Sahara

Name: Sahara
Author: Buchanan, Angus

Buchanan, Angus

Natural history -- Sahara; Sahara -- Description and travel

Great Curve-billed Desert Lark.
Mirafra Short-toed Lark.
Buff Saharan Lark (B one group).
Crested Lark.
Bar-tailed Desert Lark.
Small Thick-billed Lark.
Eastern Short-toed Lark(M).
Chestnut Black-breasted Lark.
Grey Black-breasted Lark.
Striolated Bunting.
Desert Sparrow.
Chestnut-backed Yellow Sparrow.
Grey Serin Finch.
Trumpeter Bullfinch.
Pencil-crowned Weaver (B).
Lesser Yellow Weaver.
Greater Yellow Weaver.
Singing Finch.
Senegal Waxbill.
Rufous-breasted Starling.
Wing-spotted Glossy Starling.
Pied Crow.
Desert Raven.
Short-tailed Raven.

[Illustration: CARRION VULTURES]

The following are the additional seventy-three species and subspecies
that were found in the Western Sudan on the southern margins of
the Sahara between latitudes 12° and 16°:

Ostrich.
Rock Partridge.
Francolin (two species).
Barred Sandgrouse.
Pigmy Golden Quail.
Senegal Bustard.
Wattled Plover.
Cream-coloured Cursor.
Blue-spotted Ground Dove.
Greater Grey Dove.
Dark-eyed Grey Dove.
Blue-spotted Pigeon.
Green Pigeon.
Cattle Egret.
Large Grey Heron.
Sacred Ibis.
Snake Eagle.
Swallow-tailed Hawk.
Red-winged Hawk.
Sparrow Hawk.
Banded Gymmogene.
Red-headed Falcon.
Pigmy Falcon.
Lanner Falcon.
Senegal Little-eared Owl.
Little Owl
Lark-heeled Cuckoo.
Great Spotted Cuckoo.
Black-billed Hornbill.
Large Grey Plantain Eater.
Small Green Parrot.
Spotted-capped Woodpecker.
Square-tailed African Roller.
Little Short-tailed Roller.
Grey Kingfisher (B).
Black and Scarlet Barbet.
Greater Wood Hoopoe.
Long-tailed Nightjar.
Palm Swift.
African Swallow.
Red-browed Swallow.
Black and White Wheatear (M).
Sudanese Rock-Chat (B).
Brown Bush Babbler (B).
Common Reed Warbler (M).
Bonelli’s Warbler (M).
Long-tailed Scrub Warbler.
Little Scrub Warbler.
Golden-thighed Warbler.
Striped Grass Warbler.
Senegal Sunbird.
White Eye.
Paradise Flycatcher.
Red-winged Bush Shrike.
Crimson Shrike.
Black and White Crested Shrike (B).
Long-tailed Shrike.
Painted Yellow-breasted Bunting.
Greater Bush Sparrow.
Lesser Bush Sparrow (B).
Yellow Serin Finch.
Large Black Weaver.
Whydah Finch.
Little Black Weaver.
Red Bishop.
Banded Amadevat.
Melba Finch.
Grey Scarlet-marked Waxbill.
Bengalee Waxbill.
Long-tailed Glossy Starling.
Purple Starling.
Tick Bird.
Little Long-tailed Crow.




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Sahara

Buchanan, Angus

Natural history -- Sahara; Sahara -- Description and travel

Great Curve-billed Desert Lark.
Mirafra Short-toed Lark.
Buff Saharan Lark (B one group).
Crested Lark.
Bar-tailed Desert Lark.
Small Thick-billed Lark.
Eastern Short-toed Lark(M).
Chestnut Black-breasted Lark.
Grey Black-breasted Lark.
Striolated Bunting.
Desert Sparrow.
Chestnut-backed Yellow Sparrow.
Grey Serin Finch.
Trumpeter Bullfinch.
Pencil-crowned Weaver (B).
Lesser Yellow Weaver.
Greater Yellow Weaver.
Singing Finch.
Senegal Waxbill.
Rufous-breasted Starling.
Wing-spotted Glossy Starling.
Pied Crow.
Desert Raven.
Short-tailed Raven.

[Illustration: CARRION VULTURES]

The following are the additional seventy-three species and subspecies
that were found in the Western Sudan on the southern margins of
the Sahara between latitudes 12° and 16°:

Ostrich.
Rock Partridge.
Francolin (two species).
Barred Sandgrouse.
Pigmy Golden Quail.
Senegal Bustard.
Wattled Plover.
Cream-coloured Cursor.
Blue-spotted Ground Dove.
Greater Grey Dove.
Dark-eyed Grey Dove.
Blue-spotted Pigeon.
Green Pigeon.
Cattle Egret.
Large Grey Heron.
Sacred Ibis.
Snake Eagle.
Swallow-tailed Hawk.
Red-winged Hawk.
Sparrow Hawk.
Banded Gymmogene.
Red-headed Falcon.
Pigmy Falcon.
Lanner Falcon.
Senegal Little-eared Owl.
Little Owl
Lark-heeled Cuckoo.
Great Spotted Cuckoo.
Black-billed Hornbill.
Large Grey Plantain Eater.
Small Green Parrot.
Spotted-capped Woodpecker.
Square-tailed African Roller.
Little Short-tailed Roller.
Grey Kingfisher (B).
Black and Scarlet Barbet.
Greater Wood Hoopoe.
Long-tailed Nightjar.
Palm Swift.
African Swallow.
Red-browed Swallow.
Black and White Wheatear (M).
Sudanese Rock-Chat (B).
Brown Bush Babbler (B).
Common Reed Warbler (M).
Bonelli’s Warbler (M).
Long-tailed Scrub Warbler.
Little Scrub Warbler.
Golden-thighed Warbler.
Striped Grass Warbler.
Senegal Sunbird.
White Eye.
Paradise Flycatcher.
Red-winged Bush Shrike.
Crimson Shrike.
Black and White Crested Shrike (B).
Long-tailed Shrike.
Painted Yellow-breasted Bunting.
Greater Bush Sparrow.
Lesser Bush Sparrow (B).
Yellow Serin Finch.
Large Black Weaver.
Whydah Finch.
Little Black Weaver.
Red Bishop.
Banded Amadevat.
Melba Finch.
Grey Scarlet-marked Waxbill.
Bengalee Waxbill.
Long-tailed Glossy Starling.
Purple Starling.
Tick Bird.
Little Long-tailed Crow.




                             CHAPTER XIII

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