Conor Finch: South Africa Life List ABC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 387 of 387 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans 6 5 2 Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis Yes 0 0 3 Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora 7 6 4 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys 30 29 5 Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta 30 29 6 Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma 0 0 7 Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 27 26 8 Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri Yes 0 0 9 Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca 1 0 10 Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata 1 0 11 Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus 29 28 12 Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli 23 22 13 Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides 1 0 14 Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica Yes 0 0 15 Cape Petrel Daption capense 21 20 16 Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea Yes 0 0 17 Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris 2 1 18 Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera 9 8 19 White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii 1 0 20 Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta 0 0 21 Barau's Petrel Pterodroma baraui 0 0 22 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis 5 4 23 Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea Yes 0 0 24 Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata 0 0 25 Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini Yes 1 0 26 Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata 5 4 27 Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri 0 0 28 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur 1 0 29 Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris Yes 0 0 30 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii 0 0 31 Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea 1 0 32 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 8 7 33 Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes 2 1 34 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis 22 21 35 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 34 33 36 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 9 8 37 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 0 0 38 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri 0 0 39 Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis 1 0 40 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus 25 24 41 Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica 3 2 42 White-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta grallaria 1 0 43 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 10 9 44 Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 0 0 45 Matsudaira's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma matsudairae 0 0 46 King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus 1 0 47 Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome 2 1 48 Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus 1 0 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 49 47 50 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 0 0 51 Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda 0 0 52 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 0 0 53 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator Yes 0 0 54 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 0 0 55 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 0 0 56 Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 1 0 57 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 0 0 58 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 33 32 59 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii 11 10 60 White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus 7 6 61 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris 3 2 62 Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula 3 2 63 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 64 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 21 20 65 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 25 24 66 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 0 0 67 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus 19 18 68 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 1 0 69 Garganey Anas querquedula 3 2 70 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 1 0 71 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 1 0 72 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides 11 10 73 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 14 13 74 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus 10 9 75 Red Kite Milvus milvus 1 0 76 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 3 2 77 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 10 9 78 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 14 13 79 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 7 6 80 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates 33 32 81 Shikra Accipiter badius 23 22 82 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1 0 83 Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris 21 20 84 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 39 37 85 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 27 26 86 Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus 18 17 87 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 2 1 88 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina 14 13 89 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 21 20 90 African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster 43 41 91 Ayres's Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii 1 0 92 Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus 16 15 93 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 31 30 94 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 55 53 95 Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni 11 10 96 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera 7 6 97 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 12 11 98 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis 37 35 99 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor 1 0 100 Merlin Falco columbarius 0 0 101 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 18 17 102 African Hobby Falco cuvierii 3 2 103 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 48 46 104 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides 0 0 105 Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha 17 16 106 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 6 5 107 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 29 28 108 Blue Quail Coturnix adansonii 0 0 109 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei 7 6 110 Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui 25 24 111 Shelley's Francolin Francolinus shelleyi 17 16 112 Orange River Francolin Francolinus levaillantoides 9 8 113 Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer 28 27 114 Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus 23 22 115 Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans 6 5 116 Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa 7 6 117 Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis 1 0 118 White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi 0 0 119 African Crake Crex egregia 4 3 120 Corncrake Crex crex 3 2 121 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 5 4 122 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 3 2 123 Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis 2 1 124 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni 4 3 125 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 6 5 126 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata 7 6 127 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis 11 10 128 Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami 43 41 129 Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii 20 19 130 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 50 48 131 Red-crested Bustard Lophotis ruficrista 48 46 132 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis 6 5 133 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 17 16 134 Crab-plover Dromas ardeola 1 0 135 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 4 3 136 Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus 8 7 137 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii 18 17 138 Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus 19 18 139 Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus 2 1 140 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus 17 16 141 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus 5 4 142 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 4 3 143 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 5 4 144 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Yes 2 1 145 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 0 146 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris 0 0 147 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 0 0 148 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 149 Red Knot Calidris canutus 18 17 150 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 1 0 151 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 2 1 152 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 1 0 153 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Yes 1 0 154 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 1 0 155 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Yes 4 3 156 Dunlin Calidris alpina 3 2 157 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 6 5 158 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Yes 1 0 159 Great Snipe Gallinago media 1 0 160 Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Yes 1 0 161 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 1 0 162 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 1 0 163 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 26 25 164 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 1 0 165 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 8 7 166 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 2 1 167 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 2 1 168 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 16 15 169 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 12 11 170 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 3 2 171 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 7 6 172 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 5 4 173 Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus Yes 0 0 174 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 7 6 175 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 15 14 176 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 3 2 177 South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki Yes 3 2 178 Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica 29 28 179 White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus 0 0 180 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Yes 0 0 181 Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 3 2 182 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 4 3 183 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Yes 0 0 184 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 17 16 185 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 1 0 186 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 1 0 187 Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana 2 1 188 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 4 3 189 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 24 23 190 Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata 12 11 191 White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa 1 0 192 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus 1 0 193 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata 2 1 194 Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum 9 8 195 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 5 4 196 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 38 36 197 Black Noddy Anous minutus 1 0 198 Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris 0 0 199 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 1 0 200 White Tern Gygis alba 0 0 201 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris 3 2 202 Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus 25 24 203 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis 2 1 204 Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli 7 6 205 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria 37 35 206 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer 3 2 207 Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei 8 7 208 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens 48 46 209 Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri 11 10 210 Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis 8 7 211 Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix 41 39 212 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 18 17 213 Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti 4 3 214 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus 25 24 215 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 9 8 216 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis 28 27 217 Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus 0 0 218 Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii 0 0 219 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus 15 14 220 Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus 16 15 221 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus 40 38 222 Black Coucal Centropus grillii 3 2 223 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 12 11 224 African Grass Owl Tyto capensis 6 5 225 Barn Owl Tyto alba 38 36 226 African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis 31 30 227 Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti 18 17 228 Cape Eagle Owl Bubo capensis 12 11 229 Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus 32 31 230 African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense 14 13 231 Marsh Owl Asio capensis 21 20 232 Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii 22 21 233 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis 51 49 234 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma 9 8 235 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 12 11 236 Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius 6 5 237 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri 6 5 238 Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi 7 6 239 Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi 15 14 240 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 1 0 241 Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis 1 0 242 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 11 10 243 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 41 39 244 Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides 6 5 245 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 20 19 246 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis 2 1 247 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 21 20 248 Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus 2 1 249 Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides 26 25 250 European Roller Coracias garrulus 37 35 251 Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus 4 3 252 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis 2 1 253 Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus 18 17 254 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus 13 12 255 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 23 22 256 Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii 28 27 257 Knysna Woodpecker Campethera notata 18 17 258 Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus 40 38 259 African Broadbill Smithornis capensis 9 8 260 African Pitta Pitta angolensis 0 0 261 Monotonous Lark Mirafra passerina 15 14 262 Melodious Lark Mirafra cheniana 10 9 263 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea 14 13 264 Fawn-coloured Lark Calendulauda africanoides 19 18 265 Red Lark Calendulauda burra 14 13 266 Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris 28 27 267 Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata 23 22 268 Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana 11 10 269 Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans 13 12 270 Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris 11 10 271 Sclater's Lark Spizocorys sclateri 14 13 272 Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki 12 11 273 Black-eared Sparrow Lark Eremopterix australis 13 12 274 Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark Eremopterix leucotis 28 27 275 Common Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23 22 276 Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga 22 21 277 Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa 49 47 278 South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera 41 39 279 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 5 4 280 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 2 1 281 Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara 23 22 282 Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus 0 0 283 Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis 25 24 284 Kimberley Pipit Anthus pseudosimilis 4 3 285 Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus 4 3 286 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 4 3 287 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 2 1 288 Long-tailed Pipit Anthus longicaudatus 3 2 289 Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae 4 3 290 White-breasted Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina pectoralis 5 4 291 Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus 21 20 292 White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata 25 24 293 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 5 4 294 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 3 2 295 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka 1 0 296 White-headed Black Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti 3 2 297 Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris 42 40 298 Knysna Warbler Bradypterus sylvaticus 15 14 299 Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris 7 6 300 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis 2 1 301 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 11 10 302 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 3 2 303 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 42 40 304 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 11 10 305 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 9 8 306 Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis 0 0 307 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum 8 7 308 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 5 4 309 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis 37 35 310 Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla 34 33 311 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 7 6 312 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 7 6 313 Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis 3 2 314 Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans 27 26 315 Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus 7 6 316 Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes 15 14 317 Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix 27 26 318 Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus 0 0 319 Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus 2 1 320 Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus 13 12 321 Chat Flycatcher Bradornis infuscatus 26 25 322 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 40 38 323 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 2 1 324 Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata 17 16 325 Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii 0 0 326 Ashy Tit Parus cinerascens 24 23 327 Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli 18 17 328 Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus 28 27 329 Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi 1 0 330 Eastern Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea 28 27 331 Mouse-coloured Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii 24 23 332 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis 54 52 333 Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus 68 66 334 Neergaard's Sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi 17 16 335 Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer 63 61 336 Mariqua Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis 46 44 337 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus 3 2 338 Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus 27 26 339 African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis 21 20 340 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 36 34 341 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 43 41 342 Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens 41 39 343 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malacanotus blanchoti 50 48 344 Black-fronted Bush-Shrike Telophorus nigrifrons 8 7 345 Olive Bush-Shrike Telophorus olivaceus 25 24 346 Gorgeous Bush-Shrike Telophorus viridis 22 21 347 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis 48 46 348 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 50 48 349 Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus 16 15 350 Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus 39 37 351 Retz's Helmet-Shrike Prionops retzii 28 27 352 Chestnut-fronted Helmet-Shrike Prionops scopifrons 2 1 353 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 18 17 354 House Crow Corvus splendens 30 29 355 Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup 26 25 356 Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii 21 20 357 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus 28 27 358 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus 64 62 359 Great Sparrow Passer motitensis 24 23 360 Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius 23 22 361 Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops 3 2 362 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer 36 34 363 Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula 12 11 364 Grey Waxbill Estrilda perreini 11 10 365 Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos 21 20 366 Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatinus 26 25 367 Peters's Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus 1 0 368 Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra 1 0 369 Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia 41 39 370 Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata 28 27 371 Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala 23 22 372 African Quailfinch Ortygospiza fuscocrissa 25 24 373 Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava 16 15 374 Black-and-White Mannikin Lonchura bicolor 19 18 375 Magpie Mannikin Lonchura fringilloides 7 6 376 Parasitic Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis 1 0 377 Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa 0 0 378 Eastern Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea 40 38 379 Shaft-tailed Whydah Vidua regia 23 22 380 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata 31 30 381 Variable Indigobird Vidua funerea 27 26 382 Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens 12 11 383 Black-throated Canary Serinus atrogularis 39 37 384 Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus 63 61 385 Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratus 54 52 386 Black-headed Canary Serinus alario 23 22 387 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi 44 42