This checklist includes all bird species found in Umkhanyakude , 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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Other names: uMkhanyakude District Municipality
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Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Endangered |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
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Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
Natal Francolin | Pternistis natalensis | |
Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
Swainson's Francolin | Pternistis swainsonii | |
Crested Francolin | Dendroperdix sephaena | |
Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui | |
Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | |
Grey-winged Francolin | Scleroptila afra | Endemic (country/region) |
Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | |
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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 | |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | |
Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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 | |
Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
Mozambique Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | Rare/Accidental |
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Mottled Spinetailed Swift | Telacanthura ussheri | |
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 | |
African Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
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 | |
Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | Rare/Accidental |
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African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
African Crake | Crex egregia | |
Corncrake | Crex crex | |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
Striped Crake | Amaurornis marginalis | Rare/Accidental |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | |
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 |
Wattled Crane | Grus carunculata | Vulnerable |
Blue Crane | Grus paradisea | Vulnerable |
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Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
Denham's Bustard | Ardeotis denhami | Near-threatened |
Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
Blue Bustard | Eupodotis caerulescens | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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Grey Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor | |
Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
Livingstone's Turaco | Tauraco livingstonii | |
Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix | |
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Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | |
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
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Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Vulnerable |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
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Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | Rare/Accidental |
Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
Saddle-bill Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
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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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Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
White-backed Night Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Madagascar Pond Heron | Ardeola idae | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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 | Vulnerable |
Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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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 |
Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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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 |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
Chestnut-banded Plover | Charadrius pallidus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
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 | Near-threatened |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental 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 | |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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 | |
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Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | |
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Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | Rare/Accidental |
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Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
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Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | Rare/Accidental |
Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | 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 | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
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 | |
European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
African Cuckoo Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
Black-chested Snake Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
Southern Banded Snake Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | Near-threatened |
Western Banded Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | Rare/Accidental |
White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | Vulnerable |
Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
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 | |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
African Hawk Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Ayres's Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
Black Harrier | Circus maurus | Endangered |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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 | |
Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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African Grass Owl | Tyto capensis | |
Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
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 | |
Pel's Fishing Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
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Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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Narina's Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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Southern Ground Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Vulnerable |
Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus | |
African Grey Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | |
Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Green Wood-hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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Wahlberg's Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | |
Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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Rufous-breasted Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
Ground Woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
Knysna Woodpecker | Campethera notata | Near-threatened |
Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
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 | |
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 | |
Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
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Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
Mangrove Kingfisher | Halcyon senegaloides | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
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 | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | |
Brown-headed Parrot | Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
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White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis | Rare/Accidental |
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 | |
Woodwards' Batis | Batis fratrum | |
Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
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White-crested Helmet-shrike | Prionops plumatus | |
Retz's Helmet-shrike | Prionops retzii | |
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Grey-headed Bush-shrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
Southern Tchagra | Tchagra tchagra | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
Olive Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus olivaceus | |
Orange-breasted Bush-shrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
Gorgeous Bush-shrike | Telophorus viridis | |
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Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleucus | |
Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
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Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
House Crow | Corvus splendens | Introduced species |
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Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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Gurney's Sugarbird | Promerops gurneyi | Near-threatened |
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Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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 | |
Neergaard's Sunbird | Cinnyris neergaardi | Near-threatened |
Greater Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris afer | |
Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
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Red-billed Buffalo Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
White-browed Sparrow Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | Rare/Accidental |
Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
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 | |
African Golden Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
Holub's Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
Southern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus | |
Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
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Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
Pink-throated Twinspot | Hypargos margaritatus | |
Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
Grey Waxbill | Estrilda perreini | |
Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | |
Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
Cut-throat Finch | Amadina fasciata | |
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 | |
Dusky Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | Rare/Accidental |
Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | Rare/Accidental |
Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | |
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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 | |
Bushveld Pipit | Anthus caffer | |
Mountain Pipit | Anthus hoeschi | Near-threatened |
Yellow-tufted Pipit | Anthus crenatus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
Cape Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
Rosy-breasted Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | |
Yellow-breasted Pipit | Hemimacronyx chloris | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus | Rare/Accidental |
Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
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Forest Canary | Crithagra scotops | |
Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
Lemon-breasted Canary | Crithagra citrinipectus | |
Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | Rare/Accidental |
Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
Streaky-headed Canary | Crithagra gularis | |
Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | |
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Golden-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria flaviventris | |
Cape Bunting | Fringillaria capensis | |
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 | |
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Grey Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
Cape Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | |
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Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
Eastern Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda semitorquata | |
Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
Rudd's Lark | Heteromirafra ruddi | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | Rare/Accidental |
Melodious Lark | Mirafra cheniana | |
Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | |
Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | |
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Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | |
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Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
Burnt-necked Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
Rudd's Apalis | Apalis ruddi | |
Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
Miombo Wren Warbler | Calamonastes undosus | |
Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | |
Winding 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 | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | |
Drakensberg Prinia | Prinia hypoxantha | |
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Fan-tailed Grassbird | Schoenicola brevirostris | |
Knysna Warbler | Bradypterus sylvaticus | Vulnerable |
Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
Barratt's Warbler | Bradypterus barratti | |
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Dark-capped Yellow Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
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 | |
Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | Vulnerable |
White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
Mascarene Martin | Phedina borbonica | Rare/Accidental |
Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
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 | |
Bush Blackcap | Lioptilus nigricapillus | Vulnerable |
Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | Rare/Accidental |
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African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
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Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
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Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | |
Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca | |
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Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas quadrivirgata | |
Brown Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas signata | |
White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | |
African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
Grey Tit Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus | |
Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | |
Southern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | |
Cape Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
White-throated Robin Chat | Cossypha humeralis | |
White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
Chorister Robin Chat | Cossypha dichroa | |
Red-capped Robin Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Cape Rock Thrush | Monticola rupestris | Endemic (country/region) |
Sentinel Rock Thrush | Monticola explorator | Near-threatened |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
Buff-streaked Chat | Campicoloides bifasciatus | |
Sickle-winged Chat | Emarginata sinuata | Rare/Accidental |
Southern Anteater Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
Arnott's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | Rare/Accidental |
Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | Rare/Accidental |
Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
Mocking Cliff Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
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Spotted Thrush | Geokichla guttata | Vulnerable |
Orange Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi | |
Groundscraper Thrush | Psophocichla litsitsirupa | |
Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | |
Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | |
Smith's Thrush | Turdus smithi |
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