MCBRIDE CAMP BIRD SPECIES RECORD  Feb 2008
PLEASE NOTE. This is not as a substitute for bird field guides, only a record of what has been seen, how often and where by
residents, visitors and guests at McBride Camp. If you feel an entry should be amended please let us know and we will do so
gladly.
Numbers are as per Roberts - Maclean 1993 ordering.
This list is set out in alphabetical order. 
Symbols;
P Palearctic migrant PP  Partial/possible migrant
A Afrotropical migrant R Resident
V Vagrant RR Restricted range
CC Global conservation concern cc Local conservation concern
Descriptions – where used - (based on monthly visits in 1998 and subsequent observations):
Rarely seen recorded up to 2 times in a year
Occasionally seen recorded 3 to 5 times in a year
Frequently seen recorded 6 to 9 times in a year
Regularly seen recorded 10 or more times in a year
                   
Roberts ref. - Maclean 1993
648 Apalis, Yellow-breasted R The common apalis of the riparian bush and adjacent levee thickets
294 Avocet Rarely seen
560 Babbler, Arrow-marked R Regularly seen, numerous
Barbet, Black-backed R Frequently seen in levee riparian thickets
464 Barbet, Black-collared R Regularly seen
473 Barbet, Crested R Rarely seen. Miombo ant-hills
Barbet, Miombo Pied R Rarely seen
701 Batis, Chin-spot R Regularly seen, most habitats
440 Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked P Rarely seen
442 Bee-eater, Bohm’s R Regularly seen. Always present with numbers peaking in April/May
438 Bee-eater, European P/A Occasionally seen over river. 
444 Bee-eater, Little PP Frequently seen
445 Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed PP Occasionally seen June, July and October
443 Bee-eater, White-fronted R Frequently seen. Normally numerous with numbers severely reduced between January and April
824 Bishop, Red R Rarely seen. Dambo reed beds
827 Bishop, Yellow R Rarely seen, Dambo reed beds
79 Bittern, Dwarf A Rarely seen. Road puddles November/December
78 Bittern, Little P-PP Rarely seen. Arrived in reedbeds on dambo ponds in November.  Present  November.
911 Blackcap, European Rarely seen.
738 Boubou, Swamp Rarely seen.
737 Boubou, Tropical R Regularly seen
490 Broadbill, African Rarely seen
741 Brubru R Rarely seen
568 Bulbul, Common R Regularly seen.
Bulbul, Grey-Olive R  Rarely seen. Late October, low levels and river bank
569 Bulbul, Terrestrial R Frequently seen, varying numbers, levee thickets
883 Bunting, Cabanis’s R Rarely seen. Open miombo
884 Bunting, Golden-breasted PP Rarely seen. Open miombo
886 Bunting, Rock, Cinnamon-breasted A Rarely seen, Dambo edge
238 Bustard, Black-bellied R Occasionally seen miombo and airstrip
154 Buzzard, Lizard R Frequently seen in miombo, vocal in October/November
870 Canary, Black-throated R Rarely seen. Reed ponds
869 Canary, Yellow-fronted R Frequently seen. River front and miombo
594 Chat, Arnot’s R Regularly seen, miombo
589 Chat, Familiar R Miombo rocky hills
Chat, Sooty R Rarely seen. Dambo border
678 Cisticola, Croaking R Rarely seen. Hot spring dambo
665 Cisticola, Desert R Rarely seen. Musangashi Plain
664 Cisticola, Fan-tailed R Dambo grasslands
675 Cisticola, Greater Black-backed R  Occasionally seen, dambo reed bed ponds
Cisticola, Pale-crowned R Rarely seen. Dambos
672 Cisticola, Rattling R Rarely seen. Hot spring dambo
674 Cisticola, Red-faced R Rarely seen. Hot spring dambo
680 Cisticola, Short-wing R Rarely seen. Hot spring grassland
Cisticola, Trilling R Rarely seen. Dambos
228 Coot, Red-knobbed PP Rarely seen.
58 Cormorant, Reed  PP Regularly seen. Very small numbers in February, March and April. Numbers building up gradually through the dry season with falling water levels to a peak between late November and late December. 
55 Cormorant, White-breasted PP Regularly seen. Numbers increase during the rains with rising water to peak in April/May when they breed on a rocky island near Elephant Rock. As the water levels fall during the dry season the numbers decrease until they reach their lowest in October/November when the few birds that remain are confined to areas of deepest water. 
388 Coucal, Black A  Rarely seen. Dambo Ponds
389 Coucal, Coppery tailed  R Regularly seen. Dambo ponds and surrounds
390 Coucal, Senegal R Occasaionally seen. Riverside
303 Courser, Bronze-winged A Rarely seen. Musangashi plain
300 Courser, Temmink’s  Rarely seen. Small flock seen September at airstrip
212 Crake, African A Occasionally seen. Wet dambo margin
213 Crake, Black R Regularly seen in dambo reed ponds and river fringing reeds
209 Crane, Southern Crowned R-cc Rarely seen.  Musangashi mouth November
207 Crane, Wattled PP-CC Frequently seen. Dambo reed ponds and hot springs
559 Creeper, Spotted R Occasionally seen
651 Crombec, Long-billed R Occasionally seen
652 Crombec, Red-capped R Rarely seen. Miombo
548 Crow, Pied R Rarely seen
128 Cuckoo Hawk, African PP Rarely seen. Miombo/dambo margin
538 Cuckoo Shrike, Black PP Occasionally seen. Present most of year except winter months, brachystegia glaucesens grove
539 Cuckoo Shrike, White-breasted PP Rarely seen
375 Cuckoo, African Grey A Rarely seen. 
378 Cuckoo, Black A Rarely seen. Miombo
386 Cuckoo, Didric A Occasionally seen. May, February and October 
384 Cuckoo, Emerald A Rarely seen. January and February
374 Cuckoo, European Grey P Rarely seen. Miombo
385 Cuckoo, Klaas’s A Riparian Fringe
377 Cuckoo, Red-chested A Rarely seen.
381 Cuckoo, Striped Crested A Occasionally seen
60 Darter PP Frequently seen. Numbers decrease to zero at highest water level Feb, March and April. Highest numbers at lowest waters Sept, Oct and November
297 Dikkop, Spotted R Rarel seen. Old mine workings
298 Dikkop, Water R Regularlly seen. Large numbers breeding August to December, reducing January to June 
357 Dove, Blue-spotted Wood R Rarely seen. Levee thickets 
354 Dove, Cape Turtle R Regularly seen
358 Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood R  Regularly seen
355 Dove, Laughing A Occasionally see. Present April, May, June, absent until September, numbers increasing  October and November
356 Dove, Namaqua A Occasionally. Sporadically present
352 Dove, Red-eyed R Regularly seen
541 Drongo, Fork-tailed R Regularly seen
105 Duck, African Black Rarely seen
100 Duck, Fulvous Whistling PP Regularly seen. Small to large flocks January to October
115 Duck, Knob-billed PP Regularly seen. Large numbers in rainy season, reducing in the dry season
99 Duck, White-faced Whistling PP Occasionally seen. Large numbers present January and February. Absent at peak flood (March and April). May be seen rest of year
137 Eagle, African Hawk R Rarely seen. Open areas scattered with trees
146 Eagle, Bateleur PP-cc Regularly seen. Numerous, seen in all stages of maturity.
143 Eagle, Black-breasted Snake  Rarely seen. Trees around dambo.
142 Eagle, Brown Snake PP Frequently seen.
134 Eagle, Lesser Spotted P Rarely seen.
139 Eagle, Long-crested R Rarely seen. Mushangashi plain
140 Eagle, Martial R Frequently seen.
143 Eagle, Short-toed PP Rarely seen. Margin of Musangashi Plain
133 Eagle, Steppe P Rarely seen.
132 Eagle, Tawny
135 Eagle, Wahlberg’s A Rarely seen.
145 Eagle, Western Band