This checklist includes all bird species found in Bangui , 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: Bangui [map]
Other names: Bangî, Commune de Bangui
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White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
Hartlaub's Duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii | |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
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Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
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Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | |
Heuglin's Francolin | Pternistis icterorhynchus | |
Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus | |
Forest Francolin | Peliperdix lathami | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
African Green Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur afer | |
Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
Blue-headed Wood Dove | Turtur brehmeri | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | |
Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | |
Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
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Mottled Spinetailed Swift | Telacanthura ussheri | |
Sabine's Spinetailed Swift | Rhaphidura sabini | |
African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Yellow-throated Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx flavigularis | |
Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
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Nkulengu Rail | Himantornis haematopus | |
African Crake | Crex egregia | |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | |
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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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Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | |
Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii | |
Green Turaco | Tauraco persa | |
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Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
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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 | |
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 | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
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Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Forbes's Plover | Charadrius forbesi | |
White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus | |
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Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare/Accidental |
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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Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
Grey Pratincole | Glareola cinerea | |
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African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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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 | |
Congo Serpent Eagle | Dryotriorchis spectabilis | |
Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
Ayres's Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter castanilius | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythropus | |
Long-tailed Hawk | Urotriorchis macrourus | |
African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | |
African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
Fraser's Eagle Owl | Bubo poensis | |
Verreaux's Eagle Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
Pel's Fishing Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
Vermiculated Fishing Owl | Scotopelia bouvieri | |
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Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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Narina's Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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African Pied Hornbill | Tockus fasciatus | |
Black Dwarf Hornbill | Tockus hartlaubi | |
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill | Tockus camurus | |
Long-tailed Hornbill | Tropicranus albocristatus | |
Piping Hornbill | Bycanistes fistulator | |
Grey-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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White-headed Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | |
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Willcocks's Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | |
Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Spotted Honeyguide | Indicator maculatus | |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-breasted Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
African Piculet | Verreauxia africana | |
Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii | |
Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera nivosa | |
Brown-eared Woodpecker | Campethera caroli | |
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendropicos poecilolaemus | |
Yellow-crested Woodpecker | Chloropicus xantholophus | |
Grey Woodpecker | Mesopicos goertae | |
Brown-backed Woodpecker | Ipophilus obsoletus | |
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Yellow-spotted Barbet | Buccanodon duchaillui | |
Grey-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | |
Sladen's Barbet | Gymnobucco sladeni | |
Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | |
Red-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus | |
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | |
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta | |
Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | |
Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachylaemus purpuratus | |
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Black-headed Bee-eater | Merops breweri | |
White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
Black Bee-eater | Merops gularis | |
Blue-headed Bee-eater | Merops muelleri | |
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Blue-throated Roller | Eurystomus gularis | |
Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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African Dwarf Kingfisher | Ispidina lecontei | |
African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
African Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher | Halcyon badia | |
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 | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
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African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
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African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
Rufous-sided Broadbill | Smithornis rufolateralis | |
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Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
Blue Cuckooshrike | Cyanograucalus azureus | |
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Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrynchus | |
Black-winged Oriole | Oriolus nigripennis | |
Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
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Von Erlanger's Batis | Batis erlangeri | |
Chestnut Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia castanea | |
Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
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Red-billed Helmet-shrike | Prionops caniceps | |
Red-eyed Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | |
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Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike | Malaconotus cruentus | |
Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
Many-coloured Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus multicolor | |
Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
Lowland Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus | |
Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
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Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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Blue-headed Paradise-flycatcher | Trochocercus nitens | |
African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufocinerea | |
Bates's Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone batesi | |
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
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Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
Violet-tailed Sunbird | Anthreptes aurantius | |
Little Green Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | |
Grey-chinned Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris | |
Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | |
Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | |
Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
Orange-tufted Sunbird | Cinnyris bouvieri | |
Palestine Sunbird | Cinnyris osea | |
Splendid Sunbird | Cinnyris coccinigastrus | |
Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | |
Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
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Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | |
Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
Bob-tailed Weaver | Brachycope anomala | Rare/Accidental |
Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Vieillot's Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | |
Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
Compact Weaver | Ploceus superciliosus | |
Blue-billed Malimbe | Malimbus nitens | |
Crested Malimbe | Malimbus malimbicus | |
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Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara | |
Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta | |
African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
Brown Twinspot | Clytospiza monteiri | |
Yellow-winged Pytilia | Pytilia hypogrammica | |
Dybowski's Twinspot | Euschistospiza dybowskii | |
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina | |
Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | |
Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |
Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
White-breasted Negrofinch | Nigrita fusconotus | |
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch | Nigrita bicolor | |
Pale-fronted Negrofinch | Nigrita luteifrons | |
Grey-headed Negrofinch | Nigrita canicapillus | |
Woodhouse's Antpecker | Parmoptila woodhousei | |
Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
Wilson's Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni | |
Fonio Indigobird | Vidua camerunensis | |
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Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
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Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
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Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
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Cabanis's Bunting | Fringillaria cabanisi | |
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Dusky Crested-flycatcher | Elminia nigromitrata | |
Blue Crested-flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | |
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White-shouldered Black Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | |
Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | |
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Yellow-throated Nicator | Nicator vireo | |
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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 | |
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Red-winged Grey Warbler | Drymocichla incana | |
White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | |
Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
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 | |
Chattering Cisticola | Cisticola anonymus | |
Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
Short-winged Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
Black-faced Rufous Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | |
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Dark-capped Yellow Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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African River Martin | Pseudochelidon eurystomina | Rare/Accidental |
Square-tailed Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne nitens | |
Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
Preuss's Swallow | Petrochelidon preussi | |
Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
White-bibbed Swallow | Hirundo nigrita | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
Congo Martin | Riparia congica | Rare/Accidental |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | |
Lesser Bristlebill | Bleda notatus | |
Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | |
Spotted Greenbul | Ixonotus guttatus | |
Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | |
Yellow-necked Greenbul | Chlorocichla falkensteini | |
Simple Greenbul | Chlorocichla simplex | |
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
Grey Greenbul | Eurillas gracilis | |
Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | |
Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | |
White-throated Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigularis | |
Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | |
Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Warbler | Erythrocercus mccallii | |
Green Hylia | Hylia prasina | |
Tit Hylia | Pholidornis rushiae | |
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Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
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African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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Brown Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis fulvescens | |
Pale-breasted Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis rufipennis | |
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Capuchin Babbler | Phyllanthus atripennis | |
Blackcap Babbler | Turdoides reinwardtii | |
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Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
Splendid Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
Purple-headed Starling | Hylopsar purpureiceps | |
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Fire-crested Alethe | Alethe castanea | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Cassin's Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | |
Yellow-footed Flycatcher | Muscicapa sethsmithi | |
Dusky-blue Flycatcher | Muscicapa comitata | |
Sooty Flycatcher | Muscicapa infuscata | |
Grey Tit Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus | |
Fraser's Forest Flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata | |
White-browed Forest Flycatcher | Fraseria cinerascens | |
White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
Snowy-crowned Robin Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
Blue-shouldered Robin Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | |
Red-tailed Palm Thrush | Cichladusa ruficauda | |
Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | |
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White-tailed Ant Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | |
Rufous Flycatcher Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri | |
African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
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