Birds of Sábiè Game Park
Not only can Sábiè Game Park boast with an abundance of wildlife, beautiful trees, savannah woodlands, swamp areas and sceneries that takes the breath away, it is a bird's haven and a bird lovers' heaven.
Black Bellied Bustards, the Banded Sand Grouse; Malibu Storks are only a few of the bird viewing treats when you visit Sábiè.
Saddle Billed Storks, Open Bill Storks, Giant White Pelican, Spurwing Goose, Egyptian Goose, Little Bittern, Goliath Heron, White Faced Ducks are just a few of the rare and scarce and near threatened species inhabiting Sábiès' dam and water areas. Giant White Pelicans are regular visitors to the Corumane Dam and the Lesser Flamingo a sight to see.
Not only can Sábiè Game Park boast with an abundance of wildlife, beautiful trees, savannah woodlands, swamp areas and sceneries that takes the breath away, it is a bird's haven and a bird lovers' heaven.
Inland, the Woodland Kingfisher and Crested Barbets along with the Purple Crested Touraqo's call in the background makes you feel at home. The illusive Emerald Spotted Dove and the Scarce Ground Hornbill are just more species to entice a bird watchers appetite. Seeing the magnificent, long Crested Eagle amongst the sunset and the truly beautiful Batteleur Eagle, just an added bonus.
Birds of prey are plentiful the Black Headed Oriole a regular camp visitor and the Cardinal Woodpecker.
| Common Name Latin name | Common Name Latin name | |
| 121. Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata | 181. Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus | |
| 122. African Finfoot Podica senegalensis | 182. Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
| 123. Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori | 183. Klaass Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 124. Red-crested Korhaan Eupodotis ruficrista | 184. Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| 125. Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster - endangered | 185. Black Coucal Centropus bengalensis | |
| 126. African Jacana Actophilornis africanus | 186. Burchells Coucal Centropus burchellii | |
| 127. Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis | 187. Barn Owl Tyto alba | |
| 128. Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis | 188. African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis | |
| 129. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula | 189. African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii | |
| 130. White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus | 190. Marsh Owl Asio capensis | |
| 131. Kittlitzs Plover Charadrius pecuarius | 191. African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis | |
| 132. Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris | 192. Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Otus leucotis | |
| 133. Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus | 193. Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum | |
| 134. Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus | 194. African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense | |
| 135. Senegal Lapwing (Lesser Black-winged Plover) Vanellus lugubris | 195. Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus | |
| 136. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus | 196. Verreauxs (Giant) Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus | |
| 137. White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps | 197. Pels Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli | |
| 138. African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus | 198. European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| 139. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos | 199. Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| 140. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus | 200. Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena | |
| 141. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | 201. Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma | |
| 142. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis | 202. Square-tailed (Mozambique) Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii | |
| 143. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia | 203. Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillaria | |
| 144. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea | 204. Common (European) Swift Apus apus | |
| 145. Little Stint Calidris minuta | 205. African Black Swift Apus barbatus | |
| 146. Sanderling Calidris alba | 206. White-rumped Swift Apus caffer | |
| 147. Ruff Philomachus pugnax | 207. Horus Swift Apus horus | |
| 148. African (Ethiopian) Snipe Gallinago nigripennis | 208. Little Swift Apus affinis | |
| 149. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | 209. Alpine Swift Apus melba | |
| 150. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | 210. African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus | |
| 151. Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis | 211. Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri | |
| 152. Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus | 212. Bhms Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi | |
| 153. Temmincks Courser Cursorius temminckii | 213. Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus | |
| 154. Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus | 214. Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus | |
| 155. Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | 215. Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina | |
| 156. Collared (Red-winged) Pratincole Glareola pratincola | 216. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis | |
| 157. Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus | 217. Giant Kingfisher Ceryle maxima | |
| 158. Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida | 218. Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata | |
| 159. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus | 219. Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata | |
| 160. Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus | 220. African Pygmy Kingfisher Isipidina picta | |
| 161. Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia | 221. Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis | |
| 162. Speckled (Rock) Pigeon Columba guinea | 222. Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris | |
| 163. Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata | 223. Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala | |
| 164. African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens | 224. Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti | |
| 165. Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola | 225. European Bee-eater Merops apiaster | |
| 166. Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis | 226. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus | |
| 167. Namaqua Dove Oena capensis | 227. Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides | |
| 168. Emerald-spotted (Green-spotted) Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos | 228. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides | |
| 169. Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria | 229. Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus | |
| 170. African Green-Pigeon Treron calva | 230. European Roller Coracias garrulus | |
| 171. Grey-headed Parrot Poicephalus suahelicus | 231. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata | |
| 172. Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | 232. Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulata | |
| 173. Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus | 233. Purple Roller Coracias naevia | |
| 174. Grey Go-away Bird Corythaixoides concolor | 234. Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus | |
| 175. Common (European) Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | 235. African Hoopoe Upupa africana | |
| 176. African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis | 236. Green (Red-billed) Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| 177. Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius | 237. Common (Greater) Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
| 178. Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus | 238. Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator | |
| 179. Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius | 239. African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus | |
| 180. Levaillants (Striped) Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii | 240. Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus |
