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The Natural History Society of Swaziland Fauna and Flora: Birds
Wild Swaziland's Bird Species List below can be downloaded, free of charge, from the following links: As an Adobe Acrobat pdf Ticklist
The Bird Species List: LIST OF THE BIRDS OF SWAZILAND (List for “Wild Swaziland”) Compiled by Ara Monadjem - January 2006 (New species added by Phil Perry on 5 March 2006) Roberts # Common Name Scientific Name 1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus 188 Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui 189 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena 192 Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii 191 Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi 196 Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis 198 Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer 199 Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii 200 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 201 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei 202 Blue Quail Coturnix adansonii 204 Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi 203 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 100 Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 99 White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata 101 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus 117 Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa 102 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 116 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 115 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 114 African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus 106 Cape Teal Anas capensis 105 African Black Duck Anas sparsa 104 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 112 Cape Shoveler Anas smithii 108 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha 107 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota 113 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma 205 Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus 475 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus 474 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 476 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 478 Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus 489 Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis 481 Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii 483 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni 480 Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus 486 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens 487 Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus 488 Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus 466 White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis 471 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus 470 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus 469 Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus 465 Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas 464 Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus 473 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii 458 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus 459 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas 460 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus 457 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus 455 Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator 463 Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri 451 African Hoopoe Upupa africana 452 Green Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 454 Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 427 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina 446 European Roller Coracias garrulus 447 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus 449 Purple Roller Coracias naevius 450 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 430 Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata 431 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata 432 African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta 436 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 433 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris 437 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 429 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maximus 428 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 443 White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides 444 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 445 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 440 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 438 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 441 Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides 424 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus 426 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus 382 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 381 Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii 380 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 383 Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti 377 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 378 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus 374 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 375 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis 385 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas 384 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus 386 Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 388 Black Coucal Centropus grillii 391 Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii 363 Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus 421 African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus 418 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 411 Common Swift Apus apus 412 African Black Swift Apus barbatus 417 Little Swift Apus affinis 416 Horus Swift Apus horus 415 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii 370 Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix 371 Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus 373 Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor 392 Barn Owl Tyto alba 393 African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis 396 African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis 397 Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Ptilopsis granti 400 Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis 401 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus 402 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus 403 Pel's Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli 394 African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii 398 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum 399 African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense 395 Marsh Owl Asio capensis 405 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis 408 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma 409 Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii 404 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 410 Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius 348 Rock Dove Columba livia 349 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 350 African Olive-Pigeon Columba arquatrix 360 Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata 355 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 354 Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola 352 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 358 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos 359 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria 356 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 361 African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus 230 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 231 Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami 237 Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista 233 White-bellied Korhaan Eupodotis senegalensis 238 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster 209 Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum 208 Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus 207 Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus 229 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis 218 Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans 217 Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa 221 Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis 210 African Rail Rallus caerulescens 212 African Crake Crecopsis egregia 211 Corn Crake Crex crex 213 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris 215 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 223 African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis 224 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni 226 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 227 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata 228 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 286 African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis 269 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 270 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 265 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 266 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 263 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 264 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 262 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 281 Sanderling Calidris alba 274 Little Stint Calidris minuta 272 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 284 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 242 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 240 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 241 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis 298 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus 297 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis 295 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 294 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 254 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 245 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 248 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 249 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 246 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus 252 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 258 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus 260 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 256 Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris 257 Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus 255 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 303 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus 300 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii 304 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 315 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus 322 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 332 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata 338 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 339 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 170 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 128 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides 130 European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus 127 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 126 Black Kite Milvus migrans 148 African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 121 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 123 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 122 Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres 124 Lappet-faced Vulture Aegypius tracheliotus 125 White-headed Vulture Aegypius occipitalis 143 Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis 142 Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus 146 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 165 African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus 168 Black Harrier Circus maurus 166 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 169 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus 154 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 163 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates 161 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar 160 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro 159 Shikra Accipiter badius 157 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus 156 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis 155 Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris 158 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 149 Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus 150 Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus 152 Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus 133 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 132 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 134 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina 131 Verreauxs' Eagle Aquila verreauxii 137 African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster 138 Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Aquila ayresii 136 Booted Eagle Aquila pennatus 135 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi 140 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 139 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 141 African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus 118 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius 183 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 181 Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus 179 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 180 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis 173 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 172 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 171 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 8 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 6 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 7 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 60 African Darter Anhinga rufa 58 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 55 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus 69 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca 67 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 68 Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia 66 Great Egret Egretta alba 62 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 63 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 64 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 65 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 71 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 72 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 75 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris 74 Green-backed Heron Butorides striata 76 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 77 White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus 78 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 79 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii 81 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 96 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 97 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor 93 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 94 Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 92 Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus 91 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 95 African Spoonbill Platalea alba 49 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 50 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 90 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 87 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus 84 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 85 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 86 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 83 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 88 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 89 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus 490 African Broadbill Smithornis capensis 543 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 545 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus 542 Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii 541 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 708 Blue-mantled Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas 710 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 741 Brubru Nilaus afer 740 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla 744 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 743 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis 742 Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra 736 Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus 746 Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus 748 Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike Telophorus sulfureopectus 750 Olive Bush-Shrike Telophorus olivaceus 747 Gorgeous Bush-Shrike Telophorus viridis 751 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti 753 White-crested Helmet-Shrike Prionops plumatus 754 Retz's Helmet-Shrike Prionops retzii 700 Cape Batis Batis capensis 701 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor 705 Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata 547 Cape Crow Corvus capensis 548 Pied Crow Corvus albus 550 White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis 733 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 731 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 732 Common Fiscal Lanius collaris 735 Magpie Shrike Corvinella melanoleuca 539 White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis 540 Grey Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia 538 Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava 558 Grey Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli 554 Southern Black Tit Parus niger 532 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 533 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola 534 Banded Martin Riparia cincta 531 Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga 518 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 520 White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis 522 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 521 Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea 526 Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata 527 Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica 524 Red-breasted Swallow Hirundo semirufa 529 Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula 530 Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum 536 Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomelaena 568 Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor 572 Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus 574 Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris 569 Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris 570 Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus 575 Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis 706 Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita 661 Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer 651 Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens 653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis 655 Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops 656 Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis 642 Broad-tailed Warbler Schoenicola brevirostris 638 Little Rush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala 634 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 631 African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 633 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 628 Great Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 635 Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris 625 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 637 Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis 644 Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla 643 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 560 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii 565 Bush Blackcap Lioptilus nigricapillus 621 Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler Parisoma subcaeruleum 619 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 620 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 796 Cape White-eye Zosterops virens 674 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops 679 Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans 672 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana 670 Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais 677 Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens 678 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis 681 Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla 664 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 665 Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus 666 Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix 667 Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii 683 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Drakensberg Prinia Prinia hypoxantha 645 Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica 648 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida 649 Rudd's Apalis Apalis ruddi 657 Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura 659 Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi 494 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana 496 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea 498 Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota 505 Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata 515 Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark Eremopterix leucotis 507 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea 581 Cape Rock-Thrush Monticola rupestris 582 Sentinel Rock-Thrush Monticola explorator 579 Orange Ground-Thrush Zoothera gurneyi 580 Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitsirupa 576 Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus 577 Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus 696 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus 694 Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina 698 Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens 689 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 690 African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta 691 Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens 693 Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus 606 White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata 601 Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra 602 White-throated Robin-Chat Cossypha humeralis 599 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini 600 Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis 598 Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa 617 Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata 616 Brown Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas signata 613 White-browed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys 596 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 588 Buff-streaked Chat Oenanthe bifasciata 586 Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticola 587 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata 589 Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris 595 Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora 593 Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris 769 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio 768 Black-bellied Starling Lamprotornis corruscus 764 Cape Glossy Starling Lamprotornis nitens 762 Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis 761 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 759 Pied Starling Spreo bicolor 760 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea 758 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 771 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus 772 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus 790 Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea 789 Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii 792 Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina 791 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis 775 Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa 793 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris 783 Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus 785 Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer 787 |