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  Name Scientific Name
1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
2 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
3 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
4 Darter Anhinga rufa
5 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
6 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
7 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus (payesii)
8 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii
9 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
10 White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus
11 Common Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
12 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
13 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
14 Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus
15 Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca
16 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
17 Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia
18 Great White Egret Egretta alba
19 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
20 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
21 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
22 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
23 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
24 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
25 Openbill Stork Anastomus lamelligerus
26 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
27 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
28 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
29 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
30 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
31 Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
32 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
33 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
34 Hadada Bostrychia hagedash
35 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
36 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
37 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
38 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
39 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
40 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
41 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
42 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
43 African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
44 African Black Duck Anas sparsa
45 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
46 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
47 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
48 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
49 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
50 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
51 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
52 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus migrans (parasitus)
53 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
54 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
55 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
56 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
57 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
58 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
59 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
60 Brown Snake Eagle Ciraetus cinereus
61 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
62 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
63 Gymnogene Polyboroides typus
64 African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
65 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
66 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
67 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar
68 Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
69 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
70 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
71 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
72 Shikra Accipiter badius
73 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
74 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
75 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
76 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
77 Black Eagle Aquila verreauxii
78 African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster
79 Ayres's Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
80 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
81 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
82 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
83 Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius
84 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
85 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
86 Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
87 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
88 African Hobby Falco cuvierii
89 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
90 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
91 Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui
92 Shelley's Francolin Francolinus shelleyi
93 Natal Francolin Franolinus natalensis
94 Hildebrandt's Francolin Francolinus hildebrandti
95 Swainson's Francolin Francolinus swainsonii
96 Red-necked Francolin Francolinus afer
97 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
98 Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
99 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
100 Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
101 Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix hottentotta
102 Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
103 Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
104 Long-toed Flufftail Sarothrura lugens
105 Streaky-breasted Flufftail Sarothrura boehmi
106 African Water Rail Rallus caerulescens
107 Corn Crake Crex crex
108 African Crake Crecopsis egregia
109 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
110 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
111 Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
112 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio
113 Lesser Gallinule Porphyrula alleni
114 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
115 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
116 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
117 Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus
118 Southern Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
119 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
120 Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
121 Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
122 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
123 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
124 Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
125 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
126 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
127 Water Dikkop Burhinus vermiculatus
128 Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis
129 Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
130 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
131 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
132 Common Pratincole Glareola pratincola
133 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
134 Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
135 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
136 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
137 White-fronted Sand Plover Charadrius marginatus
138 Senegal Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus
139 White-crowned Plover Vanellus albiceps
140 Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus
141 Lesser Black-winged Plover Vanellus lugubris
142 Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus
143 Long-toed Plover Vanellus crassirostris
144 Ethiopian Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
145 Great Snipe Gallinago media
146 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
147 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
148 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
149 Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
150 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
151 Cinnamon Dove Aplopelia larvata
152 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
153 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
154 Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola
155 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
156 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
157 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
158 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
159 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
160 Green Pigeon Treron australis
161 Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus robustus
162 Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
163 Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae
164 Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
165 Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus
166 Lady Ross's Turaco Musophaga rossae
167 Grey Lourie Corythaixoides concolor
168 Bare-faced Go-away Bird Corythaixoides personatus
169 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
170 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
171 Striped Crested Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
172 Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
173 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
174 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
175 African Grey Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
176 Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
177 Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
178 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
179 Didric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
180 Green Coucal Ceuthmochares aereus
181 African Black Coucal Centropus grillii
182 Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
183 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
184 Burchell's Coucal Centropus superciliosus
185 Barn Owl Tyto alba
186 Grass Owl Tyto capensis
187 African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
188 White-faced Owl Otus leucotis
189 Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus
190 Giant Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus
191 Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
192 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
193 Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
194 Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
195 Marsh Owl Asio capensis
196 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
197 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
198 Natal Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
199 Freckled Rock Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
200 Gaboon Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
201 Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius
202 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
203 Bat-like Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
204 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
205 Alpine Swift Apus melba
206 Mottled Swift Apus aequatorialis
207 African Black Swift Apus barbatus
208 Little Swift Apus affinis
209 Horus Swift Apus horus
210 African White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
211 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
212 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
213 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
214 Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
215 Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
216 Pygmy Kingfisher Ceyx pictus
217 Brown-headed Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
218 Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
219 Senegal Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
220 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
221 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
222 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
223 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
224 White-cheeked Bee-eater Merops variegatus
225 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
226 White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
227 Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi
228 Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
229 Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
230 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata
231 Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulata
232 Purple Roller Coracias naevia
233 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
234 Red-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
235 Scimitarbill Phoeniculus cyanomelas
236 Hoopoe Upupa epops
237 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
238 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
239 Pale-billed Hornbill Tockus pallidirostris
240 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
241 Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
242 Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus cafer
243 Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae
244 Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii
245 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
246 Golden-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
247 Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
248 Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata
249 Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
250 Chaplin's Barbet Lybius chaplini
251 Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor
252 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
253 Green-backed Honeyguide Prodotiscus zambesiae
254 Brown-backed Honeyguide Prodotiscus regulus
255 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
256 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
257 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
258 Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
259 Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
260 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
261 Little Spotted Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
262 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
263 Bearded Woodpecker Thripias namaquus
264 Olive Woodpecker Mesopicos griseocephalus
265 African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
266 African Pitta Pitta angolensis
267 Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis
268 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
269 Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans
270 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
271 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
272 Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
273 White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
274 African Sand Martin Riparia paludicola
275 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
276 Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
277 Red-breasted Swallow Hirundo semirufa
278 Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
279 Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
280 Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo cucullata
281 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
282 African Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
283 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
284 Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
285 White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
286 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
287 Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
288 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
289 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
290 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
291 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
292 Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis
293 Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus
294 Little Tawny Pipit Anthus caffer
295 Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
296 Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuellebornii
297 Rosy-breasted Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
298 Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava
299 Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga quiscalina
300 White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike Coracina pectoralis
301 Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
302 Sombre Bulbul Andropadus importunus
303 Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
304 Yellow-throated Leaflove Chlorocichla flavicollis
305 Terrestrial Bulbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
306 Grey-olive Bulbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
307 Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
308 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
309 Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
310 West African Thrush Turdus pelios
311 Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyanus
312 Groundscraper Thrush Psophocichla litsitsirupa
313 Bocage's Robin Sheppardia bocagei
314 Heuglin's Robin Cossypha heuglini
315 Red-capped Robin Cossypha natalensis
316 Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
317 Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
318 Central Bearded Scrub Robin Erythropygia barbata
319 White-browed Scrub Robin Erythropygia leucophrys
320 Stonechat Saxicola torquata
321 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
322 Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris
323 Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
324 Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnoti
325 Mocking Chat Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris
326 Broad-tailed Warbler Schoenicola brevirostris
327 Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
328 White-winged Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
329 Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
330 Bamboo Warbler Bradypterus alfredi
331 African Moustached Warbler Melocichla mentalis
332 Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
333 Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
334 Papyrus Yellow Warbler Chloropeta gracilirostris
335 African Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis
336 Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
337 Black-collared Eremomela Eremomela atricollis
338 Burnt-necked Eremomela Eremomela usticollis
339 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
340 Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla
341 Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
342 Laura's Warbler Phylloscopus laurae
343 Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
344 Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
345 Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
346 Fan-tailed Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
347 Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
348 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
349 Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
350 Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus
351 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
352 Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
353 Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapillus
354 Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
355 Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
356 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
357 Greater Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
358 Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
359 Lesser Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
360 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
361 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
362 Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
363 Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
364 Bleating Bush Warbler Camaroptera brachyura
365 Miombo Barred Warbler Camaroptera undosa
366 Pallid Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
367 Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
368 Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
369 Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
370 Böhm's Flycatcher Muscicapa boehmi
371 Lead-coloured Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
372 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
373 Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
374 Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
375 White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
376 White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
377 Blue-mantled Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
378 Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
379 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
380 White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygius
381 Miombo Grey Tit Parus griseiventris
382 Southern Black Tit Parus niger
383 White-winged Black Tit Parus leucomelas
384 Rufous-bellied Tit Parus rufiventris
385 Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
386 Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus
387 Red-and-blue Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae
388 Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
389 Collared Sunbird Anthreptes collaris
390 Olive Sunbird Nectarinia olivacea
391 Green-headed Sunbird Nectarinia verticalis
392 Amethyst Sunbird Nectarinia amethystina
393 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis
394 Yellow-bellied Sunbird Nectarinia venusta
395 White-bellied Sunbird Nectarinia talatala
396 Oustalet's White-bellied Sunbird Nectarinia oustaleti
397 Miombo Double-collared Sunbird Nectarinia manoensis
398 Shelley's Sunbird Nectarinia shelleyi
399 Marico Sunbird Nectarinia mariquensis
400 Purple-banded Sunbird Nectarinia bifasciata
401 Coppery Sunbird Nectarinia cuprea
402 Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
403 African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
404 Eastern Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
405 Sousa's Shrike Lanius souzae
406 Fiscal Shrike Lanius collaris
407 Brubru Nilaus afer
408 Southern Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
409 Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minuta
410 Brown-headed Tchagra Tchagra australis
411 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
412 Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
413 Orange-breasted Bush Shrike Malaconotus sulphureopectus
414 Many-coloured Bush Shrike Malaconotus multicolor
415 Grey-headed Bush Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti
416 White-throated Nicator Nicator gularis
417 White Helmet Shrike Prionops plumatus
418 Retz's Red-billed Helmet Shrike Prionops retzii
419 Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
420 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
421 Pied Crow Corvus albus
422 White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
423 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
424 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
425 Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
426 Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus
427 Splendid Glossy Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
428 Southern Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis mevesii
429 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
430 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
431 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus