Africa - Birding Escapes

Africa and Others

Struthionidae - Ostriches

Anatidae - Ducks and Geese

White-faced Whistling Duck, SA

Fulvous Whistling Duck, SA

White-backed Duck, SA

Graylag Goose, OM

Knob-billed Duck(F), SA

Egyptian Goose, SA

South African Shelduck, SA

Spur-winged Goose, SA

African Pygmy-Goose, SA

Cape Shoveler, SA

Northern Shoveler, OM

Gadwall, OM

Yellow-billed Duck, SA

Mallard, OM

Cape Teal, SA

Red-billed Duck, SA

Northern Pintail, OM

Green-winged Teal, OM

Ferruginous Duck, QR

Numididae - Guineafowl

Phasianidae - Pheasants and Grouses

Columbidae - Doves and Pigeons

Rock Pigeon, SA

Speckled Pigeon, SA

Rameron Pigeon, SA

Lemon Dove, SA

Eurasian Collared Dove, QR

Mourning Collared-Dove, SA

Red-eyed Dove, SA

Ring-necked Dove, SA

Laughing Dove, SA

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, SA

Namaqua Dove(M), QR

Namaqua Dove(F), BOT

Bruce’s Green-Pigeon, OM

African Green Pigeon, SA

Pteroclidae - Sandgrouses

Otididae - Bustards

Musophagidae - Turacos

Cuculidae - Cuckoos

Caprimulgidae - Nightjars

Apodidae - Swifts

Raillidae - Coots and Rails

Heliornithidae - Finfoot

Gruidae - Cranes

Burhinidae - Thick-knees

Recurvirostridae - Stilts and Avocets

Haematopotidae - Oystercatchers

Charadriidae - Plovers

Black-bellied Plover, SA

Common Ringed-Plover, OM

Three-banded Plover, SA

Blacksmith Lapwing, SA

White-crowned Lapwing, SA

Senegal Lapwing, SA

Crowned Lapwing, SA

Wattled Lapwing, SA

Red-wattled Lapwing, OM

Greater Sand-Plover, OM

Kittlitz’s Plover, SA

White-fronted Plover, SA

Kentish Plover, OM

Rostratulidae - Painted-Snipes

Jacanadae - Jacanas

Scolopacidae - Sandpipers

Eurasian Whimbrel, OM

Eurasian Curlew, OM

Bar-tailed Godwit, OM

Black-tailed Godwit, UAE

Red-necked Phalarope, OM

Terek Sandpiper, UAE

Common Sandpiper, OM

Green Sandpiper, OM

Marsh Sandpiper, SA

Wood Sandpiper, BOT

Common Redshank, OM

Common Greenshank, OM

Ruddy Turnstone, OM

Curlew Sandpiper, SA

Temminck’s Stint, OM

Sanderling, OM

Dunlin, OM

Little Stint, OM

Glariolidae - Coursers and Praticoles

Laridae - Gulls and Terns

Slender-billed Gull, QR

Black-headed Gull, OM

Gray-hooded Gull, SA

Hartlaub’s Gull, SA

Pallas’s Gull, OM

Sooty Gull, OM

Sooty Gull (sub-adult), OM

Caspian Gull, OM

Kelp Gull, SA

Lesser Black-backed Gull, OM

Little Tern, QR

Gull-billed Tern, OM

Caspian Tern, SA

Common Tern, OM

White-cheeked Tern, QR

Sandwich Tern, OM

Lesser Crested Tern, OM

Great Crested Tern, OM

Phoenicopteridae - Flamingos

Podicipetidae - Grebes

Spheniscidae - Penguins

Procellariidae - Shearwaters

Ciconiidae - Storks

Sulidae - Boobies

Anhingidae - Darters

Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants

Treskiornithidae - Ibis's

Ardeidae - Herons and Egrets

Black-crowned Night-Heron, OM

Black-crowned Night-Heron(Juv), SA

Little Egret, SA

Western Reef-Heron, OM

Little Heron, SA

Squacco Heron, QR

Indian Pond-Heron, OM

Western Cattle Egret, SA

Great Egret, SA

Yellow-billed Egret, SA

Gray Heron, SA

Black-headed Heron, SA

Goliath Heron, SA

Scopidae - Hamerkop

Pelicanidae - Pelicans

Pandionidae - Ospreys

Accipitridae - Hawks and Eagles

Black-winged Kite, SA

African Harrier-Hawk, SA

African Harrier-Hawk(Juv). SA

Lappet-faced Vultures, SA

White-backed Vulture, SA

Bateleur, SA

Bateleur(Juv), SA

Short-toed Snake-Eagle, OM

Brown Snake-Eagle, SA

Martial Eagle, SA

Martial Eagle(Juv), SA

Long-crested Eagle, SA

Lesser Spotted Eagle, OM

Greater Spotted Eagle, OM

Walhberg’s Eagle, SA

Steppe Eagle, OM

Imperial Eagle, OM

Tawny Eagle, SA

Bonelli’s Eagle, OM

African Hawk-Eagle, SA

Gabar Goshawk, BOT

Dark Chanting-Goshawk, SA

Lizard Buzzard, BOT

African Goshawk, SA

Little Sparrowhawk, BOT

Shikra, OM

Eurasian Sparrowhawk, OM

Western Marsh Harrier, OM

Black Goshawk, SA

Black Kite, UAE

African Fish-Eagle, SA

Jackal Buzzard, SA

Strigidae - Owls

Coliidae - Mousebirds

Upupidae - Hoopoes

Phoeniculidae - Woodhoopoes

Bucerotidae - Hornbills

Meropidae - Bee-eaters

Alcedinidae - Kingfishers

Coraciidae - Rollers

Lybiidae - African Barbets

Picidae - Woodpeckers

Falconidae - Falcons and Kestrels

Psittaculidae - Old World Parrots

Campephagidae - Cuckooshrikes

Oriolidae - Old World Orioles

Platysteiridae - Wattle Eyes and Batis's

Vangidae - Helmetshrikes

Maloconotidae - Bushshrikes

Dicruridae - Drongos

Monarchidae - Monarchs

Laniidae - Shrikes

Corvidae - Jays and Crows

Paridae - Tits

Alaudidae - Larks

Greater Hoopoe-Lark, QR

Desert Lark, UAE

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark, SA

Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark(M), QR

Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark(F), QR

Sabota Lark, SA

Fawn-colored Lark, SA

Large-billed Lark, SA

Crested Lark, OM

Red-capped Lark, SA

Macrosphenidae - African Warblers

Cisticoladae - Cisticolas

Green-backed Camaroptera

Bar-throated Apalis, SA

Yellow-breasted Apalis, SA

Rudd’s Apalis, SA

Graceful Prinia, OM

Delicate Prinia, UAE

Tawny-flanked Prinia, SA

Karoo Prinia, SA

Rock-loving Cisticola, SA

Rattling Cisticola, SA

Gray-backed Cisticola, SA

Levaillant’s Cisticola, SA

Piping Cisticola, SA

Zitting Cisticola, SA

Acrocephaladae - Reed Warblers

Hirundinidae - Swallows

Plain Martin, SA

Bank Swallow, QR

Pale Crag-Martin, OM

Southern Crag-Martin, SA

Barn Swallow, SA

White-throated Swallow, SA

Wire-tailed Swallow, SA

Greater Striped Swallow, SA

Lesser Striped Swallow, SA

Mosque Swallow, SA

Pycnonotidae - Bulbuls

Phylloscopidae - Leaf Warblers

Sylviidae - Whitethroats

Zosteropidae - White-Eyes

Leiothrichidae - Ground Babblers

Buphagidae - Oxpeckers

Sturnidae - Starlings and Mynas

European Starling, SA

Wattled Starling(M), BOT

Wattled Starling(F), BOT

Indian Pied Starling, UAE

Common Myna, UAE

Bank Myna, UAE

Violet-backed Starling(M), SA

Violet-backed Starling(F), SA

Red-winged Starling, SA

Tristram’s Starling, OM

Black-bellied Starling, SA

Burchell’s Starling, SA

Meve’s Starling, BOT

African Pied Starling, SA

Greater Blue-eared Starling, SA

Cape Starling, SA

Turdidae - Thrushes

Muscicapidae - Old World Flycatcher

African Dusky Flycatcher, SA

Spotted Flycatcher, SA

Marico Flycatcher, SA

Fiscal Flycatcher, SA

Southern Black-Flycatcher, SA

Karoo Scrub-Robin, SA

Brown Scrub-Robin, SA

Bearded Scrub-Robin, SA

Kalahari Scrub-Robin, SA

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin, QR

White-browned Scrub-Robin, SA

Cape Robin-Chat, SA

White-throated Robin-Chat, SA

Red-capped Robin-Chat, SA

Chorister Robin-Chat, SA

Black Redstart, OM

Blue Rock-Thrush, OM

Cape Rock-Thrush, SA

African Stonechat, SA

Mocking Cliff-Chat, SA

Arnot’s Chat, SA

Isabelline Wheatear, OM

Desert Wheatear, OM

Blackstart, OM

Familiar Chat, SA

Arabian Wheatear, OM

Hume’s Wheatear, OM

Persian Wheatear, OM

Promeroptidae - Sugarbirds

Nectariniidae - Sunbirds

Collared Sunbird(M), SA

Collared Sunbird(Juv), SA

Orange-breasted Sunbird(M), SA

Orange-breasted Sunbird(F), SA

Olive Sunbird, SA

Mouse-colored Sunbird, SA

Amethyst Sunbird(M), SA

Amethyst Sunbird(F), SA

Malachite Sunbird(M), SA

Malachite Sunbird(F), SA

Southern Double-collared Sunbird, SA

Greater Double-collared Sunbird, SA

Marico Sunbird(M), SA

Marico Sunbird(F), SA

Palestine Sunbird(M), OM

Palestine Sunbird(F), OM

Arabian Sunbird, OM

White-bellied Sunbird(M), SA

White-bellied Sunbird(F), SA

Purple Sunbird, OM

Plocilidae - Weavers

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver, BOT

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver(Juv), BOT

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, SA

Red-headed Weaver(M), BOT

Red-headed Weaver(F), SA

Spectacled Weaver, SA

Cape Weaver(M), SA

Cape Weaver(F), SA

African Golden-Weaver, SA

Holub’s Golden-Weaver, SA

Lesser Masked-Weaver(F), SA

Southern Masked-Weaver(M), BOT

Southern Masked-Weaver(F), SA

Ruppell’s Weaver, OM

Dark-backed Weaver, SA

Red-billed Quelea, SA

Yellow-crowned Bishop, BOT

Yellow Bishop(F), SA

White-winged Widowbird, SA

Grosbeak Weaver(M), SA

Grosbeak Weaver(F), SA

Estrildidae - Munias

Bronze Mannikin, SA

African Silverbill, OM

Indian Silverbill, QR

Swee Waxbill, SA

Common Waxbill, SA

Cut-throat, SA

Violet-eared Waxbill, SA

Southern Cordonbleu, SA

Green-winged Pytilia(M), SA

Green-winged Pytilia(F), SA

Red-billed Firefinch, SA

Jameson’s Firefinch, SA

African Firefinch(M), SA

African Firefinch(F), SA

Viduidae - Whydahs and Indigobirds

Passeridae - Old World Sparrows

Motacillidae - Pipits

Cape Wagtail, SA

Gray Wagtail, OM

Western Yellow Wagtail. OM

Citrine Wagtail. OM

Pied Wagtail, SA

White Wagtail, OM

African Pipit, SA

Long-billed Pipit, OM

Tawny Pipit, OM

Plain-backed Pipit, SA

Buffy Pipit, SA

Water Pipit, UAE

Orange-throated Longclaw, SA

Fringilidae - Finches

Emberizidae - Old World Buntings