Checklist of the birds of Selous Game Reserve - wildlife-baldus.com
Checklist of the birds of Selous Game Reserve - wildlife-baldus.com
Checklist of the birds of Selous Game Reserve - wildlife-baldus.com
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Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus aferCoqui Francolin Francolinus coquiHildebrandt's Francolin Francolinus hildebrandtiCrested Francolin Francolinus sephaenaShelley's Francolin Francolinus shelleyiGuineafowlFamily NumididaeLarge partridge-like <strong>birds</strong> with horny or fea<strong>the</strong>ry crests, dark pale-spotted plumage, and loudcalls. This family is exclusively African.Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucheraniHelmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagrisOrder GruiformesButton-quailsFamily TurnicidaeSmall quail-like <strong>birds</strong> that live unobtrusively in grassland.Button Quail Turnix sylvaticaRails, Coots & GallinulesFamily RallidaeA diverse group <strong>of</strong> ground-living or aquatic <strong>birds</strong> with <strong>com</strong>pact form and apparently weakflight that never<strong>the</strong>less allows some species to migrate long distances. Many species liveskulking and secretive lives in dense vegetation.Corncrake Crex crexAfrican Crake Crex egregiaLesser Moorhen Gallinula angulataBlack Crake Limnocorax flavirostraFinfootFamily HeliornithidaeSecretive grebe-like waterbird. Its sharp bill is used for catching fish and o<strong>the</strong>r animalswhiling diving.African Finfoot Podica senegalensis