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Eastern Cape
This checklist includes all bird species found in Eastern Cape , 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: Eastern Cape [map]
Other names: Oos-Kaap, iPumalanga-Kapa, Kapa Bohlabela, Kapa Botjhabela, Kapa-Vuxa, Kapa Botlhaba, Kapa Vhubvaḓuvha, Mpuma-Koloni, Mpumalanga-Kapa, Mpumalanga-Koloni
Number of species: 689
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2006-09-11
Last modified: 2023-05-23
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2006-09-11
Last modified: 2023-05-23
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Introduced species |
| South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Introduced species |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
| Hottentot Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | |
| Cape Francolin | Pternistis capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Natal Francolin | Pternistis natalensis | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
| Swainson's Francolin | Pternistis swainsonii | |
| Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui | |
| Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | |
| Grey-winged Francolin | Scleroptila afra | Endemic (country/region) |
| Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | |
| Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | Rare/Accidental |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| Mourning Collared Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| 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 | |
| Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur afer | Rare/Accidental |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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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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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
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| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | Rare/Accidental |
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | Rare/Accidental |
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| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 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 | |
| Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | Rare/Accidental |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| African Crake | Crex egregia | |
| Corncrake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
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| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
| Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | |
| White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi | Rare/Accidental |
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| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| Grey Crowned Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
| Wattled Crane | Grus carunculata | |
| Blue Crane | Grus paradisea | |
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| Vigors's Bustard | Heterotetrax vigorsii | |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | Rare/Accidental |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| Ludwig's Bustard | Ardeotis ludwigii | |
| Denham's Bustard | Ardeotis denhami | |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| Blue Bustard | Eupodotis caerulescens | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black Bustard | Afrotis afra | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
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| Grey Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor | |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | Rare/Accidental |
| Livingstone's Turaco | Tauraco livingstonii | |
| Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix | |
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| King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Rare/Accidental |
| Jackass Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Black-bellied Storm-petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
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| European Storm-petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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| Northern Giant Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | Rare/Accidental |
| Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini | |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | Rare/Accidental |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Rare/Accidental |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Rare/Accidental |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | Rare/Accidental |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| Grey Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | |
| Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |
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| Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | Rare/Accidental |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | Rare/Accidental |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
| White-backed Night Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | |
| 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 | |
| Southern Bald Ibis | Geronticus calvus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | |
| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
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| Crowned Cormorant | Microcarbo coronatus | |
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | Rare/Accidental |
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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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| Snowy Sheathbill | Chionis albus | Rare/Accidental |
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| African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini | |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
| Chestnut-banded Plover | Charadrius pallidus | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 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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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | Rare/Accidental |
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| Double-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus africanus | |
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Damara Tern | Sternula balaenarum | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Secretary-bird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| African Cuckoo Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
| 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 | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | Rare/Accidental |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ayres's Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| 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 | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| African Grass Owl | Tyto capensis | |
| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
| African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
| African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Cape Eagle Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Verreaux's Eagle Owl | Bubo lacteus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pel's Fishing Owl | Scotopelia peli | Rare/Accidental |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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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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| Rufous-breasted Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| Ground Woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Knysna Woodpecker | Campethera notata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | Rare/Accidental |
| Olive Woodpecker | Mesopicos griseocephalus | |
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| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
| Green Barbet | Cryptolybia olivacea | |
| White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| Acacia Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | Rare/Accidental |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
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| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | Rare/Accidental |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| African Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Mangrove Kingfisher | Halcyon senegaloides | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | Rare/Accidental |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Rare/Accidental |
| Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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| Grey Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesius | |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
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| Eastern Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
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| Cape Batis | Batis capensis | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grey-headed Bush-shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Tchagra | Tchagra tchagra | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | Rare/Accidental |
| Olive Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus olivaceus | |
| Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
| Gorgeous Bush-shrike | Telophorus viridis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleucus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | |
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| Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
| African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Rockjumper | Chaetops frenatus | |
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| Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gurney's Sugarbird | Promerops gurneyi | |
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| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Orange-breasted Sunbird | Anthobaphes violacea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Mouse-coloured Sunbird | Cyanomitra verreauxii | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus | |
| Greater Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris afer | |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| White-browed Sparrow Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Scaly-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | Rare/Accidental |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Golden Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
| Holub's Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| Southern Masked Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
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| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Waxbill | Estrilda perreini | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | |
| Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| Cut-throat Finch | Amadina fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
| African Quailfinch | Ortygospiza fuscocrissa | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Eastern Paradise Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
| Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
| Dusky Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| Southern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
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| Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | |
| Mountain Pipit | Anthus hoeschi | |
| Yellow-tufted Pipit | Anthus crenatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
| Long-tailed Pipit | Anthus longicaudatus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Cape Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| Yellow-breasted Pipit | Hemimacronyx chloris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
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| Forest Canary | Crithagra scotops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| Lemon-breasted Canary | Crithagra citrinipectus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
| Streaky-headed Canary | Crithagra gularis | |
| Protea Canary | Crithagra leucoptera | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cape Siskin | Crithagra totta | Endemic (country/region) |
| Drakensberg Siskin | Crithagra symonsi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-headed Canary | Serinus alario | |
| Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria flaviventris | |
| Cape Bunting | Fringillaria capensis | |
| Lark-like Bunting | Fringillaria impetuani | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria tahapisi | |
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| African Fairy-flycatcher | Stenostira scita | |
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| Southern Black Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
| Grey Tit | Melaniparus afer | |
| Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grey Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
| Cape Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | |
| Cape Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda curvirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eastern Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda semitorquata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-eared Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix australis | |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey-backed Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| Fawn-coloured Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| Karoo Lark | Calendulauda albescens | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rudd's Lark | Heteromirafra ruddi | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Clapper Lark | Mirafra apiata | |
| Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
| Melodious Lark | Mirafra cheniana | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| Sclater's Lark | Spizocorys sclateri | Rare/Accidental |
| Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | |
| Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | |
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| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| Victorin's Warbler | Cryptillas victorini | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Karoo Eremomela | Eremomela gregalis | |
| Namaqua Warbler | Phragmacia substriata | |
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea | |
| Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey-backed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
| Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | |
| Drakensberg Prinia | Prinia hypoxantha | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Fan-tailed Grassbird | Schoenicola brevirostris | |
| Knysna Warbler | Bradypterus sylvaticus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
| Barratt's Warbler | Bradypterus barratti | |
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| Dark-capped Yellow Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | Rare/Accidental |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Rare/Accidental |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
| Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | Rare/Accidental |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
| Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | |
| Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
| Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler | Seicercus ruficapilla | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Bush Blackcap | Lioptilus nigricapillus | |
| Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | |
| Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
| Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | |
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
| Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca | |
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| Karoo Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas coryphoeus | |
| Brown Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas signata | |
| White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | |
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chat Flycatcher | Bradornis infuscatus | |
| Mariqua Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| Southern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | |
| Cape Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| White-throated Robin Chat | Cossypha humeralis | Rare/Accidental |
| White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Chorister Robin Chat | Cossypha dichroa | |
| Red-capped Robin Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Rock Thrush | Monticola rupestris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Short-toed Rock Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| Sentinel Rock Thrush | Monticola explorator | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Buff-streaked Chat | Campicoloides bifasciatus | |
| Sickle-winged Chat | Emarginata sinuata | |
| Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
| Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| Arnott's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
| Mocking Cliff Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
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| Spotted Thrush | Geokichla guttata | |
| Orange Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi | |
| Groundscraper Thrush | Psophocichla litsitsirupa | |
| Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | Rare/Accidental |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | |
| Smith's Thrush | Turdus smithi | |
References (partial list)
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