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Field Guide to the Birds of Kruger National Park by Sinclair and Whyte

Cover of Field Guide to the Birds of Kruger National Park by Ian Sinclair and Ian Whyte

Number of pages: 250

Year published: 1991

Edition: 1st

Published by: Struik Publishers

Softcover

ISBN: 1-86825-107-1

Web site: Struik Nature

The Wildebeest's Review of "Field Guide to the Birds of Kruger Park"

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Kruger National Park - Page: 1
Kruger National Park - Page: 1
Greater Flamingo - Page: 22
Lesser Flamingo - Page: 22
Great White Pelican - Page: 22
Pink-backed Pelican - Page: 22
White-breasted Cormorant - Page: 24
Reed Cormorant - Page: 24
African Darter - Page: 24
Grey Heron - Page: 26
Purple Heron - Page: 26
Goliath Heron - Page: 26
Black-headed Heron - Page: 26
Yellow-billed Egret - Page: 28
Little Egret - Page: 28
Squacco Heron - Page: 28
Great Egret - Page: 28
Cattle Egret - Page: 28
Green-backed Heron - Page: 30
Dwarf Bittern - Page: 30
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Page: 30
Black Heron - Page: 32
Little Bittern - Page: 32
Rufous-bellied Heron - Page: 32
White-backed Night-Heron - Page: 32
Woolly-necked Stork - Page: 34
African Spoonbill - Page: 34
White Stork - Page: 34
African Openbill - Page: 34
Yellow-billed Stork - Page: 34
Grey Crowned Crane - Page: 36
Saddle-billed Stork - Page: 36
Abdim s Stork - Page: 36
Black Stork - Page: 36
Marabou Stork - Page: 36
Glossy Ibis - Page: 38
Hadeda Ibis - Page: 38
African Sacred Ibis - Page: 38
Hamerkop - Page: 38
Spur-winged Goose - Page: 40
White-faced Duck - Page: 40
African Pygmy-Goose - Page: 40
Fulvous Duck - Page: 40
Egyptian Goose - Page: 40
White-backed Duck - Page: 42
Red-billed Teal - Page: 42
Hottentot Teal - Page: 42
Cape Shoveler - Page: 42
Yellow-billed Duck - Page: 42
African Black Duck - Page: 44
Maccoa Duck - Page: 44
Southern Pochard - Page: 44
African Jacana - Page: 46
Lesser Jacana - Page: 46
Comb Duck - Page: 46
African Finfoot - Page: 46
Little Grebe - Page: 46
White-headed Vulture - Page: 48
Cape Vulture - Page: 48
White-backed Vulture - Page: 48
Lappet-faced Vulture - Page: 48
Egyptian Vulture - Page: 48
Hooded Vulture - Page: 48
Black Kite - Page: 50
Western Marsh-Harrier - Page: 50
Pallid Harrier - Page: 50
Black-shouldered Kite - Page: 50
African Marsh-Harrier - Page: 50
Yellow-billed Kite - Page: 50
Montagu s Harrier - Page: 50
Osprey - Page: 52
African Fish-Eagle - Page: 52
African Harrier-Hawk - Page: 52
Bat Hawk - Page: 52
Brown Snake-Eagle - Page: 54
Long-crested Eagle - Page: 54
Bateleur - Page: 54
Black-chested Snake-Eagle - Page: 54
Lesser Spotted Eagle - Page: 56
Tawny Eagle - Page: 56
Jackal Buzzard - Page: 56
Steppe Eagle - Page: 56
Steppe Buzzard - Page: 56
Martial Eagle - Page: 58
African Crowned Eagle - Page: 58
Verreaux s Eagle - Page: 58
Ayres s Hawk-Eagle - Page: 60
European Honey-Buzzard - Page: 60
African Hawk-Eagle - Page: 60
Booted Eagle - Page: 60
Wahlberg s Eagle - Page: 60
Dark Chanting Goshawk - Page: 62
African Cuckoo Hawk - Page: 62
Lizard Buzzard - Page: 62
African Goshawk - Page: 62
Little Sparrowhawk - Page: 64
Shikra - Page: 64
Black Sparrowhawk - Page: 64
Ovambo Sparrowhawk - Page: 66
Gabar Goshawk - Page: 66
Lanner Falcon - Page: 68
Peregrine Falcon - Page: 68
Sooty Falcon - Page: 70
African Hobby - Page: 70
Greater Kestrel - Page: 70
Eurasian Hobby - Page: 70
Dickinson s Kestrel - Page: 70
Red-necked Falcon - Page: 70
Lesser Kestrel - Page: 72
Amur Falcon - Page: 72
Red-footed Falcon - Page: 72
Rock Kestrel - Page: 72
Swainson s Spurfowl - Page: 74
Red-necked Spurfowl - Page: 74
Shelley s Francolin - Page: 74
Coqui Francolin - Page: 74
Natal Spurfowl - Page: 74
Crested Francolin - Page: 74
Double-banded Sandgrouse - Page: 76
Kurrichane Buttonquail - Page: 76
Common Quail - Page: 76
Harlequin Quail - Page: 76
Corn Crake - Page: 78
Black Crake - Page: 78
Buff-spotted Flufftail - Page: 78
African Rail - Page: 78
Red-chested Flufftail - Page: 78
African Crake - Page: 78
Baillon s Crake - Page: 78
African Purple Swamphen - Page: 80
Allen s Gallinule - Page: 80
Common Moorhen - Page: 80
Lesser Moorhen - Page: 80
Red-knobbed Coot - Page: 80
Black-bellied Bustard - Page: 82
Red-crested Korhaan - Page: 82
Denham s Bustard - Page: 82
Kori Bustard - Page: 82
Crested Guineafowl - Page: 82
Helmeted Guineafowl - Page: 82
Little Ringed Plover - Page: 84
Three-banded Plover - Page: 84
Kittlitz s Plover - Page: 84
White-fronted Plover - Page: 84
Chestnut-banded Plover - Page: 84
Caspian Plover - Page: 84
Crowned Lapwing - Page: 86
Blacksmith Lapwing - Page: 86
Senegal Lapwing - Page: 86
African Wattled Lapwing - Page: 86
White-crowned Lapwing - Page: 86
Ruff - Page: 88
Wood Sandpiper - Page: 88
Marsh Sandpiper - Page: 88
Green Sandpiper - Page: 88
Common Greenshank - Page: 88
Ruddy Turnstone - Page: 90
Dunlin - Page: 90
Sanderling - Page: 90
Little Stint - Page: 90
Curlew Sandpiper - Page: 90
Common Sandpiper - Page: 90
Spotted Thick-knee - Page: 92
Water Thick-knee - Page: 92
Greater Painted-snipe - Page: 92
African Snipe - Page: 92
Three-banded Courser - Page: 94
Bronze-winged Courser - Page: 94
Collared Pratincole - Page: 94
Temminck s Courser - Page: 94
Burchell s Courser - Page: 94
Whiskered Tern - Page: 96
White-winged Tern - Page: 96
Grey-headed Gull - Page: 96
Pied Avocet - Page: 98
Black-winged Stilt - Page: 98
Sooty Tern - Page: 98
Parasitic Jaeger - Page: 98
Cape Turtle-Dove - Page: 100
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove - Page: 100
African Mourning Dove - Page: 100
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove - Page: 100
Red-eyed Dove - Page: 100
Laughing Dove - Page: 100
Namaqua Dove - Page: 102
Tambourine Dove - Page: 102
Lemon Dove - Page: 102
African Green-Pigeon - Page: 102
Speckled Pigeon - Page: 102
Brown-headed Parrot - Page: 104
Burchell s Coucal - Page: 104
Grey Go-away-bird - Page: 104
Black Coucal - Page: 104
Cape Parrot - Page: 104
Purple-crested Turaco - Page: 104
Common Cuckoo - Page: 106
Red-chested Cuckoo - Page: 106
African Cuckoo - Page: 106
Klaas s Cuckoo - Page: 106
Diderick Cuckoo - Page: 106
Black Cuckoo - Page: 108
Thick-billed Cuckoo - Page: 108
Levaillant s Cuckoo - Page: 108
Great Spotted Cuckoo - Page: 108
Jacobin Cuckoo - Page: 108
African Grass-Owl - Page: 110
Pel s Fishing-Owl - Page: 110
Verreaux s Eagle-Owl - Page: 110
Barn Owl - Page: 110
Spotted Eagle-Owl - Page: 110
African Scops-Owl - Page: 112
Pearl-spotted Owlet - Page: 112
Southern White-faced Scops-Owl - Page: 112
African Wood-Owl - Page: 112
African Barred Owlet - Page: 112
Marsh Owl - Page: 112
Fiery-necked Nightjar - Page: 114
European Nightjar - Page: 114
Square-tailed Nightjar - Page: 114
Pennant-winged Nightjar - Page: 114
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar - Page: 114
Freckled Nightjar - Page: 114
White-rumped Swift - Page: 116
Horus Swift - Page: 116
Little Swift - Page: 116
African Black Swift - Page: 116
Common Swift - Page: 116
B hm s Spinetail - Page: 118
African Palm-Swift - Page: 118
Alpine Swift - Page: 118
Mottled Spinetail - Page: 118
Speckled Mousebird - Page: 120
Common Scimitarbill - Page: 120
African Hoopoe - Page: 120
Narina Trogon - Page: 120
Green Wood-Hoopoe - Page: 120
Red-faced Mousebird - Page: 120
African Pygmy-Kingfisher - Page: 122
Pied Kingfisher - Page: 122
Giant Kingfisher - Page: 122
Half-collared Kingfisher - Page: 122
Malachite Kingfisher - Page: 122
Brown-hooded Kingfisher - Page: 124
Grey-headed Kingfisher - Page: 124
Woodland Kingfisher - Page: 124
Striped Kingfisher - Page: 124
White-fronted Bee-eater - Page: 126
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - Page: 126
Little Bee-eater - Page: 126
European Bee-eater - Page: 126
Southern Carmine Bee-eater - Page: 126
Purple Roller - Page: 128
Lilac-breasted Roller - Page: 128
Racket-tailed Roller - Page: 128
European Roller - Page: 128
Broad-billed Roller - Page: 128
African Grey Hornbill - Page: 130
Red-billed Hornbill - Page: 130
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill - Page: 130
Crowned Hornbill - Page: 130
Trumpeter Hornbill - Page: 130
Acacia Pied Barbet - Page: 132
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird - Page: 132
Crested Barbet - Page: 132
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird - Page: 132
Black-collared Barbet - Page: 132
Brown-backed Honeybird - Page: 134
Greater Honeyguide - Page: 134
Lesser Honeyguide - Page: 134
Scaly-throated Honeyguide - Page: 134
Bennett s Woodpecker - Page: 136
Cardinal Woodpecker - Page: 136
Red-throated Wryneck - Page: 136
Golden-tailed Woodpecker - Page: 136
Bearded Woodpecker - Page: 136
Fawn-coloured Lark - Page: 138
Monotonous Lark - Page: 138
Sabota Lark - Page: 138
Red-capped Lark - Page: 138
Flappet Lark - Page: 138
Striped Pipit - Page: 140
Yellow-throated Longclaw - Page: 140
Rufous-naped Lark - Page: 140
Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark - Page: 140
Dusky Lark - Page: 140
Lesser Striped Swallow - Page: 142
Mosque Swallow - Page: 142
Red-breasted Swallow - Page: 142
Greater Striped Swallow - Page: 142
White-throated Swallow - Page: 144
Wire-tailed Swallow - Page: 144
Grey-rumped Swallow - Page: 144
Barn Swallow - Page: 144
Pearl-breasted Swallow - Page: 144
Black Saw-wing - Page: 144
Sand Martin - Page: 146
Brown-throated Martin - Page: 146
Banded Martin - Page: 146
Rock Martin - Page: 146
Common House-Martin - Page: 146
Grey Cuckooshrike - Page: 148
Fork-tailed Drongo - Page: 148
Black Cuckooshrike - Page: 148
Ashy Tit - Page: 148
White-breasted Cuckooshrike - Page: 148
Southern Black Flycatcher - Page: 148
Black-headed Oriole - Page: 150
African Golden Oriole - Page: 150
Eurasian Golden Oriole - Page: 150
Southern Ground-Hornbill - Page: 152
Common Ostrich - Page: 152
Secretarybird - Page: 152
Cape Crow - Page: 152
Pied Crow - Page: 152
White-necked Raven - Page: 152
Yellow-bellied Greenbul - Page: 154
Sombre Greenbul - Page: 154
Dark-capped Bulbul - Page: 154
Terrestrial Brownbul - Page: 154
Eastern Nicator - Page: 154
Familiar Chat - Page: 156
Arrow-marked Babbler - Page: 156
Kurrichane Thrush - Page: 156
Groundscraper Thrush - Page: 156
Mocking Cliff-Chat - Page: 156
Capped Wheatear - Page: 158
Mountain Wheatear - Page: 158
Southern Black Tit - Page: 158
Arnot s Chat - Page: 158
African Stonechat - Page: 158
White-browed Robin-Chat - Page: 160
White-throated Robin-Chat - Page: 160
Cape Robin-Chat - Page: 160
Red-capped Robin-Chat - Page: 160
Brown Scrub-Robin - Page: 162
Bearded Scrub-Robin - Page: 162
White-browed Scrub-Robin - Page: 162
Olive-tree Warbler - Page: 164
Garden Warbler - Page: 164
Willow Warbler - Page: 164
Icterine Warbler - Page: 164
Thrush Nightingale - Page: 164
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler - Page: 166
Green-capped Eremomela - Page: 166
Grey Penduline-Tit - Page: 166
Yellow-bellied Eremomela - Page: 166
Burnt-necked Eremomela - Page: 166
Sedge Warbler - Page: 168
Little Rush-Warbler - Page: 168
Lesser Swamp-Warbler - Page: 168
Broad-tailed Warbler - Page: 168
Great Reed-Warbler - Page: 168
Marsh Warbler - Page: 168
African Reed-Warbler - Page: 168
Long-billed Crombec - Page: 170
Yellow-breasted Apalis - Page: 170
Green-backed Camaroptera - Page: 170
Stierling s Wren-Warbler - Page: 170
Rufous-winged Cisticola - Page: 172
Desert Cisticola - Page: 172
Levaillant s Cisticola - Page: 172
Cloud Cisticola - Page: 172
Zitting Cisticola - Page: 172
Wing-snapping Cisticola - Page: 172
Black-chested Prinia - Page: 174
Red-faced Cisticola - Page: 174
Croaking Cisticola - Page: 174
Rattling Cisticola - Page: 174
Tawny-flanked Prinia - Page: 174
Neddicky - Page: 176
Ashy Flycatcher - Page: 176
Grey Tit-Flycatcher - Page: 176
Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler - Page: 176
Spotted Flycatcher - Page: 178
Southern Hyliota - Page: 178
Fairy Flycatcher - Page: 178
Marico Flycatcher - Page: 178
African Dusky Flycatcher - Page: 178
Pale Flycatcher - Page: 178
African Paradise-Flycatcher - Page: 180
Blue-mantled Crested-Flycatcher - Page: 180
Chinspot Batis - Page: 180
Black-throated Wattle-eye - Page: 180
Cape Wagtail - Page: 182
Mountain Wagtail - Page: 182
African Pied Wagtail - Page: 182
Yellow Wagtail - Page: 182
Long-billed Pipit - Page: 184
Bushveld Pipit - Page: 184
Plain-backed Pipit - Page: 184
Buffy Pipit - Page: 184
African Pipit - Page: 184
Black-backed Puffback - Page: 186
Southern Boubou - Page: 186
Tropical Boubou - Page: 186
Common Fiscal - Page: 186
Fiscal Flycatcher - Page: 186
Brubru - Page: 188
Southern White-crowned Shrike - Page: 188
Magpie Shrike - Page: 188
Red-backed Shrike - Page: 188
Lesser Grey Shrike - Page: 188
Crimson-breasted Shrike - Page: 190
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike - Page: 190
Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike - Page: 190
Gorgeous Bush-Shrike - Page: 190
Black-crowned Tchagra - Page: 192
Brown-crowned Tchagra - Page: 192
White-crested Helmet-Shrike - Page: 192
Retz s Helmet-Shrike - Page: 192
Olive Bush-Shrike - Page: 192
Cape Glossy Starling - Page: 194
Burchell s Starling - Page: 194
Greater Blue-eared Starling - Page: 194
Meves s Starling - Page: 194
Black-bellied Starling - Page: 194
Red-winged Starling - Page: 196
Yellow-billed Oxpecker - Page: 196
Violet-backed Starling - Page: 196
Red-billed Oxpecker - Page: 196
Wattled Starling - Page: 196
Scarlet-chested Sunbird - Page: 198
Amethyst Sunbird - Page: 198
White-bellied Sunbird - Page: 198
Purple-banded Sunbird - Page: 200
Marico Sunbird - Page: 200
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow - Page: 202
Yellow-throated Petronia - Page: 202
Cape White-eye - Page: 202
African Yellow White-eye - Page: 202
Collared Sunbird - Page: 202
House Sparrow - Page: 204
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver - Page: 204
Red-billed Quelea - Page: 204
Yellow Weaver - Page: 206
Golden Weaver - Page: 206
Spectacled Weaver - Page: 206
Village Weaver - Page: 208
Lesser Masked-Weaver - Page: 208
Southern Masked-Weaver - Page: 208
Thick-billed Weaver - Page: 210
Red-headed Weaver - Page: 210
Fan-tailed Widowbird - Page: 212
Red-collared Widowbird - Page: 212
White-winged Widowbird - Page: 212
Yellow-crowned Bishop - Page: 214
Southern Red Bishop - Page: 214
Cuckoo Finch - Page: 216
Green-winged Pytilia - Page: 216
Green Twinspot - Page: 216
Pink-throated Twinspot - Page: 216
African Firefinch - Page: 218
Red-billed Firefinch - Page: 218
Jameson s Firefinch - Page: 218
Violet-eared Waxbill - Page: 220
Grey Waxbill - Page: 220
Blue Waxbill - Page: 220
Common Waxbill - Page: 220
Red-backed Mannikin - Page: 222
Bronze Mannikin - Page: 222
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Page: 222
Cut-throat Finch - Page: 222
Dusky Indigobird - Page: 224
Shaft-tailed Whydah - Page: 224
Pin-tailed Whydah - Page: 224
Village Indigobird - Page: 224
Purple Indigobird - Page: 224
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah - Page: 224
Cape Canary - Page: 226
Yellow-fronted Canary - Page: 226
Brimstone Canary - Page: 226
Streaky-headed Seedeater - Page: 226
Swee Waxbill - Page: 226
Golden-breasted Bunting - Page: 228
Black-throated Canary - Page: 228
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting - Page: 228
Lark-like Bunting - Page: 228
Cape Bunting - Page: 228
Lemon-breasted Canary - Page: 228

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