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East London
This checklist includes all bird species found in East London , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: East London [map]
Number of species: 446
Number of globally threatened species: 21
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2018-06-09
Last modified: 2025-10-12
Number of globally threatened species: 21
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2018-06-09
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Endangered |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | |
| Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
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| Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
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| Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | Rare/Accidental |
| Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix | |
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| Burchell's Coucal | Centropus burchellii | |
| Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
| Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
| Blue Crane | Grus paradiseus | Vulnerable |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| Chestnut-banded Plover | Anarhynchus pallidus | |
| White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix nanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
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| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
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| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Damara Tern | Sternula balaenarum | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | Critically endangered |
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| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Vulnerable |
| Tristan Albatross | Diomedea dabbenena | Critically endangered |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Endangered |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | Endangered |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Vulnerable |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | Rare/Accidental |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | Rare/Accidental |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Endangered |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | Vulnerable |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus | |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Black Harrier | Circus maurus | Endangered |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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| African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | Rare/Accidental |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Vulnerable |
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| Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| Mangrove Kingfisher | Halcyon senegaloides | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
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| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | |
| Ground Woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Knysna Woodpecker | Campethera notata | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cape Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | Vulnerable |
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| Gray Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesius | |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| Cape Batis | Batis capensis | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
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| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Southern Tchagra | Tchagra tchagra | |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Olive Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus olivaceus | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
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| House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
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| Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
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| Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| Eastern Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda semitorquata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| Eastern Clapper Lark | Corypha fasciolata | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Corypha africana | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | |
| Drakensberg Prinia | Prinia hypoxantha | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
| Gray-backed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
| Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | |
| Rufous-winged Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | Rare/Accidental |
| Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Cloud Cisticola | Cisticola textrix | |
| Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
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| African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris | |
| Knysna Warbler | Bradypterus sylvaticus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Barratt's Warbler | Bradypterus barratti | |
| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
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| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
| Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
| Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Bush Blackcap | Sylvia nigricapillus | Vulnerable |
| Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
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| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha | Rare/Accidental |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Rare/Accidental |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca | |
| African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| Spotted Ground-Thrush | Geokichla guttata | Vulnerable |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | |
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| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Karoo Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon coryphoeus | |
| Brown Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon signata | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffer | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| Chorister Robin-Chat | Cossypha dichroa | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Sentinel Rock-Thrush | Monticola explorator | Near-threatened |
| Cape Rock-Thrush | Monticola rupestris | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Sickle-winged Chat | Emarginata sinuata | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| Arnot's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus | |
| Greater Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris afer | |
| White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Dusky Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
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| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
| Orange-throated Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Forest Canary | Crithagra scotops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| Streaky-headed Seedeater | Crithagra gularis | |
| Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
References (partial list)
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