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A checklist of an area such as the Kruger National Park will always include some controversial species.

Some lists for the Kruger National Park include as many as 517.

These include some extreme vagrants, which do not normally make up part of the Kruger National Park's avifauna. This list excludes some of the rarer ones and includes a total of 477 species.

Readers requiring detail of the other rarer species should consult the literature listed at the end of this list.

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Checklist Of The Birds Of The Kruger National Park
Common Name Latin name		Common Name Latin name
1. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus		61. Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
2. Little Grebe (Dabchick) Tachybaptus ruficollis		62. European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
3. Great (Eastern) White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus		63. Verreauxs Eagle Aquila verreauxii
4. Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens		64. Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
5. White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo		65. Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
6. Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus		66. Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
7. African Darter Anhinga melanogaster		67. Wahlbergs Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
8. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea		68. Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
9. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala		69. African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster
10. Goliath Heron Ardea goliath		70. Ayres Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
11. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea		71. Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
12. Great (White) Egret Casmerodius albus		72. Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
13. Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia		73. African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
14. Little Egret Egretta garzetta		74. Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
15. Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca		75. Black-breasted Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
16. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis		76. Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
17. (Common) Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides		77. African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
18. Rufous-bellied Heron Butorides rufiventris		78. Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo
19. Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus		79. Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
20. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax		80. Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
21. White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus		81. Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
22. Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii		82. Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
23. Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus		83. Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus
24. Hamerkop Scopus umbretta		84. Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) Accipiter badius
25. White Stork Ciconia ciconia		85. African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
26. Abdims Stork Ciconia abdimii		86. Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
27. Black Stork Ciconia nigra		87. Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
28. Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus		88. African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
29. African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus		89. Montagus Harrier Circus pygargus
30. Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis		90. Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
31. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus		91. African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) Polyboroides typus
32. Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis		92. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
33. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus		93. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
34. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus		94. Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
35. Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash		95. Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
36. African Spoonbill Platalea alba		96. (Western) Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
37. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber		97. Amur (Eastern Red-footed) Falcon Falco amurensis
38. Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor		98. Rock Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
39. White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata		99. Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
40. Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor		100. Dickinsons Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
41. White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus		101. Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui
42. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus		102. Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena
43. African Black Duck Anas sparsa		103. Shelleys Francolin Francolinus shelleyi
44. Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota		104. Natal Francolin Francolinus natalensis
45. Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha		105. Swainsons Spurfowl Francolinus swainsonii
46. Cape Shoveller Anas smithii		106. Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
47. Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma		107. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
48. African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus aurinus		108. Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
49. Comb (Knob-billed) Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos		109. Small (Kurrichane) Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
50. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis		110. African Rail Rallus caerulescens
51. Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius		111. Corncrake Crex crex
52. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus		112. African Crake Crex egregia
53. Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres		113. Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
54. (African) White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus		114. Baillons Crake Porzana pusilla
55. Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos		115. Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura afra
56. White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis		116. Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
57. Black Kite Milvus migrans		117. Allens (Lesser) Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
58. Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius		118. African Purple Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
59. Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus		119. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
60. African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides		120. Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata

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