This checklist includes all bird species found in Atlantique , 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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White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
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Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
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Double-spurred Francolin | Pternistis bicalcaratus | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques | |
Mourning Collared Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
Bruce's Green Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
African Green Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
Black-billed Wood Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur afer | |
Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
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Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | |
Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | |
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Mottled Spinetailed Swift | Telacanthura ussheri | |
African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Black-throated Coucal | Centropus leucogaster | |
Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
African Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Rare/Accidental |
Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
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African Crake | Crex egregia | |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | Rare/Accidental |
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White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | |
Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
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African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
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Western Grey Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | |
Green Turaco | Tauraco persa | |
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Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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White-crested Tiger Heron | Tigriornis leucolopha | |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
White-backed Night Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | |
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 | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | |
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African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
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African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | |
Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
African Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
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Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Rare/Accidental |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
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Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
Grey Pratincole | Glareola cinerea | |
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African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
African Cuckoo Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
Western Banded Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythropus | |
Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | Rare/Accidental |
African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
Vermiculated Fishing Owl | Scotopelia bouvieri | |
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Narina's Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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African Pied Hornbill | Tockus fasciatus | |
African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | |
Long-tailed Hornbill | Tropicranus albocristatus | |
Piping Hornbill | Bycanistes fistulator | |
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Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
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Willcocks's Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | Introduced species |
Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Spotted Honeyguide | Indicator maculatus | |
Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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Fine-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera punctuligera | |
Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii | |
Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera nivosa | |
Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
Fire-bellied Woodpecker | Chloropicus pyrrhogaster | |
Grey Woodpecker | Mesopicos goertae | |
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Naked-faced Barbet | Gymnobucco calvus | |
Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | |
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | |
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
Vieillot's Barbet | Lybius vieilloti | |
Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | |
Bearded Barbet | Pogonornis dubius | |
Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachylaemus purpuratus | |
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White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
Rosy Bee-eater | Merops malimbicus | |
Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
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Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
Blue-bellied Roller | Coracias cyanogaster | |
Blue-throated Roller | Eurystomus gularis | |
Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
African Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | |
Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Grey Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Senegal Parrot | Poicephalus senegalus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
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Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
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Black-winged Oriole | Oriolus nigripennis | |
Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
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Senegal Batis | Batis senegalensis | |
Chestnut Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia castanea | |
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia blissetti | |
Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
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White-crested Helmet-shrike | Prionops plumatus | |
Red-billed Helmet-shrike | Prionops caniceps | |
Red-eyed Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | |
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | |
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Grey-headed Bush-shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
Sabine's Puffback | Dryoscopus sabini | |
Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
Blackcap Bush-shrike | Bocagia minuta | |
Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
Yellow-crowned Gonolek | Laniarius barbarus | |
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Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
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Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina | |
Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
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Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
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Brown Sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus | |
Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
Grey-chinned Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris | |
Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
Buff-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra adelberti | |
Carmelite Sunbird | Chalcomitra fuliginosa | |
Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
Splendid Sunbird | Cinnyris coccinigastrus | |
Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | |
Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
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Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | |
Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | |
Heuglin's Masked Weaver | Ploceus heuglini | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Vieillot's Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | |
Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
Yellow-mantled Weaver | Ploceus tricolor | |
Compact Weaver | Ploceus superciliosus | |
Red-vented Malimbe | Malimbus scutatus | |
Blue-billed Malimbe | Malimbus nitens | |
Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | |
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Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara | |
Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta | |
Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina | |
Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | |
Anambra Waxbill | Estrilda poliopareia | Rare/Accidental |
Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |
Grey-headed Negrofinch | Nigrita canicapillus | |
Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
Wilson's Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni | |
Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | Rare/Accidental |
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Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
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Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
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Blue Crested-flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | |
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White-shouldered Black Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | |
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Western Nicator | Nicator chloris | |
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Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
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Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | |
Moustached Grass Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
Kemp's Longbill | Macrosphenus kempi | Rare/Accidental |
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Senegal Eremomela | Eremomela pusilla | |
Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | |
Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Yellow-browed Camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris | |
Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | |
Oriole Warbler | Hypergerus atriceps | |
Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | |
Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
Short-winged Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | |
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Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | Rare/Accidental |
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Isabelline Warbler | Iduna opaca | |
Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Rare/Accidental |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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Fanti Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne obscura | |
Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
Preuss's Swallow | Petrochelidon preussi | |
Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
White-bibbed Swallow | Hirundo nigrita | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida | |
Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
Pied-winged Swallow | Hirundo leucosoma | |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | |
Grey-headed Bristlebill | Bleda canicapillus | |
Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | |
Swamp Palm Bulbul | Thescelocichla leucopleura | |
Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | |
Simple Greenbul | Chlorocichla simplex | |
Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | |
Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | |
Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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Green Hylia | Hylia prasina | |
Tit Hylia | Pholidornis rushiae | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
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African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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Brown Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis fulvescens | |
Puvel's Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis puveli | |
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Blackcap Babbler | Turdoides reinwardtii | |
Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | |
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Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus fulgidus | |
Long-tailed Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis caudatus | |
Splendid Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
Purple Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus | |
Bronze-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus | |
Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
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Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Rare/Accidental |
Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | |
Grey Tit Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus | |
Fraser's Forest Flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata | |
Northern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
Snowy-crowned Robin Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
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