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  Name Scientific Name
1 Southern Ostrich Struthio camelus
2 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
3 African Darter Anhinga rufa
4 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
5 Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
6 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
7 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
8 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
9 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
10 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
11 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
12 Great Egret Casmerodius albus
13 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
14 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
15 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
16 Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis
17 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
18 Striated Heron Butorides striatus
19 Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
20 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii
21 Bittern Botaurus stellaris
22 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
23 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
24 African Openbill Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
25 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
26 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
27 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
28 Marabou Leptoptilos crumeniferus
29 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
30 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
31 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
32 Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
33 White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
34 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
35 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
36 African Black Duck Anas sparsa
37 Pintail Anas acuta
38 Garganey Anas querquedula
39 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
40 African Baza Baza Aviceda cuculoides
41 Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus
42 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
43 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
44 African Swallow-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
45 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius
46 African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
47 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
48 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
49 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
50 Rüppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii
51 African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
52 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
53 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
54 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
55 Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
56 Smaller Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
57 Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
58 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
59 Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
60 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar
61 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
62 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
63 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
64 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
65 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
66 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
67 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
68 Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii
69 Shikra Accipiter badius
70 Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus
71 Great Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus
72 African Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
73 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
74 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
75 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
76 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
77 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
78 Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
79 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
80 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
81 Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus africanus
82 Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius
83 Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
84 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
85 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
86 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
87 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
88 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
89 African Hobby Falco cuvierii
90 Lanner Falco biarmicus
91 Saker Saker Falco cherrug
92 Peregrine Falco peregrinus
93 Scaly Francolin Francolinus squamatus
94 Double-spurred Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus
95 Clapperton's Francolin Francolinus clappertoni
96 White-throated Francolin Francolinus albogularis
97 Schlegel's Francolin Francolinus schlegelii
98 Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
99 Helmeted Guineafowl Guineafowl Numida meleagris
100 Quail-Plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
101 Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
102 African Water Rail Rallus caerulescens
103 Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
104 Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
105 African Crake Crecopsis egregia
106 African Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra
107 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
108 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
109 Purple Swamphen Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
110 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
111 Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
112 Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
113 Black Bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
114 (Northern) White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
115 Lesser African Jacana Microparra capensis
116 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
117 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
118 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
119 Spotted Thick-knee (Breeding 1 egg) Burhinus capensis
120 Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
121 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
122 Violet-tipped Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
123 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
124 Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
125 Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
126 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
127 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
128 White-headed Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
129 Senegal Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
130 Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
131 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
132 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
133 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
134 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus
135 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
136 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
137 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
138 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
139 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
140 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
141 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
142 (Greater) Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
143 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
144 Little Stint Calidris minuta
145 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
146 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
147 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
148 Grey Headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
149 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
150 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
151 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
152 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
153 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
154 Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
155 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
156 Afep-Pigeon Columba unicincta
157 Cameroon Olive Pigeon Columba sjostedti
158 White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha
159 European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
160 Pink-bellied Turtle-Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
161 Adamawa Turtle-dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
162 African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
163 Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
164 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
165 Vinaceous Turtle-Dove Streptopelia vinacea
166 Laughing Turtle-Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
167 African Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
168 Black-billed Wood-Dove Turtur abyssinicus
169 Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer
170 White-breasted Wood-Dove Turtur tympanistria
171 Blue-headed Wood-Dove Turtur brehmeri
172 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
173 Bruce's Green-Pigeon Treron waalia
174 African Green-Pigeon Treron calva
175 African Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
176 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
177 Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
178 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
179 Great Blue Turaco Turaco Corythaeola cristata
180 Western Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
181 Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea
182 Lady Ross's Turaco Musophaga rossae
183 Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
184 Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani
185 White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
186 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
187 Levaillant's Cuckoo Oxylophus levaillantii
188 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
189 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
190 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
191 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
192 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
193 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
194 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
195 Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
196 Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
197 Blue-headed Coucal Coucal Centropus monachus
198 Senegal Coucal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
199 Barn Owl Tyto alba
200 Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
201 African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis
202 Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
203 Fraser's Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis
204 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
205 Pel's Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli
206 African Wood-Owl Ciccaba woodfordii
207 Pearl spotted Owl Glaucidium perlatum
208 Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
209 Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti
210 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
211 Black-shouldered Nightjar Caprimulgus nigriscapularis
212 Long-tailed Nightjar Scotornis climacurus
213 Standard-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx longipennis
214 Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius
215 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
216 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
217 Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
218 African Black Swift Apus barbatus
219 Common Swift Apus apus
220 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
221 Little Swift Apus affinis
222 Horus Swift Apus horus
223 African White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
224 Bates's Black Swift Apus batesi
225 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
226 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
227 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
228 Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
229 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
230 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
231 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
232 African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta
233 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
234 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
235 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
236 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
237 Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
238 Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
239 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
240 Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
241 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
242 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
243 Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
244 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
245 Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
246 Roller Coracias garrulus
247 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinica
248 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias noevia
249 Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
250 African Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
251 Hoopoe Upupa epops
252 African Hoopoe Upupa africana
253 Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
254 Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
255 African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus
256 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
257 Black Dwarf Hornbill Tockus hartlaubi
258 Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Tockus camurus
259 African Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
260 Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
261 Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
262 Northern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
263 Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
264 Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
265 Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
266 Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
267 Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
268 Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaeus
269 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
270 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
271 Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
272 Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
273 Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti Lybius vieilloti
274 White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
275 Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
276 Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius
277 Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus
278 Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
279 Wahlberg's Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
280 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
281 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
282 Thick-billed Honeyguide Indicator conirostris
283 Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
284 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
285 African Piculet Sasia africana
286 Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
287 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
288 Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
289 Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi
290 Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa
291 Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
292 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
293 Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis
294 Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii
295 Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
296 Brown-backed Woodpecker Picoides obsoletus
297 Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei
298 Western Singing Bushlark Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
299 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
300 Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
301 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
302 Sun Lark Galerida modesta
303 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
304 Sand-Martin Riparia riparia
305 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
306 Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
307 Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
308 Swallow Hirundo rustica
309 Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
310 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
311 Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
312 Rufous-chested Swallow Hirundo semirufa
313 Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
314 Preuss's Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
315 Forest Cliff Swallow Hirundu fuliginosa
316 Common House-Martin Delichon urbica
317 Cameroon Mountain Sawwing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa
318 Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
319 Fanti Sawwing Psalidoprocne obscura
320 Square tailed Sawwing Psalidoprocne nitens
321 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
322 Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
323 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
324 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
325 Cameroon Pipit Anthus camaroonensis
326 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
327 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
328 Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris
329 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
330 Grey Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia
331 White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis
332 Blue Cuckooshrike Coracina azurea
333 Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
334 Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti
335 Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
336 Black eye Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor
337 Garden Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
338 Western Mountain Greenbul Andropadus tephrolaemus
339 Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
340 Grey Greenbul Andropadus gracilis
341 Ansorge's Greenbul Andropadus ansorgei
342 Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Greenbul Andropadus latirostris
343 Slender-billed Greenbul Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris
344 Grey-throated Greenbul Andropadus tephrolaemus
345 Yellow-throated Greenbul Chlorocichla flavicollis
346 Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
347 Cameroon Olive Greenbul Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis
348 Grey-headed Greenbul Phyllastrephus poliocephalus
349 Common Leaflove Phyllastrephus scandens
350 Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
351 Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximia
352 Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus
353 White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
354 Brubru Nilaus afer
355 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
356 Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
357 Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
358 Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
359 Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minuta
360 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra Tchagra senegala
361 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
362 Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
363 Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
364 Swamp Bou Bou Laniarius bicolor
365 Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
366 Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus
367 Fülleborn's Black Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni
368 Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis
369 Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
370 Black headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
371 Grey-green Bushshrike Telophorus bocagei
372 Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
373 Many-colored Bushshrike Telophorus multicolor
374 Mount Kupé Bushshrike Telophorus kupeensis
375 Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
376 Green-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus gladiator
377 Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
378 Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
379 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
380 Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator
381 Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
382 Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
383 Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
384 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
385 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
386 Fire-crested Alethe Alethe Alethe castanea
387 Brown-chested Alethe Alethe poliocephala
388 Red-tailed Antthrush Neocossyphus rufus
389 White-tailed Antthrush Neocossyphus poensis
390 Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush Neocossyphus fraseri
391 Crossley's Ground-Thrush Zoothera crossleyi
392 African Thrush Turdus pelios
393 Forest-Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
394 Alexander's Akalat Sheppardia poensis
395 Grey-winged Akalat Sheppardia polioptera
396 Bocage's Akalat Sheppardia bocagei
397 White-bellied Robinchat Cossyphicula roberti
398 Mountain Robinchat Cossypha isabellae
399 Snowy-headed Robinchat Cossypha niveicapilla
400 White-crowned Robinchat Cossypha albicapilla
401 Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
402 Black Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas podobe
403 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
404 African Stonechat Saxicola axillaris
405 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
406 Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglini
407 Red-tailed Chat Cercomela familiaris
408 Northern Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
409 Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
410 White-fronted Blackchat Myrmecocichla albifrons
411 White-crowned Cliffchat Thamnolaea coronata
412 Blackcapped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
413 Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
414 Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
415 Ruwenzori Hill Babbler Illadopsis atriceps
416 African Hill Babbler Illadopsis abyssinica
417 Grey-chested Illadopsis Kakamega poliothorax
418 Spotted Thrush-Babbler Ptyrticus turdinus
419 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
420 African Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
421 White-throated Mountain-Babbler Kupeornis gilberti
422 Rock Loving Cisticola Cisticola emini
423 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
424 Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
425 Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis