Trip from South Africa to Egypt - and beyond?

List of species seen en route from Malawi to Ethiopia

Tuesday 9 December to Saturday 13 December 2003

Note: where several sub-species are mentioned, I have not yet checked exactly which one is being referred to yet.

Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena granti
Orange River Francolin Francolinus levaillantoides lorti
Yellow-necked Francolin Francolinus leucoscepus
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
Silvery-checked Hornbill Ceratogymna brevis
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops waibeli
European Roller Coracias garrulus garrulus
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus affinis, C. s. kikuyuensis & C. s. leucotis
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus turneri
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus pulcher & U. m. massaicus
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus songweensis
White-bellied Go-away Bird Criniferoides leucogaster
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea guinea
African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens elegans
Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola somalica
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus olivascens
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus ellenbecki
Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus caeruleus
Black Kite Milvus parasiticus parasiticus & M. m. migrans
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus
Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides arthuri
Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ibis
Hadada Bostrychia hagedash nilotica
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopica aethiopica
Open-bill Stork Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus rueppelli
Ethiopian Bush Crow Zavattariornis stresemanni
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Somali Crow Corvus edithae
Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus rhipidurus
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis fugax
Slate-coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris funebris
Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes familiaris
European Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens schalowi
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus cyaniventris
Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis purpuropterus purpuropterus
Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor
White-crowned Starling Spreo albicapillus albicapillus
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica rustica
White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis
Eastern Saw-wing Psalidoprocne orientalis orientalis
Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus layardi
Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris centralis
Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea torrida
Pink-breasted Lark Mirafra poecilosterna
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis madarszi
Crested Lark Galerida cristata somaliensis
Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
Sharpe's Longclaw Anthus sharpei
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli boehmi
White-browed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser mahali pectoralis
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens ardens / suahelicus
Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne delamerei
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
Melba Finch Pytilia melba grotei / soudanensis
Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea