African Bird Club

Acknowledgements
My thanks to Richard Webb for inviting this article. Kevin Bartlett is thanked for the loan of his photographs and much entertainment during field work in the area. Thanks also to all those people who have willingly put me up on many occasions in the past: Lynne and Roy Vincent at Ndhovu, Marie and Grant at Lianshulu and Dick and Katy Sharpe in Katima. Thanks also to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism for allowing me access to the areas under their jurisdiction.

Appendix: scientific names of birds and other animals mentioned in the text.
Bird nomenclature follows, Birds of Africa, where published. For species later in the taxonomic order (warblers onwards) scientific names largely follow Dowsett & Forbes-Watson and common practice in Africa. Where alternative English names in common use are very different these are included in brackets.

BIRDS
Dabchick, Tachybaptus ruficollis; Black-necked Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis; Little Bittern, Ixobrychus minutus; Dwarf Bittern, I. sturmii; White-backed Night Heron, Gorsachius leuconotus; Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax; Squacco Heron, Ardeola ralloides; Rufous-bellied Heron, A. rufiventris; Green-backed Heron, Butorides striatus; Black Heron, Egretta ardesiaca; Slaty Egret, E. vinaceigula; Purple Heron, Ardea purpurea; Grey Heron, A. cinerea; Goliath Heron, A. goliath; African Open-billed Stork, Anastomus lamelligerus; Abdim's Stork, Ciconia abdimii; Woolly-necked Stork, C. episcopus; Saddle-billed Stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis; Marabou, Leptoptilos crumeniferus; Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus; Fulvous Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor; White-faced Whistling Duck, D. viduata; White-backed Duck, Thalassornis leuconotus; African Pygmy Goose, Nettapus auritus; Yellow-billed Duck, Anas undulata; Red-billed Duck, A. erythrorhyncha; Hottentot Teal, A. hottentota; Osprey, Pandion haliaetus; African Cuckoo Falcon, Aviceda cuculoides; Bat Hawk, Macheirhamphus alcinus; 'Yellow-billed' Kite, Milvus migrans parasitus; Black Kite, M. m. migrans; African Fish Eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer; Brown Snake Eagle, Circaetus cinereus; Smaller Banded Snake Eagle, C. cinerascens; Bateleur, Terathopius ecaudatus; African Marsh Harrier, Circus ranivorus; Gabar Goshawk, Micronisus gabar; Dark Chanting Goshawk, Melierax metabates; African Goshawk, Accipiter tachiro; Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk), A. badius; African Little Sparrowhawk, A. minullus; Ovampo Sparrowhawk, A. ovampensis; Black Sparrowhawk, A. melanoleucus; Lizard Buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus; Lesser Spotted Eagle, Aquila pomarina; Tawny Eagle, A. rapax rapax; Steppe Eagle, A. r. nipalensis; Wahlberg's Eagle, A. wahlbergi; African Hawk Eagle, Hieraaetus spilogaster; Long-crested Eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis; Martial Eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus; Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius; Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni; Common Kestrel, F. tinnunculus; Dickinson's Kestrel, F. dickinsoni; Red-footed Falcon, F. vespertinus; Eastern Red-footed Falcon, F. amurensis; Hobby, F. subbuteo; African Hobby, F. cuvieri; Lanner Falcon, F. biarmicus; Peregrine Falcon, F. peregrinus; Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix; Harlequin Quail, C. delegorguei; Coqui Francolin, Francolinus coqui; Orange River Francolin, F. levaillantoides; Little Button Quail, Turnix sylvatica; Red-chested Flufftail, Sarothrura rufa; African Crake, Crex egregia; African Water Rail, Rallus caerulescens; Baillon's Crake, Porzana pusilla; Spotted Crake, P. porzana; Striped Crake, Aenimatolimnas marginalis; Black Crake, Amaurornis flavirostris; Allen's (Lesser) Gallinule, Porphyrio alleni; Purple Gallinule, P. porphyrio; Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus; Lesser Moorhen, G. angulata; Wattled Crane, Bugeranus carunculatus; African Finfoot, Podica senegalensis; Denham's Bustard, Neotis denhami; Kori Bustard, Ardeotis kori; Black-bellied Bustard, Eupodotis melanogaster; African Jacana, Actophilornis africanus; Lesser Jacana, Microparra capensis; Greater Painted-Snipe, Rostratula benghalensis; Spotted Dikkop, Burhinus capensis; Burchell's Courser, Cursorius rufus; Temminck's Courser, C. temminckii; Three-banded Courser, C. cinctus; Bronze-winged Courser, C. chalcopterus; Collared (Red-winged) Pratincole, Glareola pratincola; Rock Pratincole, G. nuchalis; Three-banded Plover, Charadrius tricollaris; White-fronted Sand-Plover, C. marginatus; Wattled Plover, Vanellus senegallus; White-crowned Plover, V. albiceps; Crowned Plover, V. coronatus; Long-toed Lapwing, V. crassirostris; Ruff, Philomachus pugnax; African Snipe, Gallinago nigripennis; Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus; Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos; Whiskered Tern, Chlidonias hybridus; White-winged Tern, C. leucopterus; African Skimmer, Rynchops flavirostris; African Green Pigeon, Treron calva; Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Turtur chalcospilos; African Mourning Dove, Streptopelia decipiens; Brown-necked (Cape) Parrot, Poicephalus robustus; Meyer's Parrot, P. meyeri; Black-cheeked Lovebird, Agapornis lilianae nigrigenis; Green (Livingstone's) Turaco, Tauraco persa livingstonii; Jacobin Cuckoo, Oxylophus jacobinus; African Striped Cuckoo, O. levaillantii; Great Spotted Cuckoo, Clamator glandarius; Red-chested Cuckoo, Cuculus solitarius; African Cuckoo, C. gularis; African Emerald Cuckoo, Chrysococcyx cupreus; Klaas's Cuckoo, C. klaas; Diederik Cuckoo, C. caprius; Coppery-tailed Coucal, Centropus cupreicaudus; White-browed Coucal, C. superciliosus; Black Coucal, C. grillii; Senegal Coucal, C. senegalensis; Barn Owl, Tyto alba; Common Scops Owl, Otus scops; White-faced Scops Owl, O. leucotis; Spotted Eagle-Owl, Bubo africanus; Verreaux's (Giant) Eagle-Owl, B. lacteus; Pel's Fishing-Owl, Scotopelia peli; Pearl-spotted Owlet, Glaucidium perlatum; African Barred Owlet, G. capense; African Wood Owl, Strix woodfordi; Marsh Owl, Asio capensis; Swamp Nightjar, Caprimulgus natalensis; Square-tailed Nightjar, C. fossii; Fiery-necked Nightjar, C. pectoralis; Freckled Nightjar, C. tristigma; European Nightjar, C. europaeus; Rufous-cheeked Nightjar, C. rufigena; Pennant-winged Nightjar, Macrodipteryx vexillaria; Narina's Trogon, Apaloderma narina; Woodland Kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis; Striped Kingfisher, H. chelicuti; African Pygmy Kingfisher, Ceyx picta; African Giant Kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima; Little Bee-eater, Merops pusillus; Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, M. hirundineus; White-fronted Bee-eater, M. bullockoides; Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, M. persicus; European Bee-eater, M. apiaster; Carmine Bee-eater, M. nubicus; Rufous-crowned Roller, Coracias naevia; Lilac-breasted Roller, C. caudata; Racket-tailed Roller, C. spatulata; Broad-billed Roller, Eurystomus glaucurus; Southern Ground Hornbill, Bucorvus cafer; Red-billed Hornbill, Tockus erythrorhynchus; Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, T. leucomelas; Bradfield's Hornbill, T. bradfieldi; Grey Hornbill, T. nasutus; Trumpeter Hornbill, Ceratogymna bucinator; Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Pogoniulus chrysoconus; Pied Barbet, Tricholaema leucomelaina; Black-collared Barbet, Lybius torquatus; Crested Barbet, Trachyphonus vaillantii; Wahlberg's Honeybird (Sharp-tailed Honeyguide), Prodotiscus regulus; Greater Honeyguide, Indicator indicator; Bennett's Woodpecker, Campethera bennettii; Golden-tailed Woodpecker, C. abingoni; Cardinal Woodpecker, Dendropicos fuscescens; Bearded Woodpecker, D. namaquus; Rufous-naped Lark, Mirafra africana; Flappet Lark, M. rufocinnamomea; Fawn-coloured Lark, M. africanoides; Dusky Lark, Pinarocorys nigricans; Red-capped Lark, Calandrella cinerea; Banded Martin, Riparia cincta; Grey-rumped Swallow, Pseudhirundo griseopyga; Mosque Swallow, Hirundo senegalensis; Lesser Striped Swallow, H. abyssinica; Wire-tailed Swallow, H. smithii; African Pied Wagtail, Motacilla aguimp; Long-billed (Wood) Pipit, Anthus similis, , nyassae; Pink-throated Longclaw, Macronyx ameliae; Black Cuckoo-shrike, Campephaga flava; White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike, Coracina pectoralis; Yellow-bellied Bulbul, Chlorocichla flaviventris; Terrestrial Brownbul, Phyllastrephus terrestris; Black-eyed Bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus; Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia; White-browed Robin-Chat (Heuglin's Robin), Cossypha heuglini; Red-capped Robin-Chat (Natal Robin), C. natalensis; White-browed Scrub Robin, Cercotrichas leucophrys; Capped Wheatear, Oenanthe pileata; White-headed Black Chat, Myrmecocichla arnotti; Groundscraper Thrush, Psophocichla litsipsirupa; Kurrichane Thrush, Turdus libonyanus; Eurasian River Warbler, Locustella fluviatilis; Little Rush-Warbler (African Bush-Warbler), Bradypterus baboecala; Sedge Warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; African Reed-Warbler (African Marsh Warbler), A. baeticus; Greater Swamp-Warbler, A. rufescens; Lesser Swamp-Warbler (Cape Reed-Warbler), A. gracilirostris; Red-faced Cisticola, Cisticola erythrops; Winding (Black-backed) Cisticola, C. galactotes; Chirping Cisticola, C. pipiens; Grey (Tinkling) Cisticola, C. rufilata; Neddicky (Piping Cisticola), C. fulvicapillus; Fan-tailed Cisticola, C. juncidis; Desert Cisticola, C. aridula; Tawny-flanked Prinia, Prinia subflava; Yellow-breasted Apalis, Apalis flavida; Bleating (Bush-)Warbler (Grey-backed Camaroptera), Camaroptera brachyura; Stierling's Wren-Warbler, C. stierlingi; Green-capped Eremomela, Eremeomela scotops; Burnt-necked Eremomela, E. usticollis; Long-billed Crombec, Sylvietta rufescens; Pale Flycatcher, Bradornis pallidus; Southern Black Flycatcher, Melaenornis pammelaina; Ashy (Blue-Grey) Flycatcher, Muscicapa caerulescens; Grey Tit-Flycatcher (Fan-tailed Flycatcher), Myioparus plumbeus; African Paradise Flycatcher, Terpsiphone viridis; White-rumped Babbler, Turdoides leucopygius; Long-tailed Shrike, Corvinella melanoleuca; Tropical Boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus; Swamp Boubou, L. bicolor; Brubru, Nilaus afer; Brown-headed (Three-streaked) Tchagra, Tchagra australis; Black-crowned Tchagra, T. senegala; Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike, Malaconotus sulfureopectus; Grey-headed Bush Shrike, M. blanchoti; White Helmet Shrike, Prionops plumatus; Retz's Red-billed Helmet Shrike, P. retzii; White-crowned Shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens ; Violet-backed (Plum-coloured) Starling, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster; Southern Long-tailed Starling, Lamprotornis mevesi; Sharp-tailed Starling, L. acuticaudus; Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus africanus; Red-billed Oxpecker, B. erythrorhynchus; Southern Black Tit, Parus niger; Rufous-bellied Tit, P. rufiventris; Collared Sunbird, Anthreptes collaris; Coppery Sunbird, Nectarinia cuprea; Purple-banded Sunbird, N. bifasciata; White-bellied Sunbird, N. talatala; Amethyst (Black) Sunbird, N. amethystina; Yellow White-eye, Zosterops senegalensis; African Golden Oriole, Oriolus auratus; Eastern Black-headed Oriole, O. larvatus; Thick-billed Weaver, Amblyospiza albifrons; Spotted-backed (Village or Black-headed) Weaver, Ploceus cucullatus; Golden Weaver, P. xanthops; Southern Brown-throated Weaver, P. xanthopterus; Parasitic Weaver (Cuckoo Finch), Anomalospiza imberbis; Red-headed Quelea, Quelea erythrops; Golden (Yellow-crowned) Bishop, Euplectes afer; Red-shouldered Widow, E. axillaris; White-winged Widow, E. albonotatus; Jameson's Firefinch, Lagonosticta rhodopareia; Red-billed Firefinch, L. senegala; Brown Firefinch, L. nitidula, (sometimes merged into L. rufopicta); Blue Waxbill, Uraeginthus angolensis; Violet-eared Waxbill, U. granatinus; Common Waxbill, Estrilda astrild; Quail Finch, Ortygospiza atricollis; Orange-breasted (Zebra) Waxbill, Amandava (Sporaeginthus) subflavus; Pin-tailed Whydah, Vidua macroura; Shaft-tailed Whydah, V. regia; (Long-tailed) Paradise Whydah, V. paradisaea; Black-throated Canary, Serinus atrogularis; Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting, Emberiza tahapisi,

OTHER ANIMALS
Crocodile, Crocodilus niloticus; Lesser Bushbaby, Galago senegalensis; Wild Dog, Lycaon pictus; Cape Clawless Otter, Aonyx capensis; Common Genet, Genetta genetta; Serval, Felis serval; Lion, Panthera leo; Leopard, P. pardus; Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus; Elephant, Loxodonta africana; Burchell's Zebra, Equus burchelli; Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius; Warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus; Greater Kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros; Sitatunga, T. spekei; Roan Antelope, Hippotragus equinus; Sable Antelope, H. niger; Red Lechwe, Kobus leche; Southern (Chobe) Reedbuck, Redunca arundinum; Tsessebe, Damaliscus lunatus; (Blue) Wildebeeste, Connochaetes taurinus; Impala, Aepyceros melampus; Oribi, Ourebia ourebi; Buffalo, Syncerus caffer.

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