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Elliotdale
This checklist includes all bird species found in Elliotdale , 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: Elliotdale [map]
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2018-06-09
Last modified: 2024-08-03
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| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Endangered |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| Hottentot Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
| Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | |
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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 | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| 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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| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
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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 | |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 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 | |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| 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 | |
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| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| Grey Crowned Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
| Blue Crane | Grus paradisea | Vulnerable |
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| Denham's Bustard | Ardeotis denhami | Near-threatened |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
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| Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix | |
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| Jackass Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | Endangered |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Endangered |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
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| Northern Giant Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Vulnerable |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |
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| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Endangered |
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| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
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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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| African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini | |
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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
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| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
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| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Secretary-bird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Cuckoo Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | Vulnerable |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Black Harrier | Circus maurus | Endangered |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
| African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Cape Eagle Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| Spotted Eagle Owl | Bubo africanus | |
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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 | Vulnerable |
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus | |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
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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) Near-threatened |
| Knysna Woodpecker | Campethera notata | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Olive Woodpecker | Mesopicos griseocephalus | |
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| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| Acacia Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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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 | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Mangrove Kingfisher | Halcyon senegaloides | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
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| Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | |
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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 | |
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| Cape Batis | Batis capensis | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
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| Grey-headed Bush-shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Southern Tchagra | Tchagra tchagra | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Olive Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus olivaceus | |
| Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
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| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| 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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| Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
| African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Golden Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
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| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | |
| African Quailfinch | Ortygospiza fuscocrissa | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Dusky Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
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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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| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Cape Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
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| Forest Canary | Crithagra scotops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Streaky-headed Canary | Crithagra gularis | |
| Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria flaviventris | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria tahapisi | |
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| Southern Black Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
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| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | |
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| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
| Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | |
| Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 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) Vulnerable |
| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
| Barratt's Warbler | Bradypterus barratti | |
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| Dark-capped Yellow Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| 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 | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| 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 | |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
| Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler | Seicercus ruficapilla | |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
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| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
| Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca | |
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| Brown Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas signata | |
| White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | |
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Southern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | |
| Cape Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| Chorister Robin Chat | Cossypha dichroa | |
| Red-capped Robin Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Cape Rock Thrush | Monticola rupestris | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Buff-streaked Chat | Campicoloides bifasciatus | |
| Arnott's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
| Mocking Cliff Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
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| Spotted Thrush | Geokichla guttata | Vulnerable |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | |
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