This checklist includes all bird species found in Haute-Kotto , 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: Haute-Kotto [map]
Other names: Tö-Kötö
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Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
Hartlaub's Duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii | |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
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Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Rare/Accidental |
Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | |
Heuglin's Francolin | Pternistis icterorhynchus | |
Schlegel's Francolin | Peliperdix schlegelii | |
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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 | |
Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
African Green Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
Black-billed Wood Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur afer | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
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Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | |
Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | |
Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
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African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
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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African Crake | Crex egregia | |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
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African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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Black Crowned Crane | Balearica pavonina | |
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Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
Denham's Bustard | Ardeotis denhami | |
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Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | |
Western Grey Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | |
White-crested Turaco | Tauraco leucolophus | |
Ross's Turaco | Tauraco rossae | Introduced species |
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Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
Saddle-bill Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
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Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
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 Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
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 | |
Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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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 | |
Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
Forbes's Plover | Charadrius forbesi | |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
African Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
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 | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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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Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | |
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Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Grey Pratincole | Glareola cinerea | |
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Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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Secretary-bird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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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 | |
Beaudouin's Snake Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | |
Western Banded Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
Rüppell's Vulture | Gyps rueppelli | |
Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
African Hawk Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Ayres's Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
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 | |
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 | |
African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
Fraser's Eagle Owl | Bubo poensis | |
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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Northern Ground Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | |
African Pied Hornbill | Tockus fasciatus | |
African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | |
Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
Black Dwarf Hornbill | Tockus hartlaubi | |
Piping Hornbill | Bycanistes fistulator | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
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Willcocks's Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | |
Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide | Melichneutes robustus | |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Rare/Accidental |
Fine-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera punctuligera | |
Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii | |
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendropicos poecilolaemus | |
Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
Grey Woodpecker | Mesopicos goertae | |
Brown-backed Woodpecker | Ipophilus obsoletus | |
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Grey-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | |
Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | |
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | |
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
Vieillot's Barbet | Lybius vieilloti | |
White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | |
Bearded Barbet | Pogonornis dubius | |
Black-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis rolleti | |
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Red-throated Bee-eater | Merops bulocki | |
Black-headed Bee-eater | Merops breweri | |
White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
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Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
Blue-bellied Roller | Coracias cyanogaster | |
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 | |
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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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | |
Grey Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Rare/Accidental |
Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Brown Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
Niam-Niam Parrot | Poicephalus crassus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
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African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
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African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
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White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis | |
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
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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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White-crested Helmet-shrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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Grey-headed Bush-shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
Red-eyed Puffback | Dryoscopus senegalensis | |
Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
Blackcap Bush-shrike | Bocagia minuta | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | |
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Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina | |
Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Rare/Accidental |
Grey-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
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Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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Blue-headed Paradise-flycatcher | Trochocercus nitens | |
African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | |
Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
Palestine Sunbird | Cinnyris osea | |
Splendid Sunbird | Cinnyris coccinigastrus | |
Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
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Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | |
Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
Vitelline Masked Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Compact Weaver | Ploceus superciliosus | |
Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
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Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara | |
Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta | |
Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
Black-faced Firefinch | Lagonosticta larvata | |
Brown Twinspot | Clytospiza monteiri | |
Red-winged Pytilia | Pytilia phoenicoptera | |
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | |
Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
Grey-headed Oliveback | Nesocharis capistrata | |
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch | Nigrita bicolor | |
Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
Exclamatory Whydah | Vidua interjecta | |
Wilson's Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni | |
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Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris dentata | |
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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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Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
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Cabanis's Bunting | Fringillaria cabanisi | |
Brown-rumped Bunting | Fringillaria affinis | |
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria tahapisi | |
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Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | |
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Dusky Crested-flycatcher | Elminia nigromitrata | |
Blue Crested-flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | |
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White-shouldered Black Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | |
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Rufous-rumped Lark | Pinarocorys erythropygia | |
Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
Sun Lark | Galerida modesta | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | |
Moustached Grass Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
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Senegal Eremomela | Eremomela pusilla | |
Red-winged Grey Warbler | Drymocichla incana | |
Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Oriole Warbler | Hypergerus atriceps | |
Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | |
Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
Short-winged Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
Foxy Cisticola | Cisticola troglodytes | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | |
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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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Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
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 | |
Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida | Rare/Accidental |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
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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Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | Rare/Accidental |
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African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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Spotted Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis turdina | |
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Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | |
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African Salpornis | Salpornis salvadori | |
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Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
Long-tailed Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis caudatus | |
Splendid Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
Bronze-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus | |
Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
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Fire-crested Alethe | Alethe castanea | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Grey Tit Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus | |
White-browed Forest Flycatcher | Fraseria cinerascens | |
Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | |
Northern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
Snowy-crowned Robin Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
Blue-shouldered Robin Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Heuglin's Wheatear | Oenanthe heuglinii | |
White-fronted Black Chat | Oenanthe albifrons | |
Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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Rufous Flycatcher Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri | |
African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
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