Wildlife List from our Africa Vacation
Birds
Little Grebe (Dabchick) 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
White-breasted Cormorant 12-22-05 Parys
Reed Cormorant 12-23-05 Schoendrif
African Darter 12-22-05 Dimalachite
Grey Heron 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Black-headed Heron 12-22-05 Dimalachite
Yellow-billed Egret 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Little Egret 12-21-05 Potchefstroom
*Cattle Egret 12-30-05 Potchefstroom
*Black-crowned Night-heron 12-30-05 Potchefstroom
Abdim’s Stork 12-30-05 Potchefstroom
White Stork 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Yellow-billed Stork 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Hamerkop 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Hadeda Ibis 12-22-05 Dimalachite
*Glossy Ibis 12-23-05 Potchefstroom
African Sacred Ibis 12-23-05 Potchefstroom
Spur-winged Goose 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Egyptian Goose 12-22-05 Dimalachite
Southern Pochard 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Maccoa Duck 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Yellow-billed Duck 12-22-05 Dimalachite
Red-billed Teal 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Hottentot Teal 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Cape Vulture 12-26-05 Tweefontein
African Fish Eagle 12-25-06 Pilanesburg
Steppe Buzzard 12-25-06 Pilanesburg
Black-shouldered Kite 12-21-05 Potchefstroom
Amur (Eastern Red-footed) Falcon 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Swainson’s Spurfowl (Francolin) 12-22-05 Parys
Coqui Francolin 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Helmeted Guineafowl 12-22-05 Parys
Red-knobbed Coot 12-21-05 Dimalachite
*Common Moorhen 12-21-05 Dimalachite
African Purple Swamphen 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Black Crake 12-22-05 Dimalachite
African Jacana 12-23-05 Schoendrif
Black-winged Stilt 12-23-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Three-banded Plover 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Crowned Lapwing (Plover) 12-23-05 Potchefstroom
Blacksmith Lapwing (Plover) 12-22-05 Dimalachite
Little Stint 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Common Sandpiper 12-23-05 Schoendrif
Marsh Sandpiper 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Speckled (Rock) Pigeon 12-21-05 Potechefstroom
Cape Turtle-dove 12-21-05 Potchefstroom
Laughing Dove 12-23-05 Potchefstroom
Grey Go-away-bird 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Levaillant’s (Striped) Cuckoo 12-28-05 Hartebeespoort
Burchell’s Coucal 12-30-05 Potchefstroom
Little Swift 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Red-faced Mousebird 12-28-05 Hartebeespoort
Speckled Mousebird 12-26-05 Hartebeespoort
Pied Kingfisher 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Malachite Kingfisher 12-30-05 Potchefstroom
Striped Kingfisher 12-22-05 Dimalachite
European Bee-eater 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
African Grey Hornbill 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Green (Redbilled) Wood-hoopoe 12-21-05 Dimalachite
African Hoopoe 12-21-05 Potchefstroom
Black-collared Barbet 12-23-05 Potchefstroom
Crested Barbet 12-21-05 Potchefstroom
Rufous-naped Lark 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
South African Cliff Swallow 12-23-05 Schoendrif
Greater Striped Swallow 12-23-05 Dimalachite
Lesser Striped Swallow 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
*Barn Swallow 12-28-05 Hartebeespoort
White-throated Swallow 12-21-05 Dimalachite
Fork-tailed Drongo 12-27-05 Hartebeespoort
Pied Crow 12-24-05 Hartebeespoort
African Red-eyed Bulbul 12-21-05 Potchefstroom
Dark-capped (Blackeyed) Bulbul 12-27-05 Hartebeespoort
Karoo Thrush 12-22-05 Dimalachite
Kurrichane Thrush 12-28-05 Hartebeespoort
Groundscraper Thrush 12-24-05 Hartebeespoort
Mocking Cliff-chat 12-22-05 Thebala Thebang
Cape Robin-chat 12-21-05 Hartebeespoort
African (Marsh) Reed-warbler 12-23-05 Dimalachite
Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler 12-28-05 Hartebeespoort
Bar-throated Apalis 12-22-05 Thebala Thebang
Spotted Flycatcher 12-24-05 Hartebeespoort
Fiscal Flycatcher 12-22-05 Dimalachite
African Paradise-flycatcher 12-26-05 Hartebeespoort
Cape White-eye 12-26-05 Hartebeespoort
Cape Wagtail 12-23-05 Potchefstroom
Striped Pipit 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Crimson-breasted Shrike 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Red-backed Shrike 12-27-05 Hartebeespoort
Common Fiscal (Fiscal Shrike) 12-22-05 Dimalachite
Cape Glossy Starling 12-23-05 Dimalachite
Violet-backed (Plumcoloured) Starling 12-26-05 Hartebeespoort
Red-winged Starling 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Common (Indian) Myna 12-21-05 Potchefstroom
Red-billed Oxpecker 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Amethyst (African Black) Sunbird 12-27-05 Hartebeespoort
*House Sparrow 12-25-05 Sun City
Cape Sparrow 12-26-05 Hartebeespoort
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 12-24-05 Hartebeespoort
White-browed Sparrow-weaver 12-21-05 Dimalachite
Southern Masked Weaver 12-21-05 Johannesburg
Red-billed Quelea 12-26-05 Tweefontein
Southern Red Bishop 12-21-05 Johannesburg
Yellow-crowned (Golden) Bishop 12-26-05 Hartebeespoort
Long-tailed Widowbird (Widow) 12-21-05 Johannesburg
White-winged Widowbird (Widow) 12-30-05 OPM Prozesky Sanctuary, Potchefstroom
Pin-tailed Whydah 12-21-05 Dimalachite
Blue Waxbill 12-25-05 Pilanesburg
Cut-throat Finch 12-24-05 Hartebeespoort
Yellow Canary 12-26-05 Hartebeespoort
Yellow-fronted (Yelloweyed) Canary 12-26-05 Hartebeespoort
Black-throated Canary 12-26-05 Hartebeespoort
111 species, 106 life-birds
Other Animals
12-22-05
Rock Hyrax—Thebala Thebang
Cacma Baboon—Thebala Thebang
12-25-05
Burchell’s Zebra—Pilanesburg
Blue Wildebeest—Pilanesburg
Giraffe—Pilanesburg
White Rhino—Pilanesburg
Black-backed Jackal—Pilanesburg
Hippopotamus—Pilanesburg
Side-necked Turtle (Pelomedusa)—Pilanesburg
Impala—Pilanesburg
Hartebeest—Pilanesburg
Flap-necked Chameleon—Pilanesburg
Eland—Pilanesburg
Warthog—Pilanesburg
African Elephant—Pilanesburg
Sassaby—Pilanesburg
Slender Mongoose—Pilanesburg
Waterbuck—Pilanesburg
Springbok—Pilanesburg
African Lion—Pilanesburg
Nile Monitor—Pilanesburg
12-26-05
Puff Adder--Hartebeespoort