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Checklist: AFRICA 2017


Birds 145 - Systematic list

Hugo Caverzasi

Start: 14/08/2017
End: 30/08/2017

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Richness and Abundance Summary
Most recorded species: Dryoscopus cubla (5 records), Plocepasser mahali (5 records).
Least recorded species: There are many rarely recorded species (90 species). View details
Most abundant species: Tachybaptus ruficollis (3 individuals).
Least abundant species: Podiceps cristatus (1 individual).


  Order Family English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Observed Photographed Heard Recorded vocal Filmed Average individuals per day Sum of specimens Records Conservation status Notes
1StruthioniformesStruthionidaeCommon OstrichAvestruzStruthio camelusXX1
 LC 
2AnseriformesAnatidaeWhite-backed DuckPato DorsiblancoThalassornis leuconotusXX1
 LC 
3White-faced Whistling DuckSirirí PampaIrerêDendrocygna viduataXX3
 LC 
4African Pygmy GooseGansito AfricanoNettapus auritusXX1
 LC 
5Spur-winged GooseGanso EspolonadoPlectropterus gambensisXX1
 LC 
6Egyptian GooseGanso del NiloGanso-do-egitoAlopochen aegyptiacaXX3
 LC 
7South African ShelduckTarro SudafricanoTadorna canaXX1
 LC 
8Southern PochardPato CastañoPaturi-pretaNetta erythrophthalmaXX1
 LC 
9Red-billed TealÁnade PiquirrojoAnas erythrorhynchaXX3
 LC 
10GalliformesNumididaeHelmeted GuineafowlPintada ComúnNumida meleagrisXX2
 LC 
11PhasianidaeCrested FrancolinFrancolín CapirotadoOrtygornis sephaenaXX1
 LC 
12Red-billed SpurfowlFrancolín PiquirrojoPternistis adspersusXX2
 LC 
13PodicipediformesPodicipedidaeLittle GrebeZampullín ComúnTachybaptus ruficollis133
 LC 
14Great Crested GrebeSomormujo LavancoPodiceps cristatus111
 LC 
15MusophagiformesMusophagidaeGrey Go-away-birdTuraco UnicolorCrinifer concolorXX3
 LC 
16OtidiformesOtididaeKori BustardAvutarda KoriArdeotis koriXX1
 NT 
17Northern Black KorhaanSisón Negro AliclaroAfrotis afraoidesXX1
 LC 
18CuculiformesCuculidaeWhite-browed CoucalCucal CejiblancoCentropus superciliosusXX1
 LC 
19PterocliformesPteroclidaeNamaqua SandgrouseGanga NamaquaPterocles namaquaXX1
 LC 
20Burchell´s SandgrouseGanga GoteadaPterocles burchelliXX1
 LC 
21ColumbiformesColumbidaeLaughing DoveTórtola SenegalesaSpilopelia senegalensisXX3
 LC 
22Ring-necked DoveTórtola de El CaboStreptopelia capicolaXX3
 LC 
23Speckled PigeonPaloma de GuineaColumba guineaXX2
 LC 
24Rock DovePaloma DomésticaPombo-domésticoColumba liviaXX1
 LC 
25Namaqua DoveTortolita RabilargaOena capensisXX1
 LC 
26GruiformesRallidaeLesser MoorhenGallineta Chica AfricanaParagallinula angulataXX1
 LC 
27Red-knobbed CootFocha CornudaFulica cristataXX2
 LC 
28Black CrakePolluela Negra AfricanaZapornia flavirostraXX1
 LC 
29CharadriiformesBurhinidaeWater Thick-kneeAlcaraván AcuáticoBurhinus vermiculatusXX1
 LC 
30CharadriidaeThree-banded PloverChorlitejo TricollarThinornis tricollarisXX1
 LC 
31Blacksmith LapwingAvefría ArmadaVanellus armatusXX3
 LC 
32White-crowned LapwingAvefría CoroniblancaVanellus albicepsXX2
 LC 
33Crowned LapwingAvefría CoronadaVanellus coronatusXX1
 LC 
34JacanidaeAfrican JacanaJacana AfricanaActophilornis africanusXX2
 LC 
35ScolopacidaeCommon SandpiperAndarríos ChicoActitis hypoleucosXX1
 LC 
36GlareolidaeDouble-banded CourserCorredor Escamoso ChicoSmutsornis africanusXX1
 LC 
37Burchell´s CourserCorredor RufoCursorius rufusXX1
 LC 
38LaridaeAfrican SkimmerRayador AfricanoRynchops flavirostrisXX1
 LC 
39Grey-headed GullGaviota Capucho GrisGaivota-de-cabeça-cinzaChroicocephalus cirrocephalusXX1
 LC 
40CiconiiformesCiconiidaeAfrican OpenbillPicotenaza AfricanoAnastomus lamelligerusXX2
 LC 
41Marabou StorkMarabú AfricanoLeptoptilos crumeniferXX3
 LC 
42Yellow-billed StorkTántalo AfricanoMycteria ibisXX1
 LC 
43Black StorkCigüeña NegraCiconia nigraXX1
 LC 
44SuliformesAnhingidaeAfrican DarterAninga AfricanaAnhinga rufaXX1
 LC 
45PhalacrocoracidaeReed CormorantCormorán AfricanoMicrocarbo africanusXX3
 LC 
46PelecaniformesThreskiornithidaeAfrican SpoonbillEspátula CarinegraPlatalea albaXX1
 LC 
47African Sacred IbisIbis SagradoThreskiornis aethiopicusXX2
 LC 
48ArdeidaeLittle EgretGarceta ComúnGarça-branca-pequena-europeiaEgretta garzettaXX1
 LC 
49Striated HeronGarcita AzuladaSocozinhoButorides striataXX1
 LC 
50Squacco HeronGarcilla CangrejeraGarça-caranguejeiraArdeola ralloidesXX1
 LC 
51Great EgretGarza BlancaGarça-branca-grandeArdea albaXX1
 LC 
52Western Cattle EgretGarcita BueyeraGarça-vaqueiraArdea ibisXX2
 LC 
53Goliath HeronGarza GoliatArdea goliathXX1
 LC 
54Grey HeronGarza RealGarça-real-europeiaArdea cinereaXX1
 LC 
55StrigiformesStrigidaePearl-spotted OwletMochuelo PerladoGlaucidium perlatumXX1
 LC 
56AccipitriformesAccipitridaeWhite-backed VultureBuitre Dorsiblanco AfricanoGyps africanusXX2
 CR 
57BateleurAguila VolatineraTerathopius ecaudatusXX1
 EN 
58Pale Chanting GoshawkAzor Lagartijero ClaroMelierax canorusXX2
 LC 
59African Fish EaglePigargo VocingleroIcthyophaga vociferXX2
 LC 
60ColiiformesColiidaeWhite-backed MousebirdPájaro Ratón DorsiblancoColius coliusXX1
 LC 
61BucerotiformesUpupidaeCommon HoopoeAbubillaUpupa epopsXX2
 LC 
62PhoeniculidaeCommon ScimitarbillAbubilla-arbórea CimitarraRhinopomastus cyanomelasXX1
 LC 
63BucerotidaeSouthern Ground HornbillCálao Terrestre SureñoBucorvus leadbeateriXX1
 VU 
64African Grey HornbillToco PiquinegroLophoceros nasutusXX1
 LC 
65Southern Yellow-billed HornbillToco Piquigualdo SureñoTockus leucomelasXX3
 LC 
66Monteiro´s HornbillToco AngoleñoTockus monteiriXX1
 LC 
67Damara Red-billed HornbillToco de DamaraTockus damarensisXX1
 LC 
68Northern Red-billed HornbillToco PiquirrojoTockus erythrorhynchusXX3
 LC 
69CoraciiformesCoraciidaePurple RollerCarraca CoronipardaCoracias naeviusXX1
 LC 
70Lilac-breasted RollerCarraca LilaCoracias caudatusXX4
 LC 
71MeropidaeWhite-fronted Bee-eaterAbejaruco FrentiblancoMerops bullockoidesXX1
 LC 
72Little Bee-eaterAbejaruco ChicoMerops pusillusXX2
 LC 
73Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterAbejaruco GolondrinaMerops hirundineusXX1
 LC 
74AlcedinidaeMalachite KingfisherMartín Pescador MalaquitaCorythornis cristatusXX1
 LC 
75Giant KingfisherMartín Gigante AfricanoMegaceryle maximaXX1
 LC 
76Pied KingfisherMartín Pescador PíoCeryle rudisXX3
 LC 
77PiciformesLybiidaeCrested BarbetBarbudo CrestadoTrachyphonus vaillantiiXX2
 LC 
78Acacia Pied BarbetBarbudo PíoTricholaema leucomelasXX1
 LC 
79Black-collared BarbetBarbudo AcollaradoLybius torquatusXX1
 LC 
80PsittaciformesPsittacidaeMeyer´s ParrotLorito de MeyerPoicephalus meyeriXX1
 LC 
81PasseriformesMalaconotidaeBlack-backed PuffbackCubla DorsinegraDryoscopus cublaXX5
 LC 
82Orange-breasted BushshrikeBubú AzufradoChlorophoneus sulfureopectusXX1
 LC 
83Ethiopian BoubouGonolek TropicalLaniarius aethiopicusXX1
 LC 
84Swamp BoubouBubú BicolorLaniarius bicolorXX1
 LC 
85Crimson-breasted ShrikeBubú PechirrojoLaniarius atrococcineusXX1
 LC 
86DicruridaeFork-tailed DrongoDrongo AhorquilladoDicrurus adsimilisXX2
 LC 
87LaniidaeMagpie ShrikeAlcaudón PíoUrolestes melanoleucusXX2
 LC 
88Southern FiscalAlcaudón FiscalLanius collarisXX1
 LC 
89Southern White-crowned ShrikeAlcaudón CoroniblancoEurocephalus anguitimensXX2
 LC 
90CorvidaeCape CrowCuervo de El CaboCorvus capensisXX1
 LC 
91Pied CrowCuervo PíoCorvus albusXX1
 LC 
92AlaudidaeGrey-backed Sparrow-LarkTerrera DorsigrísEremopterix verticalisXX1
 LC 
93Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkTerrera OrejiblancaEremopterix leucotisXX1
 LC 
94Sabota LarkAlondra SabotaCalendulauda sabotaXX1
 LC 
95Fawn-colored LarkAlondra LeonadaCalendulauda africanoidesXX1
 LC 
96MacrosphenidaeLong-billed CrombecCrombec PiquilargoSylvietta rufescensXX1
 LC 
97CisticolidaeBleating CamaropteraCamaróptera BaladoraCamaroptera brachyuraXX1
 LC 
98Black-chested PriniaPrinia PechinegraPrinia flavicansXX3
 LC 
99NeddickyCistícola CoronirrufoCisticola fulvicapillaXX1
 LC 
100HirundinidaeLarge Rock MartinAvión RoqueroPtyonoprogne fuligulaXX1
 LC 
101Wire-tailed SwallowGolondrina ColilargaHirundo smithiiXX1
 LC 
102PycnonotidaeYellow-bellied GreenbulBulbul PechiamarilloChlorocichla flaviventrisXX1
 LC 
103Terrestrial BrownbulBulbul TerrestrePhyllastrephus terrestrisXX1
 LC 
104African Red-eyed BulbulBulbul EncapuchadoPycnonotus nigricansXX2
 LC 
105Common BulbulBulbul NaranjeroPycnonotus barbatusXX1
 LC 
106LeiothrichidaeArrow-marked BabblerTurdoide de JardineTurdoides jardineiiXX2
 LC 
107BuphagidaeRed-billed OxpeckerPicabueyes PiquirrojoBuphagus erythrorynchaXX1
 LC 
108SturnidaeWattled StarlingEstornino CarunculadoCreatophora cinereaXX1
 LC 
109Pale-winged StarlingEstornino NaburupOnychognathus nabouroupXX3
 LC 
110Red-winged StarlingEstornino AlirrojoOnychognathus morioXX1
 LC 
111Burchell´s StarlingEstornino de BurchellLamprotornis australisXX2
 LC 
112Cape StarlingEstornino de El CaboLamprotornis nitensXX3
 LC 
113TurdidaeGroundscraper ThrushZorzal LitsitsirupaTurdus litsitsirupaXX1
 LC 
114MuscicapidaeKalahari Scrub RobinAlzacola del KalahariCercotrichas paenaXX2
 LC 
115White-browed Scrub RobinAlzacola DorsirrojoCercotrichas leucophrysXX1
 LC 
116Marico FlycatcherPapamoscas del MaricoBradornis mariquensisXX2
 LC 
117White-browed Robin-ChatCosifa de HeuglinCossypha heugliniXX1
 LC 
118Collared Palm ThrushCichladusa arquataXX1
 LC 
119Ant-eating ChatZorzal-hormiguero MeridionalMyrmecocichla formicivoraXX1
 LC 
120Mountain ChatCollalba MontanaMyrmecocichla monticolaXX1
 LC 
121Familiar ChatColinegro FamiliarOenanthe familiarisXX1
 LC 
122NectariniidaeScarlet-chested SunbirdSuimanga PechiescarlataChalcomitra senegalensisXX1
 LC 
123Marico SunbirdSuimanga del MaricoCinnyris mariquensisXX2
 LC 
124White-bellied SunbirdSuimanga PechiblancoCinnyris talatalaXX1
 LC 
125Dusky SunbirdSuimanga OscuroCinnyris fuscusXX1
 LC 
126PloceidaeScaly-feathered WeaverTejedorcito EscamosoSporopipes squamifronsXX2
 LC 
127White-browed Sparrow-WeaverTejedor CejiblancoPlocepasser mahaliXX5
 LC 
128Cape WeaverTejedor de El CaboPloceus capensisXX1
 LC 
129Holub´s Golden WeaverTejedor AzafranadoPloceus xanthopsXX2
 LC 
130Southern Masked WeaverTejedor EnmascaradoPloceus velatusXX4
 LC 
131Red-billed QueleaQuelea ComúnQuelea queleaXX1
 LC 
132Red-headed WeaverTejedor CabecirrojoAnaplectes rubricepsXX2
 LC 
133EstrildidaeBronze MannikinCapuchino BronceadoSpermestes cucullataXX1
 LC 
134Red-headed FinchEstrilda CabecirrojaAmadina erythrocephalaXX3
 LC 
135Blue WaxbillAzulito AngoleñoUraeginthus angolensisXX3
 LC 
136Red-billed FirefinchAmaranta SenegalesaLagonosticta senegalaXX2
 LC 
137PasseridaeSouthern Grey-headed SparrowGorrión SudafricanoPasser diffususXX1
 LC 
138Cape SparrowGorrión de El CaboPasser melanurusXX2
 LC 
139Great SparrowGorrión GrandePasser motitensisXX2
 LC 
140House SparrowGorrión ComúnPardalPasser domesticusXX2
  
141MotacillidaeCape WagtailLavandera de El CaboMotacilla capensisXX2
 LC 
142African PipitBisbita AfricanoAnthus cinnamomeusXX1
 LC 
143FringillidaeYellow CanarySerín AmarilloCrithagra flaviventrisXX1
 LC 
144White-throated CanarySerín GorgiblancoCrithagra albogularisXX2
 LC 
145EmberizidaeGolden-breasted BuntingEscribano PechidoradoEmberiza flaviventrisXX1
 LC