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Sokoto
This checklist includes all bird species found in Sokoto , 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: Sokoto [map]
Other names: Sokoto State
Number of species: 399
Number of globally threatened species: 16
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-08-06
Number of globally threatened species: 16
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-08-06
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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 | |
| Marbled Teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Hottentot Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Double-spurred Francolin | Pternistis bicalcaratus | |
| Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| African Collared Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| Mourning Collared Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| Bruce's Green Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
| 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 | |
| Four-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles quadricinctus | |
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| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | |
| Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | |
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| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| African Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
| 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 | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
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| African Crake | Crex egregia | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Striped Crake | Amaurornis marginalis | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Black Crowned Crane | Balearica pavonina | |
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| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
| Denham's Bustard | Ardeotis denhami | |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
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| Western Grey Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | |
| Violet Turaco | Tauraco violaceus | |
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| Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Saddle-bill Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
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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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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | |
| 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 | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| 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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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
| White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
| African Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
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| Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
| Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
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| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
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| Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | |
| Quail-plover | Ortyxelos meiffrenii | |
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| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
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| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 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 | |
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Beaudouin's Snake Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 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 | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
| 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 | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
| Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
| African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
| Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Verreaux's Eagle Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
| Pel's Fishing Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
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| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| Northern Ground Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | |
| Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | |
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| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Fine-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera punctuligera | |
| Little Grey Woodpecker | Dendropicos elachus | |
| Grey Woodpecker | Mesopicos goertae | |
| Brown-backed Woodpecker | Ipophilus obsoletus | |
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| Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Vieillot's Barbet | Lybius vieilloti | |
| Bearded Barbet | Pogonornis dubius | |
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| Red-throated Bee-eater | Merops bulocki | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
| Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| 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 | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| 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 | |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Senegal Parrot | Poicephalus senegalus | |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
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| White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
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| Senegal Batis | Batis senegalensis | |
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| White-crested Helmet-shrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| Grey-headed Bush-shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Yellow-crowned Gonolek | Laniarius barbarus | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina | |
| Turkestan Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
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| Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | |
| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
| Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
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| White-billed Buffalo Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | |
| Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
| Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
| Heuglin's Masked Weaver | Ploceus heuglini | |
| Vitelline Masked Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
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| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Lavender Waxbill | Estrilda caerulescens | |
| Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | |
| Cut-throat Finch | Amadina fasciata | |
| Black-faced Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Sahel Paradise Whydah | Vidua orientalis | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| Sudan Golden Sparrow | Passer luteus | |
| Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris dentata | |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| White-rumped Canary | Crithagra leucopygia | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria flaviventris | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria tahapisi | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
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| White-shouldered Black Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | |
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| Sennar Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus punctifrons | |
| Yellow Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus parvulus | |
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| Rufous-rumped Lark | Pinarocorys erythropygia | |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | Rare/Accidental |
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
| Singing Bush Lark | Mirafra cantillans | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Sun Lark | Galerida modesta | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Senegal Eremomela | Eremomela pusilla | |
| Cricket Warbler | Spiloptila clamans | |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
| Dorst's Cisticola | Cisticola guinea | |
| Short-winged Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
| Rufous Cisticola | Cisticola rufus | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | |
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| Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Isabelline Warbler | Iduna opaca | |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Rhadina bonelli | |
| Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Western Orphean Warbler | Curruca hortensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Western Subalpine Warbler | Curruca inornata | |
| Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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| Blackcap Babbler | Turdoides reinwardtii | |
| Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | |
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| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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| Long-tailed Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis caudatus | |
| Chestnut-bellied Starling | Lamprotornis pulcher | |
| Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
| Purple Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus | |
| Bronze-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
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| Black Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | |
| Rufous Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Gambaga Flycatcher | Muscicapa gambagae | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | |
| Northern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
| Snowy-crowned Robin Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Northern Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Heuglin's Wheatear | Oenanthe heuglinii | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| White-fronted Black Chat | Oenanthe albifrons | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
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