Richard Banks: Africa Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 194 of 194 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus 2 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata 3 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 4 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 6 South African Shelduck Tadorna cana 7 Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii 8 African Black Duck Anas sparsa 9 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 10 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha 11 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 12 Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena 13 Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi 14 Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis 15 Natal Spurfowl Pternistis natalensis 16 Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii 17 Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus 18 Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii 19 Common Swift Apus apus 20 Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor 21 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 22 Red-crested Korhaan Lophotis ruficrista 23 Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii 24 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 25 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 26 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 27 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus 28 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis 29 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 30 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola 31 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 32 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos 33 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 34 African Green Pigeon Treron calvus 35 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 36 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 38 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 39 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor 40 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis 41 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus 42 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 43 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 44 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 45 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus 46 White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps 47 Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris 48 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 49 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 50 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 51 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 52 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 53 Little Stint Calidris minuta 54 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus 55 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 56 Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii 57 African Penguin Spheniscus demersus 58 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer 59 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 60 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 61 African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis 62 Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis 63 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus 64 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 65 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 66 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 67 African Spoonbill Platalea alba 68 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 69 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca 70 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 71 Striated Heron Butorides striata 72 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 73 Great Egret Ardea alba 74 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 75 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 76 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 77 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 78 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius 79 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 80 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus 81 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 82 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 83 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 84 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos 85 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus 86 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 87 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 88 Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi 89 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 90 African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster 91 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 92 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar 93 Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus 94 Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris 95 Black Harrier Circus maurus 96 African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer 97 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum 98 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus 99 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea 100 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus 101 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus 102 African Hoopoe Upupa africana 103 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 104 Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 105 Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri 106 Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris 107 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas 108 Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus 109 African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus 110 Purple Roller Coracias naevius 111 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus 112 European Roller Coracias garrulus 113 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris 114 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica 115 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 116 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta 117 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus 118 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 119 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 120 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 121 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii 122 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 123 Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus 124 Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii 125 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni 126 Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus 127 Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus 128 Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti 129 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 130 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla 131 Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus 132 White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus 133 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus 134 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 135 Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens 136 Magpie Shrike Lanius melanoleucus 137 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 138 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 139 Pied Crow Corvus albus 140 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana 141 Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus 142 Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor 143 Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata 144 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 145 Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa 146 Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens 147 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana 148 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis 149 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii 150 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 151 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 152 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea 153 Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens 154 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus 155 Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus 156 Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii 157 Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis 158 Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus 159 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 160 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus 161 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorynchus 162 Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa 163 White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys 164 Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina 165 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 166 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 167 Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora 168 Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis 169 White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala Nest in a funnel spider’s web 170 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus 171 Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger 172 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis 173 Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius 174 Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus 175 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus 176 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea 177 Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix 178 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 179 Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata 180 Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina 181 Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis 182 Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba 183 Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia 184 Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea 185 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura 186 Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri 187 Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea 188 Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa 189 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis 190 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp 191 Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica 192 Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 193 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi 194 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris