CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

A checklist of an area such as the Kruger National Park (KNP) will always include some controversial species. Some lists for the KNP include as many as 517 (Kemp et al. 2001). These include some extreme vagrants, which do not normally make up part of the KNPs avifauna. This list excludes some of the rarer ones and includes a total of 477 species. Readers requiring detail of the other rarer species should consult the literature listed at the end of this list. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus Little Grebe (Dabchick) Tachybaptus ruficollis Great (Eastern) White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus African Darter Anhinga melanogaster Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Great (White) Egret Casmerodius albus Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia Little Egret Egretta garzetta Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (Common) Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Rufous-bellied Heron Butorides rufiventris Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Hamerkop Scopus umbretta

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25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

White Stork Ciconia ciconia Abdims Stork Ciconia abdimii Black Stork Ciconia nigra Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash African Spoonbill Platalea alba Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus African Black Duck Anas sparsa Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha Cape Shoveller Anas smithii Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus aurinus Comb (Knob-billed) Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis

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51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77.

Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres (African) White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis Black Kite Milvus migrans Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Verreauxs Eagle Aquila verreauxii Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina Wahlbergs Eagle Aquila wahlbergi Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster Ayres Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus Black-breasted Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
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78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103.

Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) Accipiter badius African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus Montagus Harrier Circus pygargus Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) Polyboroides typus Osprey Pandion haliaetus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo (Western) Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Amur (Eastern Red-footed) Falcon Falco amurensis Rock Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Dickinsons Kestrel Falco dickinsoni Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena Shelleys Francolin Francolinus shelleyi

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104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130.

Natal Francolin Francolinus natalensis Swainsons Spurfowl Francolinus swainsonii Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani Small (Kurrichane) Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica African Rail Rallus caerulescens Corncrake Crex crex African Crake Crex egregia Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris Baillons Crake Porzana pusilla Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura afra Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans Allens (Lesser) Gallinule Porphyrio alleni African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata African Finfoot Podica senegalensis Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster African Jacana Actophilornis africanus Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
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131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156.

Kittlitzs Plover Charadrius pecuarius Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus Senegal Lapwing (Lesser Black-winged Plover) Vanellus lugubris Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Little Stint Calidris minuta Sanderling Calidris alba Ruff Philomachus pugnax African (Ethiopian) Snipe Gallinago nigripennis Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus Temmincks Courser Cursorius temminckii Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Collared (Red-winged) Pratincole Glareola pratincola

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157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. 183.

Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Speckled (Rock) Pigeon Columba guinea Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Emerald-spotted (Green-spotted) Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria African Green-Pigeon Treron calva Grey-headed Parrot Poicephalus suahelicus Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus Grey Go-away Bird Corythaixoides concolor Common (European) Cuckoo Cuculus canorus African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Levaillants (Striped) Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti Klaass Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
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184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200. 201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209.

Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Black Coucal Centropus bengalensis Burchells Coucal Centropus burchellii Barn Owl Tyto alba African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii Marsh Owl Asio capensis African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Otus leucotis Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus Verreauxs (Giant) Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus Pels Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma Square-tailed (Mozambique) Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillaria Common (European) Swift Apus apus African Black Swift Apus barbatus White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Horus Swift Apus horus Little Swift Apus affinis Alpine Swift Apus melba

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210. 211. 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220. 221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. 231. 232. 233. 234. 235. 236.

African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri Bhms Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Giant Kingfisher Ceryle maxima Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata African Pygmy Kingfisher Isipidina picta Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus European Roller Coracias garrulus Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulata Purple Roller Coracias naevia Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus African Hoopoe Upupa africana Green (Red-billed) Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
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237. 238. 239. 240. 241. 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250. 251. 252. 253. 254. 255. 256. 257. 258. 259. 260. 261. 262.

Common (Greater) Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus Yellow-rumped (Golden-rumped) Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor Brown-backed Honeybird (Sharp-billed Honeyguide) Prodotiscus regulus Bennetts Woodpecker Campethera bennettii Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens Bearded Woodpecker Thripias namaquus Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea Fawn-coloured Lark Mirafra africanoides Sabota Lark Mirafra sabota Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans

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263. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 269. 270. 271. 272. 273. 274. 275. 276. 277. 278. 279. 280. 281. 282. 283. 284. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289.

Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea Chestnut-backed Finchlark Eremopterix leucotis Barn (European) Swallow Hirundo rustica White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis Red-breasted Swallow Hirundo semirufa Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula House Martin Delichon urbica Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga Sand Martin Riparia riparia Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomelas Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis Grey Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus (Eastern) Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus Cape (Black) Crow Corvus capensis Pied Crow Corvus albus White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis Southern Black Tit Parus niger Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
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290. 291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309. 310. 311. 312. 313. 314. 315.

Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii Dark-capped (Black-eyed) Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephis terrestris Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris Eastern (Yellow-spotted) Nicator Nicator gularis Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticola Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Arnotts Chat Thamnolaea arnoti African (Common) Stonechat Saxicola torquata White-browed Robin-Chat (Heuglins Robin) Cossypha heuglini Red-capped Robin-Chat (Natal Robin) Cossypha natalensis White-throated Robin-Chat Cossypha humeralis Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia White-browed Scrub-Robin Erythropygia leucophrys (Eastern) Bearded Scrub-Robin Erythropygia quadrivirgata Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler Parisoma subcaeruleum Southern (Mashona) Hyliota Hyliota australis Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina

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316. 317. 318. 319. 320. 321. 322. 323. 324. 325. 326. 327. 328. 329. 330. 331. 332. 333. 334. 335. 336. 337. 338. 339. 340. 341. 342.

Olivetree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus (European) Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris (European) Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Lesser Swamp (Cape Reed) Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris Dark-capped Yellow warbler Chloropeta natalensis Little Rush (African Sedge) Warbler Bradypterus baboecala Broad-tailed Warbler Schoenicola brevirostris Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida Rudds Apalis Apalis ruddi Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis Green-backed Camaroptera (Bleating Warbler) Camaroptera brachyura Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata Stierlings (Barred) Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi Zitting (Fan-tailed) Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridula Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops Rufous-winged (Black-backed) Cisticola Cisticola galactotes Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
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343. 344. 345. 346. 347. 348. 349. 350. 351. 352. 353. 354. 355. 356. 357. 358. 359. 360. 361. 362. 363. 364. 365. 366. 367. 368.

Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta Ashy (Bluegrey) Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens Grey Tit-Flycatcher (Fan-tailed Flycatcher) Myioparus plumbeus Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina Marico Flycatcher Melaenornis mariquensis Pallid Flycatcher Melaenornis pallidus Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens Cape Batis Batis capensis Chinspot Batis Batis molitor Black-throated Wattle-eye (Wattle-eyed Flycatcher) Platysteira peltata Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita Blue-mantled Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp Mountain (Long-tailed) Wagtail Motacilla clara Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava African (Grassveld) Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer

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369. 370. 371. 372. 373. 374. 375. 376. 377. 378. 379. 380. 381. 382. 383. 384. 385. 386. 387. 388. 389. 390. 391. 392. 393. 394. 395.

Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike) Lanius collaris Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Magpie (African Long-tailed) Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla Brubru Nilaus afer Brown-crowned (Three-streaked) Tchagra Tchagra australis Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala Gorgeous Bush-Shrike Telephorus quadricolor Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike Telephorus sulfureopectus Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti White-crested Helmet-Shrike Prionops plumatus Retzs (Red-billed) Helmet-Shrike Prionops retzii Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea Violet-backed (Plum-coloured) Starling Cinnyrinclus leucogaster Burchells Starling Lamprotornis australis Meves (Long-tailed) Starling Lamprotornis mevesii Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus Black-bellied Starling Lamprotornis corruscus Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
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396. 397. 398. 399. 400. 401. 402. 403. 404. 405. 406. 407. 408. 409. 410. 411. 412. 413. 414. 415. 416. 417. 418. 419. 420. 421.

Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis Amethyst (African Black) Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris Cape White-eye Zosterops pallidus African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali House Sparrow Passer domesticus Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus Yellow-throated Petronia Petronia superciliaris Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis Village (Spotted-backed) Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps Cuckoo Finch Anomalospiza imberbis Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix Yellow-crowned (Golden) Bishop Euplectes afer Fan-tailed (Red-shouldered) Widowbird Euplectes axillaris White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus

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422. 423. 424. 425. 426. 427. 428. 429. 430. 431. 432. 433. 434. 435. 436. 437. 438. 439. 440. 441. 442. 443. 444. 445. 446. 447. 448.

Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch) Pytilia melba Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus African (Blue-billed) Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata Jamesons Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatinus Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis Orange-breasted Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus Red-backed Mannikin Spermestes bicolor Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia Long-tailed (Eastern) Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea Dusky Indigobird (Black Widowfinch) Vidua funerea Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens Village Indigobird (Steelblue Widowfinch) Vidua chalybeata Yellow-fronted (Yellow-eyed) Canary Serinus mozambicus Black-throated Canary Serinus atrogularis Lemon-breasted Canary Serinus citrinipectus Brimstone (Bully) Canary Serinus sulphuratus Streaky-headed Seed-eater Serinus gularis
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449. 450. 451.

Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting Emberiza tahapisi Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani

TOTAL: 451 species UNCONFIRMED SPECIES AND/OR EXTREME VAGRANTS 1. Garganey Anas querquedula 2. Northern Shoveller Anas clypeata 3. Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa 4. Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 5. Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus 6. African Hobby Falco cuvierii Dicey 7. Sooty Falcon Falco concolo Dicey 8. Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera 9. Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides 10.Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer 11.Grey (Southern) Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum 12.Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis 13.Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus 14.Turnstone Arenaria interpres 15.Bairds Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Dicey 16.Red (Grey) Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria 17.Meyers Parrot Poicephalus meyeri 18.Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 19.Wing-snapping (Ayres) Cisticola Cisticola ayresi 20.Levaillants Cisticola Cisticola tinniens

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21.Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans 22.Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus 23.Miombo (Southern Lesser) Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis Elisabeth 24.Gurneys Sugarbird Promerops gurneyi 25.Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops 26.Black-faced (Black-cheeked) Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos TOTAL: 26 species

SUGGESTED FURTHER READING 1. 2. Kemp, A.C. (1980). The distribution and status of the birds of the Kruger National Park. Koedoe Monograph 2. National Parks Board, Pretoria. KEMP, A.C., DEAN, W.J.R., WHYTE, I.J., MILTON, S.J. &. BENSON, P.C. (2003) Birds of the Kruger National Park: possible responses and contributions to ecological heterogeneity. . In: The Kruger Experience Ecology and Management of Savanna Heterogeneity. Eds. du Toit, J. Rogers, K.H. & Biggs, H.C. Washington, Island Press. KEMP, A.C., HERHOLDT, J.J., WHYTE, I.J. & HARRISON, J. 2001. Birds of the two largest national parks in South Africa: a method to generate estimates of population size for all species and assess their conservation ecology. South African Journal of Science 97 (9/10): 393-403. Newman, K. 1987. Birds of the Kruger National Park. Johannesburg, Southern Book Publishers. SINCLAIR, I. & WHYTE, I.J. 1991. National Park. Struik, Cape Town. Field Guide to the Birds of the Kruger

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