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VAGRANTS
Common Name Scientific Name Family/Scientific Name Description
Petrels and Shearwaters continued
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus Petrels and Shearwaters/ Large dark shearwater from
Procellariidae Indian Ocean
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina Petrels and Shearwaters/ Small petrel from South Atlantic
Procellariidae
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma Petrels and Shearwaters/ Small, dark, oceanic petrel
monorhis Procellariidae from Pacific
Gannets and Cormorants
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Gannets/Sulidae Gannet-like seabird from
tropical oceans
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Gannets/Sulidae Dark brown gannet, in Red Sea
Cape Gannet Morus capensis Gannets/Sulidae Black and white gannet from
southern Africa
Double-crested Phalacrocorax auritus Cormorants/Phalacrocoracidae Large black waterbird, vagrant
Cormorant in UK, from North America
Darters and Anhingas
African Darter Anhinga rufa Darters and Anhingas/ Sharp-billed, cormorant-like
Anhingidae waterbird, vagrant in North
Africa, from southern Africa
Frigatebirds and Tropicbirds
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Frigatebirds/Fregatidae Large, fork-tailed seabird
from tropical oceans
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Tropicbirds/Phaethontidae White seabird from tropical
oceans
Bitterns and Herons
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Herons/Ardeidae Dry-ground heron, vagrant in
North Africa, from southern Africa
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Herons/Ardeidae Very large heron, vagrant in
Middle East, from Africa
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Herons/Ardeidae Small dark heron from Africa

Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia Herons/Ardeidae White egret from Africa, Asia
Snowy Egret Egretta thula Herons/Ardeidae White egret from North America
Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus Herons/Ardeidae Small bittern from Asia

Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Herons/Ardeidae Small bittern from North
America
Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii Herons/Ardeidae Small bittern from Africa
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Herons/Ardeidae Stripe-necked bittern from
North America
Mangrove Heron Butorides striatus Herons/Ardeidae Small dark heron, in North Africa
and Middle East
Storks
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis Storks/Ciconiidae White stork with red mask,
vagrant in Middle East, from Africa
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