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Nkhotakota Game Reserve
This checklist includes all bird species found in Nkhotakota Game Reserve , 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 2024. 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: Nkhotakota Game Reserve [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 6
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Southern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera edouardi | |
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| Hildebrandt's Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
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| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
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| Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
| Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | |
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| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Burchell's Coucal | Centropus burchellii | |
| Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
| 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 Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
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| Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
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| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
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| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
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| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus | |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
| Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | |
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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 | Vulnerable |
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| Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Pale-billed Hornbill | Lophoceros pallidirostris | |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| Böhm's Bee-eater | Merops boehmi | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | |
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| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| 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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| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| Green-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus zambesiae | |
| Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | |
| Pallid Honeyguide | Indicator meliphilus | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | |
| Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | Vulnerable |
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| Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus fuscicollis | |
| Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
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| African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
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| White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris 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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| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Pale Batis | Batis soror | |
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| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Marsh Tchagra | Bocagia minuta | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus 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 | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| Souza's Shrike | Lanius souzae | |
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| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
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| Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | |
| Southern Hyliota | Hyliota australis | |
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| Rufous-bellied Tit | Melaniparus rufiventris | |
| Miombo Tit | Melaniparus griseiventris | |
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| African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
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| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea | |
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| Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | |
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| Red-capped Crombec | Sylvietta ruficapilla | |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
| Miombo Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes undosus | |
| Stierling's Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes stierlingi | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Chapin's Apalis | Apalis chapini | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Rufous-winged Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
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| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
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| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Red-throated Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rufigula | |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
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| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
| Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni | |
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| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
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| African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | |
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| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | |
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| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Miombo Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon barbata | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
| Arnot's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| Anchieta's Sunbird | Anthreptes anchietae | |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Eastern Miombo Sunbird | Cinnyris manoensis | |
| Forest Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris fuelleborni | |
| Shelley's Sunbird | Cinnyris shelleyi | |
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
| White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
| Southern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
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| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | |
| Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
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| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Black-eared Seedeater | Crithagra mennelli | |
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| Cabanis's Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
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