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CHECKLIST OF RUAHA BIRDS
Many thanks to Rob Glen and Sue Stolberger, who provided this list of over 526 species.
Please take a look at the interesting websites of these two amazing artists:
www.suestolberger.com
www.robertglen.com
Serious Twitchers are most welcome to contact the webmaster at: info@adventurecampstz.com
if any errors are noted. Any information or photos that can be added to this list would be most gratefully received.
Updated July 2010
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| Larks: Alaudidae | |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix leucotis |
| Fischer's Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana |
| Northern White-tailed bush lark | Mirafra albicauda |
| Dusky bush Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans |
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea |
| Swallows: Hirundinidae | |
| Common House Martin | Delichon urbica |
| Striped Swallow | Hirundo abyssinica |
| Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
| Larger-striped Swallow | Hirundo cucullata |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Hiundo daurica |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimediata |
| (African) Rock Martin | Hirundo fuligula |
| Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| Barn (Eurasian) Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Mosque Swallow | Hirundo senagalensis |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| White-headed Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne holomelas |
| Banded Martin | Riparia cincta |
| African Sand Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| Drongos: Dicruridae | |
| Forked-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| Orioles: Orioles | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| Eurasian Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
| Crows: Corvidae | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| White-naped Raven | Corvus albicollis |
| Tits: Paridae | |
| White-bellied Tit | Parus albiventris |
| Miombo Grey Tit | Parus griseiventris |
| White-winged Tit | Parus leucomelas |
| Rufous-bellied Tit | Parus rufiventris |
| Penduline Tits: Remizidae | |
| African Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus caroli |
| Spotted Creeper: Certhiidae | |
| Spotted Creeper | Salpornis spilonatus |
| Babblers: Timaliidae | |
| African Hill Babbler | Pseudoalcippe abyssinica |
| Scaly Chatterer | Turdoides aylmeri |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| Black-lored Babbler | Turdiodes sharpei |
| Cuckoo-Shrikes: Campephagidae | |
| Black Cuckoo Shrike | Campephaga flava |
| White-breasted Cuckoo Shrike | Coracina pectoralis |
| Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae | |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis |
| Leaflove | Phyllastrephus scandens |
| Grey-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Thrushes: Turdidae | |
| Red-tailed (Familiar) Chat | Cercomela familiaris |
| White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| Miombo Bearded Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas barbata |
| Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas quadrivirgata |
| Collared-palm Thrush | Cichladusa arquata |
| Spotted Morning Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| Red-capped Robin Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| Irania | Irania gutteralis |
| Sprosser | Luscinia luscinia |
| Miombo Rock Thrush | Monticola angolensis |
| Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
| Arnot's Chat (variation) | To be named |
| Cliff Chat | Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris |
| Orange Ground Thrush | Zoothera gurneyi |
| Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyanus |
| Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsipsirupa |
| Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus |
| Warblers: Sylviidae | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| African Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera bachyura |
| Miombo Wren Warbler | Calamonastes undosus |
| Yellow Warbler | Chloropeta natalensis |
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans |
| Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| Long-tailed (Tabora) Cisticola | Cisticola angusticaudus |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis |
| Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus |
| Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina |
| Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum |
| Olivaceus Warbler | Hippolais pallida |
| Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster |
| Banded Parisoma | Parisoma boehmi |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| Broad-tailed Warbler | Schoenicola brevirostris |
| Moustached Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
| Common White throat | Sylvia communis |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin |
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
| Flycatchers: Muscicapidae | |
| African Grey Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynhus |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis |
| Semi-collared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata |
| White-eyed Slatey Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri |
| Southern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| Lead-coloured Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus |
| Batises etc: Platysteiridae | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platisteira pelata |
| Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae | |
| African Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| White-tailed Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus albonotatus |
| Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas |
| Wagtails, Pipits:- Motacillidae | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris |
| Grassland (Richard's) Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis (nyassae) |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus |
| Bush-Shrikes: malaconotidae | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus |
| Slate Coloured Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| Grey-headed Bush Shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike | Malaconotus sulfureopectus |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegala |
| Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minuta |
| Shrikes: Laniidae | |
| Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleucus |
| Fiscal Shrike | Lanius collaris |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor |
| Souzas Shrike | Lanius souzae |
| Northern White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus rupelli |
| Helmet-Shrikes: Prionopidae | |
| White-crested Helmet Shrike | Prionops plumatus |
| Retz's Helmet Shrike | Prionops retzii |
| Starlings and Oxpeckers: Sturnidae | |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| Ashy Starling | Cosmopsarus unicolor |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| Southern Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis elisabeth |
| White-winged Starling | Neocichla gutteralis |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| Wallers Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus walleri |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotprnis (Spreo) superbus |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus |
| Sunbirds: Nectariniidae | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei |
| Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| Little Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciata |
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cuprea |
| Miombo Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris manoensis |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchella |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venusta |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| White-eyes: Zosteropidae | |
| Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| Weavers: Ploceidae | |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| Black-winged Red Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macrourus |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| Vitelline Masked Weaver | Ploceus vilatus |
| Holub's Golden Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| Red-billed Buffalo Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| White-headed Buffalo Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| White-browed Sparrow Weaver | Plocespasser mahali |
| Grey-headed Social Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminebey |
| Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus |
| Yellow-throated Petronia | Petronia superciliaris |
| Speckled-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
| Whydhas: Viduinae | |
| Red-billed Firefinch Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| Variable Firefinch Indigobird | Vidua funerea |
| Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens |
| Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua ficheri |
| Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah | Vidua obtusa |
| Eastern Paradise Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| Waxbills: Estrildidae | |
| Zebra waxbill | Amandava subflava |
| Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| Black-faced Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos |
| Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola |
| Black-tailed Grey Waxbill (Lavender) | Estrilda perreini |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| Peter's Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus |
| Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| Oranged-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| Southern Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| Blue-capped Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus |
| Purple Grenadier | Uraeginthus ianthinogaster |
| Cut-throat Finch | Amadina fasciata |
| Black and White Mannikin | Lonchura bicolor |
| Bronze Mannikin | Lonchura cucullata |
| Grey-headed Silver-bill | Lonchura griseicapilla |
| Buntings: Emberizidae | |
| Cabanis' Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| Finches: Fringillidae | |
| Yellow-rumped Seed-eater | Serinus reichenowi |
| Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus canicollis |
| African Citril | Serinus hypostictus |
| White-bellied Canary | Serinus dorsostriatus |
| Black-eared Seed-eater | Serinus mennelli |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Serinus mozambicus |
| Striped-breasted Seed-eater | Serinus reichardi |
| Black-throated Seed-eater | Serinus atrogularis |
