Central Africa
List of species seen during the day in western Chad
Saturday 21st December 2002
White-faced Tree Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Quail Plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii)
Little Grey Woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus)
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus chrysoconus)
Vieillot's Barbet (Lybius vieilloti buchanani)
Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus)
African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus nasutus)
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops epops)
Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinica)
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus pusillus)
Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus macrourus)
Golden Nightjar (Caprimulgus eximius simplicior)
Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea guinea)
European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur turtur)
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis)
Vinaceous Dove (Streptopelia vinacea)
Rose-grey Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea roseogrisea)
Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
Northern Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina pavonina)
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus exustus)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus himantopus)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus hybridus)
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus caeruleus)
Black Kite (Milvus parasiticus parasiticus)
Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus monachus)
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle (Circaetus beaudouini)
Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Dark Chanting Goshawk (Melierax metabates neumanni)
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus)
Grey Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta garzetta)
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Great White Egret (Casmerodius albus melanorhynchos)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis ibis)
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopica aethiopica)
Open-bill Stork (Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia ciconia)
Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
Southern Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis elegans)
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator senator & badius)
Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus)
Rufous Bush Chat (Cercotrichas galactotes minor)
Black Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas podobe podobe)
European Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa)
Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca)
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus chalybaeus)
Chestnut-bellied Starling (Lamprotornis pulcher)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Fulvous Babbler (Turdoides fulvus buchanani)
Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis communis)
Ruppell's Warbler (Sylvia rueppelli)
Rufous-rumped Lark (Certhilauda erythropygia)
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucotis melanocephala)
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps albifrons)
Pygmy Sunbird (Hedydipna platura)
Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchella pulchella)
Southern Rufous Sparrow (Passer motitensis cordofanicus)
Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus laeneni)
Yellow-spotted Petronia (Petronia pyrgita pallida)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava beema)
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver (Bubalornis albirostris)
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus superciliosus)
Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala rhodopsis)
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus bengalus)