SELOUS IMPALA BIRD LIST

Birds List compiled by Selous Impala Camp Guides

Updated March 2010

 

Please also refer to our website bird list for the Selous Game Reserve at:

www.adventurecampstz.com/selousbirds.htm

 

DARTER

African Darter

 

PELICANS (usually Jul-Sept)

White Pelican, Pink-backed Pelican

 

HERONS, EGRETS and BITTERNS

Purple Heron, Grey Heron, Rufuos-Bellied Heron, Striated Heron, Goliath Heron, Black-Headed Heron, Madagascar Squaccothreatened (May-Oct), Cattle Egret, Green-Backed Heron, Great White Egret, Black Heron, Little Egret, Yellow-Billed Egret, White-Backed Night Heron, Black Crowned Night Heron

 

HAMERKOP

Hamerkop

 

STORKS

Yellow-Billed Stork, Open-Billed Stork, White Stork (Nov-Apr), Abdim’s Stork, Woolly-Necked Stork, Saddle-Billed Stork, Marabou Stork

 

IBISES and SPOONBILLS

African, Spoonbill, Hadada Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Sacred Ibis

 

DUCK & GEESE

Fulvous Whistling Duck, White-Faced Whistling Duck, Red-Billed Teal, Egyptian Goose, Knob-Billed Duck, White-Backed Duck, Spur-Winged Goose, African Pigmy Goose, African Black Duck

 

VULTURES, EAGLES, HAWKS, KITES, BUZZARDs and OSPREY

Black Kite, Black-Shouldered Kite, African Fish Eagle, Palm-Nut Vulture, Osprey, Africa White-Backed Vulture, Ruppel’s Vulture, Hooded Vulture, White-Headed Vulture, Lappet-Faced Vulture threatened, Brown Snake Eagle, Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Sep-Apr), Dark Chanting Goshawk, Lizard Buzzard, Shikra, African Goshawk, Little Sparrow Hawk, African Harrier Hawk, Common Buzzard (Spe-Apr), Tawny Eagle, Lesser Spotted Eagle, African Hawk Eagle, Bateleur, Long-Crested Eagle, Verraux Eagle, Martial Eagle, Short-Toed Snake Eagle (Oct-Mar), Pallied Harrier (Oct-Apr), Montagu’s Harrier (Oct-Apr), Black-Chested Snake Eagle, Steppe Eagle (Oct-Apr), Bat Hawks

 

FALCONS

Peregrine Falcon, Grey Kestrel, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Lesser Kestrel threatened (Oct-May), Common Kestrel (Oct-May), African Hobby Falcon, Red-Necked Falcon, African Pigmy Falcon, Sooty Falcon (Oct-Dec, Feb-May), Eurasian Hobby Falcon (Sep-May), Eleonora’s Falcon (Oct-Nov, Mar-May), Lanner Falcon

 

QUAILS and FRANCOLINS

Crested Francolin, Red-Necked Spurfowl, Harlequim Quail, Common Quail, Cocqui Francolin, Hildebrant’s Francolin, Common Botton

 

GUINEAFOWLS

Helmeted Guineafowl, Crested Guineafowl

 

RAILS, COOTS and GALLINULES

Black Crake, Corn Crake, African Crake, African Finfoot

 

BUSTARD

Black-Bellied Bustard

 

JACANAS

African Jacana, Painted Snipe

  

AVOCET and STILTS

Black-Winged Stilt, Pied Avocet

 

THICK-KNEES

Water Thick-Knee, Spotted Thick-Knee

 

COURSER and PRANTICOLES

Temminck’s Courser, Violet-Tipped Courser, Collared Pranticole

 

PLOVERS

Common Ringed Plover (Sep-May), Kittliz’s Plover, Three-Banded Plover, Blacksmith Plover, Crowned Plover, Spur-Winged Plover, Black-Winged Lapwing, White Crowned Lapwing, Senegal Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Greater Sandplover

 

SANDPIPER, PHALAROPES and SNIPES

Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Greenshank (Sept-Apr), Green Sandpiper (Jul-Apr), Marsh Sandpiper (Aug-Apr), Common Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper (Aug-may, breed Mar-May), Little Stint (Aug-May), Ruff (Aug-May passage migrant), Greater Painted Snipe, Common Snipe (Sept-May)

 

SKIMMER

African Skimmer

 

PIGEONS and DOVES

Namaqua Dove, Ring-Necked Dove, Red-Eyed Dove, Laughing Dove, Emerald-Spotted Wood Dove, African Green Pigeon, Lemon Dove, Tambourine Dove

 

PARROTS and LOVEBIRD

Brown-Headed Parrot, Brown-Necked Parrot, Grey-Necked Parrot

 

TURACOS

Grey Go-Away Bird, Livingstone’s Turaco, Purple-Crested Turaco

 

CUCKOO and COUCALS

Diederik Cuckoo, Klaa’s Cuckoo, Black and White Cuckoo, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, Red-Chested Cuckoo, Burchell’s Coucal, White-Browed Coucal, Emerald Cuckoo, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Eurasian Cuckoo, African Cuckoo, Barred Long-Tailed Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo Shrike

 

OWLS and OWLET

Barn Owl, Verraux Eagle Owl, Spotted Eagle Owl, Pearl-Spotted Owlet, African Barred Owlet, Pel’s Fishing Owl (Jun-Oct), African Wood Owl, White faced Scop Owl, White-Faced Scop Owl

 

NIGHTJARS

Eurasian Nightjar, Square-Tailed Nightjar, Pennant-Winged Nightjar (Aug-Mar), Fiery-Necked Nightjar, Gabon Nightjar, Freckled Nightjar

 

SWIFTS and SPINETAILS (most migrant, MAR-SEPT)

White-Rumped Swift, Palm Swift, Eurasian Swift, Horus Swift, Mottled Swift, Little Swift. African Black Swift, Bohm’s Spinetail

 

MOUSEBIRDS and TROGON

Speckled Mousebirds, Blue-Naped Mousebird, Red-Faced Mousebird, Narina’s Trogon

 

KINGFISHER

Grey-Headed Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Brown-Hooded Kingfisher, Woodland Kingfisher, African Pigmy Kingfisher, Striped Kingfisher, Mangrove Kingfisher

 

BEE-EATERS

Little Bee-eater, Bohm’s Bee-eater, White-Throated Bee-eater, White-Fronted Bee-eater, Carmine Bee-eater (Sept-Apr) Blue-checked Bee-eater (Nov-Apr), European Bee-eater (Oct-Dec), Madagascar Bee-eater (Apr-Sept), Swallow-Tailed Bee-eater

 

ROLLERS

Lilac-Breasted Roller, European Roller (Nov-May), Broad-Billed Roller, Racket-Tailed Roller

 

 WOOD-HOOPOES and SCIMITARBILLS

Common Scimitarbill, Green Wood Hoopoe, African Hoopoe

 

HORNBILLS

Trumpet Hornibill, Crowned Hornbill, Von Deckens Hornbill, African Grey Hornbill, Southern Ground Hornbill, Pale Billed Hornbill, Silvery-Cheeked Hornbill

 

BARBETS

Spotted-Flanked Barbet, Black-Collared Barbet, Brown-Breasted Barbet, Crested Barbet, White-Eared Barbet, Yellow-Fronted Tinkebird, Red-Fronted Thinkebird, Levaillant’s Barbet

 

HONEYGUIDES

Lesser Honeyguide, Greater Honeyguide, Scaly-Throated Honeyguide, Black-Throated Honeyguide

 

WOODPECKERS

Golden-Tailed Woodpecker, Speckle-Throated Woodpecker, Green-Backed Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Bearded woodpecker, Stierling’s Woodpecker

 

BROADBILL

African Broadbill

 

PITTA

African Pitta

 

SWALLOWS and MARTIN

Greated-Striped Swallow (May-Aug), Common-House Martin, Lesser-Striped Swallow, White-Tailed Swallow, Barn Swallow (Aug-Apr), Mosque Swallow, African Rock Martin, Grey-Rumped Swallow, Eurasian Swallow, African Sand Martin, Eurasian Sand Martin

 

BULBULS

Yellow-Bellied Greenbul, Common Bulbul, Little Greenbul, Shelley’s Greenbul, Yellow-Streaked Grenbul, Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul, Tiny Greenbul, Fischer’s Greenbul, Northen Brwonbul, Brownbul

 

THRUSHES and CHATS

Cliff Chat, Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin, Collared-Palm Thrush, Spotted-Morning Thrush, White-Headed Black Chat, Red-Capped Robin Chat, White-Browed Robin Chat, White-Browed Scrub Robin, Red-tailed Chat, Morning Thrush, Miombo Rock Thrush, White-Starred Forrest Robin, Orange Ground Thrush, Kurrichane Trhush, White-Chested Alethe

 

WHEATER

Northen Wheater, Capped Wheater, Pied Wheater

 

WARBLERS and CAMAROPTERAS

Yellow-Breasted Apalis, Olivaceus Warbler, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Lesser Swamp Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Black-Headed Apalis, Little Rush Warbler, Grey-Backed Camaroptera, Green-Back Camaroptera, Barred Wren Warbler, Red-Winged Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Tawny-Flanked Prinia

CROMBECS

Red-Faced Crombec

 

EREMOMELAS

Yellow-Bellied Eremomela, Green-Caped Eremomela

 

BATISES and WATTLE-EYES

Black-Headed Batis, Grey-Headed Batis, Forrest Batis, Pale Batis, Black-Throated Wattleye

 

FLYCATCHER

Spotted Flycatcher, African Paradise Flycatcher, African Grey Flycatcher, Pale Flycatcher, Ashy Flycatcher, African Dusky Flycatcher, Lead-Coloured Flycatcher, Southern Black Flycatcher, Leda-Colored Flycatcher, Black and White Flycatcher, Livingstone’s Flycatcher, Crested Flycatcher

 

SUNBIRDS

Collared Sunbird, Mariko Sunbird, Scarlet-Chested Sunbird, Miombo Double-Colored Sunbird, Shelley’s Sunbird, Amethysts Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Purple Bandit Sunbird, Violet-Backed Sunbird, Rufus-Winged SunbirdEndemic, Ulunguru Violet-Backed Sunbird, Variable Sunbird

 

WHITE-EYES

Yellow White-eye

 

ORIOLIDAE

African Golden Oriole, Black-Headed Oriole, Green-Headed Oriole

 

SHRIKES

Long-Tailed Fiscal, Common Fiscal, Red-Backed Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Black-Backed Puffback, Grey-Headed Bush Shrike, Tropical Boubou, Sulphur-Breasted Bush Shrike, Black Headed Tchagra, Brown-Crown Tchagra, Marsh Tchagra, Retz’s Helmet Shrike, White-Crested Helmet Shrike, Black-Fronted Bush Shrike, Brown-Headed Tchagra, Red-Tailed Shrike, Chestnut-Fronted Helmet Shrike, Long-Tailed Fiscal

DRONGOS

Fork-Tailed Drongo, Square Tailed Drongo

 

CROWS and RAVENS

Pied Crow

 

OXPECKER

Red-Billed Oxpecker, Yellow-Billed Oxpecker

  

STARLINGS

Violet-Backed Starling, Greater Blue-Eared Starling, Wattled Starling, Lesser Blue-Eared Starling

 

SPARROW

House Sparrow, Grey-Headed Sparrow

 

WEAVERS

Red-Billed Buffalo-Weavers, Red-Headed Weaver, Black-Headed Weaver, Lesser Masked Weaver, Spectacled Weaver, African Golden Weaver, White-Browed Sparrow Weaver, Grosbeak Weaver, Parasitic Weaver, Dark Backed Weaver, Masked Weaver, Olive-Headed Golden Weaver, Vetelline Masked Weaver

 

RED BISHOPS

Zanzibar Red Bishop

 

QUELEAS

Red-Billed Quelea, Red-Headed Quelea

 

PYTILIA and COROND BLEUS

Green-Winged Pytilia, Southern Cordon Bleu, Orange-Winged Pytilia, Green-Backed Twinspot, Peter’s Twinspot

 

FIREFINCHERS

African Firefinch, Red-Billed Firefinch

 

WAXBILL

Common Waxbill, Zebra Waxbill, Lavender Waxbill

 

WHYDAHS and INDIGOBIRDS

Steel Blue Whydah, Village Indigobird, Pin-Tailed Whydah, Broad-Tailed Paradise Whydah, Eastern Paradise Whydah, Variable Indigobird, African Firefinch Indigobird

 

SEEDEATERS and CANARIES

Yellow-Rumped Seedeater, Yellow-Fronted Canaries, African Citril, Brimstone Canary

 

BUNTING

African Golden-Breasted Bunting, Cabani’s Bunting, Cinnamon-Breasted Rock Bunting

 SPINETAIL

Bohm’s Spinetail, Mottle-Throated Spinetail

 

RED BISHOP

Black Winged Red Bishop, Yellow Bishop, Zanzibar Red Bishop

 

WIDOWBIRD

White Winged Widowbird, Red-Naped Widowbird, Fan-Tailed Widowbird

 

MANNIKIN Bronze Mannikin, Black and White Mannikin

 

BABBLER

Arrow-Marked Babbler, Black Lored Babbler

PENDULINE TITS

Grey Penduline Tits, White-Bellied Tit, Black Tit, Rufous-Bellied Titt

 

TERN

Whiskered Tern (Jul-Apr), Gull-Billed Tern (Jul-Apr)  

CISTICOLA

Desert Cisticola, Siffling Cisticola, Rattling Cisticola, Red-Faced Cisticola, Tabora Cisticola, Winding Cisticola, Zittling Cisticola, Croaking CIsticola

 

PIPIT

Little Tawny Pipit, Richard’s Pipit, Long-Billed Pipit, Buffy Pipit, Tree Pipit, Yellow-Throated Longclaw