Following Brian’s note re our visit to Sosian Ranch, here is the complete species list for our visit:

Common Ostrich

Vulturine Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Harlequin Quail

Crested Francolin

Hildebrandt’s Francolin

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

White-faced Whistling D.

Egyptian Goose

Yellow-billed Duck

Red-billed Teal

Hottentot Teal

Little Grebe

Sacred Ibis

Hadada

African Spoonbill

Cattle Egret

Squacco Heron

Madagascar Pond Heron

Great Egret

Grey Heron

Black-headed Heron

Hamerkop

Pink-backed Pelican

Long-tailed Cormorant

Secretary Bird

Black-shouldered Kite

Af. White-backed Vulture

Brown Snake Eagle

E. Pale Chanting Goshawk

Shikra

Augur Buzzard

Af. Fish Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Martial Eagle

Kori Bustard

Buff-crested Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Hartlaub’s Bustard

Af. Water Rail

Black Crake

Grey Crowned Crane

Black-winged Stilt

Three-banded Plover

Blacksmith Plover

Spur-winged Plover

Crowned Plover

Greater Painted-snipe

Little Stint

Curlew Sandpiper

Ruff

Common Greenshank

Green Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Heuglin’s Courser

White-winged Tern

Chestnut-bellied Sandgr.

Black-faced Sandgrouse

Emerald-spotted Wood D.

Namaqua Dove

Speckled Pigeon

Red-eyed Dove

Af. Mourning Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

Meyer’s Parrot

White-bellied Go-away B.

Diederik Cuckoo

White-browed Coucal

Marsh Owl

Freckled Nightjar

Dusky Nightjar

Mottled Swift

Little Swift

Speckled Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Lilac-breasted Roller

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Af. Hoopoe

Green Wood-hoopoe

Red-billed Hornbill

Von der Decken’s Hornbill

Red-fronted Barbet

D’Arnaud’s Barbet

Greater Honeyguide

Nubian Woodpecker

Grey Woodpecker

Chin-spot Batis

Brubru

Black-crowned Tchagra

Three-streaked Tchagra

Sulphur-breasted Bush S.

Grey-headed Bush Shrike

Rosy-patched Bush Shrike

Slate-coloured Boubou

Black Cuckoo Shrike

N. White-crowned Shrike

Taita Fiscal

Black-headed Oriole

Common Drongo

Af. Paradise Flycatcher

Wire-tailed Swallow

Barn Swallow

Ethiopian Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser-striped Swallow

Rock Martin

Black Saw-wing

White-tailed Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Fawn-coloured Lark

Red-capped Lark

Somali Short-toed Lark

Fischer’s Sparrow Lark

Rattling Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Pectoral-patch Cisticola

Grey Wren Warbler

Yellow-breasted Apalis :- (Brown-tailed Ssp)

Common Bulbul

Red-faced Crombec

Banded Parisoma

Brown Babbler

Rufous Chatterer

Red-winged Starling

Gr. Blue-eared Starling

Hildebrandt’s Starling

Superb Starling

Wattled Starling

Red-billed Oxpecker

White-browed Robin Chat

Spotted Morning Thrush

White-browed Scrub Robin

Af. Grey Flycatcher

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Rufous Sparrow

Grey-headed Sparrow :- (Parrot-billed)

Chestnut Sparrow

White-browed Sparrow-W.

Grey-capped Social W.

Speckle-fronted Weaver

Speke’s Weaver

Red-billed Quelea

Red-collared Widowbird

Red-billed Firefinch

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Purple Grenadier

Quail Finch

Af. Silverbill

Grey-headed Silverbill

Pin-tailed Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Af. Pied Wagtail

Grassland Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Bush Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Rosy-breasted Longclaw

White-bellied Canary

Brimstone Canary

Reichenow’s Seedeater

Cinnamon-breasted Rck B 

Best wishes

Nigel