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Koedoe 19: 177-178 (1976) 

ADDITIONS TO THE CHECK-LIST OF BIRDS 
OF THE ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK 

B. L. PENZHORN and P. F. VAN STRAATEN 
Addo Elephant National Park 
Private Bag X6027 
Port Elizabeth 
6000 

In his original check-list of the birds of the Addo Elephant National 
Park, Liversidge (1965) recorded 120 species. In a subsequent publica-
tion six additional species were reported from the Park (Penzhorn and 
Morris 1969). A further seven species are reported here, increasing the 
species total for the Park to 133. 

The seven additional species recorded are listed below. The numbers 
denote those used by McLachlan and Liversidge (1957) in Roberts birds 
oj South Africa and the nomenclature follows the Check list oj the birds oj 
South Africa (S.A.O.S. List Committee 1969). 

47 WHITE-BREASTED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax lucidus 
WITBORSDUIKER (Lichtenstein) 
White-breasted cormorants were first reported from Caesar's Dam 
by Lockhart (1968a) in July 1967. They have subsequently been 
recorded regularly at the Dam. 

52 AFRICAN DARTER 
SLANGHALSVOt.L 

Anhinga TUfa (Lacepede et Daudin) 

Three darters were seen at Caesar's Dam by Lockhart (1968b) in 
July 1967. 

133 BLACK EAGLE 
WITKRUISAREND 

Aquila verreauxi Lesson 

A single bird was seen soaring above the elephant enclosure in June 
1972. This was probably a vagrant from the Suurberg range north 
of the Park where black eagles are resident (Skead 1967). 

343 RED-CHESTED CUCKOO Cuculus solitarius Stephens 
PIET-MY-VROU 
Red-chested cuckoos have infreqeuntly been heard calling during 
the early summer months. 

352 DIDRIC CUCKOO 
DIEDRIKKIE 

Chrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert) 

Didric cuckoos have frequently been heard calling during the 
summer months. 

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356 BURCHELL'S COUCAL Centro pus superciliosus Hemprich 
VLEILOERIE and Ehrenberg 
These coucals have been seen among the reeds and rushes at 
Caesar's Dam and heard calling at the small dam east of the Nature 
Conservator's house. 

373 FIERY-NECKED NIGHTJAR 
SUID-AFRIKAANSE NAGUIL 

Caprimulgus pectoralis Cuvier 

The calls of these night jars have infrequently been heard on moon-
lit nights. 

Liversidge (1965) predicted that his total of 120 species of birds would 
be increased, "particularly in respect to birds of the habitats in and 
around Caesar's Dam". Of the 13 species subsequently reported, six 
were recorded at the Dam. 

REFERENCES 

LIVERSIDGE, R. 1965. The birds of the Addo National Park. Koedoe 8: 
41-67. 

LOCKHART, P. S. 1968a. New distributional data: 1. White-breasted 
cormorant. Ostrich 39 :271. 

LOCKHART, P. S. 1968b. New distributional data: 1. African darter. 
Ostrich 39: 2 71. 

McLACHLAN, G. R. and R. LIVERSIDGE. 1957. Roberts birds oj South 
Africa. 2nd ed. Cape Town: Trustees of the S.A. Bird Book Fund. 

PENZHORN, B. L. and A. K. MORRIS. 1969.A supplementary check-
list of the birds recorded in the Addo Elephant National Park. 
Koedoe 12: 106-10 7. 

S.A.O.S. LIST COMMITTEE. 1969. Check list oj the birds oj South Africa. 
Cape Town: South African Ornithological Society. 

SKEAD, C. J. 1967. Ecology of birds in the Eastern Cape Province. 
Ostrich Suppl. 7: 1-103. 

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