Checklist of the Birds of the Kruger National Park, South Africa 1 to 120
A checklist of an area such as the Kruger National Park (KNP) will always include some controversial species. Some lists for the KNP include as many as 517 (Kemp et al. 2001). These include some extreme vagrants, which do not normally make up part of the KNPs avifauna. This list excludes some of the rarer ones and includes a total of 477 species. Readers requiring detail of the other rarer species should consult the literature listed at the end of this list. You can see full details on each Kruger bird here.
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View of marabou storks soaring overhead (click to see larger view)
| Checklist Of The Birds Of The Kruger National Park | |||
| Common Name Latin name | Common Name Latin name | ||
| 1. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus | 61. Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus | ||
| 2. Little Grebe (Dabchick) Tachybaptus ruficollis | 62. European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus | ||
| 3. Great (Eastern) White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus | 63. Verreauxs Eagle Aquila verreauxii | ||
| 4. Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens | 64. Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax | ||
| 5. White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | 65. Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | ||
| 6. Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus | 66. Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina | ||
| 7. African Darter Anhinga melanogaster | 67. Wahlbergs Eagle Aquila wahlbergi | ||
| 8. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea | 68. Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus | ||
| 9. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala | 69. African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster | ||
| 10. Goliath Heron Ardea goliath | 70. Ayres Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii | ||
| 11. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | 71. Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis | ||
| 12. Great (White) Egret Casmerodius albus | 72. Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus | ||
| 13. Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia | 73. African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus | ||
| 14. Little Egret Egretta garzetta | 74. Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus | ||
| 15. Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca | 75. Black-breasted Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis | ||
| 16. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis | 76. Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus | ||
| 17. (Common) Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides | 77. African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer | ||
| 18. Rufous-bellied Heron Butorides rufiventris | 78. Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo | ||
| 19. Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus | 79. Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus | ||
| 20. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | 80. Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus | ||
| 21. White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus | 81. Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis | ||
| 22. Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii | 82. Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus | ||
| 23. Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus | 83. Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus | ||
| 24. Hamerkop Scopus umbretta | 84. Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) Accipiter badius | ||
| 25. White Stork Ciconia ciconia | 85. African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro | ||
| 26. Abdims Stork Ciconia abdimii | 86. Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar | ||
| 27. Black Stork Ciconia nigra | 87. Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates | ||
| 28. Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus | 88. African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus | ||
| 29. African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus | 89. Montagus Harrier Circus pygargus | ||
| 30. Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | 90. Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus | ||
| 31. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus | 91. African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) Polyboroides typus | ||
| 32. Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis | 92. Osprey Pandion haliaetus | ||
| 33. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus | 93. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | ||
| 34. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus | 94. Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus | ||
| 35. Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash | 95. Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo | ||
| 36. African Spoonbill Platalea alba | 96. (Western) Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus | ||
| 37. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber | 97. Amur (Eastern Red-footed) Falcon Falco amurensis | ||
| 38. Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor | 98. Rock Kestrel Falco tinnunculus | ||
| 39. White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata | 99. Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | ||
| 40. Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor | 100. Dickinsons Kestrel Falco dickinsoni | ||
| 41. White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus | 101. Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui | ||
| 42. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus | 102. Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena | ||
| 43. African Black Duck Anas sparsa | 103. Shelleys Francolin Francolinus shelleyi | ||
| 44. Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota | 104. Natal Francolin Francolinus natalensis | ||
| 45. Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha | 105. Swainsons Spurfowl Francolinus swainsonii | ||
| 46. Cape Shoveller Anas smithii | 106. Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei | ||
| 47. Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma | 107. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris | ||
| 48. African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus aurinus | 108. Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani | ||
| 49. Comb (Knob-billed) Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos | 109. Small (Kurrichane) Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica | ||
| 50. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis | 110. African Rail Rallus caerulescens | ||
| 51. Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius | 111. Corncrake Crex crex | ||
| 52. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus | 112. African Crake Crex egregia | ||
| 53. Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres | 113. Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris | ||
| 54. (African) White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus | 114. Baillons Crake Porzana pusilla | ||
| 55. Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos | 115. Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura afra | ||
| 56. White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis | 116. Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans | ||
| 57. Black Kite Milvus migrans | 117. Allens (Lesser) Gallinule Porphyrio alleni | ||
| 58. Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius | 118. African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis | ||
| 59. Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus | 119. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus | ||
| 60. African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides | 120. Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata | ||
