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  Name Scientific Name
1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
2 Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
3 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
4 African Darter Anhinga rufa
5 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
6 Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
7 African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus
8 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
9 Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis
10 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
11 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
12 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
13 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
14 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
15 Great Egret Ardea alba
16 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
17 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
18 Striated Heron Butorides striatus
19 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
20 White-backed Night-Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
21 White-crested Bittern Tigriornis leucolophus
22 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
23 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
24 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
25 Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea
26 Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
27 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
28 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
29 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
30 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
31 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
32 African Cuckoo-Falcon Aviceda cuculoides
33 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
34 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
35 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus parasitus
36 African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
37 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
38 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
39 Congo Serpent-Eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis
40 African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
41 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
42 Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus
43 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
44 Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
45 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar
46 African Goshawk[red cheatsed] Accipiter tachiro
47 Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius
48 Shikra Accipiter badius
49 Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus
50 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
51 Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
52 Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
53 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
54 Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
55 Ayres' Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
56 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
57 Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus africanus
58 Crowned Hawk-Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
59 African Hobby Falco cuvieri
60 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
61 Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger
62 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
63 Plumed Guineafowl Guttera plumifera
64 Forest Francolin Francolinus lathami
65 Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui
66 Finsch's Francolin Francolinus finschi
67 Scaly Francolin Francolinus squamatus
68 Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer
69 Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nana
70 White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
71 Chestnut-headed Flufftail Sarothrura lugens
72 Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
73 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra
74 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
75 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
76 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
77 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
78 Stanley Bustard Neotis denhami
79 White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
80 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
81 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
82 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
83 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
84 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
85 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
86 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
87 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
88 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
89 Sanderling Calidris alba
90 Little Stint Calidris minuta
91 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
92 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
93 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
94 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
95 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
96 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
97 Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
98 Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
99 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
100 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
101 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
102 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
103 Forbes' Plover Charadrius forbesi
104 White-headed Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
105 Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
106 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
107 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
108 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
109 Royal Tern Sterna maxima
110 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
111 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
112 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
113 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
114 Rock Dove Columba livia
115 Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
116 Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
117 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
118 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
119 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
120 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
121 Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer
122 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
123 Blue-headed Wood-Dove Turtur brehmeri
124 African Green-Pigeon Treron calva
125 Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
126 Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus robustus
127 Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
128 Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
129 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
130 Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
131 Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
132 Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
133 Pied Cuckoo Oxylophus jacobinus
134 Levaillant's Cuckoo Oxylophus levaillantii
135 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
136 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
137 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
138 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
139 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
140 Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
141 Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
142 Klaas' Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
143 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
144 Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
145 Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
146 Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli
147 Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
148 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
149 Barn Owl Tyto alba
150 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
151 Fraser's Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis
152 Pel's Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli
153 Vermiculated Fishing-Owl Scotopelia bouvieri
154 African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
155 Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
156 Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti
157 Fiery-necked Nightjar[black-shouldered] Caprimulgus pectoralis
158 Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
159 Bates' Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi
160 Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
161 Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
162 Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
163 Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
164 African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
165 Little Swift Apus affinis
166 Horus Swift Apus horus
167 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
168 Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale
169 Shining Blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
170 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
171 White-bellied Kingfisher Alcedo leucogaster
172 African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta
173 Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
174 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
175 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
176 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
177 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
178 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
179 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
180 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
181 Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
182 Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri
183 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
184 Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
185 Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri
186 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
187 Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
188 Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
189 African Hoopoe Upupa africana
190 Black Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
191 White-crested Hornbill Tockus albocristatus
192 Black Dwarf Hornbill Tockus hartlaubi
193 Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Tockus camurus
194 African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus
195 Piping Hornbill Ceratogymna fistulator
196 Brown-cheeked Hornbill Ceratogymna cylindricus
197 Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
198 Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
199 Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
200 Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
201 Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
202 Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
203 Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
204 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
205 Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
206 Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
207 Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor
208 Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
209 Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus
210 Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
211 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
212 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
213 Thick-billed Honeyguide Indicator conirostris
214 Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
215 Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus
216 Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenkeri
217 Cassin's Honeyguide Prodotiscus insignis
218 Rufous-necked Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
219 African Piculet Sasia africana
220 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
221 Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
222 Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa
223 Brown-eared Woodpecker Campethera caroli
224 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
225 Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis
226 Golden-crowned Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus
227 Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii
228 Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
229 Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei
230 Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
231 Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
232 African Blue-Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
233 Dusky Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus nigromitratus
234 Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
235 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
236 Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
237 Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
238 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
239 Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
240 Pied Crow Corvus albus
241 Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrhynchus
242 Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
243 Blue Cuckoo-shrike Coracina azurea
244 Petit's Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga petiti
245 Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga quiscalina
246 Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
247 Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
248 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
249 Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
250 Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
251 Large-billed Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
252 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
253 Luehder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
254 Gabon Boubou Laniarius bicolor
255 Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
256 Grey-green Bushshrike Telophorus bocagei
257 Many-colored Bushshrike Telophorus multicolor
258 Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
259 Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
260 African Shrike-flycatcher Bias flammulatus
261 Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
262 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
263 West African Batis Batis occulta
264 Fernando Po Batis Batis poensis
265 Angola Batis Batis minulla
266 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
267 Chestnut Wattle-eye Platysteira castanea
268 White-spotted Wattle-eye Platysteira tonsa
269 Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta
270 Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush Neocossyphus fraseri
271 Red-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
272 White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
273 African Thrush Turdus pelios
274 Brown-chested Alethe Alethe poliocephala
275 Fire-crested Alethe Alethe diademata
276 Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
277 Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
278 Purple-headed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpureiceps
279 Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
280 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
281 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
282 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
283 Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
284 African Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
285 White-browed Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
286 Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa infuscata
287 Olivaceous Flycatcher Muscicapa olivascens
288 Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
289 Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi
290 Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata
291 Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
292 Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
293 Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis
294 Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
295 Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
296 Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis
297 Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
298 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
299 Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
300 Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
301 African Stonechat Saxicola axillaris
302 Congo Moorchat Myrmecocichla tholloni
303 Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
304 African River-Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina
305 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
306 Grey-rumped Swallow Hirundo griseopyga
307 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
308 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
309 White-throated Blue Swallow Hirundo nigrita
310 Lesser Striped-Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
311 Rufous-chested Swallow Hirundo semirufa
312 Red-throated Swallow Hirundo rufigula
313 Forest Swallow Hirundo fuliginosa
314 Common House-Martin Delichon urbica
315 Square-tailed Sawwing Psalidoprocne nitens
316 Petit's Sawwing Psalidoprocne petiti
317 Eastern Sawwing Psalidoprocne orientalis
318 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
319 Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
320 Grey Greenbul Andropadus gracilis
321 Ansorge's Greenbul Andropadus ansorgei
322 Plain Greenbul Andropadus curvirostris
323 Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris
324 Yellow-whiskered Bulbul Andropadus latirostris
325 Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serina
326 Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
327 Sjostedt's Greenbul Baeopogon clamans
328 Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
329 Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
330 Yellow-throated Greenbul Chlorocichla flavicollis
331 Yellow-necked Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini
332 Swamp Greenbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
333 Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
334 Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri
335 Common Bristlebill Bleda syndactyla
336 Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximia
337 Yellow-spotted Nicator Nicator chloris
338 Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo
339 Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus
340 Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
341 Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus
342 White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis
343 Black-collared Bulbul Neolestes torquatus
344 African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
345 Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
346 Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus
347 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chinianus
348 Grey Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
349 Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
350 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
351 Piping Cisticola Cisticola fulvicapillus
352 Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
353 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
354 Cloud-scraping Cisticola Cisticola dambo
355 Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
356 Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
357 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
358 White-chinned Prinia Prinia leucopogon
359 Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
360 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
361 Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
362 Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
363 African Bush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
364 Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus
365 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
366 Salvadori's Eremomela Eremomela salvadorii
367 Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
368 Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
369 Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
370 Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
371 Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans
372 Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
373 Green Hylia Hylia prasina
374 Uganda Wood-Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis
375 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
376 Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
377 Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
378 Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
379 Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
380 Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
381 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
382 Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas
383 White-winged Black-Tit Parus leucomelas
384 Dusky Tit Parus funereus
385 African Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli
386 Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae
387 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
388 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
389 Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
390 Yellow-throated Petronia Petronia superciliaris
391 White-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita fusconota
392 Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita bicolor
393 Pale-fronted Negrofinch Nigrita