaro Airport
African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus	Lark Plains
Long-billed Pipit	Anthus similis	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Emberiza tahapisi	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Cabanis’s Bunting	Emberiza cabanisi	Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara)
Southern Citril	Serinus hypostictus	Mambo View Point
Reichenow’s Seedeater	Serinus reichenowi	Merarani road
White-bellied Canary	Serinus dorsostriatus	Merarani road
Southern Grosbeak-Canary	Serinus buchanani	Anthony’s Spot
Streaky Seedeater	Serinus striolatus	Mambo View Point
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	KIA -> Same
Kenya Rufous Sparrow	Passer rufocinctus	Lark Plains
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow	Passer griseus	Mambo View Point
Parrot-billed Sparrow	Passer gongonensis	Merarani road
Chestnut Sparrow	Passer eminibey	KIA -> Same
Yellow-spotted Petronia	Petronia pyrgita	Merarani road. aka Y.T Bush-Sparrow
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver	Bubalornis niger	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Speckle-fronted Weaver	Sporopipes frontalis	Merarani road
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser mahali	KIA -> Same
Rufous-tailed Weaver	Histurgops ruficauda	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Gray-headed Social-Weaver	Pseudonigrita arnaudi	Lark Plains
Red-headed Weaver	Anaplectes rubriceps	Merarani road
Baglafecht Weaver	Ploceus baglafecht	Lushoto -> Magamba
Spectacled Weaver	Ploceus ocularis	Amani – Derem Trail
Taveta Golden-Weaver	Ploceus castaneiceps	Same -> Lushoto
Vitelline Masked-Weaver	Ploceus vitellinus	Merarani road
Golden-backed Weaver	Ploceus jacksoni	Anthony’s Spot
Chestnut Weaver	Ploceus rubiginosus	KiliGolf
Usambara Weaver	Ploceus nicolli	Magamba
Red-billed Quelea	Quelea quelea	Anthony’s Spot
Black-winged Bishop	Euplectes hordeaceus	Lushoto -> Maheze
Grosbeak Weaver	Amblyospiza albifrons	Lushoto -> Maheze
Yellow-bellied Waxbill	Coccopygia quartinia	Lushoto -> Magamba
Crimson-rumped Waxbill	Estrilda rhodopyga	@OLDONYOSAMBU
Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Amani – Site 17
Black-faced Waxbill	Estrilda nigriloris	Lark Plains
Black-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda erythronotos	Same -> South Pare Mountains. aka Black-faced Waxbill
Blue-capped Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus cyanocephalus	Anthony’s Spot
Purple Grenadier	Granatina ianthinogaster	Anthony’s Spot
Peters’s Twinspot	Hypargos niveoguttatus	Maheze -> Amani
Green-winged Pytilia	Pytilia melba	Anthony’s Spot
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	@OLDONYOSAMBU
African Firefinch	Lagonosticta rubricata	KiliGolf
Cut-throat	Amadina fasciata	near Kilimanjaro Airport
Gray-headed Silverbill	Odontospiza griseicapilla	Merarani road
Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullatus	KiliGolf
Black-and-white Mannikin	Spermestes bicolor	Maheze -> Amani *2 nigriceps/woltersi (Red-backed)
Straw-tailed Whydah	Vidua fischeri	Same -> South Pare Mountains
Village Indigobird	Vidua chalybeata	near Kilimanjaro Airport

# World Bird Families

milestone 25 | Madagascar 2016 | families 204-208/250

Posted on October, 2016January, 2024

Birding the eighth continent

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 208/250

83%

Although Madagascar is an island, its unique biodiversity and landscapes title it “the eighth continent”. Some information about species seen of the 5 endemic bird families:

Mesites: White-breasted Mesite at Ankarafantsika National Park. Subdesert Mesite at Mosa spiny forest park, Ifaty.

The triple call of monotype Cuckoo-Roller heard at a few locations, but seen best at Ankarafantsika National Park.

Ground-Rollers: Pitta-like Ground-Roller seen first in Bemanevika. Both Scally Ground-Roller & Short-legged Ground-Roller at Ranomafana National Park. Rufous-headed Ground-Roller at Mantadia National Park. Long-tailed Ground-Roller at Mosa park, Ifaty.

Asities: Velvet Asity at Ranomafana National Park. Schlegel’s Asity at Ankarafantsika National Park. Sunbird Asity at Bemanevika.

Malagasy Warblers: 8 out of 11 species of this family seen in different locations. One of the most desierd one is Appert’s Tetraka at Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park.

Although Vangas are now part of the Afrotropical family of Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies, in the past they considered separate family endemic to Madagascar. So, I’ll just mention that many Vanga species seen at different locations. Our constrains did not allow us to visit the north-east area (Masoala). Other families to be mentioned: Flufftails – Slender-billed Flufftail & Madagascar Flufftail. Buttonquail seen in Africa, Asia and Australia, but it seems that Madagascar Buttonquail is a bit more cooperative. The tiny island of Nosy Ve near Toliara gave us good options to take photos of Crab-Plover and Red-tailed Tropicbird.

204. Family #17: Mesites (Mesitornithidae) | Subdesert Mesite

205. Family #82: Cuckoo-roller (Leptosomidae) | Cuckoo-roller

206. Family #93: Ground-Rollers (Brachypteraciidae) | Long-tailed Ground Roller

207. Family #113: Asities (Philepittidae) | Velvet Asity

208. Family #188: Malagasy Warblers (Bernieridae) | Long-billed Bernieria

trip's bird list

White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata	Mahajanga Province
African Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus auritus	Mahajanga Province
Meller’s Duck	Anas melleri	@Bemanevika
Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha	Antananarivo Province
Hottentot Teal	Anas hottentota	@Beach near Mosa reserve (Ifaty)
Madagascar Pochard	Aythya innotata	@Bemanevika
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	Mahajanga Province
Madagascar Partridge	Margaroperdix madagascarensis	@just before Ihosy
Madagascar Grebe	Tachybaptus pelzelnii	@Bemanevika
Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	@Nosy ve
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	Tana->Ranomafana
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	@ Pelagic to Nosy va
Humblot’s Heron	Ardea humbloti	@ Pelagic to Nosy va
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	@Ankarafantsika NR madagascariensis
Great Egret	Ardea alba	Antananarivo Province
Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	Mahajanga Province
Dimorphic Egret	Egretta dimorpha	@Ankarafantsika NR. aka Dimorphic Heron
Black Heron	Egretta ardesiaca	Antananarivo Province
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Antananarivo Province
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Antananarivo Province
Madagascar Pond-Heron	Ardeola idae	Mahajanga Province
Striated Heron	Butorides striata	B. s. rutenbergi
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Antananarivo Province
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	@Ankarafantsika NR
Madagascar Ibis	Lophotibis cristata	@Ankarafantsika NR
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides radiatus	@Bemanevika
Madagascar Serpent-Eagle	Eutriorchis astur	@Bemanevika
Madagascar Marsh-Harrier	Circus macrosceles	splited by me from Reunion Harrier
Frances’s Goshawk	Accipiter francesii	Mahajanga Province
Frances’s Goshawk	Accipiter francesii	@Andasibe NP. catching M.White-eye
Madagascar Sparrowhawk	Accipiter madagascariensis	@Mosa reserve
Henst’s Goshawk	Accipiter henstii	Ranomafana
Yellow-billed Kite	Milvus aegyptius	Antananarivo Province
Madagascar Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus vociferoides	@Ankarafantsika NR
Madagascar Buzzard	Buteo brachypterus	@Bemanevika
White-breasted Mesite	Mesitornis variegatus	@Ankarafantsika NR
Subdesert Mesite	Monias benschi	@Mosa reserve
Madagascar Wood-Rail	Canirallus kioloides	@Ranomafana NR
White-throated Rail	Dryolimnas cuvieri	@Andesibe NR
Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata	@Brach near Mosa reserve
Madagascar Flufftail	Sarothrura insularis	@Bemanevika
Slender-billed Flufftail	Sarothrura watersi	@Bemanevika
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Toliara Province
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	@Brach near Mosa reserve
Kittlitz’s Plover	Charadrius pecuarius	Mahajanga Province
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	@Brach near Mosa reserve
Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris	@Ankarafantsika NR bifrontatus
White-fronted Plover	Charadrius marginatus	@Brach near Mosa reserve
Greater Painted-Snipe	Rostratula benghalensis	@ Ifaty salt ponds
Madagascar Jacana	Actophilornis albinucha	@Bemanevika->Ankarafansika
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	@Ankarafantsika NR
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	@Brach near Mosa reserve
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	@Brach near Mosa reserve
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	@Beach near Mosa reserve
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	@Beach near Mosa reserve
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Toliara Province
Sanderling	Calidris alba	@ Pelagic to Nosy va
Madagascar Snipe	Gallinago macrodactyla	@Bemnevika
Madagascar Buttonquail	Turnix nigricollis	Mahajanga Province
Crab Plover	Dromas ardeola	@ Pelagic to Nosy va
Madagascar Pratincole	Glareola ocularis	@ Betsiboka River
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	@ Pelagic to Nosy va * melisandae (Madagascar)
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	@ Pelagic to Nosy va
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii	@ Pelagic to Nosy va
Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	@Beach near Mosa reserve (Ifaty)
Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	@ Pelagic to Nosy va
Madagascar Sandgrouse	Pterocles personatus	on the way to Mosa reserve
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Antananarivo Province
Madagascar Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia picturata	Mahajanga Province
Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis	aliena
Madagascar Green-Pigeon	Treron australis	Mahajanga Province
Madagascar Blue-Pigeon	Alectroenas madagascariensis	@Andasibe
Madagascar Cuckoo	Cuculus rochii	@Bemnevika
Madagascar Cuckoo	Cuculus rochii	@Andasibe NP
Giant Coua	Coua gigas	@ Zombitse-Vohibasia NR
Coquerel’s Coua	Coua coquereli	@Ankarafantsika NR
Red-breasted Coua	Coua serriana	@Andesibe NR
Red-fronted Coua	Coua reynaudii	@Benamevika
Red-capped Coua	Coua ruficeps	@Ankarafantsika NR
Running Coua	Coua cursor	@Mosa reserve
Crested Coua	Coua cristata	Mahajanga Province
Verreaux’s Coua	Coua verreauxi	@Tsinjoriake (photo @ Mosa reserve)
Blue Coua	Coua caerulea	@Bemanevika
Madagascar Coucal	Centropus toulou	Mahajanga Province
Barn Owl	Tyto alba	@Blue Vanga Lodge (heard only)
Madagascar Red Owl	Tyto soumagnei	@Bemanevika
Malagasy Scops-Owl	Otus rutilus	@Andasibe NP aka Rainforest Scops-Owl
Torotoroka Scops-Owl	Otus madagascariensis	@Ankarafantsika NR
Madagascar Long-eared Owl	Asio madagascariensis	@Andasibe NP
Marsh Owl	Asio capensis	Fianarantsoa Province (dead bird on the road)
White-browed Owl	Ninox superciliaris	@ Zombitse-Vohibasia NR
Collared Nightjar	Gactornis enarratus	@Andasibe NP
Madagascar Nightjar	Caprimulgus madagascariensis	Mahajanga Province
Malagasy Spinetail	Zoonavena grandidieri	@Mantadia NP
Alpine Swift	Apus melba	Antananarivo Province
Madagascar Swift	Apus balstoni	Mahajanga Province
African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus	Mahajanga Province
Malagasy Kingfisher	Corythornis vintsioides	@Bemanevika->Ankarafansika
Madagascar Pygmy-Kingfisher	Corythornis madagascariensis	@Andasibe NR
Madagascar Bee-eater	Merops superciliosus	Mahajanga Province
Broad-billed Roller	Eurystomus glaucurus	@Bemanevika
Short-legged Ground-Roller	Brachypteracias leptosomus	@Ranomafana NR
Scaly Ground-Roller	Brachypteracias squamiger	@Ranomafana NR
Pitta-like Ground-Roller	Atelornis pittoides	@Bemanevika
Rufous-headed Ground-Roller	Atelornis crossleyi	@Mantadia NP
Long-tailed Ground-Roller	Uratelornis chimaera	@Mosa reserve
Cuckoo-Roller	Leptosomus discolor	@Ankarafantsika NR
Madagascar Hoopoe	Upupa marginata	Mahajanga Province
Madagascar Kestrel	Falco newtoni	Antananarivo Province
Gray-headed Lovebird	Agapornis canus	@Ankarafantsika NR
Greater Vasa-Parrot	Mascarinus vasa	Mahajanga Province
Lesser Vasa-Parrot	Mascarinus niger	Mahajanga Province
Velvet Asity	Philepitta castanea	@Ranomafana NR
Schlegel’s Asity	Philepitta schlegeli	@Ankarafantsika NR
Sunbird Asity	Neodrepanis coruscans	@Bemnevika
Archbold’s Newtonia	Newtonia archboldi	@Mosa reserve
Common Newtonia	Newtonia brunneicauda	@Bemanevika (photo from Tsinioriake reserve)
Dark Newtonia	Newtonia amphichroa	@Bemanevika (photo from Andasibe NR)
Red-tailed Newtonia	Newtonia fanovanae	@Bemanevika
Tylas Vanga	Tylas eduardi	@Bemanevika
Red-tailed Vanga	Calicalicus madagascariensis	@Mantadia NP
Red-shouldered Vanga	Calicalicus rufocarpalis	@ Tsinioriake reserve
Nuthatch-Vanga	Hypositta corallirostris	@Andasibe NP
Chabert Vanga	Leptopterus chabert	Mahajanga Province
Crossley’s Vanga	Mystacornis crossleyi	@Ranomafana NR
Blue Vanga	Cyanolanius madagascarinus	@Ranomafana NR
Hook-billed Vanga	Vanga curvirostris	@Ranomafana NR
Ward’s Flycatcher	Pseudobias wardi	@Andasibe NP aka Ward’s Flycatcher
Rufous Vanga	Schetba rufa	@Ankarafantsika NR
Sickle-billed Vanga	Falculea palliata	@Ankarafantsika NR
White-headed Vanga	Artamella viridis	Mahajanga Province
Lafresnaye’s Vanga	Xenopirostris xenopirostris	@Tsinjoriake
Van Dam’s Vanga	Xenopirostris damii	@Ankarafantsika NR
Ashy Cuckooshrike	Coracina cinerea	aka Madagascar Cuckooshrike
Crested Drongo	Dicrurus forficatus	Mahajanga Province
Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone mutata	Mahajanga Province
Pied Crow	Corvus albus	Antananarivo Province
Madagascar Lark	Mirafra hova	Antananarivo Province
Brown-throated Martin	Riparia paludicola	Antananarivo Province
Mascarene Martin	Phedina borbonica	1st bird in Madagascar!
Madagascar Bulbul	Hypsipetes madagascariensis	Antananarivo Province
Madagascar Brush-Warbler	Nesillas typica	@Bemanevika
Subdesert Brush-Warbler	Nesillas lantzii	@Tsinjoriake
Madagascar Swamp-Warbler	Acrocephalus newtoni	@Bemnevika (photo on Mantadia)
White-throated Oxylabes	Oxylabes madagascariensis	@Ranomafana NR
Long-billed Bernieria	Bernieria madagascariensis	@Bemanevika. aka long-billed Tetraka
Wedge-tailed Jery	Hartertula flavoviridis	@Ranomafana NR. aka Wedge-tailed Tetraka
Thamnornis	Thamnornis chloropetoides	@Mosa reserve
Spectacled Tetraka	Xanthomixis zosterops	@Bemanevika
Appert’s Tetraka	Xanthomixis apperti	@ Zombitse-Vohibasia NR
Gray-crowned Tetraka	Xanthomixis cinereiceps	@Bemanevika
Rand’s Warbler	Randia pseudozosterops	@Bemanevika
Common Jery	Neomixis tenella	(photo from Tsinioriake reserve)
Green Jery	Neomixis viridis	@Bemanevika
Stripe-throated Jery	Neomixis striatigula	@Bemanevika
Madagascar Cisticola	Cisticola cherina	Antananarivo Province
Madagascar White-eye	Zosterops maderaspatanus	Antananarivo Province
Madagascar Magpie-Robin	Copsychus albospecularis	Mahajanga Province
Forest Rock-Thrush	Monticola sharpei	@Bemnevika * sharpei (Forest)
Forest Rock-Thrush	Monticola sharpei	* bensoni (Benson’s)
Littoral Rock-Thrush	Monticola imerina	@ Anakao
Madagascan Stonechat	Saxicola sibilla	Mahajanga Province
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	@ Pelagic to Nosy va
Madagascar Starling	Saroglossa aurata	@Ranomafana NR
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	Antananarivo Province
Souimanga Sunbird	Cinnyris souimanga	Mahajanga Province
Madagascar Sunbird	Cinnyris notatus	Antananarivo Province
Madagascar Wagtail	Motacilla flaviventris	Antananarivo Province
Nelicourvi Weaver	Ploceus nelicourvi	@Bemnevika
Sakalava Weaver	Ploceus sakalava	Ankarafantsika->Tana
Red Fody	Foudia madagascariensis	Antananarivo Province
Forest Fody	Foudia omissa	@Mantadia NP
Madagascar Munia	Lonchura nana	@Bemanevika. aka Madagascar Mannikin

# World Bird Families

milestone 24 | Ghana 2016 | families 201-203/250

Posted on April, 2016January, 2024

West African endemic and the one who walks like an Egyptian and one more..

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 203/250

81%

These rocks at New Edubiase forest are the unique habitat for the endangered White-necked Rockfowl, which put Ghana on the birds families map.

201. Family #173: Rockfowl (Picathartidae) | White-necked Rockfowl

A great country to see some other western African birds and the second monotype target family of the trip, Egyptian Plover seen on White Volta river.

202. Family #40: Egyptian Plover (Pluvianidae) | Egyptian Plover

203. Family #193 Hylias (Hyliidae) | Green Hylia

trip's bird list

White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata	@ on the way to Mole
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	@ Mole NP
White-throated Francolin	Francolinus albogularis	@ Mole NP (heard only)
Forest Francolin	Francolinus lathami	@ Opro aka Latham’s Francolin
Double-spurred Francolin	Francolinus bicalcaratus	@ around Cape Coast
Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia episcopus	@ Mole NP
Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus	@ Hans Cottage Botel. aka Reed Cormorant
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	@ Opro
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus	@ Tema, Accra
Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala	@ Opro
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	@ Tema, Accra
Great Egret	Ardea alba	@ Tema, Accra
Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	@ Tema, Accra
Western Reef-Heron	Egretta gularis	@ around Cape Coast
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	@Accara & @ Hans Cottage Botel
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	@ Tema, Accra
Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash	@ Mole NP
Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus	@Accara
African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus	@ around Cape Coast
Palm-nut Vulture	Gypohierax angolensis	@ Mole NP
African Cuckoo-Hawk	Aviceda cuculoides	@ Kakum NP
Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	@ River Pra
White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus	@ Mole NP
Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	@ Mole NP
Lizard Buzzard	Kaupifalco monogrammicus	@Accara
Gabar Goshawk	Micronisus gabar	@ Mole NP
Grasshopper Buzzard	Butastur rufipennis	@ Mole NP
Red-chested Goshawk	Accipiter toussenelii
Shikra	Accipiter badius	@ Mole NP
Black Goshawk	Accipiter melanoleucus	@ Kakum NP. aka Black (Great) Sparrowhawk
Long-tailed Hawk	Urotriorchis macrourus	@ New Edubiase Forst
Yellow-billed Kite	Milvus aegyptius	@Accara
Red-necked Buzzard	Buteo auguralis	@ around Cape Coast
Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	@ Tema, Accra
White-spotted Flufftail	Sarothrura pulchra	@ Kakum NP
Senegal Thick-knee	Burhinus senegalensis	@ around Cape Coast
Egyptian Plover	Pluvianus aegyptius	@ White Volta River
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	@ Tema, Accra
Spur-winged Plover	Vanellus spinosus	@ on the way to Mole
White-headed Lapwing	Vanellus albiceps	@ River Pra
Wattled Lapwing	Vanellus senegallus	@ around Cape Coast & Mole NP
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	@ Tema, Accra
Forbes’s Plover	Charadrius forbesi	@ Mole NP (heard only)
African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus	@ on the way to Mole
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	@ White Volta River
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	@ around Cape Coast
Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola	@ Tema, Accra
Rock Pratincole	Glareola nuchalis	@ River Pra
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	while driving
Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea	@ White Volta River
Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	@ around Cape Coast
Vinaceous Dove	Streptopelia vinacea	@ Mole NP
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	@Accara
Black-billed Wood-Dove	Turtur abyssinicus	@ Mole NP
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur afer	@Accara
Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria	@ Kakum NP
Blue-headed Wood-Dove	Turtur brehmeri	@ ATEWA forest
Bruce’s Green-Pigeon	Treron waalia	@Mole NP
African Green-Pigeon	Treron calvus	@ Kakum NP
Guinea Turaco	Tauraco persa	@ Opro
Yellow-billed Turaco	Tauraco macrorhynchus	@ Opro
Violet Turaco	Musophaga violacea	@ Mole NP
Western Plantain-eater	Crinifer piscator	@ around Cape Coast
Levaillant’s Cuckoo	Clamator levaillantii	@ Mole NP & Atewa Forest
Thick-billed Cuckoo	Pachycoccyx audeberti	@ Mole NP
Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius	@ Mole NP
African Cuckoo	Cuculus gularis	@ Mole NP
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	Cercococcyx olivinus	@ New Edubiase Forest (heard only)
Klaas’s Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas	@ Kakum NP
Dideric Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius	@ around Cape Coast
Senegal Coucal	Centropus senegalensis	@ Kakum NP
African Scops-Owl	Otus senegalensis	@ Mole NP
Grayish Eagle-Owl	Bubo cinerascens	@ around Cape Coast
African Wood-Owl	Strix woodfordii	@ Kakum NP
Standard-winged Nightjar	Caprimulgus longipennis	@ Mole NP
Long-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus climacurus	@ Mole NP
Sabine’s Spinetail	Rhaphidura sabini	@ Kakum NP
Cassin’s Spinetail	Neafrapus cassini	@ Opro
Little Swift	Apus affinis	@Accara
African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus	@ Kakum NP
Narina Trogon	Apaloderma narina	@ Opro
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	@ Mole NP
African Pygmy-Kingfisher	Ispidina picta	@ Kakum NP
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	Halcyon badia	@ ATEWA forest
Gray-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala	@ Mole NP
Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis	@Accara
Blue-breasted Kingfisher	Halcyon malimbica	@ Mole NP
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	@ Hans Cottage Botel
Black Bee-eater	Merops gularis	@ Kakum NP
Blue-headed Bee-eater	Merops muelleri	@ Opro. split to Blue-Moustached BE (M. mentalis)
Red-throated Bee-eater	Merops bulocki	@ Mole NP
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus	@Accara
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater	Merops hirundineus	@Mole NP
White-throated Bee-eater	Merops albicollis	@Accara
Abyssinian Roller	Coracias abyssinicus	@ Opro
Blue-bellied Roller	Coracias cyanogaster	@Accara
Broad-billed Roller	Eurystomus glaucurus	@ Opro & Mole NP
Blue-throated Roller	Eurystomus gularis	@ Kakum NP
Green Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus	@ Tema, Accra
Black Scimitar-bill	Rhinopomastus aterrimus	@ Mole NP
White-crested Hornbill	Tockus albocristatus	@ ATEWA forest
Northern Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus erythrorhynchus	@ Mole NP
African Pied Hornbill	Tockus fasciatus	@ around Cape Coast
African Gray Hornbill	Tockus nasutus	@ Mole NP nasutus
Piping Hornbill	Ceratogymna fistulator	@ Kakum NP. ‘Western Piping Hornbill’ fistulator
Naked-faced Barbet	Gymnobucco calvus	@ Kakum NP
Speckled Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	@ Kakum NP
Red-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus atroflavus	@ Kakum NP
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	@ Kakum NP
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	@ Kakum NP
Hairy-breasted Barbet	Tricholaema hirsuta	@ Kakum NP
Vieillot’s Barbet	Lybius vieilloti	@ around Cape Coast
Double-toothed Barbet	Lybius bidentatus	@ Opro
Bearded Barbet	Lybius dubius	@ Mole NP
Greater Honeyguide	Indicator indicator	@ Mole NP
Fine-spotted Woodpecker	Campethera punctuligera	@ Mole NP
Golden-tailed Woodpecker	Campethera abingoni	@ Mole NP
Little Green Woodpecker	Campethera maculosa	@ Kakum NP
Buff-spotted Woodpecker	Campethera nivosa	@ Opro
Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens	@ Mole NP
Melancholy Woodpecker	Dendropicos lugubris	@ Kakum NP
Fire-bellied Woodpecker	Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	@ New Edubiase Forest
African Gray Woodpecker	Dendropicos goertae	@ Mole NP
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	@Accara
Gray Kestrel	Falco ardosiaceus	@Accara
African Hobby	Falco cuvierii	@ around Cape Coast
Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus	@ New Edubiase Forst
Rose-ringed Parakeet	Psittacula krameri	@ Mole NP
Red-headed Lovebird	Agapornis pullarius	@ Mole NP
Red-fronted Parrot	Poicephalus gulielmi	@ New Edubiase Forest
Senegal Parrot	Poicephalus senegalus	@ on the way to Mole
Rufous-sided Broadbill	Smithornis rufolateralis	@ Kakum NP
Brown-throated Wattle-eye	Platysteira cyanea	@ around Cape Coast
Chestnut Wattle-eye	Platysteira castanea	@ Kakum NP – West African Wattle-eye Platysterira hormophora
Senegal Batis	Batis senegalensis	@ Mole NP
Red-billed Helmetshrike	Prionops caniceps	@ ATEWA forest
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher	Bias musicus	@ Opro
Brubru	Nilaus afer	@ Mole NP
Northern Puffback	Dryoscopus gambensis	@ Mole NP
Large-billed Puffback	Dryoscopus sabini	@ Kakum NP. aka Sabine’s P.
Marsh Tchagra	Tchagra minutus	@ around Cape Coast
Black-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra senegalus	@ around Cape Coast
Tropical Boubou	Laniarius aethiopicus	@ around Cape Coast. *> [aethiopicus Group] (Ethiopian)
Common Gonolek	Laniarius barbarus	@ around Cape Coast. aka Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus	@ around Cape Coast
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike	Campephaga phoenicea	@ Mole NP
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike	Campephaga quiscalina	@ Kakum NP
Blue Cuckooshrike	Cyanograucalus azureus	@ New Edubiase Forest
Northern Fiscal	Lanius humeralis	@Accara
Yellow-billed Shrike	Corvinella corvina	@ Mole NP & Accra
Western Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus brachyrhynchus	@ Kakum NP. aka Western Oriole
Square-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus ludwigii	@ Mole NP
Shining Drongo	Dicrurus atripennis	@ATEWA forest
Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis	@ Mole NP
Velvet-mantled Drongo	Dicrurus modestus	@ Kakum NP
African Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis	@ Kakum NP
Piapiac	Ptilostomus afer	@ Mole NP
Pied Crow	Corvus albus	@Accara
White-necked Rockfowl	Picathartes gymnocephalus	@ New Edubiase Forest
Yellow-spotted Nicator	Nicator chloris	@ ATEWA forest. aka Western Nicator
Rufous-rumped Lark	Pinarocorys erythropygia	@ Mole NP
Sun Lark	Galerida modesta	@ Mole NP
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	@ Opro
Ethiopian Swallow	Hirundo aethiopica	@ Kakum NP
White-throated Blue Swallow	Hirundo nigrita	@ River Pra
Lesser Striped-Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica	@ Kakum NP
Mosque Swallow	Cecropis senegalensis	@Accara
Preuss’s Swallow	Petrochelidon preussi	@ around Cape Coast. aka P. Cliff S.
Square-tailed Sawwing	Psalidoprocne nitens	@ Kakum NP
Fanti Sawwing	Psalidoprocne obscura	@ Kakum NP
African Blue-Flycatcher	Elminia longicauda	@ Mole NP
White-shouldered Black-Tit	Melaniparus guineensis	@ Mole NP
Slender-billed Greenbul	Stelgidillas gracilirostris	@ Kakum NP
Golden Greenbul	Calyptocichla serinus	@ Kakum NP
Gray-headed Bristlebill	Bleda canicapillus	@ Kakum NP
Simple Greenbul	Chlorocichla simplex	@ Kakum NP. aka Simple Leaflove
Yellow-throated Greenbul	Atimastillas flavicollis	@ Mole NP
Swamp Greenbul	Thescelocichla leucopleura	@ Kakum NP. aka Swamp Palm Bulbul
Western Bearded-Greenbul	Criniger barbatus	@ Kakum NP
Gray Greenbul	Eurillas gracilis	@ Kakum NP. aka Little Gray G.
Plain Greenbul	Eurillas curvirostris	@ Kakum NP
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul	Eurillas latirostris	@ Kakum NP
Little Greenbul	Eurillas virens	@ around Cape Coast
Leaf-love	Phyllastrephus scandens	@ Kakum NP. aka Red-tailed Leaf-Love (Greenbul)
Icterine Greenbul	Phyllastrephus icterinus	@ Kakum NP
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	@Accara
Green Crombec	Sylvietta virens	@ Kakum NP
Lemon-bellied Crombec	Sylvietta denti	@ Kakum NP
Moustached Grass-Warbler	Melocichla mentalis	@ Mole NP
Gray Longbill	Macrosphenus concolor	@ Kakum NP
Green Hylia	Hylia prasina	@ Kakum NP
Tit-hylia	Pholidornis rushiae	@ Kakum NP
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	Erythrocercus mccallii	@ Kakum NP
Yellow-breasted Apalis	Apalis flavida	@ Mole NP
Sharpe’s Apalis	Apalis sharpii	@ Kakum NP
Green-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	@ Kakum NP
Yellow-browed Camaroptera	Camaroptera superciliaris	@ Kakum NP
Olive-green Camaroptera	Camaroptera chloronota	@ New Edubiase Forest
Red-faced Cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	@ around Cape Coast
Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans	@ around Cape Coast
Whistling Cisticola	Cisticola lateralis	@ Kakum NP
Winding Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes	@ Tema, Accra
Siffling Cisticola	Cisticola brachypterus	@ around Cape Coast. aka Short-winged C.
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	@ Tema, Accra
Oriole Warbler	Hypergerus atriceps	@ Mole NP
Red-winged Prinia	Prinia erythroptera	@ around Cape Coast. aka Red-Winged Warbler
Senegal Eremomela	Eremomela pusilla	@ Mole NP
Rufous-crowned Eremomela	Eremomela badiceps	@ Kakum NP
African Yellow White-eye	Zosterops senegalensis	@ Mole NP
Brown Illadopsis	Illadopsis fulvescens	@ Kakum NP (heard only)
Blackcap Babbler	Turdoides reinwardtii	@ Mole NP
Brown Babbler	Turdoides plebejus	@ Tema, Accra
Pale Flycatcher	Bradornis pallidus	@ Kakum NP
Northern Black-Flycatcher	Melaenornis edolioides	@ Mole NP
African Forest-Flycatcher	Fraseria ocreata	@ New Edubiase Forest. aka Fraser’s F.FC
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	@ around Cape Coast
Gambaga Flycatcher	Muscicapa gambagae	@Mole NP
Ussher’s Flycatcher	Muscicapa ussheri	@ Kakum NP
Swamp Flycatcher	Muscicapa aquatica	@ Mole NP
Dusky-blue Flycatcher	Muscicapa comitata	@ ATEWA forest
Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher	Myioparus griseigularis	@ Kakum NP
Gray Tit-Flycatcher	Myioparus plumbeus	@ Mole NP. aka Lead-colored Flycatcher
Fire-crested Alethe	Alethe diademata	@ Kakum NP (heard only)
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat	Cossypha niveicapilla	@ Mole NP
White-crowned Robin-Chat	Cossypha albicapilla	@ Mole NP
European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	@ Mole NP
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	@ Mole NP
White-fronted Black-Chat	Myrmecocichla albifrons	@Mole NP
Finsch’s Flycatcher-Thrush	Neocossyphus finschii	@ Kakum NP (heard only)
Finsch’s Flycatcher-Thrush	Neocossyphus finschii	@ ATEWA forest (heard only)
White-tailed Ant-Thrush	Neocossyphus poensis	@ Kakum NP
African Thrush	Turdus pelios	@Accara
Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis chalcurus	@ Mole NP
Splendid Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis splendidus	@ New Edubiase Forest
Purple Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis purpureus	@Accara
Purple Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis purpureus	@Mole NP
Long-tailed Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis caudatus	@ Mole NP
Violet-backed Starling	Cinnyricinclus leucogaster	@ Mole NP
Chestnut-winged Starling	Onychognathus fulgidus	@ Kakum NP. aka Forest CWS
Scarlet-tufted Sunbird	Deleornis fraseri	@ Kakum NP. aka Fraser’s S.
Little Green Sunbird	Anthreptes seimundi	@ Kakum NP
Green Sunbird	Anthreptes rectirostris	@ Kakum NP
Collared Sunbird	Hedydipna collaris	@ Kakum NP
Green-headed Sunbird	Cyanomitra verticalis	@ Hans Cottage Botel
Scarlet-chested Sunbird	Chalcomitra senegalensis	@ Mole NP
Olive-bellied Sunbird	Cinnyris chloropygius	@ Kakum NP
Beautiful Sunbird	Cinnyris pulchellus	@ Mole NP
Splendid Sunbird	Cinnyris coccinigastrus	@ Opro
Superb Sunbird	Cinnyris superbus
Copper Sunbird	Cinnyris cupreus	@ around Cape Coast
African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp	@Accara
Yellow-fronted Canary	Serinus mozambicus	@ Mole NP
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow	Passer griseus	@Accara
Bush Petronia	Petronia dentata	@ Mole NP
Gray’s Malimbe	Malimbus nitens	@ Kakum NP. aka Blue-billed M.
Crested Malimbe	Malimbus malimbicus	@ ATEWA forest
Red-headed Malimbe	Malimbus rubricollis	@ New Edubiase Forest
Little Weaver	Ploceus luteolus	@ Mole NP
Black-necked Weaver	Ploceus nigricollis	@ Opro
Orange Weaver	Ploceus aurantius	@ Hans Cottage Botel
Vieillot’s Weaver	Ploceus nigerrimus	@ around Cape Coast
Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus	@Accara
Yellow-mantled Weaver	Ploceus tricolor	@ Kakum NP
Maxwell’s Black Weaver	Ploceus albinucha
Preuss’s Weaver	Ploceus preussi	@ Kakum NP. aka P. Golden-backed W.
Red-headed Quelea	Quelea erythrops	@ around Cape Coast
Northern Red Bishops	Euplectes franciscanus	@Accara. also called Orange.B or West Nile Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop	Euplectes hordeaceus	@ around Cape Coast
Yellow-shouldered Widowbird	Euplectes macroura	@ around Cape Coast
Gray-headed Nigrita	Nigrita canicapillus	@ Kakum NP
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita	Nigrita bicolor	@ Kakum NP
White-breasted Nigrita	Nigrita fusconotus	@ Kakum NP
Lavender Waxbill	Estrilda caerulescens	@ Mole NP
Orange-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda melpoda	@ around Cape Coast
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus bengalus	@ Mole NP
Red-winged Pytilia	Pytilia phoenicoptera	@ Mole NP
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	@ Mole NP
Bar-breasted Firefinch	Lagonosticta rufopicta	@ around Cape Coast
African Firefinch	Lagonosticta rubricata	@ Opro.aka Blue-billed FF
Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullatus	@ around Cape Coast
Black-and-white Mannikin	Spermestes bicolor	@ Kakum NP
Magpie Mannikin	Spermestes fringilloides	@ Royal Bleumich Hotel
Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura	@ around Cape Coast

# World Bird Families

milestone 23 | Uganda 2015 | families 198-200/250

Posted on October, 2015January, 2024

Birds of Pearl Of Africa

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 200/250

80%

The Term – Uganda the Pearl of Africa become popular by Winston Churchill in 1908, and I can add “the Pearl of African birds”. Mabamba swamp, not too far from Entebbe international airport, is the best place for the amazing monotype Shoebill.

198. Family #71: Shoebill (Balaenicipitidae) | Shoebill

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park was the place for African Broadbill. Semuliki National Park was the location for the third ticked family, Hyliotas (Yellow-bellied Hyliota).

Albertine Rift endemics species can be seen in the east parks.

199. Family #110: African and Green Broadbills (Calyptomenidae) | African Broadbill

200. Family #176: Hyliotas (Hyliotidae) | Yellow-bellied Hyliota

trip's bird list

White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata	Mabamba to Mabarara
Knob-billed Duck	Sarkidiornis melanotos	Mabamba to Mabarara * melanotos (Old World)
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Queen Elizabeth NP
Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis	Mabamba Swamp
Yellow-billed Duck	Anas undulata	Mabamba Swamp
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	Queen Elizabeth NP
Crested Guineafowl	Guttera pucherani	Queen Elizabeth NP verreauxi
Crested Francolin	Francolinus sephaena	Lake Mburo NP
Heuglin’s Francolin	Francolinus icterorhynchus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Red-necked Francolin	Francolinus afer	Lake Mburo NP
Handsome Francolin	Francolinus nobilis	Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic
African Openbill	Anastomus lamelligerus	Entebbe to Mabamba
Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia episcopus	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Marabou Stork	Leptoptilos crumenifer	Entebbe to Mabamba
Yellow-billed Stork	Mycteria ibis	Mabamba to Mabarara
Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus	Mabamba Swamp. aka Reed Cormorant
Pink-backed Pelican	Pelecanus rufescens	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Shoebill	Balaeniceps rex	Mabamba Swamp
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	Mabamba
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	Mabamba Swamp
Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	Mabamba Swamp
Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	Mabamba Swamp
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Mabamba Swamp
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Mabamba Swamp
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Mabamba Swamp
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash	Entebbe to Mabamba
Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus	Mabamba to Mabarara
African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus	Queen Elizabeth NP
Palm-nut Vulture	Gypohierax angolensis	Semuliki Forest Reserve
European Honey-buzzard	Pernis apivorus	Queen Elizabeth NP
African Cuckoo-Hawk	Aviceda cuculoides	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Mabamba to Mabarara
Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Lake Mburo NP
Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle	Circaetus beaudouini	Mabamba Swamps
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle	Circaetus pectoralis
Brown Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinereus	Queen Elizabeth NP
Banded Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinerascens	from Mabarara to Ntungmo. aka Western B.S.E
Crowned Hawk-Eagle	Stephanoaetus coronatus	Bwindi – Ruhija. aka African Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Queen Elizabeth NP
Long-crested Eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis	Entebee to Mabamba
Wahlberg’s Eagle	Hieraaetus wahlbergi	from Mabarara to Ntungmo & @Semuliki Forest Reserve
Lizard Buzzard	Kaupifalco monogrammicus	Entebbe to Mabamba
African Marsh-Harrier	Circus ranivorus	Mabamba Swamps
Shikra	Accipiter badius	Entebbe to Mabamba
Yellow-billed Kite	Milvus aegyptius	Mabamba Swamps.(split from Black Kite by me)
African Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	Queen Elizabeth NP
Augur Buzzard	Buteo augur	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
African Crake	Crecopsis egregia	Queen Elizabeth NP
Black Crake	Amaurornis flavirostra	Mabamba Swamp
Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Mabamba Swamp
Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum	Mabamba to Mabarara
Water Thick-knee	Burhinus vermiculatus	Lake Mburo NP
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Long-toed Lapwing	Vanellus crassirostris	Mabamba Swamps
Spur-winged Plover	Vanellus spinosus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Senegal Lapwing	Vanellus lugubris	Lake Mburo NP
Wattled Lapwing	Vanellus senegallus	Lake Mburo NP
Brown-chested Lapwing	Vanellus superciliosus	Lake Mburo NP
Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris	Queen Elizabeth NP
African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus	Mabamba Swamps
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Mabamba Swamp
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Mabamba Swamp
African Snipe	Gallinago nigripennis	Mabamba Swamp
Small Buttonquail	Turnix sylvaticus	Queen Elizabeth NP. aka Kurrichane BQ
White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Mabamba
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Mabamba to Mabarara
Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea	Entebbe to Mabamba
Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix	Bwindi – Ruhija
Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	Entebbe to Mabamba
Ring-necked Dove	Streptopelia capicola	Lake Mburo NP
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	Lake Mburo NP
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur afer	Queen Elizabeth NP
Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria	Bwindi – Buhoma
African Green-Pigeon	Treron calvus	Bwindi – Buhoma
Great Blue Turaco	Corythaeola cristata	Entebbe to Mabamba
Black-billed Turaco	Tauraco schuettii	Bwindi – Ruhija
Bare-faced Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides personatus	Lake Mburo NP
Eastern Plantain-eater	Crinifer zonurus	Entebbe to Mabamba
Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius	Kibale NP
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo	Cercococcyx mechowi	Bwindi – Buhoma
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	Cercococcyx olivinus	Bwindi – Buhoma (heard only)
African Emerald Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx cupreus	Bwindi – Buhoma
Dideric Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius	Mabamba Swamp
Yellowbill	Ceuthmochares aereus	Semulike NP. aka Blue Malkoha
White-browed Coucal	Centropus superciliosus	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth. NP *> [superciliosus Group] (White-brow
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl	Bubo lacteus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Black-shouldered Nightjar	Caprimulgus nigriscapularis	Kalya Courts, Fort-Portal (heard only)
Sabine’s Spinetail	Rhaphidura sabini	Kibale NP
Scarce Swift	Schoutedenapus myoptilus	Bwindi – ‘the neck’
Alpine Swift	Apus melba	Kibale NP
Little Swift	Apus affinis
White-rumped Swift	Apus caffer	Mabamba to Mabarara
African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus	Entebbe to Mabamba
Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus	Entebbe to Mabamba
Blue-naped Mousebird	Urocolius macrourus	Lake Mburo NP
Bar-tailed Trogon	Apaloderma vittatum	Bwindi – Buhoma
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	Mabamba
African Pygmy-Kingfisher	Ispidina picta	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Gray-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala	Mabamba Swamp
Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis	Entebbe to Mabamba
Striped Kingfisher	Halcyon chelicuti	Queen Elizabeth NP
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	Mabamba
Black Bee-eater	Merops gularis	Bwindi – ‘the neck’
Red-throated Bee-eater	Merops bulocki	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus	Lake Mburo NP
Blue-breasted Bee-eater	Merops variegatus	Mabamba Swamp
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater	Merops oreobates	Bwindi – Ruhija
White-throated Bee-eater	Merops albicollis	Entebbe to Mabamba
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Lilac-breasted Roller	Coracias caudatus	Mabamba to Mabarara
Broad-billed Roller	Eurystomus glaucurus	Mabamba to Mabarara
Green Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
White-headed Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus bollei	Bwindi – Ruhija
Crowned Hornbill	Tockus alboterminatus	Kibale NP
African Pied Hornbill	Tockus fasciatus	Semulike NP
African Gray Hornbill	Tockus nasutus	Lake Mburo NP
Piping Hornbill	Ceratogymna fistulator	Semulike NP. ‘Eastern Piping H.’ B. f. sharpii
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill	Ceratogymna subcylindrica	Entebbe to Mabamba
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus abyssinicus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet	Trachyphonus purpuratus	Semulike NP. purpuratus. splited to Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet	Gymnobucco bonapartei	Bwindi – Ruhija
Speckled Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Semulike NP
Western Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus coryphaea	Bwindi – Ruhija. aka Westren Green Tinkerbird
Red-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus atroflavus	Semulike NP
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Bwindi – Buhoma
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	Lake Mburo NP
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus chrysoconus	Queen Elizabeth NP
Yellow-spotted Barbet	Buccanodon duchaillui	Bwindi – Buhoma
Hairy-breasted Barbet	Tricholaema hirsuta	Semulike NP. splited to Sreaky-throated Barbet flavipunctata
Black-billed Barbet	Lybius guifsobalito	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Double-toothed Barbet	Lybius bidentatus	Mabamba to Mabarara & more
Cassin’s Honeyguide	Prodotiscus insignis	Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Cassin’s Honeybird
Rufous-necked Wryneck	Jynx ruficollis	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Buff-spotted Woodpecker	Campethera nivosa	Kibale NP
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker	Dendropicos poecilolaemus	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Elliot’s Woodpecker	Dendropicos elliotii	Bwindi – Buhoma
African Gray Woodpecker	Dendropicos goertae	Entebbe to Mabamba
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Gray Kestrel	Falco ardosiaceus	Lake Mburo NP
Gray Parrot	Psittacus erithacus	Entebbe to Mabamba
Meyer’s Parrot	Poicephalus meyeri	Mabamba to Mabarara
African Broadbill	Smithornis capensis	Bwindi – Buhoma
Brown-throated Wattle-eye	Platysteira cyanea	Bwindi – Buhoma
Chestnut Wattle-eye	Platysteira castanea	Bwindi – Buhoma
Black-headed Batis	Batis minor	Semuliki Forest Reserve. * erlangeri (Western) to be splited
African Shrike-flycatcher	Megabyas flammulatus	Bwindi – ‘the neck’
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher	Bias musicus	Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Vanga flycatcher
Pink-footed Puffback	Dryoscopus angolensis	Bwindi – Buhoma
Marsh Tchagra	Tchagra minutus	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Black-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra senegalus	Lake Mburo NP
Brown-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra australis	Lake Mburo NP
Luehder’s Bushshrike	Laniarius luehderi	Bwindi – Buhoma
Tropical Boubou	Laniarius aethiopicus	Lake Mburo NP. *> [aethiopicus Group] (Ethiopian)
Black-headed Gonolek	Laniarius erythrogaster	Entebbe to Mabamba
Papyrus Gonolek	Laniarius mufumbiri	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Willard’s Sooty Boubou	Laniarius willardi	Bwindi – Ruhija.
Lowland Sooty Boubou	Laniarius leucorhynchus	Semulike NP
Gray-green Bushshrike	Telophorus bocagei	Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Bocage’s Bush-Shrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus	Lake Mburo NP
Doherty’s Bushshrike	Telophorus dohertyi	Bwindi – Ruhija (heard only)
Gray Cuckooshrike	Coracina caesia	Bwindi – Ruhija
Black Cuckooshrike	Campephaga flava	Queen Elizabeth NP
Petit’s Cuckooshrike	Campephaga petiti	Bwindi – Buhoma
Gray-backed Fiscal	Lanius excubitorius	Mabamba to Mabarara
Mackinnon’s Shrike	Lanius mackinnoni	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Northern Fiscal	Lanius humeralis	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Western Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus brachyrhynchus	Kibale NP. aka Western Oriole
Black-tailed Oriole	Oriolus percivali	Bwindi – Ruhija. aka Mountain Oriole
Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis	Lake Mburo NP
Velvet-mantled Drongo	Dicrurus modestus	Kibale NP
Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher	Trochocercus nitens	Semulike NP
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone rufiventer	Semulike NP. aka Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Piapiac	Ptilostomus afer	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Pied Crow	Corvus albus	Entebbe to Mabamba
White-necked Raven	Corvus albicollis	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Banded Martin	Riparia cincta	Mabamba Swamp
Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Entebbe to Mabamba
Angola Swallow	Hirundo angolensis	Entebbe to Mabamba
Lesser Striped-Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Mosque Swallow	Cecropis senegalensis	Mabamba Swamp
Black Sawwing	Psalidoprocne pristoptera	Bwindi – Ruhija
African Blue-Flycatcher	Elminia longicauda	Bwindi – ‘the neck’
White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher	Elminia albicauda	Bwindi – Ruhija
White-shouldered Black-Tit	Melaniparus guineensis	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Dusky Tit	Melaniparus funereus	Bwindi – Buhoma
Stripe-breasted Tit	Melaniparus fasciiventer	Bwindi – Ruhija. Albrtine Rift Endemic
Slender-billed Greenbul	Stelgidillas gracilirostris	Bwindi – Ruhija
Common Bristlebill	Bleda syndactylus	Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Red tailed bristlebill
Eastern Mountain-Greenbul	Arizelocichla nigriceps	Bwindi – Ruhija * kikuyuensis (Olive-breasted) aka O-b M-G. should be split
Honeyguide Greenbul	Baeopogon indicator	Bwindi – Buhoma
Yellow-throated Greenbul	Atimastillas flavicollis	Semuliki Forest Reserve. aka Yellow-throated Leaflove. ssp soror
Red-tailed Greenbul	Criniger calurus	Bwindi – ‘the neck’
Plain Greenbul	Eurillas curvirostris	Kibale NP. aka Cameroon Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul	Eurillas latirostris	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Little Greenbul	Eurillas virens	Bwindi – Buhoma
Toro Olive-Greenbul	Phyllastrephus hypochloris	Bwindi – Buhoma
Xavier’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus xavieri	Semulike NP
White-throated Greenbul	Phyllastrephus albigularis	Bwindi – Buhoma
Dark-capped Bulbul	Pycnonotus tricolor	Entebbe to Mabamba tricolor
Green Crombec	Sylvietta virens	Bwindi – Buhoma
Lemon-bellied Crombec	Sylvietta denti	Semulike NP
White-browed Crombec	Sylvietta leucophrys	Bwindi – Ruhija
Northern Crombec	Sylvietta brachyura	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Moustached Grass-Warbler	Melocichla mentalis	Lake Mburo NP. aka African Moustached Warbler
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	Erythrocercus mccallii	Semulike NP
Neumann’s Warbler	Urosphena neumanni	Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Short-tailed Warbler. Albertine Rift Endemic
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler	Phylloscopus laetus	Bwindi – Buhoma. Albertine Rift Endemic
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Entebbe to Mabamba
Mountain Yellow-Warbler	Iduna similis	Bwindi – Ruhija
Lesser Swamp-Warbler	Acrocephalus gracilirostris	Queen Elizabeth NP
White-winged Swamp-Warbler	Bradypterus carpalis	from Mabarara to Ntungmo (heard only)
Ruwenzori Apalis	Apalis ruwenzorii	Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic
Masked Apalis	Apalis binotata	Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic.aka Mountain Masked Apalis.
Black-faced Apalis	Apalis personata	Bwindi – Ruhija. aka , Mountain Masked Apalis (heard only)
Yellow-breasted Apalis	Apalis flavida	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Chestnut-throated Apalis	Apalis porphyrolaema	Bwindi – Ruhija
Green-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	Queen Elizabeth NP. *> [brevicaudata Group] (Gray-backed
Olive-green Camaroptera	Camaroptera chloronota	Bwindi – Buhoma
White-chinned Prinia	Schistolais leucopogon	Bwindi – Buhoma
Red-faced Cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Singing Cisticola	Cisticola cantans	Queen Elizabeth NP
Whistling Cisticola	Cisticola lateralis	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Trilling Cisticola	Cisticola woosnami	Lake Mburo NP
Chubb’s Cisticola	Cisticola chubbi	Bwindi – Ruhija
Rattling Cisticola	Cisticola chiniana	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Winding Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes	Mabamba Swamp
Carruthers’s Cisticola	Cisticola carruthersi	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Croaking Cisticola	Cisticola natalensis	Queen Elizabeth NP
Tabora Cisticola	Cisticola angusticauda	Lake Mburo NP. aka long-tailed cisticola
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	Queen Elizabeth NP
Gray-capped Warbler	Eminia lepida	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler	Bathmocercus rufus	Bwindi – Buhoma
Buff-bellied Warbler	Phyllolais pulchella	Mburo Lake & @Semuliki Forest Reserve
Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava	Entebbe to Mabamba
Banded Prinia	Prinia bairdii	Bwindi – Ruhija
Green-backed Eremomela	Eremomela canescens	Semuliki Forest Reserve
African Hill Babbler	Sylvia abyssinica	Bwindi – Ruhija * atriceps (Ruwenzori).Albertine Rift Endemic spp (IOC sp)
African Yellow White-eye	Zosterops senegalensis	Bwindi – Ruhija
Mountain Illadopsis	Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	Bwindi – Ruhija
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis	Illadopsis albipectus	Kibale NP
Black-lored Babbler	Turdoides sharpei	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Brown Babbler	Turdoides plebejus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Arrow-marked Babbler	Turdoides jardineii	Mabamba to Mabarara
Yellow-bellied Hyliota	Hyliota flavigaster	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Pale Flycatcher	Bradornis pallidus	Entebbe to Mabamba
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher	Melaenornis fischeri	Bwindi – Ruhija. subsup: toruensis
Northern Black-Flycatcher	Melaenornis edolioides	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Queen Elizabeth NP
Swamp Flycatcher	Muscicapa aquatica	Mabamba Swamp
Chapin’s Flycatcher	Muscicapa lendu	Bwindi – ‘the neck’
Cassin’s Flycatcher	Muscicapa cassini	Bwindi – ‘the neck’
Gray Tit-Flycatcher	Myioparus plumbeus	Semuliki Forest Reserve. aka Lead-colored Flycatcher
Fire-crested Alethe	Alethe diademata	Semulike NP (heard only)
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas hartlaubi	Lake Mburo NP
Red-backed Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas leucophrys	Entebbe to Mabamba. aka white-browed scrub robin
White-bellied Robin-Chat	Cossyphicula roberti	Bwindi – Buhoma
Archer’s Robin-Chat	Cossypha archeri	Bwindi – Ruhija. Albrtine Rift Endemic. aka Archer’s Ground Robin
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat	Cossypha cyanocampter	Semulike NP (heard only)
Gray-winged Robin-Chat	Cossypha polioptera	Bwindi – Buhoma
White-browed Robin-Chat	Cossypha heuglini	Entebbe to Mabamba
Red-capped Robin-Chat	Cossypha natalensis	Bwindi – Buhoma
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat	Cossypha niveicapilla	Bwindi – Buhoma
White-starred Robin	Pogonocichla stellata	Bwindi – Ruhija
Red-throated Alethe	Pseudalethe poliophrys	Bwindi – Buhoma. Albertine Rift Endemic
Forest Robin	Stiphrornis erythrothorax	Semulike NP
Lowland Akalat	Sheppardia cyornithopsis	Semulike NP
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	Queen Elizabeth NP
African Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Sooty Chat	Myrmecocichla nigra	Mabamba to Mabarara
Mocking Cliff-Chat	Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris	Queen Elizabeth NP
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush	Neocossyphus fraseri	Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Fraser’s Rufous Thrush
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush	Neocossyphus rufus	Semulike NP
White-tailed Ant-Thrush	Neocossyphus poensis	Bwindi – Buhoma
African Thrush	Turdus pelios	Entebbe to Mabamba
Splendid Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis splendidus	Entebbe to Mabamba
Rueppell’s Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis purpuroptera	Lake Mburo NP
Purple-headed Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis purpureiceps	Kibale NP
Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio	Kibale NP
Slender-billed Starling	Onychognathus tenuirostris	Bwindi – Ruhija
Waller’s Starling	Onychognathus walleri	Bwindi – Buhoma
Narrow-tailed Starling	Poeoptera lugubris	Bwindi – Buhoma
Stuhlmann’s Starling	Poeoptera stuhlmanni	Bwindi – Buhoma
Yellow-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus africanus	Queen Elizabeth NP
Gray-headed Sunbird	Deleornis axillaris	Bwindi – Buhoma
Green Sunbird	Anthreptes rectirostris	Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Grey-chinned Sunbird
Collared Sunbird	Hedydipna collaris	Bwindi – Ruhija
Green-headed Sunbird	Cyanomitra verticalis	Bwindi – Buhoma
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird	Cyanomitra cyanolaema	Semulike NP
Blue-headed Sunbird	Cyanomitra alinae	Bwindi – Ruhija.Albertine Rift Endemic
Green-throated Sunbird	Chalcomitra rubescens	Bwindi – Buhoma
Scarlet-chested Sunbird	Chalcomitra senegalensis	Bwindi – Buhoma
Bronze Sunbird	Nectarinia kilimensis	Bwindi – Ruhija
Northern Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris reichenowi	Bwindi – Ruhija
Regal Sunbird	Cinnyris regius	Bwindi – Ruhija. Albrtine Rift Endemic
Beautiful Sunbird	Cinnyris pulchellus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Red-chested Sunbird	Cinnyris erythrocercus	Entebbe to Mabamba
Variable Sunbird	Cinnyris venustus	Bwindi – Ruhija
Copper Sunbird	Cinnyris cupreus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis
Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	from Fort Portal to Semuliki Forest Reserve
Mountain Wagtail	Motacilla clara	Bwindi – ‘the neck’
African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp	Mabamba Swamp
African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus	Mabamba Swamp
Yellow-throated Longclaw	Macronyx croceus	Mabamba Swamp
Golden-breasted Bunting	Emberiza flaviventris	Lake Mburo NP
Yellow-crowned Canary	Serinus flavivertex	Bwindi – Ruhija
Yellow-fronted Canary	Serinus mozambicus	Queen Elizabeth NP
Western Citril	Serinus frontalis	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Papyrus Canary	Serinus koliensis	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Brimstone Canary	Serinus sulphuratus	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Streaky Seedeater	Serinus striolatus	Bwindi – Ruhija
Thick-billed Seedeater	Serinus burtoni	Bwindi – Ruhija
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow	Passer griseus	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Crested Malimbe	Malimbus malimbicus	Semulike NP
Red-headed Malimbe	Malimbus rubricollis	Entebbe to Mabamba
Red-headed Weaver	Anaplectes rubriceps	Lake Mburo NP
Baglafecht Weaver	Ploceus baglafecht	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Slender-billed Weaver	Ploceus pelzelni	Mabamba Swamp
Black-necked Weaver	Ploceus nigricollis	Bwindi – Buhoma
Spectacled Weaver	Ploceus ocularis	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
Strange Weaver	Ploceus alienus	Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic
Holub’s Golden-Weaver	Ploceus xanthops	from Mabarara to Ntungmo
Orange Weaver	Ploceus aurantius	Mabamba Swamp
Northern Brown-throated Weaver	Ploceus castanops	Mabamba
Lesser Masked-Weaver	Ploceus intermedius	Lake Mburo NP
Vitelline Masked-Weaver	Ploceus vitellinus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Vieillot’s Weaver	Ploceus nigerrimus	Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Vieillot’s Black Weaver
Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus	Mabamba
Weyns’s Weaver	Ploceus weynsi	Mabamba Swamp
Yellow-mantled Weaver	Ploceus tricolor	Kibale NP
Brown-capped Weaver	Ploceus insignis	Bwindi – Ruhija
Red-billed Quelea	Quelea quelea	Queen Elizabeth NP
Northern Red Bishops	Euplectes franciscanus	Semuliki Forest Reserve. renamed by me to Northern R.B as splited
Black Bishop	Euplectes gierowii	Semuliki Forest Reserve. aka Angola Black Bishop
Yellow Bishop	Euplectes capensis	from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP
White-winged Widowbird	Euplectes albonotatus	Queen Elizabeth NP
Fan-tailed Widowbird	Euplectes axillaris
Grosbeak Weaver	Amblyospiza albifrons	Semulike NP aka Thick-billed Weaver
Gray-headed Nigrita	Nigrita canicapillus	Bwindi – Buhoma
Red-faced Crimson-wing	Cryptospiza reichenovii	Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic
Orange-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda melpoda	Semulike NP. New to Uganda 3 years ago
Black-rumped Waxbill	Estrilda troglodytes	Queen Elizabeth NP
Black-crowned Waxbill	Estrilda nonnula	Fort Portal
Kandt’s Waxbill	Estrilda kandti	Bwindi – Ruhija
Black-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda erythronotos	Lake Mburo NP. aka Black-faced Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus bengalus	Semuliki Forest Reserve
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	Mabamba
Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullatus	Mabamba to Mabarara
Black-and-white Mannikin	Spermestes bicolor	Bwindi – Ruhija
Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura	Lake Mburo NP

# World Bird Families

milestone 20 | South Africa 2014 | family 178-182/250

Posted on April, 2014January, 2024

Good families hopes around the Cape

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 182/250

73%

The first morning on Sir Lowry’s Pass near Capetown was good to tick both South African endemic families: Rockjumpers (Cape Rockjumper) and Sugarbirds (Cape Sugarbird). The three other new families ticked in Limpopo.

178. Family #31: Flufftails (Sarothruridae) | Buff-spotted Flufftail

179. Family #33: Finfoots (Heliornithidae) | African Finfoot

180. Family #174: Rockjumpers (Chaetopidae) | Cape Rockjumper

181. Family #182: Nicators (Nicatoridae) | Eastern Nicator

182. Family #220: Sugarbirds (Promeropidae) | Cape Sugarbird

trip's bird list

Ostrich	Struthio camelus	Western Cape
White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata	Kgomo-Kgomo
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Western Cape
South African Shelduck	Tadorna cana	Western Cape
Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis	Western Cape
African Black Duck	Anas sparsa	Limpopo
Yellow-billed Duck	Anas undulata	Western Cape
Cape Shoveler	Anas smithii	Western Cape
Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha	Western Cape
Cape Teal	Anas capensis	Western Cape
Southern Pochard	Netta erythrophthalma	Western Cape
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	Western Cape
Crested Guineafowl	Guttera pucherani	Limpopo
Cape Francolin	Francolinus capensis	Western Cape
Natal Francolin	Francolinus natalensis	Limpopo, Ponda Maria
Swainson’s Francolin	Francolinus swainsonii	Kgomo-Kgomo
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Western Cape
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	Western Cape
Jackass Penguin	Spheniscus demersus	Stony Point
Saddle-billed Stork	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	Ponda Maria.
Marabou Stork	Leptoptilos crumenifer	Ponda Maria
Yellow-billed Stork	Mycteria ibis	Kgomo-Kgomo
Cape Gannet	Morus capensis	Stony Point
White-breasted Cormorant	Phalacrocorax lucidus	Western Cape
Cape Cormorant	Phalacrocorax capensis	Western Cape
Bank Cormorant	Phalacrocorax neglectus	Western Cape
African Darter	Anhinga rufa	Kgomo-Kgomo
Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Western Cape
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	Tanqua Karoo
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	Kgomo-Kgomo
Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala	Western Cape
Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	Western Cape
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Western Cape
Black Heron	Egretta ardesiaca	Kgomo-Kgomo
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Western Cape
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Western Cape
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Western Cape
Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash	Western Cape
African Spoonbill	Platalea alba	Western Cape
Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus	Gauteng, Western Cape
Cape Griffon	Gyps coprotheres	Limpopo
Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Ponda Maria
Crowned Hawk-Eagle	Stephanoaetus coronatus	Roodewal NR. aka African Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Darling Hills road
Verreaux’s Eagle	Aquila verreauxii	Western Cape
African Hawk-Eagle	Aquila spilogaster	Kruger NP
Pale Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax canorus	Tanqua Karoo
Gabar Goshawk	Micronisus gabar	Kgomo-Kgomo
African Goshawk	Accipiter tachiro	Ponda Maria
Shikra	Accipiter badius	Kruger NP
African Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	Kgomo-Kgomo
Jackal Buzzard	Buteo rufofuscus	Western Cape
Black Bustard	Eupodotis afra	Western Cape
Black Crake	Amaurornis flavirostra	Western Cape
African Swamphen	Porphyrio madagascariens	Western Cape
Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Western Cape
Buff-spotted Flufftail	Sarothrura elegans	Limpopo
African Finfoot	Podica senegalensis	Luvuvhu Dam.
Blue Crane	Anthropoides paradiseus	Western Cape
Water Thick-knee	Burhinus vermiculatus	Western Cape
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Western Cape
Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Western Cape
African Oystercatcher	Haematopus moquini	Western Cape
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Western Cape
Blacksmith Plover	Vanellus armatus	Western Cape
Crowned Lapwing	Vanellus coronatus	Kurger NP
Kittlitz’s Plover	Charadrius pecuarius	Western Cape
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Western Cape
Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris	Western Cape
African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus	Kgomo-Kgomo
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Western Cape
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Limpopo
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Western Cape
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Western Cape
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Western Cape
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Western Cape
Gray-hooded Gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	Betty’s Bay
Hartlaub’s Gull	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Western Cape
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	Western Cape
Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	Western Cape
Double-banded Sandgrouse	Pterocles bicinctus	Ponda Maria
Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix	Limpopo
Lemon Dove	Columba larvata	Limpopo
Mourning Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decipiens	Ponda Maria.
Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	Limpopo
Ring-necked Dove	Streptopelia capicola	Western Cape, Kruger NP
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	Western Cape
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur chalcospilos	Limpopo
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur afer	Limpopo
Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria	Limpopo
Purple-crested Turaco	Tauraco porphyreolophus	Limpopo
Gray Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides concolor	Kgomo-Kgomo
Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius	Limpopo
Lesser Cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus	Limpopo
Bruchell’s Coucal	Centropus burchelli	Kgomo-Kgomo
Spotted Eagle-Owl	Bubo africanus	Tanqua Karoo
African Wood-Owl	Strix woodfordii	Limpopo
Fiery-necked Nightjar	Caprimulgus pectoralis	Limpopo
African Swift	Apus barbatus	Betty’s Bay
Little Swift	Apus affinis	Sir Lowry’s Pass
White-rumped Swift	Apus caffer	Sir Lowry Pass
African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus	Lanseria Intl Apt
Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus	Limpopo
White-backed Mousebird	Colius colius	Tanqua Karoo
Narina Trogon	Apaloderma narina	Limpopo
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	Limpopo
Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis	Kgomo-Kgomo
Brown-hooded Kingfisher	Halcyon albiventris	Kgomo-Kgomo, Limpopo
Giant Kingfisher	Megaceryle maximus	Limpopo
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	Limpopo
White-fronted Bee-eater	Merops bullockoides	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus	Ponda Maria
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	Kgomo-Kgomo
European Roller	Coracias garrulus	Kruger NP
Lilac-breasted Roller	Coracias caudatus	Ponda Maria
Rufous-crowned Roller	Coracias naevius	Ponda Maria
African Hoopoe	Upupa africana	Pafuri (Kruger NP) * africana (African)
Green Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus	Kruger Park
Southern Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus rufirostris	Kgomo-Kgomo, Ponda Maria
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill	Tockus leucomelas	Ponda Maria
Crowned Hornbill	Tockus alboterminatus	Ponda Maria
African Gray Hornbill	Tockus nasutus	Limpopo, Ponda Maria
Southern Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus leadbeateri	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Crested Barbet	Trachyphonus vaillantii	Kgomo-Kgomo
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	Limpopo
Lesser Honeyguide	Indicator minor	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Scaly-throated Honeyguide	Indicator variegatus	Limpopo
Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens	Kruger NP
Bearded Woodpecker	Dendropicos namaquus	Pafuri
Olive Woodpecker	Dendropicos griseocephalus	Limpopo
Rock Kestrel	Falco rupicolus	Western Cape
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Western Cape
Cape Batis	Batis capensis	Western Cape
Chinspot Batis	Batis molitor	Limpopo
White Helmetshrike	Prionops plumatus	Ponda Maria. also called White-crested HS
Black-backed Puffback	Dryoscopus cubla	Limpopo
Southern Boubou	Laniarius ferrugineus	Western Cape
Crimson-breasted Gonolek	Laniarius atrococcineus	Limpopo
Bokmakierie	Telophorus zeylonus	Western Cape
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus	Limpopo
Olive Bushshrike	Telophorus olivaceus	Limpopo
Gray-headed Bushshrike	Malaconotus blanchoti	Limpopo
Black Cuckooshrike	Campephaga flava	Limpopo
Southern Fiscal	Lanius collaris	Western Cape
Magpie Shrike	Corvinella melanoleuca	Western Cape, Kgomo-Kgomo
African Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus larvatus	Ponda Maria
African Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis	Western Cape
House Crow	Corvus splendens	Western Cape
Cape Crow	Corvus capensis	Western Cape
Pied Crow	Corvus albus	Western Cape
White-necked Raven	Corvus albicollis	Western Cape
Cape Rockjumper	Chaetops frenatus	Gantouw Pass at the top of Sir Lowry
Eastern Nicator	Nicator gularis	Roodewal NR
Spike-heeled Lark	Chersomanes albofasciata	Tankwa Karoo
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix verticalis	Tanqua Karoo
Brown-throated Martin	Riparia paludicola	Western Cape
Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	Tankwa-Karoo *> [fuligula Group] (Rock) , fuligula
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Western Cape
White-throated Swallow	Hirundo albigularis	Western Cape, Kgomo-Kgomo
Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii	Pafuri
Mosque Swallow	Cecropis senegalensis	Ponda Maria
Southern Black-Tit	Melaniparus niger	Limpopo
Sombre Greenbul	Andropadus importunus	Western Cape
Yellow-bellied Greenbul	Chlorocichla flaviventris	Limpopo
Terrestrial Brownbul	Phyllastrephus terrestris	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Yellow-streaked Greenbul	Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	Limpopo
Dark-capped Bulbul	Pycnonotus tricolor	Limpopo
Cape Bulbul	Pycnonotus capensis	Western Cape
Cape Crombec	Sylvietta rufescens	Tanqua Karoo, Ponda Maria aka Long-billed C.
Cape Grassbird	Sphenoeacus afer	Western Cape
Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler	Phylloscopus ruficapilla	Limpopo
African Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus baeticatus	Western Cape
Bar-throated Apalis	Apalis thoracica	Limpopo
Green-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	Limpopo
Kopje Warbler	Euryptila subcinnamomea	Tanqua Karoo. also called Cinnamon-breasted Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	Limpopo
Rattling Cisticola	Cisticola chiniana	Ponda Maria.
Red-headed Cisticola	Cisticola subruficapilla	Sir Lowry Pass. also called Grey-backed C. (to confirm id)
Tinkling Cisticola	Cisticola tinniens	Strandfontein Sewage Works, Cape Town. also called Levaillant’s Cisticola
Piping Cisticola	Cisticola fulvicapilla	Sir Lowry Pass. also called Neddicky
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	Limpopo
Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava	Ponda Maria
Karoo Prinia	Prinia maculosa	Western Cape
Layard’s Warbler	Sylvia layardi	Tanqua Karoo
Cape White-eye	Zosterops pallidus	Western Cape
Southern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides bicolor	Limpopo
Arrow-marked Babbler	Turdoides jardineii	Limpopo
Cape Sugarbird	Promerops cafer	Western Cape
Mariqua Flycatcher	Bradornis mariquensis	Kgomo-Kgomo
Fiscal Flycatcher	Sigelus silens	Western Cape
Dusky-brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa adusta	Western Cape
Ashy Flycatcher	Muscicapa caerulescens	Limpopo, Ponda Maria
Karoo Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas coryphaeus	West Coast NP
Cape Robin-Chat	Cossypha caffra	Western Cape
White-throated Robin-Chat	Cossypha humeralis	Pafuri River Camp
White-browed Robin-Chat	Cossypha heuglini	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Red-capped Robin-Chat	Cossypha natalensis	Limpopo
White-starred Robin	Pogonocichla stellata	Limpopo
African Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	Western Cape
Karoo Chat	Cercomela schlegelii	Tankwa Karoo
Tractrac Chat	Cercomela tractrac	Tankwa-Karoo
Familiar Chat	Cercomela familiaris	Western Cape
Mountain Wheatear	Oenanthe monticola	Tankwa Karoo
Capped Wheatear	Oenanthe pileata	Darling Hills rd.
Orange Ground-Thrush	Geokichla gurneyi	Limpopo
Groundscraper Thrush	Psophocichla litsitsirupa	Ponda Maria
Kurrichane Thrush	Turdus libonyana	Limpopo
Olive Thrush	Turdus olivaceus	Western Cape
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Western Cape
Wattled Starling	Creatophora cinerea	Western Cape
Cape Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis nitens	Kruger NP
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis chalybaeus	Ponda Maria
Meves’s Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis mevesii	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Burchell’s Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis australis	Limpopo
African Pied Starling	Spreo bicolor	Western Cape
Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio	Western Cape
Red-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus erythrorhynchus	Kruger NP
Yellow-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus africanus	Ponda Maria
Collared Sunbird	Hedydipna collaris	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Orange-breasted Sunbird	Anthobaphes violacea	Western Cape
Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa	Western Cape
Southern Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris chalybeus	Western Cape
White-breasted Sunbird	Cinnyris talatala	Limpopo, Ponda Maria
Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis	Western Cape
Mountain Wagtail	Motacilla clara	Limpopo
African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp	Limpopo
African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus	Western Cape
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Emberiza tahapisi	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Cape Bunting	Emberiza capensis	Western Cape
Golden-breasted Bunting	Emberiza flaviventris	Ponda Maria
Cape Canary	Serinus canicollis	Western Cape
Brimstone Canary	Serinus sulphuratus	Western Cape
Yellow Canary	Serinus flaviventris	Western Cape
White-throated Canary	Serinus albogularis	Tanqua Karoo
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Western Cape
Cape Sparrow	Passer melanurus	Western Cape
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver	Bubalornis niger	Ponda Maria
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser mahali	Kgomo-Kgomo
Cape Weaver	Ploceus capensis	Tanqua Karoo
African Golden-Weaver	Ploceus subaureus	Limpopo
Yellow-crowned Bishop	Euplectes afer	Kgomo-Kgomo
Yellow Bishop	Euplectes capensis	Darling Hills rd.
Grosbeak Weaver	Amblyospiza albifrons	Limpopo
Swee Waxbill	Coccopygia melanotis	Western Cape
Green-backed Twinspot	Mandingoa nitidula	Limpopo
Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Western Cape
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus angolensis	Ponda Maria
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	Pafuri River Camp
African Firefinch	Lagonosticta rubricata	Limpopo
Cut-throat	Amadina fasciata	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullatus	Limpopo
Eastern Paradise-Whydah	Vidua paradisaea	Ponda Maria. also called Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Village Indigobird	Vidua chalybeata	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Variable Indigobird	Vidua funerea	Kruger NP

# World Bird Families

milestone 09 | Tanzania 2005 | family 109/250

Posted on December, 2005January, 2024

Safari!

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 109/250

44%

Many good memories from Kenya raised during a Tanzanian family safari, and also a tick of dipped bird family: Ground Hornbills. Itinerary: Arusha – Lake Manyara – Lake Eyasi – Ndutu – Serengeti – Ngorongoro

110. Family #86: Ground-Hornbills (Bucorvidae) | Southern Ground-Hornbill (photographed in South Africa)

trip's bird list

Ostrich	Struthio camelus
White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata
Knob-billed Duck	Sarkidiornis melanotos
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca
Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis
Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha
Hottentot Teal	Anas hottentota
Cape Teal	Anas capensis
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris
Coqui Francolin	Francolinus coqui
Crested Francolin	Francolinus sephaena
Yellow-necked Francolin	Francolinus leucoscepus
Gray-breasted Francolin	Francolinus rufopictus
Red-necked Francolin	Francolinus afer
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus
Lesser Flamingo	Phoenicopterus minor
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia
Saddle-billed Stork	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou Stork	Leptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed Stork	Mycteria ibis
Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus
Pink-backed Pelican	Pelecanus rufescens
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron	Ardea goliath
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash
African Spoonbill	Platalea alba
Secretary-bird	Sagittarius serpentarius
Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus
African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus
White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis
Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotus
Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus
White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus
Rueppell’s Griffon	Gyps rueppellii
Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle	Circaetus pectoralis
Brown Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinereus
Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus
Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax
Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis
Dark Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax metabates
African Marsh-Harrier	Circus ranivorus
Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus
Montagu’s Harrier	Circus pygargus
Shikra	Accipiter badius
Yellow-billed Kite	Milvus aegyptius
African Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer
Mountain Buzzard	Buteo oreophilus
Augur Buzzard	Buteo augur
Kori Bustard	Ardeotis kori
White-bellied Bustard	Eupodotis senegalensis
Black-bellied Bustard	Lissotis melanogaster
Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum
Water Thick-knee	Burhinus vermiculatus
Spotted Thick-knee	Burhinus capensis
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
Long-toed Lapwing	Vanellus crassirostris
Blacksmith Plover	Vanellus armatus
Black-winged Lapwing	Vanellus melanopterus
Crowned Lapwing	Vanellus coronatus
Kittlitz’s Plover	Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris
African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
Ruff	Calidris pugnax
Little Stint	Calidris minuta
Double-banded Courser	Smutsornis africanus
Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola
Gray-hooded Gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse	Pterocles gutturalis
Black-faced Sandgrouse	Pterocles decoratus
Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix
Mourning Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decipiens
Ring-necked Dove	Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis
Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis
White-bellied Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides leucogaster
Black Cuckoo	Cuculus clamosus
Dideric Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius
Black Coucal	Centropus grillii
White-browed Coucal	Centropus superciliosus
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl	Bubo lacteus
Pearl-spotted Owlet	Glaucidium perlatum
Slender-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus clarus
Alpine Swift	Apus melba
Little Swift	Apus affinis
Horus Swift	Apus horus
Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus
Blue-naped Mousebird	Urocolius macrourus
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus
Gray-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala
Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater	Merops oreobates
European Roller	Coracias garrulus
Lilac-breasted Roller	Coracias caudatus
African Hoopoe	Upupa africana
Green Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus ruahae
Von der Decken’s Hornbill	Tockus deckeni
African Gray Hornbill	Tockus nasutus
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill	Ceratogymna brevis
Southern Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus leadbeateri
Red-and-yellow Barbet	Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
D’Arnaud’s Barbet	Trachyphonus darnaudii
White-headed Barbet	Lybius leucocephalus
Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens
Bearded Woodpecker	Dendropicos namaquus
Pygmy Falcon	Polihierax semitorquatus
Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
Fischer’s Lovebird	Agapornis fischeri
Yellow-collared Lovebird	Agapornis personatus
Meyer’s Parrot	Poicephalus meyeri
Black-backed Puffback	Dryoscopus cubla
Pink-footed Puffback	Dryoscopus angolensis
Brown-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra australis
Tropical Boubou	Laniarius aethiopicus
Slate-colored Boubou	Laniarius funebris
Isabelline Shrike	Lanius isabellinus
Long-tailed Fiscal	Lanius cabanisi
Northern Fiscal	Lanius humeralis
Magpie Shrike	Corvinella melanoleuca
White-rumped Shrike	Eurocephalus rueppelli
Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis
Pied Crow	Corvus albus
Rufous-naped Lark	Mirafra africana
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucopareia
Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia
Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii
Lesser Striped-Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica
Mosque Swallow	Cecropis senegalensis
Black Sawwing	Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus
Green-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura
Buff-bellied Warbler	Phyllolais pulchella
Rufous Chatterer	Turdoides rubiginosa
Black-lored Babbler	Turdoides sharpei
Arrow-marked Babbler	Turdoides jardineii
Silverbird	Empidornis semipartitus
Pale Flycatcher	Bradornis pallidus
Grayish Flycatcher	Bradornis microrhynchus
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher	Melaenornis fischeri
Red-backed Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas leucophrys
White-browed Robin-Chat	Cossypha heuglini
Spotted Morning-Thrush	Cichladusa guttata
African Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
Schalow’s Wheatear	Oenanthe lugubris
Pied Wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka
Capped Wheatear	Oenanthe pileata
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Rueppell’s Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Superb Starling	Lamprotornis superbus
Hildebrandt’s Starling	Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Ashy Starling	Spreo unicolor
Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio
Red-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus africanus
Scarlet-chested Sunbird	Chalcomitra senegalensis
Bronze Sunbird	Nectarinia kilimensis
Olive-bellied Sunbird	Cinnyris chloropygius
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris mediocris
Western Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
Mountain Wagtail	Motacilla clara
African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp
Pangani Longclaw	Macronyx aurantiigula
White-bellied Canary	Serinus dorsostriatus
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow	Passer griseus
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver	Bubalornis niger
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver	Dinemellia dinemelli
Speckle-fronted Weaver	Sporopipes frontalis
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser mahali
Rufous-tailed Weaver	Histurgops ruficauda
Gray-headed Social-Weaver	Pseudonigrita arnaudi
Baglafecht Weaver	Ploceus baglafecht
Vitelline Masked-Weaver	Ploceus vitellinus
Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus
Golden-backed Weaver	Ploceus jacksoni
Cardinal Quelea	Quelea cardinalis
Northern Red Bishops	Euplectes franciscanus
Fan-tailed Widowbird	Euplectes axillaris
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus bengalus
Purple Grenadier	Granatina ianthinogaster
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala

# World Bird Families

milestone 07 | Kenya 1983 | families 72-98/250

Posted on December, 1983January, 2024

Out to Africa!

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 98/250

40%

Thanks to my friend Martin Meir, we experienced my first overseas birding adventure – Kenya! And here I am, on the foothills of the Kilimanjaro writing my field notes. Armed with basic field guide and some rumors, we wandered on some East African nature reserves, doubling my life list and gain a fruitful milestone on bird families quest:

72. Family #1: Ostriches (Struthionidae) | Common Ostrich (photographed in Tanzania)

73. Family #11: Guineafowl (Numididae) | Helmeted Guineafowl (photographed in South Africa)

74. Family #20: Turacos (Musophagidae) | Great Blue Turaco (photographed in Uganda)

75. Family #48: Jacanas (Jacanidae) | African Jacana (photographed in South Africa)

76. Family #50: Buttonquail (Turnicidae) | Madagascan Buttonquail (photographed in Madagascar, Small Buttonquail ticked in Kenya)

77. Family #51: Crab Plover (Dromadidae) | Crab Plover (photographed in Madagascar)

78. Family #68: Anhingas (Anhingidae) | Oriental Darter (photographed in India, African Darter ticked in Kenya)

79. Family #72: Hamerkop (Scopidae) | Hamerkop (photographed in Uganda)

80. Family #76: Secretarybird (Sagittariidae) | Secretarybird (photographed in South Africa)

81. Family #81: Mousebirds (Coliidae) | White-backed Mousebird (photographed in South Africa, Speckled Mousebird ticked in Kenya)

82. Family #85: Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills (Phoeniculidae) | Green Woodhoopoe (photographed in South Africa)

83. Family #87: Hornbills (Bucerotidae) | African Gray Hornbill (photographed in South Africa)

84. Family #96: African Barbets (Lybiidae) | Double-toothed Barbet (photographed in Uganda, a few others ticked in Kenya)

85. Family #101: Honeyguides (Indicatoridae) | Greater Honeyguide (photographed in Tanzania, Greater Honeyguide ticked in Kenya)

86. Family #108: New World and African Parrots (Psittacidae) | African Gray Parrot (photographed in Uganda, Yellow-collared Lovebird ticked in Kenya)

87. Family #153: Wattle-eyes and Batises (Platysteiridae) | Brown-throated Wattle-eye(photographed in Ghana, Chin-spotted Batis ticked in Kenya)

88. Family #154: Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies (Vangidae) | White-crested Helmet-Shrike (photographed in South Africa)

89. Family #157: Bushshrikes and Allies (Malaconotidae) | Papyrus Gonolek (photographed in Uganda, Brubru ticked in Kenya)

90. Family #139: Cuckooshrikes (Campephagidae) | Black Cuckooshrike (female, photographed in South Africa)

91. Family #159: Drongos (Dicruridae) | Fork-tailed Drongo (photographed in South Africa)

92. Family #162: Monarch Flycatchers (Monarchidae) | African Paradise-Flycatcher (photographed in South Africa)

93. Family #183: African Warblers (Macrosphenidae) | Long-billed Crombec (photographed in South Africa, Northern Crombec ticked in Kenya)

94. Family #198: White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies (Zosteropidae) | Cape White-eye (photographed in South Africa, African Yellow White-eye ticked in Kenya)

95. Family #210: Oxpeckers (Buphagidae) | Red-billed Oxpecker (photographed in South Africa)

96. Family #228: Weavers and Allies (Ploceidae) | Village Weaver (photographed in Uganda)

97. Family #229: Waxbills and Allies (Estrildidae) | Red-billed Firefinch (photographed in Tanzania)

Family species list (Clements)

Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	..
Hill Pigeon	Columba rupestris
Snow Pigeon	Columba leuconota
Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea	..
White-collared Pigeon	Columba albitorques	..
Stock Dove	Columba oenas	.
Yellow-eyed Pigeon	Columba eversmanni	.
Somali Pigeon	Columba oliviae
Common Wood-Pigeon	Columba palumbus	..
Trocaz Pigeon	Columba trocaz
Bolle’s Pigeon	Columba bollii
Afep Pigeon	Columba unicincta
Laurel Pigeon	Columba junoniae
Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix	..
Cameroon Pigeon	Columba sjostedti
Maroon Pigeon	Columba thomensis
Delegorgue’s Pigeon	Columba delegorguei
Bronze-naped Pigeon	Columba iriditorques
Sao Tome Pigeon	Columba malherbii
Mauritius Wood-Pigeon	Columba thiriouxi	(Extinct)
Lemon Dove	Columba larvata	..
Comoro Pigeon	Columba pollenii
Speckled Wood-Pigeon	Columba hodgsonii	..
White-naped Pigeon	Columba albinucha
Ashy Wood-Pigeon	Columba pulchricollis	.
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon	Columba elphinstonii
Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon	Columba torringtoniae
Pale-capped Pigeon	Columba punicea
Silvery Wood-Pigeon	Columba argentina
Andaman Wood-Pigeon	Columba palumboides
Japanese Wood-Pigeon	Columba janthina
Ryukyu Pigeon	Columba jouyi	(Extinct)
Bonin Pigeon	Columba versicolor	(Extinct)
Metallic Pigeon	Columba vitiensis	..
White-headed Pigeon	Columba leucomela	..
Yellow-legged Pigeon	Columba pallidiceps
Pale-vented Pigeon	Patagioenas cayennensis	..
Scaled Pigeon	Patagioenas speciosa
Scaly-naped Pigeon	Patagioenas squamosa	..
Picazuro Pigeon	Patagioenas picazuro	..
Bare-eyed Pigeon	Patagioenas corensis
Spot-winged Pigeon	Patagioenas maculosa	.
White-crowned Pigeon	Patagioenas leucocephala	..
Red-billed Pigeon	Patagioenas flavirostris	.
Plain Pigeon	Patagioenas inornata	..
Band-tailed Pigeon	Patagioenas fasciata	..
Chilean Pigeon	Patagioenas araucana
Ring-tailed Pigeon	Patagioenas caribaea
Peruvian Pigeon	Patagioenas oenops	..
Plumbeous Pigeon	Patagioenas plumbea	..
Ruddy Pigeon	Patagioenas subvinacea	..
Short-billed Pigeon	Patagioenas nigrirostris	..
Dusky Pigeon	Patagioenas goodsoni	.
Passenger Pigeon	Ectopistes migratorius	(Extinct)
Pink Pigeon	Nesoenas mayeri
Reunion Pigeon	Nesoenas duboisi	(Extinct)
Mauritius Turtle-Dove	Nesoenas cicur	(Extinct)
Rodrigues Turtle-Dove	Nesoenas rodericanus	(Extinct)
European Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia turtur	..
Dusky Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia lugens	..
Adamawa Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia hypopyrrha
Oriental Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia orientalis	..
Island Collared-Dove	Streptopelia bitorquata
Philippine Collared-Dove	Streptopelia dusumieri
Eurasian Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	..
African Collared-Dove	Streptopelia roseogrisea	..
White-winged Collared-Dove	Streptopelia reichenowi
Mourning Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decipiens	..
Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	..
Ring-necked Dove	Streptopelia capicola	..
Vinaceous Dove	Streptopelia vinacea	..
Red Collared-Dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica	..
Madagascar Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia picturata	..
Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis	..
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	..
Barred Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia unchall	.
Brown Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia phasianella	..
Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia macassariensis
Timor Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia magna
Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia timorlaoensis
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia amboinensis
Sultan’s Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia doreya
Andaman Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia rufipennis
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia tenuirostris
Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia emiliana
Enggano Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia cinnamomea
Barusan Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia modiglianii
Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia nigrirostris
Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia mackinlayi
Little Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia ruficeps
Great Cuckoo-Dove	Reinwardtoena reinwardti
Pied Cuckoo-Dove	Reinwardtoena browni
Crested Cuckoo-Dove	Reinwardtoena crassirostris
White-faced Cuckoo-Dove	Turacoena manadensis
Sula Cuckoo-Dove	Turacoena sulaensis
Slaty Cuckoo-Dove	Turacoena modesta
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur chalcospilos	..
Black-billed Wood-Dove	Turtur abyssinicus	..
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur afer	.
Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria	..
Blue-headed Wood-Dove	Turtur brehmeri	.
Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis	..
Asian Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica	.
Pacific Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps longirostris	..
Stephan’s Dove	Chalcophaps stephani
New Guinea Bronzewing	Henicophaps albifrons
New Britain Bronzewing	Henicophaps foersteri
Wetar Ground Dove	Alopecoenas hoedtii
Shy Ground Dove	Alopecoenas stairi
Santa Cruz Ground Dove	Alopecoenas sanctaecrucis
Thick-billed Ground Dove	Alopecoenas salamonis	(Extinct)
Tanna Ground Dove	Alopecoenas ferrugineus	(Extinct)
Bronze Ground Dove	Alopecoenas beccarii
Palau Ground Dove	Alopecoenas canifrons
White-bibbed Ground Dove	Alopecoenas jobiensis
Marquesas Ground Dove	Alopecoenas rubescens
Caroline Islands Ground Dove	Alopecoenas kubaryi
Polynesian Ground Dove	Alopecoenas erythropterus
White-throated Ground Dove	Alopecoenas xanthonurus
Norfolk Ground Dove	Alopecoenas norfolkensis	(Extinct)
Common Bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera	..
Brush Bronzewing	Phaps elegans
Flock Bronzewing	Phaps histrionica
Crested Pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes	..
Spinifex Pigeon	Geophaps plumifera
Squatter Pigeon	Geophaps scripta	.
Partridge Pigeon	Geophaps smithii
Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon	Petrophassa rufipennis	.
White-quilled Rock-Pigeon	Petrophassa albipennis
Wonga Pigeon	Leucosarcia melanoleuca	..
Diamond Dove	Geopelia cuneata	..
Zebra Dove	Geopelia striata	..
Peaceful Dove	Geopelia placida	..
Barred Dove	Geopelia maugeus
Bar-shouldered Dove	Geopelia humeralis	..
Inca Dove	Columbina inca	..
Common Ground Dove	Columbina passerina	..
Plain-breasted Ground Dove	Columbina minuta
Ruddy Ground Dove	Columbina talpacoti	..
Ecuadorian Ground Dove	Columbina buckleyi	..
Scaled Dove	Columbina squammata	..
Picui Ground Dove	Columbina picui	..
Croaking Ground Dove	Columbina cruziana	..
Blue-eyed Ground Dove	Columbina cyanopis
Blue Ground Dove	Claravis pretiosa	.
Maroon-chested Ground Dove	Paraclaravis mondetoura
Purple-winged Ground Dove	Paraclaravis geoffroyi
Bare-faced Ground Dove	Metriopelia ceciliae	..
Bare-eyed Ground Dove	Metriopelia morenoi
Black-winged Ground Dove	Metriopelia melanoptera
Golden-spotted Ground Dove	Metriopelia aymara
Long-tailed Ground Dove	Uropelia campestris	..
Blue-headed Quail-Dove	Starnoenas cyanocephala
Purple Quail-Dove	Geotrygon purpurata
Sapphire Quail-Dove	Geotrygon saphirina
Crested Quail-Dove	Geotrygon versicolor
Ruddy Quail-Dove	Geotrygon montana	.
Violaceous Quail-Dove	Geotrygon violacea
Gray-fronted Quail-Dove	Geotrygon caniceps
White-fronted Quail-Dove	Geotrygon leucometopia	..
Key West Quail-Dove	Geotrygon chrysia
Bridled Quail-Dove	Geotrygon mystacea
Olive-backed Quail-Dove	Leptotrygon veraguensis
White-tipped Dove	Leptotila verreauxi	..
Caribbean Dove	Leptotila jamaicensis
Gray-chested Dove	Leptotila cassinii
Tolima Dove	Leptotila conoveri
Ochre-bellied Dove	Leptotila ochraceiventris
Gray-headed Dove	Leptotila plumbeiceps
Gray-fronted Dove	Leptotila rufaxilla	..
Grenada Dove	Leptotila wellsi
Pallid Dove	Leptotila pallida	.
Large-tailed Dove	Leptotila megalura
Tuxtla Quail-Dove	Zentrygon carrikeri
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove	Zentrygon costaricensis
Purplish-backed Quail-Dove	Zentrygon lawrencii
White-faced Quail-Dove	Zentrygon albifacies
White-throated Quail-Dove	Zentrygon frenata	..
Lined Quail-Dove	Zentrygon linearis
Chiriqui Quail-Dove	Zentrygon chiriquensis
Russet-crowned Quail-Dove	Zentrygon goldmani
West Peruvian Dove	Zenaida meloda	.
White-winged Dove	Zenaida asiatica	..
Zenaida Dove	Zenaida aurita	..
Galapagos Dove	Zenaida galapagoensis
Eared Dove	Zenaida auriculata	..
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	..
Socorro Dove	Zenaida graysoni
Nicobar Pigeon	Caloenas nicobarica
Spotted Green Pigeon	Caloenas maculata	(Extinct)
Dodo	Raphus cucullatus	(Extinct)
Rodrigues Solitaire	Pezophaps solitaria	(Extinct)
Sulawesi Ground Dove	Gallicolumba tristigmata
Cinnamon Ground Dove	Gallicolumba rufigula
Mindoro Bleeding-heart	Gallicolumba platenae
Negros Bleeding-heart	Gallicolumba keayi
Sulu Bleeding-heart	Gallicolumba menagei
Luzon Bleeding-heart	Gallicolumba luzonica
Mindanao Bleeding-heart	Gallicolumba crinigera
Choiseul Pigeon	Microgoura meeki	(Extinct)
Thick-billed Ground-Pigeon	Trugon terrestris
Pheasant Pigeon	Otidiphaps nobilis
Western Crowned-Pigeon	Goura cristata
Sclater’s Crowned-Pigeon	Goura sclaterii
Scheepmaker’s Crowned-Pigeon	Goura scheepmakeri
Victoria Crowned-Pigeon	Goura victoria
Tooth-billed Pigeon	Didunculus strigirostris
White-eared Brown-Dove	Phapitreron leucotis
Amethyst Brown-Dove	Phapitreron amethystinus
Mindanao Brown-Dove	Phapitreron brunneiceps
Tawitawi Brown-Dove	Phapitreron cinereiceps
Little Green-Pigeon	Treron olax
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon	Treron vernans
Cinnamon-headed Green-Pigeon	Treron fulvicollis
Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon	Treron bicinctus
Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon	Treron pompadora
Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon	Treron affinis
Andaman Green-Pigeon	Treron chloropterus
Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon	Treron phayrei
Philippine Green-Pigeon	Treron axillaris
Buru Green-Pigeon	Treron aromaticus
Thick-billed Green-Pigeon	Treron curvirostra	.
Gray-cheeked Green-Pigeon	Treron griseicauda
Sumba Green-Pigeon	Treron teysmannii
Flores Green-Pigeon	Treron floris
Timor Green-Pigeon	Treron psittaceus
Large Green-Pigeon	Treron capellei
Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon	Treron phoenicopterus	..
Bruce’s Green-Pigeon	Treron waalia	..
Comoros Green-Pigeon	Treron griveaudi
Madagascar Green-Pigeon	Treron australis	..
Pemba Green-Pigeon	Treron pembaensis
Sao Tome Green-Pigeon	Treron sanctithomae
Yellow-vented Green-Pigeon	Treron seimundi
Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon	Treron apicauda	..
African Green-Pigeon	Treron calvus	..
Green-spectacled Green-Pigeon	Treron oxyurus
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon	Treron sphenurus	..
White-bellied Green-Pigeon	Treron sieboldii
Whistling Green-Pigeon	Treron formosae
Black-backed Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus cinctus
Black-banded Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus alligator
Red-naped Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus dohertyi
Pink-headed Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus porphyreus
Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus occipitalis
Flame-breasted Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus marchei
Cream-breasted Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus merrilli
Red-eared Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus fischeri
Jambu Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus jambu
Maroon-chinned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus epius
Banggai Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus subgularis
Sula Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus mangoliensis
Black-chinned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus leclancheri
Scarlet-breasted Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus bernsteinii
Wompoo Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus magnificus
Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus perlatus
Ornate Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus ornatus
Tanna Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus tannensis
Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
Wallace’s Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus wallacii
Superb Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus superbus
Many-colored Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus perousii
Purple-capped Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus ponapensis
Kosrae Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus hernsheimi
Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus porphyraceus
Palau Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus pelewensis
Cook Islands Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus rarotongensis
Mariana Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus roseicapilla
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus regina	..
Silver-capped Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus richardsii
Gray-green Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus purpuratus
Makatea Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus chalcurus
Atoll Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus coralensis
Red-bellied Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus greyi	..
Rapa Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus huttoni
White-capped Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii
Red-moustached Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus mercierii	(Extinct)
Henderson Island Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus insularis
Coroneted Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus coronulatus
Beautiful Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus pulchellus
Blue-capped Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus monacha
White-breasted Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus rivoli
Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus solomonensis
Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus viridis
White-headed Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus eugeniae
Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus iozonus
Knob-billed Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus insolitus
Gray-headed Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus hyogastrus
Carunculated Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus granulifrons
Black-naped Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus melanospilus
Dwarf Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus nainus
Negros Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus arcanus
Orange Dove	Ptilinopus victor
Golden Dove	Ptilinopus luteovirens
Velvet Dove	Ptilinopus layardi
Cloven-feathered Dove	Drepanoptila holosericea	..
Mauritius Blue-Pigeon	Alectroenas nitidissimus	(Extinct)
Rodrigues Blue-Pigeon	Alectroenas payandeei	(Extinct)
Madagascar Blue-Pigeon	Alectroenas madagascariensis	..
Comoro Blue-Pigeon	Alectroenas sganzini
Seychelles Blue-Pigeon	Alectroenas pulcherrimus
Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula poliocephala
White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula forsteni
Mindoro Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula mindorensis
Gray-headed Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula radiata
Spotted Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula carola
Green Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula aenea	..
Nicobar Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula nicobarica
Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula perspicillata
Seram Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula neglecta
Elegant Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula concinna
Pacific Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula pacifica
Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula rubricera
Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula oceanica
Polynesian Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula aurorae
Marquesas Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula galeata
Spice Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula myristicivora
Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula rufigaster
Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula basilica
Finsch’s Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula finschii
Rufescent Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula chalconota
Island Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula pistrinaria
Pink-headed Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula rosacea
Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula whartoni
Gray Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula pickeringii
Peale’s Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula latrans
Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula brenchleyi
Baker’s Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula bakeri
New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula goliath	..
Pinon’s Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula pinon
Bismarck Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula melanochroa
Collared Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula mullerii
Zoe’s Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula zoeae
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula badia	..
Dark-backed Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula lacernulata
Timor Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula cineracea
Pied Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula bicolor
Yellowish Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula subflavescens
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula spilorrhoa	.
Silver-tipped Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula luctuosa
Topknot Pigeon	Lopholaimus antarcticus	.
New Zealand Pigeon	Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae	..
Chatham Island Pigeon	Hemiphaga chathamensis
Sombre Pigeon	Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa
Papuan Mountain-Pigeon	Gymnophaps albertisii
Buru Mountain-Pigeon	Gymnophaps mada
Seram Mountain-Pigeon	Gymnophaps stalkeri
Pale Mountain-Pigeon	Gymnophaps solomonensis

98. Family #230: Indigobirds (Viduidae) | Pin-tailed Whydah (photographed in Ethiopia)

trip's bird list

Ostrich	Struthio camelus
White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata
White-backed Duck	Thalassornis leuconotus
Knob-billed Duck	Sarkidiornis melanotos
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca
Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis
Yellow-billed Duck	Anas undulata
Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta
Hottentot Teal	Anas hottentota
Cape Teal	Anas capensis
Southern Pochard	Netta erythrophthalma
Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris
Vulturine Guineafowl	Acryllium vulturinum
Crested Francolin	Francolinus sephaena
Shelley’s Francolin	Francolinus shelleyi
Scaly Francolin	Francolinus squamatus
Yellow-necked Francolin	Francolinus leucoscepus
Harlequin Quail	Coturnix delegorguei
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus
Lesser Flamingo	Phoenicopterus minor
African Openbill	Anastomus lamelligerus
Black Stork	Ciconia nigra
Abdim’s Stork	Ciconia abdimii
Woolly-necked Stork	Ciconia episcopus
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia
Saddle-billed Stork	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou Stork	Leptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed Stork	Mycteria ibis
White-breasted Cormorant	Phalacrocorax lucidus
Long-tailed Cormorant	Phalacrocorax africanus
African Darter	Anhinga rufa
Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican	Pelecanus rufescens
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron	Ardea goliath
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides
Striated Heron	Butorides striata
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash
African Spoonbill	Platalea alba
Secretary-bird	Sagittarius serpentarius
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus
African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus
White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis
Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotus
White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus
Rueppell’s Griffon	Gyps rueppellii
Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus
Short-toed Eagle	Circaetus gallicus
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle	Circaetus pectoralis
Brown Snake-Eagle	Circaetus cinereus
Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus
Long-crested Eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis
Greater Spotted Eagle	Clanga clanga
Wahlberg’s Eagle	Hieraaetus wahlbergi
Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus
Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax
Steppe Eagle	Aquila nipalensis
Imperial Eagle	Aquila heliaca
Verreaux’s Eagle	Aquila verreauxii
African Hawk-Eagle	Aquila spilogaster
Dark Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax metabates
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax poliopterus
Gabar Goshawk	Micronisus gabar
Grasshopper Buzzard	Butastur rufipennis
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
African Marsh-Harrier	Circus ranivorus
Montagu’s Harrier	Circus pygargus
Shikra	Accipiter badius
Yellow-billed Kite	Milvus aegyptius
African Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer
Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo
Augur Buzzard	Buteo augur
Jackal Buzzard	Buteo rufofuscus
Kori Bustard	Ardeotis kori
White-bellied Bustard	Eupodotis senegalensis
Buff-crested Bustard	Eupodotis gindiana
Black-bellied Bustard	Lissotis melanogaster
Black Crake	Amaurornis flavirostra
Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata
Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
Long-toed Lapwing	Vanellus crassirostris
Blacksmith Plover	Vanellus armatus
Spur-winged Plover	Vanellus spinosus
Black-headed Lapwing	Vanellus tectus
Black-winged Lapwing	Vanellus melanopterus
Crowned Lapwing	Vanellus coronatus
Lesser Sand-Plover	Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sand-Plover	Charadrius leschenaultii
Kittlitz’s Plover	Charadrius pecuarius
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris
African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus
Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Ruff	Calidris pugnax
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Little Stint	Calidris minuta
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
Small Buttonquail	Turnix sylvaticus
Crab Plover	Dromas ardeola
Double-banded Courser	Smutsornis africanus
Slender-billed Gull	Chroicocephalus genei
Gray-hooded Gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Sooty Gull	Ichthyaetus hemprichii
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus
Saunders’s Tern	Sternula saundersi
Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia
White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii
White-cheeked Tern	Sterna repressa
Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii
Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis
Black-faced Sandgrouse	Pterocles decoratus
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia
Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea
Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix
Mourning Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked Dove	Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur chalcospilos
Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis
Hartlaub’s Turaco	Tauraco hartlaubi
White-bellied Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides leucogaster
Pied Cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus
Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius
Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius
Dideric Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius
White-browed Coucal	Centropus superciliosus
Spotted Eagle-Owl	Bubo africanus
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl	Bubo lacteus
Sombre Nightjar	Caprimulgus fraenatus
Nubian Nightjar	Caprimulgus nubicus
Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar	Caprimulgus donaldsoni
Abyssinian Nightjar	Caprimulgus poliocephalus
Slender-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus clarus
Alpine Swift	Apus melba
Common Swift	Apus apus
Nyanza Swift	Apus niansae
Little Swift	Apus affinis
African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus
Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus
Blue-naped Mousebird	Urocolius macrourus
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus
African Pygmy-Kingfisher	Ispidina picta
Gray-headed Kingfisher	Halcyon leucocephala
Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis
Brown-hooded Kingfisher	Halcyon albiventris
Striped Kingfisher	Halcyon chelicuti
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis
White-fronted Bee-eater	Merops bullockoides
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus
White-throated Bee-eater	Merops albicollis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater	Merops persicus
Madagascar Bee-eater	Merops superciliosus
Northern Carmine Bee-eater	Merops nubicus
European Roller	Coracias garrulus
Lilac-breasted Roller	Coracias caudatus
Rufous-crowned Roller	Coracias naevius
African Hoopoe	Upupa africana
Green Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus
Common Scimitar-bill	Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Abyssinian Scimitar-bill	Rhinopomastus minor
Northern Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus erythrorhynchus
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill	Tockus flavirostris
Jackson’s Hornbill	Tockus jacksoni
Von der Decken’s Hornbill	Tockus deckeni
Crowned Hornbill	Tockus alboterminatus
Hemprich’s Hornbill	Tockus hemprichii
African Gray Hornbill	Tockus nasutus
Red-and-yellow Barbet	Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
D’Arnaud’s Barbet	Trachyphonus darnaudii
Red-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus pusillus
Spot-flanked Barbet	Tricholaema lacrymosa
Black-throated Barbet	Tricholaema melanocephala
Black-collared Barbet	Lybius torquatus
Greater Honeyguide	Indicator indicator
Rufous-necked Wryneck	Jynx ruficollis
Nubian Woodpecker	Campethera nubica
Golden-tailed Woodpecker	Campethera abingoni
Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens
Bearded Woodpecker	Dendropicos namaquus
African Gray Woodpecker	Dendropicos goertae
Pygmy Falcon	Polihierax semitorquatus
Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
Greater Kestrel	Falco rupicoloides
Dickinson’s Kestrel	Falco dickinsoni
Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
Yellow-collared Lovebird	Agapornis personatus
Chinspot Batis	Batis molitor
Pygmy Batis	Batis perkeo
Brubru	Nilaus afer
Black-backed Puffback	Dryoscopus cubla
Black-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra senegalus
Brown-crowned Tchagra	Tchagra australis
Three-streaked Tchagra	Tchagra jamesi
Tropical Boubou	Laniarius aethiopicus
Slate-colored Boubou	Laniarius funebris
Rosy-patched Bushshrike	Rhodophoneus cruentus
Black-fronted Bushshrike	Telophorus nigrifrons
Gray-headed Bushshrike	Malaconotus blanchoti
Black Cuckooshrike	Campephaga flava
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio
Gray-backed Fiscal	Lanius excubitorius
Long-tailed Fiscal	Lanius cabanisi
Taita Fiscal	Lanius dorsalis
Northern Fiscal	Lanius humeralis
White-rumped Shrike	Eurocephalus rueppelli
African Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus larvatus
Square-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus ludwigii
Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis
African Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis
House Crow	Corvus splendens
Pied Crow	Corvus albus
Fan-tailed Raven	Corvus rhipidurus
Red-winged Lark	Mirafra hypermetra
Rufous-naped Lark	Mirafra africana
Flappet Lark	Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Pink-breasted Lark	Calendulauda poecilosterna
Foxy Lark	Calendulauda alopex
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucotis
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix signatus
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucopareia
Red-capped Lark	Calandrella cinerea
Brown-throated Martin	Riparia paludicola
Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia
Banded Martin	Riparia cincta
Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii
Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica
Lesser Striped-Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica
Common House-Martin	Delichon urbicum
White-bellied Tit	Melaniparus albiventris
Red-throated Tit	Melaniparus fringillinus
Somali Tit	Melaniparus thruppi
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus musculus
Sombre Greenbul	Andropadus importunus
Yellow-bellied Greenbul	Chlorocichla flaviventris
Northern Brownbul	Phyllastrephus strepitans
Fischer’s Greenbul	Phyllastrephus fischeri
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus
White-browed Crombec	Sylvietta leucophrys
Northern Crombec	Sylvietta brachyura
Red-faced Crombec	Sylvietta whytii
Somali Crombec	Sylvietta isabellina
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler	Iduna pallida
Lesser Swamp-Warbler	Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Yellow-breasted Apalis	Apalis flavida
Black-headed Apalis	Apalis melanocephala
Gray Apalis	Apalis cinerea
Green-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura
Red-fronted Warbler	Urorhipis rufifrons
Gray Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes simplex
Hunter’s Cisticola	Cisticola hunteri
Rattling Cisticola	Cisticola chiniana
Winding Cisticola	Cisticola galactotes
Stout Cisticola	Cisticola robustus
Tiny Cisticola	Cisticola nana
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis
Pectoral-patch Cisticola	Cisticola brunnescens
Gray-capped Warbler	Eminia lepida
Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava
Yellow-bellied Eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis
African Yellow White-eye	Zosterops senegalensis
Rufous Chatterer	Turdoides rubiginosa
Black-lored Babbler	Turdoides sharpei
Northern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides hypoleuca
Silverbird	Empidornis semipartitus
Pale Flycatcher	Bradornis pallidus
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher	Melaenornis fischeri
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
Ashy Flycatcher	Muscicapa caerulescens
Red-backed Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas leucophrys
Cape Robin-Chat	Cossypha caffra
White-browed Robin-Chat	Cossypha heuglini
Spotted Morning-Thrush	Cichladusa guttata
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush	Monticola saxatilis
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
Northern Anteater-Chat	Myrmecocichla aethiops
Mocking Cliff-Chat	Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
Schalow’s Wheatear	Oenanthe lugubris
Pied Wheatear	Oenanthe pleschanka
Capped Wheatear	Oenanthe pileata
Isabelline Wheatear	Oenanthe isabellina
Abyssinian Thrush	Turdus abyssinicus
African Thrush	Turdus pelios
African Bare-eyed Thrush	Turdus tephronotus
Wattled Starling	Creatophora cinerea
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Rueppell’s Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Golden-breasted Starling	Lamprotornis regius
Black-bellied Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis corruscus
Superb Starling	Lamprotornis superbus
Hildebrandt’s Starling	Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Fischer’s Starling	Spreo fischeri
Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio
Bristle-crowned Starling	Onychognathus salvadorii
Magpie Starling	Speculipastor bicolor
Red-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus africanus
Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird	Anthreptes orientalis
Collared Sunbird	Hedydipna collaris
Green-headed Sunbird	Cyanomitra verticalis
Amethyst Sunbird	Chalcomitra amethystina
Scarlet-chested Sunbird	Chalcomitra senegalensis
Hunter’s Sunbird	Chalcomitra hunteri
Tacazze Sunbird	Nectarinia tacazze
Bronze Sunbird	Nectarinia kilimensis
Beautiful Sunbird	Cinnyris pulchellus
Variable Sunbird	Cinnyris venustus
Western Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp
African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis
Golden Pipit	Tmetothylacus tenellus
Yellow-throated Longclaw	Macronyx croceus
Golden-breasted Bunting	Emberiza flaviventris
Somali Bunting	Emberiza poliopleura
Yellow-fronted Canary	Serinus mozambicus
Black-throated Canary	Serinus atrogularis
White-bellied Canary	Serinus dorsostriatus
Streaky Seedeater	Serinus striolatus
Kenya Rufous Sparrow	Passer rufocinctus
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow	Passer griseus
Chestnut Sparrow	Passer eminibey
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver	Bubalornis niger
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver	Dinemellia dinemelli
Speckle-fronted Weaver	Sporopipes frontalis
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser mahali
Red-headed Weaver	Anaplectes rubriceps
Baglafecht Weaver	Ploceus baglafecht
Little Weaver	Ploceus luteolus
Spectacled Weaver	Ploceus ocularis
Golden Palm Weaver	Ploceus bojeri
Taveta Golden-Weaver	Ploceus castaneiceps
Northern Masked-Weaver	Ploceus taeniopterus
Lesser Masked-Weaver	Ploceus intermedius
Speke’s Weaver	Ploceus spekei
Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus
Golden-backed Weaver	Ploceus jacksoni
Chestnut Weaver	Ploceus rubiginosus
Compact Weaver	Pachyphantes superciliosus
Red-billed Quelea	Quelea quelea
Northern Red Bishops	Euplectes franciscanus
Yellow-crowned Bishop	Euplectes afer
Yellow Bishop	Euplectes capensis
White-winged Widowbird	Euplectes albonotatus
Red-collared Widowbird	Euplectes ardens
Grosbeak Weaver	Amblyospiza albifrons
Gray-headed Nigrita	Nigrita canicapillus
Crimson-rumped Waxbill	Estrilda rhodopyga
Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild
Black-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda erythronotos
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus angolensis
Purple Grenadier	Granatina ianthinogaster
Green-winged Pytilia	Pytilia melba
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala
African Firefinch	Lagonosticta rubricata
Cut-throat	Amadina fasciata
Gray-headed Silverbill	Odontospiza griseicapilla
Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullatus
African Silverbill	Euodice cantans
Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura
Eastern Paradise-Whydah	Vidua paradisaea

Bird Families of the World

birding around the globe in an eggshell

Category: Afrotropic

milestone 35 | Tanzania 2021 | family 234/250

Cleanup Afrotropic at East Usambara Mountains

milestone 25 | Madagascar 2016 | families 204-208/250

Birding the eighth continent

milestone 24 | Ghana 2016 | families 201-203/250

West African endemic and the one who walks like an Egyptian and one more..

milestone 23 | Uganda 2015 | families 198-200/250

Birds of Pearl Of Africa

milestone 20 | South Africa 2014 | family 178-182/250

Good families hopes around the Cape

milestone 09 | Tanzania 2005 | family 109/250

Safari!

milestone 07 | Kenya 1983 | families 72-98/250

Out to Africa!