This checklist includes all bird species found in Grand Gedeh , 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 | |
Hartlaub's Duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii | |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
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White-breasted Guineafowl | Agelastes meleagrides | |
Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | |
Double-spurred Francolin | Pternistis bicalcaratus | |
Ahanta Francolin | Pternistis ahantensis | |
Forest Francolin | Peliperdix lathami | |
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Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | |
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques | |
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 | |
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European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Rare/Accidental |
Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | |
Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | |
Brown Nightjar | Veles binotatus | |
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Mottled Spinetailed Swift | Telacanthura ussheri | |
Black Spinetailed Swift | Telacanthura melanopygia | |
Sabine's Spinetailed Swift | Rhaphidura sabini | |
Cassin's Spinetailed Swift | Neafrapus cassini | |
African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Black-throated Coucal | Centropus leucogaster | |
Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
African Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
Yellow-throated Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx flavigularis | |
Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx mechowi | |
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx olivinus | |
Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Nkulengu Rail | Himantornis haematopus | |
Grey-throated Rail | Canirallus oculeus | |
African Crake | Crex egregia | |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | |
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White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | |
Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
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African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | |
Western Grey Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | |
Green Turaco | Tauraco persa | |
Yellow-billed Turaco | Tauraco macrorhynchus | |
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Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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 | |
White-backed Night Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | |
Spot-breasted Ibis | Bostrychia rara | |
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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Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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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-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
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African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
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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Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
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African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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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 | |
Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
Cassin's Hawk Eagle | Aquila africana | |
Ayres's Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
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 | |
Long-tailed Hawk | Urotriorchis macrourus | |
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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Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | |
African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
Sandy Scops Owl | Otus icterorhynchus | |
Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
Maned Owl | Jubula lettii | |
Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
Fraser's Eagle Owl | Bubo poensis | |
Shelley's Eagle Owl | Bubo shelleyi | |
Akun Eagle Owl | Bubo leucostictus | |
Pel's Fishing Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
Rufous Fishing Owl | Scotopelia ussheri | |
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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 | |
Black-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna atrata | |
Yellow-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna elata | |
Piping Hornbill | Bycanistes fistulator | |
Brown-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes cylindricus | |
Grey-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus | |
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White-headed Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | |
Forest Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus castaneiceps | |
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Cassin's Honeybird | Prodotiscus insignis | |
Willcocks's Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | |
Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Spotted Honeyguide | Indicator maculatus | |
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide | Melichneutes robustus | |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
African Piculet | Verreauxia africana | |
Little Green Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | |
Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera nivosa | |
Brown-eared Woodpecker | Campethera caroli | |
Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
Gabon Woodpecker | Dendropicos gabonensis | |
Fire-bellied Woodpecker | Chloropicus pyrrhogaster | |
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Yellow-spotted Barbet | Buccanodon duchaillui | |
Bristle-nosed Barbet | Gymnobucco peli | |
Naked-faced Barbet | Gymnobucco calvus | |
Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | |
Red-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus | |
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | |
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta | |
Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachylaemus purpuratus | |
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White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
Black Bee-eater | Merops gularis | |
Blue-moustached Bee-eater | Merops mentalis | |
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Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
Blue-throated Roller | Eurystomus gularis | |
Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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African Dwarf Kingfisher | Ispidina lecontei | |
African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
White-bellied Kingfisher | Corythornis leucogaster | |
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 | |
Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | |
Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Grey Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Grey Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | |
Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | |
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African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
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Rufous-sided Broadbill | Smithornis rufolateralis | |
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Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | |
Western Wattled Cuckooshrike | Lobotos lobatus | |
Blue Cuckooshrike | Cyanograucalus azureus | |
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Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrynchus | |
Black-winged Oriole | Oriolus nigripennis | |
Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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Bioko Batis | Batis poensis | |
Chestnut Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia castanea | |
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia blissetti | |
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia concreta | |
Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
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Red-billed Helmet-shrike | Prionops caniceps | |
Red-eyed Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | |
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | |
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Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike | Malaconotus cruentus | |
Lagden's Bush-shrike | Malaconotus lagdeni | |
Sabine's Puffback | Dryoscopus sabini | |
Blackcap Bush-shrike | Bocagia minuta | |
Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Many-coloured Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus multicolor | |
Lowland Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus | |
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Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
Shining Drongo | Dicrurus atripennis | |
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
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Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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 | |
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
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White-necked Rockfowl | Picathartes gymnocephalus | |
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Fraser's Sunbird | Deleornis fraseri | |
Brown Sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus | |
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 | |
Buff-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra adelberti | |
Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
Tiny Sunbird | Cinnyris minullus | |
Johanna's Sunbird | Cinnyris johannae | |
Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | |
Bates's Sunbird | Cinnyris batesi | |
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Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Vieillot's Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | |
Yellow-mantled Weaver | Ploceus tricolor | |
Maxwell's Weaver | Ploceus albinucha | |
Preuss's Weaver | Ploceus preussi | |
Tai Malimbe | Malimbus ballmanni | Introduced species |
Red-vented Malimbe | Malimbus scutatus | |
Blue-billed Malimbe | Malimbus nitens | |
Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | |
Crested Malimbe | Malimbus malimbicus | |
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African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina | |
Crimson Seedcracker | Pyrenestes sanguineus | |
Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |
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 | |
Red-fronted Antpecker | Parmoptila rubrifrons | Introduced species |
Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
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Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
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Violet-backed Hyliota | Hyliota violacea | |
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Dusky Crested-flycatcher | Elminia nigromitrata | |
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Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | |
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Forest Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus flavifrons | |
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Western Nicator | Nicator chloris | |
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Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | |
Lemon-bellied Crombec | Sylvietta denti | |
Moustached Grass Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
Kemp's Longbill | Macrosphenus kempi | |
Grey Longbill | Macrosphenus concolor | |
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Rufous-crowned Eremomela | Eremomela badiceps | |
Sharpe's Apalis | Apalis sharpii | |
Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Yellow-browed Camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris | |
Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | |
Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | |
Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
Short-winged Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
Black-headed Rufous Warbler | Bathmocercus cerviniventris | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
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Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
Square-tailed Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne nitens | |
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 | |
White-bibbed Swallow | Hirundo nigrita | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
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Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | |
Golden Greenbul | Calyptocichla serinus | |
Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | |
Green-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda eximius | |
Grey-headed Bristlebill | Bleda canicapillus | |
Spotted Greenbul | Ixonotus guttatus | |
Swamp Palm Bulbul | Thescelocichla leucopleura | |
Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | |
Simple Greenbul | Chlorocichla simplex | |
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
Grey Greenbul | Eurillas gracilis | |
Ansorge's Greenbul | Eurillas ansorgei | |
Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | |
Western Bearded Greenbul | Criniger barbatus | |
Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | |
Yellow-bearded Greenbul | Criniger olivaceus | |
Icterine Greenbul | Phyllastrephus icterinus | |
Liberian Greenbul | Phyllastrephus leucolepis | Endemic (country/region) |
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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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
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 | |
Black-capped Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis cleaveri | |
Puvel's Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis puveli | |
Rufous-winged Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis rufescens | |
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Capuchin Babbler | Phyllanthus atripennis | |
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Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus fulgidus | |
Narrow-tailed Starling | Poeoptera lugubris | |
Splendid Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
Copper-tailed Starling | Hylopsar cupreocauda | |
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White-tailed Alethe | Alethe diademata | |
Forest Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucosticta | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Cassin's Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | |
Olivaceous Flycatcher | Muscicapa olivascens | |
Little Grey Flycatcher | Muscicapa epulata | |
Dusky-blue Flycatcher | Muscicapa comitata | |
Tessmann's Flycatcher | Muscicapa tessmanni | |
Ussher's Flycatcher | Muscicapa ussheri | |
Grey-throated Tit Flycatcher | Myioparus griseigularis | |
Grey Tit Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus | |
Fraser's Forest Flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata | |
White-browed Forest Flycatcher | Fraseria cinerascens | |
Nimba Flycatcher | Melaenornis annamarulae | |
Snowy-crowned Robin Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
Blue-shouldered Robin Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | |
Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala | |
Lowland Akalat | Sheppardia cyornithopsis | |
Grey-winged Akalat | Sheppardia polioptera | |
Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | |
Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
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White-tailed Ant Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | |
Rufous Flycatcher Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri | |
Grey Thrush | Geokichla princei |
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