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Kilimanjaro National Park
This checklist includes all bird species found in Kilimanjaro National Park , 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 Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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: Kilimanjaro National Park [map]
Number of species: 371
Number of globally threatened species: 11
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2026-02-17
Number of globally threatened species: 11
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2026-02-17
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | |
| Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Hildebrandt's Francolin | Pternistis hildebrandti | |
| Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
| Crested Francolin | Dendroperdix sephaena | |
| Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui | |
| Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | |
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| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| Dusky Turtle Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| Mourning Collared Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| African Green Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus | |
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| Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
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| Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
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| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| Grey Crowned Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
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| Hartlaub's Bustard | Lissotis hartlaubii | |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana | |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
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| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Criniferoides leucogaster | |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
| Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | |
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| Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
| Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
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| Double-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus africanus | |
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| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
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| Secretary-bird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
| Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| African Hawk Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Ayres's Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| Eastern Chanting Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Near-threatened |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Verreaux's Eagle Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| Narina's Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
| Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | |
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| Southern Ground Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Vulnerable |
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus | |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | |
| Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
| Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | |
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| Pallid Honeyguide | Indicator meliphilus | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
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| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Grey Woodpecker | Mesopicos goertae | |
| Olive Woodpecker | Mesopicos griseocephalus | |
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| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | |
| Moustached Green Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
| Brown-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis melanopterus | |
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| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
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| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
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| African Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
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| African Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | Near-threatened |
| Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Grey Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesius | |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
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| Eastern Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Forest Batis | Batis mixta | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
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| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Black-fronted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus nigrifrons | |
| Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Slate-coloured Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| Gorgeous Bush-shrike | Telophorus viridis | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | |
| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi | |
| Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
| African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| Bronzy Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Scarlet-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | |
| Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
| Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| White-headed Buffalo Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| White-browed Sparrow Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | |
| Grey-headed Social Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | |
| Black-capped Social Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Taveta Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | |
| Vitelline Masked Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
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| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| Peters's Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
| Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Blue-capped Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Red-faced Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | |
| Ethiopian Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | |
| Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| Grey-headed Negrofinch | Nigrita canicapillus | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
| Grey-headed Silverbill | Odontospiza griseicapilla | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Kordofan Sparrow | Passer cordofanicus | |
| Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula | |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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| Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | |
| Southern Citril | Crithagra hyposticta | |
| Reichenow's Canary | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Southern Grosbeak Canary | Crithagra buchanani | |
| White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriata | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Streaky Canary | Crithagra striolata | |
| Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria flaviventris | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria tahapisi | |
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| Grey Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
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| Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Fischer's Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
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| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala | |
| Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| Grey Wren Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami | |
| Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Red-faced Prinia | Prinia rufifrons | |
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| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
| Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | |
| Bracken Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
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| Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Dark-capped Yellow Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Mountain Yellow Warbler | Iduna similis | |
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| Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| Stripe-cheeked Greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | |
| Eastern Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | |
| Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
| Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | |
| Grey-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris | |
| Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Brown Woodland Warbler | Seicercus umbrovirens | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
| Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | |
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| Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | |
| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
| Broad-ringed White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | |
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| Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri | |
| Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii | |
| Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | |
| Abbott's Starling | Poeoptera femoralis | Endangered |
| Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
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| Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas quadrivirgata | |
| White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | |
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | |
| African Grey Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| Southern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Cape Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Rüppell's Robin Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
| Red-capped Robin Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Spotted Palm Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
| Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
| Mocking Cliff Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
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| Orange Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi | |
| Abyssinian Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
| Ethiopian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
| Usambara Thrush | Turdus roehli | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus | |
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