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Vagrant: Morocco; introduced Johannesburgarea of South Africa.

(Aix sponsa Wood Duck Canard branchu)

Canard carolin

Vagrant: Azores, Canary Is.
Anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon Canard siffleur

Palearctic winter visitor, mainly coastal marshes: North Africa, parts of Sahel zone, Nile Valley south to Uganda.



Anas americana American Wigeon Canard d'Amerique

Canard siffleur d'Amerique

Vagrant: Senegal, N Atlantic Is.

Anas strepera Gadwall Canard chipeau

(BoA, ZTP, BD have race strepera but the only other race (extralimital) noted by HM and CMT is probably extinct)

Palearctic winter visitor, freshwater: North Africa south to Senegal and Nile Valley to S Ethiopia.

Anas crecca Common Teal Sarcelle d'hiver

Green-winged Teal; Eurasian Teal*



crecca; carolinensis

IOC raises Anas carolinensis Green-winged Teal Sarcelle à ailes vertes

Palearctic winter visitor, usually freshwater: North Africa, Nile Valley, Sahel zone and reaches equator in Kenya; carolinensis is a vagrant to N Atlantic Is.

Anas bernieri Madagascar Teal Sarcelle de Bernier

Bernier’s Teal*

Resident, small saline lakes and surrounds: NW Madagascar.

Anas capensis Cape Teal Canard du Cap

Sarcelle du Cap

Resident and visitor, mainly saline and brackish water: S Sudan, Ethiopia through mainly W half of East Africa to South Africa.; non-breeding visitor to L Chad area.

Anas platyrhynchos Mallard Canard colvert

platyrhynchos

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, wetlands: North Africa, occasionally up Nile south to Ethiopia; feral in Cape and NE South Africa.

(Anas rubripes American Black Duck Canard noir)

[Canard noirâtre]

Vagrant: Azores, Canary Is (1 record).

Anas melleri Meller’s Duck Canard de Meller

Resident, freshwater swamps in forest: E and High Plateau of Madagascar; Mauritius (introduced).



Anas undulata Yellow-billed Duck Canard à bec jaune

undulata; rueppelli

Resident, wetlands mainly inland: Ethiopia, Kenya to Angola - South Africa.



Anas sparsa African Black Duck Canard noirâtre

[Canard noir]



sparsa; leucostigma; maclatchyi (not in CMT, HM incl in sparsa))

Resident, especially fast-flowing rivers in mountains and wooded areas: Cameroon, Gabon forests; E Sudan, Ethiopia through W Kenya - E and S DRC, Angola.



Anas acuta Northern Pintail Canard pilet

(BoA, ZTP + acuta (see A. eatoni); HBW + acuta; eatoni; drygalskii; latter 2 here considered a separate species)

Palearctic winter visitor, mainly freshwater: all around Sahara and south to L. Victoria area.

Anas eatoni Eaton’s Pintail Canard d'Eaton

Kerguelen Pintail



eatoni; drygalskii

HBW (+ by implication BoA, ZTP (see above)) subsume into Anas acuta

Resident, freshwater: Kerguelen (eatoni); Crozet (drygalskii); St Paul, Amsterdam (eatoni introduced).

Anas erythrorhyncha Red-billed Duck Canard à bec rouge

Red-billed Teal*

Resident, mainly freshwater: to the south and east of E Sudan, S Ethiopia - Angola.

(Anas flavirostris Speckled Teal Sarcelle tachetée)

Vagrant: Tristan.

Anas hottentota Hottentot Teal Sarcelle hottentote

Resident, freshwater: L Chad area; Ethiopia - Namibia and south; Madagascar.



Anas querquedula Garganey Sarcelle d'été

Palearctic winter visitor, wetlands and coast: Sahel zone and south to L. Victoria, fewer to Zambia.



Anas smithii Cape Shoveler Canard de Smith

[Canard du Cap]

Resident, mainly larger water bodies: all of southern Africa, south of Zambezi R..

Anas discors Blue-winged Teal Sarcelle à ailes bleues

Sarcelle soucrourou

Vagrant: NW Africa, Senegal, N Atlantic Is.
Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler Canard souchet

Palearctic winter visitor, freshwater: all around Sahara and south to L. Victoria.



Marmaronetta angustirostris Marbled Teal Marmaronette marbrée Marbled Duck* Sarcelle marbrée

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, freshwater with abundant vegetation: resident North Africa, unpredictable in a few areas in Sahel zone.



Netta rufina Red-crested Pochard Nette rousse

Palearctic winter visitor, mainly deep water: North Africa, Nile Valley.



Netta erythrophthalma Southern Pochard Nette brune

brunnea

Resident, large bodies of deeper water: Ethiopia - S Angola, South Africa but not east coast.



Aythya collaris Ring-necked Duck Fuligule à collier

Fuligule à bec cerclé

Vagrant: Morocco, N Atlantic Is.

Aythya ferina Common Pochard Fuligule milouin

Palearctic winter visitor, freshwater: all around Sahara, Ethiopian highlands, occasional south to L. Victoria.


Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Duck Fuligule nyroca

Ferruginous Pochard

Palearctic winter visitor, mainly shallow water: all around Sahara, Ethiopia.

Aythya innotata Madagascar Pochard Fuligule de Madagascar

Resident, freshwater: L. Alaotra area of Madagascar.



Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck Fuligule morillon

Palearctic winter visitor, large deep freshwater bodies: all around Sahara, south to N Kenya.



Aythya marila Greater Scaup Fuligule milouinan

marila; (BoA monotypic)

Vagrant: North Africa coast, N Atlantic Is.

(Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Petit Fuligule)

Fuligule à tête noire

Vagrant: N Atlantic Is, Morocco.

Melanitta nigra Black Scoter Macreuse noire

Common Scoter



nigra

Palearctic winter visitor, mostly at sea: Morocco - Mauritania in Atlantic, occasional east to Tunisia.



Melanitta fusca Velvet Scoter Macreuse brune

[White-winged Scoter]



fusca

[White-winged Scoter now refers to Melanitta deglandi sometimes split as a species from M. fusca.]

Vagrant: Morocco - Algeria.

(Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter Macreuse à front blanc)

Vagrant: Azores, Madeira.

(Somateria spectabilis King Eider Eider à tête grise )

Vagrant: 1 record Azores.

(Somateria mollissima Common Eider Eider à duvet)

Vagrant: Azores.

(Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck Harelde kakawi)

Vagrant: Azores, Madeira.

Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye Garrot à oeil d'or

clangula

Vagrant: Mediterranean, North Africa.

(Bucephala albeola Bufflehead Petit Garrot)

Garrot albéole

Vagrant: 2 records Azores.

Mergellus albellus Smew Harle piette

Vagrant: Algeria, Egypt.



Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser Harle huppé

Vagrant: seas off Algeria, Tunisia, N Atlantic Is.




Mergus merganser Common Merganser Grand Harle

Goosander Harle bièvre



merganser

Vagrant: North Africa.

(Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded Merganser Harle couronné)

HBW Mergus cucullatus

Vagrant: Azores, 1 record Tenerife.

Oxyura leucocephala White-headed Duck Erismature à tête blanche

Resident, water with vegetation: Algeria, Tunisia.



Oxyura maccoa Maccoa Duck Erismature maccoa

Resident, freshwater usually with extensive vegetation: Ethiopia - L. Victoria; South Africa, Namibia north to Zimbabwe.

[Oxyura jamaicensis Ruddy Duck Erismature rousse]

Vagrant: North Africa from birds escaped in Europe (mainly UK).

ACCIPITRIDAE
Pandion haliaetus Osprey Balbuzard pêcheur

Western Osprey*



haliaetus

CMT, HBW, IOC, BD place in Pandionidae

(IOC raises Pandion cristatus Eastern Osprey, hence English name)

Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, near shallow waters: breeds North Africa coast, Canary Is, Cape Verde Is; winters all S of Sahara except desert SW.

Aviceda cuculoides African Cuckoo Hawk Baza coucou

**African Cuckoo Falcon; African Baza



cuculoides; batesi; verreauxii (BoA verreauxi)

Resident, forest and dense woodland: southern half of West Africa - W Ethiopia, W Kenya south to N Angola - E South Africa.



Aviceda madagascariensis Madagascar Cuckoo Hawk Baza malgache

Madagascar Baza

Resident, forest and clearings: Madagascar.

Pernis apivorus European Honey Buzzard Bondrée apivore

Honey Buzzard; Western Honey Buzzard

(BoA + apivorus)

Palearctic winter visitor, forest and dense woodland: forest area and equator south to NE South Africa, scarce in E.



Pernis ptilorhynchus Oriental Honey Buzzard Bondrée orientale

Crested Honey Buzzard*



orientalis is most likely race

Vagrant: Egypt, 1 record Gabon.



Macheiramphus alcinus Bat Hawk Milan des chauves-souris

anderssoni

Resident, forest and dense woodland: Senegal - S Kenya south to S Angola - S Mozambique; Ethiopian highlands; Madagascar.

Elanus caeruleus Black-shouldered Kite Elanion blanc

Black-winged Kite*; Common Black-shouldered Kite



caeruleus

Resident, open country except very arid: NW Africa, Nile Valley, all S of Sahara.

(Elanoides forficatus American Swallow-tailed Kite Milan à queue fourchue)

Vagrant: Fuerteventura (Canary Is).



Chelictinia riocourii African Swallow-tailed Kite Elanion naucler

Swallow-tailed Kite; Scissor-tailed Kite* Milan de Riocour; Naucler d’Afrique

Intra-African migrant, arid steppe and savanna: breeds across Sahel; non-breeding moves further south in west, to Kenya in east.

Milvus migrans Black Kite Milan noir

Milan d’Afrique



parasitus; migrans; aegyptius; lineatus

(SL, SS raise Milvus aegyptius Yellow-billed Kite Milan à bec jaune)

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, all habitats except dense forest, usually near humans: breeds Egypt and E coast to Kenya (aegyptius); rest of S of Sahara, Cape Verde Is, Madagascar, Comoro Is (parasitus); migrans breeds North Africa and winters all S of Sahara.



Milvus milvus Red Kite Milan royal

milvus; fasciicauda

Resident, open woodland, other open country: Morocco (milvus); Cape Verde Is (fasciicauda); disperses further east in North Africa.



Haliaeetus vocifer African Fish Eagle Pygargue vocifer

Resident, margins of lakes, rivers: all S of Sahara except parts of NE and SW.



Haliaeetus vociferoides Madagascar Fish Eagle Pygargue de Madagascar

Pygargue malgache

Resident, margins of fresh water and coast: NW Madagascar.

Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed Eagle Pygargue à queue blanche

White-tailed Sea Eagle



albicilla; (CMT, HBW monotypic)

Vagrant: North Africa.



Gypohierax angolensis Palm-nut Vulture Palmiste africain

Palmiste d'Angola; Vautour palmiste

Resident, forest edges, coast, rivers where oil palm occurs: Senegal - S Kenya south to N Namibia - S Mozambique; non-breeding moves a little further south.

Gypaetus barbatus Bearded Vulture Gypaète barbu

Lammergeier



meridionalis; barbatus

Resident, mountains and nearby: Atlas Mts; Nile Valley; Rift Valley Sudan - Kenya; Drakensberg Mts (South Africa).



Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture Vautour percnoptère

Percnoptère d'Egypte



percnopterus; (HM, CMT + majorensis)

Resident and breeding visitor, mainly arid and semi-arid areas: breeding visitor North Africa; resident southern half of Sahara, Sahel zone extending south to L. Victoria in east; S Angola, N Namibia; Cape Verde Is; Socotra; Canary Is (majorensis on Fuerteventura, percnopterus on remainder).



Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Vautour charognard

(BoA + monachus; pileatus)

Resident, open woodland, savanna: all S of Sahara except forest area and south of N Namibia - extreme NE South Africa.

Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Vautour africain

African White-backed Vulture

Resident, savannas: all S of Sahara south to N Namibia, N South Africa except forest area.

Gyps rueppellii Rüppell's Vulture Vautour de Rüppell

Rüppell's Griffon Vulture; Ruppell’s Griffon



rueppellii; erlangeri

Resident, arid steppe grassland (cliffs for breeding): West Africa north of forest - W Somalia south to N Tanzania.



Gyps fulvus Griffon Vulture Vautour fauve

**European Griffon; Eurasian Griffon;

Eurasian Griffon Vulture

fulvus

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, open areas: resident NW Africa, Egypt; some winter just S of Sahara Senegal - Ethiopia.



Gyps coprotheres Cape Vulture Vautour chassefiente

Cape Griffon Vulture; Cape Griffon

Resident and intra-African migrant, open areas: breeds E and N South Africa, and extends to all southern Africa in non-breeding season.

Aegypius monachus Cinereous Vulture Vautour moine

Eurasian Black Vulture; [Black Vulture]

Palearctic winter visitor: Nile Valley.

Torgos tracheliotus Lappet-faced Vulture Vautour oricou

tracheliotus; nubicus; (BoA monotypic but notes that some authors do split these races)

BoA, IOC, ROB Aegypius tracheliotus; ROB Aegypius tracheliotos (+ race)

Resident, semi-desert and savanna: southern Sahara Desert (north to SW Morocco - S Egypt) and south to all except SW Africa, forest area and much of E coast.

Trigonoceps occipitalis White-headed Vulture Vautour à tête blanche

BoA, IOC, ROB Aegypius occipitalis

Resident, woodland and savanna: soudanian savanna zone Senegal - Ethiopia and south to N Namibia - NE South Africa.



Circaetus gallicus Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaète Jean-le-Blanc

**Short-toed Eagle

(BoA + gallicus; beaudouini; pectoralis here considered 3 separate species)

Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, semi-desert to forest edge: breeds NW Africa; winters Sahel zone.



Circaetus pectoralis Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaète à poitrine noire

Black-breasted Snake Eagle

BoA, DFW subsume into Circaetus gallicus

Resident, open woodland to semi-arid steppe: Ethiopia - N Angola and south and east except forest area.



Circaetus beaudouini Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle Circaète de Beaudouin

BoA, DFW (+SF) subsume into Circaetus gallicus; SAM subsumes into Circaetus pectoralis

Resident, open woodland: Sahel zone Senegal - N Uganda, W Kenya.

Circaetus cinereus Brown Snake Eagle Circaète brun

Resident, savannas: all S of Sahara except forest area and drier parts of NE and SW.



Circaetus fasciolatus Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaète barré

Fasciated Snake Eagle

Resident, coastal and riverine forest: S Somalia - NE South Africa.

Circaetus cinerascens Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaète cendré

Banded Snake Eagle; **Smaller Banded Snake Eagle

Resident, riverine forest, woodland: Senegal - S Kenya, along Rift Valley to Angola - Zambezi Valley - Malawi; Ethiopian highlands.

Terathopius ecaudatus Bateleur Bateleur des savanes

Bateleur à queue courte

Resident, open wooded savannas: all S of Sahara except forest area and much of Somalia, South Africa, Namibia.

Dryotriorchis spectabilis Congo Serpent Eagle Serpentaire du Congo

Aigle Serpentaire du Congo



spectabilis; batesi

Resident, lowland forest: all of forest area, Liberia - N Angola.



Eutriorchis astur Madagascar Serpent Eagle Serpentaire de Madagascar

Aigle serpentaire malgache

Resident, primary forest: NE Madagascar.

Polyboroides radiatus Madagascar Harrier Hawk Gymnogène de Madagascar

Madagascar Gymnogene Gymnogène malgache

Resident, forest and woodland: Madagascar except central plateau.

Polyboroides typus African Harrier Hawk Gymnogène d’Afrique

Gymnogene Serpentaire gymnogène

typus; pectoralis

Resident, forest, woodland, savanna: all S of Sahara except NE and SW.



Circus maurus Black Harrier Busard maure

Resident and intra-African migrant, scrub, grassland: breeds S South Africa, non-breeding north to S Namibia, S Botswana, Transvaal.



Circus cyaneus Hen Harrier Busard Saint-Martin

Northern Harrier*



cyaneus

Palearctic winter visitor, open country: few reach North Africa, N Atlantic Is.



Circus macrourus Pallid Harrier Busard pâle

Palearctic winter visitor, open country: all S of Sahara except forest area, but only in eastern half to the south the forest area.



Circus pygargus Montagu's Harrier Busard cendré

Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, open country: breeds Morocco, N Algeria; winters all S of Sahara except forest area, but only in eastern half to the south of forest area.



Circus ranivorus African Marsh Harrier Busard grenouillard

Resident, marshes and adjacent: E side of continent N Kenya - Cape (South Africa) extending west in S DRC, Angola.



Circus aeruginosus Western Marsh Harrier Busard des roseaux

Eurasian Marsh Harrier; [**Marsh Harrier]



aeruginosus; harterti

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, marsh vegetation: breeds Morocco - Tunisia (harterti); migrant Nile Valley, all between Sahara and forest area and south in east to Zambia, S DRC, rare further.



Circus maillardi Réunion Harrier Busard de Maillard

Malagasy Marsh Harrier*; Madagascar Marsh Harrier



maillardi; macrosceles

IOC, BL raises Circus macrosceles Madagascar Marsh Harrier (Malagasy Harrier*)

Resident, marshes: Madagascar, Comoros (macrosceles); Réunion (maillardi).

Micronisus gabar Gabar Goshawk Autour gabar

niger; aequatorius; gabar; (BoA monotypic)

DFW, BL, ROB Melierax gabar

Resident, open savannas: all S of Sahara except forest area.

Melierax metabates Dark Chanting Goshawk Autour sombre

Autour-chanteur sombre; [Autour chanteur]

metabates; theresae; neumanni; mechowi

Resident, well wooded savanna: SW Morocco (theresae); Senegal - Ethiopia south to Angola - S Mozambique except forest area, Somalia and E of C Kenya (other races).


Melierax canorus Pale Chanting Goshawk Autour-chanteur

Southern Pale Cahniting Goshawk Autour-chanteur pâle

canorus; argentior; (HM monotypic); (BoA + poliopterus here considered a separate species)

Resident, dry savanna, semi-desert: S Angola - Cape (South Africa) east to E Botswana, C South Africa.



Melierax poliopterus Eastern Chanting Goshawk Autour à ailes grises

BoA, DFW subsume into Melierax canorus

Resident, dry thorn woodland: E Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, N Tanzania.

Accipiter tachiro African Goshawk Autour tachiro

tachiro; sparsimfasciatus; pembaensis; unduliventer; croizati; (HM + canescens from A. toussenelii)

Resident, forest, woodland: Ethiopia, S Kenya south to S DRC, Angola to Mozambique, E and S South Africa; Pemba Is (pembaensis).



Accipiter toussenelii Red-chested Goshawk Autour de Toussenel

canescens (HM places in A. tachiro); toussenelii; macroscelides; lopezi; (some add unduliventer, croizati from A. tachiro

(W.Clark in litt.))

BoA, DFW, BL, BD (+ROB presumed) subsume into Accipiter tachiro

Resident, lowland forest: Senegal - DRC.



Accipiter castanilius Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Autour à flancs roux

castanilius; beniensis; (CMT, HBW, BD monotypic)

Resident, lowland forest: central forest area SE Nigeria, DRC to W Uganda.



Accipiter badius Shikra Epervier shikra

polyzonoides; sphenurus

Resident, woodland savannas: all S of Sahara except forest area, dry NE and south of N South Africa.



Accipiter brevipes Levant Sparrowhawk Epervier à pieds courts

Palearctic winter visitor, wooded plains: just S of Sahara Desert, SE Niger - N Kenya.



Accipiter francesii Frances’s Sparrowhawk Epervier de Frances

Frances’s Goshawk



francesii; griveaudi; pusillus; brutus

DFW, HM, IOC, BL Accipiter francesiae

Resident, forest: Madagascar (francesii); Grand Comoro (griveaudi); Anjouan (pusillus); Mayotte (brutus).

Accipiter erythropus Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Epervier de Hartlaub

Western Little Sparrowhawk



erythropus; zenkeri

Resident, lowland forest: Senegal - DRC.



Accipiter minullus Little Sparrowhawk Epervier minule

**African Little Sparrowhawk

(HM + tropicalis; minullus)

Resident, woodland, trees in savanna: S of forest area except parts of SW, and north to Ethiopia.



Accipiter ovampensis Ovampo Sparrowhawk Epervier de l'Ovampo

**Ovambo Sparrowhawk*

Resident and intra-African migrant, forest, woodland edges: Ghana, Togo; C Nigeria - Ethiopia; S of forest area to S Angola - NE South Africa, moves north to Ethiopia and N Ghana; disperses further.

Accipiter madagascariensis Madagascar Sparrowhawk Epervier de Madagascar

Resident, forest, dry scrub: Madagascar.



Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk Epervier d'Europe

nisus; punicus; granti

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, forest, woodland: resident Morocco - Tunisia (punicus); Madeira, Canary Is (granti); visitor rest of North Africa, Nile Valley to Kenya (nisus).



Accipiter rufiventris Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Epervier menu

Red-breasted Sparrowhawk; Rufous-breasted

Sparrowhawk*

rufiventris; perspicillaris

Resident, mainly montane forest, lower in parts of South Africa: patchy through Rift Valley Ethiopia - Malawi; coastal E and S South Africa.



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