This checklist includes all bird species found in Chobe 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 Clements, version 2022. 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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Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
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Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Rare/Accidental |
Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Rare/Accidental |
Red-crested Bustard | Eupodotis ruficrista | |
White-quilled Bustard | Eupodotis afraoides | |
Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
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Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | Rare/Accidental |
Gray Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor | |
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Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
Coppery-tailed Coucal | Centropus cupreicaudus | |
White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
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Common Swift | Apus apus | |
African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
African Crake | Crex egregia | |
Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
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 | |
Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | |
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Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
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Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | |
Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
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Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
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African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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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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Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Slaty Egret | Egretta vinaceigula | |
Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
White-backed Night-Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | |
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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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Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lacteus | |
Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
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Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | |
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Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi | |
African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | |
Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
Racket-tailed Roller | Coracias spatulatus | |
Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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Cardinal Woodpecker | Chloropicus fuscescens | |
Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni | |
Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
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Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
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White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Coracina pectoralis | |
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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Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
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White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | |
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Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor | |
Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Magpie Shrike | Lanius melanoleucus | |
Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
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Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
Greencap Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
Stierling's Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes stierlingi | |
Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
Luapula Cisticola | Cisticola luapula | |
Chirping Cisticola | Cisticola pipiens | |
Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
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Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
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Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni | |
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Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
Hartlaub's Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii | |
Black-faced Babbler | Turdoides melanops | |
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Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
Meves's Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii | |
Sharp-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis acuticaudus | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | |
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Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Mariqua Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
Fiscal Flycatcher | Melaenornis silens | |
Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
Bearded Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas quadrivirgata | |
Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
Arnot's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
White-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
Southern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus | |
Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
Brown Firefinch | Lagonosticta nitidula | |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | |
Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | Rare/Accidental |
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
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Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | |
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Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
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Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
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