Africa Wild

This is a topic for our working gropu only to create the KTP bird challenge.

Work in progress.


SCORE CARD:

Easily spotted – 20 points

Common – 40 points

Rare – 60 points

Vagrant or very rare - 100 points

Struthioniformes (Ostrich)
001 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus

Podicipediformes (Grebes)
008 Little Grebe (Dabchick) Tachybaptus ruficollis Nan - never seen

Suliformes (Cormorants, Darters) / Ciconiiformes (Stork, Herons, Ibisses) / Pelecaniformes
050 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens Nan - never seen
055 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus Nan - never seen
058 Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus Nan - never seen
062 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea (1) Nan - never seen
063 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala (8)
065 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Nan - never seen
066 Great Egret (Great White Egret) Ardea alba Nan - never seen
067 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
068 Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia Nan - never seen
071 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (3) have seen (Mel) (nan)
072 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Nan - never seen
078 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Nan - never seen
079 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii Nan - never seen
081 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta (4) Nan - never seen / have seen on webcam (Toko) / have seen (Mel) (nan)
083 White Stork Ciconia ciconia (8) have seen on webcam (Mel) (nan)
084 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Nan - never seen
085 Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii (10) / have seen on webcam (Toko) / have seen (Mel) (nan)
086 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus Nan - never seen
088 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Nan - never seen
089 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus Nan - never seen
090 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis Nan - never seen
091 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Nan - never seen
093 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Nan - never seen
095 African Spoonbill Platalea alba Nan - never seen

Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos)
097 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor Nan - never seen

Anseriformes (Waterfowls)
099 White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata
102 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca (2)
103 South African Shelduck Tadorna cana (1) Nan - never seen
104 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
106 Cape Teal Anas capensis Nan - never seen
108 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha I saw or Red-billed or Yellow billed... sorry can't remember
112 Cape Shoveller Anas smithii Nan - never seen
113 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma Nan - never seen
115 Comb Duck (Knob-billed Duck) Sarkidiornis melanotos Nan - never seen
116 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis Nan - never seen

Accipitriformes / Falconiformes (Diurnal Birds of Prey)
118 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
121 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
122 Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres (3) Nan - never seen
123 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
124 Lappet-faced Vulture Aegypius tracheliotus never seen (Toko)
125 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis Nan - never seen
126 Black Kite Milvus migrans (10) (have seen nan)
126b Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius (11) have seen on webcam (Toko) / have seen (Mel) (nan)
127 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus (20)
132 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
133 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (1) Nan - never seen
135 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi Nan - never seen
136 Booted Eagle Aquila pennata (9) Nan - never seen
140 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
142 Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
143 Black-chested Snake-Eagle (Black-breasted Snake-Eagle) Circaetus pectoralis
146 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
147 Palmnut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis Nan - never seen
148 African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer Nan - never seen
149 Steppe Buzzard Buteo vulpinus (16) have seen (Mel) (nan)
152 Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus (6) have seen (Toko, Mel) (nan)
154 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus Nan - never seen
156 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis Nan - never seen
157 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus Nan - never seen
159 Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) Accipiter badius (4)
160 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro Nan - never seen
161 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar (26) - Melanistic form is rare
166 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Nan - never seen
167 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (1) Nan - never seen
168 Black Harrier Circus maurus (8) Nan - never seen
162 Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk (Pale Chanting Goshawk) Melierax canorus
169 African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) Poliboroides typus (6) (have seen nan)
171 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Nan - never seen
172 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
173 Eurasian Hobby (Hobby Falcon) Falco subbuteo (1) Nan - never seen
178 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera (23)
179 Red-footed Falcon (Western Red-footed Kestrel) Falco vespertinus
180 Amur Falcon (Eastern Red-footed Kestrel) Falco amurensis Nan - never seen
181 Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus (23) never seen (Toko)
182 Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
183 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni (2)
186 Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus have seen (Toko, Mel) (nan)

Galliformes (Chicken-like Birds)
194 Red-billed Spurfowl (Red-billed Francolin) Pternistis adspersus Nan - never seen
200 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix (1) Nan - never seen
201 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei Nan - never seen
203 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris (1)
205 Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus Nan - never seen

Gruiformes (Coots, Cranes, Rails)
212 African Crake Crex egregia Nan - never seen
216 Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Nan - never seen
218 Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans Nan - never seen
223 African Purple Swamphen (Purple Gallinule) Porphyrio madagascariensis Nan - never seen
227 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata Nan - never seen
228 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata Nan - never seen
230 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
232 Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii have seen (Mel) (nan)
235 Karoo Korhaan Eupodotis vigorsii Nan - never seen
237 Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista (9)
239a Northern Black Korhaan (White-quilled Korhaan) Afrotis afraoides

Charadriiformes (Shorebirds: Waders and Gulls)
240 African Jacana Actophilornis africana (1) Nan - never seen
242 Greater Painted Snipe (Old World Painted Snipe) Rostratula benghalensis Nan - never seen
246 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus Nan - never seen
249 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris (3)
254 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Nan - never seen
255 Crowned Lapwing (Crowned Plover) Vanellus coronatus
257 Black-winged Lapwing (Black-winged Plover) Vanellus melanopterus ???????? Nan - never seen
264 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos (1) Nan - never seen
266 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola (1) Nan - never seen
269 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Nan - never seen
270 Greenshank Tringa nebularia (1) Nan - never seen
272 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Nan - never seen
284 Ruff Philomachus pugnax (2) Nan - never seen
289 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Nan - never seen
290 Common Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Nan - never seen
294 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Nan - never seen
295 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Nan - never seen
297 Spotted Thick-knee (Spotted Dikkop) Burhinus capensis (20) have seen (Mel) (nan)
299 Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus (3) Nan - never seen
300 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii (1)
301 Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus (15) Nan - never seen
303 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Nan - never seen
305 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Nan - never seen
308 Long-tailed Jaeger (Long-tailed Skua) Stercorarius longicaudus Nan - never seen
339 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Nan - never seen

Pteroclidiformes (Sandgrouse)
344 Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua
345 Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli
Double-banded Sandgrouse ????? Nan - never seen

Columbiformes (Doves, Pigeons)
348 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia (2) Nan - never seen
349 Speckled Pigeon (Rock Pigeon) Columba guinea (5) Nan - never seen
354 Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola
354b European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur Nan - never seen
355 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
356 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis

Psittaciformes (Parrots)
367 Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis (1) Nan - never seen

Musophagiformes (Turacos)
373 Grey Go-away-bird (Grey Lourie) Corythaixoides concolor Nan - never seen

Cuculiformes (Cuckoos, Coucals)
374 Common Cuckoo (European Cuckoo) Cuculus canorus Nan - never seen
375 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis (3)
380 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius (2) Nan - never seen
382 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus (1)
386 Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius (11) Nan - never seen
391 Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchelli Nan - never seen

Strigiformes (Owls)
392 Barn Owl Tyto alba (20) never seen (Toko)
395 Marsh Owl Asio capensis Nan - never seen Nan - never seen
396 African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis (3)
397 White-faced Scops-Owl Ptilopsis granti (16) not sure - Nan / have seen (Toko, Mel)
398 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum (12) have seen (Mel) (nan)
401 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus (18) have seen (Toko, Mel) (nan)
402 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Giant Eagle Owl) Bubo lacteus (16) have seen (Toko, Mel) (nan)

Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars)
404 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus nan
406 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena (8) nan / have seen (Mel)
Fiery-necked Nightjar (2)

Apodiformes (Swifts)
411 Common Swift (Eurasian Swift) Apus apus (18) (nan???)
413 Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi (1)
415 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer (1)... saw one... but which one nan
417 Little Swift Apus affinis (1)
418 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba

Coliiformes (Mousebirds)
425 White-backed Mousebird Colius colius (2)
426 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus (7) (have seen nan)

Coraciiformes (Kingfishers, Hoopoe, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Hornbills)
436 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala I saw one.. can't remember wich one
437 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti (3)
438 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster (6) Nan - never seen
445 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
445b White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis Nan - never seen
446 European Roller Coracias garrulous (1) Nan - never seen
447 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus have seen (Toko)
449 Purple Roller Coracias naevius (11) have seen (Mel) (nan)
451 African Hoopoe Upupa africana (26) never seen (Toko)
452 Green Wood-Hoopoe (Red-billed Wood-Hoopoe) Phoeniculus purpureus (3)
454 Common Scimitarbill (Scimitar-billed Wood-Hoopoe) Rhinopomastus cyanomelas (25) never seen (Toko)
455 Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator Nan - never seen
457 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus (8) have seen (Toko, Mel) (nan)
459 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas

Piciformes (Woodpeckers and Relatives)
465 Acacia Pied Barbet (Pied Barbet) Tricholaema leucomelas Nan - never seen / have seen (Mel)
481 Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii I saw one... impossible to ID
483 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni (3)
486 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens (12) (nan???)
487 Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus (nan???)

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
493 Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina
495 Cape Clapper Lark Mirafra apiata Nan - never seen
497 Fawn-coloured Lark Mirafra africanoides
498 Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota (23) never seen (Mel)
505 Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans Nan - never seen
506 Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata (14) have seen (Toko, Mel) (nan)
507 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea (3)
508 Pink-billed Lark S p i z o c o r y s conirostris (3) Nan - never seen
510 Sclater's Lark S p i z o c o r y s sclateri Nan - never seen
511 Stark's Lark Eremalauda starki (3) Nan - never seen
515 Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark (Chestnut-backed Finchlark) Eremopterix leucotis Nan - never seen
516 Grey-backed Sparrowlark (Grey-backed Finchlark) Eremopterix verticalis never seen (Toko) Nan - never seen
517 Black-eared Sparrowlark Eremopterix australis (1) Nan - never seen
518 Barn Swallow (European Swallow) Hirundo rustica (16) viewtopic.php?p=337514#p337514
520 White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
523 Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
526 Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata (1)
527 Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
528 South African Cliff-Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera Nan - never seen
529 Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula (4) Nan - never seen
530 Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum Nan - never seen
533 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola (1) Nan - never seen
541 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
543 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
547 Cape Crow (Black Crow) Corvus capensis
548 Pied Crow Corvus albus Nan - never seen
552 Ashy Tit Parus cinerascens (21) never seen (Toko, Mel) Nan - never seen
557 Cape Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus minutus (3) Nan - never seen
563 Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor Nan - never seen
567 African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
577b Karoo Thrush (Olive Thrush) Turdus smithi Nan - never seen
580 Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitsirupa (1) have seen (Toko, Mel) (nan)
583 Short-toed Rock-Thrush Monticola brevipes (2) Nan - never seen
584b Common Redstart (Eurasian Redstart) Phoenicurus phoenicurus Nan - never seen
586 Mountain Wheatear (Mountain Chat) Oenanthe monticola (2) Nan - never seen
587 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
589 Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
590 Tractrac Chat Cercomela tractrac Nan - never seen
592 Karoo Chat Cercomela schlegelii Nan - never seen
595 Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
596 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Nan - never seen
615 Kalahari Scrub-Robin (Kalahari Robin) Erythropygia paena
621 Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler (Tit-Babbler) Parisoma subcaeruleum
625 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Nan - never seen
631 African Reed-Warbler (African Marsh Warbler) Acrocephalus baeticatus Nan - never seen
634 European Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Nan - never seen
643 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus (1) Nan - never seen
651 Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens (6) Nan - never seen
653 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis (17) Nan - never seen / have seen (Mel)
658 Barred Wren-Warbler (Barred Warbler) Calamonastes fasciolatus Nan - never seen
664 Zitting Cisticola (Fan-tailed Cisticola) Cisticola juncidis Nan - never seen
665 Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus (20) never seen (Toko, Mel)
681 Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla Nan - never seen
685 Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
686 Karoo Prinia (Spotted Prinia) Prinia maculosa Nan - never seen
688 Rufous-eared Warbler Malcorus pectoralis (19) Nan - never seen
689 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata (6) Nan - never seen
695 Marico Flycatcher Bradornis mariquensis
697 Chat Flycatcher Bradornis infuscatus never seen (Toko, Mel)
698 Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens Nan - never seen
703 Pririt Batis Batis pririt (18) Nan - never seen
706 Fairy Flycatcher Stenostira scita Nan - never seen
710 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis Nan - never seen
713 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis (2) Nan - never seen
715 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Nan - never seen
716 African Pipit (Grassveld Pipit) Anthus cinnamomeus (13) have seen (Mel)(nan)
717 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis Nan - never seen
719 Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis (2) Nan - never seen
731 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor (26)
732 Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike) Lanius collaris western race, sometimes considered different species Latakoo Fiscal
733 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio (10) (nan... it seems)
739 Crimson-breasted Shrike (Crimson-breasted Boubou) Laniarius atrococcineus
741 Brubru Nilaus afer (22) never seen (Mel) Nan - never seen
744 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
746 Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus (5)Nan - never seen
756 Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
757 Common Starling (Eurasian Starling) Sturnus vulgaris Nan - never seen
760 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea (23)
762 Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australisNan - never seen / have seen (Mel) (nan)
764 Cape Glossy Starling (Glossy Starling) Lamprotornis nitens
770 Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup (1) Nan - never seen
779 Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis Nan - never seen
788 Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus (3)
796 Cape White-eye Zosterops virens Nan - never seen
798 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger Nan - never seen
799 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
800 Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
801 House Sparrow Passer domesticus (8) Nan - never seen
802 Great Sparrow Passer motitensis (3) Nan - never seen
803 Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Grey-headed Sparrow) Passer diffusus (6) (nan)
806 Scaly-feathered Finch Sporopipes squamifrons
814 Southern Masked-Weaver (Masked Weaver) Ploceus velatus have seen (Toko, Mel) (nan)
821 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea (20)
824 Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix Nan - never seen
826 Yellow-crowned Bishop (Golden Bishop) Euplectes afer Nan - never seen
831 Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens Nan - never seen
834 Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch) Pytilia melba (3)
842 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
845 Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatinus (11) have seen (Toko, Mel) (nan)
846 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
847 Black-faced Waxbill (Black-cheeked Waxbill) Estrilda erythronotos (1)
852 African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis Nan - never seen
856 Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
861 Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia
870 Black-throated Canary Serinus atrogularis (13) Nan - never seen / have seen (Mel)
876 Black-headed Canary Serinus alario Nan - never seen
878 Yellow Canary Serinus flaviventris
884 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris (1) Nan - never seen
887 Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani (24)
886 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Rock Bunting) Emberiza tahapisi Nan - never seen

nan

that's a lot of birds OK, the more the merrier

The vagrants are now all in pink. How do we do now with the BIRP list, nan?

The problem is, there are several BIRP lists (for smaller areas in KTP)
http://birp.adu.org.za/site_list.php?prov=NC


Lis

Mel

Any clever suggestions for us?

Please tell me why you call it BIRP