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Nyungwe National Park
This checklist includes all bird species found in Nyungwe National Park , 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: Nyungwe National Park [map]
Other names: Parc national de Nyungwe
Number of species: 337
Number of globally threatened species: 5
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-10-22
Number of globally threatened species: 5
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
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| Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus | |
| Handsome Francolin | Pternistis nobilis | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| Dusky Turtle Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| African Green Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
| Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
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| Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
| Mozambique Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
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| Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx montanus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
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| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
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| Grey Crowned Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
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| Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | |
| Ruwenzori Turaco | Gallirex johnstoni | |
| Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii | |
| Ross's Turaco | Tauraco rossae | |
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| Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
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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 | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 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 | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| African Hawk Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Cassin's Hawk Eagle | Aquila africana | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | |
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| African Grass Owl | Tyto capensis | |
| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | |
| African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
| African Long-eared Owl | Asio abyssinicus | Rare/Accidental |
| African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Fraser's Eagle Owl | Bubo poensis | |
| Verreaux's Eagle Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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| Narina's Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
| Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | |
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| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus | |
| Grey-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| White-headed Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | |
| Forest Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus castaneiceps | |
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| Dwarf Honeyguide | Indicator pumilio | |
| Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Rufous-breasted Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| Tullberg's Woodpecker | Campethera tullbergi | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Elliot's Woodpecker | Mesopicos elliotii | |
| Olive Woodpecker | Mesopicos griseocephalus | |
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| Grey-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | |
| Western Green Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus coryphaea | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
| Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | |
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| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
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| 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 | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Grey Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
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| Grey Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesius | |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
| Petit's Cuckooshrike | Campephaga petiti | |
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| Eastern Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
| Mountain Oriole | Oriolus percivali | |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
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| Ruwenzori Batis | Batis diops | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia concreta | |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
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| Grey-headed Bush-shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| Lagden's Bush-shrike | Malaconotus lagdeni | |
| Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis | |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Many-coloured Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus multicolor | |
| Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Mountain Sooty Boubou | Laniarius poensis | |
| Albertine Sooty Boubou | Laniarius holomelas | |
| Lühder's Bush-shrike | Laniarius luehderi | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | |
| Doherty's Bush-shrike | Telophorus dohertyi | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
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| Mackinnon's Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Grey-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
| African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Thrush-babbler | Kakamega poliothorax | |
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| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
| Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | |
| Blue-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra alinae | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Purple-breasted Sunbird | Nectarinia purpureiventris | |
| Bronzy Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
| Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris stuhlmanni | |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
| Regal Sunbird | Cinnyris regius | |
| Rockefeller's Sunbird | Cinnyris rockefelleri | |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | |
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus | |
| Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster | |
| Holub's Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
| Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
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| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| Dusky Twinspot | Euschistospiza cinereovinacea | |
| Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla | |
| Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
| Black-headed Waxbill | Estrilda atricapilla | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Red-faced Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | |
| Ethiopian Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | |
| Dusky Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza jacksoni | |
| Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| White-collared Oliveback | Nesocharis ansorgei | |
| White-breasted Negrofinch | Nigrita fusconotus | |
| Grey-headed Negrofinch | Nigrita canicapillus | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
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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 | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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| Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | |
| Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Streaky Canary | Crithagra striolata | |
| Thick-billed Canary | Crithagra burtoni | |
| Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria flaviventris | |
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| Violet-backed Hyliota | Hyliota violacea | |
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| White-tipped Crested-flycatcher | Elminia albonotata | |
| White-bellied Crested-flycatcher | Elminia albiventris | |
| Blue-and-white Crested-flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | |
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| Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | |
| Stripe-breasted Tit | Melaniparus fasciiventer | |
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| Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
| White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys | |
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| White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | |
| Black-collared Apalis | Oreolais pulcher | |
| Mountain Apalis | Apalis personata | |
| Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | |
| Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema | |
| Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | |
| Grey Apalis | Apalis cinerea | |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Grauer's Warbler | Graueria vittata | |
| Grey-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Chubb's Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
| Short-winged Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
| Black-faced Rufous Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii | |
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| Grauer's Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus graueri | |
| Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | |
| Bracken Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
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| Dark-capped Yellow Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Mountain Yellow Warbler | Iduna similis | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
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| White-headed Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne albiceps | |
| 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 | |
| Angolan Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | |
| Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | |
| Eastern Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | |
| Shelley's Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis | |
| Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
| Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | |
| Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
| Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Wood Warbler | Rhadina sibilatrix | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Brown Woodland Warbler | Seicercus umbrovirens | |
| Red-faced Woodland Warbler | Seicercus laetus | |
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| Neumann's Bush Warbler | Hemitesia neumanni | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
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| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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| Mountain Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis pyrrhoptera | |
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| Red-collared Babbler | Kupeornis rufocinctus | |
| Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
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| Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | |
| Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri | |
| Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii | |
| Stuhlmann's Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni | |
| Rüppell's Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | |
| Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | |
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | |
| White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis ardesiacus | |
| Southern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Archer's Robin Chat | Cossypha archeri | |
| Cape Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Snowy-crowned Robin Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
| Red-capped Robin Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| White-bellied Robin Chat | Cossyphicula roberti | |
| Red-throated Alethe | Chamaetylas poliophrys | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Equatorial Akalat | Sheppardia aequatorialis | |
| Miombo Rock Thrush | Monticola angolensis | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | |
| Arnott's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| White-tailed Ant Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | |
| Abyssinian Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
| Ethiopian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
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