Mbuyuni Farm Retreat

Bird List of Kimango Farms

Bird species recorded in alphabetical order based on sightings by Zul Bhatia, a UK-based ornithologist, between 1996 and 2001, and Kim and Janush Axmann. Nomenclature follows Stevenson & Fanshawe (2002). Photos by Kim and Janush Axmann.

Little Bee-Eater

Little Bee-Eater

Apalis, yellow-breasted (spotted form)

Babbler, arrow-marked

Barbet, black-collared

Barbet, brown-breasted

Barbet, spot-flanked

Bateleur

Batis, black-headed

Batis, chin-spot

Bunting, African Golden Breasted

Bee-eater, blue-cheeked

Bee-eater, Boehm’s

Bee-eater, European

Northern Carmine Bee Eater

Northern Carmine Bee Eater

Bee-eater, little

Bee-eater, Northern-carmine

Bee-eater, swallow-tailed

Bee-eater, white-fronted

Bishop, Black-winged Red

Bishop, Southern Red

Bishop, Zanzibar Red

Bittern, Little

Boubou, tropical

Brownbul, Northern

Brownbul, Terrestrial

Brubru

Bulbul, common

Bush-shrike, black-fronted

Bush-shrike, four-coloured

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Bush-shrike, grey-headed

Bush-shrike, sulphur-breasted

Bustard, black-bellied

Buzzard, Augur

Buzzard, common

Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-

Buzzard, lizard

Camaroptera, green-backed

Canary, yellow-fronted

Chatterer, rofous

Cisticola, desert

Yellow Fronted Canary

Yellow Fronted Canary

Cisticola, rattling

Cisticola, siffling

Cisticola, winding

Cordon-bleu, Southern

Cormorant, Reed

Courser, Temminck’s

Courser, violet-tipped

Crombec, red-faced

Crimson Rumped Waxbill

Crimson Rumped Waxbill

Crow, common house

Crow, pied

Cuckoo, black and white

Cuckoo, Diederik

Cuckoo, Klaas”s Cuckoo

Cuckoo, Levaillant’s

Cuckoo-shrike, black

Coucal, white-browed

Darter, African

Emerald-Spotted Wood Dove

Emerald-Spotted Wood Dove

Dove, African mourning

Dove, emerald-spotted wood

Dove, laughing

Dove, Namaqua

Dove, red-eyed

Dove, ring-necked

Dove, Tambourine

Eagle, black-chested snake

Eagle, booted

Eagle, brown snake

Eagle, lesser spotted

Eagle, long-crested

Eagle, Martial’s

Lesser Striped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Eagle, steppe

Eagle, Wahlberg’ s

Egret, black

Egret, cattle

Egret, great

Egret, little

Falcon, lesser

Falcon, red-necked

Finch, cut-throat

Firefinch, African

Firefinch, Jameson’s

Firefinch, red-billed

Fiscal, common

Jameson’s Firefinch

Jameson’s Firefinch

Fiscal, long-tailed

Flycatcher, African paradise

Flycatcher, ashy

Flycatcher, spotted

Francolin, crested

Paradise Flycatcher

Paradise Flycatcher

Go-away-bird, bare-faced

Greeb, little

Greenbul, Zanzibar sombre

Greenbul, grey-olive

Greenbul, yellow-bellied

Green-Pigeon, African

Greenshank, common

Goshawk, dark chanting

Goshawk, Gabar

Guineafowl, helmeted

Hamerkop

Harrier, Montagu’s

Crowned Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

Harrier-Hawk, African

Helmet-shrike, white-crested

Heron, black-headed

Heron, green-backed

Heron, purple

Heron, rufous-bellied

Heron, striated

Honeyguide, greater

Honeyguide, lesser

Honeguide, pallid

Honeybird, brown-backed

Hoophoe, African

Hornbill, African grey

Von der Decken’s Hornbill

Von der Decken’s Hornbill

Hornbill, crowned

Hornbill, red-billed

Hornbill, Southern ground

Hornbill, trumpeter

Hornbill, van der Deckens

Ibis, hadada

Ibis, sacred

Indigobird, village

Kestrel, common

Gray Headed Kingfisher

Gray Headed Kingfisher

Kestrel, grey

Kingfisher, brown-hooded

Kingfisher, giant

Kingfisher, grey-headed

Kingfisher, half-collared

Kingfisher, malachite

Kingfisher, pied

Kingfisher, striped

Kite, black

Kite, black-shouldered

Lapwing, crowned

African Eagle Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Lark, Fisher’s sparrow-

Lark, flappet

Longclaw, yellow-throated

Mannekin, bronze

Mannekin, rofous-backed

Mousebird, blue-naped

Mousebird, speckled

Nicator, Eastern

Night-heron, Black-crowned

Green Winged Pytillia

Green Winged Pytillia

Nightjar, eurasian

Nightjar, square-tailed

Nightingale, thrush

Oriole, African black-headed

Oriole, African golden

Oriole, Eurasian golden

Oriole, green-headed

Owl, barn

Owl, marsh

Owl, spotted eagle

Owl, Verreaux’s eagle

African Golden Weaver

African Golden Weaver

Owl, white-faced Scops-

Owlet, pearl-spotted

Palmnut Vulture

Parrot, brown-headed

Pigeon, feral

Pipit, golden

Pipit, grassland

Plover, three-banded

Pochard, Southern

Pytilia, green-winged

Pytilia, orange-winged

Lesser Masked Weaver

Lesser Masked Weaver

Prinia, tawny-flanked

Puffback, black-backed

Quail, common button-

Quail, Harlequin

Quelea, Red-billed

Raven, white naped

Robin-chat, white-browed

Robin, white-browed Scrub

Rock-Thrush, common

Roller, broad-billed

Roller, European

European Roller

European Roller

Roller, lilac-breasted

Sandpiper, common

Sandpiper, marsh

Sandpiper, wood

Scimitarbill, greater

Shikra

Shrike, Isabelline

Shrike, red-backed

Lilac Breasted Roller

Lilac Breasted Roller

Sparrow, grey-headed

Sparrow, house

Sparrowhawk, little

Spurfowl, red-necked

Starling, greater blue-eared

Starling, violet-backed

Stork, Abdim’s

Stork, African open-billed

Stork, yellow-billed

Stork, white

Red Necked Spurfowl

Red Necked Spurfowl

Sunbird, amethyst

Sunbird, collared

Sunbird, Marico

Sunbird, purple-banded

Sunbird, scarlet chested

Sunbird, Shelley’s

Sunbird, variable

Swallow, Angola

Swallow, barn

Swallow, lesser striped

Swallow, mosque

Swallow, wire-tailed

Scarlet Chested Sunbird

Scarlet Chested Sunbird

Swift, African palm

Swift, Eurasian

Swift, little

Tinkerbird, red-fronted

Thrush, olive

Variable Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Thrush, spotted-morning

Thrush, common rock

Tchagra, black-crowned

Tchagra, brown-crowned

Thick-knee, spotted

Trogon, Narina

Turaco, Purple-crested

Vulture, African white-backed

Wagtail, African pied

Wagtail, yellow

Warbler, barred

Warbler, Basra reed

Warbler, garden

Warbler, olivaceous

Warbler, widdow

Spotted Morning Thrush

Spotted Morning Thrush

Wattle-eye, black-throated

Waxbill, common

Waxbill, zebra

Wheatear, capped

Wheatear, Isabelline

Wheatear, Northern

Weaver, African golden

Weaver, black-headed

Weaver, lesser-masked

Weaver, red-headed

Weaver, spectacled

Whinchat

Whitethroat, common

Whydah, pin-tailed

Cardinal Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Whydah, Eastern paradise

Widowbird, red-collared

Widowbird, white-winged

Woodpecker, cardinal

Woodpecker, Golden-tailed

Wren-warbler, Miombo

Yellowbill