SWAZILAND BIRD LIST updated thru 2-15-14

Our trip to Kruger NP yielded many, many new birds. We saw many birds of prey in Kruger as well as some infrequently seen birds like the ground hornbill, Black-bellied and Kori Bustards,and various vultures. We may be spoiled after this guided trip with many experienced birders, but Mark and I have also seen many birds on our travels around Swaziland. I have not added to my list for a long time. Writing the names down helps me remember them.

Here are the birds we've seen and positively identified since the last update:

(sorry I had them listed in two columns, but the blog site won't let me keep the format.)

Arrow-marked Babbler

Bateleur
European Bee-Eater
Southern Carmine Bee-Eater
Yellow Bishop
Black -Bellied Bustar
Kori Bustard
Stepped Buzzard
Rattling Cisticola
Long-billed Crombec
African Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Jacobin Cuckoo
Comb Duck
African Fish Eagle
Black-chested Snake Eagle
Martial Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Amur Falcons
Spotted Flycatcher
Go-Away-Bird
Little Greb
Hamerkop
African Harrier Hawk

African Grey Hornbill

Southern Ground Hornbill
Red-billed Hornbill
Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill
Hadeda Ibis
Village Indigobird
African Jacana
Malachite Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Flappet Lark
Sabota Lark
Square-tailed Nightjar
Ostrich
African Scops Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Brown headed Parrot
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
European Roller
Liliac-breaster Roller
Purple Roller
Common Sandpiper
Double-Banded Sandgrouse
Magpie Shrike
Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark
Marabou Stork
Wooly-Necked Stork
White Stork
Blue Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Little Swift
Hood Vulture
White-backed Vulture
White-Headed Vulture
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
Thick-billed Weaver
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Long-tailed Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
White-winged Widowbird