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VAGRANTS
Common Name Scientific Name Family/Scientific Name Description
Ibises
Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita Ibises/Threskiornithidae All-dark ibis, rare breeder in
North Africa
Wildfowl
White-faced Dendrocygna viduata Wildfowl/Anatidae Large, noisy duck, vagrant in
Whistling Duck North Africa, from southern
Africa
Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica Wildfowl/Anatidae Small duck from Africa

Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Wildfowl/Anatidae Pale grey goose from Asia
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus Wildfowl/Anatidae Large goose from Africa
gambensis
Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus Wildfowl/Anatidae Small duck, vagrant in North
coromandelianus Africa, from southern Africa
Baikal Teal Anas formosa Wildfowl/Anatidae Colourful surface-feeding duck
from Asia
Cape Teal Anas capensis Wildfowl/Anatidae Surface-feeding duck, vagrant
in North Africa, from southern
Africa
Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha Wildfowl/Anatidae Surface-feeding duck, vagrant
in North Africa, from southern
Africa
Cape Shoveler Anas smithii Wildfowl/Anatidae Surface-feeding duck, vagrant
in North Africa, from southern
Africa
Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma Wildfowl/Anatidae Diving duck, vagrant in North
Africa, from southern Africa
Redhead Aythya americana Wildfowl/Anatidae Pochard-like diving duck, vagrant
in UK, from North America
Canvasback Aythya valisineria Wildfowl/Anatidae Large, pale Pochard-like duck
from North America
Birds of Prey
Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus Hawks/Accipitridae Medium-sized bird of prey,
vagrant in Middle East, from Asia
American Swallow- Elanoides forficatus Hawks/Accipitridae Fork-tailed kite from North
tailed Kite America
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus Hawks/Accipitridae Massive eagle from North
leucocephalus America
Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus Hawks/Accipitridae Huge eagle from Asia
Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppellii Hawks/Accipitridae Distinctive vulture, vagrant in
Middle East, from Africa
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Hawks/Accipitridae Acrobatic eagle, vagrant in
Middle East, from Africa
Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates Hawks/Accipitridae Large grey hawk, vagrant in
Middle East, from East Africa
Shikra Accipiter badius Hawks/Accipitridae Small pale sparrowhawk, in
Middle East
Swainson's Buzzard Buteo swainsoni Hawks/Accipitridae Large hawk from North America

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