Ostrich
Ostrich
2
 
Botswana, Namibia
4 dustbathing in Namibia
Grebes
Little Grebe 3   Botswana, Namibia  
Pelicans
Great White Pelican 2   Botswana  
Pink-backed Pelican 3   Botswana  
Cormorants, Anhinga
Long-tailed Cormorant 15      
African Darter 15      
Herons & Egrets
Gray Heron 11      
Black-headed Heron 1   Namibia  
Goliath Heron 2      
Purple Heron 2      
Great Egret 11      
Slaty Egret 3 yes Botswana  
Black Heron 3      
Intermediate Egret 1      
Little Egret 11      
Squacco Heron 5      
Rufous-bellied Heron 1 yes Botswana  
Cattle Egret 15      
Striated Heron 7      
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1      
White-backed Night-Heron 2 yes Botswana Boat trip
Dwarf Bittern 2      
Hammerkop
Hammerkop 13      
Wood Stork, Ibis, Spoonbill
Yellow-billed Stork 4      
African Openbill 7      
White Stork 1      
Saddle-billed Stork 4      
Marabou Stork 7      
Sacred Ibis 7      
Hadada Ibis 6      
Glossy Ibis 7      
African Spoonbill 4      
Ducks, Geese
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 1      
White-faced Whistling-Duck 11      
White-backed Duck 2 yes    
Egyptian Goose 11      
Spur-winged Goose 8      
Comb Duck 8      
African Pygmy-Goose 4 yes    
Yellow-billed Duck 2      
Red-billed Duck 5      
Hottentot Teal 2      
Cape Shoveler 1      
Southern Pochard 2      
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Vultures2
Black-shouldered Kite 2      
African Fish-Eagle 12      
Hooded Vulture 5      
White-backed Vulture 6      
Lappet-faced Vulture 2      
White-headed Vulture 3      
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle 1      
Brown Snake-Eagle 2      
Banded Snake-Eagle 1 yes Botswana  
Bateleur 10      
African Marsh-Harrier 3      
African Harrier-Hawk 3      
Lizard Buzzard 1   Zambia  
Dark Chanting-Goshawk 3      
Pale Chanting-Goshawk 1 yes    
Gabar Goshawk 3      
Shikra 2      
Little Sparrowhawk 4 yes    
Ovampo Sparrowhawk 1 yes Botswana  
Tawny Eagle 8      
Wahlberg's Eagle 5      
African Hawk-Eagle 2 yes Botswana  
Martial Eagle 2      
Secretarybird
Secretary-bird 1      
Falcons
Dickinson's Kestrel 3 yes    
Red-necked Falcon 1 yes    
Lanner Falcon 5      
Francolin, Quail
Red-billed Francolin 12 yes    
Natal Francolin 1   Zambia From boat
Swainson's Francolin 8      
Harlequin Quail 1 yes Botswana  
Helmeted Guineafowl 9      
Small Buttonquail 1   Namibia  
Crane
Wattled Crane 2 yes Botswana  
Rails, Finfoot, Jacana
African Rail 1 yes Botswana  
Black Crake 2      
Common Moorhen 1      
Lesser Moorhen 1 yes Botswana  
Red-knobbed Coot 1      
African Finfoot 1 yes Botswana  
Lesser Jacana 1   Botswana  
African Jacana 11      
Painted Snipe, Stilts, Thickknee, Pratincole
Greater Painted-Snipe 1      
jBlack-winged Stilt 1      
Water Thick-knee 8      
Collared Pratincole 3      
Lapwings, Plovers
Long-toed Lapwing 3      
Blacksmith Plover 14      
White-headed Lapwing 2      
Crowned Lapwing 8      
Wattled Lapwing 2      
Kittlitz's Plover 2      
Sandpipers
African Snipe 1   Botswana  
Common Sandpiper 2      
Wood Sandpiper 8      
Ruff / Reeve 1      
Gulls & Terns
Gray-headed Gull 4      
White-winged Tern 2      
Whiskered Tern 3      
Sandgrouse
Double-banded Sandgrouse 3 yes Botswana  
Pigeons & Doves
Red-eyed Dove 14      
Ring-necked Dove 15      
Laughing Dove 14      
Emerald-spotted Dove 10      
Namaqua Dove 5      
African Green-Pigeon 1      
Parrots
Meyer's Parrot 5      
Turacos
Schalow's Turaco 1   Namibia  
Gray Go-Away Bird 14      
Cuckoos
Pied Cuckoo 2      
Levaillant's Cuckoo 4 yes    
African Cuckoo 1      
Dideric Cuckoo 1      
Coppery-tailed Coucal 8 yes    
Senegal Coucal 1 yes Botswana  
White-browed Coucal 1      
Owls
Barn Owl 1      
African Scops-Owl 3      
Southern White-faced Owl 2 yes    
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl 2      
Pel's Fishing-Owl 1 yes    
African Wood-Owl 3 yes    
Pearl-spotted Owlet 4      
African Barred Owlet 2 yes Namibia  
Nighthawks
Freckled Nightjar 1   Botswana  
Square-tailed Nightjar 5 yes    
Swifts
African Palm-Swift 4      
African Swift 1      
Little Swift 6      
White-rumped Swift 1   Zambia  
Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird 5      
Kingfishers
Half-collared Kingfisher 1 yes Zambia  
Malachite Kingfisher 4      
Gray-headed Kingfisher 5      
Woodland Kingfisher 7 yes    
Brown-hooded Kingfisher 3      
Striped Kingfisher 1      
Giant Kingfisher 1      
Pied Kingfisher 12      
BeeEaters
White-fronted Bee-Eater 5      
Little Bee-Eater 9      
Swallow-tailed Bee-Eater 3 yes Botswana  
Blue-cheeked Bee-Eater 3      
European Bee-Eater 4      
Southern Carmine Bee-Eater 1 yes Namibia  
Rollers
Lilac-breasted Roller 14      
Racket-tailed Roller 1 yes Botswana  
Rufous-crowned Roller 1   Namibia  
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe 2      
Green Wood-Hoopoe 9      
Common Scimitar-bill 2   Botswana  
Hornbills
Red-billed Hornbill 11      
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 4      
Bradfield's Hornbill 4 yes    
African Gray Hornbill 13      
Southern Ground-Hornbill 2   Botswana  
Barbets
Crested Barbet 2      
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 5 yes    
Pied Barbet 5      
Black-collared Barbet 6      
Honeyguides
Wahlberg's Honeyguide 1 yes    
Lesser Honeyguide 1      
Greater Honeyguide 2 yes    
Woodpeckers
Golden-tailed Woodpecker 2      
Cardinal Woodpecker 3      
Bearded Woodpecker 2      
Larks
Rufous-naped Lark 1   Namibia  
Fawn-colored Lark 1 yes Botswana  
Dusky Lark 1 yes Zambia  
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark 2 yes    
Red-capped Lark 1   Botswana  
Swallows
Gray-rumped Swallow 4 yes    
Plain Martin 4      
Barn Swallow 13      
Wire-tailed Swallow 8      
Rock Martin 1   Zambia Overlook of Zambezi R., Taita Falcon Lodge
House Martin 1      
Lesser Striped-Swallow 9      
Mosque Swallow 1   Namibia  
Pipits
African Pipit 2      
Plain-backed Pipit 1      
Buffy Pipit 1 yes    
Wagtails
African Pied Wagtail 5      
Yellow Wagtail 2      
CuckooShrike
Black Cuckoo-Shrike 3      
Bulbuls
Common Bulbul 10      
Yellow-bellied Greenbul 1 yes    
Terrestrial Brownbul 3      
Thrushes
Groundscraper Thrush 2      
Kurrichane Thrush 1   Namibia  
Warblers
Rattling Cisticola 6      
Chirping Cisticola 1 yes Botswana  
Zitting Cisticola 2      
Tawny-flanked Prinia 2      
Black-chested Prinia 1      
Yellow-breasted Apalis 1      
Green-backed Camaroptera 11      
Miombo Wren-Warbler 1 yes Zambia  
Sedge Warbler 1      
Greater Swamp-Warbler 1   Botswana  
Greencap Eremomela 1 yes Botswana  
Burnt-neck Eremomela 1 yes Botswana  
Cape Crombec 7      
Willow Warbler 2      
Rufous-vented Warbler 1 yes    
Flycatchers
Pale Flycatcher 3   Namibia, Zambia  
Mariqua Flycatcher 6      
Southern Black-Flycatcher 2      
Ashy Flycatcher 4 yes    
RobinChats, PalmThrush ScrubRobin, Chats
White-browed Robin-Chat 6      
Collared Palm-Thrush 2 yes    
Bearded Scrub-Robin 1   Namibia  
Red-backed Scrub-Robin 4      
Kalahari Scrub-Robin 2      
African Stonechat 3      
Mocking Cliff-Chat 1   Zambia  
Batis
Chinspot Batis 5      
Pirit Batis 1 yes    
ParadiseFlycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher 6      
Babblers
Hartlaub's Babbler 8 yes    
Southern Pied Babbler 2 yes    
Arrow-marked Babbler 5      
Tits
Southern Black-Tit 3      
Sunbirds
Collared Sunbird 2      
Scarlet-chested Sunbird 2      
Mariqua Sunbird 5      
Purple-banded Sunbird 1 yes Namibia  
White-breasted Sunbird 9      
Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole 2      
African Golden Oriole 1      
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike 4      
Lesser Gray Shrike 3      
Magpie Shrike 8      
White-crowned Shrike 3      
Brubru 3      
Black-backed Puffback 6      
Black-crowned Tchagra 1      
Brown-crowned Tchagra 9      
Tropical Boubou 5      
Gabon Boubou 3 yes    
Crimson-breasted Gonolek 3      
Sulfur-breasted Bushshrike 2      
Gray-headed Bushshrike 1   Botswana  
White Helmetshrike 4      
Retz's Helmetshrike 1   Namibia  
Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo 14      
Corvids
Pied Crow 10      
Starlings, Oxpeckers
Wattled Starling 7      
Cape Glossy-Starling 10      
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling 3      
Meves' Glossy-Starling 8      
Burchell's Glossy-Starling 11      
Violet-backed Starling 6      
Red-winged Starling 1   Zambia  
Red-billed Oxpecker 5      
Yellow-billed Oxpecker 3      
Weavers, Quelea
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow 11      
Yellow-throated Petronia 2      
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 5      
Scaly Weaver 2      
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 8      
Spectacled Weaver 2   Namibia  
Holub's Golden-Weaver 1 yes    
Southern Brown-throated Weaver 1      
Lesser Masked-Weaver 2      
Southern Masked-Weaver 1      
Red-billed Quelea 13      
Fan-tailed Widowbird 1      
Grosbeak Weaver 1      
Waxbills
Common Waxbill 3      
Black-cheeked Waxbill 2 yes    
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu 13      
Violet-eared Waxbill 2 yes    
Pytilia
Green-winged Pytilia 3      
Finches, Mannikin
Red-billed Firefinch 2      
Brown Firefinch 2 yes    
Jameson's Firefinch 2 yes    
Cut-throat 1      
Red-headed Finch 2      
Bronze Mannikin 1   Namibia  
Whydah, Indigobird
Pin-tailed Whydah 4      
Eastern Paradise-Whydah 7      
Shaft-tailed Whydah 6 yes    
Village Indigobird 8 yes    
Canaries, Bunting2
Black-throated Canary 2      
Yellow-fronted Canary 2      
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 2      
TOTAL 291 63    

Last Updated on 5/3/2008
by Bob