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Accipiter melanoleucus Black Sparrowhawk Autour noir

Great Sparrowhawk; Black Goshawk



melanoleucus; temminckii

Resident, forest, woodland: Senegal - S Kenya south to N Angola - E and S South Africa; Ethiopian highlands.



Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk Autour des palombes

Eurasian Goshawk



arrigonii; gentilis; (BoA, HM have arrigonii in NW Africa, HBW, CMT say gentilis is there, with arrigonii in Corsica and

Sardinia)

Resident, woodland: extreme NW Africa.
Accipiter henstii Henst’s Goshawk Autour de Henst

Resident, forest: Madagascar.



Urotriorchis macrourus Long-tailed Hawk Autour à longue queue

Resident, forest: forest of West Africa and DRC.



Butastur rufipennis Grasshopper Buzzard Busautour des sauterelles

Buse des sauterelles; Busard des sauterelles

Intra-African migrant, arid savanna: breeds Sahel zone; non-breeding soudanian savanna zone and south to S Tanzania in east.

Kaupifalco monogrammicus Lizard Buzzard Autour unibande

Buse unibande

monogrammicus; meridionalis

Resident, moist deciduous woodland: Senegal - S Angola east to E Sudan - NE South Africa.



Buteo buteo Common Buzzard Buse variable

Eurasian Buzzard



vulpinus; buteo; insularum; rothschildi (HM incl in insularum); bannermani; (HM + harterti)

ROB (+SL, SS) raise Buteo vulpinus Steppe Buzzard Buse des steppes; (RSF notes that the form on Socotra may be a separate

species)

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, wood edges, non-breeding to very open: resident Canary Is (insularum); Azores (rothschildi); Cape Verde Is (bannermani); Madeira (buteo); winters Ethiopia to Cape on eastern side of continent (mainly vulpinus), very few NW Africa - Liberia (buteo).



Buteo oreophilus Mountain Buzzard Buse montagnarde

oreophilus; trizonatus

IOC, ROB (+SL, SS) raise Buteo trizonatus Forest Buzzard Buse forestière

Resident, montane forest and adjacent grassland: Ethiopian highlands - S Tanzania, E Zambia (oreophilus); Cape and moves north into Drakensberg (South Africa) in non-breeding (trizonatus).

Buteo brachypterus Madagascar Buzzard Buse de Madagascar

Resident, forest, woodland: Madagascar.



Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buzzard Buse féroce

rufinus; cirtensis

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, steppes, semi-deserts, open woodland: resident North Africa and into Sahara (cirtensis); winters Sahel zone to N Kenya.



Buteo lagopus Rough-legged Buzzard Buse pattue

Roughleg*; Rough-legged Hawk

race presumed to be lagopus

Vagrant: North Africa.



Buteo auguralis Red-necked Buzzard Buse d'Afrique

Buse à queue rousse

Resident and intra-African migrant, forest edge, woodland; resident Ethiopia, Congo forest - N Angola; breeds Sierra Leone - W Uganda, moving north in non-breeding into Sahel zone.

Buteo rufofuscus Jackal Buzzard Buse rounoir

[Augur Buzzard] [Buse augure]

(BoA + rufofuscus; augur; archeri here considered 2 species (see below))

Resident, open steppe, grassland: South Africa extending to Namibia.



Buteo augur Augur Buzzard Buse augure

(HM (+ROB presumed) + augur; archeri – see below)

BoA subsumes into Buteo rufofuscus

Resident, grassland, savanna, especially hills: Ethiopia - Zimbabwe; isolated population SW Angola - C Namibia.

[Buteo archeri Archer’s Buzzard Buse d’Archer]

Status uncertain. It is considered a separate species by some (eg CMT, SAM, HBW) but subsumed by others into B. rufofuscus

(eg BoA), or B. augur (eg DFW, HM (+SS)). Clark (2003) considers it a colour form of B. augur.

Aquila pomarina Lesser Spotted Eagle Aigle pomarin

pomarina (CMT, ROB monotypic as raise extralimital A. hastata)

Palearctic winter visitor, forest edges: S Tanzania - NE South Africa extending west to Zambia, N Botswana.



Aquila clanga Greater Spotted Eagle Aigle criard

Palearctic winter visitor, semi-arid plateaus and grasslands: Nile Valley, Ethiopian highlands - N Kenya, vagrant Zambia.



Aquila rapax Tawny Eagle Aigle ravisseur

[Steppe Eagle]



rapax; belisarius; (BoA + orientalis; nipalensis here considered a separate species)

Resident, open woodland to arid steppe: all S of Sahara except forest areas and parts of SW; Morocco, Algeria.




Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle Aigle des steppes

nipalensis, orientalis

BoA subsumes into Aquila rapax

Palearctic winter visitor, steppe and semi-desert: eastern half of continent S Egypt - S Mozambique extending west to Chad and Angola; (nipalensis 1 record DRC).



Aquila heliaca Eastern Imperial Eagle Aigle imperial

**Imperial Eagle; Asian Imperial Eagle*

(BoA + heliaca; adalberti here considered separate species)

Palearctic winter visitor, open areas: Nile Valley to Kenya.



Aquila adalberti Spanish Imperial Eagle Aigle ibérique

Spanish Eagle

BoA subsumes into Aquila heliaca

Vagrant: NW Africa.



Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle Aigle royal

homeyeri

Resident, open areas: Mauritania - Tunisia and into edge of Sahara Desert.



Aquila verreauxii Verreauxs’ Eagle Aigle de Verreaux

BoA Aquila verreauxi

Resident, river gorges, mountains, rocky outcrops: Ethiopia - Cape and north to S Angola; S Chad, W Sudan.

Aquila wahlbergi Wahlberg's Eagle Aigle de Wahlberg

HM, CMT, IOC Hieraaetus wahlbergi

Intra-African migrant, woodland, tree savanna: breeds Sahel zone and L. Victoria to NE South Africa west into Angola; non-breeding visitor soudanian savanna zone West Africa - Ethiopia.

Hieraaetus fasciatus Bonelli's Eagle Aigle de Bonelli

fasciatus



CMT, IOC Aquila fasciata

(SL has Hieraaetus fasciatus as African Hawk Eagle presumably a mistake for Hieraaetus spilogaster)

Resident, mountains usually with some vegetation: North Africa.



Hieraaetus spilogaster African Hawk Eagle Aigle fascié

Aigle autour fascié

CMT, ROB (+SS) Aquila spilogaster

Resident, woodland and tree savanna extending along rivers into drier areas: all S of Sahara except forest area and dry NE, south to N Namibia - NE South Africa.



Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle Aigle botté

pennatus; (HM, CMT, HBW, BD monotypic)

ROB (+SS) Aquila pennatus

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, forest and woodland mixed with open areas: breeds Morocco - Tunisia and few pairs at Cape (South Africa); migrant to all S of Sahara except main forest areas.

Hieraaetus ayresii Ayres's Hawk Eagle Aigle d'Ayres

ROB (+SS) Aquila ayresii

BoA has this as Hieraaetus dubius but says ‘should be Hieraaetus ayresii

Resident, dense deciduous woodland, forest edge: Ethiopia; Sierra Leone - C Kenya south to C Angola - C Mozambique; moves to north and south and up Kenya coast in non-breeding season.



Lophaetus occipitalis Long-crested Eagle Aigle huppard

Resident, forest edges and woodland: all S of Sahara except W South Africa, Namibia, much of Botswana and Angola and parts of NE.



Spizaetus africanus Cassin's Hawk Eagle Aigle de Cassin

Spizaète de Cassin; Aigle-autour de Cassin

CMT, IOC Aquila africana

Resident, lowland forest: main forest area Liberia - W Uganda.



Stephanoaetus coronatus Crowned Eagle Aigle couronné

Crowned Hawk Eagle; African Crowned Eagle Aigle blanchard

Resident, forest and dense woodland: forest area extending to W Kenya and south on eastern side to E and S South Africa; Ethiopian highlands.

Polemaetus bellicosus Martial Eagle Aigle martial

Resident, open habitats: all S of Sahara except forest area and parts of NE.

SAGITTARIIDAE (HM, IOC subsume into Accipitridae)
Sagittarius serpentarius Secretary Bird Messager sagittaire

Messager serpentaire; Serpentaire

Resident, steppe and savanna: all S of Sahara except forest area and much of Somalia.

FALCONIDAE


Polihierax semitorquatus Pygmy Falcon Fauconnet d'Afrique

African Pygmy Falcon

(HM, ROB + castanonotus (also in ZTP as castanotus); semitorquatus)

Resident, arid and semi-arid steppes with trees: S Sudan - Somalia, Kenya; S Angola - NW South Africa.



Falco naumanni Lesser Kestrel Faucon crécerellette

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, open areas: resident North Africa; visitor to all S of Sahara except forest of DRC.



Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel Faucon crécerelle

Rock Kestrel; Eurasian Kestrel Crécerelle des clochers



tinnunculus; rupicolaeformis; archeri (CMT archerii); rufescens; rupicolus; canariensis; dacotiae; neglectus; alexandri

IOC, ROB (+SL, SS) raise Falco rupicolus (SL Falco rupicolis) Rock Kestrel Faucon crécerelle

Resident, most nonforest habitats: all of Africa except Sahara Desert and forest area (rupicolus -- Angola, S DRC, Tanzania and south); E Canary Is (dacotiae); Madeira, W Canary Is (canariensis); Cape Verde Is (neglectus in N, alexandri in SE).

Falco newtoni Madagascar Kestrel Crécerelle malgache

Malagasy Kestrel*

(HM + newtoni; aldabranus)

Resident, open country: Madagascar, Aldabra.



Falco punctatus Mauritius Kestrel Crécerelle de Maurice

Resident, forest: Mauritius.



Falco araeus Seychelles Kestrel Crécerelle des Seychelles

HM notes often incorrectly spelt F. araea

Resident, dense forest and more open areas: Seychelles.

(Falco sparverius American Kestrel Crécerelle d’Amérique)

Vagrant: Azores.

Falco rupicoloides Greater Kestrel Crécerelle aux yeux blancs

Faucon aux yeux blancs

rupicoloides; arthuri; fieldi; (ROB monotypic)

Resident, grassland and desert: NE Ethiopia, Somalia (fieldi); Kenya, Tanzania (arthuri); Namibia, SW Zambia - South Africa (rupicoloides).



Falco alopex Fox Kestrel Crécerelle renard

Faucon renard

Resident and intra-African migrant, rocky hills adjacent to Sahel vegetation: Senegal - E Ethiopia, NW Kenya.

Falco ardosiaceus Grey Kestrel Faucon ardoisé

Resident, woodland and savanna with dense tree stands: Senegal - W Ethiopia south through W Kenya, W Tanzania to S DRC, Angola (except SE).



Falco dickinsoni Dickinson's Kestrel Faucon de Dickinson

Resident, wooded savanna with clumps of palms: Angola - S Tanzania south to extreme N Namibia - extreme NE South Africa.



Falco zoniventris Banded Kestrel Faucon à ventre rayé

Resident, forest edge, woodland: Madagascar.



Falco chicquera Red-necked Falcon Faucon chicquera

ruficollis; horsbrughi

Resident, trees adjacent to open country especially palms by rivers: much of S of Sahara south to N South Africa except forest area and surrounds, and east of W Ethiopia, W Kenya.



Falco vespertinus Red-footed Falcon Faucon kobez

Western Red-footed Falcon

Palearctic winter visitor, grassland and scrub: S Angola, S Zambia to N South Africa.

Falco amurensis Amur Falcon Faucon de l'Amour

**Eastern Red-footed Falcon

Palearctic winter visitor, open wooded areas: mainly Malawi - E half South Africa west to Namibia.

Falco eleonorae Eleonora's Falcon Faucon d'Eléonore

Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor: breeds islands off NW Africa, Canary Is; winters open woodland, mainly Madagascar, also East Africa, Mascarenes.



Falco concolor Sooty Falcon Faucon concolore

Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor: breeds dry mountains, E Libya, Egypt, N Sudan; winters wooded areas, marshes, Madagascar and parts of SE Africa.



Falco columbarius Merlin Faucon émerillon

aesalon; insignis

Palearctic winter visitor, open country: mainly western North Africa, N Atlantic Is (aesalon); vagrant Egypt (insignis).



Falco subbuteo Eurasian Hobby Faucon hobereau

European Hobby; **Hobby



subbuteo

Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, open wooded areas: breeds North Africa; winters S Tanzania - Angola south to South Africa.



Falco cuvierii African Hobby Hobereau africain

Faucon de Cuvier

BoA, ZTP (+SF) Falco cuvieri

Resident, moist woodland, tree savanna: West Africa except forests, patchy in east, S Ethiopia - NE South Africa.



Falco biarmicus Lanner Falcon Faucon lanier

biarmicus; abyssinicus; tanypterus; erlangeri; (ROB presumed monotypic)

Resident, dry desert to forested mountains: all of Africa except main forest area and including Sahara Desert.

Falco cherrug Saker Falcon Faucon sacre

cherrug

Palearctic winter visitor, open areas: Tunisia, Egypt - N Kenya.



Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon Faucon pèlerin

minor; brookei; peregrinus; calidus; madens; radama; (BoA, HBW + pelegrinoides here considered a separate species)

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, most habitats except forest: all of Africa except Sahara Desert and Congo forests; Cape Verde Is (madens); Madagascar, Comoro Is (radama).



Falco pelegrinoides Barbary Falcon Faucon de Barbarie

pelegrinoides; (CMT monotypic)

BoA, HBW, ROB subsume into Falco peregrinus

Resident, cliffs and open areas: Mauritania, Morocco and all North Africa, Canary Is.



Falco fasciinucha Taita Falcon Faucon taita

**Teita Falcon

Resident, high cliffs and gorges: scattered S Ethiopia - NE Tanzania; Malawi, S Zambia - NE South Africa.

NUMIDIDAE (BoA subsumes into Phasianidae)


Agelastes meleagrides White-breasted Guineafowl Pintade à poitrine blanche

Resident, dense rainforest: SE Sierra Leone - SW Ghana.



Agelastes niger Black Guineafowl Pintade noire

Resident, dense rainforest: SE Nigeria - extreme N Angola east to NE DRC.



Guttera plumifera Plumed Guineafowl Pintade plumifère

plumifera; schubotzi

Resident, forest: S Cameroon - extreme N Angola east to N DRC - western edge of W Rift Valley.



Guttera pucherani Crested Guineafowl Pintade de Pucheran

Pintade huppée

pucherani; verreauxi; sclateri; barbata; edouardi

ROB raises Guttera edouardi as Crested Guineafowl (G. pucherani is extralimital to their area)

Resident, forest edge, gallery forest: scattered and patchy Guinea-Bissau - S Somalia south to E Angola - NE South Africa; (edouardi E Zambia, S Mozambique and south).

Acryllium vulturinum Vulturine Guineafowl Pintade vulturine

Resident, dry open country: S Ethiopia, Somalia, E Kenya, NE Tanzania.



Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl Pintade de Numidie

Pintade sauvage; Pintade commune



meleagris; sabyi; galeatus; somaliensis; reichenowi; mitratus; marungensis; damarensis (HM=papillosus); coronatus

HM notes that galeatus, mitratus, coronatus, (and papillosus) are often incorrectly spelt galeata etc

Resident, all open habitats: NW Morocco (sabyi); all S of Sahara except forest area and parts of NE and SW; introduced Cape Verde Is.
PHASIANIDAE
[Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl Paon bleu]

Common Peacock

Introduced to South Africa -- few isolated populations Cape Province.

[Phasianus colchicus Common Pheasant Faisan de Colchide]

Introduced to St Helena.

Afropavo congensis Congo Peacock Paon du Congo

Congo Peafowl

Resident, primary lowland rainforest: small area of C DRC.



Margaroperdix madagascariensis Madagascar Partridge Perdrix de Madagascar

Caille de Madagascar

There is confusion over the spelling of the specific name of this species. DFW, IOC, BL have the above, CMT, SAM have

M. madagascarensis, HM, HBW have M. madagarensis.

Resident, forest and brush, especially secondary: Madagascar; introduced to Réunion.



Coturnix coturnix Common Quail Caille des blés

erlangeri (not in HBW); coturnix; inopinata; conturbans (not in HBW); (HM, HBW + africana; HBW + confisa (HM incl in



coturnix)); CMT monotypic

Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, open habitats with herb layer: breeds Morocco - Tunisia; Ethiopia south down east side to Cape; Madagascar; Comoros; Canary Is, Madeira (‘confisa’); Azores (‘conturbans’); Cape Verde Is (inopinata); Palearctic breeders winter mainly in Sahel zone; South African breeders winter in Angola, S DRC, W Zambia.



Coturnix adansonii Blue Quail Caille bleue

African Blue Quail

IOC Excalfactoria adansonii

BoA, DFW, BL, BD subsume into Coturnix chinensis Blue Quail Caille peinte

Resident with some movements, areas with dense grass: Sierra Leone - S Sudan, SE Kenya south to Angola, E Zimbabwe and down east side to E South Africa excluding forest area and C Tanzania.

Coturnix delegorguei Harlequin Quail Caille arlequin

delegorguei; histrionica

Nomadic, open grassland with scattered bush: Sudan, Ethiopia and to N South Africa except forest area and all of arid SW; non-breeders west to Ivory Coast; Madagascar (all delegorguei); resident São Tomé (histrionica).

[Perdicula asiatica Jungle Bush Quail Perdicule rousse-gorge]

Introduced Réunion.

Ammoperdix heyi Sand Partridge Perdrix de Hey

nicolli; cholmleyi

Resident, desert and semi-desert usually on steep slopes: Egypt, NE Sudan to east of R Nile.



Alectoris barbara Barbary Partridge Perdrix gambra

barbata; spatzi; barbara; koenigi

Resident, rocky areas, shrubby hillsides: S Morocco - Egypt; Ajjer Mts (SE Algeria) and Libya; Canary Is (perhaps only introduced).

[Alectoris chukar Chukar Partridge Perdrix choukar]

sinaica

Resident, bare stony slopes: introduced to Sinai, Robben Island.

[Alectoris rufa Red-legged Partridge Perdrix rouge]

Introduced Gran Canaria.

Ptilopachus petrosus Stone Partridge Poulette de rocher

Poule de roche

petrosus; major; (HM + florentiae; brehmi (BoA incl in petrosus))

Resident, dense vegetation on rocky hillsides: Senegal - Ethiopia, NW Kenya.


IOC (and ROB (+SL, SS, RSF) for those occurring in their areas) split Francolinus into Peliperdix (lathami, coqui, albogularis, schlegelii), Scleroptila (streptophorus, africanus, levaillantii, finschi, shelleyi, psilolaemus, levaillantoides -- the three ending …us becoming …a), Dendroperdix (SL Peliperdix) (sephaena), Ptilopachus (nahani) and Pternistis (SL, SS Pternistes) (the rest) with ROB, SS naming the last group … Spurfowl and not … Francolin. (Francolinus pondicerianus remains as Francolinus.)
Francolinus lathami Forest Francolin Francolin de Latham

Latham’s Francolin; **Latham’s Forest Francolin



lathami; schubotzi

Resident, lowland forest: Sierra Leone - W Uganda south to Cabinda, Angola.




Francolinus coqui Coqui Francolin Francolin coqui

coqui; hubbardi; maharao; spinetorum

Resident, grassy areas with trees: scattered across Sahel zone of West Africa (spinetorum); parts of DRC; S Kenya to C Angola to NE South Africa.

Francolinus albogularis White-throated Francolin Francolin à gorge blanche

albogularis; buckleyi; dewittei

Resident, open, disturbed (especially burnt) areas: Senegal - N Cameroon; SE DRC, NW Zambia, E Angola (dewittei).



Francolinus schlegelii Schlegel 's Francolin Francolin de Schlegel

Resident, savanna woodland with no human settlement: N Cameroon - SW Sudan.



Francolinus streptophorus Ring-necked Francolin Francolin à collier

Resident, rocky hillsides: 4 separate populations: N Uganda; W Kenya; NW Tanzania; highlands of Cameroon.



Francolinus africanus Grey-winged Francolin Francolin à ailes grises

**Grey-wing Francolin

Resident, montane grassland, and to sea level in SW Cape Province: SW Cape - SE Transvaal in South Africa.

Francolinus levaillantii Red-winged Francolin Francolin de Levaillant

**Red-wing Francolin



levaillantii; kikuyuensis; (HM + crawshayi)

Resident, moist upland grassland: scattered W Kenya, S Uganda, S Tanzania - Angola, Zambia; S and E South Africa.



Francolinus finschi Finsch's Francolin Francolin de Finsch

Resident, woodland and grassland: 3 separate populations: lower R Congo in DRC and Congo; Kwando Province, DRC; WC Angola.



Francolinus shelleyi Shelley's Francolin Francolin de Shelley

shelleyi; whytei; (HM + macarthuri; uluensis; canidorsalis (BoA incl latter 2 in shelleyi))

Resident, grassland and woodland: patchy and scattered to the east of S Kenya - NW Zambia - NE South Africa.

Francolinus psilolaemus Moorland Francolin Francolin montagnard

psilolaemus; elgonensis

Resident, montane Erica moorland and grassland: Ethiopia (psilolaema); Mt Elgon and mts of C Kenya (elgonensis).

Francolinus levaillantoides Orange River Francolin Francolin d'Archer

levaillantoides; jugularis; gutturalis; lorti; (HM + pallidior (also in ROB, BoA incl in levaillantoides); archeri (also in ZTP, BoA incl in lorti))



(SS raises Scleroptila lorti Archer’s Francolin)

Resident, many grassland and wooded habitats: N Ethiopia (gutturalis); extreme SE Sudan, NE Uganda - N Somalia (lorti); SW Angola to



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