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Birds
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Common Name |
Latin Name |
Family: Podicipedidae |
| Little
Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Family: Phalacrocoracidae |
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White-breasted cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Reed
cormorant |
Phalacrocorax
africanus |
Family: Anhingidae |
| African
darter |
Anhinga rufa |
Family: Ardeidae |
| Goliath
heron |
Ardea goliath |
| Purple
heron |
Ardea purpurea |
| Grey
heron |
Ardea cinerea |
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Black-headed heron |
Ardea melanocephala |
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Yellow-billed egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
| Great
(white) egret |
Casmerodius albus |
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Little egret |
Egretta garzetta |
| Cattle
egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
| Squacco
heron |
Ardeola ralloides |
| Black
heron (egret) |
Egretta ardesiaca |
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Black-crowned night-heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
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Green-backed heron |
Butorides striata |
| Little
bittern |
Ixobrychus minutus |
Family: Ciconiidae |
| Black
stork |
Ciconia nigra |
| Abdim's
stork |
Ciconia abdimii |
| White
stork |
Ciconia ciconia |
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Yellow-billed stork |
Mycteria ibis |
| Marabou
stork |
Leptoptilos
crumeniferus |
Family: Skopidae |
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Hammerkop |
Scopus umbretta |
Family: Threskiornithidae |
| African
spoonbill |
Platalea alba |
| Hadada
ibis |
Bostrychia hagedash |
| Glossy
ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
| African
sacred ibis |
Threskiornis
aethiopicus |
Family: Anatidae |
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Spur-winged goose |
Plectropterus
gambensis |
| Egyptian
goose |
Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| South
African shelduck |
Tadorna cana |
| Comb
(knob-billed) duck |
Sarkidiornis melanotos |
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White-faced duck |
Dendrocygna viduata |
| Fulvous
duck |
Dendrocygna bicolor |
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White-backed duck |
Thalassornis
leuconotus |
| Southern
pochard |
Netta erythrophthalma |
| Maccoa
duck |
Oxyura maccoa |
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Yellow-billed duck |
Anas undulata |
| African
black duck |
Anas sparsa |
| Cape
teal |
Anas capensis |
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Red-billed teal |
Anas erthrorhyncha |
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View a full list of
the 300 bird species recorded at
Mankwe Wildlife Reserve, including the 10 new
species for 2007-2008.
Click here.
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Mankwe Wildlife
Reserve
P.O. Box 20784
Protea Park
0305
South Africa
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