Trip from South Africa to Egypt - and beyond?

List of species seen en route from Somaliland to Sudan

Thursday 1 January to Wednesday 14 January 2004

Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanopterus
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis gambensis
African Black Duck Anas sparsa leucostigma
Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata rueppelli
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus erythrorhynchus
Hemprich's Hornbill Tockus hemprichii
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus leucotis
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius pullarius
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus cinerascens
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius aegyptius
Rock Dove Columba livia 'domestica'
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea guinea
White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques
Pink-breasted Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Common Crane Grus grus grus
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus caeruleus
Black Kite Milvus parasiticus parasiticus
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Lammergeyer Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus pileatus
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro unduliventer
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris perspicillaris
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus rufinus
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur augur
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ibis
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta umbretta
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Fiscal Shrike Lanius collaris humeralis
Black Crow Corvus capensis kordofanensis
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus rhipidurus
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris
Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitsirupa simensis
Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus abyssinicus
European Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens lugubris
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
Botta's Wheatear Oenanthe bottae
Ruppell's Chat Myrmecocichla melaena
White-winged Cliff-Chat Myrmecocichla semirufa
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus africanus
Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula pusilla
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica rustica
Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida rothschildi
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica melanocrissa
Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus schoanus
Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes lugubris
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia straminea
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis cruentata
House Sparrow Passer domesticus arboreus
Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus neumanni
White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens laticauda & rhodopsis
Black-headed Siskin Serinus nigriceps
Brown-rumped Seedeater Serinus tristriatus
House Bunting Emberiza striolata striolata
Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting Emberiza tahapisi septemstriata