Checklist of the Birds of the Kruger National Park, South Africa 121 to 240
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. Learn about each Kruger National park bird species.
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| Checklist Of The Birds Of The Kruger National Park | |||
| Common Name Latin name | Common Name Latin name | ||
| 121. Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata | 181. Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus | ||
| 122. African Finfoot Podica senegalensis | 182. Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti | ||
| 123. Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori | 183. Klaass Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas | ||
| 124. Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista | 184. Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius | ||
| 125. Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster | 185. Black Coucal Centropus bengalensis | ||
| 126. African Jacana Actophilornis africanus | 186. Burchells Coucal Centropus burchellii | ||
| 127. Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis | 187. Barn Owl Tyto alba | ||
| 128. Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis | 188. African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis | ||
| 129. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula | 189. African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii | ||
| 130. White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus | 190. Marsh Owl Asio capensis | ||
| 131. Kittlitzs Plover Charadrius pecuarius | 191. African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis | ||
| 132. Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris | 192. Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Otus leucotis | ||
| 133. Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus | 193. Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum | ||
| 134. Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus | 194. African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense | ||
| 135. Senegal Lapwing (Lesser Black-winged Plover) Vanellus lugubris | 195. Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus | ||
| 136. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus | 196. Verreauxs (Giant) Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus | ||
| 137. White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps | 197. Pels Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli | ||
| 138. African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus | 198. European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus | ||
| 139. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos | 199. Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis | ||
| 140. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus | 200. Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena | ||
| 141. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | 201. Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma | ||
| 142. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis | 202. Square-tailed (Mozambique) Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii | ||
| 143. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia | 203. Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillaria | ||
| 144. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea | 204. Common (European) Swift Apus apus | ||
| 145. Little Stint Calidris minuta | 205. African Black Swift Apus barbatus | ||
| 146. Sanderling Calidris alba | 206. White-rumped Swift Apus caffer | ||
| 147. Ruff Philomachus pugnax | 207. Horus Swift Apus horus | ||
| 148. African (Ethiopian) Snipe Gallinago nigripennis | 208. Little Swift Apus affinis | ||
| 149. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | 209. Alpine Swift Apus melba | ||
| 150. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | 210. African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus | ||
| 151. Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis | 211. Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri | ||
| 152. Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus | 212. Bhms Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi | ||
| 153. Temmincks Courser Cursorius temminckii | 213. Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus | ||
| 154. Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus | 214. Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus | ||
| 155. Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | 215. Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina | ||
| 156. Collared (Red-winged) Pratincole Glareola pratincola | 216. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis | ||
| 157. Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus | 217. Giant Kingfisher Ceryle maxima | ||
| 158. Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida | 218. Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata | ||
| 159. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus | 219. Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata | ||
| 160. Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus | 220. African Pygmy Kingfisher Isipidina picta | ||
| 161. Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia | 221. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis | ||
| 162. Speckled (Rock) Pigeon Columba guinea | 222. Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris | ||
| 163. Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata | 223. Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala | ||
| 164. African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens | 224. Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti | ||
| 165. Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola | 225. European Bee-eater Merops apiaster | ||
| 166. Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis | 226. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus | ||
| 167. Namaqua Dove Oena capensis | 227. Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides | ||
| 168. Emerald-spotted (Green-spotted) Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos | 228. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides | ||
| 169. Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria | 229. Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus | ||
| 170. African Green-Pigeon Treron calva | 230. European Roller Coracias garrulus | ||
| 171. Grey-headed Parrot Poicephalus suahelicus | 231. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata | ||
| 172. Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | 232. Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulata | ||
| 173. Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus | 233. Purple Roller Coracias naevia | ||
| 174. Grey Go-away Bird Corythaixoides concolor | 234. Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus | ||
| 175. Common (European) Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | 235. African Hoopoe Upupa africana | ||
| 176. African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis | 236. Green (Red-billed) Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus | ||
| 177. Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius | 237. Common (Greater) Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | ||
| 178. Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus | 238. Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator | ||
| 179. Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius | 239. African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus | ||
| 180. Levaillants (Striped) Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii | 240. Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus | ||
