Number of species: 1128 | | |
Number of endemics: 8 | | |
Number of globally threatened species: 43 | | |
Number of introduced species: 3 | | |
Date last reviewed: 2016-07-01 | | |
Last modified: 2018-02-19 | | |
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STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae | | |
Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
Somali Ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | Vulnerable |
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | | |
White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Hottentot Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Vulnerable |
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GALLIFORMES: Numididae | | |
Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | |
Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae | | |
Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
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GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | | |
Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | |
Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
Chestnut-naped Francolin | Pternistis castaneicollis | |
Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus | |
Hildebrandt’s Francolin | Pternistis hildebrandti | |
Jackson’s Francolin | Pternistis jacksoni | Endemic |
Yellow-necked Francolin | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
Red-necked Francolin | Pternistis afer | |
Crested Francolin | Dendroperdix sephaena | |
Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui | |
Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | |
Ring-necked Francolin | Scleroptila streptophora | Near-threatened |
Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | |
Moorland Francolin | Scleroptila psilolaema | |
Shelley’s Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | |
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PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | | |
Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae | | |
Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae | | |
White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | Rare/Accidental |
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae | | |
Cape Petrel | Daption capense | Rare/Accidental |
Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Rare/Accidental |
Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | Rare/Accidental |
Jouanin’s Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae | | |
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
Leach’s Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Rare/Accidental |
Matsudaira’s Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma matsudairae | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae | | |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | | |
African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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SULIFORMES: Fregatidae | | |
Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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SULIFORMES: Sulidae | | |
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
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SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | | |
Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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SULIFORMES: Anhingidae | | |
African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | | |
Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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PELECANIFORMES: Balaenicipitidae | | |
Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae | | |
Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | | |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Madagascar Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Endangered |
Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
White-backed Night-Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | |
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PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | |
Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae | | |
Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Vulnerable |
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ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | | |
Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | | |
Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | |
African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
Rüppell’s Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | Critically endangered |
Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | Rare/Accidental |
Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Near-threatened |
Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | Rare/Accidental |
Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | Vulnerable |
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
Fasciated Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | Near-threatened |
Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Vulnerable |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable |
Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Vulnerable |
Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle | Aquila africana | Rare/Accidental |
Verreaux’s Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Near-threatened |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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OTIDIFORMES: Otididae | | |
Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
Denham’s Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened |
Heuglin’s Bustard | Neotis heuglinii | |
White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
Buff-crested Bustard | Eupodotis gindiana | |
Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
Hartlaub’s Bustard | Lissotis hartlaubii | |
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GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | | |
Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | |
Striped Crake | Amaurornis marginalis | |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
Baillon’s Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
Allen’s Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | |
Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
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GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae | | |
White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | |
Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi | |
Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | |
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GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae | | |
African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | | |
Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina | Vulnerable |
Demoiselle Crane | Anthropoides virgo | Rare/Accidental |
Common Crane | Grus grus | Rare/Accidental |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | | |
Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare/Accidental |
Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | |
Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Pluvianidae | | |
Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | Rare/Accidental |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | | |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae | | |
Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | | |
Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus | |
Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | |
Kittlitz’s Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
Chestnut-banded Plover | Charadrius pallidus | Near-threatened |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae | | |
Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | | |
Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | | |
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | Rare/Accidental |
African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae | | |
Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
Hottentot Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | |
Quail-plover | Ortyxelos meiffrenii | |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae | | |
Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | | |
Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | Rare/Accidental |
Somali Courser | Cursorius somalensis | |
Temminck’s Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Madagascar Pratincole | Glareola ocularis | Vulnerable |
Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae | | |
Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | | |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
White-eyed Gull | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | |
Pallas’s Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
Saunders’s Tern | Sternula saundersi | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | |
Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | Near-threatened |
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PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae | | |
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus | |
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | |
Four-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles quadricinctus | |
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COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | | |
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
Delegorgue’s Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | |
Lemon Dove | Columba larvata | |
European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
White-winged Collared-Dove | Streptopelia reichenowi | Near-threatened |
Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
Bruce’s Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae | | |
Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | |
Schalow’s Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | |
Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii | |
White-crested Turaco | Tauraco leucolophus | |
Fischer’s Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | Near-threatened |
Hartlaub’s Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | |
Purple-crested Turaco | Tauraco porphyreolophus | |
Ross’s Turaco | Musophaga rossae | |
Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personatus | |
White-bellied Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides leucogaster | |
Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | |
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CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | | |
Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx montanus | |
Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | | |
African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | |
Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | | |
Sokoke Scops-Owl | Otus ireneae | Endangered |
European Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | |
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
Pel’s Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | |
African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
African Long-eared Owl | Asio abyssinicus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | | |
Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | |
Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
Sombre Nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus | |
Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus | |
Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus donaldsoni | |
Black-shouldered Nightjar | Caprimulgus nigriscapularis | Rare/Accidental |
Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
Abyssinian Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
Star-spotted Nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus | |
Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | Rare/Accidental |
Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | |
Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
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CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae | | |
Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | |
Sabine’s Spinetail | Rhaphidura sabini | |
Bat-like Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi | Rare/Accidental |
Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
Alpine Swift | Apus melba | |
Mottled Swift | Apus aequatorialis | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
African Swift | Apus barbatus | Rare/Accidental |
Forbes-Watson’s Swift | Apus berliozi | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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COLIIFORMES: Coliidae | | |
Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | |
Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | | |
Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | |
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BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae | | |
Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae | | |
Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | |
White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | |
Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | |
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BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae | | |
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | |
Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Vulnerable |
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BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae | | |
Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
Hemprich’s Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii | |
African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | |
Jackson’s Hornbill | Tockus jacksoni | |
Von der Decken’s Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus | |
Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | | |
Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
African Pygmy-Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
Mangrove Kingfisher | Halcyon senegaloides | |
Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | Rare/Accidental |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | | |
Blue-headed Bee-eater | Merops muelleri | |
White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | |
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | Rare/Accidental |
Somali Bee-eater | Merops revoilii | |
White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
Madagascar Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | Rare/Accidental |
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CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | | |
European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
Racket-tailed Roller | Coracias spatulatus | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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PICIFORMES: Lybiidae | | |
Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachyphonus purpuratus | |
Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
D’Arnaud’s Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | |
Gray-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | |
White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | |
Green Barbet | Stactolaema olivacea | |
Green Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus simplex | |
Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | |
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
Yellow-spotted Barbet | Buccanodon duchaillui | |
Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta | |
Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata | |
Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | |
White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito | |
Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
Brown-breasted Barbet | Lybius melanopterus | |
Double-toothed Barbet | Lybius bidentatus | |
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PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae | | |
Cassin’s Honeyguide | Prodotiscus insignis | |
Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | |
Wahlberg’s Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | |
Pallid Honeyguide | Indicator meliphilus | |
Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
Thick-billed Honeyguide | Indicator conirostris | |
Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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PICIFORMES: Picidae | | |
Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
Bennett’s Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | Rare/Accidental |
Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica | |
Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii | |
Tullberg’s Woodpecker | Campethera tullbergi | |
Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera nivosa | |
Brown-eared Woodpecker | Campethera caroli | |
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendropicos poecilolaemus | |
Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
Bearded Woodpecker | Dendropicos namaquus | |
Golden-crowned Woodpecker | Dendropicos xantholophus | |
African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | |
Brown-backed Woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus | |
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FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | | |
Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | |
Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
Dickinson’s Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni | |
Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Near-threatened |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
Eleonora’s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Endangered |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | Vulnerable |
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PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae | | |
Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
Fischer’s Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | Near-threatened |
Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | Introduced species |
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PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | | |
Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | |
Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | |
Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
Brown-headed Parrot | Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | |
Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae | | |
African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae | | |
African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae | | |
Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
Chestnut Wattle-eye | Platysteira castanea | |
Jameson’s Wattle-eye | Platysteira jamesoni | |
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Platysteira concreta | |
Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | |
Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
Pale Batis | Batis soror | |
Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | |
Black-headed Batis | Batis minor | |
Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae | | |
White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
Gray-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops poliolophus | Near-threatened |
Retz’s Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | |
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons | |
African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | |
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae | | |
Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
Pringle’s Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii | |
Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis | |
Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi | |
Red-naped Bushshrike | Laniarius ruficeps | |
Coastal Boubou | Laniarius nigerrimus | |
Lühder’s Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi | |
Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | |
Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | |
Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri | Near-threatened |
Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
Lowland Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | |
Gray-green Bushshrike | Telophorus bocagei | |
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
Black-fronted Bushshrike | Telophorus nigrifrons | |
Four-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus viridis | |
Doherty’s Bushshrike | Telophorus dohertyi | |
Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | | |
Gray Cuckooshrike | Coracina caesia | |
White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Coracina pectoralis | |
Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
Petit’s Cuckooshrike | Campephaga petiti | |
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | | |
Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
Southern Gray Shrike | Lanius meridionalis | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi | |
Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | |
Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus | |
Mackinnon’s Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | |
Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | Rare/Accidental |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina | |
Magpie Shrike | Corvinella melanoleuca | |
White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | | |
Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
Green-headed Oriole | Oriolus chlorocephalus | |
Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrynchus | |
African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
Black-tailed Oriole | Oriolus percivali | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | | |
Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | | |
African Crested-Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | | |
Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | |
House Crow | Corvus splendens | Introduced species |
Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
Somali Crow | Corvus edithae | |
Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae | | |
Western Nicator | Nicator chloris | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | | |
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus | |
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | |
Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna | |
Foxy Lark | Calendulauda alopex | |
Collared Lark | Mirafra collaris | |
Red-winged Lark | Mirafra hypermetra | |
Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
Williams’s Lark | Mirafra williamsi | Endemic Data deficient |
Friedmann’s Lark | Mirafra pulpa | Data deficient |
White-tailed Lark | Mirafra albicauda | |
Singing Bushlark | Mirafra cantillans | |
Gillett’s Lark | Mirafra gilletti | |
Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica | |
Short-tailed Lark | Spizocorys fremantlii | |
Masked Lark | Spizocorys personata | |
Thekla’s Lark | Galerida theklae | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | | |
Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Banded Martin | Riparia cincta | |
Mascarene Martin | Phedina borbonica | Rare/Accidental |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
Montane Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | Vulnerable |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Lesser Striped-Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | Rare/Accidental |
Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps | |
Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae | | |
African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | |
Dusky Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia nigromitrata | |
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | | |
White-shouldered Black-Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | |
White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris | |
Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | |
Somali Tit | Melaniparus thruppi | |
Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae | | |
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | |
African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae | | |
African Spotted-Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | | |
Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | |
Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | |
Lesser Bristlebill | Bleda notatus | Rare/Accidental |
Shelley’s Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis | |
Eastern Mountain-Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | |
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | |
Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
Joyful Greenbul | Chlorocichla laetissima | |
Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | |
Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | |
Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | Rare/Accidental |
Gray Greenbul | Eurillas gracilis | |
Ansorge’s Greenbul | Eurillas ansorgei | |
Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | |
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | |
Gray-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris | |
Toro Olive-Greenbul | Phyllastrephus hypochloris | |
Fischer’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus fischeri | |
Cabanis’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
Tiny Greenbul | Phyllastrephus debilis | |
Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae | | |
Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | |
White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys | |
Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
Somali Crombec | Sylvietta isabellina | |
Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
Kretschmer’s Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri | |
Green Hylia | Hylia prasina | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae | | |
Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | | |
Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | |
Uganda Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus budongoensis | |
Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae | | |
Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris | |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis | |
Upcher’s Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | Rare/Accidental |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Eurasian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
African Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus | |
Basra Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus griseldis | Endangered |
Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae | | |
Fan-tailed Grassbird | Schoenicola brevirostris | |
Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | |
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
Little Rush-Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
White-winged Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis | |
Eurasian River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
Savi’s Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | Rare/Accidental |
Common Grasshopper-Warbler | Locustella naevia | Rare/Accidental |
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PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | | |
Black-collared Apalis | Apalis pulchra | |
Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | |
White-winged Apalis | Apalis chariessa | Vulnerable |
Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | |
Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema | |
Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala | |
Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | |
Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola | |
Karamoja Apalis | Apalis karamojae | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | |
Red-fronted Warbler | Urorhipis rufifrons | |
Miombo Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes undosus | |
Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | |
White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | |
Cricket Longtail | Spiloptila clamans | |
Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | |
Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami | |
Chubb’s Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi | |
Hunter’s Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri | |
Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
Boran Cisticola | Cisticola bodessa | |
Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | |
Red-pate Cisticola | Cisticola ruficeps | |
Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | |
Tana River Cisticola | Cisticola restrictus | Endemic Data deficient |
Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
Carruthers’s Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi | |
Levaillant’s Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
Aberdare Cisticola | Cisticola aberdare | Endemic Vulnerable |
Tabora Cisticola | Cisticola angusticauda | |
Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
Foxy Cisticola | Cisticola troglodytes | |
Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
Black-backed Cisticola | Cisticola eximius | |
Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens | |
Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | |
Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica | |
River Prinia | Prinia fluviatilis | |
Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii | |
Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | |
Yellow-vented Eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis | |
Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
Green-backed Eremomela | Eremomela canescens | |
Greencap Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
Turner’s Eremomela | Eremomela turneri | Endangered |
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PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | | |
African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Barred Warbler | Sylvia nisoria | |
Banded Warbler | Sylvia boehmi | |
Brown Warbler | Sylvia lugens | |
Greater Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | | |
African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
Broad-ringed White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | |
White-breasted White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae | | |
Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | |
Pale-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis rufipennis | |
Mountain Illadopsis | Illadopsis pyrrhoptera | |
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis albipectus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae | | |
Scaly Chatterer | Turdoides aylmeri | |
Rufous Chatterer | Turdoides rubiginosa | |
Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | |
Scaly Babbler | Turdoides squamulata | |
Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | |
Hinde’s Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hindei | Endemic Vulnerable |
Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | |
Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Modulatricidae | | |
Gray-chested Babbler | Kakamega poliothorax | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Hyliotidae | | |
Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | |
Southern Hyliota | Hyliota australis | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | | |
Dusky-brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Gambaga Flycatcher | Muscicapa gambagae | |
Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | |
Grayish Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
Chapin’s Flycatcher | Fraseria lendu | Vulnerable |
Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
Silverbird | Melaenornis semipartitus | |
Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
Bearded Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas quadrivirgata | |
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi | |
Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | |
Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Cossypha polioptera | |
Rüppell’s Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | |
Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | |
White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
Brown-chested Alethe | Pseudalethe poliocephala | |
Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | |
Equatorial Akalat | Sheppardia aequatorialis | |
East Coast Akalat | Sheppardia gunningi | Near-threatened |
White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | |
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | |
Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris | |
Brown-tailed Chat | Cercomela scotocerca | |
Moorland Chat | Cercomela sordida | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | |
Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | Rare/Accidental |
Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Rare/Accidental |
Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
Heuglin’s Wheatear | Oenanthe heuglini | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | | |
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus rufus | |
White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | |
Spotted Ground-Thrush | Geokichla guttata | Endangered |
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
Orange Ground-Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi | |
Taita Thrush | Turdus helleri | Endemic Critically endangered |
Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | | |
Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | |
Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
Waller’s Starling | Onychognathus walleri | |
Bristle-crowned Starling | Onychognathus salvadorii | |
Magpie Starling | Speculipastor bicolor | |
Sharpe’s Starling | Pholia sharpii | |
Abbott’s Starling | Poeoptera femoralis | Vulnerable |
Stuhlmann’s Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni | |
Kenrick’s Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | |
Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corrusca | |
Hildebrandt’s Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | |
Shelley’s Starling | Lamprotornis shelleyi | |
Rüppell’s Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
Golden-breasted Starling | Lamprotornis regius | |
Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
White-crowned Starling | Lamprotornis albicapillus | |
Fischer’s Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | |
Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
Purple Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus | |
Bronze-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae | | |
Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | |
Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | | |
Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | Near-threatened |
Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | |
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus | |
Green Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris | |
Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | |
Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | Endangered |
Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | |
Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | |
Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | |
Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
Hunter’s Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | |
Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | |
Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | |
Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | |
Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | |
Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
Tsavo Sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | |
Violet-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris chalcomelas | |
Orange-tufted Sunbird | Cinnyris bouvieri | |
Shining Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | |
Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | |
Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
Jackson’s Pipit | Anthus latistriatus | |
Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
Malindi Pipit | Anthus melindae | |
Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Bush Pipit | Anthus caffer | |
Sokoke Pipit | Anthus sokokensis | Endangered |
Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus | |
Sharpe’s Longclaw | Hemimacronyx sharpei | Endemic Endangered |
Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula | |
Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | | |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | |
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura | |
Brown-rumped Bunting | Emberiza affinis | Rare/Accidental |
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PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | | |
Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | |
Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | |
Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | Rare/Accidental |
Southern Citril | Crithagra hyposticta | |
Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis | |
Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
Reichenow’s Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriata | |
Northern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra donaldsoni | |
Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | |
Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolata | |
Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni | |
Reichard’s Seedeater | Crithagra reichardi | |
Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | | |
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Somali Sparrow | Passer castanopterus | |
Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | |
Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow | Passer shelleyi | |
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
Swainson’s Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | |
Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | |
Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | |
Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
Yellow-spotted Petronia | Petronia pyrgita | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | | |
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | |
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | |
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | |
Donaldson-Smith’s Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser donaldsoni | |
Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda | |
Gray-headed Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | |
Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | |
Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | |
Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | |
Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster | |
African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
Holub’s Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | Rare/Accidental |
Golden Palm Weaver | Ploceus bojeri | |
Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | |
Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops | |
Northern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus | |
Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
Heuglin’s Masked-Weaver | Ploceus heuglini | |
Rüppell’s Weaver | Ploceus galbula | Rare/Accidental |
Speke’s Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
Vieillot’s Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Weyns’s Weaver | Ploceus weynsi | Rare/Accidental |
Clarke’s Weaver | Ploceus golandi | Endemic Endangered |
Salvadori’s Weaver | Ploceus dichrocephalus | |
Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni | |
Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
Forest Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | |
Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | |
Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis | |
Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
Zanzibar Red Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris | |
Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | |
Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
Fire-fronted Bishop | Euplectes diadematus | |
Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi | |
Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
Jackson’s Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | Near-threatened |
Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | | |
Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | |
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita bicolor | |
White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus | |
Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | |
Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | |
Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
Kandt’s Waxbill | Estrilda kandti | |
Black-faced Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos | |
Black-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda charmosyna | |
Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla | |
Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | |
Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | Rare/Accidental |
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | |
Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
Peters’s Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
Brown Twinspot | Clytospiza monteiri | |
Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | |
Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta | |
Black-faced Firefinch | Lagonosticta larvata | |
Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara | |
African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
Jameson’s Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
Zebra Waxbill | Sporaeginthus subflavus | |
Black-faced Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
African Quailfinch | Ortygospiza fuscocrissa | |
Locustfinch | Paludipasser locustella | Rare/Accidental |
Gray-headed Silverbill | Odontospiza griseicapilla | |
Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | Rare/Accidental |
African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
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PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae | | |
Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina | |
Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | |
Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
Variable Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | |
Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis |