KGALAKGADI TRANSFRONTIER PARK
BOTSWANA
LOCALE
| Area (SqKm): | 38,000 |
| # Species: | 191 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 191 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
| Species/100 SqKm: | 0.5 |
| Habitat: Sand dunes, arid scrub, Acacia bush, scattered trees | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| 2 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 3 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| 4 | Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
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| 5 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 6 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
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| 7 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 8 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 9 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 10 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 11 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| 12 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| 13 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
| 14 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| 15 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| 16 | Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
| 17 | White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
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| 18 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
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| 19 | /Black Cuckoo/ | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 20 | /African Cuckoo/ | Cuculus gularis | |
| 21 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 22 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| 23 | Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| 24 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 25 | Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
| 26 | Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
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| 27 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 28 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| 29 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
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| 30 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| 31 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| 32 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 33 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 34 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| 35 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 36 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 37 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 38 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 39 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 40 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 41 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| 42 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| 43 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| 44 | Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
| 45 | #Temminck's Courser# | Cursorius temminckii | |
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| 46 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 47 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 48 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
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| 49 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 50 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 51 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 52 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 53 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
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| 54 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 55 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 56 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 57 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| 58 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 59 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 60 | Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | |
| 61 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| 62 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 63 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 64 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 65 | /Wahlberg's Eagle/ | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 66 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 67 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 68 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 69 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 70 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 71 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus | |
| 72 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 73 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 74 | Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
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| 75 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 76 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| 77 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| 78 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| 79 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
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| 80 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| 81 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| 82 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 83 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| 84 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 85 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 86 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| 87 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
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| 88 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| 89 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
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| 90 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus | |
| 91 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 92 | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| 93 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
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| 94 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 95 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 96 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| 97 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| 98 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 99 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 100 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| 101 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| 102 | /Red-footed Falcon/ | Falco vespertinus | |
| 103 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 104 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
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| 105 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| 106 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| 107 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 108 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 109 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 110 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| 111 | Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
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| 112 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 113 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 114 | /Lesser Gray Shrike/ | Lanius minor | |
| 115 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| 116 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| 117 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 118 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 119 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| 120 | Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| 121 | Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| 122 | Short-clawed Lark | Certhilauda chuana | |
| 123 | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| 124 | Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| 125 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| 126 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| 127 | Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
| 128 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| 129 | Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | |
| 130 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| 131 | Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | |
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| 132 | Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
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| 133 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 134 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| 135 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| 136 | Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | |
| 137 | Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
| 138 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| 139 | /Olive-tree Warbler/ | Hippolais olivetorum | |
| 140 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina | |
| 141 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| 142 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 143 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| 144 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 145 | (White-throated Swallow) | Hirundo albigularis | |
| 146 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 147 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata | |
| 148 | |South African Swallow| | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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| 149 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| 150 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| 151 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin | |
| 152 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | |
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| 153 | Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
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| 154 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| 155 | (Wattled Starling) | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 156 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| 157 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| 158 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
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| 159 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata | |
| 160 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| 161 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| 162 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| 163 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| 164 | (Capped Wheatear) | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 165 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| 166 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 167 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| 168 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| 169 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| 170 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 171 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| 172 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 173 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea | |
| 174 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
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| 175 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 176 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| 177 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| 178 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
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| 179 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| 180 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 181 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| 182 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| 183 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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| 184 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 185 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 186 | Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
| 187 | (Buffy Pipit) | Anthus vaalensis | |
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| 188 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| 189 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
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| 190 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| 191 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 32 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 1 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 7 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 4 |
| V | Vulnerable | 3 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.