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Birds of Africa               

Abbreviation   Guide

Bo           Botswana

Co           Comoros

Et             Ethiopia

Ma            Madagascar

Na            Namibia

Na(Ca)    Namibia Caprivi

Rw            Rwanda

SA(Nam)  Nambiti Reserve SA

SA(KZN)  KwaZulu-Natal

SA             South Africa

Ta             Tanzania

Ug             Uganda

Zi             Zimbabwe

Mo              Mozambique

 

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Click on a family of birds below for photos

Ibises and Spoonbills; Flamingos

Ducks and Geese

Vultures, Eagles, etc; Secretary Bird

Falcons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos

Ibises and Spoonbills; Flamingos

Sacred Ibis -  Threskiornis aethiopicus           Bo Ta Ta    Et     Mo

                              

Hadada Ibis            Ug  Ta   SA     Mo

Glossy Ibis             Bo           

African Spoonbill   Ta  Ta Ta

Greater Flamingo           Et

Ducks and Geese

Egyptian Goose  Ta Ta  SAEt

Spur-winged goose        SA(Nam)   SA(KZN)

 Blue-winged Goose         Et

White-backed Duck       Co

Yellow-billed Duck            SA(Nam)          

African Black Duck       SA(Nam) SA(Nam)

White-faced Duck       Na(Ca)

Knob-billed Duck     Na(Ca)

 

Vultures, Eagles, etc; Secretary Bird

Yellow-billed Kite        Et SA(KZN)    Mo

Black-shouldered Kite    SA(Nam) SA(Nam)   Na(Ca)

Secretary Bird                   SA(Nam) SA(Nam) 

African Fish Eagle  Zi  Bo

African White-backed Vulture Ta   SA(KZN)

 

Lappet-faced Vulture                      Bo   

Hooded Vulture      Na(Ca) 

Egyptian Vulture                               Et

Lammergeier              Et

Rüppell's Griffon Vulture    Et

Black-chested Snake-eagle                  Ta

Brown Snake-eagle                Ta      SA(KZN)

Dark-chanting Goshawk          Ta

African Harrier-hawk (Gymnogene)    SA(Nam)  SA(KZN)

Tawny Eagle                                      SA(Nam)

Jackal Buzzard                                   SA(Nam)

Steppe Buzzard                             SA(Nam) Bo    

Auger Buzzard                   Et                  

Imperial Eagle

Bateleur                                         Ug Ug

Long-crested Eagle                         Ug                  

Martial Eagle                                  Ta

 

Dickinson's Kestrel     Ta       

Wahlberg's Eagle   Aquila wahlbergi      SA(KZN)

Crakes and Rails; Jacana

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Falcons

 

 

36 Bird Species Photographed