African Wildlife Species ID threads, Charters
This thread contains the Bird Species Indices ONLY from the old forum.

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For the Species ID threads,
Just photos from the cams are preferred and an ID. A simple description are also wanted, IE: Waterbuck has the white circle around their tail. A reference link(s) must be added to provide the source(s) of information. An older, less clear photo on an ID may be replaced when a more current photo is posted on a cam thread.

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Bird ID Index ~ Part 1 - Bird Groups (Use this link if you do not know the name -- it will narrow your search)

Bird ID Index ~ Part 2 - Alphabetical
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The birds in this ID thread are identified by their current name from "Roberts Birds of Southern Africa, 7th ed." (Birds in Southern Africa, http://www.birdsinsa.com/). Austin Roberts (1883-1948), a native of South Africa, first published his "Birds of South Africa" in 1940. It has continued to be updated to include Southern Africa. If the name of the bird has changed, the old name from the 6th ed. of Roberts is also given. We have included the scientific or Latin name for the bird as well as the Roberts unique identification number for the bird. If you wish to do an internet search for more information on a specific bird, having the Latin name and/or the Roberts No. should help narrow your search. The Roberts No. groups the birds in a family with a similar range of numbers, so if the bird is similar to the one you are looking for, look for other birds with a Roberts No. which is close. A good illustration is found on the Djuma website's Bird Gallery (http://www.djuma.com/gallery_bird.php), which lists the most common birds by their Roberts No. for the Game Reserve. This list was made before the 7th ed. was published.

This is the first index from the 'old' forum:

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This index to the Bird IDs is in two parts. The first part is by Bird Groups with the page number. If you don't know the name of a bird, this will help narrow it down. If the bird is wading in water or around the edge of a waterhole or dam, look in Group 2 and/or 3. If the bird is running around on the ground, start with the Terrestrial Group 4 and/or seed eaters. If it is a smaller bird sitting in a tree, try the insect-eaters (Groups 9 & 10). Of course, since this is the Hancock Wildlife forum, all the raptors/birds of prey are grouped together in Group 5.

The second part of the index is an alphabetical listing with the page and group numbers. Use the "Go To Page" at the top right of this page.

BIRD ID INDEX
PART 1 - BIRD GROUPS

Group 1 - Ocean, Offshore, and Subantartic Birds
[none]

Group 2 - Inland Waterbirds
Coromorant - 3
Egret, Cattle - 4
Egret, Great White - 4
Egret, Little - 1
Hamerkop - 2
Heron, Black (Egret) - 6
Heron, Black-crowned Night - 5
Heron, Black-headed - 6
Heron, Goliath - 7
Heron, Grey - 5
Heron, Green-backed - 1
Heron, Squacco - 8
Ibis, Hadeda - 2
Ibis, Sacred - 7
Openbill, African [Stork] - 9
Pelican, Great White - 9
Spoonbill, African - 2
Stork, Abdim's - 6
Stork, Marabou - 4
Stork, Openbilled - 9
Stork, Saddle-billed - 1
Stork, White - 6
Stork, Wolly-necked - 8
Stork, Yellow-billed - 1

Group 3 - Ducks, Wading Birds, and Shorebirds
Coot, Red-knobbed - 9
Crake, African - 6
Duck, Comb (Knob-billed) - 1
Duck, White-faced - 3
Goose, Egyptian - 2
Goose, Spur-winged - 6
Grebe, Little (Dabchick) - 7
Jacana, African - 7
Lapwing, Blacksmith (Plover) - 1
Lapwing, Black-winged (Plover) - 8
Lapwing, Crowned (Plover) - 1
Plover, Three-banded - 7
Ruff - 6
Sandpiper, Common - 5
Sandpiper, Wood - 1
Stilt, Black-winged - 4
Teal, Red-billed - 6

Group 4 - Terrestrial Birds
Bustard, Black-bellied (Korhaan) - 4
Bustard, Kori - 2
Courser, Bronze-winged - 8
Francolin, Coqui - 3
Francolin, Crested - 2
Francolin, Shelley's - 3
Gunieafowl, Helmeted - 3
Korhaan, Red Crested - 3
Ostrich, Common - 2
Secretary Bird - 3
Spurfowl, Natal (Francolin) - 3
Spurfowl, Swainson's (Francolin) - 3
Thick-Knee, Water (Dikkop) - 3

Group 5 - Raptors/Birds of Prey
Buzzard, European Honey- - 8
Buzzard, Lizard - 3
Buzzard, Steppe - 7
Eagle, African Fish- - 1
Falcon, Amur - 1
Hawk, African Harrier- (Gymnogene) - 3
Eagle, African Hawk- - 2
Bateleur - 2
Eagle, Brown Snake- - 5
Eagle, Martial - 4
Eagle, Tawny - 6
Eagle, Wahlberg's - 4
Goshawk, Dark Chanting - 7
Goshawk, Gabar - 8
Harrier, Pallid (possibly) - 9
Kite, Black-shouldered - 6
Osprey - 6
Shirka (Little Banded Goshawk) - 5
Sparrowhawk, Little - 7
Sparrowhawk, Ovambo - 9
Vulture, Hooded - 4
Vulture, White-backed - 2

Group 6 - Sandgrouse, Doves, Parrots, Louries, Cuckoos, Coucals, and Trogon
Coucal, Burchell's - 3
Cuckoo, Common (European) - 7
Cuckoo, Diderick - 5
Cuckoo, Great Spotted - 8
Cuckoo, Jacobin - 6
Cuckoo, LeVaillant's (Striped) - 7
Cuckoo, Red-chested - 8
Dove, Cape-Turtle - 2
Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood- - 2
Dove, Laughing - 1
Dove, Namaqua - 1
Lourie, Grey/Go-away Bird - 3
Parrot, Brown-headed - 1
Pigeon, African Green - 2
Sandgrouse, Double-banded - 2
Sandgrouse, Namaqua - 8

Group 7 - Owls and Nightjars
Nightjars - 7
Owlet, African Barred - 5
Owl, African Scops - 5
Owlet, Pearl-spotted - 2
Owl, Southern White-faced Scops - 5
Owl, Verreaux's (Giant) Eagle - 6

Group 8 - Aerial Feeders, Mousebirds, Hole Nesters, and Honeyguides
Barbet, Black-collared - 9
Barbet, Crested - 2
Bee-Eater, European - 6
Bee-Eater, Little - 2
Bee-Eater, White-fronted - 4
Bee-Eater, Southern Carmine - 6
Hoopoe, African - 2
Hoopoe, Green (Red-billed) Wood- - 5
Hornbill, African Grey - 4
Hornbill, Red-billed - 2
Hornbill, Southern Ground - 1
Hornbill, Yellow-billed - 1
Kingfisher, Brown-hooded - 2
Kingfisher, Grey-headed - 9
Kingfisher, Malachite -1
Kingfisher, Pied - 1
Kingfisher, Striped - 7
Kingfisher, Woodland - 1
Mousebird, Red-faced - 4
Mousebird, Speckled - 1
Roller, European - 6
Roller, Lilac-breasted - 2
Roller, Purple - 5
Scimitarbill, Common - 7
Swallow, Barn (European) - 5
Swallow, Lesser Striped - 7
Swallow, Red-breasted - 5
Swallow, White-throated - 6
Woodpecker, Bennett's - 7
Woodpecker, Bearded - 4
Woodpecker, Cardinal - 8
Woodpecker, Golden-tailed - 7

Group 9 - Insect-eaters -- Part 1
Babbler, Arrow-marked - 4
Babbler, Southern Pied - 4
Bulbul, African Red-eyed - 8
Bulbul, Dark-capped (Black-eyed) - 4
Chat, White-throated Robin- - 8
Crow, Pied - 1
Drongo, Fork-tailed - 3
Longclaw, Yellow-throated - 8
Oriole, Black-headed - 3
Robin, White-browed Scrub- (White-browed) - 4
Thrush, Groundscraper - 3
Tit, Southern Black - 7
Wagtail, African Pied - 5

Group 10 - Insect-eaters - Part 2
Batis, Chinspot - 9
Boubou, Tropical - 3
Brubru - 7
Camaroptera, Grey-backed - 7
Cisticola, Rattling - 4
Crombec, Long-billed - 8
Flycatcher, African Paradise - 8
Flycatcher, Southern Black - 7
Flycatcher, Spotted - 6
Prinia, Tawny-flanked - 3
Puffback, Black-backed - 7
Shrike, Crimson-brested - 7
Shrike, Grey-headed Bush- - 7
Shrike, Lesser Grey - 6
Shrike, Magpie (Long-tailed) - 3
Shrike, Orange-breasted Bush- - 8
Shrike, Red-backed - 6
Shrike, Southern White-crowned - 2
Shrike, White-Crested Helmet- - 5
Starling, Burchell's - 2
Starling, Cape Glossy - 2
Starling, Meves's (Long-tailed) - 6
Starling, Violet-backed (Plum-colored) - 5
Starling, Wattled - 4
Tchagra, Black-crowned - 8
Tchagra, Brown-crowned - 6
Tit-Babbler, Chesnut-vented - 4
Warbler, Great Reed- - 6
Warbler, Lesser Swamp- (Cape Reed) - 4
Warbler, (European) Sedge - 6
Warbler, Willow - 5

Group 11 - Oxpeckers and Nectar Feeders
Oxpecker, Red-billed - 1
Sunbird, White-bellied - 8

Group 12 - Seed-eaters
Bishop, Southern Red - 6
Bishop, Yellow-crowned - 5
Bunting, Cinnamon-breasted (Rock) - 8
Bunting, Golden-breasted - 4
Canary, Yellow-fronted (Yellow-eyed) - 4
Finch, Red-headed - 5
Firefinch, Jameson's - 4
Firefinch, Red-billed - 3
Indigobird (Dusky or Purple) - 9
Quela, Red-billed - 2
Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed - 7
Sparrow-Weaver, White-browed - 8
Waxbill, Black-faced (Black-cheeked) - 7
Waxbill, Blue - 5
Waxbill, Common - 8
Weaver, Lesser Masked- - 5
Weaver, Red-billed Buffalo- - 2
Weaver, Red-headed - 4
Weaver, Southern Masked- - 3
Weaver, Spectacled - 5
Weaver, Village - 8
Whydah, Broad-tailed Paradise- - 8
Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise- - 1

This is the second index from the 'old' forum:

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BIRD ID INDEX
PART 2 - ALPHABETICAL
(Name: Page No. / Bird Group)

BABBLER:
. Arrow-marked: 4 / Group 9
. Southern Pied: 4 / Group 9

BARBET:
. Black-collared: 9 / Group 8
. Crested: 2 / Group 8

BATELEUR: 2 / Group 5

BATIS:
. Chinspot: 9 / Group 10

BEE-EATER:
. European: 6 / Group 8
. Little: 2 / Group 8
. Southern Carmine: 6 / Group 8
. White-fronted: 4 / Group 8

BISHOP:
. Southern Red: 6 / Group 12
. Yellow-crowned (Golden): 5 / Group 12

BOUBOU:
. Tropical: 3 / Group 10

BRUBRU: 7 / Group 10

BULBUL:
. African Red-eyed: 8 / Group 9
. Dark-capped (Black-eyed): 4 / Group 9

BUNTING:
. Cinnamon-breasted (Rock): 8 / Group 12
. Golden-breasted: 4 / Group 12

BUSTARD:
. Black-bellied (Korhaan): 4 / Group 4
. Kori: 2 / Group 4
Comparison ~ Secretary Bird & Kori Bustard: 3

BUZZARD:
. European Honey-: 8 / Group 5
. Lizard: 3 / Group 5
. Steppe: 7 / Group 5

CAMAROPTERA:
. Grey-backed: 7 / Group 10

CANARY:
. Yellow-fronted (Yellow-eyed): 4 / Group 12

CHAT:
. White-throated Robin-: 8 / Group 9

CISTISCOLA:
. Rattling: 4 / Group 10

COMPARISONS:
. Common & Wood Sandpipers: 5
. Green-backed Heron & Black-crowned Night-Heron: 5
. Grey (Lourie) Go-Away-Bird & Speckled Mousebird: 5
. Water (Dikkop) Thick-Knee & Wood Sandpiper: 4
. Francolins & Spurfowls: 3
. Secretary Bird & Kori Bustard: 3
. Pearl Spotted & Barred Owlets: 5
. Southern Masked-Weaver & Lesser Masked-Weaver: 8
. Hooded Vulture & White-backed Vulture: 8

COOT:
. Red-knobbed: 9 / Group 3

CORMORANT:
. Reed: 3 / Group 2

COUCAL:
. Burchell's: 3 / Group 6

COURSER:
. Bronze-winged: 8 / Group 4

CRAKE:
. African: 6 / Group 6

CROMBEC:
. Long-billed: 8 / Group 10

CROW:
. Pied: 1 / Group 9

CUCKOO:
. Common (European): 7 / Group 6
. Diderick (Diederik): 5 / Group 6
. Great-spotted: 8 / Group 6
. Jacobin: 6 / Group 6
. Levaillant's (Striped): 7 / Group 6
. Red-chested: 8 / Group 6

DIKKOP - See 'Thick-Knee'

DOVE:
. Cape-Turtle (Ring-necked): 2 / Group 6
. Emerald-spotted Wood-: 2 / Group 6
. Laughing: 1 / Group 6
. Namaqua: 1 / Group 6

DRONGO:
. Fork-tailed: 3 / Group 9

DUCK:
. Comb (Knob-billed): 1 / Group 3
. White-faced: 3 / Group 3

EAGLE:
. African Fish: 1 / Group 5
. African Hawk-: 2 / Group 5
. Brown Snake-: 5 / Group 5
. Martial: 4 / Group 5
. Tawny: 6 / Group 5
. Wahlberg's: 4 / Group 5

EGRET:
. Cattle: 4 / Group 2
. Great White: 4 / Group 2
. Little: 1 / Group 2

FALCON:
. Amur (Eastern Red-footed): 1 / Group 5

FINCH:
. Red-headed: 5 / Group 12

FIREFINCH:
. Jameson's: 4 / Group 12
. Red-billed: 3 / Group 12

FLYCATCHER:
. African Paradise-: 8 / Group 10
. Southern Black: 7 / Group 10
. Spotted: 6 / Group 10

FRANCOLIN: (See also "Spurfowl" )
. Coqui: 3 / Group 4
. Crested: 2 / Group 4
. Shelley's: 3 / Group 4
Comparison ~ Francolins & Spurfowls: 3

GO-AWAY-BIRD:
. Grey (Lourie): 3 / Group 6
Comparison ~ Grey (Lourie) Go-Away-Bird & Speckled Mousebird: 5

GOOSE:
. Egyptian: 2 / Group 3
. Spur-winged: 6 / Group 3

GOSHAWK: (See also "Shikra" )
. Dark Chanting: 7 / Group 5
. Gabar: 8 / Group 5

GREBE:
. Little (Dabchick): 7 / Group 3

GUINEAFOWL:
. Helmeted: 3 / Group 4

HAMERKOP:
. Hamerkop: 2 / Group 2

HARRIER:
. Pallid (possibly): 9 / Group 5

HAWK:
. African Harrier- (Gymnogene): 3 / Group 5

HERON:
. Black (Egret): 6 / Group 2
. Black-crowned Night-: 5 / Group 2
. Black-headed: 6 / Group 2
. Goliath: 7 / Group 2
. Green-backed: 1 / Group 2
. Grey: 5 / Group 2
. Squacco: 8 / Group 2
Comparison ~ Green-backed Heron & Black-crowned Night-Heron: 5

HOOPOE:
. African: 2 / Group 8
. Green (Red-billed) Wood-: 5 / Group 8

HORNBILL:
. African Grey: 4 / Group 8
. Red-billed: 2 / Group 8
. Southern Ground: 1 / Group 8
. Southern Yellow-Billed: 1 / Group 8

IBIS:
. African Sacred: 7 / Group 2
. Hadeda: 2 / Group 2

INDIGOBIRD [WILLOWFINCH]:
. Dusky or Purple: 9 / Group 12

JACANA:
. African: 7 / Group 3

KINGFISHER:
. Brown-hooded: 2 / Group 8
. Grey-headed: 9 / Group 8
. Malachite: 1 / Group 8
. Pied: 1 / Group 8
. Striped: 7 / Group 8
. Woodland: 1 / Group 8

KITE:
. Black-shouldered: 6 / Group 5

KORHAAN: (See also "Bustard" )
. Red-crested: 3 / Group 4

LAPWING:
. Blacksmith (Plover): 1 / Group 3
. Black-winged (Plover): 8 / Group 3
. Crowned (Plover): 1 / Group 3

LONGCLAW:
. Yellow-throated: 8 / Group 9

MOUSEBIRD:
. Red-faced: 4 / Group 8
. Speckled: 1 / Group 8
Comparison ~ Grey (Lourie) Go-Away-Bird & Speckled Mousebird: 5

NIGHTJAR:
. Nightjars: 7 / Group 7

ORIOLE:
. Black-headed: 3 / Group 9

OSPREY:
. Osprey: 6 / Group 5

OSTRICH:
. Common: 2 / Group 4

OWL/OWLET:
. Owl, African Scops-: 5 / Group 7
. Owl, Southern White-faced Scops-: 5 / Group 7
. Owl, Verreaux's Eagle (Giant Eagle): 6 / Group 7
. Owlet, African Barred: 5 / Group 7
. Owlet, Pearl-spotted: 2 / Group 7
Comparison ~ Pearl Spotted & Barred Owlets: 5

OXPECKER:
. Red-billed: 1 / Group 11

PARROT:
. Brown-headed: 1 / Group 6

PELICAN:
. Great White: 9 / Group 2

PIGEON:
. African Green-: 2 / Group 6

PLOVER: (See also "Lapwing" )
. Three-banded: 7 / Group 3

PRINIA:
. Tawny-flanked: 3 / Group 10

PUFFBACK:
. Black-backed: 7 / Group 10

QUELEA:
. Red-billed: 2 / Group 12

ROBIN:
. White-browed Scrub-: 4 / Group 9

ROLLER:
. European: 6 / Group 8
. Lilac-breasted: 2 / Group 8
. Purple: 5 / Group 8

RUFF:
. Ruff: 6 / Group 3

SANDGROUSE:
. Double-banded: 2 / Group 6
. Namaqua: 8 / Group 6

SANDPIPER:
. Common: 5 / Group 3
. Wood: 1 / Group 3
Comparison ~ Water (Dikkop) Thick-Knee & Wood Sandpiper: 4
Comparison ~ Common & Wood Sandpipers: 5

SCIMITARBILL:
. Common (Scimitarbilled Wood-Hoopoe): 7 / Group 8

SECRETARY BIRD:
. Secretary Bird: 3 / Group 4
Comparison ~ Secretary Bird & Kori Bustard: 3

SHIRKA:
. Shirka (Little Banded Goshawk): 5 / Group 5

SHRIKE:
. Crimson-breasted (Boubou): 7 / Group 10
. Grey-headed Bush-: 7 / Group 10
. Lesser Grey: 6 / Group 10
. Magpie (Long-tailed): 3 / Group 10
. Orange-breasted Bush-: 8 / Group 10
. Red-backed: 6 / Group 10
. Southern White-crowned: 2 / Group 10
. White-crested Helmet-: 5 / Group 10

SPARROW:
. Southern Grey-headed: 7 / Group 12

SPARROWHAWK:
. Ovambo: 9 / Group 5
. Little: 7 / Group 5

SPOONBILL:
. African: 3 / Group 2

SPURFOWL:
. Natal (Francolin): 3 / Group 4
. Swainson's (Francolin): 3 / Group 4
Comparison ~ Francolins & Spurfowls: 3

STARLING:
. Burchell's: 2 / Group 10
. Cape Glossy: 2 / Group 10
. Meves's (Long-tailed): 6 / Group 10
. Violet-backed (Plum-coloured): 5 / Group 10
. Wattled: 4 / Group 10

STILT:
. Black-winged: 4 / Group 3

STORK:
. Abdims: 6 / Group 2
. African Openbill: 9 / Group 2
. Marabou: 4 / Group 2
. Openbilled: 9 / Group 2
. Saddle-billed: 1 / Group 2
. White: 6 / Group 2
. Woolly-necked: 8 / Group 2
. Yellow-billed: 1 / Group 2

SUNBIRD:
. White-bellied: 8 / Group 11

SWALLOW:
. Barn (European): 5 / Group 8
. Lesser Striped: 7 / Group 8
. Red-breasted: 5 / Group 8
. White-throated: 6 / Group 8

TCHAGRA:
. Black-crowned: 8 / Group 10
. Brown-crowned (Three-streaked): 6 / Group 10

TEAL:
. Red-billed: 6 / Group 3

THICK-KNEE:
. Water (Dikkop): 3 / Group 4
Comparison ~ Water (Dikkop) Thick-Knee & Wood Sandpiper: 4

THRUSH:
. Groundscraper: 3 / Group 9

TIT:
. Southern Black: 7 / Group 9

TIT-BABBLER:
. Chestnut-vented: 4 / Group 10

VULTURE:
. Hooded: 4 / Group 5
. White-backed: 2 / Group 5
Comparison ~ Hooded Vulture & White-backed Vulture: 8

WAGTAIL:
. African Pied: 5 / Group 9

WARBLER:
. (European) Sedge: 6 / Group 10
. Great Reed-: 6 / Group 10
. Lesser Swamp-: 4 / Group 10
. Willow: 5 / Group 10

WAXBILL:
. Black-faced (Black-cheeked): 7 / Group 12
. Blue: 5 / Group 12
. Common: 8 / Group 12

WEAVER:
. Lesser Masked-: 5 / Group 12
. Red-billed Buffalo-: 2 / Group 12
. Red-headed: 4 / Group 12
. Southern Masked-: 3 / Group 12
. Spectacled: 5 / Group 12
. Village: 8 / Group 12
. White-browed Sparrow-: 8 / Group 12
Comparison ~ Southern Masked-Weaver & Lesser Masked-Weaver: 8

WHYDAH:
. Broad-tailed Paradise-: 8 / Group 12
. Long-tailed Paradise-: 1 / Group 12

WOODPECKER:
. Bearded: 4 / Group 8
. Bennett's: 7 / Group 8
. Cardinal: 8 / Group 8
. Golden-tailed: 7 / Group 8