Streptopelia picturata Madagascar Turtle Dove Pigeon de Madagascar

Streptopelia picturata Madagascar Turtle Dove Pigeon de Madagascar

Malagasy Turtle Dove* Tourterelle peinte

rostrata; aldabrana; copperingi (HM coppingeri); comorensis; picturata

Resident, forest, degraded woodland and cropland: Seychelles (rostrata); Amirante Is (aldabrana); Aldabra, Cosmoledo, Glorieuses (copperingi); Comoro Is (comorensis); Madagascar (picturata).

[Streptopelia chinensis Spotted Dove ??]

IOC, BL Stigmatopelia chinensis

Introduced: Mascarenes.

(Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove Tourterelle triste)

probably race carolinensis

Vagrant: Azores.

PSITTACIDAE
Coracopsis vasa Greater Vasa Parrot Perroquet vaza

Vasa Parrot

Resident, forests and some savannas: Madagascar (drouhardi in W and S, vasa in E); Grand Comoro, Mohéli, Anjouan (comorensis).

Black Parrot

Resident, dense forest: Madagascar (libs in W, nigra in E); Grand Comoro, Anjouan (sibilans); Seychelles (barklyi) (perhaps introduced); Mauritius (introduced).

African Grey Parrot Perroquet gris

Resident, forests: all forest areas reaching W Kenya; Bioko; São Tomé.

Cape Parrot* (if P. fuscicollis is split off)

Perroquet à cou brun (P. robustus becomes Cape Parrot)

Resident with local movements, forest and woodland: patchy Gambia - Nigeria (fuscicollis); SC Angola; SW Uganda, Rwanda, SC Tanzania and south through S DRC, W Zambia to Mozambique, much of South Africa (all suahelicus); E side South Africa (robustus).

Perroquet à front rouge

gulielmi; massaicus; fantiensis

Resident, forests, coffee plantations: patchy Liberia - Ghana (fantiensis); S Cameroon - N Angola; N DRC (both gulielmi); SW Kenya, Crater Highlands of N Tanzania (massaicus).

Brown Parrot

Resident, drier savanna woodlands: S Chad - N Ethiopia south through E DRC - W Kenya to S DRC most of Angola - E Zimbabwe, N South Africa.

Yellow-bellied Parrot

Resident, all savanna woodlands: Senegal - N Cameroon.

Resident, forest-savanna mosaic: narrow band extreme SW Chad - extreme SW Sudan.

Orange-bellied Parrot; **African Orange-bellied Parrot

Resident, dry Acacia/Commiphora steppes: S Ethiopia, N Somalia through E Kenya to N Tanzania.

Resident, forest-savanna mosaic: coastal Kenya, E Tanzania, Mozambique, E South Africa; Zanzibar, Pemba.

Resident, dry woodland, thorn scrub: W Angola - C Namibia.

Resident, forests especially of juniper and Podocarpus: Ethiopian highlands.

Resident, forest edges, clearings, wooded savannas, cultivations: Madagascar; introduced Pietermaritzburg area, South Africa.

Resident, moist savanna, riverine, secondary forest: Sierra Leone - W Ethiopia, W Kenya south to Burundi - NW Angola; São Tomé; probably absent from Congo forest area.

Resident, forests and woodlands: highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Resident, forests: S Cameroon, N Gabon - E DRC; patchy Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana.

Resident, dry and semi-desert wooded steppes: extreme SW Angola - extreme NW South Africa.

BoA Agapornis personata

Resident, wooded savannas: NC and C Tanzania.

Agapornis fischeri Fischer's Lovebird Inséparable de Fischer

Resident, wooded savannas: NW Tanzania east to Serengeti NP, Rwanda, Burundi.

Nyasa Lovebird

(BoA + lilianae; nigrigenis here considered separate species)

Resident, mopane woodland, Acacia savanna: S Malawi, Zambia, N Zimbabwe, S Tanzania.

BoA subsumes into Agapornis lilianae

Resident, mopane woodlands, Acacia savanna: small area SW Zambia, NW Zimbabwe; uncertain old records in NE Namibia.

Psittacula krameri Rose-ringed Parakeet Perruche à collier

Ring-necked Parakeet

Resident, wooded savannas, grassland: Senegal - N Ethiopia, corridor into S Sudan; introduced to E South Africa, Seychelles, Canary Is.

Mascarene Parakeet

BL Psittacula eques

Resident, forest and woodlands: Mauritius.

[Myiopsitta monachus Monk Parakeet Conure veuve]

Introduced to Canary Is.

[Melopssittacus undulatus Budgerigar ??]

Introduced (escapes) Swakopmund, Namibia.

MUSOPHAGIDAE
Corythaeola cristata Great Blue Turaco Touraco géant

Resident, forest canopy and gallery forests: all forest area Guinea - W Kenya south to N Angola.

Guinea Turaco*; Green Lourie

Resident, forest and gallery forest: Senegal - extreme NW DRC, N Angola.

Resident, forest and gallery forest: E Burundi, W Tanzania; SE Tanzania north to Nguru Mts, Malawi, Mozambique south to St Lucia, KZ-Natal.

(incl BoA race chalcolophus)

BoA subsumes into Tauraco persa

Resident, forest and gallery forest: WC and E Angola, all of Zambia - SW Tanzania, Malawi west of Rift Valley; SW Kenya, Crater Highlands, Tanzania.

Knysna Lourie

BoA subsumes into Tauraco persa

Resident, forest and gallery forest: Transvaal and south on east coast south of T. livingstonii to C south coast of South Africa.

Tauraco schuettii Black-billed Turaco Touraco à bec noir

schuettii; emini

BoA, HBW, BL Tauraco schuetti (and race)

Resident, forest: N half of DRC just reaching SW Sudan, W Kenya, N Angola.

Tauraco fischeri Fischer's Turaco Touraco de Fischer

fischeri; zanzibaricus

Resident, coastal forests: S Somalia - N Tanzania (fischeri); Zanzibar (zanzibaricus).

Black-tipped Crested Turaco

Resident, forest and gallery forest: Sierra Leone - Ghana (macrorhynchus); Nigeria to extreme W DRC, Bioko (verreauxii).

Resident, riverine forest and wooded savannas: SE Nigeria in narrow band to SW Kenya.

Touraco de Bannerman

Resident, forested slopes: Bamenda-Banso Mts, W Cameroon.

Tauraco erythrolophus Red-crested Turaco Touraco pauline

Resident, forests: NW Angola, 1 record S Cameroon.

Resident, highland forests: W Kenya extending just to E Uganda, N Tanzania.

leucotis; donaldsoni

Resident, Podocarpus forests, riverine forest: C and N Ethiopia, Eritrea, just to E Sudan.

Tauraco ruspolii Ruspoli's Turaco Touraco du Ruspoli

Prince Ruspoli's Turaco Touraco du Prince Ruspoli

Resident, juniper forest and dense scrub: 2 small areas in S Ethiopia.

Tauraco porphyreolophus Purple-crested Turaco Touraco à huppe splendide

porphyreolophus; chlorochlamys

BoA, SAM (+SL) Musophaga porphyreolopha (and race)

ROB Gallirex porphyreolophus; (SS Gallirex porphyreolopha)

Resident, forests, woodland, parks, dense thorn scrub: SC Kenya (Chyulu Mts and surrounds); NW Tanzania to coast in S Tanzania south to NE South Africa, west to E Zambia.

johnstoni; kivuensis; (HM, CMT + bredoi (BoA incl in kivuensis))

BoA, SAM, Musophaga johnstoni; (SF Tauraco johnstoni; SS Gallirex johnstoni)

Resident, well-forested mountain slopes: mts of E DRC, W Uganda, Rwanda.

Violet Plantain-eater

Resident, gallery and riverine forest, forest edges: S Senegal - NW Cameroon but not in Sierra Leone, Liberia, S Nigeria; N CAR.

Musophaga rossae Ross's Turaco Touraco de Lady Ross

Lady Ross’s Turaco

Resident, gallery and riverine forest: around edges of Congo forest area Cameroon round E DRC to W Kenya, and to N half Zambia, N Angola; only patchy west of NE DRC.

Corythaixoides concolor Grey Go-away Bird Touraco concolore

Grey Lourie

Resident, woodland especially Acacia: W and S Angola, S DRC, SE Tanzania south to S Namibia - NE South Africa.

Resident, open woodland, thickets: N half Tanzania extending to SW Uganda, extreme NE Zambia (leopoldi); Ethiopian Rift Valley (personatus).

BoA (+SS) Criniferoides leucogaster

Resident, Acacia steppe with trees: S half Ethiopia, Somalia to C Tanzania.

Crinifer piscator Western Grey Plantain-eater Touraco gris

Western Plantain-eater*

Resident, all savanna habitats: S Senegal - CAR; small area NW DRC.

Crinifer zonurus Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Touraco à queue barrée

Eastern Plantain-eater* Touraco gris d’Abyssinie

Resident, all wooded savannas: 3 separate populations: SE Chad, W Sudan; N half Ethiopia; S Sudan, extreme N DRC, Uganda, Rwanda, NW Tanzania.

CUCULIDAE

Pied Cuckoo

serratus; pica; jacobinus

BoA, SAM, ZTP, BD (+SL, SF) Oxylophus jacobinus

Resident and visitor, open savannas: all S of Sahara except forest area and parts of NE and SW; breeding visitor Senegal - Ethiopia and south of N Angola - C Tanzania; resident around L. Victoria; movements not clear (jacobinus breeds India, winters E and C Africa, serratus in South Africa, pica in rest of range).

Striped Cuckoo

BoA, SAM, ZTP, BD (+SL, SF) Oxylophus levaillantii

Intra-African migrant, humid woodland: breeding visitor Senegal - C Ethiopia in Sudan savanna and from N Angola - S Kenya south to C Namibia - NE South Africa; non-breeding visitor in between, including much of forest area.

(ROB + glandarius; choragium)

Resident, intra-African migrant and Palearctic winter visitor, drier savannas: resident patchy Senegal - Somalia south to N Zambia - N Mozambique; breeding visitor to south of this to S Angola - E half South Africa; breeds Egypt.

Pachycoccyx audeberti Thick-billed Cuckoo Coucou d'Audebert

validus; brazzae; audeberti

Resident, moister savannas: scattered records Sierra Leone - W DRC (brazzae); E DRC - S Tanzania south to Zambia (all but W) - NE South Africa, corridors to W Uganda, Kenya coast, also W Angola (all validus); NE Madagascar (audeberti).

(BoA + solitarius (also ZTP); magnirostris (also BD))

Resident and intra-African migrant, moister wooded savannas: resident Senegal - S Ethiopia south to N half DRC - NW Tanzania; breeding visitor to south of this to N Namibia, N Botswana, E half South Africa and along coast to Cape.

Cuculus clamosus Black Cuckoo Coucou criard

clamosus; gabonensis

Resident and intra-African migrant, forest, woodland: S Senegal - C Ethiopia south to NE Namibia, E South Africa except gap in NE Angola - L. Victoria; resident in forest area but breeding visitor elsewhere.

European Cuckoo; Eurasian Cuckoo

Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, woodland: breeds Morocco - W Tunisia (bangsi); winters all S of equator except NE of Kenya and most of SW (all 3 races).

Resident and intra-African migrant, savanna woodlands: all S of Sahara except forest area and NE and SW; non-breeding migrant only to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, E DRC; resident only to north of forest area, breeding visitor to north and south.

Asian Lesser Cuckoo Petit coucou d’Asie

Palearctic winter visitor (from Asia), thick savanna woodland: SE Kenya - SE DRC - most of Mozambique.

Cuculus rochii Madagascar Cuckoo Coucou de Madagascar

Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo Petit coucou malgache

Visitor, forest edge and dense cover: breeds Madagascar; ‘winters’ to east of S Kenya - E DRC - NE Zambia - Malawi - N Mozambique.

Cercococcyx mechowi Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Coucou de Mechow

Resident, forest and gallery forest: Guinea - Ivory Coast; S Nigeria - NW DRC; E DRC - SW Uganda; scattered records between and to N Angola.

Resident, forest: Liberia - Ghana; S Nigeria - extreme W Uganda; NW Angola; S DRC, NW Zambia.

Resident, montane forest: E DRC, Rwanda, SW Uganda (montanus); C Kenya mts, SE Kenya, E Tanzania, E Malawi to C Mozambique (not N Mozambique) (patulus).

Resident and intra-African migrant, forest, dense woodland: resident, forest of West Africa - extreme S Sudan and all Ethiopia south to N Angola - S Mozambique; breed visitor north to S Senegal - N Nigeria and into SW Zambia, much of Zimbabwe and NE South Africa (all cupreus); Bioko (intermedius); São Tomé, Príncipe, Pagalu (insularum).

Yellow-throated Green Cuckoo

Resident, forest and gallery forest: NE Gabon, N half DRC to W Uganda; scattered records west to Sierra Leone.

Chrysococcyx klaas Klaas's Cuckoo Coucou de Klaas

Resident and intra-African migrant, woodland, riverine forest: all S of Sahara except NE of S Kenya and C Ethiopia and drier SW; only breeding visitor in northern and southern parts.

Diederik Cuckoo*; **Didric Cuckoo; Diderick Cuckoo

Resident and intra-African migrant, all non-forest habitats with some vegetation: all S of Sahara except extreme NE and SW; resident only Guinea - S Sudan and all of Ethiopia south to N half of DRC - Tanzania.

(Eudynamys scolopaceus Common Koel Coucou koel)

Asian Koel*

HM notes often incorrectly spelt E. scolopacea.

Vagrant: Socotra.

Ceuthmochares aereus Yellowbill Malcoha à bec jaune

Green Coucal; Green Malkoha; Blue Malkoha*

Resident, secondary and gallery forests: all of forest area Gambia - W Kenya - N Zambia (aereus, flavirostris); extreme S Somalia - E coastal areas of South Africa inland to Malawi (australis).

[Coua delalandei Snail-eating Coua Coua de Delalande]

Resident, forest: small area NE Madagascar (extinct).

Resident, deciduous forest, thorn scrub: W and S lowland Madagascar.

Resident, dry forest and humid forest with little ground cover: W Madagascar.

Resident, undisturbed forest: NE Madagascar.

Resident, forest and dense vegetation in secondary forest: E side of Madagascar.

Resident, semi-arid thorn scrub, dry woodlands: SW Madagascar.

ruficeps; olivaceiceps

Resident, dry deciduous woodland, thorn scrub: W Madagascar.

Coua cristata Crested Coua Coua huppé

cristata; dumonti; pyropyga; maxima

Resident, forest, savanna: all lowlands of Madagascar to 900m asl.

Coua verreauxi Verreaux’s Coua Coua de Verreaux

Resident, semi-arid thorn scrub: small area of SW Madagascar.

Resident, forest: E Madagascar.

(Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coulicou à bec jaune)

SAM places in Coccyzidae

Vagrant: Morocco, Azores.

(Coccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed Cuckoo Coulicou à bec noir)

Vagrant: Azores (1 record).

(Coccyzus melacoryphus Dark-billed Cuckoo Coulicou de Vieillot)

Vagrant: Nightingale Is.

SAM, IOC (+SS) raise Centropus neumanni Neumann’s Coucal

Resident, forest, dense growth in secondary forest: Guinea-Bissau - SW Ghana, Nigeria - NW Gabon (leucogaster, efulenensis); NE DRC (neumanni).

Centropus anselli Gabon Coucal Coucal du Gabon

Resident, swampy forest: S Cameroon - extreme N Angola inland to half way across DRC.

(BoA, ROB + cupreicaudus; songweensis)

Resident, swamps and adjacent areas: S DRC, SW Tanzania, Zambia, E Angola, N Botswana; W Angola.

Centropus superciliosus White-browed Coucal Coucal à sourcils blancs

Burchell’s Coucal

SAM, ROB (+SF, SL, SS) raise Centropus burchellii (or C. burchelli) Burchell’s Coucal Coucal de Burchell (races burchelli, fasciipygialis)

Resident, rank grass, reeds, thickets: E Sudan, Ethiopia south to Burundi, E Kenya whence west to all of Angola, Zambia and down east side to Cape; not in most of Somalia (but on Socotra (sokotrae)), and parts of S Tanzania, N Mozambique; (burchellii south of N Zimbabwe, E Botswana, E Tanzania).

Centropus grillii Black Coucal Coucal noir

African Black Coucal Coucal de Grill

Resident and intra-African migrant, moist grassland, and drier areas only in rainy season: Senegal -W Ethiopia - S Kenya south to C Angola to extreme NE South Africa.

Centropus toulou Madagascar Coucal Coucal toulou

Madagascar Black Coucal; Malagasy Coucal* Coucal malgache