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Hlane Royal National Park
This checklist includes all bird species found in Hlane Royal 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: Hlane Royal National Park [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 10
Number of introduced species: 3
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | Introduced species |
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| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Natal Francolin | Pternistis natalensis | |
| Swainson's Francolin | Pternistis swainsonii | |
| Crested Francolin | Dendroperdix sephaena | |
| Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| African Green Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
| Mozambique Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
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| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| 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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| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
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| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
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| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
| Denham's Bustard | Ardeotis denhami | |
| Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
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| Grey Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor | |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
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| Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 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 | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
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| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| African Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| 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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| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| African Hawk Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates | Rare/Accidental |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| Narina's Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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| Southern Ground Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | |
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus | |
| African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | |
| Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
| Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| Wahlberg's Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
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| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Acacia Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
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| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
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| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Brown-headed Parrot | Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | |
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| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
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| Eastern Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-crested Helmet-shrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| Retz's Helmet-shrike | Prionops retzii | |
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| Grey-headed Bush-shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| Gorgeous Bush-shrike | Telophorus viridis | |
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| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
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| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
| White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
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| Red-billed Buffalo Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Holub's Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
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| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Pink-throated Twinspot | Hypargos margaritatus | |
| Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Eastern Paradise Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Dusky Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
| Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
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| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Cape Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Streaky-headed Canary | Crithagra gularis | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria flaviventris | |
| Cape Bunting | Fringillaria capensis | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria tahapisi | |
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| Southern Black Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
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| Grey Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
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| Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | |
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| Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
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| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
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| Fan-tailed Grassbird | Schoenicola brevirostris | |
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| Dark-capped Yellow Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
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| Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
| Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
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| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
| Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca | |
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| Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas quadrivirgata | |
| White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | |
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Grey Tit Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | |
| Southern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | |
| White-throated Robin Chat | Cossypha humeralis | |
| White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
| Mocking Cliff Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
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| Groundscraper Thrush | Psophocichla litsitsirupa | |
| Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | |
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