This checklist includes all bird species found in South Africa , 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 2023. 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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Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Uncertain origin |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Uncertain origin |
Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Endangered |
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Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
Southern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera edouardi | |
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Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced species |
Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | |
Gray-winged Francolin | Scleroptila afra | Endemic |
Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | |
Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | |
Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | Rare/Accidental |
Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
Chukar | Alectoris chukar | Introduced species |
Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
Cape Spurfowl | Pternistis capensis | Endemic |
Natal Spurfowl | Pternistis natalensis | |
Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
Delegorgue's Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | |
Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | Rare/Accidental |
Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii | Endangered |
Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened |
White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
Blue Bustard | Eupodotis caerulescens | Endemic Near-threatened |
Karoo Bustard | Heterotetrax vigorsii | |
Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
Black Bustard | Afrotis afra | Endemic Vulnerable |
White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
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Livingstone's Turaco | Tauraco livingstonii | |
Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix | |
Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
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Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | Rare/Accidental |
White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx montanus | Rare/Accidental |
Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | Rare/Accidental |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
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Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | |
Bat-like Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi | |
Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi | Rare/Accidental |
Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | |
White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi | Critically endangered |
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African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
African Crake | Crex egregia | |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Rare/Accidental |
African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
Striped Crake | Amaurornis marginalis | Rare/Accidental |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rare/Accidental |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | Vulnerable |
Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | Vulnerable |
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Snowy Sheathbill | Chionis albus | Rare/Accidental |
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Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini | |
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Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Rare/Accidental |
Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Rare/Accidental |
White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Tibetan Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
Chestnut-banded Plover | Anarhynchus pallidus | |
White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | |
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Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Rare/Accidental |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental |
Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix nanus | |
Fynbos Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | Endemic |
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Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | Rare/Accidental |
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Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | Rare/Accidental |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Near-threatened |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | Rare/Accidental |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | Rare/Accidental |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | Rare/Accidental |
Damara Tern | Sternula balaenarum | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | Rare/Accidental |
Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Rare/Accidental |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus | Rare/Accidental |
African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | Endangered |
Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes moseleyi | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi | Endangered |
Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | Vulnerable |
Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Vulnerable |
Tristan Albatross | Diomedea dabbenena | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
Amsterdam Albatross | Diomedea amsterdamensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Endangered |
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | Endangered |
Gray-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Chatham Albatross | Thalassarche eremita | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
Pincoya Storm-Petrel | Oceanites pincoyae | Rare/Accidental Data deficient |
Gray-backed Storm-Petrel | Garrodia nereis | Rare/Accidental |
White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Rare/Accidental |
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Vulnerable |
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica | Rare/Accidental |
Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
Snow Petrel | Pagodroma nivea | Rare/Accidental |
Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
Gray-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | Rare/Accidental |
Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | Rare/Accidental |
Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | Rare/Accidental |
Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | Rare/Accidental |
Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini | Rare/Accidental |
MacGillivray's Prion | Pachyptila macgillivrayi | Critically endangered |
Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | Rare/Accidental |
Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Vulnerable |
Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | Vulnerable |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | Rare/Accidental |
Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
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African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Endangered |
Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
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African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
Crowned Cormorant | Microcarbo coronatus | |
Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | Endangered |
Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | Endemic Endangered |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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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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Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Rare/Accidental |
Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
Slaty Egret | Egretta vinaceigula | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Rare/Accidental |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | Rare/Accidental |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
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Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
Southern Bald Ibis | Geronticus calvus | Vulnerable |
Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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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 | |
Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
Rüppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | Vulnerable |
Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
Fasciated Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | Near-threatened |
Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | Rare/Accidental |
Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
Black Harrier | Circus maurus | Endangered |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | Endemic Near-threatened |
Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | Rare/Accidental |
Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | Rare/Accidental |
Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
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African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | |
Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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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 | |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | |
Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
Mangrove Kingfisher | Halcyon senegaloides | |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
Madagascar Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | Rare/Accidental |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
Racket-tailed Roller | Coracias spatulatus | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
Green Barbet | Cryptolybia olivacea | |
White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | |
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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Wahlberg's Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | |
Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | |
Ground Woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus | Endemic Near-threatened |
Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
Knysna Woodpecker | Campethera notata | Endemic Near-threatened |
Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni | |
Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | Rare/Accidental |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | Vulnerable |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus fuscicollis | |
Cape Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | Vulnerable |
Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
Brown-headed Parrot | Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | |
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African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
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African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Gray Cuckooshrike | Coracina caesia | |
White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Coracina 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 | |
Cape Batis | Batis capensis | |
Woodwards' Batis | Batis fratrum | |
Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | |
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons | Rare/Accidental |
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
Southern Tchagra | Tchagra tchagra | |
Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
Olive Bushshrike | Telophorus olivaceus | |
Black-fronted Bushshrike | Telophorus nigrifrons | |
Four-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus viridis | |
Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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African Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Rare/Accidental |
Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Magpie Shrike | Lanius melanoleucus | |
Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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House Crow | Corvus splendens | Introduced species |
Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
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Cape Rockjumper | Chaetops frenatus | Endemic Near-threatened |
Drakensberg Rockjumper | Chaetops aurantius | Endemic Near-threatened |
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Southern Hyliota | Hyliota australis | Rare/Accidental |
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Fairy Flycatcher | Stenostira scita | |
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Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
Gray Tit | Melaniparus afer | |
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African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
Short-clawed Lark | Certhilauda chuana | |
Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | |
Eastern Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda semitorquata | Endemic |
Cape Lark | Certhilauda curvirostris | |
Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
Black-eared Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix australis | |
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
Karoo Lark | Calendulauda albescens | Endemic |
Red Lark | Calendulauda burra | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Dune Lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys | |
Rudd's Lark | Heteromirafra ruddi | Endemic Endangered |
Cape Clapper Lark | Mirafra apiata | |
Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | |
Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
Melodious Lark | Mirafra cheniana | |
Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki | |
Sclater's Lark | Spizocorys sclateri | Near-threatened |
Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | |
Botha's Lark | Spizocorys fringillaris | Endemic Endangered |
Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | |
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Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | |
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Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | |
Victorin's Warbler | Cryptillas victorini | Endemic |
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Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
Greencap Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
Yellow-rumped Eremomela | Eremomela gregalis | |
Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
Namaqua Warbler | Phragmacia substriata | |
Stierling's Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes stierlingi | |
Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
Rudd's Apalis | Apalis ruddi | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | |
Drakensberg Prinia | Prinia hypoxantha | Endemic |
Kopje Warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea | |
Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | |
Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
Red-headed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | |
Rufous-winged Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
Cloud Cisticola | Cisticola textrix | |
Pale-crowned Cisticola | Cisticola cinnamomeus | |
Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
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African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | Rare/Accidental |
Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Basra Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus griseldis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | Rare/Accidental |
Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris | |
Knysna Warbler | Bradypterus sylvaticus | Endemic Vulnerable |
Barratt's Warbler | Bradypterus barratti | |
Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
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Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
Mascarene Martin | Phedina borbonica | Rare/Accidental |
Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
Montane Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | Vulnerable |
Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | |
Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | Endemic |
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Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | |
Green Warbler | Phylloscopus nitidus | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Bush Blackcap | Sylvia nigricapillus | Vulnerable |
Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | Rare/Accidental |
Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | |
Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | |
Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni | |
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Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
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African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca | |
Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
Meves's Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii | |
African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | |
Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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Spotted Ground-Thrush | Geokichla guttata | Vulnerable |
Orange Ground-Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi | |
Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | |
Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | |
Karoo Thrush | Turdus smithi | |
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African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
Fiscal Flycatcher | Melaenornis silens | |
Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
Karoo Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas coryphoeus | |
Brown Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas signata | |
Bearded Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas quadrivirgata | |
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | Rare/Accidental |
Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
White-throated Robin-Chat | Cossypha humeralis | |
White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
Chorister Robin-Chat | Cossypha dichroa | |
Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | Rare/Accidental |
White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | Rare/Accidental |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | Rare/Accidental |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
Sentinel Rock-Thrush | Monticola explorator | Near-threatened |
Cape Rock-Thrush | Monticola rupestris | Endemic |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
Buff-streaked Chat | Campicoloides bifasciatus | |
Sickle-winged Chat | Emarginata sinuata | |
Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac | |
Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
Arnot's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
Boulder Chat | Pinarornis plumosus | Rare/Accidental |
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Gurney's Sugarbird | Promerops gurneyi | Near-threatened |
Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer | Endemic |
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Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
Orange-breasted Sunbird | Anthobaphes violacea | Endemic |
Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | |
Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus | |
Neergaard's Sunbird | Cinnyris neergaardi | Near-threatened |
Greater Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris afer | |
Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
White-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | Endemic |
African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
Southern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus | |
Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | Rare/Accidental |
Forest Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | |
Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
Black-tailed Waxbill | Glaucestrilda perreini | |
Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | |
Peters's Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
Pink-throated Twinspot | Hypargos margaritatus | |
Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
Variable Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | |
Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
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Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
Mountain Pipit | Anthus hoeschi | Near-threatened |
Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
Yellow-tufted Pipit | Anthus crenatus | Endemic Near-threatened |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | |
Bush Pipit | Anthus caffer | |
Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-breasted Pipit | Hemimacronyx chloris | Endemic Vulnerable |
Orange-throated Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | |
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Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | Introduced species |
Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
Forest Canary | Crithagra scotops | Endemic |
Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
Lemon-breasted Seedeater | Crithagra citrinipectus | |
Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
Protea Canary | Crithagra leucoptera | Endemic Near-threatened |
Black-eared Seedeater | Crithagra mennelli | |
Streaky-headed Seedeater | Crithagra gularis | |
Cape Siskin | Crithagra totta | Endemic |
Drakensberg Siskin | Crithagra symonsi | Endemic |
Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | |
Black-headed Canary | Serinus alario | |
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Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
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