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Bird Sightings during the Trip

Robert's VII Names & Numbers Used

Major Name Changes are commented in Red: Only new sightings are added: 

6th of September 2003 (Kang Area)

• African Grey Hornbill (76)
• Pied Crow (571)
• Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (73)
• White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (838)
• Lilac-breasted Roller (86)
• Northern Black Korhaan (199) Formerly White-quilled Korhaan
• Ostrich (1)
• Cape Crow (570) Formerly Black Crow
• Fork-tailed Drongo (539)
• Crowned Lapwing (297) Formerly Crowned Plover
• Kori Bustard (196)
• Helmeted Guineafowl (20)
• Anteating Chat (793)
• Burchell's Starling (804)
• Cape Turtle-Dove (187)
• Cape Glossy Starling (800)
• Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (904)

7th of September 2003 (Maun Area)

• Groundscraper Trush (748)
• African Red-eyed Bulbul (616)
• Wattled Starling (808)
• House Sparrow (901)
• Bateleur (365)
• White-backed Vulture (356)
• Red-eyed Dove (188)
• Laughing Dove (185)
• Blacksmith Lapwing (291) Formerly Blacksmith Plover
• Magpie Shrike (577) Formerly Longtailed Shrike
• Green-backed Heron (447)
• Pied Kingfisher (99)
• Meves's Starling (805) Formerly Longtailed Starling
• African Mourning Dove (186)
• Arrow-marked Babbler (662)
• Swamp Boubou (550)

8th of September 2003 (Moremi)

• Golden Weaver (844)
• Red-faced Mousebird (111)
• Brown Snake-Eagle (362)
• Tawny Eagle (388)
• Red-billed Spurfowl (10) Formerly Redbilled Francolin
• Black-headed Oriole (537)
• Red-billed Hornbill (71)
• Southern Carmine Bee-eater (441)
• Meyer's Parrot (134)
• Broad-billed Roller (89)
• Blue Waxbill (881)
• Swainson's Spurfowl (14) Formerly Swainson's Francolin
• Little Bee-eater (101)
• Squacco Heron (444)
• Little Egret (433)
• Egyptian Goose (25)
• Hamerkop (453)
• African Jacana (268)
• Yellow-billed Stork (463)
• White-faced Duck (22)

9th of September 2003 (Moremi, Okavanga Delta)

• Green Wood-Hoopoe (81) Formerly Redbilled Woodhoopoe
• Grey Go-away-bird (159) Formerly Grey Lourie
• Yellow-billed Oxpecker (811)
• Crested Barbet (69)
• Hartlaub's Babbler (660)
• Marabou Stork (470)
• Black Crake (217)
• Reed Cormorant (426)
• African Marsh-Harrier (367)
• African Darter (425)
• Saddle-billed Stork (469)
• African Fish-Eagle (351)
• Fiery-necked Nightjar (172)
• Yellow-billed Kite (350)
• African Stonechat (782)
• Bennett's Woodpecker (51)
• Shikra (377) Formerly Little Banded Goshawk
• Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (228)
• Yellow-billed Egret (435)
• Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (189) Formerly Greenspotted Dove
• Senegal Coucal (129)

10th of September 2003 (Moremi)

• Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (166) Formerly Giant Eagle Owl
• Southern Ground-Hornbill (463) Formerly Ground Hornbill
• Hadeda Ibis (457)
• Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver (836)
• Tawny-flanked Prinia (692)
• Cape Vulture (358)
• African Palm-Swift (144)
• Wood Sandpiper (245)
• Hooded Vulture (355)
• African Scops-Owl (162)
• Pearl-spotted Owlet (169) Formerly Pearlspotted Owl

11th of September 2003 (Moremi)

• Common Greenshank (241)
• Wattled Crane (207)
• Long-toed Lapwing (290) Formerly Longtoed Plover
• Double-banded Sandgrouse (229)
• African Hoopoe (80)
• Gabar Goshawk (375)
• African Sacred Ibis (459)
• Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (102)
• Common Scimitarbill (83) Formerly Scimitarbilled Woodhoopoe

12th of September 2003 (Chobe)

• Purple Roller (88)
• Golden-breasted Bunting (950)
• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (948) Formerly Rock Bunting
• Cut-throat Finch (870)
• Yellow-fronted Canary (937) Formerly Yelloweyed Canary 
• Bradfield's Hornbill (75)
• African Openbill (464) Formerly Openbilled Stork
• White-breasted Cormorant (428)

13th of September 2003 (Chobe)

• Giant Kingfisher (98)
• Grey-headed Gull (316)
• African Black Duck (31)
• Wire-tailed Swallow (601)
• Spur-winged Goose (27)
• Great Egret (436) Formerly Great White Egret
• African Spoonbill (460)
• Grey Heron (439)
• Collared Pratincole (304) Formerly Redwinged Pratincole
• African Skimmer (312)
• White-fronted Bee-eater (100)
• Malachite Kingfisher (91)
• Dark-capped Bulbul (568) Formerly Blackeyed Bulbul
• Village Weaver (847) Formerly Spottedbacked Weaver
• White-browed Robin-Chat (769) Formerly Heuglin's Robin
• Crested Francolin (4)
• Glossy Ibis (456)
• Common Sandpiper (247)
• Black-winged Stilt (275)

14th of September 2003 (Chobe, Victoria Falls)

• African Pied Wagtail (907)
• Black Heron (432) Formerly Black Egret

15th of September 2003 (Chobe to Francistown)

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16th of September 2003 (Francistown to Pretoria)

• Namaqua Dove (192)
• Long-billed Crombec (653)

17th of September 2003 (Pretoria to Colesberg)

• Crimson-breasted Shrike (552) Formerly Crimsonbreasted Boubou
• Southern Pied Babbler (661) Formerly Pied Babbler

18th of September 2003 (Colesberg to Cape Town)

• Pied Starling (807)