Birds

The birds of Lissataba

The following information was compiled by Karin Nelson with data from SABAP2 Pentads 2415S 3045E & 2415S 3040E and BIRP for the Lissataba Game Reserve. As additional species are spotted they will be added to the list.

1 Apalis Yellow-breasted   187 Owl African Wood
2 Babbler Arrow-marked   188 Owl Barn
3 Barbet Acacia Pied   189 Owl Pel's Fishing
4 Barbet Black-collared   190 Owl Southern White-faced Scops
5 Barbet Crested   191 Owl Spotted Eagle
6 Bateleur     192 Owl Verreaux's Eagle
7 Batis Chin-spot   193 Owlet African Barred
8 Bee-eater European   194 Owlet Pearl-spotted 
9 Bee-eater Little   195 Oxpecker Red-billed
10 Bee-eater White-fronted   196 Painted-Snipe Greater
11 Bishop  Southern Red   197 Parrot Brown-headed
12 Bittern Dwarf   198 Penduline-Tit Grey
13 Bittern Little   199 Petronia Yellow-throated/Bush sparrow
14 Boubou Southern   200 Pigeon African Green
15 Brubru     201 Pigeon Speckled
16 Buffalo-Weaver Red-billed    202 Pipit African
17 Bulbul Dark-capped   203 Pipit Bushveld
18 Bunting Cinnamon-breasted   204 Pipit Striped
19 Bunting Golden-breasted   205 Plover Three-banded
20 Bush-Shrike Gorgeous   206 Plover White-fronted
21 Bush-Shrike Grey-headed   207 Pochard Southern
22 Bush-Shrike Orange-breasted   208 Prinia Tawny-flanked
23 Bustard Kori   209 Puffback Black-backed
24 Buttonquail Kurrichane   210 Pytilia Green-winged
25 Buzzard Jackal   211 Quail Common
26 Buzzard Lizard   212 Quelea Red-billed
27 Buzzard Steppe   213 Robin Bearded Scrub-
28 Camaroptera Green-backed   214 Robin White-browed Scrub-
29 Canary Yellow-fronted   215 Robin-Chat Red-capped
30 Chat Arnott's   216 Robin-Chat White-browed
31 Chat Familiar   217 Robin-Chat White-throated 
32 Cisticola Croaking   218 Rock-Thrush Cape
33 Cisticola Desert   219 Roller European
34 Cisticola Lazy   220 Roller Lilac-breasted
35 Cisticola Levaillant's   221 Roller Purple
36 Cisticola Rattling   222 Ruff  
37 Cisticola Red-faced   223 Sandgrouse Double-banded
38 Cliff-Chat Mocking   224 Sandpiper Common
39 Coot Red-knobbed   225 Sandpiper Green
40 Cormorant Reed   226 Sandpiper Wood
41 Cormorant White-breasted   227 Saw-wing Black
42 Coucal Burchell's   228 Scimitarbill Common
43 Courser Bronze-winged   229 Secretarybird  
44 Courser Temminck's   230 Seedeater Streaky-headed
45 Crake Black   231 Shikra  
46 Crombec Long-billed   232 Shrike Lesser Grey
47 Crow Pied   233 Shrike Magpie
48 Cuckoo African   234 Shrike Red-backed
49 Cuckoo Diederik   235 Shrike Southern White-crowned
50 Cuckoo Greater Spotted   236 Sparrow Cape
51 Cuckoo Jacobin   237 Sparrow Southern Grey-headed
52 Cuckoo Klaas   238 Sparrowhawk Black
53 Cuckoo Levaillant's   239 Sparrowhawk Little
54 Cuckoo Red-chested   240 Spoonbill African
55 Cuckoo Thick-billed   241 Spurfowl Natal
56 Cuckooshrike Black   242 Spurfowl Swainson's 
57 Darter African   243 Starling Cape (Glossy)
58 Dove Cape Turtle-/Ring-necked   244 Starling Red-winged
59 Dove Emerald-spotted Wood-   245 Starling Violet-backed
60 Dove Laughing   246 Starling Wattled
61 Dove Namaqua   247 Stint Little
62 Dove Red-eyed   248 Stonechat African
63 Dove Rock   249 Stork Black
64 Dove Tambourine   250 Stork Marabou
65 Drongo  Fork-tailed   251 Stork Saddle-billed
66 Duck African Black   252 Stork White
67 Duck Knob-billed   253 Stork Woolly-necked
68 Duck White-backed   254 Stork Yellow-billed
69 Duck White-faced   255 Sunbird Amethyst
70 Eagle African Crowned   256 Sunbird Collared
71 Eagle African Fish-   257 Sunbird Greater Double-collared
72 Eagle African Hawk-   258 Sunbird Marico
73 Eagle Black-breasted Snake-   259 Sunbird Scarlet-chested
74 Eagle Brown Snake-   260 Sunbird Southern Double-collared
75 Eagle Lesser Spotted   261 Sunbird White-bellied
76 Eagle Martial   262 Swallow Barn
77 Eagle Tawny   263 Swallow Greater Striped
78 Eagle Verreaux's    264 Swallow Lesser Striped
79 Eagle Wahlberg's   265 Swallow Pearl-breasted
80 Egret Cattle   266 Swallow Red-breasted
81 Egret Great    267 Swallow Wire-tailed
82 Egret Little   268 Swift African Black
83 Egret Yellow-billed   269 Swift African Palm-
84 Eremomela Burnt-necked   270 Swift Alpine
85 Eremomela Yellow-bellied   271 Swift Common
86 Falcon Amur   272 Swift Horus
87 Falcon Lanner   273 Swift Little
88 Falcon Peregrine   274 Swift White-rumped
89 Finch African Quail-   275 Tchagra Black-crowned
90 Finch Cut-throat   276 Tchagra Brown-crowned
91 Finfoot African   277 Teal Red-billed
92 Firefinch African   278 Thick-knee Spotted 
93 Firefinch Jameson's   279 Thick-knee Water 
94 Firefinch Red-billed   280 Thrush Groundscrapper
95 Flycatcher African Dusky   281 Thrush Kurrichane
96 Flycatcher African Paradise-   282 Tinkerbird Yellow-fronted
97 Flycatcher Ashy   283 Tit Southern Black
98 Flycatcher Fiscal   284 Tit-Babbler Chestnut-vented
99 Flycatcher Grey Tit-   285 Trogon Narina
100 Flycatcher Marico   286 Turaco Purple-crested
101 Flycatcher Pale   287 Vulture Cape
102 Flycatcher Southern Black   288 Vulture Hooded
103 Flycatcher Spotted   289 Vulture Lappet-faced
104 Francolin Coqui   290 Vulture White-backed
105 Francolin Crested   291 Vulture White-headed
106 Go-away bird Grey   292 Wagtail African Pied
107 Goose African Pygmy   293 Wagtail Cape
108 Goose Egyptian   294 Wagtail Mountain
109 Goose Spur-winged   295 Warbler Iceterine
110 Goshawk African   296 Warbler Lesser Swamp-
111 Goshawk Dark Chanting   297 Warbler Stierling's Wren-
112 Goshawk Gabar   298 Warbler Willow
113 Grebe Little    299 Waxbill Blue
114 Greenbul Yellow-bellied   300 Waxbill Common
115 Greenbul Sombre   301 Waxbill Violet-eared
116 Greenshank Common   302 Weaver Lesser Masked-
117 Guineafowl Helmeted   303 Weaver Red-headed
118 Hamerkop     304 Weaver Southern Masked-
119 Harrier African Marsh-   305 Weaver Spectacled
120 Hawk African Harrier-   306 Weaver Thick-billed
121 Hawk African Cuckoo   307 Weaver Village
122 Helmet-Shrike Retz's   308 White-eye Cape
123 Helmet-Shrike White-crested   309 Whydah Long-tailed Paradise-
124 Heron Black   310 Whydah Pin-tailed
125 Heron Black-crowned Night-   311 Widowbird White-winged
126 Heron Black-headed   312 Wood-Hoopoe Green
127 Heron Goliath   313 Woodpecker Bearded
128 Heron Green-backed   314 Woodpecker Cardinal
129 Heron Grey   315 Woodpecker Golden-tailed
130 Heron Squacco   316    
131 Heron White-backed Night-   317    
132 Honeyguide Greater   318    
133 Honeyguide Lesser   319    
134 Honeyguide Scaly-throated   320    
135 Hoopoe African        
136 Hornbill African Grey        
137 Hornbill Southern Ground        
138 Hornbill Southern Red-billed        
139 Hornbill Southern Yellow-billed        
140 Hornbill Trumpeter        
141 Ibis African Sacred        
142 Ibis Hadeda        
143 Indigobird Dusky        
144 Indigobird Purple        
145 Indigobird Village        
146 Jacana  African        
147 Jacana  Lesser        
148 Kestrel Rock        
149 Kingfisher African Pygmy-        
150 Kingfisher Brown-hooded        
151 Kingfisher Giant        
152 Kingfisher Grey-headed        
153 Kingfisher Half-collared        
154 Kingfisher Malachite        
155 Kingfisher Pied        
156 Kingfisher Striped        
157 Kingfisher Woodland        
158 Kite Black-shouldered        
159 Kite Yellow-billed        
160 Korhaan Red-crested        
161 Lapwing African Wattled        
162 Lapwing Blacksmith         
163 Lapwing Crowned         
164 Lapwing Senegal         
165 Lapwing White-crowned         
166 Lark Dusky        
167 Lark Monotonous        
168 Lark Rufous-naped        
169 Lark Sabota        
170 Mannikin Bronze        
171 Martin Brown-throated        
172 Martin Common House        
173 Martin Rock        
174 Moorhen Common        
175 Moorhen Lesser        
176 Mousebird Red-faced        
177 Mousebird Speckled        
178 Mynah Common        
179 Neddicky          
180 Nightjar Fiery-necked        
181 Nightjar Freckled        
182 Nightjar Pennant-winged        
183 Nightjar Square-tailed        
184 Oriole Black-headed        
185 Oriole Eurasian Golden        
186 Ostrich Common        

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