KATAVI NATIONAL PARK
TANZANIA
LOCALE
| # Species*: | 213 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 213 |
| # Endemics*: | 2 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 2 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
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 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 2 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| 3 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| 4 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| 5 | <African Pygmy-Goose> | Nettapus auritus |
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| 6 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 7 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| 8 | Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptera shelleyi |
| 9 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| 10 | Hildebrandt's Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti |
| 11 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer |
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| 12 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 13 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 14 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 15 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 16 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 17 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| 18 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 19 | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis |
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| 20 | Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
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| 21 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Crinifer personatus |
| 22 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster |
| 23 | Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus |
| 24 | Ross's Turaco | Tauraco rossae |
| 25 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi |
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| 26 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 27 | Black Coucal | Centropus grillii |
| 28 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 29 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 30 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 31 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
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| 32 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
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| 33 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 34 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 35 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
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| 36 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| 37 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
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| 38 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
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| 39 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 40 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| 41 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 42 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| 43 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| 44 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
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| 45 | <Greater Painted-Snipe> | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 46 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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| 47 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 48 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 49 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
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| 50 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
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| 51 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
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| 52 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 53 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| 54 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| 55 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 56 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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| 57 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
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| 58 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| 59 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
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| 60 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 61 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 62 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 63 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
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| 64 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 65 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 66 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris |
| 67 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 68 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 69 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 70 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 71 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 72 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
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| 73 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 74 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
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| 75 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 76 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| 77 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 78 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 79 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 80 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 81 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 82 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 83 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 84 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 85 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 86 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina |
| 87 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 88 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 89 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 90 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 91 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 92 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 93 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 94 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis |
| 95 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 96 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
| 97 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 98 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 99 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo |
| 100 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 101 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 102 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 103 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 104 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 105 | African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense |
| 106 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
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| 107 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
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| 108 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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| 109 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 110 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 111 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| 112 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| 113 | Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus ruahae |
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| 114 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 115 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 116 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 117 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
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| 118 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 119 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 120 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 121 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 122 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 123 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 124 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 125 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
| 126 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
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| 127 | Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
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| 128 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
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| 129 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 130 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
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| 131 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor |
| 132 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
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| 133 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
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| 134 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
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| 135 | Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata |
| 136 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
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| 137 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
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| 138 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 139 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 140 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 141 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 142 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| 143 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
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| 144 | Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii |
| 145 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 146 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 147 | Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleuca |
| 148 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli |
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| 149 | House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| 150 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 151 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
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| 152 | White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris |
| 153 | Miombo Tit | Melaniparus griseiventris |
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| 154 | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia |
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| 155 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
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| 156 | Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops |
| 157 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 158 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 159 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 160 | Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais |
| 161 | Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis |
| 162 | Tabora Cisticola | Cisticola angusticauda |
| 163 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 164 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii |
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| 165 | White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| 166 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 167 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
| 168 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
| 169 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 170 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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| 171 | Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus |
| 172 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 173 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 174 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| 175 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca |
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| 176 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
| 177 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
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| 178 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 179 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 180 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
| 181 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
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| 182 | Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana |
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| 183 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
| 184 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| 185 | Miombo Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon barbata |
| 186 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 187 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 188 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| 189 | Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata |
| 190 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| 191 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
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| 192 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 193 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 194 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| 195 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
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| 196 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| 197 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 198 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 199 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 200 | Vieillot's Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus |
| 201 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 202 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus |
| 203 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea |
| 204 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| 205 | Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi |
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| 206 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 207 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 208 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 209 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
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| 210 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus |
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| 211 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 212 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
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| 213 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
*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 | 10 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 4 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 3 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 3 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 3 |
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.
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