Table 4.
A list of the bird species recorded in the savanna and sugarcane growth stages in north-eastern Eswatini. The different sugarcane growth stages are represented by emerging, short, medium, and tall. The numbers represent the number of individuals per sugarcane growth stage and savanna recorded across all sessions. The asterisks (∗) represent ground foraging bird. Species are ordered alphabetically by scientific name.
| Scientific name | English name | Emerging | Short | Medium | Tall | Savanna |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrocephalus baeticatus | African Reed-Warbler | 11 | 0 | 17 | 373 | 0 |
| Alopochen aegyptiaca | Egyptian Goose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andropadus importunus | Sombre Greenbul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Anthus cinnamomeus | African Pipit∗ | 156 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 0 |
| Apalis flavida | Yellow-breasted Apalis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Apus caffer | White-rumped Swift | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ardea melanocephala | Black-headed Heron | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Batis molitor | Chinspot Batis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| Bostrychia hagedash | Hadeda Ibis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| Bradypterus baboecala | Little Rush-Warbler | 0 | 0 | 22 | 266 | 0 |
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret∗ | 80 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Red-billed Oxpecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Burhinus capensis | Spotted Thick-knee | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buteo vulpinus | Steppe Buzzard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bycanistes bucinator | Trumpeter Hornbill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Camaroptera brachyura | Green-backed Camaroptera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Campephaga flava | Black Cuckooshrike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Campethera abingoni | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Cecropis abyssinica | Lesser Striped Swallow | 8 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Cecropis semirufa | Red-breasted Swallow | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Centropus burchellii | Burchell's Coucal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 |
| Cercotrichas leucophrys | White-browed Scrub-Robin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| Chalcomitra amethystina | Amethyst Sunbird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Chalcomitra senegalensis | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz's Plover | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charadrius tricollaris | Three-banded Plover | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chrysococcyx caprius | Diderick Cuckoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chrysococcyx klaas | Klaas's Cuckoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ciconia episcopus | Woolly-necked Stork∗ | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Violet-backed Starling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cinnyris mariquensis | Marico Sunbird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cinnyris talatala | White-bellied Sunbird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Cisticola chiniana | Rattling Cisticola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 202 |
| Cisticola erythrops | Red-faced Cisticola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cisticola juncidis | Zitting Cisticola | 0 | 13 | 93 | 104 | 0 |
| Cisticola natalensis | Croaking Cisticola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Clamator jacobinus | Jacobin Cuckoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Colius striatus | Speckled Mousebird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Corvus albus | Pied Crow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Cossypha heuglini | White-browed Robin-Chat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Coturnix delegorguei | Harlequin Quail | 14 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 9 |
| Crithagra gularis | Streaky-headed Seedeater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Crithagra mozambicus | Yellow-fronted Canary | 8 | 3 | 18 | 78 | 192 |
| Cuculus clamosus | Black Cuckoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cuculus solitarius | Red-chested Cuckoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Cypsiurus parvus | African Palm-Swift | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Dendropicos fuscescens | Cardinal Woodpecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Dendropicos namaquus | Bearded Woodpecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Fork-tailed Drongo | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 75 |
| Dryoscopus cubla | Black-backed Puffback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Elanus axillaris | Black-shouldered Kite | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Emberiza flaviventris | Golden-breasted Bunting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Estrilda astrild | Common Waxbill | 2 | 1 | 164 | 286 | 25 |
| Euplectes albonotatus | White-winged Widowbird | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
| Euplectes ardens | Red-collared Widowbird | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 |
| Euplectes axillaris | Fan-tailed Widowbird | 20 | 24 | 207 | 390 | 28 |
| Euplectes orix | Southern Red Bishop | 0 | 0 | 26 | 44 | 0 |
| Falco subbuteo | Eurasian Hobby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Gallirex porphyreolophus | Purple-crested Turaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Glareola pratincola | Collared Pratincole | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Halcyon albiventris | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Halcyon chelicuti | Striped Kingfisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Halcyon senegalensis | Woodland Kingfisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Haliaeetus vocifer | African Fish-Eagle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hirundo albigularis | White-throated Swallow | 11 | 13 | 63 | 11 | 0 |
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | 25 | 5 | 63 | 282 | 10 |
| Hirundo smithii | Wire-tailed Swallow | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Indicator indicator | Greater Honeyguide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lagonosticta rubricata | African Firefinch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Lamprotornis nitens | Cape Glossy Starling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| Laniarius ferrugineus | Southern Boubou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Lanius collurio | Red-backed Shrike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Leptoptilos crumeniferus | Marabou Stork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lissotis melanogaster | Black-bellied Bustard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Lybius torquatus | Black-collared Barbet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Macronyx croceus | Yellow-throated Longclaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Malaconotus blanchoti | Grey-headed Bush-Shrike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Melaenornis pammelaina | Southern Black Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| Merops apiaster | European Bee-eater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 |
| Merops bullockoides | White-fronted Bee-eater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Merops pusillus | Little Bee-eater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Milvus migrans | Black Kite | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Motacilla aguimp | African Pied Wagtail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Muscicapa caerulescens | Ashy Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Muscicapa striata | Spotted Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicator gularis | Eastern Nicator | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Nilaus afer | Brubru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl∗ | 120 | 46 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| Oena capensis | Namaqua Dove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oriolus larvatus | Black-headed Oriole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Parus niger | Southern Black Tit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Passer diffusus | Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Petronia superciliaris | Yellow-throated Petronia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Phoeniculus purpureus | Green Wood-Hoopoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Phylloscopus trochilus | Willow Warbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ploceus ocularis | Spectacled Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Polyboroides typus | African Harrier-Hawk | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Prinia subflava | Tawny-flanked Prinia | 8 | 8 | 43 | 99 | 94 |
| Prionops plumatus | White-crested Helmet-Shrike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Pternistis natalensis | Natal Spurfowl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pternistis swainsonii | Swainson's Spurfowl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pycnonotus tricolor | Dark-capped Bulbul | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 262 |
| Quelea quelea | Red-billed Quelea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | Common Scimitarbill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Saxicola torquatus | African Stonechat | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| Scopus umbretta | Hamerkop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spermestes cucullatus | Bronze Mannikin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| Streptopelia capicola | Cape Turtle-Dove | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 106 |
| Streptopelia semitorquata | Red-eyed Dove | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29 |
| Streptopelia senegalensis | Laughing Dove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| Sylvietta rufescens | Long-billed Crombec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Tchagra australis | Brown-crowned Tchagra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Tchagra senegalus | Black-crowned Tchagra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Telophorus sulfureopectus | Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Terathopius ecaudatus | Bateleur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Terpsiphone viridis | African Paradise-Flycatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Tockus alboterminatus | Crowned Hornbill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trachyphonus vaillantii | Crested Barbet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Treron calvus | African Green-Pigeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Turdoides jardineii | Arrow-marked Babbler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| Turdus libonyanus | Kurrichane Thrush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Turnix sylvaticus | Kurrichane Buttonquail | 0 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 8 |
| Turtur chalcospilos | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 77 |
| Upupa africana | African Hoopoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Uraeginthus angolensis | Blue Waxbill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| Urocolius indicus | Red-faced Mousebird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 |
| Vanellus coronatus | Crowned Lapwing∗ | 61 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Vanellus senegallus | African Wattled Lapwing∗ | 68 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Vidua chalybeata | Village Indigobird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vidua macroura | Pin-tailed Whydah | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 |