I am very pleased to have received this bird list from Ian Ratcliff, who was working for Tearfund in Darfur in April and May 2012. His movements were limited, so most of his sightings are from the compound at Um Dukhun which lies on the border with Chad and fairly close to the border with the Central African Republic. It will probably be a while before anyone is able to do any extensive birding trips in the area, but there are many people working in Darfur with NGOs and the UN and many must have a birding interest, so it is nice to be able to publish a list of birds they might come across. As expected, he saw a number of species that I have not encountered in my trips further east. One can only wonder what other species must be around in places such as Jebel Marra. Tom Jenner
Bird
List
1.
Abyssinian Roller – Kass – helipad &
irrigation project; Nyala on airport road
2.
African grey hornbill - Kabaar
3.
Little weaver (probable) – Um Dukhun
4.
Village weaver (Kass)
5.
African blue billed firefinches (?) – Um Dukhun
compound
6.
Little egret (Khartoum – by the Nile)
7.
Black Kite (Khartoum)
8.
Common bulbul (Khartoum)
9.
Dark capped bulbul (Kass)
10. Laughing
dove (Khartoum)
11. Speckled
Pigeon (Kass)
12. European
sparrow (everywhere)
13. Blue-naped
Mousebird (Kass, Nyala, Um Dukhun)
14. Glossy
Starling (greater/lesser blue-eared?) (Kass)
15. African
sacred ibis (Kass)
16. Beautiful
Sunbird (Kass m& f)
17. Abdim’s
storks (Kass) and Salahleh (UD)
18. Chestnut
bellied starling (Kass – IDP camp)
19. Red
billed firefinch (Um Dukhun)
20. Marabou
stork
21. Piapiac
(Kabaar village)
22. Pied
Crow (Kabaar village)
23. Namaqua
dove
24. Rose
ringed parakeet (Kabaar village)
25. Meyers
(Brown) Parrot (Kass)
26. Lesser
blue eared starling?
27. Pallid
swift?(UD)
28. Cinnamon
breasted (rock) bunting (UD)
29. Intermediate
egret (probable)
30. Red
cheeked cordonbleu (UD)
31. Fork-tailed
Drongo (probable) (UD)
32. Village
indigobird (non-br, whitish bill, pink legs)(UD)
33. White-rumped
seed eater (UD)(probable)
34. African
Mourning Dove (UD)
35. Senegal coucal (UD)
36. African
Silverbill (Khartoum)
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Um Dukhun, Darfur April/May 2012 (By Ian Ratcliff)
Red-billed Firefinches, Um Dukhun, Darfur April/May 2012 (By Ian Ratcliff)
Female Red-billed Firefinch, Um Dukhun, Darfur April/May 2012 (By Ian Ratcliff)
Senegal Coucal, Um Dukhun, Darfur April/May 2012 (By Ian Ratcliff)
Senegal Coucal, Um Dukhun, Darfur April/May 2012 (By Ian Ratcliff)
Senegal Coucal, Um Dukhun, Darfur April/May 2012 (By Ian Ratcliff)
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