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List of bird species found in Lesotho, but not reported from Australia (continental including Tasmania)

Sort	Common Name	Scientific Name	Lesotho
240	White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata	resident
249	Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor	rare/accidental
262	White-backed Duck	Thalassornis leuconotus	present
396	Knob-billed Duck	Sarkidiornis melanotos	present
417	Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	resident
423	South African Shelduck	Tadorna cana	non-breeder
429	Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis	non-breeder
453	African Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus auritus	present
480	Blue-billed Teal	Spatula hottentota	rare/accidental
497	Cape Shoveler	Spatula smithii	non-breeder
527	African Black Duck	Anas sparsa	resident
530	Yellow-billed Duck	Anas undulata	resident
584	Cape Teal	Anas capensis	rare/accidental
591	Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha	present
662	Southern Pochard	Netta erythrophthalma	present
785	Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa	present
1673	Red-winged Francolin	Scleroptila levaillantii	present
1681	Gray-winged Francolin	Scleroptila afra	resident
1682	Orange River Francolin	Scleroptila gutturalis	present
1738	Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix	present
1746	Harlequin Quail	Coturnix delegorguei	rare/accidental
1836	Swainson's Spurfowl	Pternistis swainsonii	present
1876	Speckled Pigeon	Columba guinea	resident
1896	Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix	present
2050	Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	present
2051	Ring-necked Dove	Streptopelia capicola	resident
2159	Namaqua Dove	Oena capensis	resident
2867	Namaqua Sandgrouse	Pterocles namaqua	rare/accidental
2918	Kori Bustard	Ardeotis kori	present
2927	Ludwig's Bustard	Neotis ludwigii	present
2928	Denham's Bustard	Neotis denhami	rare/accidental
2934	White-bellied Bustard	Eupodotis senegalensis	present
2942	Blue Bustard	Eupodotis caerulescens	resident
2943	Karoo Bustard	Heterotetrax vigorsii	present
2954	White-quilled Bustard	Afrotis afraoides	present
3114	Burchell's Coucal	Centropus burchellii	present
3203	Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	present
3205	Pied Cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus	non-breeder
3303	Dideric Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius	breeder
3428	Black Cuckoo	Cuculus clamosus	rare/accidental
3431	Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius	non-breeder
3442	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	rare/accidental
3639	Eurasian Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	rare/accidental
3721	Freckled Nightjar	Caprimulgus tristigma	present
3738	Square-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus fossii	rare/accidental
4077	Alpine Swift	Tachymarptis melba	non-breeder
4094	Common Swift	Apus apus	non-breeder
4108	African Swift	Apus barbatus	breeder
4136	Little Swift	Apus affinis	breeder
4150	Horus Swift	Apus horus	present
4153	White-rumped Swift	Apus caffer	breeder
5237	Striped Flufftail	Sarothrura affinis	present
5314	African Rail	Rallus caerulescens	present
5325	African Crake	Crecopsis egregia	present
5456	Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana	present
5458	Lesser Moorhen	Paragallinula angulata	present
5494	Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata	resident
5514	Allen's Gallinule	Porphyrio alleni	present
5522	African Swamphen	Porphyrio madagascariensis	present
5690	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum	rare/accidental
5712	Wattled Crane	Grus carunculatus	rare/accidental
5714	Blue Crane	Grus paradiseus	rare/accidental
5742	Spotted Thick-knee	Burhinus capensis	resident
5763	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	present
5777	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	rare/accidental
5845	Three-banded Plover	Thinornis tricollaris	non-breeder
5860	Blacksmith Lapwing	Vanellus armatus	present
5870	Black-winged Lapwing	Vanellus melanopterus	present
5873	Crowned Lapwing	Vanellus coronatus	rare/accidental
5876	Wattled Lapwing	Vanellus senegallus	present
5938	Kittlitz's Plover	Anarhynchus pecuarius	resident
5983	Greater Painted-Snipe	Rostratula benghalensis	present
6005	African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus	present
6095	African Snipe	Gallinago nigripennis	present
6279	Small Buttonquail	Turnix sylvaticus	rare/accidental
6308	Double-banded Courser	Smutsornis africanus	present
6325	Temminck's Courser	Cursorius temminckii	present
6337	Burchell's Courser	Cursorius rufus	present
6351	Black-winged Pratincole	Glareola nordmanni	present
6480	Gray-hooded Gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	rare/accidental
6811	Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	present
6815	Lesser Flamingo	Phoeniconaias minor	present
6876	Eared Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	present
7283	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	resident
7284	Abdim's Stork	Ciconia abdimii	non-breeder
7291	White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	non-breeder
7308	Yellow-billed Stork	Mycteria ibis	non-breeder
7370	African Darter	Anhinga rufa	present
7381	Reed Cormorant	Microcarbo africanus	present
7491	African Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	present
7507	Southern Bald Ibis	Geronticus calvus	resident (local)
7516	Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash	present
7529	African Spoonbill	Platalea alba	present
7556	Eurasian Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	present
7582	Little Bittern	Botaurus minutus	rare/accidental
7713	Rufous-bellied Heron	Ardeola rufiventris	present
7714	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	rare/accidental
7724	Western Cattle-Egret	Ardea ibis	present
7734	Yellow-billed Egret	Ardea brachyrhyncha	rare/accidental
7779	Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala	resident
7780	Goliath Heron	Ardea goliath	present
7785	Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	resident
7830	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius	present
7846	Black-winged Kite	Elanus caeruleus	resident
7854	African Harrier-Hawk	Polyboroides typus	present
7858	Palm-nut Vulture	Gypohierax angolensis	rare/accidental
7859	Bearded Vulture	Gypaetus barbatus	resident
7862	Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus	rare/accidental
7941	Cape Griffon	Gyps coprotheres	resident
7985	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	rare/accidental
7992	Black-chested Snake-Eagle	Circaetus pectoralis	rare/accidental
8034	Long-crested Eagle	Lophaetus occipitalis	rare/accidental
8047	Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus	present
8054	Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax	rare/accidental
8071	Verreaux's Eagle	Aquila verreauxii	resident
8075	African Hawk-Eagle	Aquila spilogaster	present
8098	Gabar Goshawk	Micronisus gabar	rare/accidental
8111	Pale Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax canorus	rare/accidental
8118	African Goshawk	Aerospiza tachiro	present
8134	Little Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza minulla	rare/accidental
8164	Shikra	Tachyspiza badia	rare/accidental
8253	Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk	Accipiter rufiventris	present
8300	Black Goshawk	Astur melanoleucus	rare/accidental
8309	African Marsh Harrier	Circus ranivorus	resident
8321	Black Harrier	Circus maurus	present
8326	Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus	rare/accidental
8329	Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus	present
8374	African Fish-Eagle	Icthyophaga vocifer	present
8541	Jackal Buzzard	Buteo rufofuscus	present
8543	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	non-breeder
8609	African Grass-Owl	Tyto capensis	present
8612	Western Barn Owl	Tyto alba	present
8758	African Scops-Owl	Otus senegalensis	rare/accidental
8932	Spotted Eagle-Owl	Bubo africanus	present
8936	Cape Eagle-Owl	Bubo capensis	rare/accidental
8966	Verreaux's Eagle-Owl	Ketupa lactea	extirpated
9290	Marsh Owl	Asio capensis	resident
9403	Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus	present
9425	White-backed Mousebird	Colius colius	rare/accidental
9436	Red-faced Mousebird	Urocolius indicus	non-breeder
9449	Narina Trogon	Apaloderma narina	present
9618	Green Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus	rare/accidental
9780	White-fronted Bee-eater	Merops bullockoides	rare/accidental
9829	European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	present
9997	Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	present
10293	Giant Kingfisher	Megaceryle maxima	resident
10307	Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	non-breeder
10328	European Roller	Coracias garrulus	non-breeder
10332	Lilac-breasted Roller	Coracias caudatus	non-breeder
10535	Crested Barbet	Trachyphonus vaillantii	resident
10613	Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus pusillus	non-breeder
10632	Pied Barbet	Tricholaema leucomelas	non-breeder
10666	Black-collared Barbet	Lybius torquatus	rare/accidental
10960	Brown-backed Honeybird	Prodotiscus regulus	present
10979	Lesser Honeyguide	Indicator minor	present
10998	Greater Honeyguide	Indicator indicator	rare/accidental
11010	Red-throated Wryneck	Jynx ruficollis	rare/accidental
11289	Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens	present
11702	Ground Woodpecker	Geocolaptes olivaceus	present
11992	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni	non-breeder
12009	Rock Kestrel	Falco rupicolus	present
12024	Greater Kestrel	Falco rupicoloides	present
12057	Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	present
12058	Amur Falcon	Falco amurensis	non-breeder
12101	Lanner Falcon	Falco biarmicus	resident
19629	Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	present
19676	African Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus larvatus	rare/accidental
19864	Cape Batis	Batis capensis	present
19875	Chinspot Batis	Batis molitor	present
20050	Black-backed Puffback	Dryoscopus cubla	rare/accidental
20122	Southern Boubou	Laniarius ferrugineus	present
20153	Bokmakierie	Telophorus zeylonus	resident
20415	Fork-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus adsimilis	present
20781	African Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis	non-breeder
21045	Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	non-breeder
21130	Lesser Gray Shrike	Lanius minor	rare/accidental
21146	Southern Fiscal	Lanius collaris	present
21551	Cape Crow	Corvus capensis	resident
21616	Pied Crow	Corvus albus	resident
21622	White-necked Raven	Corvus albicollis	resident
21887	Drakensberg Rockjumper	Chaetops aurantius	resident
21905	Fairy Flycatcher	Stenostira scita	breeder
22259	Ashy Tit	Melaniparus cinerascens	present
22262	Gray Tit	Melaniparus afer	present
22325	Spike-heeled Lark	Chersomanes albofasciata	rare/accidental
22360	Eastern Long-billed Lark	Certhilauda semitorquata	present
22408	Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucotis	non-breeder
22423	Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix verticalis	rare/accidental
22474	Rudd's Lark	Heteromirafra ruddi	rare/accidental
22543	Cape Clapper Lark	Corypha apiata	present
22558	Rufous-naped Lark	Corypha africana	present
22599	Pink-billed Lark	Spizocorys conirostris	rare/accidental
22648	Large-billed Lark	Galerida magnirostris	resident
22775	Red-capped Lark	Calandrella cinerea	resident
22880	Long-billed Crombec	Sylvietta rufescens	rare/accidental
22898	Cape Grassbird	Sphenoeacus afer	resident
22934	Yellow-bellied Eremomela	Eremomela icteropygialis	present
22979	Namaqua Warbler	Phragmacia substriata	rare/accidental
23017	Green-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	rare/accidental
23050	Bar-throated Apalis	Apalis thoracica	present
23086	Yellow-breasted Apalis	Apalis flavida	resident
23278	Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava	rare/accidental
23304	Black-chested Prinia	Prinia flavicans	rare/accidental
23311	Karoo Prinia	Prinia maculosa	present
23316	Drakensberg Prinia	Prinia hypoxantha	present
23391	Rock-loving Cisticola	Cisticola aberrans	present
23444	Wailing Cisticola	Cisticola lais	present
23475	Levaillant's Cisticola	Cisticola tinniens	present
23500	Piping Cisticola	Cisticola fulvicapilla	resident
23551	Desert Cisticola	Cisticola aridulus	present
23561	Cloud Cisticola	Cisticola textrix	present
23590	Wing-snapping Cisticola	Cisticola ayresii	present
23641	African Yellow-Warbler	Iduna natalensis	present
23661	Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	present
23676	Common Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	present
23690	Lesser Swamp Warbler	Acrocephalus gracilirostris	present
23708	Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	non-breeder
23916	Barratt's Warbler	Bradypterus barratti	present
23941	Little Rush Warbler	Bradypterus baboecala	breeder
24008	Black Sawwing	Psalidoprocne pristoptera	rare/accidental
24030	Banded Martin	Neophedina cincta	non-breeder
24037	Plain Martin	Riparia paludicola	present
24051	Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia	rare/accidental
24157	Southern Crag-Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	resident
24167	Montane Blue Swallow	Hirundo atrocaerulea	present
24170	Pearl-breasted Swallow	Hirundo dimidiata	non-breeder
24208	White-throated Swallow	Hirundo albigularis	breeder
24214	Western House-Martin	Delichon urbicum	non-breeder
24229	Greater Striped Swallow	Cecropis cucullata	breeder
24254	Lesser Striped Swallow	Cecropis abyssinica	present
24262	Rufous-chested Swallow	Cecropis semirufa	rare/accidental
24273	South African Swallow	Petrochelidon spilodera	rare/accidental
24720	Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	present
24782	Black-fronted Bulbul	Pycnonotus nigricans	present
25273	Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	rare/accidental
25278	Bush Blackcap	Sylvia nigricapillus	present
25290	Layard's Warbler	Curruca layardi	resident
25299	Chestnut-vented Warbler	Curruca subcoerulea	rare/accidental
25364	Greater Whitethroat	Curruca communis	rare/accidental
25701	Orange River White-eye	Zosterops pallidus	present
25703	Cape White-eye	Zosterops virens	present
27828	Wattled Starling	Creatophora cinerea	non-breeder
27900	Violet-backed Starling	Cinnyricinclus leucogaster	rare/accidental
27907	Pale-winged Starling	Onychognathus nabouroup	present
27911	Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio	resident
27967	African Pied Starling	Lamprotornis bicolor	present
27988	Cape Starling	Lamprotornis nitens	present
28448	Kurrichane Thrush	Turdus libonyana	rare/accidental
28453	Olive Thrush	Turdus olivaceus	present
28494	Karoo Thrush	Turdus smithi	present
28804	African Dusky Flycatcher	Muscicapa adusta	rare/accidental
28818	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	non-breeder
28916	Fiscal Flycatcher	Sigelus silens	rare/accidental
28945	Karoo Scrub-Robin	Tychaedon coryphoeus	rare/accidental
29212	Cape Robin-Chat	Dessonornis caffer	present
29643	Sentinel Rock-Thrush	Monticola explorator	resident
29663	Cape Rock-Thrush	Monticola rupestris	present
29690	African Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	present
29736	Buff-streaked Chat	Campicoloides bifasciatus	rare/accidental
29737	Sickle-winged Chat	Emarginata sinuata	resident
29757	Mocking Cliff-Chat	Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris	rare/accidental
29771	Southern Anteater-Chat	Myrmecocichla formicivora	rare/accidental
29773	Mountain Chat	Myrmecocichla monticola	resident
29790	Capped Wheatear	Oenanthe pileata	present
29830	Familiar Chat	Oenanthe familiaris	resident
29921	Gurney's Sugarbird	Promerops gurneyi	present
30197	Collared Sunbird	Hedydipna collaris	rare/accidental
30263	Amethyst Sunbird	Chalcomitra amethystina	present
30334	Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa	resident
30357	Southern Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris chalybeus	present
30376	Greater Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris afer	present
30434	White-bellied Sunbird	Cinnyris talatala	present
30716	White-browed Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser mahali	rare/accidental
30786	Spectacled Weaver	Ploceus ocularis	rare/accidental
30796	Cape Weaver	Ploceus capensis	resident
30821	Southern Masked-Weaver	Ploceus velatus	present
30843	Village Weaver	Ploceus cucullatus	present
30923	Red-billed Quelea	Quelea quelea	present
30944	Southern Red Bishop	Euplectes orix	resident
30951	Yellow-crowned Bishop	Euplectes afer	resident
30957	Yellow Bishop	Euplectes capensis	resident
30966	White-winged Widowbird	Euplectes albonotatus	present
30978	Red-collared Widowbird	Euplectes ardens	breeder
30980	Fan-tailed Widowbird	Euplectes axillaris	rare/accidental
30990	Long-tailed Widowbird	Euplectes progne	present
31225	Swee Waxbill	Coccopygia melanotis	present
31298	Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild	present
31321	Quailfinch	Ortygospiza atricollis	present
31344	Red-headed Finch	Amadina erythrocephala	resident
31349	Zebra Waxbill	Amandava subflava	present
31409	Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	rare/accidental
31443	Pin-tailed Whydah	Vidua macroura	present
31454	Village Indigobird	Vidua chalybeata	present
31476	Parasitic Weaver	Anomalospiza imberbis	present
31575	Great Rufous Sparrow	Passer motitensis	present
31582	Cape Sparrow	Passer melanurus	resident
31593	Southern Gray-headed Sparrow	Passer diffusus	present
31626	Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow	Gymnoris superciliaris	present
31668	Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis	resident
31672	Mountain Wagtail	Motacilla clara	present
31717	African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp	rare/accidental
31766	African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus	present
31782	Mountain Pipit	Anthus hoeschi	breeder
31807	Nicholson's Pipit	Anthus nicholsoni	breeder
31816	Plain-backed Pipit	Anthus leucophrys	rare/accidental
31826	Buffy Pipit	Anthus vaalensis	present
31847	Yellow-tufted Pipit	Anthus crenatus	resident
31929	Yellow-breasted Pipit	Hemimacronyx chloris	present
31931	Orange-throated Longclaw	Macronyx capensis	present
32368	Yellow-fronted Canary	Crithagra mozambica	rare/accidental
32395	Black-throated Canary	Crithagra atrogularis	resident
32414	Brimstone Canary	Crithagra sulphurata	rare/accidental
32418	Yellow Canary	Crithagra flaviventris	resident
32423	White-throated Canary	Crithagra albogularis	present
32449	Streaky-headed Seedeater	Crithagra gularis	present
32461	Drakensberg Siskin	Crithagra symonsi	resident
32584	Cape Canary	Serinus canicollis	present
32589	Black-headed Canary	Serinus alario	present
32756	Golden-breasted Bunting	Emberiza flaviventris	rare/accidental
32762	Cape Bunting	Emberiza capensis	present
32775	Lark-like Bunting	Emberiza impetuani	rare/accidental
32780	Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Emberiza tahapisi	present

Number of species: 322