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CHECKLIST OF SELOUS BIRDS
Recently spotted near Selous Impala: a Malagasy (Humblot’s) Heron - Ardea humbloti -
this was the first record ever in Africa, let alone Tanzania!
It is even rare in Madagascar where it comes from and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN red list.
Cormorants |
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Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
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Darters |
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Darter Anhinga rufa
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Pelicans |
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Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens |
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White Pelican Pelecanus ornocrotalus
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Herons, Egrets & Bitterns |
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Grey Heron Ardea cinerea |
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Goliath Heron Ardea goliath |
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Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala |
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Madagascar Squacco Heron Ardeola idae |
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Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis |
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Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus |
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Great White Egret Egretta alba |
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Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca |
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Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
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Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia |
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White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
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Hamerkop |
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Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
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Storks |
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Open-billed Stork Anastomus lamelligerus |
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White Stork Ciconia ciconia |
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Abdim’s Stork Ciconiaabdimii |
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Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus |
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Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
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Marabou Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
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Yellow-billed Stork Mycgteria ibis
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Ibises & Spoonbills |
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Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash |
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Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
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Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopica |
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African Spoonbill Platalea alba
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Ducks & Geese |
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Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor |
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White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata |
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Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhynchus |
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Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus |
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Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos |
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White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
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Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, Kites, Buzzards & Osprey |
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Palm-nut Vulture Gyphohierax angolensis |
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African White-backed Vulture Byps africanus |
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Ruppell’s Vulture Gyps rueppellii |
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Hooded Vulture Neophron monachus |
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White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis |
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Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus |
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Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus |
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African Harrier Hawk - Gymnogene Polyboroides radiatus |
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Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus |
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Bateleur Terathopius ecaudaus |
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo |
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Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
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Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina |
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Verraux Eagle Aquila Verreauxii |
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Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax |
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African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster |
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Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis |
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Dark Chanting Goshawk elierax metabates |
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Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus |
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African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer |
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Black Kite Milvus migrans |
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Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus |
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Osprey Pandion halieaetus
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Falcons |
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Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaeceus |
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African Pigmy Falcon Polyhierax semitarquatus |
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African Hobby Falco Cuvieri |
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Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera |
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Dickinson ’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni |
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Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
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Quails & Francolins |
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Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena |
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Red necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer
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Guineafowl |
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Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani |
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Helmeted Guinea Fowl Numida meleagris
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Rails, Coots & Gallinules |
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Black Crake Limnocorax flavirostra
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Bustards |
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Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
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Jacanas |
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African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
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Avocets & Stilts |
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Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
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Pied Avocet Avosetta avosetta
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Thick-knees |
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Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
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Coursers & Pratincoles |
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Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii |
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Collared pratincole Glareola pratincola |
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Violet-tipped Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
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Sandgrouse |
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Black-faced Sandgrouse (female) Pterocles decoratus |
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Plovers |
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Kittlitz’s Sandplover Charadrius pecuarius |
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Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollis |
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Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus |
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Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus |
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Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus |
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Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula |
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Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus |
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White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albeceps
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Sandpipers, Phalaropes & Snipes |
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Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis |
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Common Sandpiper Actilis hypoleucos |
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Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
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Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia |
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Common Redshank Tringa tetanus |
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Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
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Little Stint Calidris minuta |
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Ruff Philomachus pugnax
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Skimmers |
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African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
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Pigeons & Doves |
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Namaqua Dove Oena capensis |
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Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola |
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Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquala |
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Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis |
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Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos |
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African Green Pigeon Treron calva
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Parrots & Lovebirds |
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Brown Parrot Poicephalus meveri |
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Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
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Turacos |
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Grey Go-away Bird Corythaixoides concolor |
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Livingstone’s Turaco Tauraco livingstonii |
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Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus
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Cuckoos & Coucals |
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Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius |
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Klaas’ Cuckoo Chysococcyx klaas |
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Black and white Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus |
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Levaillant’s Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii |
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Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus |
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Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius |
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Burchell’s Coucal Centropus burchelli |
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White-browed Coucal Centrophus superciliosus
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Barn Owls |
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Barn Owl Tyto alba
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Eagle Owls |
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Verreaux’s Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus
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Owlets |
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African Barred Owlet Glaucicium perlatum |
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Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucicium perlatum |
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Pel’s Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
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Nightjars |
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Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii |
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Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus euopaeus
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Swifts & Spinetails |
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Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
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Mousebirds |
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Speckled Mousebird Coleus sriatus
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Kingfishers |
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Giant Kingfisher Ceryle maxima |
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Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis |
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Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata |
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Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris |
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Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis |
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Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti |
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African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
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Green and Cinnamon Bee-eaters |
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White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis |
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Bohm’s Bee-eater Merops boehmi |
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Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
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Large Migrant Bee-eaters |
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European Bee-eater Merops apiaster |
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Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
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Red-Throated Bee-eaters |
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White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
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Carmine Bee-eaters |
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Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
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Rollers |
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Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata |
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European Roller Coracias garrulus |
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Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulata |
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Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
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Wood-Hoopoes & Scimitarbills |
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Common Scimitarbill Phoeniculus cyanomelas |
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Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
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Hoopoe |
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African Hoopoe Upupa africana
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Hornbills |
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Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator |
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Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus |
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Von der Deckens Hornbill Tockus deckeni |
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African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus |
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Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
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Bush Barbets |
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Spotted-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
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Woodland and Forest Barbets |
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Brown-Breasted Barbet Lybius melanopterus |
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Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
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Honeyguides |
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Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor |
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Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
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Woodland Woodpeckers |
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Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni |
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Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
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Small Woodpeckers |
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Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscenscens |
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Stripe-faced Woodpeckers |
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Bearded Woodpecker Thripias namaquus
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Swallows & Martins |
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Common House Martin Delichon urbica |
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Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica |
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Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
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Pipits, Wagtails & Longclaws |
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Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus |
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African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp |
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Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava |
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Golden Pipit Timetothylacus tenellus
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Cuckoo-shrikes |
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Black Cuckoo Shrike Campephaga flava
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Bulbuls |
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Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
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Greenbul |
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Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
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Thrushes & Chats |
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Cliff Chat Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris |
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Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata |
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Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata |
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Spotted Morning Thrush Cichladusa guttata |
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White-headed Black Chat Thamnolaea arnoti
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Warblers |
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Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida |
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Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida |
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Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
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Bush and Woodland Crombecs |
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Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
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Eremomelas |
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Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
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Batises & Wattle-eyes |
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Black-headed Batis Batis minor |
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Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis |
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Black-throated Wattleye Platysteira peltata
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Grey and Brown Flycatcher |
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Spotted Flycatcher Muscicaoa striata
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Paradise Flycatchers |
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African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
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Sunbirds |
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Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris |
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Mariko Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis |
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Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
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White-eyes |
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Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
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Oriolidae |
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African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus |
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Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
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Shrikes |
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Common Fiscal Lanius collaris |
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Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi |
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Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
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Bush-shrikes |
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Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla |
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Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus |
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Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike Malaconotus sulphure |
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Black-headed Tchagra Tchagra senegala
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Helmet-shrikes |
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Retz’s Helmet Shrike Prionops retzii
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Drongos |
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Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
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Crows & Ravens |
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Indian House Crow Corvus splendens
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Oxpeckers |
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Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus eryrthrorhynchus
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Starlings |
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Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
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Southern Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis elisabeth |
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Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
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Sparrows |
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House Sparrow Passer domesticus |
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Grey Headed Sparrow Passer griseus
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Weavers |
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Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps |
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Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger |
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Black-headed Weaver Ploceus cucullatus |
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Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius |
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Spectacled Weaver Ploeceus ocularis |
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African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus |
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White-browed Sparrow Weaver Plocepasser mahali
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Red Bishops |
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Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventis
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Queleas |
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Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
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Pytilia and Cordon Bleus |
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Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba |
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Southern Cordon Bleu Uraeginthus angolensis
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Firefinches |
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African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata |
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Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
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Waxbills |
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Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
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Whydahs, Indigobirds |
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Village Indigobird Hypochera chalybeata |
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Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura |
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Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
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Seedeaters & Canaries |
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Yellow-rumped Seedeater Serinus richenovyi
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Golden Bunting |
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African Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
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if any errors are noted. Any information or photos that can be added to this list would be most gratefully received.
Special thanks to Micol Farina, David Liebst, Richard Jones, Pietro Luraschi and Gillie Zanacchi for the photos.
Checklist of all birds in Selous from 2003
